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badskywalker said:
Kakadu18 said:

Final Fantasy has been declining in Japan for a long time now. FFXV sold just over 1 million copies. It's nowhere near even DQ anymore. If FFXVI sells more than XV I will be surprised.

The PS5 will most likely sell less than the PS4 LT. I don't see any reason for it to do better. Starting with the PS3 the Playstation brand has seen a decline in Japan and with the Switch dominating the market I don't see the PS5 stopping this decline. My guess is the PS5 will sell 8mil at most.

I feel like the reasoning of the Playstation brand has seen a decline in Japan is very similar to the arguement regarding nintendo home consoles that, if you ignore the wii they've just declined generation over generation.

It should be noted however I believe it is ok to use this argument for video game franchises, as they have more data points to look off of, which is why I agree about FFXVI probably not selling as well as FFXV, but we shall have to wait and see.

it's a big difference.

With 580k the prevalence of the games is bad. Top 30 and you don't have one game on the charts.  The other big game set for May, 6 months after the release. The actual signals have shrunk the market because the data show no physical game on Top 30 now. You can compare it with other platforms and the PS5 is one the worst, with game sales, in physical form. And the direction of sony, with a winding down Japan Studio, corroborates this argument. 

The switch is a hybrid system and will sell more than 3DS and Wiiu combined. So the argument Nintendo home console in decline is bullshit at all. Now Nintendo is the top dog in the Japanese market. And the Wii before expands that home console Nintendo market too. So your point is a false equivalence because you ignoring Wii data and now we not ignoring actual data, the actual data shows the aggravation of the decline for Sony in the Japanese market. PS4 has all the thirds on this side, PS5 will have the same treatment? 

Last edited by Agente42 - on 03 April 2021