Michael-5 said:
Viktor said:
Michael-5 said:
Japanese gamers are just shifting to handheld devices, that's why PS3 sold less then PS2. Compare Japanese handheld sales
GBA - 17 million
DS + PSP - 53 million
Yea Sony lost some market share to Nintendo, but that's only because Nintendo dominates handhelds.
Releasing the PS4 in Japan late doesn't help PS4 sales, but it doesn't harm it either. Releasing a PS4 in Japan, without any Japanese oriented games, could hurt the consoles image, and do as much harm as an early release could help. So why not release it in small European markets and secure the lead in NA/EU?
We all know the PS4 will dominate in Japan, and I think it's a more pressing concern to focus on Vita in Japan. Vita TV didn't boost sales that much, but it was something. Releasing PS4 in Japan would only take attention away from Vita.
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The direct comparison between PS2+GC and Wii+PS3 shows that the userbase for stationary consoles has been been nearly the same actually, namely 26m vs 22m.
I already mentioned that the small difference of 4m units can be easily attributed to the rising popularity of handhelds last gen. But obviously the more significant and noticeable difference between those two generations, are the huge losses from PS2 to PS3 and the big gains on Nintendos part from GC to Wii.
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26 - 22 million is nearly a 20% drop, that's not the same. Anyway what's your point?
releasing PS4 in Japan a bit late won't affect overall sales really, and that's what matters the most. Plus Sony does need to focus on Vita right now in Japan.
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The drop actually is just 16%. And if we would also consider Xbox/X360 it would be even less than that. The point is quite simple PS2 to PS3 lead to 12m less units down by 57%, while their competitor gained 8m units compared to its predecessors. If you can´t admit the correlation I really don´t know what your problem is.
That PSV was the main reason for the PS4 next year release date in Japan is an argument that I already mentioned several times in this thread. PSV is also a very recent example of how letting your competitor too much time to sort things out can lead to losing marketshare and that Nintendo and Sony systems actually are direct competition and not living in a vacuum.
