Switch should pass 2 million by the end of October, it'll be interesting to see how the final two months play out.
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Jarod McChicken
Member
12./10. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2018 <SPT> (Konami) {2017.09.14} (¥7.600) - 4.307 / 102.018 (-31%)
More 100.000, not bad
Yeah, counting all versions of FIFA and Winning Eleven, there is still a solid 200K+ userbase for soccer, that's no baseball but still.
Heartskips
Banned
It's funny because bad sales on threads about UK or NPD sales are blamed on developers/publishers. Bad sales on Media Create threads are blamed on Japan.
I'm working on it.
this saddens me
granted Setsuna was nothing special but Lost Sphear looks like a step up and Setsuna was still a serviceable old school style rpg for me
silpheed-mcd
Member
17./17. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.09.07} (¥6.800) - 3.815 / 44.239 (-12%)
Always here, more 1 month.
Always here, more 1 month.
Astral Dog
Member
Poor Evil Within 2
lmao
Sammy Samusu
Member
And justice always prevails, true.Little Monser;252386805 said:
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Is switch still out of stock?
Comes out tomorrow in Japan? Not that I expect amazing sales for it.
silpheed-mcd
Member
October 19.
12./10. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2018 <SPT> (Konami) {2017.09.14} (¥7.600) - 4.307 / 102.018 (-31%)
More 100.000, not bad
These numbers are a disaster for what Winning Eleven once was, its sales look like a bad joke.
Chie Satonaka91
Neo Member
I mean, it sold 1500 more copies on PS4, but the PS4 install base is 5.4 million right now. The Switch install base is 1.8 million right now. So a much greater percentage of Switch owners bought Lost Sphear compared to PS4 owners.
Not sure what you base this on. Also, it's the Nintendo games that sell like hot cakes.
And indies in the west at least.
silpheed-mcd
Member
First week, yes, it was a disaster (if we compare with the old eleven, not those of recent years) but it has legs, look the release date (2017.09.14), always here, not bad.
With the figures of the first week, I didn't think it would reach 100,000 as fast (without the ps3 version).
I'm really wondering how many Switches will be available for SMO launch week.
If the weekly baseline is 80K and they are saving half for SMO launch we'd be looking at 160K in bundles launch week. If that's the case it would be very close to 3DS launch aligned and would surpass 2 million with the launch.
I predict that we'd see something like this by the time SMO is launched:
Splatoon 2 >1375K
MK8D > 825K
Zelda BotW > 645K
SMO > 450K
If the weekly baseline is 80K and they are saving half for SMO launch we'd be looking at 160K in bundles launch week. If that's the case it would be very close to 3DS launch aligned and would surpass 2 million with the launch.
I predict that we'd see something like this by the time SMO is launched:
Splatoon 2 >1375K
MK8D > 825K
Zelda BotW > 645K
SMO > 450K
If I were SE. I would do a digital only $20-30 west release.
Hero of Legend
Member
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch leg-o-meter:
CaviarMeths
Member
I appreciate the hell out of Tokyo RPG Factory's mission, but the execution turned out to be rather unthrilling. Silicon is much better at this whole 90s Squaresoft thing.
Yeah after Zelda BotW and Splatoon 2, we Switch owners are dying to get our Sphear on.
Or if you are implying "Switch owners like paying high prices for garbage looking games"
...well you might have a point.
::goes back to playing Super Bomberman R::
Laplasakos
Member
Does this means that if Switch had the userbase of PS4, Lost Sphear would sell better? Because for a system that has almost a 2m userbase, 4-5k seems bad no matter how you see it. The game totally bombed. Saying that it sold 1500 copies more on PS4 like it matters sounds like a joke.
Damn, i expect we will see lower sales for this, in other markets as well. Just doesn't seem too different
from Setsuna on first glance.
I'm still anticipating it though and hope it's a considerable step up from their first game.
Gotdatmoney
Member
Low budget mediocre games match the Switch perfectly? I dunno. I find that these games have an established base on PS ecosystems and it will take multiple high quality games to shift it.
BrokenJohnCena
Member
you mean Asano Team
Vital Tundra
Member
Is there any truth of FEs character choice having an effect on its sales? I thought it was going to do much better overall. I cant really think of a good reason as to why its done so poorly.
mocolostrocolos
Member
I loved I Am Setsuna.
KillerMan91
Member
19./00. [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2014.12.25} (¥8.208) - 14.113 / NEW
01./00. [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of War <RPG> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2017.10.12} (¥7.800) - 20.144 / NEW
Been a while since we saw anything increase its sales on PS4 compared to previous game.
01./00. [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of War <RPG> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2017.10.12} (¥7.800) - 20.144 / NEW
Been a while since we saw anything increase its sales on PS4 compared to previous game.
CaviarMeths
Member
And the irony is that JRPGs never needed to be saved.
Yeah, them chaps. Loved both Bravely games and what little I played of Octopath.
Graphics Horse
Member
I bet they never predicted being number 1 in Japan.
I don't know but I think it happens at the end of the year sometimes, so maybe they're gone in January.
Assuming you mean PS3 not PS4
Overcooked is ranked 4th on the Switch eShop Chart came out the same day as Lost Sphere, Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time is 12th on the Chart. Lost Sphere isn't even charting. Overcooked and LiaD are budget titles that are heavily co-op multiplayer games that make use of one of the main advantages the Switch has. Maybe Japanese devs should make something like Bomberman R and utilize the capabilities of the Switch to provide multiplayer on the go...
I loved I Am Setsuna.
Yeah, me too :/
James Scott
Banned
I wonder why they made a Bravely Default studio but not really when they were already working with the BD studio.
I guess SE took the wrong message from BDs high sales.
Heartskips
Banned
Probably not, especially talking about old characters, Tharja probably has a bigger impact on sales than them.
Musou oversaturation and Switch not having a mainline FE yet are probably the reasons. It's still doing as expected I guess, KT was happy about the sales few days ago and this will do better in the west than most Warriors titles.
silpheed-mcd
Member
Gotdatmoney
Member
I know that the PS4 is finished after Monster Hunter World "but" this is a wee bit dramatic 😂
Interesting typo