Famitsu sales: Week 28, 2021 - (July 5 - July 11)

[Megiddo]

curl-6 said:

Megiddo said:

The PS4 couldn't play PS3 games. There isn't all that much reason for 95% of the games in Japan to have a PS5 SKU since they don't go beyond what a PS4 can handle. And those who do have a PS5 can just upgrade to the PS5 version anyway the vast majority of time, so a PS4 SKU serves everyone.

Even PS4 software sales are really low though.

Certainly. PlayStation software has been really low for many many years now, outside of a few tentpoles like Kingdom Hearts 3, Dragon Quest XI, FF7R, and of course MHW.  Like take Guilty Gear which sold 15k between PS4/PS5 versions. Even if you add 10k for potential digital you're talking only 5-7% of total global sales of Guilty Gear Strive to be from Japan. It's such an incredibly small percentage of global software sales which are only growing more and more outside of Japan and shrinking within it.

Last edited by Megiddo - on 19 July 2021