That makes sense but after keeping tabs on how things have been going in Japan for a little while now, ~80K wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Just enough to balance things out.
It definitely could have if PS4 sales hadn't dropped like a rock in the past couple of weeks.
But that's not really fun, there's no way the 3DS cannot reach 22m before April
~300K!
If by "western" it's meant "western-developed" then Donkey Kong Country/Super Donkey Kong is the record holder with about 3 million units sold.
Media Create 2015 Top 1000 has LM2 at 1.085m add maybe 40k-100k as download sales to that. Minecraft is probably closer to 1.3m+ on all platforms.
Its not sure that everyone who would have bought a PS4 during the last 3-4 weeks would go out and buy one during the next few days. It will take at least a few weeks before we can estimate regarding lost sales being recouped.
Hmm... I guess you're right.
PS4 slim goes on sale tomorrow together with Persona 5.
I'd say 75k minimum unless this is worrying for Japan and the non pro version of ps4
Pretty much. The new normal.
How bad did SC plummet?
I think there is something to what you're saying. If more was there, I think there would be some support for it. There just isn't anything happening. I can count on my fingers how many big, AAA, graphically adept Japanese games are coming within the next year or so. That ain't good.I'm not buying so much the idea that the japanese audience doesn't care about graphics, at least in the case of the PS4.
If we look at which games does sell on PS4 and which games does not... well, the best sellers are big and beautiful japanese games (MGS V, Dark Souls III, Dragon Quest Heroes, Bloodborne) and big and beautiful western games (GTA V, Star Wars Battlefront, COD Black Ops III, Battlefield 4, Uncharted 4, The Witcher 3).
On the other side, charts are showing since day 1 that the japanese audience didn't buy PS4 to play low effort Muso/Hunting games, niche otaku games or remasters from PS3 and PS Vita (I'll give you FF Type-0 HD, but that's it).
With that said, I don't know if Japan will embrace PS4 Pro with the same strengh as the West, but I think the hardware sales on November 10 will show something. Now that I think about it, with Media Create and Famitsu we are certainly getting the split between PS4 and PS4 Pro each week, that's neat
You're arguing Japan cares about graphics but then go on to list a bunch of crossgen games? Doesn't this sort of imply Japan won't care for the Pro, given they barely care for PS4 as it is?I'm not buying so much the idea that the japanese audience doesn't care about graphics, at least in the case of the PS4.
If we look at which games does sell on PS4 and which games does not... well, the best sellers are big and beautiful japanese games (MGS V, Dark Souls III, Dragon Quest Heroes, Bloodborne) and big and beautiful western games (GTA V, Star Wars Battlefront, COD Black Ops III, Battlefield 4, Uncharted 4, The Witcher 3).
On the other side, charts are showing since day 1 that the japanese audience didn't buy PS4 to play low effort Muso/Hunting games, niche otaku games or remasters from PS3 and PS Vita (I'll give you FF Type-0 HD, but that's it).
With that said, I don't know if Japan will embrace PS4 Pro with the same strengh as the West, but I think the hardware sales on November 10 will show something. Now that I think about it, with Media Create and Famitsu we are certainly getting the split between PS4 and PS4 Pro each week, that's neat
