But the console sold fewer than 10 million units in Japan, less than its predecessor, according to Famitsu, a Japanese video-game magazine. The U.S., meanwhile, accounts for 35% of the video-game unit’s revenue, compared with 10% for Japan, according to Macquarie Group Ltd. analyst Damian Thong. “It’s analyst consensus that PlayStation no longer sees the Japan market as important,” Morningstar Research analyst Kazunori Ito said. Several Japanese game developers, from small to big, said it had approached them about buying their businesses. Although Japan has fallen behind China and the U.S. in the size of its video-game market, Microsoft said Japan is still the biggest when measured by per capita spending.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 09, 2020 01:40 UTC