Sony Japan Studio director Keiichiro Toyama, and 2 other veterans, leave to form new studio, Bokeh

[Nautilus]

twintail said:

Nautilus said:

I did provide the evidence. You are the one that simply ignored it. And against that, there is nothing I can do.

The simple fact is, Sony isn't selling well in Japan. And it's it's own fault for that. Nintendo managed to find a solution, both hardware and software wise, that accomodates to Japan new tastes and to those that like the tradicional style. In a way, that is the true genius  of the Switch and it's hybrid system. It can be a home console and a portable console, and have almost zero drawbacks on both modes, outside of having a bit less power compared to it's competitors(an aspect that is becomming less and less relevant)

But more than that, Sony dosen't have the games that appeal to the japanese audience. If you look at the PS4 sales it was obviously the right decision, but their focus on having more western-focused games, while the third party fill the holes for more japanese-centric titles, clearly hasn't worked too well for Japan. Outside of a few exceptions like Ghost of Tsushima(which seems to be doing well over there), Sony dosen't have a killer app for Japan, and that's a consequence of almost all of it's studios being western.While Nintendo is the opposite. But the difference being that most Nintendo games have a wide appeal, meaning that it sells well regardless of the territory, due to the thematics of the games they make, and how polished and fun they are.

Aagin, it makes sense. Sony is extremely popular right now. It's games are selling better than ever, and if the price to pay is to lose "territory" in just one region, so be it. After all, the PS5 had the biggest Sony launch ever( showing that COVID has zero impact on sales or distribution. If anything, it's actually helping), so Sony is obviously doing something right.

But you didn't provide anything. Just because the device is also used heavily as a console device is not the same thing as ONLY as a console device.

Your words literally do not exclude portability as the core reasoning for owning the Switch.

Not like it matters. I don't think you have any idea how the Japanese market has changed. But it is what it is. 

Yet again, I did provide proofs. The fact that the only thing you are doing is trying to be dismissive just shows that you have no way to counter any of my arguments. I mean I do understand, you can't because there isn't any proof in favor.

And once again, like I already explained to you, the Switch success has more to do than the fact that it's a hybrid system. It has games that appeal to that audience, has a more friendly design overall to the japanese(*cough*didn't do anything close to something like changing the X and O usual roles *cough*), and it has stronger brands that resonate more with that public. Hell, we even have data from Nintendo themselves that points out that the console is used as much as a portable system as a stationary one. I know you are going to ignore all these points and just vomit the "The market there only likes portability now" excuse, but I wanted to make those points clear again.

Honestly, at this point in time, the only people that look at the hard data and somehow reaches the conclusion of:

Are people that are lying to themselves. As if Sony couldn't have done better because they did all they could( Hell, the Vita was an early sign that Sony didn't understand the japanese market anymore. Screwed up the hardware, and had almost zero games(first party wise) that appealed to the japanese market).

The bottom line is that, with the huge success that Sony began seeing with their western developed games and their overall philosofy, Sony went all in on them and it payed off, even if they knew that it would eventually come at the cost of the japanese market in the long term.That's how we got Uncharted, God of War, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, Days Gone, Spiderman, etc. Hell, even most japanese developed games(that were commissioned by Sony) had a focus on the western market, like Bloodborne(Dark Souls is far more popular in the west than in Japan).

If I were in charge of Sony, I would do the same as them. So like I said, they made the right call. But it's just a fact that, in result of that strategy, Japan got sidelined.