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Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) sold 193k at retail in Japan (Famitsu numbers)
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WarioFan63
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Wii Sports wasn't bundled in Japan.
Magicgamer101
Member
Do games usually have a bigger debut in Japan than the UK? I remember someone saying in a thread yesterday games doing over 100k in the UK is very good. So for a smaller country 193k for Zelda sounds amazing. But apparently it isn't as good as I thought.
We haven't still past a week.
It's retail only.
There aren't enough switches.
Switch is not cheap
Gaiaknight
Member
In japan wii sports wasnt bundled with the system though it did manage pretty decent numbers being sold separately.
whyamihere
Banned
Lower than I would've expected given the dearth of software on the platform, but Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword didn't really do well (especially Skyward Sword) and Zelda seems on a downward trend in Japan after the spike from PH and ST.
It'll be interesting to see how much was actually digital when it's all said in done.
It'll be interesting to see how much was actually digital when it's all said in done.
Japan has the second biggest game launches in the world
Obliterator
Member
Relax I'm not saying it's bad. It's a solid start nothing wrong with that.
And Arms.
It's just going to grow a whole body isn't it?
If it grows too much it's just going to burst and go splatoon.
Of course, the big difference here can be explained by the Wii having a massively popular pack-in game in Wii Sports. All the Switch has is 1,2 Switch... For 50 more dollars. LOL
Edit: Oh, forgot Wii sports wasn't a pack-in in Japan. Which just goes to show it was a good enough game that people wanted to buy it separately.
whyamihere
Banned
Not in Japan.
the attach rate and not including digital sales, these sales are prettyyyyyy great for zelda
tiebreaker
Member
I guess the non Zelda buying folks like milking cows.
Both Wii Spots and Wii Play outsold TP at the Wii launch. Nintendo had 3 big titles. It's never happening again at their new productivity levels.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Zelda is dead in Japan. So much for 1 million LTD that some users hoped in Mediacreate. It also shows that Comgent shouldn't be used to extrapolate sales figures.
Magicgamer101
Member
I know they game a lot on handhelds but I heard consoles are practically dead there. I can't imagine big 3rd party games doing the second best in Japan in relation to the rest of the world.
I think Puyo Puyo Tetris is available in Japan. And some other stuff.
PS4 is keeping the dream alive (barely). Switch is pretty much the new handheld in japan while its the new console/handheld here in the U.S
SporeCrawler
Member
wii had wiisports and wiiplay though
To be fair BotW is bigger than all three of those titles put together.
Wii Sports changed my life and I lost ten pounds playing it.
Seriously though to the casual market, it can swing either way lol.
Is this a meme or something?
GhostTrick
Banned
For the record, A Link Between Worlds debuted at 224k in Japan and Majora's Mask 3D at 230k.
Obliterator
Member
If your talking about sales, you can't be serious right?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
What are 3DS launch week sales? 330k for Switch does seem really good compared to consoles, but how about compared to handhelds?
Bigger in terms of what?
At launch? Happens all the time. You have to keep in mind that people usually think US + JP + EU, but that's not how territories are divided. There are tons of countries - US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, not to mention the growing markets in SE Asia, China, Taiwan, South Korea, etc. It all adds up. Also, we're not talking about lifetime sales but LAUNCH sales. Japan has huge launches comparatively because their market is extremely front loaded.
Size. Content. The whole package.
aren't we talking about sales in this thread?
Obliterator
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Kenzodielocke
Banned
Cool, thanks. So not much difference.
AyaisMUsikWhore
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AquaWateria
Member
Isn't it out of stock to?
Yeah look at those legs famitsu gave to FFXIII-2.
That got a 40?
It did if I remember correctly
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Comparisons to anything but TP Wii seem premature without Wii U numbers.
And what's the relevance of this for the discussion here? I'm trying to follow your point.