Famitsu sales: Week 3, 2022 - (10th Jan - 16th Jan)

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Kneetos said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

The fact that some people are still talking about a Switch cliff, in a Famitsu thread, is actually pretty hilarious at this point.  Folks, the Switch cliff is never coming. That is doubly true in Japan.  Expect gradual YoY hardware drops every year until they stop production.  What other system are actual gamers going to buy going forward?  There are several weeks where 30/30 games on the Famitsu charts are on the Switch.  Not only does Switch get the best selling first party games.  It also gets the best selling third party games. If a gamer wants to play anything in Japan, then they are going to need to buy a Switch. 

Seriously, what other system are actual gamers going to buy?  When Playstation does have charting software, it is usually PS4.  Let's see how Switch and PS4 hardware sold this week:

NSW 94,523
PS4  17

Nope, I don't think people will be buying PS4's in the coming years.  What about the PS5 though?  Well, software sales on PS5 are more pathetic than for any Sony or Nintendo system, ever.  When a Japanese gamer actually wants to play a game, it's going to be on Switch.  That is true this year, and it's going to be true every year until Switch 2 releases.  Here, let me really spell it out for you:

M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y

There's only one real choice for a video game system in Japan.  That's why it's silly to think that Switch is going to fall off a cliff.  What else are they going to buy?

While I agree with your post, it's not entirely true.

Yes there is no cliff, just the downwards slope, I believe the switch will sell more in japan  2022 then the ps5 will sell lifetime in japan by the end of 2022, there are still a lot of games that are coming to playstation that usually do well

The atelier games, almost everything by Squeenix, the trials of cold steel and ys games retain a timed exclusivity, senran kagura and the nepu games, I bet my butt that dragon quest 12 will be on playstaion and sell better due to being timed exclusive and let's not forget about elden ring and future monster hunter games, resi evil, devil may cry and visual novels do quite well.

Like I kept telling the Sony fans who were hellbent on spreading the rumour that the switch was a failed console that will sell less then the wii u. Let's not count Sony out juuuuuust yet

I don't think the Atelier games have had timed exclusivity in years:

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland

Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Microsoft Windows

JP: 2019-03-20

NA: 2019-05-21

EU: 2019-05-24

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

Release	JP: September 26, 2019 (Switch, PS4) NA: October 29, 2019 WW: November 1, 2019

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Microsoft Windows
Release	JP: Consoles: December 3, 2020 WW: January 26, 2021

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream 

Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Microsoft Windows

JP: 2022-02-24

WW: 2022-02-25

Atelier Ryza 2 was announced as getting a PS5 release, but I couldn't find any evidence of a retail version actually ever releasing.  So, I think the only way to play it on PS5 is from the PS4 copy or the digital PS4 version in the PlayStation Store that is listed as PS4/PS5?  There was no announcement at all of the upcoming Atelier Sophie 2 game getting a PS5 release.  So, that will probably be handled the same way?  Which is somewhat telling in itself that they still see a physical release on a platform that will probably be discontinued sooner rather than later as more viable than releasing on the PS5 which is already in its 2nd year on the market and therefore where you would normally want to shift your audience over to.