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[AZ Greg]

WiiU is avoiding market saturation which is a good thing in the short term. 300k Xbox 360s sold just means 300k fewer people purchasing an Xbox 360 next month. Therefore The WiiU's growth potential is larger than any console or handheld on the market.

Plus everyone loves a good underdog that rises from the ashes. Pretty brilliant strategy when you think about it.

 

[RoKKeR]

I hope Devil May Bomba gets some good sales sooner or later, I'd like to play it.

 

[Betrayer of hope]

I truly hope this is the final nail in Tameem's career. Awful, just awful.

i still dont get why the fuck a reboot was needed? 30 fuckin frames a second. Thats an abomination

 

[jett]

It's a garbage game, at least in my opinion.

Kagari pls. DmC is a good game. Mechanically sound and well designed at least. Garbage is something like *insert random Squeenix game from this generation*

 

[DaBoss]

WiiU is avoiding market saturation which is a good thing in the short term. 300k Xbox 360s sold just means 300k fewer people purchasing an Xbox 360 next month. Therefore The WiiU's growth potential is larger than any console or handheld on the market.

/sarcasm

You forgot to put that there.

 

[Orayn]

WiiU is avoiding market saturation which is a good thing in the short term. 300k Xbox 360s sold just means 300k fewer people purchasing an Xbox 360 next month. Therefore The WiiU's growth potential is larger than any console or handheld on the market.

I want to cry. This is like that forum post about how SWTOR losing tons of subscribers was just making room for even more future subs.

 

[AgentChris]

hahahaahahaha

Capcom's putting the series in the cellar after this.

Maybe Capcom can make a Onimusha game next gen.

 

[Usobuko]

If they ever do, I humbly request they outsource anything related to combat.

Yes, my exact thoughts. And don't everything so tedious and slow to play through.

 

[grandjedi6]

It has also sold more than any Tales of this gen in the US.

Should Namco be happy or sad?

Happy, they made money.

And its not that hard to outsell Tales of. That series is always rather low (but also stupidly consistent and reliable).

 

[GavinGT]

I'm curious, what were the numbers for DmC in January?

Capcom may cry ~ 187k (PS3 ~ 52%)

 

 

[Kusagari]

Maybe Capcom can make a Onimusha game next gen.

Sounds like a job for Ninja Theory or Slant Six.

 

[Plinko]

What kinda numbers did the DS put up around this time in it's lifecycle? I have a feeling that the 3DS is really underperforming, tho with the even worse WiiU numbers it doesn't really get noticed.

The original DS didn't release in the world of tablets/smartphones/iOS. To expect the same sales is asinine.

 

[Kevtones]

Nice FE sales

 

[KarmaCow]

/sarcasm

You forgot to put that there.

I would hope the content of the post is enough but who knows.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Ni no kuni ~ 50k this month, and better than DMC (360+PS3).

That is great to see a RPG get some love so that over 160k plus some DD sales .

 

[zeopower6]

Ni no kuni ~ 50k this month, and better than DMC (360+PS3).

Beautiful.

It sort of helps that the game came out in the latter half of January iirc so it only had a week or two last month.

I hope this means Level-5 will consider a sequel. :3

 

[Derrick01]

Ni no kuni ~ 50k this month, and better than DMC (360+PS3).

I would give anything for Tomb Raider to match DmC's ultra bomba next month but unfortunately it won't happen.

 

[JoseDFrog]

Is Nintendo ecosystem the new PlayStation family?

 

[ezekial45]

Pubs. lol. Sign NT -> get bomb

formula does not change

They already have a couple games lined. So NT ain't going anywhere, as long as publisher want to work with them, they'll continue to get work.

Which is just fine for me, since DmC was a very solid game.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Kagari pls. DmC is a good game. Mechanically sound and well designed at least. Garbage is something like *insert random Squeenix game from this generation*

They turned Vergil into a Bleach character, jett. Not even good first few volumes Bleach. Kubo Tite's finest shit tier of awful. There are no prisons dark enough.

 

[Dalthien]

creamsugar told us PSP was ~10K January though. I don't know why it would suddenly be 1K. It could have declined in February though I guess.

Looking at hardware sales on an average per week basis, all platforms showed an increase from January into February.

That would put PSP >8k at a minimum for Feb., with 10-12k being a fairly reasonable approximation.

 

[FourMyle]

It's a garbage game, at least in my opinion.

To be fair, so was DMC4. I think Capcom was right in trying to inject new life into the IP but they just went about it the wrong way.

 

[Wiz]

WiiU is avoiding market saturation which is a good thing in the short term. 300k Xbox 360s sold just means 300k fewer people purchasing an Xbox 360 next month. Therefore The WiiU's growth potential is larger than any console or handheld on the market.

Amazing analysis my good sir.

 

[Nirolak]

I would give anything for Tomb Raider to match DmC's ultra bomba next month but unfortunately it won't happen.

It's more likely to match Dead Space 3's chart topping position, depending on how fast Infinite can get units out the door.

 

[Cidd]

WiiU is avoiding market saturation which is a good thing in the short term. 300k Xbox 360s sold just means 300k fewer people purchasing an Xbox 360 next month. Therefore The WiiU's growth potential is larger than any console or handheld on the market.

 

[Elios83]

I would give anything for Tomb Raider to match DmC's ultra bomba next month but unfortunately it won't happen.

Why? Tomb Raider is a great game.

 

[jett]

Maybe Capcom can make a Onimusha game next gen.

That's what they need. More bombas.

 

[antitrop]

No, it's pretty good.

It certainly deserves to be in the franchise. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

As Ryan Davis would say, it's a Devil May Cry-ass Devil May Cry game.

 

[BadAss2961]

You mean Ninja Theory making DMC5, the return to the setting people loved by the critically acclaimed developer!

Just reading this, and the thought of it pisses me off.

Capcom, don't be fucking stupid.

 

[Kagari]

To be fair, so was DMC4. I think Capcom was right in trying to inject new life into the IP but they just went about it the wrong way.

I'm not arguing that.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

I would give anything for Tomb Raider to match DmC's ultra bomba next month but unfortunately it won't happen.

Jezz tell us how you really feel.

 

[MechaX]

MGRR: PS3~65%, total > 1/3 DS3

SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK, SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK MAN

 

[grandjedi6]

Wow at Ninokuni. Very happy JRPGs are selling with that and FE.

It's almost as if casuals have moved away from console gaming after 7 years, leaving only hardcore audiences to reliably buy stuff!

 

[AgentChris]

162k

Nice.

Sounds like a job for Ninja Theory or Slant Six.

Nevermind. Keep it there next to Rokkuman.

 

[Mr. Fix]

Yeah but its understandable now why we did not. After SD bombing, and the really poor performance of PoR and RD, Nintendo was rather justified in assuming that the series was on decline (because it kinda was). Thankfully, Awakenings success will probably guarantee continued localizations for Fire Emblem.

I'm still shocked at the PoR/RD numbers. Goddamn. At least the future's looking bright.

Somewhere between 200k-187k.

I'm guessing the old DMC games must have at least broke 500k within the first month for it to have the reactions I'm seeing here. Though hopefully Capcom learns from all this.

 

[mujun]

isn't this a little harsh? is the game itself actually bad?

Great game imo. Unlike the average MGR:R.

 

[Alex]

Kagari pls. DmC is a good game. Mechanically sound and well designed at least. Garbage is something like *insert random Squeenix game from this generation*

It's a good game (especially on PC), but it's not a good Devil May Cry game, so I don't really question the people wailing on it. I mean, it's closer to Alice than Devil May Cry. The fact that those fucking horrendous Castlevania reboot games get less hate blows my mind, though.

 

[Mileena]

To be fair, so was DMC4. I think Capcom was right in trying to inject new life into the IP but they just went about it the wrong way.

In what universe is DMC4 a garbage game? It's not a good game but it's certainly decent. DmC wishes it was even half as good as DMC4.

Great game imo. Unlike the average MGR:R.

You must not be very good at action games is all I can think of.

 

[donny2112]

Yes.

No.

The original Brain Age was $19.99, why is the 3DS version ten dollars more in a more competitive market?

Did I say it needed to be $10 more than Brain Age 1 or 2? 3DS game prices are $10 too high pretty much across the board. That doesn't mean the extremely well done Brain Age 3D needs to be $10 less than the two DS games in cost.

 

[javac]

Are fire emblem sales good? I know it was hard to find in the US, do you think that affected the sales significantly, and could that momentum be maintained until more stock comes?

 

[ezekial45]

Honestly, this overreaction from DMC fans about DmC is asinine as it is insulting. DmC is by no means a "garbage" game.

Seriously, grow up.

 

[Nirolak]

Just reading this, and the thought of it pisses me off.

Capcom, don't be fucking stupid.

Well, they do have multiple new projects going, and this tweet was from March 8th (well after sales were known).

 

[jett]

They turned Vergil into a Bleach character, jett. Not even good first few volumes Bleach. Kubo Tite's finest shit tier of awful. There are no prisons dark enough.

I've never watched Bleach ever. And thankfully I care about gameplay most in the games I play. Otherwise I wouldn't like MGR either.

 

[Soriku]

Happy, they made money.

And its not that hard to outsell Tales of. That series is always rather low (but also stupidly consistent and reliable).

If they put more effort in marketing Tales it would do better. They seem to be putting more effort in Xillia than Graces F. They even played Xillia's opening in Times Square.

 

[sacrificengineer]

Ni no kuni ~ 50k this month, and better than DMC (360+PS3).

 

[Mystic_Wanderer]

No, it's pretty good.

Yeah it is. Anybody who calls the game garbage really isn't being objective at all.

 

[antitrop]

Honestly, this overreaction from DMC fans about DmC is asinine as it is insulting. DmC is by no means a "garbage" game.

Seriously, grow up.

There's only one person in this thread who has hated on DmC, and as far as I can tell she was never a fan of the franchise in the first place.

 

[Cat Party]

I think I speak for all former fans of NPD day when I say:

Fuck this "ecosystem" bullshit.

 

[Chinpoko_Master]

So how likely is it that MGR sold better than DmC?

edit: overall, not just for this month

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Well, they do have multiple new projects going, and this tweet was from March 8th (well after sales were known).

Viewtiful Joe 3, revealed at PAX East

Spoiler

kill me now