You keep going like a broken record about that "argument" but you still haven't posted hard evidences of sell-through data that the USA alone is a larger consumer of japanese videogames than Japan itself. Not that I expect you to do that because you'd already have done so otherwise.
Even then, Japan's numbers are nothing to scoff at. It just proves California Sony was retarded to discard one of the largest console markets in the manner of a culture war
I don't see how hard it is to believe that the US consumes Japanese media in a far larger amount than Japan itself? It may be because you're generally unfamiliar with how things go on in the states but a fuckload of things like Transformers(formerly Diaclone) and Power Rangers(Super Sentai) started in America due to an eastern and western melding. If you want to bring things in like Nerd Culture, blade runner inspired shit like Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the shell inspired shit like The Matrix. It's been a circular exchange of ideas between the US and Japan.
The September 2021 NPD gaming report finds that the games industry keeps breaking records in the United States.
venturebeat.com
The fact that Tales of Arise debuted just under SPORTS is a pretty major thing.
There's also the fact that the parent company spent a ton of money buying Crunchyroll from Warner Brothers. And they're now going forward and making anime for US audiences. Time Warner/Cartoon Network also makes anime for US audiences as well.
I mean geez dude here's Hasbro's investor data for transformers
The ailing franchise made Hasbro a force in Hollywood. Executives hope “Bumblebee” will put it back on track.
www.bloomberg.com
Now in japan, Transformers is mostly considered small time compared to things like Gundam. Takara/Tomy used to do a ton of things, but under the brand unification US fans can now buy all the high end shit directly from hasbro that was formerly just made by Takara Tomy without needing to jump through extra hoops. Transformers is the reason why companies like Bandai are pushing westward, they're thinking properties like Gundam could be just as lucrative if marketed right. You can buy kits in US stores like Barnes and Nobles at regular MSRP.
America buys anime toys and games by a huge fucking amount. Let's also not forget that many of what's considered classic 80's animated shows like Ghostbusters and GIjoe as well as Batman had anime studios behind them making episodes.
And they're not exactly ignoring Japan either, the PS5 has quite a few JRPGs coming out for it this year and it's major hurdle is to have the console reach saturation. The PS4 did not launch in Japan back in 2013 due to the fact that even back then it was considered a smaller market and the PS4 did fine. Literally the whole line of thinking that Sony is ignoring them is coming from clickbait outlets who swear they're not like regular games journalists because they don't punch right.
