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Miyamotoo on 26 July 2017
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Ka-pi96 said:
Miyamotoo said:

I understand that, but again, PS4 sold 65m world wide and only 5m from those WW sales go to Japan market, and its selling on pair with worst selling Sony console in Japan, so I dont think thats so good. 3DS is down from best selling handheld ever in generation when it competing with mobile phones, and still will be  3. best selling hardware of all time in Japan (after GB and DS).

So even with decline of home consoles in Japan, I dont think it's impressive that PS4 that is on path to be one of best selling console of all time (after PS2), in Japan is selling just on pair with worst selling Sony console of all time.

Population of Japan compared to Europe + North America = 8.83%

Percentage of PS4 sales in Japan compared to Europe + North America = 7.69%

That looks pretty close to me. Add in the rest of the world and Japan would have a greater share of console sales that it's size would suggest.

Fact is, Japan has long punched above it's weight when it comes to console sales, now it's just much more in line with other countries of a similar size. Nobody is saying PS4 sales in the UK or Germany are bad because they are only a small portion of worldwide sales, why shouldn't the same be true of Japan?

Compare that with percentage of sales PS1, PS2 and PS3 in Japan compared to world wide sales, and you will see that evre Sony hardware had higher than 10% of sales. Actually PS4 is first gaming hardware ever that has less than 10% of all sales (if we donct count Xboxs offcourse) in Japan.

 

DonFerrari said:
Miyamotoo said:

PS4 sold 65m world wide and only 5m from those WW sales go to Japan market, and its selling on pair with worst seling Sony console in Japan, so I dont think thats good. But I think its good that PS4 come back because had terrible 1st year in Japan.

But agree, people have different standards.

I'm sure you would be celebrating if WiiU or Switch was able to equal WW the worse selling PS to date, PS3 right?

Of Course but I don't see how that hasnt anything with what we are talking here. I definitely wouldn't celebrate Japan sales if Switch is selling on pair with worst selling Nintendo console in Japan, and thats my point.