vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Do we know how well Miitomo in Japan? Reached the Top20 yet on the app store or something?
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Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2016 (Mar 07 - Mar 13)
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Hero of Legend
Member
Wow, that's very encouraging for Nintendo's mobile effort. Now all we need is to see it on top for grossing.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Well will you look at that
Seems people are rather enjoying the app too judging by the ratings.
Hope the app maintains it's placement, or at least in the Top 10.
Hero of Legend
Member
Also note that's the Free chart but I'd think Free apps will always be way above paid ones anyway.
Now how's it doing on the Top-Grossing charts, who knows!
Edit: Also notice it doesn't say "In-App Purchases" like a couple of the others. I guess micro-transactions don't count?
Now how's it doing on the Top-Grossing charts, who knows!
Edit: Also notice it doesn't say "In-App Purchases" like a couple of the others. I guess micro-transactions don't count?
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Top Grossing apps?
Yeah.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Hmmm. Maybe it's too early in its life cycle, but I would of thought it would have placed a little higher given the anticipation of Nintendo's first mobile app; then again, the monetization aspect don't seem central comparatively to other apps in its category.
Hero of Legend
Member
What about those mobile game graphs you post Nirolak? Any of Miitomo?
DriftingSpirit
Member
Without a doubt.
By a good margin. Probabily 50% More at least.
Pennywise83
Banned
Amazing how they just killed all the momentum gained during the quite good (and unexpectedly so) holiday season. They should have a quite big supply at least for the Golden Week.
Media Create White Book 2016 will be on sale from April 8th.
http://www.m-create.com/publishing/tv_game.html
http://www.m-create.com/publishing/tv_game.html
Kresnik258
Member
Now THAT is exciting. Can't wait to get my hands on the data if we can get it again.
Bruno MB
Member
Prediction League February 2016 Results
Congratulations to:
- Xbro, for winning by units!
- noobie, for winning by mean error %!
Congratulations to:
- Xbro, for winning by units!
- noobie, for winning by mean error %!
Code:
BY UNITS BY MEAN ERROR %
1 Xbro 149.399 1 noobie 25,55%
2 1st Course 151.095 2 Orgen 28,34%
3 Orgen 156.031 3 Jon Carter 30,67%
4 noobie 160.031 4 XDDX 31,24%
5 Eolz 162.335 5 Powwa 31,75%
6 Powwa 164.095 6 Yeshua 33,02%
7 Fisico 174.821 7 Chris1964 34,37%
8 Jon Carter 179.796 8 Bruno MB 34,47%
9 Yeshua 180.799 9 Eolz 34,97%
10 astrogamer 187.031 10 Xenoboy 35,18%
11 XDDX 188.697 11 horuhe 35,49%
12 Bruno MB 192.031 12 casiopao 38,48%
13 Ryng_tolu 195.631 13 1st Course 40,80%
14 Xenoboy 197.031 14 Fisico 41,11%
15 horuhe 207.701 15 astrogamer 43,41%
16 Chris1964 217.363 16 Xbro 43,83%
17 Jigorath 236.031 17 Ryng_tolu 44,85%
18 casiopao 246.031 18 Jigorath 60,52%
19 ohyouagain 352.374 19 ohyouagain 73,70%
20 Mr Swine 479.947 20 Mr Swine 86,77%
Code:
Famitsu Xbro Ryng_tolu astrogamer Jigorath 1st Course Eolz Chris1964 casiopao Mr Swine Orgen Powwa noobie Jon Carter Yeshua Bruno MB Xenoboy horuhe Fisico XDDX
[3DS] Shin Megami Tense IV: Final 122.648 120.000 100.000 130.000 144.000 120.000 139.000 123.456 139.000 98.000 139.000 120.000 125.000 112.345 150.000 145.000 131.000 154.538 142.135 130.000
[PS4] Valkyria Chronicles Remastered 27.456 100.000 90.000 85.000 65.000 70.000 50.000 43.210 43.000 132.000 47.000 45.000 40.000 41.234 40.000 50.000 39.000 47.981 54.321 40.000
[PS4] Street Fighter V 56.555 100.000 80.000 85.000 155.000 70.000 88.000 54.321 65.000 201.000 60.000 78.000 68.000 72.345 80.000 65.000 89.000 61.307 88.000 66.666
[PSV] Kan Colle Kai 156.884 150.000 200.000 185.000 202.000 150.000 222.000 210.987 220.000 112.000 192.000 135.000 195.000 193.456 130.000 185.000 190.000 192.692 165.000 199.999
[PS4 + PS3 + PSV] Attack on Titan 184.726 180.000 150.000 120.000 145.000 120.000 161.000 76.543 75.000 249.000 118.000 105.000 100.000 102.345 120.000 90.000 100.000 91.647 123.456 101.111
[PS4 + PSV] Project Setsuna 70.848 90.000 80.000 70.000 77.000 50.000 74.000 34.567 38.000 168.000 56.000 50.000 60.000 49.876 45.000 55.000 44.000 49.201 43.210 38.888
TOTAL ABS. DIFF. 149.399 195.631 187.031 236.031 151.095 162.335 217.363 246.031 479.947 156.031 164.095 160.031 179.796 180.799 192.031 197.031 207.701 174.821 188.697
MEAN ERROR % 43,83% 44,85% 43,41% 60,52% 40,80% 34,97% 34,37% 38,48% 86,77% 28,34% 31,75% 25,55% 30,67% 33,02% 34,47% 35,18% 35,49% 41,11% 31,24%
ohyouagain
111.111
81.818
135.791
213.049
62.500
42.000
352.374
73,70%
Code:
STATISTICS FAMITSU GAF_AVG MIN MAX UNDER OVER CLOSEST BY
[3DS] Shin Megami Tense IV: Final 122.648 128.679 98.000 154.538 35% 65% 123.456 Chris1964
[PS4] Valkyria Chronicles Remastered 27.456 60.228 39.000 132.000 0% 100% 39.000 Xenoboy
[PS4] Street Fighter V 56.555 88.122 54.321 201.000 5% 95% 54.321 Chris1964
[PSV] Kan Colle Kai 156.884 182.159 112.000 222.000 25% 75% 150.000 Xbro
[PS4 + PS3 + PSV] Attack on Titan 184.726 119.530 62.500 249.000 95% 5% 180.000 Xbro
[PS4 + PSV] Project Setsuna 70.848 60.737 34.567 168.000 75% 25% 70.000 astrogamer
Eolz
Member
Congrats!
Went too high with most games sadly, but still in that middle spot at least.
WoW .. i cant believe this.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Congrats Xbro and noobie!
01 - 24.722
02 - 15.398
03 - 11.298
04 - 8.931
05 - 3.939
06 - 3.933
07 - 3.902
08 - 5.392
09 - 7.260
10 - 4.629
Wii U extreme supply problems started from week 5 but what was the situation after holidays ended, from weeks 2 to 4?
What do you mean by "the situation"? As far as I know, starting from Week 4, 2016, Mitsumi Co. stopped the production due to Chinese New Year holidays.
Moor-Angol
Banned
I think I need to explain this, a little bit better.
The Wii U shortages, as far as I can tell, are (or better said, were) caused by an internal production problem in Mitsumi Electronics Co. This company was one of the manufacturers of the Wii controller and some parts of Wi-Fi PCB for DS, in the Wii/DS era, and now is dedicated to manufacture some parts for the Wii U hardware.
Their factories are located (at least, those focused on manufacturing Wii U) in China. The Wii U stock problems started somewhere around the beginning of the festivity of the Chinese New Year on February 8th (new moon), and they stopped the production. This festival ended on February 22nd (full moon), that's why Rakuten and other blogs expected that Wii U shortages would have ended by around that time (late February to early March), since there are not factories in Japan and there are some difficulties to send the production from China to Japan.
What is the problem, now, that there is no reason for shortages? Well, doing some research, I found that Mitsumi Co. became a subsidiary of Minebea (another electronic company) and announced an official integration with this company.
http://shikiho.jp/tk/news/articles/0/97891
http://eetimes.jp/ee/articles/1512/22/news046.html
In early February, they had to revise their expectations to explicitly declare a six billion yen deficit on their anual report.
http://www.nikkei.com/markets/kigyo/gyoseki.aspx?g=DGXLZO9693979004022016DTC000
http://www.fukeiki.com/2016/02/mitsumi-2016-loss2.html
http://m.finance.yahoo.co.jp/news/detail/20160204-00000226-stkms-stocks
http://shikiho.jp/tk/stock/info/6767 (with some graphics)
The Wii U shortages, as far as I can tell, are (or better said, were) caused by an internal production problem in Mitsumi Electronics Co. This company was one of the manufacturers of the Wii controller and some parts of Wi-Fi PCB for DS, in the Wii/DS era, and now is dedicated to manufacture some parts for the Wii U hardware.
Their factories are located (at least, those focused on manufacturing Wii U) in China. The Wii U stock problems started somewhere around the beginning of the festivity of the Chinese New Year on February 8th (new moon), and they stopped the production. This festival ended on February 22nd (full moon), that's why Rakuten and other blogs expected that Wii U shortages would have ended by around that time (late February to early March), since there are not factories in Japan and there are some difficulties to send the production from China to Japan.
What is the problem, now, that there is no reason for shortages? Well, doing some research, I found that Mitsumi Co. became a subsidiary of Minebea (another electronic company) and announced an official integration with this company.
http://shikiho.jp/tk/news/articles/0/97891
http://eetimes.jp/ee/articles/1512/22/news046.html
In early February, they had to revise their expectations to explicitly declare a six billion yen deficit on their anual report.
http://www.nikkei.com/markets/kigyo/gyoseki.aspx?g=DGXLZO9693979004022016DTC000
http://www.fukeiki.com/2016/02/mitsumi-2016-loss2.html
http://m.finance.yahoo.co.jp/news/detail/20160204-00000226-stkms-stocks
http://shikiho.jp/tk/stock/info/6767 (with some graphics)
Moor-Angol
Banned
but why shortages affect only Japan?
I didn't hear a similar situation in the West... the reason is just because over there Wii U sales are like 3 digit numbers?
I didn't hear a similar situation in the West... the reason is just because over there Wii U sales are like 3 digit numbers?
The only reason that could come to mind right now, is that they have enough units shipped overseas that they don't need steady productions to keep sales according to keikaku outside Japan. Don't know, really.
Surplus western warehouse stock would fairly easily explain that, and Splatoon didn't greatly change the forecasts for the west so the expected allotments never "ran out".
If it is as Horuhe says, then this is a clusterfuck of manufacturing.
I mean if supply problems had started to show signs before week 5.
It was stated (from the usual blog I think) that Nintendo took the entire scheduled shipment of Q1 in order to fill the unexpected high holiday demand, so they didn't have in plan to ship many units from China to Japan since they thought the stock they had in warehouses would last until the end of FY.
China new year's holidays and manufactoring problems have created this situation of continuous shortage. The question is how many sales were lost and won't be replenished when things are normalized again. March has almost ended and that time is not far.
I hope Nintendo learns (haha) from this situation and they don't make the region lock again. It's not a thing that only annoys users, but also can harm themselves.
They just can't ship western's Wii U to Japan. And there's also the fact that Wii U Premium is black in the west, but white in Japan, so they don't match.
An all regions same policy would've avoid the current situation.
They just can't ship western's Wii U to Japan. And there's also the fact that Wii U Premium is black in the west, but white in Japan, so they don't match.
An all regions same policy would've avoid the current situation.
Wouldn't changing western systems to Japanese ones be extremely easy for them?
That action would still have to happen in Chinese factories.
Moor-Angol
Banned
Agree about no region-lock systems but if a manufacturer has a problem nintendo can't be blamed so much, it's not something depending on them
Wouldn't they have to go back to the factory either way?
Jon Carter
Member
Those shortages are really frustrating. They completely wasted the greater-than-expected holiday sales and also killed whatever small momentum the system could have had. Bah.
Since hw comes from China if Nintendo stayed out of stock in warehouses at other territories too, situation would be similar.
I mean, in the grand scheme of things what have they lost...? <100k sales? It's a mess but hardly important
100k sales of hardware, potentially another 200k or even more software sold and of course not causing retailers to go suicide bombing to Nintendo's office lool.^_^ Is all important things lol.
Eolz
Member
Uh, that's pretty shitty. Thanks for the info!