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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan sales (Week 15): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - April 9 - 15, 2018

Since PS4 shortages seem to be true, we must question Sony's competence in the Japanese market. The PS4 has been in production for way too long to have stock shortages so severe that they are threatened by a sub-10k number.

In other news, KSA seems to be holding quite well. Good for it.



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Barkley said:
Mnementh said:

The drop is in line with everything else dropping, but for PS4 it's special? And really. 10K is all Sony can deliver? Last year they could deliver 20K. Have Sony factories exploded or what?

In case you missed it the source is famitsu.  https://www.famitsu.com/biz/ranking/

"PlayStation 4, which still does not solve shortage, only sold 13 thousand vehicles in total for 2 models." - Vehicles!!!!!

 

zorg1000 said:
Mnementh said:

The drop is in line with everything else dropping, but for PS4 it's special? And really. 10K is all Sony can deliver? Last year they could deliver 20K. Have Sony factories exploded or what?

Its drop is actually much worse than NSW/3DS/Vita, all three of them had less than a 10% drop from last week, PS4 had a ~25% drop from last week.

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!



That Pac Man chart is turning into a common occurrence.

It's gonna be an interesting end to the year. Can't wait to see what software Nintendo have lined up for the Switch and if Square Enix can get Final Fantasy VII out in time for the holidays.



                            

RolStoppable said:
Carl said:
That Pac Man chart is turning into a common occurrence.

It's gonna be an interesting end to the year. Can't wait to see what software Nintendo have lined up for the Switch and if Square Enix can get Final Fantasy VII out in time for the holidays.

Wait, both Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy VII are scheduled for this year? Something has to give, right?

Kingdom Hearts 3 is set for a 2018 release but as far as I know, Final Fantasy VII doesn't have any kind of release window.

Considering they had gameplay footage over a year ago, the first episode shouldn't be too far away. Then again, it's Square Enix so it could also be any time in the next 4 years.



                            

Yeah pretty low sales all around. Switch will pac-man it's way through the rest of this gen from now on though.

Also, Zelda legs in Japan.



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zorg1000 said:
Mnementh said:

The drop is in line with everything else dropping, but for PS4 it's special? And really. 10K is all Sony can deliver? Last year they could deliver 20K. Have Sony factories exploded or what?

Its drop is actually much worse than NSW/3DS/Vita, all three of them had less than a 10% drop from last week, PS4 had a ~25% drop from last week.

It's easy, you can buy NSW/3DS/Vita basically anywhere, not PS4. And even less if you're looking for a specific model.

 

Like I said 2 weeks ago, I bought a PS4 Pro GoW limited edition because it was the last one available at my local big electronics store in Tokyo (and yet, I took the last pre-order). No other model in stock, the shelves were empty. Meanwhile they had easily 60-80 Switches waiting on their shelves. Obviously the PS4 has a bigger drop...



hope ps4 can reach better numbers again, mhw effect is gone, hope SE will announce release date of kh3 soon



Faelco said:
zorg1000 said:

Its drop is actually much worse than NSW/3DS/Vita, all three of them had less than a 10% drop from last week, PS4 had a ~25% drop from last week.

It's easy, you can buy NSW/3DS/Vita basically anywhere, not PS4. And even less if you're looking for a specific model.

 

Like I said 2 weeks ago, I bought a PS4 Pro GoW limited edition because it was the last one available at my local big electronics store in Tokyo (and yet, I took the last pre-order). No other model in stock, the shelves were empty. Meanwhile they had easily 60-80 Switches waiting on their shelves. Obviously the PS4 has a bigger drop...

Thats kinda what i was getting at.



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zorg1000 said:
Faelco said:

It's easy, you can buy NSW/3DS/Vita basically anywhere, not PS4. And even less if you're looking for a specific model.

 

Like I said 2 weeks ago, I bought a PS4 Pro GoW limited edition because it was the last one available at my local big electronics store in Tokyo (and yet, I took the last pre-order). No other model in stock, the shelves were empty. Meanwhile they had easily 60-80 Switches waiting on their shelves. Obviously the PS4 has a bigger drop...

Thats kinda what i was getting at.

I know, just adding context! My message was more for the guy you answered to actually.