Japan sales (Week 30) Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - July 23-29, 2018

[ryuzaki57]

RolStoppable said:

ryuzaki57 said:

Everyone, please have a look at this. Media Create has just hit a 5-year low in software sales. Switch doesn't have a sustainable effect in reviving the JP market. Many people are either leaving console gaming or spending less because the current offer doesn't fit. Japan desperately needs a new portable Playstation.

It's not Switch that is the culprit, but declining PlayStation sales and third parties who have yet to follow the market. If more software is supposed to be sold, then games need to be made for Japan's hottest hardware. I am pretty sure you know the release lists and the PS4 is getting notably more retail games than Switch.

This is not correct, because most multiplat sell better on PS4. So Switch being "hottest" is no help for 3rd parties.

EricFabian said: This graph only shows that people are more into digital than retail. Nintendo is number 01 now, just accept and move on

Maybe MHW digital sales would make the curve match 2016 at least. Still, famitsu's monthly chart shows that digital purchase rate has stayed between 10-20% for a few years now. Digital is hardly the reason, the point is that PS4 alone can't do as well as PS4+peak Vita, as well as Switch is far from 3DS software sales.

Nintendo has always been n°1 in sales, what's new about that?