Famitsu Sales: Week 27, 2024 (Jul 01 - Jul 07)

[zeldaring]

MadDogg said:

zeldaring said:

Many games have huge budgets and the more sales the better for developers so of course it matters, you only need one game in a franchise to fail to get a developer  in trouble, so yea obviously japan is a huge region for game sales. Quality is an objective metric. 

You’re right and square enix realized this with their abysmal FF sales. Sadly due to the lengthy investment time they were locked in to supporting ps5 hardware. They’ve since learned their lesson and are abandoning ps exclusivity to support Nintendo hardware to get those AAA sales up you love so much. 

Sony sadly abandoned Japan, taking down 3rd parties with them. Capcom shorten early and had one of switches top sellers in monster hunter. Others will follow.

it would be good to see ps5 focus on Japan again but they have simply abandoned the market. It’s not the Japanese consumers fault. If third parties want to be successful support the hardware that is in most homes. The flurry of third party bangers in switch 2 off the bat will probably be a good sign for your concerns. Call of duty, final fantasy, etc will all be there. 

We are gonna see what switch 2 does with third-party aaa games hopefully they fo much better don't care if it's on ps5 or switch 2.