Japan Sales Week 39 Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - September 24-30, 2018

[Megiddo]

RolStoppable said:

Megiddo said:

2.8m for PS4, 3.6m for Switch.

Expected a summer price drop for PS4 that never came sadly. Some big games are in January instead of Nov/Dec as I thought they'd be.  Looks like I'll be right around on point for Switch at least. But yeah, Sony really befuddles me with how highly priced they're keeping the base PS4 in Japan in its 5th year.

Exactly, the narrative you tried to push here runs contrary to your prediction.

What narrative am I trying to push by posting factual (unlike zorg, non-cherrypicked) data?

I've got popcorn. So go on.

In case the little math problem above was too hard, I'll solve it.

9% of PS4s are sold in Japan.

25% of Switches are sold in Japan.

So the ratio of Switches to PS4s sold in Japan for a year where both systems globally sell the same amount should be a little over 2.75 Switches sold for every PS4. That should be the baseline expectation unless Nintendo drastically overestimated demand for their product in their fiscal year projection once again, which it's looking quite likely I'd say.

Last edited by Megiddo - on 03 October 2018