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Complete Chaos At Tokyo Retailer Over PS5 Sales
- Thread starter Jawbreaker
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Seeing stuff like this always bums me out. It's not new, but the current situation obviously makes it all the more disturbing.
I never understood why the retailers aren't responsible for how they sell products?
But ERA has been telling me no one in Japan wants a PS5!
Anyway, a lot of electronics shops in Japan got a shipment of PS5's for their End of the Year/New Years sales too. Instead of making them online only they were in store only to be bought without reservation to detract scalpers making it a by chance/word of mouth sale. This was a big twitter trend on Jan. 1st too. Surprised they are still doing it this way when the state of emergency is being considered to be extended.
Anyway, a lot of electronics shops in Japan got a shipment of PS5's for their End of the Year/New Years sales too. Instead of making them online only they were in store only to be bought without reservation to detract scalpers making it a by chance/word of mouth sale. This was a big twitter trend on Jan. 1st too. Surprised they are still doing it this way when the state of emergency is being considered to be extended.
Yep, and it takes like 10 days to get it. However, this one in Akihabara doesn't have such a requirement.
10 days sounds about right, but that's a crazy requirement. I wonder if they'll relax it by the time a slim model is released ...
There is clearly some demand there. Not sure this is indicative of much though.
That's a superspreader if I've ever seen one. Not a good look, especially with Tokyo currently under an emergency.
Sony have been telling retailers to not sell in stores for months and that there will be negative consequences for this, its the retailer's fault for not listening.
People saying the playstation brand is declining and saying PS5 is dead in Japan are two completely different things.
But nice hyperbole tho
This was for an allotment of 300 units. That's fewer than the number of 3DS and Xbox Series consoles sold in Japan last week. An unpopular system can still generate localized buzz such as this situation if adequate supply isn't available. This isn't indicative of the PS5 being more successful in Japan than previously understood.
Disingenuous post for obvious reasons.
MiHoYo will buy PS5 from them
WHY IS THAT GUY USING THE BOXES AS STEP LADDERS !!!!
It's giving me anxiety !
I just thought it looked pretty popular based on the supposed demand at one store. Unpopular products don't create demand like that. If it's selling everything they ship over there, That's a good thing
If you think the stock situation in Japan is bad for getting 7-20k units a week, you should see how its going in Europe (outside of UK) and the Middle East, Spain got 50 like units last week. Its not that Sony has "abandoned Europe", nobody would believe you if you had argued that. Its not even that hard to understand why so little stock has been sent to everywhere post launch beside US and UK.
People are really passionate about the PS5 not being a success in Japan haha. I didn't expect all these replies. Look I don't have the data like you clearly have, I just know it's selling out all over the world including in Japan. Will it outsell the PS4? Probably not. Does it matter? No?
This doesn't really tell us anything about PS5 demand in Japan, so I don't really get the snide comments. It's not like people were saying the PS5 would sell zero units in Japan.
Given the lack of restrictions mentioned in the article scalpers would for sure be there lol.
Have to say Im impressed that the store didnt get looted considering the sheer number of people against the number of staff. Things could have gone a lot worse
In the videos I see some people not covering their noses with their masks. This could very well become a super spreader with how packed that store is with people and that's not good.
Of course there's demand for the PS5, none of the demand has been met because they never provided decent stock to meet it. And with all that's been going on in the world, I don't expect it to get any better in Japan or in a lot of places.
Nobody said it was dead, just that Sony sidelined Japan and didn't provide proportional stock to the market. The ones who kept saying Japan was a declining and dead market where Japan is just mobile gachas were non-sales era users.
Of course there's demand for the PS5, none of the demand has been met because they never provided decent stock to meet it. And with all that's been going on in the world, I don't expect it to get any better in Japan or in a lot of places.
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This makes my skin crawl. Packed so tight together, and indoors for that matter. Potentially a spreader event.
Not a single person told you that.
Not a single person told you that.
Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense and also makes me wonder if a delayed Launch like the PS4 would've been the better move
A console can't be proven in notable demand when none of the games can even get into the top 30 while having a non moving stock of games at retail and launch aligned the console sales are behind the Dreamcast and the Wii U.
Sony just didn't send shit in terms of shipments
Sony just didn't send shit in terms of shipments
As far as I know there is no hard lockdown in Japan, the government doesn't (or can't?) enforce it even in state of emergency, it's all voluntary.
You can't say there is no demand or it's unpopular too though. The low shipment is why it's behind the DC and Wii U (at least right now)
Most media create users have been saying that Sony is under shipping to Japan and sidelining, not that there is zero demand, but that Sony is not even meeting demand, albeit however small it is.
