Phenomajp13 said:
Without the PC data and digital console sales, that is impossible to determine. Hogwarts Legacy could have done that last year but this is impossible to determine because of the lack of data. I'm not sure what is so hard to understand, no data means no conclusive evidence. |
There are data, it's just rare and scattered
Those are the most recent article I've found
https://www.serkantoto.com/2022/11/06/japan-pc-gaming-market/
https://www.serkantoto.com/2023/08/30/japan-gaming-market-size/
Console gaming market: 596.1 billion yen (hardware 209.8 billion yen + software 389.3 billion yen)
PC gaming market: 189.2 billion yen
Userbase of PC gamers is around 16 million as of 2021, with 4.5 million using exclusively PCs to game
The best selling reported third party game in Japan was Elden Ring. It sold 1 million (PC+Xbox+Sony, physical and digital included). Around 500k were from physical boxed PS4/PS5 sales, I believe a 650-750k from PS platforms digital included are a fair estimation⁸
For big-budgeted AAA third parties Playstation still likely the platform they are still selling the best. Problem is even on Playstation they are selling poorly, I think the situation is overall just hopeless
