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Lawlight on 03 December 2017
mysteryman said:
Kerotan said:

It's not designed for 1 nation in particular. That's why it's a global phenomenon. 

Right. But within that global market are local markets. Which of those does the PS4 cater mostly to?

All of them bar China and Japan.



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chakkra on 03 December 2017
Megiddo said:
I don't think a hybrid console is needed at all considering the substantial global success of the PS4. As long as it continues to sell well overall it won't matter how poor it sells in Japan. Sony can just keep doing what its doing since it's clearly at the forefront currently.

This

The PlayStation formula has proven to be really effective when everything is said and done, so why change it?



Lawlight on 03 December 2017
Pavolink said:
Lawlight said:

You have to wonder why. What was the last home console to kick ass there?

SNES Classic, NES Classic, Wii and currently Switch.

The SNES Classic and NES Classic sold less than the PS4 in Japan. The Switch is a hybrid selling on the portable aspect. The Wii did worse than the PS3 in way since it benefitted from the casual audience. But even not taking that into consideration, it still only did ok. So the last console system to kick ass in Japan was the PS2.



mysteryman on 03 December 2017
Kerotan said:
mysteryman said:

Right. But within that global market are local markets. Which of those does the PS4 cater mostly to?

It's really hard to say. Obviously America is the country with the most sales but then there's a few countries with similar sales like UK, Japan, Germany and France. 

 

You really can't say it's mainly catered for any country because it's very popular in so many. That's the secret to Sony's global domination. Don't focus predominantly on 1 country.

Isn't that the point of this thread? Or are you changing that again?



Miyamotoo on 03 December 2017
Kerotan said:
mysteryman said:

Right. But within that global market are local markets. Which of those does the PS4 cater mostly to?

It's really hard to say. Obviously America is the country with the most sales but then there's a few countries with similar sales like UK, Japan, Germany and France. 

You really can't say it's mainly catered for any country because it's very popular in so many. That's the secret to Sony's global domination. Don't focus predominantly on 1 country.

Sony global domination!? We ignoring fact that Nintendo basically has around 70-80% HW sales (that's real domination) in Japan.

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Lawlight on 03 December 2017
Miyamotoo said:
Kerotan said:

It's really hard to say. Obviously America is the country with the most sales but then there's a few countries with similar sales like UK, Japan, Germany and France. 

You really can't say it's mainly catered for any country because it's very popular in so many. That's the secret to Sony's global domination. Don't focus predominantly on 1 country.

Sony global domination!? We ignoring fact that Nintendo basically has around 70-80% HW sales in Japan.

Well Japan isn’t global, is it?



Miyamotoo on 03 December 2017
Lawlight said:
Miyamotoo said:

Sony global domination!? We ignoring fact that Nintendo basically has around 70-80% HW sales in Japan.

Well Japan isn’t global, is it?

You don't make any sense, nobody said that Japan alone is global, but you can't say global without Japan market (strongest gaming market after US and Europe).



Kerotan on 03 December 2017
mysteryman said:
Kerotan said:

It's really hard to say. Obviously America is the country with the most sales but then there's a few countries with similar sales like UK, Japan, Germany and France. 

 

You really can't say it's mainly catered for any country because it's very popular in so many. That's the secret to Sony's global domination. Don't focus predominantly on 1 country.

Isn't that the point of this thread? Or are you changing that again?

No the point of this thread is to show how Japan is relevant and important. 

Miyamotoo said:
Kerotan said:

It's really hard to say. Obviously America is the country with the most sales but then there's a few countries with similar sales like UK, Japan, Germany and France. 

You really can't say it's mainly catered for any country because it's very popular in so many. That's the secret to Sony's global domination. Don't focus predominantly on 1 country.

Sony global domination!? We ignoring fact that Nintendo basically has around 70-80% HW sales (that's real domination) in Japan.

Yes . Sony dominate the globe no matter how you spin it. If aliens passed by and were asked what's the best selling console on that planet they would say ps4. Globally domination. Globally on the globe.



Bofferbrauer2 on 03 December 2017

The PS4 gets all the big japanese third party IPs now that the Wii U and Vita are basically dead, and Switch only starting. However, there is a distinct lack in first and second party titles designed for japanese players; with almost all IPs from Sony developed since the PS3 era are catering to western audiences. If the PS4 hadn't the widespread support of third party publishers, it wouldn't have done any better than the Wii U in Japan, just like it did in the beginning when the PS4 was just out and trailing behind the Wii U sales. With the success of the Switch, the japanese publishers may start to jump ship to Nintendos hybrid console, at which point the PS4 sales will drop hard since it would loose much of it's appeal to japanese gamers.



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Miyamotoo on 03 December 2017
Kerotan said:
Miyamotoo said:

Sony global domination!? We ignoring fact that Nintendo basically has around 70-80% HW sales (that's real domination) in Japan.

Yes . Sony dominate the globe no matter how you spin it. If aliens passed by and were asked what's the best selling console on that planet they would say ps4. Globally domination. Globally on the globe.

Spin!? You are crazy men, global domination means domination on evre market on globe, and fact is that Sony is not dominating in Japan.