Zippy6 on 07 February 2026
| Sephiran said: 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. |
Actually I think these games, and other F2P's did give a big boost to PS5 in Japan. While the most played games on PS in many countries are Fortnite, FIFA and CoD, in Japan the top 3 games were Apex, Genshin and Fortnite (in 2023).
I imagine right now the top 10 by playtime would be these and titles like Honkai, Zenless Zone Zero, Wuthering Waves etc
Without Gacha games I think it would have sold a lot worse. These are what Japanese gamers are playing on PS5, they're not buying physical games that's for sure.
