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FluxWaveZ · Jul 27, 2015

Atlus has announced that Shin Megami Tensei IV, released in Japan in May 2013 and NA in July 2013, has sold over 600k copies worldwide.

I believe the latest number we have for the sales only in Japan is this:

[3DS] Shin Megami Tensei IV # <RPG> (Atlus) {2013.05.23} (¥6.980) - 4.250 / 262.150 (188.562 <80,14%>)

So around 262k copies in Japan. I haven't looked into WW numbers for previous SMT mainline games, but this seems pretty good. Possibly the most successful SMT game yet.

Also, there's gonna be an "Atlus Best Collection" of SMT IV in Japan on October 8, 2015, for 2,980 yen.

— Twitter

Vylash · Jul 27, 2015

https://twitter.com/Atlus_jp/status/625506124330962945

Price for the new version is 2,980 yen and comes out on October 8th

Verder · Jul 27, 2015

yooooooo if i could actually get a full 3d version of it i would be so happy.

Fandangox · Jul 27, 2015

What does the Best Collection version has?

DNAbro · Jul 27, 2015

how does it compare to other smt games?

SpaceBridge · Jul 27, 2015

What's this? Details? Does it include the DLC ?

-Horizon- · Jul 27, 2015

Congrats to Atlus

sadly I have yet to finish the game, been put on hold for a while now ._.

Vylash · Jul 27, 2015

Fandangox said:
What does the Best Collection version has?

just a discounted price, it's like the Greatest Hits line

vocab · Jul 27, 2015

DNAbro said:
how does it compare to other smt games?

Id say its good but not better than 3. Its the easiest game in the series.

KuwabaraTheMan · Jul 27, 2015

Those are well deserved sales. What a fantastic game.

Mory Dunz · Jul 27, 2015

The other thread has the JPN number

FluxWaveZ said:
Atlus has announced that Shin Megami Tensei IV, released in Japan in May 2013 and NA in July 2013, has sold over 600k copies worldwide.

I believe the latest number we have for the sales only in Japan is this:

So around 262k copies in Japan. I haven't looked into WW numbers for previous SMT mainline games, but this seems pretty good. Possibly the most successful SMT game yet.

Also, there's gonna be an "Atlus Best Collection" of SMT IV in Japan on October 8, 2015, for 2,980 yen.

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Ingueferroque · Jul 27, 2015

Fantastic game from what I have played.

DNAbro · Jul 27, 2015

vocab said:
Id say its good but not better than 3. Its the easiest game in the series.

i meant sales wise lmao

Delio · Jul 27, 2015

Awesome. Had a load of fun with the game and glad it did well.

Nirolak · Jul 27, 2015

That strikes me as decidedly high for the type of game it is.

Fandangox · Jul 27, 2015

Vylash said:
just a discounted price, it's like the Greatest Hits line

Oh I see, thanks.

Vena · Jul 27, 2015

Nirolak said:
That strikes me as decidedly high for the type of game it is.

Didn't Nintendo market this for them for a while as well? It got a lot of new exposure for the brand.

Mcdohl · Jul 27, 2015

Probably Persona attracted more people to the SMT universe.

BennyBlanco · Jul 27, 2015

Such a great game. Maybe my favorite 3ds game which is saying something.

fertygo · Jul 27, 2015

No DLC for the re-realese, booo

Just release the climax version already, you know you want it.

MatrixMan.EXE · Jul 27, 2015

I wonder how much it sold here in Europe, over a year after NA and Japan got the game....

James Scott · Jul 27, 2015

I'm a bit mixed on the game. Cool ideas even if the story is the worst and the overworld feels really mediocre.
Cool that it sold well, though. Got it with that club Nintendo deal that was a promotional stunt for SMT x FE

Åkami · Jul 27, 2015

Vena said:
Didn't Nintendo market this for them for a while as well? It got a lot of new exposure for the brand.

Yes they were doing some promotion that if you bought SMTIV and FE:A you'd get something from the eshop iirc.

SalvaPot · Jul 27, 2015

Got it because of the $30 free eshop money when you buy it along with fire emblem awakening, I enjoyed it .

KuwabaraTheMan · Jul 27, 2015

Nirolak said:
That strikes me as decidedly high for the type of game it is.

It also must have had some combination of great long tail sales in the US/strong sales in Europe.

262k in Japan, last reported numbers in the US were right around 100k. Digital could make up some part of that, but it almost certainly must have a pretty good combination of more recent US sales plus good sales in Europe.

I guess Atlus puts it on sale on the eshop enough that I can believe that it's sold a pretty decent amount digitally in the US.

At any rate, they're pretty great sales for this type of game. Definitely the best selling mainline Shin Megami Tensei game.

buddha0991 · Jul 27, 2015

Good.

Fandangox · Jul 27, 2015

Vena said:
Didn't Nintendo market this for them for a while as well? It got a lot of new exposure for the brand.

They had that promotion with Fire Emblem Awakening where getting both games and registering on CN would give you a $30 eShop code.

Halabane · Jul 27, 2015

That is surprising. Wasn't it also the first one to have the 49 price or what is even higher? Can't remember if I bought a CE edition.

Probably what also help is that Atlus is probably one of the few who has very aggressive pricing on the 3ds eshop.

jgminto · Jul 27, 2015

That seems like a nice amount, hopefully the wait for the next mainline game won't be so long. Especially with P5 generating new 3D assets for the overall series.

Modest Mauser · Jul 27, 2015

Ōkami;173075489 said:
Yes they were doing some promotion that if you bought SMTIV and FE:A you'd get something from the eshop iirc.

$30 in credit. Used it to buy Ace Attorney 5

MetroidPrimeRib · Jul 27, 2015

I'm happy. I really hope we get a new SMT spinoff now that Persona 5 is coming to the PS4 and they will have a new catalogue of demon models to use. I'd settle for a new DDS or Raidou game even

jzbluz · Jul 27, 2015

I enjoyed the game, although I still haven't gotten two of the endings, so I'm happy it ended doing so well. Hopefully we get SMTV soon with better production values.

randomkid · Jul 27, 2015

praise YHVH, not having to rely on japan means we'll never need to see the alice bikini dlc that would be needed to keep the series going over there

Hibiki Kurosawa · Jul 27, 2015

Awesome! Glad it did well! SMTIV is a freaking masterpiece! I fucking love it! I eagerly await SMTV, no matter how far in the future that may be.

SoulUnison · Jul 27, 2015

It deserves even more. On the eShop it'll have legs for years.
On my third playthrough and I still havn't seen so many things there are to see.

I haven't even gotten the Neutral path yet - I can't stand to look at a guide for the game, but the conditions are strict and kind of unknowable.

ShockingAlberto · Jul 27, 2015

Nirolak said:
That strikes me as decidedly high for the type of game it is.

The Fire Emblem promotion likely helped a lot here.

Thoraxes · Jul 27, 2015

Fuck yeah.

Well-deserved for such a great game. Easily one of my favorites.

TreIII · Jul 27, 2015

MetroidPrimeRib said:
I'm happy. I really hope we get a new SMT spinoff now that Persona 5 is coming to the PS4 and they will have a new catalogue of demon models to use. I'd settle for a new DDS or Raidou game even

Spin off would be nice, but I think SMT IV makes enough of a case that we maybe could stand to get another sequel. If Fire Emblem was able to do it, why not go for a "SMT V"?

Hikami · Jul 27, 2015

Awesome, played it myself earlier this year and it became my favorite 3DS game. Can't wait to see what next SMT game they make since it'll probably use P5 assets.

Nimby · Jul 27, 2015

Excellent. Make SMTV after Persona 5 please.

Totakeke · Jul 27, 2015

Nice, more SMT mainline games please.

I'm struggling to get through Devil Survivor 2 because of the characters and the dialogue.

random25 · Jul 27, 2015

Happy for Atlus! Really great game that deserve those great sales numbers. Bring on SMT V please. Or better yet a 3rd Devil Survivor.

randomkid · Jul 27, 2015

ShockingAlberto said:
The Fire Emblem promotion likely helped a lot here.

yeah that definitely helped with the launch month (70K NPD I think?) but everything else was probably hefty eShop and Amazon discounts over time.

BlackJace · Jul 27, 2015

Well deserved, one of my favorite RPGs.

Totakeke · Jul 27, 2015

If the Fire Emblem promotion helped, I'd wonder if that was part of the reason we're getting #FE with probably higher production values than what I would have expected.

Delio · Jul 27, 2015

I am curious when SMTV will show up and where. Well whatever happens im there for it

zero shift · Jul 27, 2015

I consider this game in a three way tie with The Witcher 3 and Xenobalde as the best RPG ever made. 600,000 isn't nearly enough. Game is outstanding.

FluxWaveZ said:
Atlus has announced that Shin Megami Tensei IV, released in Japan in May 2013 and NA in July 2013, has sold over 600k copies worldwide.

I don't mean to be dense but does this mean the numbers only include Japan and North America or all territories? IIRC the game was only released digitally in Europe.

EVA UNIT 01 · Jul 27, 2015

fave 3ds game
reason i bought a 3ds
loved every aspect

Busaiku · Jul 27, 2015

That's honestly much lower than I expected.
Persona 4 Golden shipped over 700k way back in 2013 and this had higher debuts in Japan and the US (had worse legs in Japan though), so I expected it to at least beat that.

DNAbro · Jul 27, 2015

Busaiku said:
That's honestly much lower than I expected.
Persona 4 Golden shipped over 700k way back in 2013 and this had higher debuts in Japan and the US (had worse legs in Japan though), so I expected it to at least beat that.

Persona is more popular by quite a bit.

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