There goes the Silent Hill rumor. At least as for now.

And that also further proves that the Bloomberg's report is true. Sad to see Sony sidelining Japan.

Considering the whole market doesn't seem a Sony problem. Movement in the industry is quite normal, but since Sony Studios are very proeminent they get a lot of coverage when anyone leaves

Like I said you are seeing more reporting on these movements, but for some reason someone leaving a Sony Studio becomes leaving Sony while elsewhere it is more likely tied to a particular studio, another factor you have to take into account is scheduling most of Sony big games have come out in the last few years and that tends to be the time that movement is at it's peak, plus the way the media portrays this is  you get headlines ND developer leaves,only to find out that he/she  was there for less than 2 years on a short term contract but only the headline gets attention.

Regarding the Silent Hill part I agree.

But about Sony sidelining Japan... how many Japan developed games have Sony (internally) developed in recent years? Couple that with the fact that Sony feels more like a western company than ever, and that the PS5 japanese shipments are abysmal (to say the least), and it"s pretty clear that Sony focus is not in Japan. It's still an important market for Sony, there is no doubt about that, but they clearly aren"t giving as much attention as they are giving the US and Europe, for example. At least compared to previous gens.

I mean, it makes financial sense, but that could bring long term problems for Sony.

Regarding the part about game development, you are probably right. Won't fight you there.

But about ther rest: Sony sold all the shipment it sent because it sent almost nothing. It would be the same as Nintendo or Xbox celebrating that it sold all it's 50k units it sent for launch week. It may be sold out, but it's only sold out because there was barely no stock there. That's not a win. That's a clear admission that they don't expect much from Japan.

And Japan is not a mobile-centric demographics. If that was the case, the Switch Lite would be the best selling SKU of the Switch. It isn't, and it's not even close. If it was a mobile centric country, games like Ring Fit wouldn't sell, because it only works in the Switch home console mode. It's been sold out for more than a year there, and it has recently passed the 1 million mark if I'm not mistaken. Switch wouldn't be breaking records left and right either, and wouldn't have the potential to be the best selling console there.

People should stop making excuses for Sony poor performance in Japan.Sony is doing bad there because their product dosen't appeal to them anymore. It's not because the demographic had "grown" over games. It's because that, compared to competitors like Nintendo, Sony dosen't make the cut anymore. It's seen as an "inferior" product for them. Sony hasn't adapted their product to Japan's growing needs, so they were cast out. That's all there is to it.

The Switch is a hybrid system. It works as both, and is used as both, as inumerous surveys from Nintendo and third party shows, and as many other evidence shows, clearly stated in my previous post.Just as much as it is used as a portable system, it is also heavily used as a stationary system in Japan.

And what does the Coronavirus has anything to do with the Switch doing well/bad and the PS5 doing well/bad?

Switch is the console of schroedinger. When it is of convenience, let's say someone point out lack of power, then "it is a portable system so it won't have the same power as a console", but if someone say it doesn't directly compete with PS or Xbox "it is a console so it compete", etc.

I did provide the evidence. You are the one that simply ignored it. And against that, there is nothing I can do.

The simple fact is, Sony isn't selling well in Japan. And it's it's own fault for that. Nintendo managed to find a solution, both hardware and software wise, that accomodates to Japan new tastes and to those that like the tradicional style. In a way, that is the true genius  of the Switch and it's hybrid system. It can be a home console and a portable console, and have almost zero drawbacks on both modes, outside of having a bit less power compared to it's competitors(an aspect that is becomming less and less relevant)

But more than that, Sony dosen't have the games that appeal to the japanese audience. If you look at the PS4 sales it was obviously the right decision, but their focus on having more western-focused games, while the third party fill the holes for more japanese-centric titles, clearly hasn't worked too well for Japan. Outside of a few exceptions like Ghost of Tsushima(which seems to be doing well over there), Sony dosen't have a killer app for Japan, and that's a consequence of almost all of it's studios being western.While Nintendo is the opposite. But the difference being that most Nintendo games have a wide appeal, meaning that it sells well regardless of the territory, due to the thematics of the games they make, and how polished and fun they are.

Aagin, it makes sense. Sony is extremely popular right now. It's games are selling better than ever, and if the price to pay is to lose "territory" in just one region, so be it. After all, the PS5 had the biggest Sony launch ever( showing that COVID has zero impact on sales or distribution. If anything, it's actually helping), so Sony is obviously doing something right.

Yet again, I did provide proofs. The fact that the only thing you are doing is trying to be dismissive just shows that you have no way to counter any of my arguments. I mean I do understand, you can't because there isn't any proof in favor.

And once again, like I already explained to you, the Switch success has more to do than the fact that it's a hybrid system. It has games that appeal to that audience, has a more friendly design overall to the japanese(*cough*didn't do anything close to something like changing the X and O usual roles *cough*), and it has stronger brands that resonate more with that public. Hell, we even have data from Nintendo themselves that points out that the console is used as much as a portable system as a stationary one. I know you are going to ignore all these points and just vomit the "The market there only likes portability now" excuse, but I wanted to make those points clear again.

Honestly, at this point in time, the only people that look at the hard data and somehow reaches the conclusion of:

Are people that are lying to themselves. As if Sony couldn't have done better because they did all they could( Hell, the Vita was an early sign that Sony didn't understand the japanese market anymore. Screwed up the hardware, and had almost zero games(first party wise) that appealed to the japanese market).

The bottom line is that, with the huge success that Sony began seeing with their western developed games and their overall philosofy, Sony went all in on them and it payed off, even if they knew that it would eventually come at the cost of the japanese market in the long term.That's how we got Uncharted, God of War, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, Days Gone, Spiderman, etc. Hell, even most japanese developed games(that were commissioned by Sony) had a focus on the western market, like Bloodborne(Dark Souls is far more popular in the west than in Japan).

If I were in charge of Sony, I would do the same as them. So like I said, they made the right call. But it's just a fact that, in result of that strategy, Japan got sidelined.