Famitsu Sales: Week 17, 2026 (Apr 20 - Apr 26)

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tak13 said:

Pinkie_pie said:

You have got to be kidding me. What about the Switch 2? The one not region locked is 90 euro less so I guess a fair amount must also be imports!

I'm not keen on console wars. 

I wish wholeheartedly ps5 to approach ps4 sales, which i consider it kinda good, it needs to reach 8m this year for that target.

I often try to refute claims about mass imports of ps5, based on its software sales at retail (simply many Playstationers in Japan might have gone fully digital and that it is easily ignored from some people). 

I have made a thread about 1m+ total sales of ns being imports, explaining the gap between total shipments and famitsu total sales.

Nintendo has made an effort to prevent importing of NS2, so i don't think so.

Also, 90 less isn't as much as big deal as 140 less obviously.

Stores that are importing won't benefit much(stores are mostly the importers, not consumers). 

They buy cheaper and sell a bit higher, but still lower than the fixed price of each country. 

It happens with  smartphones from China for instance. 

The Switch 2 is only 90 euro less but it would be more expensive to import the PS5 Pro because of its value and larger size. I dont think its worth importing from Japan to Europe. The potential savings will largely be offset by shipping fee and import taxes. And also you would lose the warranty