Sony emphasizes that Japan is of paramount importance after the interest...

Sony said its “home market remains of paramount importance” after a Bloomberg report alleged the company’s interest in its homeland, Japan, was waning. The platform holder is now largely run by Europeans, while its headquarters have been relocated to San Mateo, USA. All of this, combined with dwindling home console sales in the Territory, has culminated in “corporate attention” […] drift away, ”said one analyst.

Bloomberg, citing a “leader” within PlayStation, reports that management has been disappointed with Japan’s performance with the PlayStation 4. As a result, the article claims that the region stood by the side in planning the launch of the PlayStation 5, retailers suggest they received a hardware allocation barely larger than that of the PlayStation 3. The system is expected to be released in the region next week, while Europe will have to wait until the end of the month.

Of course, it should be noted that the PS4 sold fewer units in Japan than the PS3. Even so, the PS4 has significantly oversold the PS3 worldwide, and it was also more profitable, for example with record-breaking subscriptions to PlayStation Plus. Nevertheless, the manufacturer has continued to invest in Japanese publishers, with Final Fantasy 16 and Resident Evil Village both positioned as important PS5 titles – the latter is even exclusive in terms of time.

However, the article continues that Sony has scaled back operations at its Japan studio. The US bureau believes that “the PlayStation business doesn’t need games that only do well in Japan,” so unnamed employees. It is also reported that Microsoft – currently on a shopping spree of course – has held talks with various Japanese developers to buy up local teams, but has not yet announced anything in this regard.

This is a report that will frankly send shock waves through enthusiastic communities – but frankly, there is very little that is surprising about it. Nintendo currently has a stranglehold on the Japanese gaming market, and yet Sony has enjoyed one of its greatest generations of consoles to date. Of course, it still cares about Japanese games, but when resources are limited, it’s only natural for it to focus on the areas that are still buying their products in droves.