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The story
A thread appeared on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board claiming, “The Switch 2 only has about half the power of the PS5, yet it costs more than the PS5.” But a conversion typo in the post — “hidari kore” — caught everyone’s eye, and the thread ended up buzzing over the botched autocorrect well before anyone got into the actual performance or pricing debate. On the performance side, rebuttals came fast, arguing it’s “not half — more like a fifth, if that.” Later on, replies citing actual sales figures piled on, pointing out just how badly the PS5 is struggling.
What people said
You're the one who needs explaining.
Explain yourself.
If we're lucky, it's a fifth.
What
are you even
saying
🤣
I'm team "yajirushi" (arrow) myself.
That's way too bad at typing lolww
It's old man "Hidari Kore" saying this, not the console.
Oh, is this one of those threads where taking it seriously means you lose?
That's pretty normal, isn't it?
I convert mine with "yajirushi" (arrow),
but on phones you only get the right arrow anyway.
?
Here's the reality though:
Switch 2: 26,200 units
PS5: 12,210 units
hidari kore ←this
Sorry, what do you mean??????? Explain it.
Switch 2: 26,200 units
PS5: 12,210 units
He's probably trying to say it's more than double.
Is demand really that low?
That's the scariest part, honestly.
It's not even about the price.
The PS4 ended up selling for half the Switch's price by the end, after all.
The Hidari Korelection (a pun blending "kore" — "this" — with "collection")
Honestly, what I want is
PS5: "Higher performance than the Switch 2 AND cheaper" (yet it doesn't sell) ←this
I'd love to hear what the PlayStation fanboys ("shou-chan," a mocking 5ch nickname for Sony/PS5 diehards) have to say about that.
First time I've seen anyone call a typo a "character misfire."
Background and Key Points of This Debate
The Switch 2 is a hybrid console with the mobility of a handheld, while the PS5 is a purely stationary machine — comparing raw specs alone easily glosses over that difference in use case. The thread itself raised this point, with one reply noting that “portability counts as performance too,” suggesting there’s value here that can’t be captured by a simple performance-per-price comparison. The numbers cited in the thread — “26,200 units for Switch 2 versus 12,210 for PS5” — appear to be weekly estimated sales figures, but no source was given within the thread itself, so they should be read strictly as the poster’s own claim. The fact that the typo “hidari kore” generated more buzz than the actual performance debate is itself a reflection of 5ch’s board culture, where a botched IME conversion often becomes the thread’s defining meme in its own right.
※This article excerpts and summarizes the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “Switch 2 “Only Has About Half the Power of the PS5 Yet Costs More Than the PS5” Hidari Kore.”
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