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Media Create Sales: Week 33, 2011 (Aug 15 - Aug 21)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Maybe that is the same situation with MHP3HD =)Spiegel said:
Speaking of MHP3HD, is it possible to control the camera with the right analog stick?
Apparently, it's being rating bombed by anti-Korean protesters because Koreans were involved in porting it. It's not surprising since it's been a hot issue in Japan lately - just recently, tons of people protested outside of FujiTV because they felt they were showing too many Korean programs.Fantastical said:
Sammy Samusu
Member
But they ranked Dragon Quest IX down because it's a departure from the classic Dragon Quest gameplay.
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is a good game, but the HD version really is shit from what we have read and seen.
I need to know more about this. NEED
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is a good game, but the HD version really is shit from what we have read and seen.
+1Mpl90 said:
I need to know more about this. NEED
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Aeana said:
Any particular reason for this outburst against Koreans or is it just your typical Japanese xenophobia?
Sammy Samusu
Member
http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/life/anti-korean-wave-japan-turns-political-141304
I see Japan doesn't stan for the good sises in Girls Generation.
I see Japan doesn't stan for the good sises in Girls Generation.
Fantastical said:
It's a very poor port and C-C-Crazy Japanese netizens!
hosannainexcelsis said:
As mentioned before, there has been backlash towards increasing presence of Korean products and entertainment in Japan. The backlash has recently gotten bigger with many Japanese hating how Korean singers enter the Japanese music industry without a proper grasp of the language and culture. Sounds fair but it's becoming a boycott of all things Korean. I'd normally chalk this up to a vocal minority but this has gotten a lot more pervasive in the recent months.
It'll be really interesting to see how this develops in the coming months.
ScionOfTheRisingSun
Banned
Cheezus crackers, don't you guys know any history? The Chinese, Japanese and Koreans share a lot of bad history between them. Their's is a ancient deep seated disdain.
Koreans to Japan is somewhat understandable, but Japaneses hating toward all things Korean is misplaced and considering the current real issues in the country it's a completely unnecessary kindergarten fight with a close neighbor. They should be above such stuff.ScionOfTheRisingSun said:
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver (this week biggest release)
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40227/
Black Rock Shooter: The Game (Image Epoch second try)
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40219/
Gundam for the PSP
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40212/
more releases for the week
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40203/
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40227/
Black Rock Shooter: The Game (Image Epoch second try)
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40219/
Gundam for the PSP
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40212/
more releases for the week
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/40203/
FINALFANTASYDOG
Member
hosannainexcelsis said:
This just shows the power of 2ch, it's a vocal minority of people upset over Korean Culture taking over Japan, it's been extremely prominent in the rise of Korean idols and dramas in the past years.
The tipping point this time seems to have been a Japanese Actor who made comments about there being too many korean dramas in Japan and getting fired for having made thoese comments.
djplaeskool
Member
ULTROS! said:
Spent the month of May crawling to (just shy of?) 100k, which was below expectations.
I think imageepoch was hoping for 150k+
I succinctly remember if hanging in the top 20 for a few weeks, getting to about 90~k, then dropping to 50th spot.
electroplankton
Banned
Mpl90 said:
If they're going to celebrate even a 5th anniversary, we should expect collections over collections every week for every series... Layton 6 and the crossover will be out next year whatever the anniversary. Layton 6 probably in february and the crossover at the end of the year... Gyakutan Saiban fans are particularly hungry of Phoenix.
electroplankton
Banned
Mpl90 said:
But after just 5 years it doesn't make so sense to celebrate an anniversary, maybe after 10 (they did to commemorate the foundation). Surely they've a lot of Layton stuffs, maybe also a Wii U episode since Hino talked about the possibility to port some DS game on that console.
electroplankton
Banned
Mpl90 said:
Not so good.
Imageepoch CEO expected 150k http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/17/fps_sales/
but I feel it was just a hope more than a financial mark. 100k copies were enough to recover all costs of production in my opinion.
Cygnus X-1
Member
Ok. Price cut definitely was a good idea. Now I think it's safe to say it.
Yeah he basically says that in the article.electroplankton said:
I assume their break even point was likely below 100K if they consider that point a mini smash hit, but they really wanted 150K because it helps build their brand and audience a lot, and would validate their strategy of pushing new JRPGs.AndriaSang said:
JoshuaJSlone
Member
I tried a version with "Pokémon" and "Mario" added in afterward, but they were so much higher it made the other lines appear dinky.Road said:
Mpl90 said:When things like these happen, I'm a bit sad
However, now that I think about it, next year is the 5th Anniversary for Layton!
We could expect Layton 6 AND Layton V.S. Ace Attourney next year...
Next year is Medarot's 15th Anniversary.
I will get nothing but the probable reality that Medarot 3D has been canceled ...
AgentChris
Member
.Datschge said:
How can someone hate South Korea with Won Bin and all the hot women?
onken
Member
I love the way everybody is completely taking Aeana's unsourced post as absolute fact. I'm going through the Amazon 1-star reviews now and they're all just complaining about the lazy port job. Some of the more common complaints:
- ad-hoc connection process complicated and not explained at all
- low res HUD and icons, general UI issues
- it's quite easy to wipe your PSP save by accident by transferring in the wrong direction
- no control configuration
I was going to do more but there are so many complaints I don't know where to stop. Of course we really know that there's no problems at all and they're just making it up because everyone hates Korea.
- ad-hoc connection process complicated and not explained at all
- low res HUD and icons, general UI issues
- it's quite easy to wipe your PSP save by accident by transferring in the wrong direction
- no control configuration
I was going to do more but there are so many complaints I don't know where to stop. Of course we really know that there's no problems at all and they're just making it up because everyone hates Korea.
electroplankton
Banned
The second graph concerns cumulative software sales?
Anyway, it seems 3DS is following DS path in the last 3 months, even if with a lower profile. I hope in December it'll manage to sell at least half of what DS did back in 2005...
Anyway, it seems 3DS is following DS path in the last 3 months, even if with a lower profile. I hope in December it'll manage to sell at least half of what DS did back in 2005...
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Looks like YTD hardware for 3DS in 2011 and DS/PSP in 2005.electroplankton said:
The software equivalent through this time of year using Garaph Famitsu data looks something like
DS: 3.0 M
3DS: 2.1 M
PSP: 1.2 M
electroplankton
Banned
JoshuaJSlone said:
Thanks.
3DS is not performing so bad when it comes to software.
Kenshin001
Member
onken said:
Yeah, would help if people actually read the comments of the poor reviews. Even if you can't read Japanese a simple Google translation suffices. As far as some nation-wide anti Korean backlash or boycotting of Korean things, I live in Tokyo and deal with a broad cross section of Japanese everyday and I'm not seeing it.
electroplankton
Banned
Chris1964 said:
In terms of software releases, obviously.
No Mario, a Pokémon game just now, third parties on average... In my opinion, it's not that bad.
electroplankton said:
Actually, the tie ratio is
Tie Ratio
3DS - 1,4
NDS - 1,35
PSP - 1,3
However, just for curiosity, I saw the week after launch of 3DS, for a comparison of drops in hardware and one particular game ( Nintendogs ) between the week after launch and the one after the price kill, and this is what I found.
In the week after the launch, at a 44% drop in hardware sales corresponded a 30% drop for Nintendogs.
This time, strangely, it's even better, because, with a 46% drop of 3DS sold , Nintendogs saw a 23% drop.
Little indeed.
I used Nintendogs because it's a game for mass audience, and such a little fall could be a sign of good thing for 3DS in the near future: good /very good hardware sales sustained by Nintendogs... and also Zelda, seeing that also OoT 3D saw a 32% drop.
And what happened then to 3DS makes me think that the tragedy has basically stopped its momentum very badly, with no advertising or electricity in some parts of the country and all the rest...
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
DS had a Mario at launch. PSP had already plenty of support.Chris1964 said:
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Nope, only LTD.donny2112 said:Which was outsold by Wario Ware: Touched! and wasn't even the first million-seller on the system. Just having a Mario game, even a true Mario game, at launch doesn't necessarily make things a lot better.
Mario tracked better than Touched during the launch period, >100k difference by year's end it had a +20% in sales versus WW. Regardless, my argument was that at the moment it's totally unfair to make a comparison between the old-gen handhelds and 3DS's launch regarding software tie-ratio, 3DS is still faring better than it should really (ie poor, imo).
BishopLamont
Banned
It was still just a port.donny2112 said:Which was outsold by Wario Ware: Touched! and wasn't even the first million-seller on the system. Just having a Mario game, even a true Mario game, at launch doesn't necessarily make things a lot better.