5/5/2023 0 Comments Alchemistry ti 84![]() New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (17th April to 23rd April) It 'seems' like Sony and SE will 'merge' but that wouldn't help Sony's arguments in the A/B deal. Partly because SE has downsized a lot, disappointed with Forspoken and basically said FF16 won't come to PC after the '6month' exclusivity expires. ![]() I almost think that Sony will acquire SE. Japanese gamers have 'little' choice but to buy a PS5 to play Japanese games.Īs I said, I doubt that MS would ever be as successful in Japan as Sony is in the UK or US for example - even if they were not 'blocked' from releasing Japanese games - but they could certainly be 'more' competitive. When you have that big a lead and prevent games releasing on your rival so present 'no' competition, then you don't really need to try. Sony have been accused of many things, including not caring about the Japanese market so much - but in reality, they don't need to try to win over Japanese gamers because they are the 'only' high-end option to play Japanese games. ![]() Even if Sony didn't 'block' them, they'd have a 'difficult' job of competing against a Japanese brand but its almost impossible without those as well. If you are a Japanese gamer, looking to play Square Enix games - like FF, Forspoken Live a Live etc, you aren't going to buy an Xbox. Thu 30th Mar Arguably you could say that Xbox has no chance to sell well in Japan if all the big Japanese games are 'blocked' from releasing on that Platform.In fact, the entire rest of the top 10 was made up of Switch titles except for the PS4 and PS5 versions of the aforementioned game turning up in fifth and seventh. Another new entry was Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, which took third thanks to its Nintendo Switch version. It sold a combined total of 175,003 physical copies in Japan during its opening week. The PS4 sold 1,531 units, while the Xbox Series X managed 450 sales and the Xbox Series S 133.Īs for software, Resident Evil 4 took first and second place across its PS5 and PS4 versions respectively. Then came the PS5 (with a disc drive) followed by the standard Switch and the Switch Lite. Case in point: for the week beginning 20th March 2023, 38,964 PS5 units were sold (34,154 disc versions and 4,810 digital editions).īreaking each platform holder's offering down into their individual models, the Nintendo Switch OLED was named the best-selling console last week in Japan, selling 36,604 systems. ![]() Since hitting the highs of 65,000 systems shifted in the space of seven days, sales are beginning to rest around the 40,000 mark when both models are combined. Sales of the PS5 in Japan flatlined last week, stopping the steady decrease in console purchases Sony has seen in the region for the past month or so. ![]()
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