Famitsu Sales: Week 37, 2025 (Sep 08 - Sep 14)

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Otter said:

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I feel like part of it was that starting in the 7th gen AAA console games became much more Westernized in their style, whereas the kind of games that were popular on PS1/PS2 in Japan like traditional JRPGs mostly moved to portables, so the audience followed.

Yes I agree, my point is that userbase will not massively change that dynamic as the audience for these games have already been investing a playstation/PC as what they want is not offered by Nintendo or at least wasn't

If anything S2 will just eat into playstations sales versus expanding it.

Having said that, the younger S2 market makes viral new hits/trends more likely. Kinda like how Monster Hunter exploded in the west with Worlds, there is always potential for new interests to emerge.

I mean I don't think FF or RE is suddenly recapture its 5th/6th gen popularity the moment it hits Switch 2, as there's a whole generation who missed out on growing up with it in the meantime, but I do expect there will be some among that audience who may give it a try now it hits their console of choice, whereas before they would have ignored it altogether.