OTBWY said:
src said:
The funny part is PS5 actually will get better Japanese third party support than Switch lol
padib said:
Developers are therefore losing money because the PS5 software is doing very poorly. That can't be funny for anyone. Though we know your claim is untrue.
By the way did you miss the post that talked about toxic posts in Japan sales threads that brought them down on other sites like NeoGAF and ResetEra, to the point where they are no longer accessible, because people could not resist the urge to pretend like the Switch was bad or that Japan didn't matter? You may want to take a look at it.
https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9322162
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Nonsense.
SE, Capcom, NB, SEGA are making more money than ever and largely due to Playstation (and PC for some titles).
Just because someone, and rightly so, points out that JP software is heavily reliant on Playstation and overseas market does not make it toxic. If you're talking about Japan only, you might have a point, however any post talking about Japanese software decisions made by publishers should bear in mind that the majority of sales for said publishers happen overseas and mostly on Playstation.
A franchise like Momotaru makes sense for what you say but something like Musou does not.
Reagrding Resetera, Media Create has a really bad reputation on that board for being an echochamber and rude. Just ask the other members of the forum. A mod stepped in, and they over reacted to a 1 day ban. Speaks volumes that the mod team don't care and the rest of the forum is ignoring it.
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Like, all of your argument stands on the PS4 (important to make this clear) still being around. That's all the current support right now stands on. What is going to happen when the PS4 is dropped in 1 or 2 years? You honestly believe studios want to keep losing money with a system that is doing worse that the WiiU in Japan?
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Worse than Wii U, huh? So is it your prediction that the PS5 is going to do less than 3.3M in Japan?
It's hilarious to see people talk about the Wii U being ahead of the PS5 currently, yet conveniently forget that the Wii U was heavily front loaded and completely collapsed later on, while the PS5 is constantly closing the gap and will most likely sell 2.5x-3x more than the Wii U. It is currently outpacing the PS4.
Japan has been moving away from dedicated home console HW for decades, now. There's really no point in acting like the PS5's performance comes as a big shock and PS is in trouble. Even the mighty Wii sold only 12.77M in Japan. Japanese devs are going to continue to support PS because their games are selling. I mean even if you wish to pretend the digital ratio is lower than everywhere else in the world and Japanese people are just buying PS5s for them as art pieces, those games are selling elsewhere in the world.
