Famitsu Sales: Week 22, 2026 (May 25 - May 31)

[BraLoD]

TruckOSaurus said:

BraLoD said:

If NS2 sales aren't able to have good numbers because of the price increase, the japanese traditional gaming is in big trouble, it is pretty much the only thing keeping it alive.

I heard PC gaming was in the rise there but with Switch dropping I think the smartphones will get the remaining of the industry they started to dominate back in the 2010s.

People may still get used to the new price as time goes on, and we are sure to see big spikes in sales when big games release, so it's waiting and seeing time.

I suspect we're seeing an overcorrection this week because of the last few weeks where people rushed to buy the console before the price hike. As time goes on the new price will become old news and the baseline will stabilize.

It would make sense after so many rushed to get it that now there are fewer people actively looking for it for a while. Specially right after the price increases, that's when people would be not wanting to buy it, because we are always looking for getting a good deal.

We'll need to see how it goes, it's certainly quite a big price increase, which immediatly should lower the potential customers, but as it is, by far, the main product people will be looking for regardless, I do think some will simply accept the new price eventually.

Consumer behavior has proved many times that the desire to purchase move the breaking point of the potential sale quite a lot. Me included, even as I've always made sure to define a number as wait for the price to be there to mostly anything I buy, that number has increased considerably with time (it does merit to point that price increases and inflation spikes are WAY more common around here than most people on this forums are used to, so that plays a big role in having to deal with it as a reality).