| SAguy said: With the switch now getting some same day release 3rd party support, I wonder what that means for ps5 sales in Japan. |
Just a continunation of the trends we saw during Switch 1, it was already fairly easy for the average Japanese gamer to have Switch 1 as their only console and still being able to play most Japanese third party games they were interested in on Switch 1, with Switch 2 it will be even easier for the average Japanese gamer to only need a Switch 2 to play most Japanese third party games they are interested in. That puts Sony's prospect in Japan in a worse position, because that means Sony first party games (That are traditionally weaker in Japan than in the west) needs to do more of the heavy lifting to get people to buy a PS in Japan. Chinese gacha games not being on Switch 2 is also an advantage for Sony, but most Japanese seems to play that stuff on mobile phones anyway which is why PS5 sales never got much boost from having all those gachas available.
