PS4 Passes WiiU In Japan

[Mike_L]

Kerotan said:

Mike_L said:

Bold: Oh, if we consider PS3 sales in Japan to be a success and if we consider 10 mill to be the maximum sales for a home console in Japan nowadays then your point is valid. But that doesn't negate the fact that the popularity of home consoles has declined in Japan.

Personally, I predict that PS4 will end up with 7-8 mill lifetime sales in Japan and that is far from how other home consoles have performed there. Though as I said to Miyamotoo that may turn out to be respectable sales in the end due to Japan preferring handheld gaming even more today than they used to.

 

Pos	Platform	Japan
1	PlayStation 2 (PS2)	23.18
2	PlayStation (PS)	19.36
3	Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)	19.35
4	Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)	17.17
5	Wii (Wii)	12.77
6	PlayStation 3 (PS3)	10.43

I think just short of 4m by the end of the year,  5.5m for 2017, 7m for 2018, 8.5m 2019 and 2021/22/23 it will be between 9-11m.

 

Which puts it in the same bracket as ps3. By today's market that's basically as good as you'll get unless Nintendo, Sony and all third parties work on the same console.  

Bold: I agree. Hence the "Though I think that is and will be a general thing for every home console (that isn't also a handheld) in Japan from now on."

I think we're in the same boat. PS4 won't end anywhere near the top 4 selling home consoles in Japan due to handheld gaming being more popular than ever. But its lifetime sales may still end up being respectable when we consider this general Japanese decline of home console gaming.

Instead of "respectable" you (and naruball) used the word "impressive" and that's fine by me