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Keiji said:
TheBraveGallade said:

ps4 mostly competed with the wii U (a harder fight than what most people think thanks to INSANE staying power of splatoon, ps4 only surpassed WiiU around when the NSW was announced officially), while the 3DS was absolutly CREAMING the vita despite japan being the vita's best reigion by far. so basically PS4 was alone in its target market, similarly with the 3ds.

then the switch came along and threw a wrench in the ps4's long- term selling power in japan.

ps4 is mostly still coasting along its pre-2018 install base.

the PS5's the first playstation since the first where its future isn't guarenteed in japan, and that might be enough for japanese devs to shy away from developing up to ps5 levels of power, its a similar situation to when the ds and psp came along and console gaming never recoverd its previous status casue the psp/ds was "powerful enough" for most devs, exept that now the switch has enough juice to run ANY type of game as long as you restrain and optimize.

Don't worry, Final Fantasy VII and VIII Remake will save Home Console in Japan.

Can’t think about FFVIII until we get part 2 of VII, which I’m not sure when that will come out. :/

I am curious to see if FFVII part 1 will move a significant amount of PS4s at this point without a permanent price cut on the PS4...and if so, how much?

if games like MHW, KH3, or DQXI on PS4 could not stop the onslaught of the Switch in Japan, what makes FFVII part 1 the game to change the landscape in Japan for Sony, despite being a highly anticipated remake? Hell, Animal Crossing just went bonkers on the COMG charts, surpassing FFVII part 1, and COMG has not been much of an accurate indicator for 1st party Switch games.