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Kaz bought a thousands of them himself to inflate the numbers for the last fiscal year.. Coincidence they pop up now after april 1? I think not.. Its so obvious..



 

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What a strange, strange thread.

While there are undoubtedly factors that would lead Japanese people to trade in their PS4's - the same goes for every console. Go and visit a CEX in the UK. You'll find a window full of any console you could possibly want from people trading them in.

Like Auron says, people trade in games literally a day or two after they've just released too.

It happens. There were loads of used 3DS' after launch, too:

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/03/japans-love-with-the-3ds-over-boatloads-of-used-3ds-in-stores/



DerNebel said:
People played Knack...

and they realized any game played after that would feel like crap compared to Knack so they abandoned video games altogether.



outlawauron said:
For someone who supposedly visited these places, you're very ignorant about the used game market in Japan.

 

I hate this site sometimes. When I reported that Wii Us were in stock in my area in the days and weeks after launch I was called a liar.

When I reported that PS4s were in stock in the days and weeks after launch I was called a liar (oh and now ignorant!).

 

At no point in the Wii U's life, especially not less than two months after launch, did I see this many used Wii Us in stores.

Obviously, I think the PS4 will do better than the Wii U because it will have better support than the Wii U (Western and Japanese), but I still think that this trend raises valid questions and concerns.

 

Oh, and for your viewing pleasure, here are a few more photos from different stores than the ones above taken in the last few weeks in Tokyo and Osaka (I used these in a different thread a few days ago):

 



Happens with every console. When the Japanese support for the system comes eventually, then they will start to sell like crazy in my opinion...OR Japan really is moving towards a Handheld/Mobile market. I would not complain about that anyway considering that I love my Vita and all the Japanese games on it ^_^



 

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celador said:
No games is the reason, although I don't get why people are so susceptible to hype, they must have known beforehand there was diddly-squat on the horizon for Japanese gamers


Yeah, but I would have expected the Japanese gamers to be used to this, they usually get their consoles first with little to no games on them... I guess they really changed, moved on... we loved you japanese gamers with all your cool games that never got ported over... :-S (back in the 90s early 2000s)



They hype died, and they all bought Vitas instead.



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you call this full of used PS4...?? i thought its something like at least few hundreds or thousands unit you found...

but then again if OP use Japan had a few used PS4 won't get much people attention here... 



vfguy said:
outlawauron said:
For someone who supposedly visited these places, you're very ignorant about the used game market in Japan.

I hate this site sometimes. When I reported that Wii Us were in stock in my area in the days and weeks after launch I was called a liar.

When I reported that PS4s were in stock in the days and weeks after launch I was called a liar (oh and now ignorant!).

I'm sorry if you're offended, but it is ignorant to draw conclusions from used games and consoles. Living there, you know how good the trade-in prices are and know how often people return their game or console once they beat what they had with it. 24 consoles across a bunch stores in a populated area like Osaka means effectively nothing. Posting anecdotes about an area unknown to most of the forum generally will lead to misunderstanding, so again, I didn't want to personally insult you, but I don't think PS4 is domed like your OP suggests.



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