DietSoap on 23 September 2013
| pokoko said: While it might sell a bit less than the PS3 (I think it will be roughly the same), I don't really understand this idea that Japan has abandoned home consoles. Yes, they've tailed off this generation but that's true in the west, as well. It's not like portables just now got big in Japan, either. |
Well, while you're right on the money on portables (consoles have NEVER been bigger than portables in Japan), and it IS kind of funny how everyone assumes the decline in consoles is due to a rise in handhelds even while handhelds themself are also declining pretty dramatically there from the DS/PSP too (even if you're only comparing 3DS/DS pre-pokemon for either), the difference for the west is this upcoming generation is likely to be the very first console generation that wasn't bigger than the last. For Japan, it will likely be the 3rd.
8th gen: ???
7th gen: 24 million
6th gen: 28 million
5th gen: 31 million
4th gen: up to 27.5 million
3rd gen: At least 20 million
