The PS4 is a MAJOR flop in Japan - we need to talk about it

[Mummelmann]

Rogerioandrade said:

Mummelmann said:

It's performing more or less exactly as I imagined; a decent launch followed by a plummet and likely a very unimpressive weekly baseline from April and onwards towards the holidays.
Japan is a dead end for all consoles today.

That said; I feel it's important to also mention the difference in launch times, some of the above consoles launched during the holidays and that's kinda relevant to the overall situation.

That´s true. While WiiU was launched in a better, let´s say, "environment", we just can´t deny that PS4 numbers were not what Sony probably wanted. PS4 launch was lower than PS3 launch and this is a main concern, specially considering that PS3 was ( a lot) more expensive.

Japanese gamers really doesn´t seem to care much about home consoles anymore. PS4 will hardly repeat PS3 success.

I know that these numbers aren't what Sony wanted for Japan, but they are more or less to be expected as far as I'm concerned. I never believed it would do very well in Japan and I have said all along that no home console in the 8th gen will break the 10 million barrier.
PS4 launch was not lower than PS3 launch, where did you get that idea? It sold about 86k first week in Japan in November 2006, the PS4 sold around 310k in the last week of February 2014. Regardless of future sales; the PS4 launch was clearly a lot better than the PS3's.

I don't think the PS4 will necessarily outsell the PS3 in Japan either and your "Japanese gamers really doesn´t seem to care much about home consoles anymore" is more or less exactly what I wrote when I said "Japan is a dead end for all consoles today". What is it exactly you're disagreeing with, if anything?