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Not when it gets the right games apparently. Nice bump thanks to KHIII and RE2. AC7 also sold 220k so far. DQ Builders 2 sold equal amount of copies on PS4 than on Switch. Black Ops 3 passed 500k. 

 

https://gematsu.com/2019/01/media-create-sales-1-21-19-1-27-19

 

  • [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01/25/19) – 610,077 (New)
  • [PS4] Resident Evil 2 (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01/25/19) – 252,848 (New)

 

  • PlayStation 4 Pro – 33,032 (6,958)
  • PlayStation 4 – 19,612 (9,505)

     
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Just now, Cookester15 said:

Next week it will fall off a cliff again 

Huh, no. Nothing is taking those two games away from the top spots next week and they're big enough to push sales for a few weeks. Q1 line-up is pretty solid.

 

Either way, my point is when Playstation gets the proper Japanese support it sells. We've seen it with MGSV, DQ games, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, etc. The idea that consoles gaming is dead in Japan is just wrong, given more AAA support from the big Japanese publishers, it can still be successful. Even western IPs are gaining traction. RDR2 sold like 300k, CoD passed 500k. Might not sound like much but for Japan it's actually quite good.

 

Switch might be good at moving first party software, but PS4 is good at moving third parties.

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1 minute ago, Cookester15 said:

Tales of vesperia switch isn't on the list.. Because it's completely sold out :jasonj:

  1. [PS4] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01/11/19) – 41,510 (New)
  2. [NSW] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01/11/19) – 26,588 (New)
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1 minute ago, Ramza said:
  1. [PS4] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01/11/19) – 41,510 (New)
  2. [NSW] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01/11/19) – 26,588 (New)

Yes. That was last week. They made far too few copies for switch. It was in the news. 

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2 minutes ago, Cookester15 said:

Yes. That was last week. They made far too few copies for switch. It was in the news. 

Oh. I thought you were kidding there. They really didn't ship a whole lot of copies if it was sold under 30k in one week. lmfao

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1 minute ago, Hot Sauce said:

Him confusing no retail version with it being exclusive.

 

Just now, DynamiteCop! said:

Not to mention these consoles are region free.

In Japan for AAA games no retail release makes it an exclusive to PS4.    Region free access =/= a release for that region. 

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6 minutes ago, Goukosan said:

 

In Japan for AAA games no retail release makes it an exclusive to PS4.    Region free access =/= a release for that region. 

What proof do you have that there's no physical release? Also digital region specific availability for Japan voids your logic to begin with.

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5 minutes ago, The Mother Fucker said:

Why do you care, are you on SCEJ payroll?

Because I want AAA Jap games on consoles to succeed.

 

And yes, I'm paid by Sony to promote the PSVR.

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