Famitsu Sales: Week 21, 2020 (May 18 - May 24)

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TruckOSaurus said:

nantonaku said:
It's true that the Switch is selling well, but more than that, it's become the norm to play games on smartphones in Japan. People aren't interested in AAA titles.
I'd like to see more Japanese publishers release more games, but most publishers are focusing on mobile because genres like JRPGs make easy money on the root box. Everyone is always talking about the root box and I'm sick of it.　
Most of the core gamers who are interested in the PS5 also have a PC, so it's going to be tough to compete.

Root box? What is that?

Not sure if this was meant as a joke, but to answer you seriously he means 'loot box'. Japanese speakers can easily confuse 'R's and 'L's in english, because of the way their characters are pronounced (ones that start with an 'R' sound, are basically halfway between 'R' and 'L' in english).

Source: Japanese for Dummies