PlayStation 4 goes on sale in Japan, and there's no competition

The PlayStation 4 is now available in Sony’s home country of Japan, over three months after it first became available in the US. The release comes after Sony has racked up impressive figures elsewhere; the company announced earlier this week that it has sold over 5.3 million consoles worldwide as of February 8th, and managed to nearly double Microsoft's Xbox One sales in the US for the month of January. It remains difficult to find on store shelves.

[lovethenoob]

i'd love to know how well the PS4 sold in 24 hours in Japan

[Eonjay]

Same. The number will be out Monday. My guess is 375k for Saturday and Sunday with most sold on Saturday.

[Hicken]

I would think Sunday would be a bigger day for sales, since even Saturday has a half day, while there's no school at all on Sundays.

[knifefight]

Hicken:
Sunday is usually a bigger day than Saturday for sales of lots of things, but when Saturday is Day 1, Saturday runs away with it. Day #1 trumps all.

Software, meanwhile, is usually released on Thursdays. That first day will be the single biggest. (Exceptions exist, such as Dragon Quest or Animal Crossing.)
Hope that explains! ^_^

[President]

Stores are open on sunday in Japan?

[badz149]

@President

yeah they do! they open almost everyday all year long.

and now I'm curious. where are you from, Mr President?

[Guwapo77]

Thinking of which, I'm going to travel off base and see if there are any for sale.

[badz149]

"no competition"?

LOL somehow the author forgot that the Wii U exist!

[Knushwood Butt]

It may exist, but it's not even competition for the PS3 in Japan.

[Magicite]

those are numbers Im waiting every day.

[ShadowKingx]

i cant wait for sony at e3 this year, ps4 future is looking really good.

[DominicansDontPlay]

Greatness could't be stopped in The US and EU, and neither it will be stopped in its native country. Mwahahaahahaha

[waltonboy52]

I love my ps4.

[Anon1974]

Haven't managed to snag one yet. I was on a waiting list but gave up and became a bit more pro-active. I was working with nowinstock.net open in a tab for a couple of days and managed to snag one during a brief window when The Source (of all places) had them in stock online last week. Shipped Friday and hopefully it'll arrive Monday. After over 3 months I might finally get my own. :)

[Akuma2K]

congrats, you have arrived to next gen gaming.

[gedapeleda]

congrats you bought an overrated POC

[Jack_Of_All_Blades]

@kriauciunix why be such an ass? Either you're a butthurt Xbox Fan boy, or a PC Elitist who doesn't understand that the PS4 is good value

[gedapeleda]

>2014 calling laptop parts good value
>it barely does the norm
>I think consoles will once again be a braking power with their limited hardware
Btw. I run PS3 PC combo

[Anon1974]

@kriauciuniux. That's your opinion. Many others viewed the PS3 in the same light, and the 360 for that matter. I owned both consoles last gen and have to say the hours of sheer enjoyment and gaming, that appealed to me and was that was only available on the PS3, was well worth the money I spent on the console. For me, it was a fantastic investment.

Now with my son 4 years old and just starting to game with me, I'm investing in a console that will, most likely, be his primary game console for most of his childhood. Given the enjoyment I received from my PS3 over the years, I have no problem at all putting down $400 for a PS4, the best of the consoles currently available in my opinion. Let's face it, the Wii-U isn't a console for long term. It'll be replaced most likely in a couple of years, and the Xbox One right out of the gate is showing limitations compared to the PS4 hardware.

So the smart console money currently is on the PS4. If there's another game console on the market that looks to have a brighter long term future for my family, by all means..make a suggestion, or if I'm not considering something..speak up. Personally, I'm excited at the thought of the gaming I'm going to be sharing with my family for the next 7 years with my new PS4 for the very reasonable amount of $400.

[Xer0_SiN]

those disagrees though! i guess other people know you better than you know you lol. i love my ps4. i disagree!

[madworld]

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[cyclindk]

What about X1? No X1?

[knifefight]

Doesn't even have a release date in Japan.

[Max-Zorin]

They most likely skipped Japan.

[Kiwi66]

there will be eventually and of course theres no competition when some of the other consoles haven't launched there yet

[Narutone66]

Most of the major features of X1 aren't available yet in Japan and for most regions in Asia.

[wastedcells]

Japan is dominated by PC gamers now so playstation won't sell like crazy just because X1 isn't around to compete with them. Xbox was never popular there anyway. If it came to japan it would sell in the hundreds lol. Personally I love the PS4, hope it can pull gamers back into console gaming in japan.

[cyclindk]

You're thinking of S. Korea maybe?

http://www.vice.com/read/on...

[nix]

those (brain) cells of his looks truly wasted.

[badz149]

*looks at username*

LOL what an irony!

[wastedcells]

When was the last time you guys were in japan? Loser like you guys ruin N4G, dirty casuals.

[badz149]

@wasted

have you been to Japan? I was there for 4 years and I go there once every 2 years or so for conferences and stuff. loser?

if you think that Japanese are into pc gaming, then it's YOU who don't know what you're talking about! in fact, I don't think going to Japan is necessary for one to know that Japan is a handheld nation! those sales numbers that came up here every week is a solid proof of that.

[cyclindk]

Burned him, burned him good.

Really, you have to actually BE at the location to know anything about it.... good lord.

[wastedcells]

I'm in japan now. Keep talking...and did u even read the article?

[Agent_hitman]

Now that PS4 is officially released in Japan, I want to know the exact release date of FF15

[tulholdren]

Enjoy your PS4 all who got one in the land of rising sun

[madjedi]

I just hope it reinvigorates the Japanese gaming development community, if it bring us back to the ps2 days of Japanese games, with the current very strong western development environment that is a win for all.

Maybe bigger western studios releasing the big budget triple a games, and japaese devs and smaller studios could release b tier games with indies making the really quirky and novel bit sized games.