Can PS4 catch up to PS3 in Japan? (launch aligned)

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forethought14 said:
Perhaps at some point, but the market isn't very console friendly, so it may be tough. People should also recall that PS3 was more expensive than PS4 was, so coming close to PS3's early sales is nothing amazing. LTD will be impossible though.

I think people are overestimating the effects of cross-gen PS3/PS4 games in "helping" PS4. There have been noticeable trends, where some western releases are opening higher on PS4, and Japanese IPs open higher on PS3, with very insignificant hardware boosts for PS4. Why are people expecting the likes of Persona 5, MGSV and DQH to do much to help the PS4 in the long run, when trends have shown otherwise. I understand FFXV and KH3 that's only for 8th gen, but the rest helping the PS4 significantly....there are doubts.

Well there are exclusives like Bloodborne, Disgaea 5, Type-0 (kind of, the FFXV demo will help)... And we've seen DQH boost PS4 sales even if it's cross gen. And a price cut is coming this year for sure.

So I think it will catch up.

Lifetime, yeah, it might be difficult.