The PS5 title “Pro Yakyu Spirits 2026” became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry board after its digital version was discounted 30% just one month after release.
Thread posters were split over whether the discount applied only to those who pre-ordered, while others shared sales figures showing the series’ retail numbers have collapsed over seven years — from 259,227 copies for “Pro Yakyu Spirits 2019” down to just 30,235 for “2026” — fueling talk of the series’ decline.
Huh, turns out games get cheaper even without killing off discs.
>>6
This one still has a disc version, what are you even talking about
This one still has a disc version, what are you even talking about
The release was just too late to begin with.
They needed to get it out before the WBC started, at the very least.
They needed to get it out before the WBC started, at the very least.
The PS5, where digital actually sells!!!!!!!!
So THIS was the reason lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
So THIS was the reason lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Even the digital version isn't selling.
If you think of it as paying for a one-month head start, it actually feels like a good deal — no problem at all.
Since they didn't call it "2026-2027" this time and it launched in July, this game's shelf life is under six months.
Ah, the one whose physical version bombed too.
Meaning they've got zero motivation to do a 2027 season update.
Back in the Super Famicom days, some games were even 30% off on release day.
>>17
Physical copies still go below MSRP at retail even now though
Physical copies still go below MSRP at retail even now though
Well, they have to sell it fast before the 2026 season ends.
Switch's Famista 2020 got discontinued after just 8 months.
Switch's Famista 2020 got discontinued after just 8 months.
>>18
Then what about Powerful Pro Baseball?
Then what about Powerful Pro Baseball?
Konami's an idiot for putting a game that only sells in Japan on the losing platform.
Can't be helped — the 2026 pennant race is already heading into its final stretch.
The 30%-off-since-launch deal only applied to owners of the previous game, and they lose nothing from it, so no problem there.
The only people who'd actually lose out are weirdos who suddenly discovered baseball and bought it fresh for the first time — but nobody like that exists, so it's pointless to even worry about.
The only people who'd actually lose out are weirdos who suddenly discovered baseball and bought it fresh for the first time — but nobody like that exists, so it's pointless to even worry about.
>>38
If people get bored of it and don't want it anymore, it won't sell, will it
If people get bored of it and don't want it anymore, it won't sell, will it
>>38
This perfectly embodies the decline of PlayStation in Japan
This perfectly embodies the decline of PlayStation in Japan
>>38
That bonus is only valid "up until" release day
That bonus is only valid "up until" release day
There's no way this thing is selling digitally either — what's this "hint: it's digital" nonsense?
>>60
Its pre-order ranking was already worse than Powerful Pro Baseball, which had been out for ages… discount or no discount
Its pre-order ranking was already worse than Powerful Pro Baseball, which had been out for ages… discount or no discount
Piling onto the bargain-bin treatment like that —
at this rate stores everywhere are just going to stop carrying PlayStation altogether.
at this rate stores everywhere are just going to stop carrying PlayStation altogether.
>>68
Losing those shipment numbers seems genuinely rough though
I wonder what they're gonna do about it.
Losing those shipment numbers seems genuinely rough though
I wonder what they're gonna do about it.
788 Anonymous (default screen name "Anonymous Is Desperate") 2026/08/26 (Wed) 12:19:48.83 ID:k4SrW0QLM
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2019
PS4…259,227, Vita…70,763
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2024-2025
PS5…102,527
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2026
PS5…30,235 copies
That's a pretty brutal 7-year decline.
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2019
PS4…259,227, Vita…70,763
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2024-2025
PS5…102,527
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2026
PS5…30,235 copies
That's a pretty brutal 7-year decline.
>>93
Powerful Pro Baseball sold 320,000 copies even on the "losing" Vita, and even that's dropped to 100,000 on Switch
Powerful Pro Baseball sold 320,000 copies even on the "losing" Vita, and even that's dropped to 100,000 on Switch
>>95
Wait, what is this guy even saying?
Wait, what is this guy even saying?
>>100
No idea.
https://achikochi-data.com/game_sales_by_hard_japan_ranking_psvita/
I looked for a 320,000-copy Vita Powerful Pro Baseball but couldn't find it.
How am I even supposed to look this up?
No idea.
https://achikochi-data.com/game_sales_by_hard_japan_ranking_psvita/
I looked for a 320,000-copy Vita Powerful Pro Baseball but couldn't find it.
How am I even supposed to look this up?
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) thread “[Sad News] PS5’s Pro Yakyu Spirits Gets 30% OFF Digital Discount Just One Month After Launch lolololol.”
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