Most of what I pointed out means little to nothing to you or I as aspiring PS5 owners. But for the PS5 in Sony's home territory? Everything I listed will negatively impact potential PS5 sales. I'm just hammering home the fact that the Switch will be the king of console gaming in Japan for a long...long time.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,561 games (as of April 18th, 2026)
Switch 2 Physical Collection - 4 games (as of December 8th, 2025)
Not sure how pricing is over in Japan, but if there's one thing that will hurt the PS5 here in Europe it's the massive increase of the cost for games. They went up from €60 on PS4 to €80 on PS5. That's ludicrous!
Well, more people might wait for discounts on more games, @Shulkahuna .... Oddly, in the UK, at least, most of the upcoming cross-gen games are still £60
But apparently in America, for games that have confirmed they'll have free upgrades next gen, they're selling the same game in PS5 boxes for 10$ more than in the PS4 ones
@Magician intereting i wonder what genre Good-Feel is gonna tacke for his new game?action Adventure?plataform?by the look of this, Good-Feel new game might release on Switch sucessor.
@Magician you are right Sony headquaters is now in California, don't PS5 will also suffer this problem of limited space in other countries too?that console is so big, people will problaby fear, if a put my PS5 in my table it weight can brake my table.
Lol the PS5 is big, but I don’t think it will break any tables 😂
Series X is surprisingly small though. Much more tiny and compact than expected. The design has grown on me too. Small black box would blend in very well (not that I’m getting one, but I can still appreciate its design).
The button swap isn’t a big deal. It’ll agitate a few people but I don’t think it’s gonna have a significant impact on adoption rate. It’s not a deal-breaking issue, basically. Censorship, on the other hand, can be. It’s one of those things where, the longer it goes on, the more people’s’ patience runs thin, and eventually people will start hitting a breaking point where they buy games elsewhere in retaliation. We saw it with Nintendo when they were censoring, and no company is completely immune to the repercussions, though brand loyalty will ensure there’s a fair bit of tolerance toward it for a time. Eventually though, that consumer trust will erode.
@Magician
Gosh dang. It was at 80% when I ordered mine. Get em while they’re hot.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@Heavyarms55 is not a minor thing you are asking/wanting to Nintendo to implement, i lot of people incluiding myself, want a similar feature to the Playtime of 3DS to be incluided on Switch and Folders and themes too, but sadly the only way you can see if Animal Crossing New Horizons is your most played game for this month or year, is by going to Nintendo site and login in with your Nintendo Acount and see your estatics.
I'm more skeptical about how well it'll do in Japan. The Switch has such a big lead there and I think it'll be a fixture in Japan for years and years to come. It's difficult for me to see the PS5 passing 10 million units there.
I'm also skeptical if it'll ever see sales figures higher than the PS4 in any major market. The PS4 was just a masterpiece of technical design and marketing and it was up against the XBox One and the Wii U so it had an open goal in front of it anyway.
I see the PS5 to PS4 potentially being more like Blu Ray to DVD - not everyone will feel like they need one straight away and adoption rates will be at a slower rate once the early adopters are out of the way. I can also imagine a lot of people opting for the cheaper PS4 version of a game and playing it on their PS5 instead of being the graphically better but more expensive PS5 version.
@link3710
Didnt offer a Switch version of what? There was a Switch version for Atelier Ryza 2. I placed an order. Unless you're referring to something else?
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
i wonder if Coronavirus pandemic dint exist, would it helped Animal Crossing New Horizons sold so well reaching a point that is treating Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?and with a huge possibilty of becoming the highest selling Switch game, i think not a niche franchise like Animal Crossing would have sold 2/3 milions units sold until now without the help of the Coronavirus pandemic.
I think the most exciting thing for me this month for Switch is Crown Tundra. Super Mario Bros. 35 is just another battle royale, wasn't particularly excited by Steve in Smash (beat the Minecraft spirits and Steve's Classic mode so that's it for Smash for another few months), not interested in Mario Kart Live (would've much preferred a track creator mode added to MK8 Deluxe), etc.
Overall leaving Crown Tundra and Pikmin 3 for stuff I'm excited about with Crown Tundra having the slight edge.
@link3710
That's because it already sold out. I have an order in. But it went fast. It was at 80% stock when I ordered which was just hours after going live. That's when I posted about it. Then, like Bruce said, it dropped from 80% to 50% in the couple hours between my reply and his, and then sold out completely the same day.
I imagine they're going to restock though given how fast it went. No way they pass up on a 2nd batch.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
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