Japan sales: Media Create, Famitsu and Dengeki - week 27 ( July 1 - July 7 )

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trestres said:

You cannot compare a console that's yet to launch to a console that has been on the market for over 8 months. Wii U has literally no support, and you know that come the launch, most if not all of the series that made it to the PS3, will make it to the PS4 because they will be profitable. Meanwhile, Wii entries will not transition to Wii U and Wii U isn't getting any support at all, and chances will be slimmer once PS3 and 360 finally die, since multiplats will remain among PS4/XOne.

PS4 may be the only console capable of revitalizing the home console business, whether or not because 3rd parties simply don't want business with Nintendo, but the fact is that all the home console support will be heading to the PS4 once the PS3 dies. Wii U will be a non-existing entity for them, just another Nintendo 1st party console, like GC or N64 were, but with far, far less 3rd party support and perhaps with even worse sales at the end of its lifetime.

Once the support for the PS3 dies, more companies are just going to develop for handhelds, because it's more profitable for them.

PS3 is already waning, and Japan might not even get the PS4 this year. So Japan has a late start, with a lower install base, compared to the 3DS with it's install base about to explode. 

Which do they take advantage of? Most Japanese developers don't even get on board until SE gets a Final Fantasy out and then take advantage of the increasing install base.  And when is that coming out?

Expecting PS3 devs to magically transition into PS4 is lunacy. Japan was too invested in the PS3 before launch for it's own good. Now they are wary. Do we have even 1 Japanese launch games for PS4? EDIT (We do! Knack! PS4 taking Japan by storm confirmed!) PS3 had 5 at launch.

It's not very hard to see how this is going to play out here.