Scarcity is being used to drive acceptance of price and purchase. Sony and Microsoft are both running the initial batches of consoles full steam. The bottleneck (besides intentional scarcity) is how much space can they store consoles before they need to transport so they can fill full containers. No production warehouse will want to start and stop production so they run a line as long as they can which means that Sony and Microsoft started production late or kept production numbers low (scarcity, cost of materials, availability of resources). Now on the topic of Sony and Japan - Sony could care less about Japan. They understand that Nintendo (at least for this generation) is gathering much of the sales and so they are wisely (business-wise) focusing on Europe and North America. Sony tried with the Vita and saw that it wasn’t worth it. They couldn’t market it properly and their team didn’t understand what the consumers wanted worldwide.
@sinalefa You totally read my mind. I was typing while you responded. I think the PSVR will be another Vita for Sony. It will get game support by third parties for the hard core fans who have one. Sony will slowly bury it and never mention it. It will get harder and harder to find one. Oh wait it already is.
Trying to finish up Dragon Quest Heroes finally. I have my new Vita coming in the mail. Of course I had to track down an original version with OLED screen. Still sealed - let's hope it doesn't come DOA or something crazy.
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Re: PlayStation Boss Reiterates Importance of Japan As Core Fans Get Antsy
Scarcity is being used to drive acceptance of price and purchase. Sony and Microsoft are both running the initial batches of consoles full steam. The bottleneck (besides intentional scarcity) is how much space can they store consoles before they need to transport so they can fill full containers. No production warehouse will want to start and stop production so they run a line as long as they can which means that Sony and Microsoft started production late or kept production numbers low (scarcity, cost of materials, availability of resources). Now on the topic of Sony and Japan - Sony could care less about Japan. They understand that Nintendo (at least for this generation) is gathering much of the sales and so they are wisely (business-wise) focusing on Europe and North America. Sony tried with the Vita and saw that it wasn’t worth it. They couldn’t market it properly and their team didn’t understand what the consumers wanted worldwide.
Re: Video: Sony Must Not Allow PlayStation VR to Wilt
@sinalefa
You totally read my mind. I was typing while you responded. I think the PSVR will be another Vita for Sony. It will get game support by third parties for the hard core fans who have one. Sony will slowly bury it and never mention it. It will get harder and harder to find one. Oh wait it already is.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 151
Trying to finish up Dragon Quest Heroes finally. I have my new Vita coming in the mail. Of course I had to track down an original version with OLED screen. Still sealed - let's hope it doesn't come DOA or something crazy.
Re: Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Keeps a Healthy Lead as Final Fantasy XV Nears 1 Million
Is the PS4 Pro still having inventory issues in Japan? If not, then I wonder if it is selling up to expectations.