Think there is definite China effect on Japan numbers, we have multiple reports of Japanese shops being flooded by Chinese exporters. The question I couldn't really figure out was why now, but apparently the Chinese government did something like not approve any foreign games in the market for like 8+ months recently ... that likely spooked Chinese buyers into wanting Japanese PS5/Switch/even PS4s.
If I was Chinese I wouldn't want a Chinese Switch or PS5 or PS4 either ... imagine you're looking forward to a game and then the government on a whim just decides "well we're not approving any games for Chinese market release for the next X number of months". Or even just flat out not approving certain titles at all (Animal Crossing, Call of Duty, GTA, and several other big games are not approved for release in China). It's easy to import a Japanese system and games.
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