Famitsu Sales: Week 7, 2021 (Feb 08 - Feb 14)

[The_Liquid_Laser]

RolStoppable said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Ok, serious question time. Where are the PS5 games on this chart? This week 22,336 people bought a PS5 with a disc drive. Why can't at least 1808 of these people buy the same PS5 game?

There's no PS5 game that justifies such high sales so long after its respective release date.

If you look at the table posted by @TruckOSaurus , you'll see that we are basically still in the phase of launch demand for the hardware, meaning a lot of sales go to people who buy a PS5 for the sake of owning a PS5.

PS5 sales will begin to become more software-driven once we get past 400k LTD and begin to approach 500k. That is to say, weekly sales will drop to low to mid four-digit figures, because noteworthy PS5 releases will be scarce.

So I guess these launch systems appeal to tech enthusiasts and conspicuous consumption?  I.e. people buy a PS5 just to have it look nice on the shelf and that's it?  I was guessing that they were using it for backwards compatibility, but I suppose the PS4 didn't really launch with any notable games or backwards compatibility and people still bought it anyway. Heh, it is funny to me that there is a market for consoles that don't have any games that people want to play.