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Alex_The_Hedgehog said:
curl-6 said:

24 of the top 30 selling games this week were on Switch. The cutoff point was 1364 copies, so only 6 games on PS4/5 sold more than that.

Fair to say a lot of the PS5s being sold from Japanese stores and not staying in the country.

Either that, or people are going digital.

At this point its more or less been confirmed a notable portion ps5s sold in japan have been shipped elsewhere by notable reputable sources, whether that's still the case with the recent influx of supply I'm not sure, but it seems likely since the systems demand is still outnumbering supply. Everyone should accept by now that there are varios factors for playstation software decline, but in particular the actual japanese userbase is likely 30-50% less then pure retails sales numbers allude to, is the primary reason.

"The PlayStation 5 game consoles sold in Japan are flowing abroad on a large scale and more than half of them go to China, according to a report by The Nikkei.

The main reason for this is the recent JPY depreciation, which makes the console’s price in Japan look much cheaper to players using other currencies."

https://www.superpixel.com/article/201295/cheap-ps5-consoles-from-japan-are-flooding-china-s-grey-markets

Last edited by Otter - on 29 April 2023