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

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Kakadu18 said:

Zippy6 said:

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.

which makes sense, japanese consoles are much cheaper in japan then they are elsewhere.

in japan a PS5 will run you around 385 dollars after conversion. in south america, it costs you over 700$ after conversion to USD.

even if a person buys a PS5, ships it to brazil for 50$, pays 50$ worth of taxes, and marks 50$ off for profit, its still 50$ cheaper then south american prices.