Why are you still talking @ me?

O...K... Then no @ this time.

There's a declining interest among PS players with JP developed games.

Terrible argument. If that were the case, then a similar pattern would've been observed on other platforms. Yet interest in JP games has only increased on PC and Switch. PS5 is an exception to the rule. Not to mention user bases are not static, but dynamic. Users don't always stay loyal to a single platform, but switch between platforms all the time. It's ridiculous to assume user bases are always static. Either way, there's a clear correlation between JP game sales declining on PS5 and increasing on PC, which you've repeatedly failed to explain away. The most plausible explanation is that fans of JP games have simply migrated to another platform. It's a simple logical deduction, not rocket science.

The slight dip in console sales can also easily be explained away with lack of first party offerings PS has provided to consumers.

This has nothing to do with anything I said... I was talking about software sales of JP games, not console hardware sales.

end this farce now.

Sure thing. This is going nowhere. Good bye.

@fedor: We already have the data. What matters is how we interpret the data. What the data shows is a correlation between 3rd party JP game sales declining on PS5 and increasing on PC at the same time. I've provided a plausible explanation for this correlation: users moving to a different platform. You vehemently disagree with this explanation, yet you've failed to provide an adequate alternative explanation for this correlation.

@fedor:

PC gamers are simply buying games that are available to them. JP studios and pubs realized there was money to be made and started porting.

Then what's your explanation for 3rd party JP game sales declining on PS5 at the same time?

It's also called a guess.

It's an estimate from a sales tracker.

This statement doesn't prove what you're trying to claim.

I said it's an interpretation of the data: JP game sales are declining on PS5 yet increasing on PC. You have not provided an alternative interpretation to explain this phenomenon.

I assumed you didn't have any actual numbers

That's called an estimate.

@fedor: I said JP games are selling more on PC than on PS5. You're combining PS4 and PS5 sales. JP games sold very well on PS4, yet aren't selling that well on PS5. This would suggest that a significant number of former PS4 gamers are opting to buy JP games on PC rather than PS5.

As for Nier Automata:

• Total sales - 8 million
• Steam estimate - 4 million

The data shows that 3rd party JP games are selling more on PC than on PS5. How else would you interpret this data? silentchief's interpretation of the data makes logical sense: a significant number of JP game fans jumped ship from PlayStation to PC. If you have an alternative interpretation of the data, then feel free to present it.

It's worth noting that Yasuke had a large physical build for his time, reported to be about 6ft tall. To put that into perspective, the average male height was around 5'5 in the Middle Ages. Yasuke's 6ft height was exceptionally tall for that time.

If you look at it from Nobunaga's perspective, it would be a waste of Yasuke's physical build to just keep him as a household slave. Nobunaga was a military genius who would've recognized Yasuke as a physical asset in battle. It would've made logical sense for him to train Yasuke to be a samurai and enlist him into his army.

The best-selling game this year so far is a 3rd party JP game: Palworld. All of those sales came from PC.

Back in 2022, the year's best-selling game was also a 3rd party JP game: Elden Ring. The lion's share of its sales also came from PC.

And then there's Capcom games, which have been selling record numbers lately. And once again, a large share of Capcom's sales come from PC.

Capcom Is Making More Money Than Ever Before

What these examples demonstrate, along with the Persona 5 and Nier examples I gave above, is that PC has now taken a big chunk of the market share from PlayStation when it comes to 3rd party JP games.

Examples that come to mind:

Persona 5 Royal sold an estimated 2M on Steam, almost as much as what it sold on PS4 (2.3M) and far more than PS5 (300K).

Nier Automata sold an estimated 4M on Steam, about half of its total 8M sales across all platforms.

Afro Samurai isn't about Yasuke, but it does appear to be inspired by him. And Japanese audiences definitely had no issue with it back in the days. But Afro Samurai was made in Japan, whereas Assassin's Creed is made in the West, so they might react differently.