What affect will MHW have on PS4 hardware in Japan?

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Vertigo-X said:

Kerotan said:

What?  The ps4 will be past 6m before MHW releases yet alone lifetime lol.  It's almost at 5m already.  And it's not going to stop selling for the 3/4 years after MHW releases either. I don't understand your pessimistic prediction. 

I understand where he's coming from. Japan has been moving away from TV-based consoles since before Wii and has only continued to dwindle since. PS4's closing in on four years on the market and has yet to hit five million. It's possible (though perhaps not probable) that PS4's best performance in Japan is behind it.

It's still up year-on-year on Japan, though, and that's coming from a 50% YoY increase from 2015 to 2016.