The PS5 may be in hot demand worldwide, flying off of shelves both physically and digitally, with inventory still difficult to find nearly two months after release, but a report from a research firm says the company?s standing in Japan is withering away. Low launch sales in the region have Ace Economic Research Institute analyst Hideki Yasuda ?deeply concerned for the future of the PlayStation market in Japan.?
Famitsu sales data published on GamesIndustry.biz Japan (translated on ResetEra) shows that the PS5 only sold 240,000 units in its first six weeks, the worst launch performance of any PlayStation console in the region besides the PSP. Yasuda says the sales figures show a pattern of disregard for the Japanese market. ?Quantitative analysis shows that Sony is not taking Japan seriously.?
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