Famitsu sales: Week 51, 2021 - (13th Dec - 19th Dec)

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konnichiwa said:

Agente42 said:

Big risk? Based on what? Do you have any data? or make belief?

Monster Hunter Rise, Momotaro says otherwise. 

Dragon Quest XI a late port has, with good prediction, surpassed 1M.

Where is the big risk?

PS5 has a dreadful SOFTWARE sales, dreadful, Falcom, one of the most Sony fanboys company, now will produce internally for Switch. 

Do you have any proof that the Japanese devs are getting woried and skipping ps?

From software will release one of its biggest titles soon and it is not on Switch.

Square enix not only announced the next FF to not be on switch but the next Star Ocean will also skip the switch.

Sega and the Yakuza team seem to work on next entries that seem to be on PS and possible skip switch again...

I honestly believe the majority of game devs in Japan prefer to skip the Switch instead of the PS based on future releases shedule from the big third party devs.

People tend to focus too much on Switch as possible alternative to PS. But in reality japanese devs use three alternatives (not all at the same time, or not all devs all three alternatives): PC, mobile and Switch. All big Capcom releases also are on PC. Same with Elden Ring. Square releases on different platforms with each title, but pretty much always also including an PS alternative. You mentioned Star Ocean, that will release on PC as well. I am certain that the same will be true for FF XVI, once the timed exclusivity runs out. Forspoken is already planned for PC. The FF pixel remasters are mobile. You can go through all major japanese titles and find a similar pattern: if it releases on PS5, it also offers an alternative.