gundamkyoukai
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Now THIS is - sorry - ridiculous.
Why ?
People should know what to expect from PS4 in Japan it has been years now.
It's going to do less than PS3 the question is how much .
Now THIS is - sorry - ridiculous.
Why ?
People should know what to expect from PS4 in Japan it has been years now.
It's going to do less than PS3 the question is how much .
Metroid isn't a big seller, but it isn't the flop people sell it as. It does fine. Xenoblade does worse WW and we are in its third game already, so there's that.
It was just a matter of time. Wait until the Pokemons, Yokai watch and tha tomagochi life thing.Switch taking over Japan.
That could easily seem like hyperbole at first, but it's really not far off from the truth. It may get lots and lots of Japanese games, but it commercial performance is nothing special at all. It's performing close to the Wii or better in most other territories, but in Japan it's nowhere near. The Wii ended up at what 12-13 million in Japan after falling off a cliff? I don't see the PS4 getting close. Heck just look at the 3DS, far cheaper and more accommodating to Japanese gamers sure, but it's sold 23 million. There's 23 million Japanese gamers who will by dedicated game systems and the PS4 will probably only manage 1/4 of that.
It's really, really average at best.
Now THIS is - sorry - ridiculous.
Less than the PS3 is "absolutely fine" is the point. It's a pretty dire indictment of the dedicated console industry in Japan. Considering it's also the only relevant playstation device as well is not particularly flattering either.Why ?
People should know what to expect from PS4 in Japan it has been years now.
It's going to do less than PS3 the question is how much .
What came out for PS4 last year? Was that FF15 week?
What came out for PS4 last year? Was that FF15 week?
I think it does more personally speaking. I originally thought it would do less but not so sure now.
Less than the PS3 is "absolutely fine" is the point. It's a pretty dire indictment of the dedicated console industry in Japan. Considering it's also the only relevant playstation device as well is not particularly flattering either.
Is this the first time this has happened.
Now THIS is - sorry - ridiculous.
I think it won't live as long which is why i see it selling less.
Legs Man!
08./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 10.971 / 694.185 (+4%)
14./13. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 5.000 / 585.553 (+11%)
15./17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) - 3.840 / 239.954 (+4%)15./17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) - 3.840 / 239.954 (+4%)
| 3DS # | 21.565 | 21.134 | 38.140 | 1.171.798 | 995.126 | 23.332.543 |
Surprised by those bumps really, there's nothing else really driving them. Maybe Splatoon buyers feeling the itch for more games?
Is there any explanation for the decline, the game went from a 500k seller to a 200k after 2013.Talk about a surprise, Winning Eleven finally decided to stop declining ?
Although that's Famitsu numbers :
PS4 Winning Eleven 2017 [49.690]
PS3 Winning Eleven 2017 [27.674]
Yeah but look at what it's selling and has been for a while. While it will keep selling for a year after the successor comes out said success will likely eat into it's sales a year in.I always underestimate how long Sony systems survive. PS3 still getting releases even now. I think the PS4 is gonna be alive for a while.
Less than the PS3 is "absolutely fine" is the point. It's a pretty dire indictment of the dedicated console industry in Japan. Considering it's also the only relevant playstation device as well is not particularly flattering either.
We did see that Splatoon 2 was less prominent in bundles (per the switch sales breakdown of the Bic Camera stores that Chris posted). As a result, many more new buyers were not gettting Splatoon 2 as a matter of fact, which explains that small drop for Splatoon 2 and the small bumps for the other games.
Splatoon 2 is gonna have crazy numbers by the time the Switch is winding down.
I'm surprised that Breath of the Wild has remained around 5k every week.
We will see Pokken Tournament DX next week and Fire Emblem Warriors the week after.
Metroid sales in Japan are consistently far lower than they are internationally. Contrary to what Joe would tell you, this is in fact Japan.Fixed that for you.
Contrary to what the Internet would have you believe, Metroid is not a big seller.
Relative to expectations, I think it is doing fine. It's obviously not doing great, but at this point I think everyone knows what to expect from this thing.
Also I do agree that by this time next year, Switch would have long outsold it.
It's not, but if japan sales were even 50% better all time, the series wpuld have a different out look.Fixed that for you.
Contrary to what the Internet would have you believe, Metroid is not a big seller.
And the rest of the world more than makes up for it.
PS4 got a pretty good bump from Dragon Quest, shouldn't we expect the same out of Monster Hunter, especially since the special edition PS4 will be coming out during the Holiday season?
Switch reaching baseline? If that is the one, looks good.
PS4 got a couple of revisions; a price cut; and plenty of third-party support. In fact, it got the biggest third-party franchises out there (bar Level-5 stuff), and the next one is pretty close (Monster Hunter). Nevertheless, PS4 is not able to go above 25k units on a weekly basis. I think it's pretty clear that PS4 is going to be a niche platform in Japan; if the niche definition might bother someone, at least it is not going to be a mass-market product. Of course, according to initial expectations, it is performing better, but first year numbers were below 10k!
Switch reaching baseline? If that is the one, looks good.
Nope. Still sold out everywhere. Need stock to determine a baseline.
Unless by baseline you meant "How many units Nintendo can push into the market each week" in that case, yeah this might be where we are until the holidays.
The only potential thing to stunt it would be a splatoon 3 in a couple of years
It's the only current console in Japan. That's why it's notable. Even back then things weren't this bad.Maybe if we have to go back to 2005 to see home console PlayStation to sell even 2 million a year standards should be lowered a bit? It's over a decade since then. It's looking to end the year ahead of PS3. I mean not that amazing but considering its early struggles who really expected more? Back in 2014 you were laughed if you thought that PS4 would be ahead PS3 launch aligned in 2017.
Why would Nintendo cannibalize themselves like that? There's a reason they've mostly stuck to their one system/one multiplayer franchise game rule.
I wonder if folks would call the next Splatoon a port or a 0.5 upgrade too, LOLThe only potential thing to stunt it would be a splatoon 3 in a couple of years
Well, PS3 had 1 million seller and PS4 will have at least 3.