PS4 Has Sold Through 9 Million Units In Japan Faster Than The PS3

PS4 is continuing to do well in Japan and while it has failed to reach the same level of success as the Nintendo Switch, it is not doing bad either.

[GaboonViper]

Fantastic achievement Sony.

[UnSelf]

I wanna make a video game called Console Wars and you can pick different consoles to fight with.

PS3 vs Calecovision would be my dream match.

No, Jaguar vs Neptune (secret unloveable character)

[DethWish]

https://youtu.be/1ukz8MEyYq...

[NeoGamer232]

It is a solid not a fantastic achievement.

Switch has been fantastic in Japan. Switch has sold 13 mln units in half time Sony has this generation.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

No - it's a fantastic achievement, Sony will always struggle to reach Nintendo numbers. They're essentially in different markets in Japan.

Nintendo is in a league of its own over there.

[NeoGamer232]

@xX-oldboy-Xx
PS4 - 9.06 mln in timeframe
PS3 - 8.74 mln in same timeframe

A 9.6% increase. I doubt anyone considers a 9.6% increase "fantastic". Solid... YES!

Final sales of Wii in Japan was 12.77 mln... PS3 ended at 10.47 mln. The Switch has widened its lead this generation on PS in a shorter time period.

I am not saying that Sony isn't doing good. Really they are doing good. But, I think it is a stretch calling it a fantastic accomplishment when they are actually losing market share to Nintendo and not even in double digit growth in quantity sold over a 5 year period.

Lets put it this way. Personally I think XSX will have at least 10% growth (not just Japan, but globally) this next generation (As long as they deliver some great first party games). If they are still second fiddle to Sony would you call the XB growth "Fantastic"? I doubt it. I certainly won't.

[Dragonscale]

Well compared to a certain other console its definitely fantastic.

[Hungryalpaca]

Different markets.

[RosweeSon]

Yet they’ve sold 9 million where Xbox prob struggled to shift 900,000. 9 million in 1 country alone home turf or not is pretty impressive even if it’s only compared to ps3 which was their least successful console.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

@NeoGamer232 Wow you're clearly ignorant about business. ANY company in the world would be happy to see their revenue or sales grow 5%, so a 10% increase is a very good achievement in very mature industry.

The Japanese video game market is a very specific market and has always been a special market. The tastes of the japanese consumers are quite different from the rest of the world, that's why western studios have always had troubles being successful there. The japanese market has always favored portable consoles and this generation it has nearly completely switched to portable/smartphone gaming. The fact that the PS4 sold nearly 10 millions there is impressive. The Japanese people like the Switch because it can be used as a portable console. If Nintendo had released a pure home console, it would have probably flopped even in Japan.

[ABizzel1]

Handheld Hybrid vs home console, they are not the same and have very different audiences in JP which is primarily a handheld / mobile market. Anything over 10m for a home console is a strong seller in JP.

[NeoGamer232]

@genericgamer01 and @ABizzel1
So, what you are saying is that Sony is not building anything to adapt to the Japanese market uniqueness.

@TheCaptainKuchiki
I know a ton about business. And an average of 2% increase in tech is not much at all. That is considered natural growth in tech. The big key is losing market share because they are not adapting their tech to work for Japanese gamers. Neither is MS for that matter. So they are both losing market share in Japan.

[caddytrek]

RosweeSon, xbone has sold around 110,000 in Japan total all generation. For reference 360 sold around 1,660.000.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

@NeoGamer232 Show me a hardware company in a mature industry that has managed to increase their hardware sales of at least 20% (the only example I can think of is Chinese smartphones brands like Xiaomi).

[NeoGamer232]

@Dragonscale and RoweeSon
And I don't see anyone calling XB sales in Japan fantastic. One could argue that Sony's uptick this generation is directly related to XB being so stupid in Japan. Not launching at the same time, no Japanese exclusives, etc. X360 didn't do all that great in Japan. But they launched their the same time and built two pretty good Japanese exclusives in Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. But, if you are comparing Sony performance in Japan with XBO performance that is really not a place to be comparing yourself with. XBO is pretty much the worst performing console in Japan ever. Even XB ORiginal outsold XBO in Japan, I guess its sales were fantastic to then.

@Abizzel1
So what is the definition of a console then. Just because Nintendo has built a multi-purpose device does not mean it is not a console. It is a console+portable gaming device. There is nothing stopping Sony or MS from doing the same thing.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

Indeed

[Abnor_Mal]

Probably due to FF7R selling over 700,000 copies, so the PS4 also got an uptick in sales.

[Neonridr]

it will be interesting to see if it outsells the PS3 overall in Japan. Needs another 1.5 million for that. (give or take)

[waverider]

Final fantasy Was the last push

[The_Sage]

Yeah... Cause no one in Japan would be interested in playing Ghost of Tsushima in Japanese.

[Thundercat77]

Or the Last of Us 2.

[Elda]

Nice.

[isarai]

Nice.

[ARESWARLORD]

Dont care. I want a PS5

[LordJamar]

Nice when do I get myself check from Sony.......oh I don’t get anything?

[Silly gameAr]

It seems like you would fit in more with the MS ecosystem than the Sony crowd. Brave of you to try to branch out though.

[LordJamar]

What are you even talking about fitting in the crowds? Oh your a fanboy nah I don’t care about that i own both.

[Atticus_finch]

Xbox is known for paying for positive PR, so if they aren't paying you, you're not working hard enough.

[LordJamar]

No their not lol very delusional

[Atticus_finch]

Awe, you must be a new born. https://www.google.com/sear...

[NotoriousWhiz]

Wow. I didn't know this. Xbox one is an amazing console! Let me get my account number.

[Atticus_finch]

@Shaggy So you bring up an attack that Sony was a victim of, to compare to the predatory tactics MS has been known for. You're desperate attempt to defend lying MS hopefully lands you a check from lying Phil. Xbox has been hacked too, since you seem to want to forget.

[Atticus_finch]

*Crickets...

[LordJamar]

Facepalm you went back all the way to 2014 for some sponsored YouTube stuff? Agian no they don’t pay for good PR.

[Atticus_finch]

"sponsored" lol
"They do but they don't"
Okay then. Keep your head in the sand.

[AmUnRa]

When you have got a PS4 you would have got Uncharted 1,2, and 3
For free for you to keep, atleast that is something😉

[AmUnRa]

When you have a PS4 you got Journey, and Uncharted 1, 2 and 3 for free and those games are yours to keep. Atleast that is something😉

[Magog]

Hah. And people were saying consoles are dead in Japan.

[S2Killinit]

They deserve it.

[Tross]

For a dedicated home console it's doing amazing. Anything with handheld capabilities always has the edge in that country for a variety of reasons. Not to knock the Switch's success of course. Nintendo made some excellent choices with their latest system that have helped it soar in popularity. But, it's good to see that even the PS4 has a good foothold in Japan too.

[mandingo]

Well ps3 was trash soooo

[Nyxus]

Sure...

[Atticus_finch]

I agree. Trash! with their 30% to 50% failure rate,
Paid online, Lack of support, Hd-dvd and Kinect. TRASH!

[The_Sage]

PS3 was the most capable console ever made. I still have and use my launch 60 Gig. I still have games, music, movies, and pictures on the hard drive.

[mandingo]

Yea for 600 dollars

[Elda]

More like your comment is.

[Thundercat77]

PS4 did and is doing an amazing job this generation. It was the #1 console from start to finish of this Gen.

Truly a special generation for Sony. Hoping the PS5 can do the same.

[Elda]

Agreed!

[mandingo]

Yea for 600 bones

[AmUnRa]

Whe have an someone with inside knowledge here..so the PS5 will be 600. Does your insider source also knows the price of the Xbox Series X?? That would be nice, thank you..

[mandingo]

talkin bout ps3

[AmUnRa]

O i'am sorry. But talking about PS3... It was the first console ever that used Bluray for movies and games. A Bluray player was very expensive that time. And Sony toke a great risk to use Bluray, therefore was the PS3 600. Sony was loosing money on every console they sold, a lot of money. Theyr was also a risk that HD-dvd could win the format"war".
But at the end it payed off. Bluray was and is the standard format.
And MS had not another option to put a Bluray drive in the XboxOne....the rest is history....