Sephiran on 14 January 2025
Sony's issue in Japan is that the time when games like Final Fantasy were the biggest type of games in the Japanese market is long gone, now the more popular console games in Japan are stuff like Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, Mario Kart, Smash etc. Cinematic Sony games are not exactly a huge draw for Japanese who usually prefer more cartoony games. So Sony can only rival Nintendo in Japan if they start making Nintendo type games, which they won't. Their priority is the western market which means AAA western focused games.
