RolStoppable said:
Not to mention that the Sony decline didn't start with the PS3 because during the same generation Sony sold 20m PSPs. The Sony decline started with the Vita which, ironically, is a handheld. |
It definitely started with PS3 (or post PS2).
PSP + PS3 combined have sold less software than PS2 in Japan.
People tend to look at PSP hardware sales without being aware that it sold less software than PS3 in Japan.
PSV is just the lowest point reached until now by the PlayStation brand in Japan, which is a hard proof that's patently stupid to put on every responsibility to the form factor without looking at the software side.
In general it's a rookie mistake to only analyze only the hardware sales when guaging the trends in a market.
PS1/PS2 were the dominant force in Japan because they had about 60% of the total software sales.
Nintendo comeback in Japan began for real when DS alone accounted for over 54% of the software sales in 2006 (and Nintendo platforms overal over 62%).
It's not a coincidence that since 2006, every year the Nintendo ecosystem has sold more software than the PlayStation ecosystem, bar one exception.
Finally the true leader in Japan that emerged with renewed strength since the mid 2000s is Nintendo because their first-party software gained more popularity while third-party software largely declined.
