PlayStation 5 er en international succes, og har sat adskillige rekorder for Sony i mange lande. Faktisk er det fortsat stort set umuligt at opspore en. Dog er det samtidig rigtigt at salget af PlayStation-konsoller har været stødt falende i hjemlandet Japan i lang tid, og PS5 fortsætter denne tendens. Desuden har der været adskillige udtalelser fra både analytikere og journalister om at Sony ikke fokusere lige så meget på det japanske marked, men sætter sigtekornet på det større internationale marked.
Men det betyder, ifølge Platinum Games, ikke at japanske udviklere vil vende PlayStation-platformen ryggen. I et interview med VGC fortæller Platinum-chef Atsushi Inaba, at han fortsat tror at japanske studier vil fokusere på PlayStation.
"To be honest, we don't feel it that much, or at least I haven't felt the impact of it myself yet. That being said, I do understand that the console industry in Japan is not what it used to be and when that happens the priorities of these big console makers will change, and that makes perfect sense to me."
Dog slår han samtidig fast, at Sony altså sagtens kunne rykke deres fokus ud af Japan.
"I don't know if this is an opinion that's out there, and I don't have any personal investment, but just because PlayStation is from Japan doesn't mean it should focus on the Japanese market. I don't feel that way. At the same time, I don't think it's American now either: I think it's international and doesn't really belong to any country. That's how I feel as a developer."