Godzilla's Left Toe
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Nah Monster Hunter Frontier.
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Nah Monster Hunter Frontier.
Gotdatmoney
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I ignored the DS too. They were the first systems. They sold tons. But total Gen 8 sales dont touch total Gen 7 sales. Including the 3DS and the DS makes the comparison worse for Gen 8. The hardware decline over the last 6 and a half years has been real. A lot of people this gen havent bought dedicated hardware.
Shocking news, Capcom are making more MH games for a portable system. Wow. Amazing.
SinCityAssassin
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I'm still befuddled Okami on Switch ain't a thing being revealed in TGS yet, literally everyone talking thinks it's absurd.
lyrick
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* Will now wait for the true Monster Hunter 5, not this "Westernized" and more casual + narrative heavy nonsense
Godzilla's Left Toe
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They didn't put a bunch of N E S and Super N E S roms on the Switch it par for the course for Capcom.
That would be funny considering many were convinced ps4 would get that instead of true mh
PS4 did get Monster Hunter Frontier, though.
Hero of Legend
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Yepper, I mean Capcom's twitter is dominated by Switch port begging for Okami.
For good reason. 
You think they'd be more excited to support what would probably be the first hardware in a decade to bring new users into the market en masse.
SinCityAssassin
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So for Capcom it's their first console to ignore amirite? Oooooooooh SNAP!
lyrick
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Nah they're still pretending to play king maker while completely ignoring actual market response.
True, my point was more along the lines of people saying that would be the only one
Speaking of which it wouldn't sirprise me if Switch also got Frontier Z now that DQX and PSO2 are making the jump.
That obviously wouldn't be the rumored 5th Gen title from the P/X team though. Frontier is made by the Tokyo MMO team.
Well, even if the damn Wii U got MHF, there's no way in hell the Switch isn't going to get it at one point.
Hmm? Why would you assume that? Because of AA6?
Godzilla's Left Toe
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I agree. The only way a MH Switch would come West if Nintendo Publishes it like MH Stories.
Who said it's changing course completely though? If Gen 5 Switch exists it's because Capcom was hedging their bets long before now. If there's any course change it's because of Switch's global success, and that's also supposing there were no longer term Switch localization plans in the first place.
And you're too fixated on this "two lines" thing too, we don't even know the future Switch MH will be. Capcom had no issue bringing over the Freedom series or Generations before, they already seem fine with varying product lines across different platforms. See also Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Mega Man, etc. This idea that they're only ever going to bring over World seems like an excessive response due to the XX mess only.
Laplasakos
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Are you talking about a specific shop/chain or in general? I checked COMG yesterday to see if the game managed to chart already but it seems that they haven't opened pre orders yet.
At this point, I honestly can't tell if this is satire or serious.
In general, visited Yodobashi Kyoto. Collectors Edition and PS4 Bundle is are not even available already.
Similar was true last night on amazon, though it since normalized. Of course, amazon is fairly ignorable for Japan.
This is a core franchise, I expect strong pre-orders.
...which was perfectly reasonable given the history of the franchise. Given all the information available at that point in time, the most reasonable predictions all had Capcom developing Monster Hunter for the next Nintendo handheld device. Similarly to how everyone was expecting Monster Hunter coming to PS Vita before 3G/4 were announced.
Those are the collector's items though, so you'd expect those to sell out fast regardless of popular demand.
Skullwaker
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FE Warriors will probably sell along the lines of Hyrule Warriors on Wii U FW (69k).
On one hand, musou games have declined in popularity. On the other hand, FEW is on a much more popular platform than HW. So I think itll balance out for the most part.
On one hand, musou games have declined in popularity. On the other hand, FEW is on a much more popular platform than HW. So I think itll balance out for the most part.
Cross posting if Nirolak doesn't mind. Wanted to highlight a successful Japanese publisher. Hopefully it quells some of the concern about the market and publishers dissappearing.
Sammy Samusu
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SE is not one of the publishers one would generally consider in danger of disappearing.
It's funny because every game SE listed here finds greater success oversea. Especially FFXV, which did terribly in Japan while all the other regions saved the day.
Laplasakos
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FFXV did 1.1m in Japan. Even with discounts, it's far from being a terrible number. Because otherwise, we can call Yokai Watch 3 a bomba.
theprodigy
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....am I missing something? YW3 was definitely a weak performance
Also, all of those were games primarily floated by not-Japan, which is sometimes a different discussion to the angle discussed here.
That's like half what FFXIII did and YW3 definitely underperformed.
Laplasakos
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As was FFXV. From weak performance to terrible, there is quite the difference.
My point is that both titles underperformed but none did terrible.
frankie_baby
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A mainline FF bomba binning its way to 1.1m (and it aint even that high is it?) not a terrible number? Heard it all now
I mean, I'd consider YW3's performance to have been indeed terrible as it spelled the irreversible decline of the franchise, and Level 5 is still unable to recover from its performance.
And of course not a word on DQXI which, at this point, can probably be considered underperforming.
And of course not a word on DQXI which, at this point, can probably be considered underperforming.
does that 1.1m include digital though? (genuinely asking)
I think we often forget digital in the MC threads.
FFXV takes easily the crown for last year's bigger bomb from YW3 only from the fact it collapsed at price almost immediately.
That wasn't within that fiscal year.
Laplasakos
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Don't know about you but first time i am hearing a high number bomba.
I would assume 1.1mil has to be including some portion digital as the title most certainly hasn't achieved 1.1mil at retail. Its only now just barely reaching 1mil and has been in bomba-bins for months.
Ah. I misread, my mistake!
On just the PS3 it sold 500k standard.
Laplasakos
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Nah, if someone must take the crown, then it's easily YW3, for the single fact that before it's release, the franchise was at it's highest peak (YW2), something that can not be said for FF.
Laplasakos
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I think it's a matter of time. On Dengeki it has been selling 2.5-3k weekly for some time now and without a Definitive Edition on sight and with the future updates/DLC, i think they will.