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Conina on 25 December 2013
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Viktor said:
DerNebel said:

Are you even reading the comments in this thread? Everything you ask has been answered.

Reasons for the late japanese launch:

1. They can't produce infinite numbers of consoles and they want to allocated all they got to the west, where they knew they would sell everything they ship, because they had games that would target those markets and where their biggest direct competitor MS can hurt them the most.

2. They have no software that has any pull in japan ready this year anyway, why release a console in a market without software for the market? That would only damage the Playstation brand in japan.

They released in those smaller markets, because they needed to ship less there and the games they have sell in those markets. 

Didn´t know Saudi Arabia and some Asian countries are considered "the west" and that Brazil is an important console market with a high priority nowadays.

You should really read prior posts. These units could have as easily been shipped to Japan instead if they wanted, which means even with the same amount of produced consoles, but they had simply other plans.

So what would have happened, if Sony had decided to ship all PS4's to Japan instead of Saudi Arabia, some Asian countries and Brazil, although they have no appealing software ready for that market?

They could have gotten away with that, but that plan could have also backfired big time. The sales in Japan are still in the focus of the whole gaming press... a weak start in Japan would be bad PR for all other markets. Why take that risk, if you don't have to and you can sell every produced unit in other markets?

Then collect your strength for a big launch in Japan with enough hardware units (for record sales), a strong(er) software library for that market and the PR focus on Japan that launch month.