Japan Sales Week 28, Jul 08 - 14 2019, Famitsu

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Farsala said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

This is a pretty terrible conclusion, since the Switch only recently passed the PS4.  In 2017, the PS4 would have had an install base many times greater.  The part I bolded is a garbage statement.  

More importantly, I am not sure what point you are trying to prove.  Let me state the point I am trying to prove in case you aren't clear.  "For the next few years 90% of Japanese games are going to be on the Switch."  Did you disprove this?  Do you even disagree with this?  I am also answering a remark someone made that "third party games haven't proven to sell well on the Switch yet."  Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

I am just providing data as I apt to do.

You say 2 important statements. "That means that third party companies are better off releasing their games on the Switch right now" and "For the next few years 90% of Japanese games are going to be on the Switch."

The first statement suggests that 3rd party companies should release their games on the Switch and not the PS4. If that was not your intention then my bad, but that is what it seems, especially with the comparison with the PS4.

The 2nd statement is very vague, so it is not a statement that can be contested.

In 2017 the install base difference showed as the PS4 beat the Switch in SW sales. In 2018 the Switch easily beat the PS4 in SW sales in the top 100 with a lower install base. And again in H1 2019. But 3rd party games still aren't selling as well as on the PS4.

(referring to bold)  What I meant was that 3rd party companies are better off releasing their games on Switch.  It might be exclusive or multiplat, but either way Switch should get a version. 

I am saying this because their seems to be a continuing narrative that Switch will lack 3rd party games.  This narrative needs to die.  Switch is now the dominant platform for Japan, and it will continue to be that way until it releases a successor.  Japanese 3rd parties know this, and so most Japanese games are going to be on the Switch going forward.  There is no way that Switch will lack 3rd party games, especially from Japanese developers.