Faelco said:
Don't worry, the "ridiculous forums" part wasn't specifically about you, it's more of a reaction to all the recent Japan sales threads. Sorry if I seemed too harsh. My Vita/PSVR argument wasn't that it's selling well, quite the opposite. You were saying that retailers were the one not ordering PS4s because they were disappointed about the sales. My point is that the Vita and PSVR sales are way lower than the PS4, and the retailers have Vita and PSVR all the time. And the sales are not bad enough for it to be months old stocks, so they do order Vita and PSVR regularly, enough to have a constant stock. It would be perfectly ridiculous for them to decide to not order enough PS4 because they think it doesn't sell enough, and yet order more than enough Vita and PSVR, don't you think? I know that we can't be sure about something just because of a few stores. But we don't have that much people here trying to buy a PS4 in Japan, so we can't get a lot more info than that. Some other users checked the online stores of big Japanese retailers and the PS4 wasn't available either (right now the only PS4 sold by Amazon themselves and available is the Shadow of Mordor bundle...). When it's the same things for weeks or months, it's maybe not enough to understand the problem entirely, but it's IMO enough to understand that there is a problem. New anecdotal evidence. I went to get my GoW bundle this morning, 2 weeks after my last time in the store. Still no PS4 available at all, except for a dozen preordered bundles (I preordered the last one 2 weeks ago). Switch, PSVR, Vita and Labo all available, with a lot of stock for Switch and Labo. The store was very quiet and empty though, maybe too early. Families will surely go get Labo tomorrow. What would you say if a big Gamestop in a city like New York or London didn't have any PS4 for more than 2 weeks, maybe a month? Normal situation or shortage? For me, it's not normal... |
I would say that the stock for said console would be bad or have some management problem when it comes to New York, maybe I could say that this problem would extend to most major cities in the US, but I wouldnt say the same for the entire country.
Anyways, without further clarification, this is all just hypothetical.I think that, after Golden week comes and goes and we get data from the week after that, we can get a better picture of the situation.I still personally expect for the truth to be betwenn what I believe and what you believe, but we will see.
My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.
https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1