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

[IcaroRibeiro]

Kneetos said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

That was because Playstation 4 was dying. I wasn't expecting PS5 to struggle that much to gain ground. Third parties aren't growing in Japan, they are declining. Third parties don't sell on Switch nearly as much as they used to sell on DS, and unlike during 3DS times we have no Vita/PS3/PS4 to push Third party sales

I'm very confused why nobody address this as problem. Won't that hurt Japan market in long therm ? 

People have been addressing it

I've seen a number of people on other sites state its the reason some Japanese companies are making their games to appeal more to western audiences

Wasn't it last week this site reported that Square Enix's ceo said that japanese devs shouldn't make their games more western focus (or something along those lines) it makes me think that he knows that some devs are thinking about it, if not already doing it

This seems an egg vs chicken problem. Are third parties declining in Japan because devs are trying to appeal to West or are devs trying to appeal to West because their sales are declining?

Also lmao with SQUARE ENIX stating something like that. This is this meme coming alive: