Famitsu sales: Week 16, 2022 - (11th Apr - 17th Apr)

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Wyrdness said:

Kneetos said:

I don't think it matters
I personally think the ps5 can hit the 8 to 10 million range in japan
The system is still relatively new and anything can happen, let's wait and see

A note to nintendo owners: remember when the switch had only just come out and Sony owners were calling it dead on arrival, no one wants it, its just a fad, look what happened, don't turn into them

Context is key people were saying not only before the platform launched but on no other basis than their personal preference and not actual data and factors for example it was already known at that point that Nintendo were the only company who would still cater to the portable market in other words a monopoly, this alone made it impossible for NS to be dead on arrival and it's not like this factor was an unseen surprise either.

The context when people aren't impressed by PS5's performance in the region of Japan however is based on actual data we have since it's launched which is over a year ago people have actual charts, tables and graphs with data as well as software performance that they're basing their opinions on the two situations aren't the same.

There's a big difference between not being impressed by PS5 sales and arguing that the demand isn't higher than the supply. I think you're recontextualising the arguments being had here.