Lafiel on 25 August 2018
| KBG29 said: Still pretty bad times for Sony in Japan. The lack of a fully supported Mobile is killing them. At its peak Sony had 23 Million PS2's and 20 Million PSP's in Japan. Now they are at 7 Million PS4 and almost 6 Million PSV's. With Nintendo offering AAA games for Home and Handheld consumption with SwItch, it looks like things will only get worse. Sony is really gonna need that Ryzen/Navi Mobile SOC based PS Mobile device next gen if they want to have any presence in Japan. With Google bringing AAA games to Mobile and Home devices next gen it may be just as important in the US and EU as it will be in Japan. I believe even with 100% focus on PS4 it will still fall short of PS3 in Japan when it's all said and done. |
I think Sony might be better off just offering smartphone games (which they already do with a lot of success) + building up game-streaming to smartphones/TVs to still profit from the japanese market. The gaming demographic there is highly urbanised with great connection speeds/ping already available to many and the capabilities will see another jump with 5g.
| Faelco said: Actually, when the PS4 came out, most people thought that it would sell less than the PS3 because of the fall of home consoles here. It's already a surprise to see it doing better. Nintendo didn't choose to do a hybrid for no reason... |
Yea I remember that from the start of the gen, but that was when hardly anybody expected to see a full-blown DQ and MH on the PS4.
Last edited by Lafiel - on 25 August 2018
