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Mr Puggsly on 21 October 2016
Kerotan said:
Ljink96 said:

We don't really know that... 3DS is killing it and I know that Nintendo will eventually let the 3DS down. 3DS is doing very well against vita and as a console in general. If Switch gets the 3rd party support it is recieving now with 3DS, it'll be a wrap for Playstation in Japan. Consoles are a dying breed over there, this thing is going to bridge the gap and redefine what we think a console or a handheld should be. PS has only recently outsold Wii U in Japan, if it were that big over there, we'd seen PS4 outsell Wii U within the first year  which didn't happen, or even the second year. Japan is very mobile, I think this will change things over there. 

In the US, this thing will have another story but in Japan, if NX gets support from Level 5, Sega, Capcom, Konami, Square Enix (which it most likely will), NX will be a runaway success in Japan. 

Haha ps4 is doomed all over again. It's on track to sell 8m+ and the NX ain't changing that.  next year will be fun when ps4 sells over 1.5m like this year. 

Its not that PS4 is doomed, its more more like PS4 is being put in position to lose marketshare and exclusive support.

Switch is gonna be a heavy blow to PS4 and the potential of PS5 in Japan.



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GOWTLOZ on 21 October 2016
Ka-pi96 said:
Kerotan said:

Sure look at India and China populations. 

 

Fact is they sell similar thus are big console gaming markets.  

Except UK, France, Germany etc aren`t really big console gaming markets. Europe as a whole is, sure, but the individual countries, not so much.

Unlike India (and formerly China) Japan has the economy to support a large market and most importantly the history of having a large console market. Japan used to be easily bigger than any individual European country so to be compared to them now just shows how much the market their has declined.

India has the economy to support a huge console market. There are many rich people here. Samsung Galaxy S7, Notes and iPhones sell very well here. Even the PC gaming community here is 14 million in number.

The reason consoles don't do well here is because they are overpriced, PS4 1TB costs $600 here and that PC gaming community is really huge and they aren't thta interested in buying consoles with paid online and AAA games that are three times as expensive as they are on PC while looking and performing worse.

Its also huge due to piracy and that's not becasue people can't afford games as many pirates have high end PC's and watch movies at theaters its just people don't consider games worth any money.



Kerotan on 21 October 2016
Mr Puggsly said:
Kerotan said:

Haha ps4 is doomed all over again. It's on track to sell 8m+ and the NX ain't changing that.  next year will be fun when ps4 sells over 1.5m like this year. 

Its not that PS4 is doomed, its more more like PS4 is being put in position to lose marketshare and exclusive support.

Switch is gonna be a heavy blow to PS4 and the potential of PS5 in Japan.

Hahaha!  Oh the crow is going to be a pleasure to serve when it's business as usual next year for ps4. I won't forget!!



Mr Puggsly on 21 October 2016
Kerotan said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Its not that PS4 is doomed, its more more like PS4 is being put in position to lose marketshare and exclusive support.

Switch is gonna be a heavy blow to PS4 and the potential of PS5 in Japan.

Hahaha!  Oh the crow is going to be a pleasure to serve when it's business as usual next year for ps4. I won't forget!!

I'm not one of these people saying PS4 is going to disappear because the Switch or anything like that.

But if you don't think Switch is going to impact Playstation, well that's wishful thinking.



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Swordmasterman on 21 October 2016
Mr Puggsly said:
Kerotan said:

Haha ps4 is doomed all over again. It's on track to sell 8m+ and the NX ain't changing that.  next year will be fun when ps4 sells over 1.5m like this year. 

Its not that PS4 is doomed, its more more like PS4 is being put in position to lose marketshare and exclusive support.

Switch is gonna be a heavy blow to PS4 and the potential of PS5 in Japan.

Games will  become multiplataform at the most. There is no reason for developers to stop porting their games for the PS4, there won't sucha shift in total market share.

Nintendo already lost even for Sega in the  past, in Japan. It is too early to say that a console which we know nothing about will blow the potential of other console that we know nothing about and won't be coming out in atleast 2-3 years.



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Mr Puggsly on 21 October 2016
Swordmasterman said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Its not that PS4 is doomed, its more more like PS4 is being put in position to lose marketshare and exclusive support.

Switch is gonna be a heavy blow to PS4 and the potential of PS5 in Japan.

Games will  become multiplataform at the most. There is no reason for developers to stop porting their games for the PS4, there won't sucha shift in total market share.

Nintendo already lost even for Sega in the  past, in Japan. It is too early to say that a console which we know nothing about will blow the potential of other console that we know nothing about and won't be coming out in atleast 2-3 years.

Well that's the thing, Switch is going to be genuine competition to PS4. Even taking exclusive support from PS4 is gonna be a blow. Espeically when consider Japan prefers portable options.

PS4 is looking like it may be a decline versus PS3. Switch isn't going to help that situation.



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Wyrdness on 21 October 2016

Captain Obvious has arrived.



maxleresistant on 21 October 2016

I would disagree.
It's not going to sell well there.



Wyrdness on 21 October 2016
Alex_The_Hedgehog said:
I was thinking this since the hybrid rumours appeared.

Pokémon, Zelda, Monster Hunter, Yo-Kai Watch, Splatoon, Fire Emblem, Mario... Everything in a single system? Yeah, this will be interesting.

Add to the fact that it has DQXI on it as well, this platform is basically a dream platform for gaming in Japan.



Kerotan on 21 October 2016
Mr Puggsly said:
Kerotan said:

Hahaha!  Oh the crow is going to be a pleasure to serve when it's business as usual next year for ps4. I won't forget!!

I'm not one of these people saying PS4 is going to disappear because the Switch or anything like that.

But if you don't think Switch is going to impact Playstation, well that's wishful thinking.

The Wii U and 3DS didn't stop stop the ps4 on its Road to 8m+ and neither will the NX.