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Farsala said:

Recent Nobunaga's Ambition openings.

[PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 20,322 (New)
[PSV] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 13,482 (New)
[PS3] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 13,050 (New)

44./00. [NSW] Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power-Up Kit (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.03} (¥9.800) (less than 5300)

06./00. [PS4] Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.11.30} (¥8.800) - 27.230 / NEW
17./00. [NSW] Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi # (Koei Tecmo) {2017.11.30} (¥8.800) - 5.636 / NEW


Koei Tecmo supporting the NSW with Nobunaga's Ambition since day 1, and yet NSW owners can't support the series more than the PS4 owners yet with the newest release.

People wonder why PS4/PS5 will continue to get (Japanese) games? This is why. I think Koei Tecmo is already regretting not making a PS5 version.

Right, because PS5 software has been lighting up the charts every week.  Rebirth quadrupled its first week sales on Switch over Taishi.  Meanwhile, the series has seen diminishing sales on Sony consoles for a while now.  Releasing Sphere of Influence on 3 different Sony platforms in 2016 saw almost 20,000 fewer sales than Creativity did just on PS3 by itself in 2013.

05./00. [PS3] Nobunaga's Ambition: Creativity # <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.12.12} (¥9.240) - 66.242 / NEW <80-100%>

So, are Nintendo fans letting Koei Tecmo down, or is Nobunaga's Ambition a series that has been on the decline for years now?  Anyone PS5 owners who would have wanted the game likely bought a PS4 copy, which is likely why Rebirth sold 7,000 more copies on PS4 than Taishi did in 2017.  A PS5 release wouldn't have magically resulted in an additional 10-20,000 sales for Koei Tecmo.  Whatever PS5 copies sold would likely have mostly come away from the PS4 copies.  I'm pretty sure Koei Tecmo did the math and figured the same thing.