Japan sales (Week 47): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - November 20-26, 2017

[Lawlight]

Jranation said:

Lawlight said:

The PS4 is doing great for a home console there. But I disagree that Japan is still relevant for home consoles though. I think the culture is moving away from it and that it will die with it. That’s why Sony mostly makes games in the west, for the west. That’s why Japan was the last country to get the PS4. That’s why Nintendo doesn’t have a dedicated console anymore. And that’s why most Japanese devs are focusing on the west.

Can you also say that handhelds are dying and irrelevant outside of Japan?

Yes, I can also say that because facts point to that. Look at the 3DS - in the US it sold about half of what any other Nintendo handheld did before it. In Europe, it sold less than any other handheld except the Vita. The Vita itself, well you know how that ended. Globally the 3DS probably won’t even reach the PSP numbers. And all is despite releasing 1 revision each year and the Pokemon fad prolonging the 3DS life. It also came out at a time where only 1 in 3 adult owned a smartphone, let alone the kids.