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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan Sales Week 14, Famitsu. April 1-7, 2019

Bofferbrauer2 on 10 April 2019
Marth said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:
By how much was the PS4 discounted in the weeks before?

I believe it was 5000 yen so 45 USD (40€)

Thanks, so a 5000 Yen pricecut would allow the PS4 to sell around 20k consoles for a while, while at the current price it's closer to 10k.



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zorg1000 on 10 April 2019
Bofferbrauer2 said:
Marth said:

I believe it was 5000 yen so 45 USD (40€)

Thanks, so a 5000 Yen pricecut would allow the PS4 to sell around 20k consoles for a while, while at the current price it's closer to 10k.

Chris1964 (the guy who posts Japan sales on Era and has alot of retail insight) says that a price cut wont do much without software to back it up so with the Spring/Summer lineup being poor the weekly increase would be minimal.



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The_Liquid_Laser on 10 April 2019

Hardware is down for both Switch and PS4. Is this normal for early April?

Props to Sekiro for having a good hold. I am used to seeing PS4 titles have a strong first week and then falling off the charts. Wouldn't be surprised if it charts next week too.

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zorg1000 on 10 April 2019
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Hardware is down for both Switch and PS4. Is this normal for early April?

Yeah it's pretty common.



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nero on 10 April 2019

Made some work on the chart and some tables have been redone.

This week marks the slowest for both console and the baseline seems to have swapped (percentage speaking)



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Keybladewielder on 10 April 2019

Amazing how Zelda increased from last week and returned to the top 10 The power that that has is just too much.



Bofferbrauer2 on 10 April 2019
zorg1000 said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

Thanks, so a 5000 Yen pricecut would allow the PS4 to sell around 20k consoles for a while, while at the current price it's closer to 10k.

Chris1964 (the guy who posts Japan sales on Era and has alot of retail insight) says that a price cut wont do much without software to back it up so with the Spring/Summer lineup being poor the weekly increase would be minimal.

So, then probably just to 15k, or a 3-5k boost. That's pretty weak, I was expecting a bit more tbh.



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

curl-6 on 10 April 2019

Yowch, those hardware numbers are pretty grim.

Switch sales are soft, but PS4 is straight up floundering.



curl-6 on 10 April 2019
Mar1217 said:
curl-6 said:

Yowch, those hardware numbers are pretty grim.

Switch sales are soft, but PS4 is straight up floundering.

Less than last year at least. Switch is 6K over last year on the same week.

Yeah, very true. I guess after the last few months it's just weird to see Switch under 50k and PS4 under 15k, even if it makes sense.

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