Nintendo Switch Overtakes PlayStation 4 in Lifetime Japanese Sales - News
by Adam Cartwright , posted on 15 May 2019 / 4,360 Views
According to Japanese sales tracker Famitsu, Nintendo Switch overtook PlayStation 4 in lifetime Japanese sales last week (although they actually provided two weeks worth of tracking data due to the holiday period in Japan).
Figures from the tracker put Switch at 8,125,637 for the week ending 12th of May, compared to 8,077,756 for the PlayStation 4. This now places Switch as the highest selling home console currently on sale in the Japanese market and the second highest overall, behind the Nintendo 3DS which is at 24m units.
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Congrats Nintendo! This makes me wonder if the PS5 will even manage to outsell the Vita in Japan (5.92 million units according to VGC estimates), especially considering Sony's recent censorship policy.
True, I only mentioned the Vita as a sales target though. Sony console sales have been declining in Japan since the PS2 and I'm starting to doubt whether the PS5 can even hit 6 million units. I guess we'll have to wait and see...
Yeah you may be right. It remains to be seen if console sales have hit their bottom in Japan yet. The PS4 is roughly on track to hit PS3 lifetime sales but it may fall short in the end. It'll be interesting to see how the next few years go.
It was only a matter of time. Congrats to the Switch!
What's scary is that not only did it release much earlier than the Switch, but it got Dragon Quest XI, Tales of Berseria, Final Fantasy XV, and Kingdom Hearts III...games that Japanese gamers love while Switch is just only about to get DQXI. On top of that 2019 is the Switch's Handheld year, meaning games like Yokai Watch 4, Pokemon Sword & Shield, Fire Emblem, and Animal Crossing are releasing...the sales will shoot to the freaking sun.
PS4 sales are still very respectable, but I wonder how Sony responds to Switch next gen if at all.
Last home console to have great success in Japan was the ps2.... more than 10 years ago...
Well deserved! Switch is a beast! It has a lot to offer!
Japan is handheld country, so no surprise there. They probably see the Switch as the successor to the 3DS, so I'd expect similar sales numbers over there.
Portable power
Yeah, just like Vita power lmao
