Famitsu sales: Week 42, 2021 - (11th Oct - 17th Oct)

[Kakadu18]

Zippy6 said:

Kakadu18 said:

In Japan the sales may have been lower without scalping. Many PS5s are being bought in Japan and shipped into other countries, where demand is higher.

I think ~30-40% of the PS5s sold in Japan are scalped.

It doesn't really matter if the consoles sell in Japan or are shipped elsewhere, regardless the demand is still there. If there isn't sufficient stock in one country and people want to import they will whether that's at RRP or from scalpers. Scalpers can't scalp unless what they are scalping would sell anyway.

I don't know if there's any evidence that a large amount of consoles are being bought in Japan and exported but I'm guessing that 30-40% figure is out of thin air.

It does matter in context of the Japanese market, which this thread is about.

The 30-40% figure is an educated guess based on all the information I have. The physical game attach ratio, digital sales on Playstation in Japan not being over 50% based on RE8 only having a 30% digital share iirc and I've read about people seeing Japanese PS5 units in South America, which means they're exported way farther than just Asia.