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Sephiran on 09 May 2025
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Otter said:
Phenomajp13 said:

Japan buys more gaming consoles than any other country besides the US. Switch also sold more in Japan than PS4 did in the US. That doesn't sound like a declining market, just a dying PS market which brings down the 3rd parties that support it. Hence why we see some of them pivoting.

Decline is relative to where it was, not to other nations. So if in 2013 you had Japanese market encapsulate 

DS: 32m
Wii:12m
PS3:9m
PSP:11m
360:1m

Does the current market match up? Of course it doesn't but as mentioned I think software sales is more interesting because its clear hardware has been consolidated and that doesn't necessarily mean loss of interest. Hardware won't take into account PC either which is adjacent to the console market. So again it's a genuine question to look at the overall state of the japanese market and not just Nintendo peaking

PS is priced 75K yen in Japan, it would be pretty much impossible for the PS to not be dying in Japan at that price level. Economics have consequences.