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Thanks for this! It really puts things into perspective. Is the reason PS5 and and Xbox are so low compared to Nintendo because Sony and Microsoft are american

Thanks for this! It really puts things into perspective. Is the reason PS5 and and Xbox are so low compared to Nintendo because Sony and Microsoft are american companies now ? Or is it the fact most people are leaning towards a switch/steam deck/portable and a pc globally these days ? My son has NO interest in consoles, he plays pc games with his friends or mobile games on his phone.

ascagnel_ 4y ago
A little bit of both. Portables have been the most popular systems in Japan for a while, and Nintendo's current position of shipping a portable and a dock that makes it a home console fits very well into that market. Sony has been publishing fewer games that aim directly at the Japanese market, which tends to look for different styles of games than the rest of the world. Microsoft, on the other hand, has been actively seeking those games and making them available via Game Pass and their cloud streaming platform, which what may be driving those unit sales.
CitizenKane 4y ago
This has generally been the case with Nintendo relative to Sony/Microsoft. Nintendo console are typically cheaper and geared towards a more general audience. But it may not end up that way, the switch has been out for longer than the PS5/Xbox Series X so that accounts for a decent amount of the higher cumulative sales.
- peregren 4y ago
  The weekly figures are also much much better for switch, so the gap in cumulative scales is only growing right now.
bfgoodrich 4y ago
Sony isn't an American company. Sony, like Nintendo, has an American subsidiary. The headquarters and bulk of the company is in Japan.
ytch 4y ago
I guess it's like "Chicken or the egg" problem, from Famitsu[1], all top 10 best-selling games are Switch games. It the console don't have attractive games, Player won't buy it.But if the console doesn't sell well, game studios will hesitate to make exclusive game for it. So yes, Currently only Switch has more "Japanese game" now. [1] https://www.famitsu.com/news/202206/23266022.html https://www.famitsu.com/news/202206/23266022.html

ascagnel_ 4y ago

A little bit of both. Portables have been the most popular systems in Japan for a while, and Nintendo's current position of shipping a portable and a dock that makes it a home console fits very well into that market. Sony has been publishing fewer games that aim directly at the Japanese market, which tends to look for different styles of games than the rest of the world. Microsoft, on the other hand, has been actively seeking those games and making them available via Game Pass and their cloud streaming platform, which what may be driving those unit sales.

CitizenKane 4y ago

This has generally been the case with Nintendo relative to Sony/Microsoft. Nintendo console are typically cheaper and geared towards a more general audience. But it may not end up that way, the switch has been out for longer than the PS5/Xbox Series X so that accounts for a decent amount of the higher cumulative sales.

peregren 4y ago
The weekly figures are also much much better for switch, so the gap in cumulative scales is only growing right now.

bfgoodrich 4y ago

Sony isn't an American company. Sony, like Nintendo, has an American subsidiary. The headquarters and bulk of the company is in Japan.

ytch 4y ago

I guess it's like "Chicken or the egg" problem, from Famitsu[1], all top 10 best-selling games are Switch games. It the console don't have attractive games, Player won't buy it.But if the console doesn't sell well, game studios will hesitate to make exclusive game for it. So yes, Currently only Switch has more "Japanese game" now. [1] https://www.famitsu.com/news/202206/23266022.html https://www.famitsu.com/news/202206/23266022.html