Second western million selling game in Japan during the last couple of years (GTAV is the other). Progress is being made.
Is it really "progress" though? We're talking about literally the two biggest game titles in the world.
Second western million selling game in Japan during the last couple of years (GTAV is the other). Progress is being made.
Metroid Prime sold pretty well in the US.
Is it really "progress" though? We're talking about literally the two biggest game titles in the world.
Here's another update for Nirolak's Road to TGS: http://www.capcom.co.jp/tgs/
Capcom has announced their TGS booth plans, and Monster Hunter Stories will be playable for the first time there. MHS will be playable at both the main booth and the Family Corner, something that it shares with Monster Hunter Diary DX and Monster Hunter Spirits. This is a good indication of what to expect from the game's tone - something for younger audiences.
Didn't Corruption do much better than Echoes?Pretty well is relative though and the sequels did progressively worse. Prime got two sequels, a trilogy collection and three spinoffs(counting Federation Force).
Yeah, I believe that's what Capcom said when the game was announced a few months ago. Guess they're trying to capitalise on the reported "younger audience" that bought MH4 (or was it MH4U?).
But there's something strange about Monster Hunter Stories at TGS... During a livestream last month, Capcom clearly said the game would be playable.
Change of plans?
Didn't Corruption do much better than Echoes?
Well even overall western games are selling a lot better in Japan than for example a decade ago. Even 100k barrier was pretty rare for western games when nowadays it's already almost a norm for bigger releases. Then you have some games like GTA and Minecraft going beyond million when highest during PS2 gen was something like 400k (and it was also GTA...).
They're selling more because there are more releases being localized and released, and re-releases on multiple platforms are more common now. Neither GTAV nor Minecraft would have crossed a million if they were just on one platform. I guess in a sense that's "progress" because the games are actually available in their market now to buy, rather than requiring them to learn better English and import. But beyond that, I dunno.
Call of Duty games have been selling pretty well in Japan ever since they started getting proper releases with CoD4. That's like 8 years ago? A decade ago GTA titles on the PS2 were selling 300-400k+ each. A generation before that Crash Bandicoot was drawing 600-900k on the PS1, and Banjo Kazooie sold 400k on the N64. Pretty much every generation has had successful western games in Japan!
I'm starting to think Splatoon might never slow down.
Oh. There has been some good selling western games pretty much every gen. Just this gen at least it feels like the baseline for your average release has grown (it already started to happen last gen like you pointed out). While obviously one reason is that more games get localized and released why it started to happen suddenly if there was money to be made in the past too? imo I think it has more to do with Japanese industry shifting to mobile and handhelds and there still being audience that wants ''blockbuster'' games. In the past Japanese games themselves filled this void nicely as they were not behind western games in presentation and scope but that changed last gen. Reason also why Hollywood movies continue to do so well around the world.
this is why splatoon is esports in the eyes of nintendo and smash is not
they value those japan sales more than anything else. it's why metroid is kill
What's the best selling title on vita and when will Minecraft beat it? I don't think the vita even has a 400k seller. or does it?
Also I have a really hard time seeing 3DS reach 20 million at the end of the year. Probably by summer next year before the NX launches.
Second western million selling game in Japan during the last couple of years (GTAV is the other). Progress is being made.
I'm starting to think Splatoon might never slow down.
Some of that is definitely true, but I think the biggest factor is probably that in the past they were not seen as money to be made. Localization was a smaller and less significant market, limited to more niche areas like PC, and western companies themselves were less aggressive in terms of pushing their brands internationally because they were still busy establishing a foothold domestically. What we're seeing is mostly a result of stronger globalization I would say. It's something that has been happening more and more, and not limited to the gaming industry. Just look at how Hollywood movies perform in China now for example, or how Smartphones took over the Japanese Feature Phone market.
You can kind of count Luigi's Mansion 2 with them too, as it was developed in the west. Sure the IP is Japanese in origin though.
What's the best selling title on vita and when will Minecraft beat it? I don't think the vita even has a 400k seller. or does it?
Maybe in the long term Japan's purchasing habits will become more in line with the rest of the world.That makes a lot of sense too. Nevertheless no matter the reasons I think we can agree that overall sales of western games have grown especially compared to PS2 gen and prior. =). Personally I also see that this growth will continue despite that the overall deticated gaming market will continue to shrink. To what end? We shall see.
Makes sense. We're all going mobile.Maybe in the long term Japan's purchasing habits will become more in line with the rest of the world.
Haha didn't even think of that but you may be right.sörine;175951688 said:Makes sense. We're all going mobile.
I'm starting to think Splatoon might never slow down.
Also Mario Maker is being showed and are accepting pre-orders not only for the game, but also for the bundle.
theres not really a point to missout on mario kart 8s first week now, splatoon is really close to itSmash WiiU VS Splatoon (the end is soon)
Code:------------------------------------------------------------- | | Super Smash Wii U | Splatoon | Difference | | | [WIU] (2014/12/06)| [WIU] (2015/05/28)| | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| |Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | Splt SSBWU | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| | 1 | 227.527| 227.527| 144.818| 144.818| -82.709| | 2 | 79.005| 306.533| 68.913| 213.731| -92.802| | 3 | 78.927| 385.460| 53.198| 266.929| -118.531| | 4 | 85.776| 471.236| 43.653| 310.582| -160.654| | 5 | 58.008| 529.244| 37.458| 348.040| -181.204| | 6 | 18.884| 548.128| 34.135| 382.175| -165.953| | 7 | 12.858| 560.986| 26.136| 408.312| -152.674| | 8 | 8.728| 569.714| 22.557| 430.869| -138.845| | 9 | 6.398| 576.112| 24.289| 455.158| -120.954| | 10 | 5.683| 581.796| 28.256| 483.413| -98.383| | 11 | 6.118| 587.913| 35.620| 519.034| -68.879| | 12 | 4.881| 592.794| 41.361| 560.394| -32.400| | 13 | 4.936| 597.730| | | | | 14 | 4.829| 602.560| | | | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| |Total -| 653.783| -| 560.394| -93.389| -------------------------------------------------------------
Mario Kart 8 VS Splatoon (Obon boost and drop next week) *first week excluded
Code:------------------------------------------------------------- | | Mario Kart 8 | Splatoon | Difference | | | [WIU] (2014/05/29)| [WIU] (2015/05/28)| | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| |Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | SPLTN MK8 | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| | 2 | 73.051| 73.051| 68.913| 68.913| -4.138| | 3 | 42.261| 115.312| 53.198| 122.111| 6.799| | 4 | 28.112| 143.424| 43.653| 165.764| 22.340| | 5 | 23.520| 166.944| 37.458| 203.222| 36.278| | 6 | 19.386| 186.330| 34.135| 237.357| 51.027| | 7 | 15.143| 201.473| 26.136| 263.493| 62.020| | 8 | 14.992| 216.465| 22.557| 286.050| 69.585| | 9 | 18.129| 234.594| 24.289| 310.339| 75.745| | 10 | 18.067| 252.661| 28.256| 338.595| 85.934| | 11 | 20.860| 273.521| 35.620| 374.215| 100.694| | 12 | 28.221| 301.742| 41.361| 415.576| 113.834| | 13 | 12.075| 313.817| | | | | 14 | 11.148| 324.965| | | | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
Rhythm Battle (The Best+ won thanks to Obon)
Code:------------------------------------------------------------- | | Rhythm Fever | Rhythm the Best+ | Difference | | | [WII] (2011/07/21)| [3DS] (2015/06/11)| | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| |Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | RHtB+ RHF | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| | 1 | 118.173| 118.173| 157.591| 157.591| 39.418| | 2 | 81.938| 200.112| 66.416| 224.008| 23.896| | 3 | 62.597| 262.709| 42.718| 266.726| 4.017| | 4 | 63.590| 326.300| 34.467| 301.193| -25.107| | 5 | 48.190| 374.489| 24.650| 325.844| -48.645| | 6 | 25.063| 399.552| 17.650| 343.493| -56.059| | 7 | 22.762| 422.314| 16.110| 359.603| -62.711| | 8 | 15.600| 437.913| 14.382| 373.985| -63.928| | 9 | 14.647| 452.560| 18.852| 392.837| -59.723| | 10 | 17.354| 469.914| 27.356| 420.193| -49.721| | 11 | 11.468| 481.382| | | | | 12 | 10.731| 492.112| | | | | 13 | 13.202| 505.315| | | | | 14 | 12.377| 517.691| | | | | 15 | 9.251| 526.943| | | | | 16 | 8.581| 535.523| | | | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| |Total -| 722.910| -| 420.193| -302.717| -------------------------------------------------------------
Minecraft Vita (soon 300k at retail)
Code:----------------------------------------- | | Minecraft PSVita | | | | [PSV] (2015/03/19)| | |----|---------|---------|--------------| |Week| Weekly | LTD | Variation | |----|---------|---------|--------------| | 1 | 36.151| 36.151| //| | 2 | 21.069| 57.220| -42%| | 3 | 15.880| 73.100| -25%| | 4 | 11.842| 84.942| -25%| | 5 | 12.175| 97.117| +3%| | 6 | 12.667| 109.784| +4%| | 7 | 16.166| 125.951| +28%| | 8 | 18.025| 143.976| +12%| | 9 | 11.303| 155.278| -37%| | 10 | 11.898| 167.176| +5%| | 11 | 12.449| 179.625| +5%| | 12 | 10.708| 190.332| -14%| | 13 | 9.657| 199.989| -10%| | 14 | 9.703| 209.693| +0%| | 15 | 10.896| 220.589| +12%| | 16 | 11.941| 232.530| +10%| | 17 | 10.898| 243.428| -9%| | 18 | 9.878| 253.306| -9%| | 19 | 10.180| 263.487| +3%| | 20 | 8.553| 272.040| -16%| | 21 | 8.100| 280.140| -5%| | 22 | 11.787| 291.927| +46%| |----|---------|---------|--------------| |Total -| 291.927| | -----------------------------------------
Some Graphs for fun... Week 22 is when Mario Kart 8 & Splatoon both released.
PS4 was killing the competition in sales long before it had any noteable games. It's mainly trading on potential and being the best multi-plat machine for people buying the likes of GTA, COD, FIFA, WatchDogs and Destiny. The other games you mention will have helped with a few fringe cases, but the PS4 would still be leading even if they didn't exist.yea i don't know what people have been playing.... just this last month there were games like galak z n++ everybody gone to rapture and volume. not counting games like bloodborne, order, infamous, and the long list of 3rd party games like batman, destiny, witcher 3. besides that yea i don't know what is selling the ps4 in the west....
PS4 was killing the competition in sales long before it had any noteable games. It's mainly trading on potential and being the best multi-plat machine for people buying the likes of GTA, COD, FIFA, WatchDogs and Destiny. The other games you mention will have helped with a few fringe cases, but the PS4 would still be leading even if they didn't exist.
It's so crazy how 2015 just drops off like that at the end. Damn :-(
theres not really a point to missout on mario kart 8s first week now, splatoon is really close to it
Some Graphs for fun... Week 22 is when Mario Kart 8 & Splatoon both released.
PS4 was killing the competition in sales long before it had any noteable games. It's mainly trading on potential and being the best multi-plat machine for people buying the likes of GTA, COD, FIFA, WatchDogs and Destiny. The other games you mention will have helped with a few fringe cases, but the PS4 would still be leading even if they didn't exist.
if they were smart, at the meantime just port over splatoon while we wait for a sequel. easy money right thereSpla2oon on NX Home and NX Go or be damned!
if they were smart, at the meantime just port over splatoon while we wait for a sequel. easy money right there
if they were smart, at the meantime just port over splatoon while we wait for a sequel. easy money right there
Spla2oon on NX Home and NX Go or be damned!
if they were smart, at the meantime just port over splatoon while we wait for a sequel. easy money right there
With cross-play and cross-save!
I'm happy to see Splatoon sell constantly, probably on word of mouth. I like this game so much more than Smash and MK8, or any recent game I played.
Port Splatoon DX, Mario Kart 8 DX, and Super Smash Bros. DX. Right??
You forgot Mario Maker DX.Port Splatoon DX, Mario Kart 8 DX, and Super Smash Bros. DX. Right??
Here's another update for Nirolak's Road to TGS: http://www.capcom.co.jp/tgs/
Capcom has announced their TGS booth plans, and Monster Hunter Stories will be playable for the first time there. MHS will be playable at both the main booth and the Family Corner, something that it shares with Monster Hunter Diary DX and Monster Hunter Spirits. This is a good indication of what to expect from the game's tone - something for younger audiences.
Code:YTD Last YTD WIU | 364.732 | 364.481 |
Remarkable consistency.
Code:YTD Last YTD WIU | 364.732 | 364.481 |
Remarkable consistency.
I would like to know how you come to that conclusion.