| Norion said: PS5 stock better ramp up for the second half of December and first half of January since increasingly falling behind the PS4 is gonna look terrible to developers and some Japanese people will eventually give up on getting one. |
At this point I'm not expecting them to restock Japan this year. They'll have to reboot the market in 2022 get some shipments ready when games that appeal to the Japanese market begin to drop all of these are coming Jan-March: Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, Dynasty Warriors 9, Elden Ring, Babylon's Fall and then Forspoken in May.
So they definitely have the chance to get the ball rolling again but why both PS5/XSX completely cut shipments for Japan is bizarre to me. I mean if they want to prioritise holiday shipments for the west that's one thing, but I don't get taking what they were normally shipping from Japan. What difference does taking 18k/4.5k from Japan really make? It's a drop in the ocean especially for Xbox. Makes me wonder if something else is causing both Sony and Microsoft to be unable to supply Japan with the new consoles. An Issue with local shipping/manufacturing or something. Because pulling out of a region so you can ship just 4.5k more to USA/EU just seems silly, as does 18k.
