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[Jigolo]

Theoretical numbers id it launched during the Holiday season?

380-400k?

 

[Portugeezer]

Wasn't the shipment 350k?

Seems pretty good considering they had a crap Japanese lineup.

 

[boredandlazy]

I think Sony will sell some amount of hardware and some amount of software.

Get that bullshit hyperbole out of here.

 

[Adam_Roman]

I was thinking it would've been around 250k. This is pretty good news considering how handheld-focused Japan is. This means sales should be over 6mil worldwide by now.

 

[deadstar72]

the predictability of Helen Keller playing Darts

I laughed way too hard at this, I'm a bad person. As for the launch numbers, I think Sony have done exceptionally well, considering the fact that it's February and there's a general dearth of titles for Japanese players to choose from. It will be interesting to see how big the drop off is after the first week, but I think 500k in the first month is certainly within their reach.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

Market conditions can vary drastically from one to another. JP has moved towards handheld and mobile gaming. Also other factors such as the launch time is important. This is February..UK/US etc had theirs in the holiday season

Thanks for the info. Do you think it could've made 500k closer to Christmas?

 

[crimzonflame]

Didnt some gaffer "bet his life" that the PS4's launch would sell less than the Wiiu's?

 

[Hyunashi]

Thanks for the info. Do you think it could've made 500k closer to Christmas?

I dont think any of the Japanese games would have been ready for that period so I would say similar to worse numbers imo.

 

[Austriacus]

This is a nice surprise, hopefully it continues to sell.

 

[Delusibeta]

I'd call that on the high end of my expectations. Certainly indication of a decent demand for the console.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Now all sony has to do is get some games out to maintain their sales numbers.

 

[Y2Kev]

Why is there no Japanese indie scene?

 

[Prelude.]

Noobasaur, post if you're ok.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Thanks for the info. Do you think it could've made 500k closer to Christmas?

Hard to say really. The JP gaming landscape, imo, is a bit unpredictable now. Maybe with a solid game or two

The thing is, and I have argued this should be the route sony should go before they revealed their worldwide launch dates, is Sony understands this and focused on the other markets first and foremost. JP market will be better for them in about a year or so when the devs move from ps3 game development to ps4 development.

 

[Hyunashi]

Why is there no Japanese indie scene?

Would it not be better for them to release on the mobile platform if they were indies in Japan? Its obviously the growing market unfortunately. I am more curious about indie sales on platforms in Japan itself.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Why is there no Japanese indie scene?

There is on the PC. Not sure what it would take for them to start releasing on consoles as well though.

 

[BoilersFan23]

The system launched well enough, but that is a terrible line-up.

That's just a typically after launch line-up for any platform in Japan. It takes Japanese devs a very long time to move onto the next console generation. With the way PS4 started, I would not be surprised if more devs start porting games earlier, and then plan to make new games for it.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

I dont think any of the Japanese games would have been ready for that period so I would say similar to worse numbers imo.

Oddly, I don't think people really buy consoles at launch for the games. It's more like, the promise of games to come.

I've not been impressed with either MS or Sony's launch line-ups tbh (I've been mainly playing AC4, but that's cross-gen!).

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

Cool, now announce some new games Japanese publishers. You're slacking.

I'd like this very much. Japanese devs as usual seem to be miles behind similar to last generation.

 

[iJudged]

Those are solid ass numbers! Fucking impressed! I love cereal!

 

[maquiladora]

Didnt some gaffer "bet his life" that the PS4's launch would sell less than the Wiiu's?

lol

 

[OneUh8]

I think that is a very good number. I thought it would hit 400k, but I would not be disappointed with those sales numbers if I was Sony since the software lineup was weak for Japanese games.

 

[Kandinsky]

Wow, I honestly expected less, a lot less, thanks to our visionary/saviour Cerny the console JP industry is still alive and kicking.

 

[Honey Bunny]

Noobsaur is wrong again?

Universe continues as usual.

Spoiler

Its probably sad I deride so much joy from that guy being wrong but I do

Spoiler

Derive

 

[Shengar]

Why is there no Japanese indie scene?

There are, Kev. But they are very limited to event like comiket even though some of them are pretty hot stuff. They don't release their game digitally and mostly it through doujin online shops outside of events. Japanese indies need paradigm shift on how they released their game.

 

[sleeping_dragon]

There are some crows need to be serve.

 

[Jarnet87]

over 3 times the sales of PS3, well done. I don't think any console is gonna reach those 2 day sales in Japan again like the PS2 did, 600k plus units. I think the lack of titles that appeal to Japanese gamers is a little over exaggerated. It's got enough with their puzzle games, the Dynasty Warriors and Yakuza game to peak interest. Down the line they'll have games that are system sellers. Final Fantasy 14 will move some consoles I'm sure if it hasn't already, XV and Kingdom Heartsif they comes out, the Japanese sure as hell aren't gonna buy it on Xbox One.

 

[Axass]

Why is there no Japanese indie scene?

I think the scene is alive and kicking though it's focused on visual novels, and visual novels aren't the best suited games for very powerful home systems, you wouldn't buy a PS4 for them, when you can find them on PC and handhelds.

 

[Pankratous]

With all the positive press the PS4 versions of FFXIV and MGS:GZ have been getting, I think the PS4 will see a sales boost with each of those games release.

 

[erpg]

Good to hear. There was so much doom and gloom over the weekend that I was beginning to expect Japan's complete withdrawal from console gaming.

 

[Nightengale]

Why is there no Japanese indie scene?

Hobby game developers who sell their games strictly in conventions.

That's the bulk of Japan 'indie.'

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Good start, now all they need is PlaystationVR Senran Kargura Lapdance Card Battle EX: One Final (Strip)Tease

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Didnt some gaffer "bet his life" that the PS4's launch would sell less than the Wiiu's?

Time for Sudoku.

 

[mejin]

Solid numbers.

 

[Melchiah]

Haha, same as WiiU!

And Wii.

 

[Endo Punk]

I had made up my mind that if it was under 300k there would be zero hope for Japanese devs making a comeback. So there is hope, very pleased with the results and SCEJ should really show off some of its games/RPG's in development so the sales don't fall.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I think Sony will sell some amount of hardware and some amount of software.

Bullshit.

 

[Melchiah]

Launch week sales:
Wii U - 308,142
Vita - 324,859
3DS - 374,764
Wii - 350,358
PS3 - 81,639
360 - 43,970

350k is perfectly normal launch shipment for Japan.

Not bad in that context, but I wished for +500k. I guess my wish was unrealistic considering the current state of gaming in Japan, but I still hope it picks up from there so we'd get some console gaming renaissance going on in there.

 

[cchum]

Those are solid ass numbers! Fucking impressed! I love cereal!

lmao at your appreciation of cereal.

 

[Lokbob]

Pretty good considering the bad game lineup, without the hype from the west the numbers would've been worse I think.

 

[Gammacide]

Good to see in our current climate with mobile gaming being so popular and global economies being NOTHING like they were back in the release days of PS2 or even Wii. More impressive when all things are considered, esp a fairly lackluster game library for launch.

 

[d0nd]

wow that's twice as much as i expected

 

[Ricker]

Not bad I guess...keep it going going,more sales means a better chance they make good JRPG's and the chance we get some over here in N.A.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Not bad in that context, but I wished for +500k. I guess my wish was unrealistic considering the current state of gaming in Japan, but I still hope it picks up from there so we'd get some console gaming renaissance going on in there.

500k+ would be possible. But not in febraury and not with a launch line up with mainly western games.

 

[Elios83]

Well as I said yesterday 300k was the threshold for a good launch for me:

It's disappointing that we didn't get the numbers on monday.
Still I believe that 300k is the threshold to consider the launch successful (assuming the initial shipment is at least 350k of course).
There's no doubt that Sony has an uphill battle to make a home console a huge success in Japan nowadays, they need to work hard with their japanese studios and third party partners to provide a good flow of games.

so I think it's a good result. Of course support will be the key for future sales.
Kawano is promising regular releases and new game announcements from April onward:

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/02...-from-april-reminisces-about-crash-bandicoot/

 

[chubigans]

I'm not sure why people are saying wait for next week... Isn't the most it can possibly sell 28k or so?

 

[ethomaz]

Shipped 350k in a non-holiday period and sol 322k... I call that great. I read two more shipments was made by Sony since Monday with most is stores getting sold out.

Amazing performance for a dead console market.

I expect a boost in sales with MGS in few weeks... there are a limited console edition.

 

[GeoramA]

I predicted 750K. But they didn't even ship half of that :lol

Still, pretty solid numbers.

 

[Coxy]

In Japan? I'd put a small amount of money on it tbh. Flop as in sub-PS3.

In Japan? Of course it is, I'd bet my life on it.

Well, it's time to collect

 

[MikeE21286]

So the best selling first two days of a home console in Japan history

Spoiler

for all consoles not as godly as the PS2

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Wonder what the sell-through on all the consoles were too