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UK sales are more than double X/Y and fastest selling Nintendo game ever
[Week 41, 2013] POKÉMON X / Y (NINTENDO) - 124,000 / NEW
[Week 48, 2014] POKÉMON OMEGA RUBY / ALPHA SAPPHIRE (NINTENDO) - 145,000 / NEW
[Week 47, 2016] POKÉMON SUN / MOON (NINTENDO) ~ 290,000 / NEW
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-11-28-pokemon-sun-and-moon-are-nintendos-biggest-uk-launch
US fastest selling Nintendo game ever : http://nintendoeverything.com/pokem...tory-in-the-americas-3-7-million-copies-sold/
France fastest selling Nintendo game ever. Almost 3x X/Y: http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high...ds-de-nintendo-en-france.php?redirect_premium
Australia also fastest selling Nintendo game ever: http://press-start.com.au/news/2016...est-selling-nintendo-games-ever-in-australia/
Exactly, Media Create numbers are misleading. Adding the double pack and digital sales should put both games VERY close to each other. Famitsu superior tracker confirmed.
Front loaded games usually have a 70-80% drop.
You're looking at 150,000 to 200,000 sales next week optimistically.
This is really bad for the PS4, I definitely remember people saying that the big third party games would come and save PS4 in Japan.
Holy shit, a mainline Final Fantasy couldn't even hit a million on launch.
No, not really.
I doubt it with the current reception.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
This is making me worry for dragon quest.
Are we really talking about THE JRPG franchise?!
That's really sad.
They can always port the 3DS game to mobile so I wouldn't worry.
Greninja96
Banned
What is the biggest launch for digital?
3DS will save DQXI.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
Well FFXV is the most popular rpg franchise from Japan. This use to be doing 1.5-2 million now 700k? Thats not good and I hope it has legs hope.
I think YSO predictions for week 2 were 80k, so that's that.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Is this legit, for DQ?
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Did you read that post right? Seemed to me zeromcd73 said Japan was the one place where it wasn't beating X/Y so far.
Though I guess it may be since digital should be a higher % of sales now, but I doubt it did 400K+ digital so far.
Can we have a separate thread for that? I think it's for the best as otherwise this thread will be dominated by this one topic only.
There is a chance when all is said and done that it can reach 1 million though, with digital included. Actually, that would be a decent number against the odds. Next week will be interesting.
It will spell bad news for a lot of things if XV can't hit a million after the dust settles in Japan. But either way, it was kind of expected to hit somewhere around here.
I'm guessing with XVI, they are either going to try and appeal more to Japanese fans, or just forget about them completely.
40k
You read it wrong
Are you asking me not to talk about the sales of a game in a sales thread? Lol.
kuroneko0509
Member
nah not misleading. separating sku numbers is still better than combining them. so media create is still superior :^)
Is this legit, for DQ?
Unless the Switch is a massive hit, I have a hard time seeing how DQXI couldn't be a huge decline too.
gundamkyoukai
Member
I think people stop saying that a long time ago i know i did .
Japan will just end up like how Sony looks at Europe .
A okay size market with the rest of Asia .
Interfectum
Member
Honestly, I don't think it's been THE JRPG franchise since FFX. After that the mainline series seemed to go through a massive identity crisis... MMO, FF12, on-rails Lightning game, MMO, Boy Band road trip. The series has been inconsistent as hell as of late.
Even if the console market in Japan wasn't way down I bet we'd still see an overall decline of the franchise.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
Anyway Sun and Moon should be getting to that 10 million sold soon 
TropicalFish
Member
nkdlcnsakldndc @ Applimonsters absolutely flopping. Is the actual game any good?
Kaneda Shotaro
Member
FFXV will do fine worldwide and you have to remember that there was no digital sales of XIII. All of my close friends bought it digitally (just an example of the difference).
Greninja96
Banned
Oh god this is terrible.
Interfectum
Member
In stock on December 15, 2016.
Does each bundle come with 10 copies or something?
No? I just think it deserves its own thread to not completely overshine the discussion in this thread surrounding everything else.
Dark Cloud
Member
It's not bigger than Pokémon, but I get what you're saying.
No need to, that one comes out on 3DS and Switch.
I don't see what there is to worry about, really. Final Fantasies are famously quite cheap to churn out, and this one had such a rapid development period that it probably cost much less than many others have.
I would say 100k. Just a guesd based off DS3 numbers
Unlike FF DQ11 is on a system with a massive userbase. We dont have to worry about DQ.
I guess in a complete vacuum doing 700k on the PS4 in the current market could be sorta considered okay. But by FF standard and considering the fuckton of money Square spent on the project it's an awful number. Won't get close to a million, FF games have no legs.
I think so. DQ XI will sell a lot, what will be interesting is the breakdown between platforms.
Wait I thought Animal Crossing (or MH4 I don't remember) did way more than that? Maybe I'm thinking over a month or with download cards included then.
Is this legit, for DQ?
I think so. DQ XI will sell a lot, what will be interesting is the breakdown between platforms.
Wait I thought Animal Crossing (or MH4 I don't remember) did way more than that? Maybe I'm thinking over a month or with download cards included then.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
With 3DS + PS4 + Switch, I wouldn't think it would be a massive decline, if at all. I'd expect the 3DS to be doing the vast majority of sales naturally.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
What else is there to discuss? I'm not even sure why Media Create sales threads continue to be made; week after week it's just a sad look at the Japanese console market steadily declining towards the vanishing point.
Liabe Brave
Member
What are you talking about? It's the third-highest selling console SKU for the entire year on US Amazon.
No it won't, if you inlude digital. It'll likely hit one million in 2 weeks, even with typical bad RPG legs.
test_account
XP-39C²
Not too bad for Super Mario Maker 3DS, or? Or maybe i expected less due to YSO's prediction (which was a lot less, 75k average).
Eolz
Member
Bigger boost for the PS4 than I expected. RIP FF, not too surprising sadly, and XV doesn't seem like it will stop the franchise decline.
Good numbers for Mario Maker and 3DS!
3DS!
In other news, this is a thread focused on the japanese market
Good numbers for Mario Maker and 3DS!
3DS!
In other news, Sony sold through 50 million ps4 consoles worldwide
In other news, this is a thread focused on the japanese market
People should also remember that FFXV had much more days of availability than your usual normal Japanese release (on Thursday), not even counting special Japanese releases (Saturday), so the second week drop is going to be bigger than usual.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Reception is fine, its just that usually we're looking at 85% drops, so something extraordinary is required.
We'll see what the decline is like over the next few weeks and the discounting, but is there a genuine possibility that Splatoon will outsell FFXV?