I find it amusing that JP 3DS software sales are massively down YOY despite the presence of Yokai Watch 3 to cushion the blow, while in America and Europe Pokemon, Kirby, and Nintendo Selects boosted first party 3DS software YOY. Though the lack of third party info for the west muddles things, but I doubt it's too significant either way. Really goes to show how hard it is to sell old software in Japan.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
How did you figure that out?
Yep, i don't think anything outside of a significant price drop and bigger game titles will do much for boosting sales at this time, Pro orders are sold out as well so we have a while until we see any major growth outside of the slim model
?
https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/791475958515589121
Japan <-> US <-> EU
Thanks to Pokemon Go preorders of Sun and Moon are substantically higher than Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in US/EU.
Not in Japan however. Japandeath continues
Japan <-> US <-> EU
Thanks to Pokemon Go preorders of Sun and Moon are substantically higher than Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in US/EU.
Not in Japan however. Japandeath continues
Umm... YW 3 is one of the underperforming title though? So it is not shocking to see the YoY drop quite bad.
Interesting huh. Miitopia seems to had tons of confidence behind Nintendo here.
YW 3 is still bigger than any 3DS game released in America/Europe during the same time period. It's "amusing" that the region that got a big game released is the 3DS's weakest performing region at the moment.
https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/791475958515589121
Japan <-> US <-> EU
Thanks to Pokemon Go preorders of Sun and Moon are substantically higher than Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in US/EU.
Not in Japan however. Japandeath continues
Eh....obv. i would expect a complete new game to attract more people than remakes of the worst gen lol. Its still good news but not that noteworthy in my opinion. Then again Remake sell nearly as much as Maintitles nowadays.
? YW does start damn slow in Japan though. They actually did really well in Europe there just like how Tomodachi Collection did super well in Europe.
I disagree. For new 3DS owner, Nintendo selects title is much bigger deal for them rather than YW 3.
How did you figure out the new Ps4s baseline is 20k without any evidence or the weekly numbers coming close to that number.
theprodigy
Member
Wait...Sun/Moon preorders in Japan are falling closer to not X/Y, but ORAS preorders? Was ORAS actually close to X/Y in preorders, cause if not that sounds bad.
I know, it just feels like the 3DS vs DS launch aligned comparisons when the DS was about to take off. Like yea....it's ahead.
Ohhh. I see where you come from. But i do see the potential of YW doing really well on Europe there. It seems to be a very wanted product there.^_^
Waluigilicious
Member
With the Switch presentation in January and it probably coming out in March, will we actually see a week where the Xbox One outsell the Wii U in Japan?
LiveFromKyoto
Member
They're not. Generally only certain large electronics retailers in major city centres like Yodobashi carry it.
1morerobot
Member
I didn't know Battlefield sold this well in Japan.
I think Xbox One hardware can be seen usually at some big stores, especially now that the price cut is kind of very attractive way to get people. What certainly is almost impossible to see is space for software. It's ridiculous how low is the number of stores that have space for One games.
Japan mobile market says no though.^_^
Bruno MB
Member
PREDICTION LEAGUE NOVEMBER 2016
Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Oct 31 to Nov 27):
[3DS] Nintendo 3DS Hardware (28 days) -
[PS4 - PSV] Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (26 days) -
[PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (24 days) -
[PS4] PlayStation 4 Pro Hardware (18 days) -
[3DS] Pokémon Sun / Moon (10 days) -
[PS4 - PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis (6 days) -
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deadline: November 02 2016 09:00 am (EST)
Attention:
Rules:
Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Oct 31 to Nov 27):
[3DS] Nintendo 3DS Hardware (28 days) -
[PS4 - PSV] Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (26 days) -
[PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (24 days) -
[PS4] PlayStation 4 Pro Hardware (18 days) -
[3DS] Pokémon Sun / Moon (10 days) -
[PS4 - PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis (6 days) -
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deadline: November 02 2016 09:00 am (EST)
Attention:
- Remember for some games it's not only the 1st week.
- Multiplatform entries are the combined available sales of each platform described.
Rules:
- Do not edit your post after the deadline. If you do, you'll be disqualified.
- The official monthly hardware sales will be the sum of weekly numbers for all versions of the system available from Famitsu.
- The official monthly software sales will be the latest total or the sum of the weekly numbers if the title is release before the period available from the Famitsu Top 30.
- The official monthly sales for multi-platform releases will be the combined available sales of each platform shown in the title entry.
- The official monthly sales for games with multiple versions will be the combined available sales of each version shown in the title entry.
- Any game missing in the Famitsu top 30 will be taken out of the predictions.
PREDICTION LEAGUE NOVEMBER 2016
[3DS] Nintendo 3DS Hardware (28 days) 130.000
[PS4 - PSV] Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (26 days) 90.000
[PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (24 days) 180.000
[PS4] PlayStation 4 Pro Hardware (18 days) 50.000
[3DS] Pokémon Sun / Moon (10 days) 2.800.000
[PS4 - PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis (6 days) 80.000
[3DS] Nintendo 3DS Hardware (28 days) 130.000
[PS4 - PSV] Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (26 days) 90.000
[PS4] Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (24 days) 180.000
[PS4] PlayStation 4 Pro Hardware (18 days) 50.000
[3DS] Pokémon Sun / Moon (10 days) 2.800.000
[PS4 - PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis (6 days) 80.000
Hero of Legend
Member
I would assume they already have the license for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics?
Lol. At that time, they will need Switch U lol.
Yuppy. They really need to find new formula here.T_T
I was hoping somebody else would go through their press releases;-)
I totally assume so though but I don't know 100%.
Indeed YW1 is performing well outside Japan.
I think Nintendo shipped 630K units in 2015 (America and Australia).
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I never see it at places like Edion, Aeon, Tsutaya, Geo, Bic or Yamada Denki. The giant Yodobashi outside Kyoto station is literally the only place in Kyoto/Shiga I can recall seeing a section for it. Same goes for Osaka, though I haven't looked very hard there.
Everything is still just a coincidence.
Yup - i totally dont expect Switch versions of MH Stories and MH XX to be shown in January.
Hero of Legend
Member
Fixed.
I actually wonder if that IS the Switch's date and Double Cross is a launch title. Too big of a coincidence that it's the same month.
Edit: Beat.
Nah it must be just coincidence.^_^
They want to open pre-orders for the 3DS version on November 10th.
And also they want to make events from november. It's not Capcom fault if Nintendo doesn't want to announce anything for the Switch xD
Media Create gave numbers only at launch for peripherals like Kinect and Move before, there was no reason this changes now.
I wonder if Vita owners feel double crossed that they never received a true Monster Hunter?
I don't think Vita fans had any feeling left on being double cross about Mon Hun lol.^^
Dont expect any non-Switch talk during the January conference - this isnt the event to mention WiiU eShop games or upcoming 3DS games. This will be 100% Switch related.
So yeah they had to get the news out the door now. MH Stories and budget MHX are supposed to sell this holiday season as well - knowing that you will be able to transfer data to the upcoming game is another purchase incentive.
3DS Japan:
Code:
+----+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+
+ FY + 2016 + 2017 + 2017-2016 +
+----+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+
+ + + YTD + + YTD + DIF + DIF +
+----+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+
| Q1 | 3,29 | 3,29 | 2,09 | 2,09 | -1,20 | -1,20 |
| Q2 | 5,83 | 9,12 | 4,15 | 6,24 | -1,68 | -2,88 |
| Q3 | 8,35 | 17,47 | | | | |
| Q4 | 2,87 | 20,34 | | | | |
+----+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+Q4 will be stronger this time and it remains to be seen how much distance will be covered at Q3.