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I'm also willing to bet Nintendo will advertise this one longer than previous Zelda titles. It's a very attractive game for the console and also has DLC coming. I don't think it's gonna stop selling anytime soon.
Also MK8/ARMS/Splatoon 2 might not cannibalize sales as much as one would think given their clear multiplayer focus.
Yeah, I forgot about the DLC, that should do.it for sure. What was the last Zelda game that broke a million in Japan, Phantom Hourglass?
I'm just hoping for BotW 2, that's all ^^
frankie_baby
Member
At the very least MK8 doesnt seem to have had much effect, i expected botw sales to have had a hair cut this week but still it performs similarly to how it did before
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nis-...hits-110k-pre-orders-in-us-and-europe/0182373
d5c sell-in was less than 20k in japan so... that should give some perspective on the sell-through it had in japan.
d5c sell-in was less than 20k in japan so... that should give some perspective on the sell-through it had in japan.
In the event people didn't click the link:
Disgaea 5 Complete (Switch) has 110,000 pre-orders in the US and Europe. That's pre-orders only, not eventual sales.
The game has shipped under 20,000 in Japan.
They also note the biggest Western markets for JRPGs are the US and then France, which I think most people knew. They note the UK is a harder market.
I wonder if that's just their nisa store and Nintendo stores preorders, or if they're counting things like amazon pre-orders?
If it's the former then that's a damn solid debut.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Principate
Saint Titanfall
That's more than what I expected tbh
third party support saved?
Of course it's party time! The only game that matters did well!
Herb Alpert
Banned
Probably because people starve for games /s
OK, this is getting old, sorry.
BTW, do we know how disgaea 5 did worldwide? I only found numbers from the banned site...
yeah I bet its at 15K or so right now and will sell out its initial shipment. Which would be about half of the known PS4 LTD I believe.
60k Japan, 112k Overseas (as of February last year): http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1178492
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Minecraft Switch Edition is in the #2 position in the Japanese eShop, right behind MK8D. (#4? in the US, I think. Right behind Mario Kart, NBA Playgrounds and Kamiko.)
frankie_baby
Member
So it has a good shot then at eventually matching or even beating the ps4 version worldwide
frankie_baby
Member
I suspect it'll be number 1 by tomorrow at the latest
Really? 110k? Wow, I wasn't expecting that at all, especially since it's just pre-orders.
Always expected western sales to be better, but damn... no wonder they chose that game to release on Switch first. Really curious how their other projects are going to fare. Oh, and I guess NISA's days of saving NIS's ass aren't over, heh.
wow switch third parties saved hurrah
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
The West will make Disgaea 5 probably the best selling entry in its series.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Ocarina of Time. PH was close at 900K.
Also Battle Project Mekuru releases 5/18 in Japan? I originally thought this was from Nintendo, but it looks like it's a third party game?
Also it looks like Nintendo and GameCenter are doing some promotion for Minecraft on Switch.
http://gonintendo.com/stories/280053-nintendo-team-with-game-center-cx-s-arino-for-special-minecraft
do we have the Us release date of Project Mekuru, yet?
it's going to take forever to beat disgaea 1. that thing was something else (easily 500k+ worldwide). it might be the second-best after that though.
Going by GameDataLibrary, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness sold around 150,000 between the original and the budget re-release, so around 350,000+ in the West. That's a lot.
Some Disgaea 5 info, though more overseas based - http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nis-...hits-110k-pre-orders-in-us-and-europe/0182373
Yo Marvelous, how about using this money to make a new Rune Factory? Seriously what happened to that series? RF4 was released in 2012 and was the best selling entry in the series. I know, Neverland doesn't exist anymore, but I thought the development team was hired by Marvelous...
That's with Yoiko, not GCCX
I don't know if its the hair or Arino uses the same dark magic as Sakurai as he looks much younger than he did on GCCX last year.
All versions or just the PS2 release?
Blaster Master Zero sales were just a part of an Inti Creates presentation at ToyBox, 4Gamer just posted more slides and details. If anyone's willing to translate the text, it could be interesting. At least the slides have english included
http://www.4gamer.net/games/314/G031464/20170512116/
Additional numbers from there
Azure Striker Gunvolt - 180,000+ on eShop as of May 1st, 2017
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 - 38,000 as of May 1st, 2017
Gal Gun Double Peace - 45,000 downloads from PSN as of December 31st, 2016
http://www.4gamer.net/games/314/G031464/20170512116/
Additional numbers from there
Azure Striker Gunvolt - 180,000+ on eShop as of May 1st, 2017
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 - 38,000 as of May 1st, 2017
Gal Gun Double Peace - 45,000 downloads from PSN as of December 31st, 2016
Kresnik258
Member
Why is it obvious 3DS & PS4 weren't going to increase much?
look at the sales they been having and the their current status in the market place
3ds had a bigger chance to increase but it is well past its prime
ps4 wasn't going to increase much without a big game to coincide with it
frankie_baby
Member
Whats the highest performances we've ever had for download card only games?
That's one gigantic drop. I didn't think the first game was that bad.
Weren't the pokemon gen 1 eshop cards like 100K First Week?
frankie_baby
Member
Just checked 69k, ah ok then cant see minecraft doing anywhere close to that, probably will put in a decent performance though
Graphics Horse
Member
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think PS4 ever has, and the last time 3DS got a 20+% boost was 2013.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Well the first game had really good legs. If anything, it might show the second one didn't those sales legs. Some folks were saying (I haven't played either) that second one was a little too similar to the first. Or maybe the second game had bad word of mouth.
all versions
The original did 90,000 over a more comparable timeframe. Still a big drop but not as huge.
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/01/08/azure-striker-gunvolt-sells-90000-units/
frankie_baby
Member
Werent a lot of copies of the first one given away or something?
Skullwaker
Member
This is a good comparison. They are both critically acclaimed, revolutionary, marquee games for their respective systems. I think if Ocarina of Time could hit 1m on the N64 in Japan, then it's possible for Breath of the Wild to do so on a system with much more appeal in that region (plus the sales of the Wii U version). Additionally, the DLC packs should keep word of mouth going for the game and prevent people from selling their copies.