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curl-6 on 25 August 2022
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padib said:
curl-6 said:

Japan may be historically important for gaming, and for Nintendo, but it's really not that important to Playstation any more, as any sales PS5 loses to Switch compared to PS4 won't be enough to matter much on a worldwide scale.

Sure because they already lost it. Had Nintendo not been there, Sony could win it back. That's the reality that your position is hiding. Even if the numbers are equal as previous gen, it's opportunity loss which you're not counting but it's still real. Moreover, Nintendo's success in Japan has an influence on the exclusivity of AAA japanese titles that today cater to the west such as Monster Hunter and even final fantasy. Whether the exclusivity is sealed or not, the hurdles can be more or less difficult to jump depending on Nintendo's japanese and worldwide success.

And don't forget who is making japanese western-centric games like FF and other big japanese games: japanese people, who play Nintendo consoles since PS3/PSP.

They are competing, don't fool yourself.

Global PS4 sales didn't tank when Switch rose to success, and Switch sales haven't degraded since PS5 came out, there is some overlap but if they were directly competing we would see them really eating into each other's numbers.

That's not happening, Switch and PS4 sold well side by side, and there's no indication that will be different with PS5.