| noshten said: You need 2-3 games like that per year to turn things around for something like the Wii U or |
What would PS5 have sold this week if not for supply constraints? Direct comparisons to Wii U just don't make any sense until shipments/demand start leveling out. All of this is centered on the idea that PS5's current sales are reflective of demand and thus its in a Wii U dire situation.
Also the PS4 did not have any games to appeal to the Japanese market for a long time, arguably its first truly big title was not til FFXV which came almost 3 years after the system launched in Japan. PS5 will get off to a much better start having Resident Evil 8 and GT7 in the next handful of months and potentially FFXVI in the second half of the year. Although western games represent a niche market, the sales pull of titles like God of War/COD/Horizon etc are still respectable (100k+ opennings) and these western blockbusters are bigger in japan now and will be abundant on PS5 in a way they were not in the early life of PS4.
Games already in development for PS5 will not just be able to Switch to Switch 
, equally their appeal in the west often is often dependent on spectacle/scale that Switch makes difficult to achieve (hence no MHW port). So like for like, PS5 is in a better software situation than PS4 was in the same period. We just have to wait to see whether the market (Japan) responds to it or whether PS4's audience has all moved on or is unwilling to upgrade.
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