Almost every Capcom franchise has been declining in Japan for years and Capcom have compensated for that fall in domestic sales by increasing overseas sales. MH is just the latest franchise to join the trend of declining interest in Capcom's games from Japanese people.
Sony has now discontinued the PS4, so I wonder when famitsu will stop tracking it. The PS4 lifespan was 11 years 4 months.
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| Sogreblute said: Sony has now discontinued the PS4, so I wonder when famitsu will stop tracking it. The PS4 lifespan was 11 years 4 months. |
Where are you hearing this? Just looked it up, and haven’t found anything.
curl-6 said:
It's possible PS5 could last longer than PS4 did, but at present there's no way we can know either way; Sony may choose to kill off PS5 in short order to drive adoption of PS6, much like last time or like other generational transitions such as DS to 3DS. Currently PS5 is tracking behind PS4 in Japan, and if Monster Hunter Wilds couldn't raise its baseline beyond a few weeks, I'm unsure if any game can, while price cuts are seemingly no longer a thing in the console space nowadays. |
When launch aligned that's the case but the PS4 was at just under 6.53m as of March 24th 2018 since it launched three months later in Japan so that way the PS5 is still about 230k ahead. It should still fall behind within the next 6-12 months though so will need a 2028 release for the PS6 to outsell it.
firebush03 said:
Where are you hearing this? Just looked it up, and haven’t found anything. |
https://www.playstation.com/ja-jp/ps4/
Sony actually discontinued the PS4 in March 2024, so it's lifespan is actually 10 years 4 months.
| curl-6 said: After four weeks on sale in Japan, Monster Hunter World on PS4 had sold 1,867,607 according to Famitsu. In the same timeframe, Monster Hunter Wilds on PS5 has sold 763,490. Granted, a portion of that will be due to the digital/physical split shifting towards the former since World, but that's a steep drop, especially as Japan favours physical more than some other markets. |
Capcom just announced a record high 10 million sales mark for the game, this is up 4 millions compared to Rise first month. It's not far fetched to assume a share of players just migrated to PCs
IcaroRibeiro said:
Capcom just announced a record high 10 million sales mark for the game, this is up 4 millions compared to Rise first month. It's not far fetched to assume a share of players just migrated to PCs |
Also making the comparison with a game that was exclusive to one platform is a bit unfair.
World is the comparison point that's closer to the current scenario.
Though if the Switch 2 receives another temporary exclusive with a new MH game, comparing it to Rise would make more sense.
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Sogreblute said:
https://www.playstation.com/ja-jp/ps4/ Sony actually discontinued the PS4 in March 2024, so it's lifespan is actually 10 years 4 months. |
oohhh i see. I forgot we were talking about JP…my bad.
Norion said:
When launch aligned that's the case but the PS4 was at just under 6.53m as of March 24th 2018 since it launched three months later in Japan so that way the PS5 is still about 230k ahead. It should still fall behind within the next 6-12 months though so will need a 2028 release for the PS6 to outsell it. |
Official numbers don't tell the full story. Its obvious that Japanese PS5 has been exported to countries like China for years at this point. Meaning that the real figure of PS5 user base is lower than the official amount of sold consoles in Japan. Which explains why every franchise is in steep decline looking at PS5 software sales in Japan compared to the PS4. The Japanese PS5 user base is simply just a lot smaller than the PS4 user base was.
| Sephiran said: Almost every Capcom franchise has been declining in Japan for years and Capcom have compensated for that fall in domestic sales by increasing overseas sales. MH is just the latest franchise to join the trend of declining interest in Capcom's games from Japanese people. |
Its not that there franchises are declining (MHR did really well) its that Playstation is dragging down their franchise in Japan. Even gold sinks to the bottom of the sea when they ship carrying it gets trashed.
Edit: And hasnt Wilds already sold over 10 million in under a month? Im sure a good chunk of that was in Japan. PC/PSdigital and whatever on Xbox. Its just physical PS5 makes it look bad.
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