Dead Prince
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i doubt builder will have minecraft like legs. but i hope it does. still waiting for the west announcement 
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Media Create Sales: Week 4, 2016 (Jan 25 - Jan 31)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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I'm positive that SO5 will open at 100k+.
Right now I wouldn't be surprised if it opened lower than Mario Tennis, but it does seem like it will actually be beaten by Pokken of all things. Of course, pre-order (COMG) scaling may be off between the titles to a significant degree but I feel (and this is actually true of the west) that SFV is going by and dangerously close to release without even the smallest semblance of mindshare gaining or forward traction.
That should be a given unless SO4 killed the franchise.
[360] Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 166,027
[PS3] Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 84,882
test_account
XP-39C²
Fair enoughI know. It's just not as simple as copying a one-line quote of the FW sales like I did for the other games
Suppose you could do something similar for FFX/X2 HD too, though I don't know how you'd go about that.
Pennywise83
Banned
If not, say goodbye to the IP. SO4 opened at 166k on Xbox 360 in Japan.
Being open world I think Toukiden will be more like Dragons Dogma than an hunting game though. Koei is eyeing the money is leaving on the table.
DriftingSpirit
Member
If V is right, it will.DQB with 80-100% sellthrough for all platforms, really nice numbers. I hope they bring this to the west
Sammy Samusu
Member
orthodoxy1095
Banned
That Vita number is ridiculous. Way better for DQB than I expected.
Pennywise83
Banned
Then still targeting to Japan because DD didn't succeed in the West as it did in Japan.
What are de DD numbers in the west?
I forget exactly what interview it was, but it definitely sounded like Star Ocean 6 was contingent on Star Ocean 5 doing well overall as opposed to being an IP they would continue with regardless.
Really hope so, the game looks amazing and I want SE to green light more projects like this.
Vita means life? Vita means life.
Just looking at the Dragon Quest numbers before scrolling down I knew it was gonna be a bump for Vita. I just didnt expect THAT much.
What?? Wow. Well it did take what an entire year for it to finally happen?
gundamkyoukai
Member
I wonder if the hardcore SF fans in Japan just going to get it on DD.
If we trust capcom you only going to need this version for next few years .
Moor-Angol
Banned
They did the major patch so Amazon upped the retail price, and it is still selling
yes, but the game keeps selling even if you can find a lot of used copies into shops, so it's not so dramatic as it was believed after the first days
also it already passed Gundam Breaker 2, which was considered a good result
I mean, it has been a waste of potential due to BN errors, but also it has not been the awful bomba someone talked/hoped
The base game appears to be at 1.3 million shipped worldwide prior to the PC version. It did 470K of that in Japan.
The "series" is listed as doing 2.4 million, so that would seem to put Dark Arisen at 1.1 million, but it's not listed in Capcom's million sellers. Dark Arisen is at 210K in Japan.
The game later did 220K on PC so far, which I'm assuming are Western sales, or at least "outside of Japan" sales.
Then I don't understand the comment from Pennywise83 since it sold twice in the west than in Japan.
Sell almost a million outside Japan is not popular? I mean each entry (vanilla game and expansion).
I would guess Japan or maybe emerging markets. I'm not sure Japanese publishers expected the PS3 to fall off as """fast""" as it did.
It's probably not a hard port for them though given a Vita version exists, so they figured why not keep it.
P5 will very likely have a portable version later, like the previous two entries in the series.
Yes, but the lack of success of DD in the west was not so much to do with the lack of appeal of the genre in the west.
I think the pc version is doing pretty good too? I definitely think that there is space for success in the west for a more combat focused open world game, and Toukiden 2 seems to be that.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Pennywise83
Banned
DD sold that "much" in Western countries because of price cuts; the game debuted dat 92k in first month NPD (and it shipped 1m in the first month worldwide - guess how the remaining units were sold). 470k units in Japan were sold at full price, instead. The game didn't succeed in the West as it did in Japan also considering the different market sizes. It's not that hard.
I honestly don't know what are the reasons behind the total lack of hype around the title, we talked about it earlier but it definitely should have been a 500k+ potential seller.
It still looks better than Arslan, has a Vita SKU and the IP is way more popular, so I can't see it opening lower than Hyrule though.
The lack of Comgnet preorder numbers is probably due to the multiple SKU (6?).
Yes now that the Splatoon boost is mostly over, ps4 should sell a lot more on a weekly basis. Wii U also doesn't have much hardware pushing software left.
There was no PS3 version of the first game, so they're having to set things up for the first time here. I'm not sure if KT still publishes games on PS3 in South East Asia anymore either. I know Bandai Namco, Sega and Square Enix seem to have ditched it.
Then we could say the same with MH4 in the west? They sold 1 million in many months.
Possumowner
Member
Have to agree with you.Especially with NX news/speculation picking up pace,and no major hitters on Wii U that we know of till Zelda.
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
SO5 probably isn't worth porting to Vita. It's almost guaranteed to be a shit port. The game is no visual slouch. I'm sure if they could port it to Vita in an acceptable form, they would.
Pennywise83
Banned
Nope. 1m shipment announcement came in mid-April, two months after its release. The game sold 290k units in its first month in NA alone (eShop & retail) so it's totally believable the game sold its first million at full (or close-to-full) price.
Dragon's Dogma shipped 1m in the first month and sold 92k in its first month in NA alone (retail).
Anything besides Zelda on the horizon? I know a Shougi game is coming..
PS3 was more successful in Europe than NA so ... what's your point without all the picture? We can't rely only on NPD numbers to compare data.
DriftingSpirit
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clevbrowns94
Member
I agree. The Splatoon boost is ending and no more updates or new levels/weapons coming. I personally feel they should have spread updates over a longer period instead of doing an update/weapon per week that is now over. But either way, the game has been in the top 10 for almost a year and it could still have a few more weeks left in it. Have to see if any more bounces will happen.
Mario & Sonic and Twilight Princess HD are the only ones I think you're missing.
Edit:
Well, I guess "Zelda" could cover both.
Moor-Angol
Banned
or MH3 on Wii (in Japan)
Napalm_Frank
Member
And the two Miyamoto projects (shield/robo) that probably will never come out.
I think Platinum recently confirmed they're still working on Project Guard. Though I don't expect that (or Giant Robot) to be worth anything.
The Last One
Member
Maybe the rumored Paper Mario.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Oh yeah, TPHD.
I'm not familiar with Mario and Sonic though. What are the expectations for it? Is it more of a filler title to bulk up the lineup?
Pennywise83
Banned
DD was on 360 as well, which was selling extremely well in NA. 92k first month is for both versions.
That would fit well with the other types of titles they've been putting out, so certainly plausible.
Once upon a time it was a gigantic series.
Now it's a useless garbage heap.
It's kind of like Sonic console/handheld games in general.
Pennywise83
Banned
Well, the last 3DS game sold 231k units. So the 3DS version might still have a chance of pulling good numbers.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
DAMN.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Thank you.