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[Calm Mind]

preorder (?) numbers in the previous thread hzd exceeded zelda

I thought that was for the week and not cumulative.

 

[LordOcidax]

Zelda selling poorly lol. Still sells 400-500K per release on 3DS (for OOT3D it was 600K, MM3D + ALBW it was > 400K). Given that it's a launch game, it has the potential to sell more like OOT3D. We'll see though. Those are still decently good sales in Japan. It's just no longer the juggernaut it is in the West.

What? lolol. What you expected?

 

[maxcriden]

What? lolol. What you expected?

I don't think they were saying it sells poorly, I think they were lol'ing at the idea that it does.

 

[phanphare]

so Japan is buying the Switch for the Splatoon 2 Global Testfire later this month? ;p

 

[LordOcidax]

I don't think they were saying it sells poorly, I think they were lol'ing at the idea that it does.

Ohhh. Ok.

 

[Chris1964]

Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2017 (Feb 27 - Mar 05)

09./09. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - Professional <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.02.09} (¥5.250) - 13.426 / 163.058 (+3%)

After Sukiyaki that's the next game with expected long legs because of undershipping.

 

[FelipeMGM]

I disagree with the notion that owning a cart is so much better.

Yeah, I got that, I would like to know why.

From my point of view, different from discs they doesnt have to install in the system and even though SD cards are cheap these days, I'd rather dont use my internal memory at all for bigger games if I can.

I imagine Switch will be this awesome indie and smaller game machine that will be mostly digital, so having the bigger games on a cartridge and not taking space is so much better to me.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

Zelda selling poorly lol. Still sells 400-500K per release on 3DS (for OOT3D it was 600K, MM3D + ALBW it was > 400K). Given that it's a launch game, it has the potential to sell more like OOT3D. We'll see though. Those are still decently good sales in Japan. It's just no longer the juggernaut it is in the West.

Poorly was perhaps the wrong word choice. The series has been on a decline in terms of sales in Japan but it still sells well. Especially compared to western sales. SS ,the last AAA Zelda game released before BotW, didn't even reach 325k LTD sales in Japan.,

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

damn, that's some crazy zelda performance. still horizon doing over 100K isnt too shabby and Nioh still holding out

 

[Waji]

rip disgaea 5 complete sales...
Guess that means no more NIS games

Damn that would be really sad.

 

[L~A]

16./11. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) - 7.042 / 983.867 (+0%)

Even outside of holiday period, this one is selling pretty steadily. I think it will be quite popular during the Golden Week, this year.

 

[test_account]

Good hardware numbers Also positively surprised about how Bomberman R sold, nice to see.

 

[Geg]

Looks like all the new releases finally kicked FFXV out of the top 20. I wonder how long it'll take to reach a million

 

[Thorrgal]

PS4 has been consistently up on the YoY numbers for the first 10 weeks, right? Like at least 25-30%?

 

[mankoto]

Less than 5k. And people thought it'd sell up to 60k. Time to port Disgaea D2 to the Vita.

As long as the portable versions live on somewhere, that's fine with me.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Great first week for Switch. I don't expect to see any other console above it again at least for the rest of the year.

 

[LordKano]

Damn that would be really sad.

It won't be the case.

 

[NightwingRebirth]

It's a good abbreviation. I was hoping for SWN a la GCN, though.

I'd prefer just NS, a la NES, SNES, N64, DS, 3DS, etc. NSW is pretty great, though.

Also, nice to know the Switch sold really well for it's first few days. Zelda sales coming out with less than 190K and still being at the top of this chart is so weird knowing the last Pokemon games demolished numbers like that weeks after its first week. I'm glad we got the magnum opus of Nintendo games out on launch, but the Switch needs MK and Splatoon out. That's when we'll be seeing really good sales, I bet.

 

[madstarr12]

Perhaps Japan isn't totally seeing Switch as a 3DS replacement. 3DS still going steady.

 

[Jack The Nipper]

Taking out the switch titles put a lot of good on ps4 titles for typical weeks. Decent for Nier, re7, nioh.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

14./13. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) - 7.357 / 291.327 (+19%)

...Possibly being bought as a side game to go with HZD for new console buyers?

 

[Earthbound64]

Good showing for New South Wales.

 

[Branduil]

Still very confused by what some people are doing with their Switches. I mean those software numbers barely add up to a 1:1 ratio, and there's definitely a good number of people who bought more than one game. So... a bunch of people buying digitally for some reason?

 

[Jack The Nipper]

Still very confused by what some people are doing with their Switches. I mean those software numbers barely add up to a 1:1 ratio, and there's definitely a good number of people who bought more than one game. So... a bunch of people buying digitally for some reason?

Portable system needs more digital love than console? Even though it's memory starved

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Should have had a MH port ready to go for launch, Nintendo paying for the port would have made too much sense. I know what I'm doing on the 18th.

I thought so too, but Capcom are probably waiting for the Switch to build up a bit of a userbase before they commit MH. 3G only did 220k or so because the Wii U tanked after launch.

One thing I'd like to find out is the % ratio of the number of a particular MH game sold, versus the number of handhelds/consoles sold until that game stopped being tracked by MC or Famitsu, or superceded by a sequel.

 

[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]

Zelda big numbers for a launch title but i was expecting over 200k given the circumstances.

HZD doubled my expectations i predicted like 60-70k, glad to see it doing well.

So glad Nioh, Nier and Horizon all three home console games sold very well.

And lol at Konami with bomberman.

 

[kuroneko0509]

This might be extreme tales from my ass since I found it unsourced on 2ch while looking for other stuff, but it appears to be some sort of retailer survey detailing software titles purchased alongside a Switch



ZR and ZL are already mapped to target lock and chat; +/- are menu buttons.

The point I'm making isn't that a single-screen solution is impossible, it's that the single-screen solution requires Capcom to make non-trivial adjustments to backport. I'm certain Capcom could have gotten MHXX-S out in time for a simultaneous release with the 3DS version but I don't think it's something that is worth pulling additional staff working on MH5 or whoknowswhat

source is here. 50k samples
http://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/switch_enquete
I kinda forgot about this survey earlier

 

[L~A]

Just noticed that Nintendo Switch has already sold more than the YTD of pretty much all console except the PS4.

Also helped with Hardware total for 2017. Launching a brand new console does help with total sales, who would have known?

 

[NightwingRebirth]

Still very confused by what some people are doing with their Switches. I mean those software numbers barely add up to a 1:1 ratio, and there's definitely a good number of people who bought more than one game. So... a bunch of people buying digitally for some reason?

Not sure which games are being sold at retail in Japan, but games like Shovel Knight and Fast RMX might sell better digitally. Plus, they might just get it early for free demoes like Snipperclips and be waiting for the Splatoon 2 one coming soon.

 

[Kresnik258]

Less than 5k. And people thought it'd sell up to 60k. Time to port Disgaea D2 to the Vita.

I always wondered why that didn't happen. I know Disgaea 4 chugged on Vita, but it should've run fairly well and would've been some easy sales for NIS.

There's still time for them to recover and it's not like all of their Vita games were sales winners either, but I do wonder how this'll shift things. Ani's confident stuff is still coming, but this probably just means even more of a focus on Steam stuff in the west (though I wonder where their games will be ending up in Japan).

 

[Boogalogist]

01./00. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 186.379 / NEW


01./00. [PS4] NieR: Automata <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) - 198.542 / NEW


Wow....I'm impressed by 2B's week 1 compared to BotW.

 

[MatthewB92]

Wonder how switch sales will be the week of the splatoon 2 test fire.

 

[ethomaz]

Automata.

Making me feel surprised but deserved.

 

[Kresnik258]

01./00. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 186.379 / NEW


01./00. [PS4] NieR: Automata <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) - 198.542 / NEW


Wow....I'm impressed by 2B's week 1 compared to BotW.

Nobody cares for first week sales, LTD is the only that matters.

Spoiler

 

[kuroneko0509]

Wonder how switch sales will be the week of the splatoon 2 test fire.

not much, if there's no stock for it :^)

 

[Elandyll]

Not sure if it has been posted, but Horizon debuted with more than the 3 week equivalent of Witcher 3 (2015) in Japan.

Grats to Guerilla Games on a very successful new IP

Switch did good (and Zelda BOTW as well to some measure, but it was never Mario or Pokemon level in Japan), but it's the coming weeks that will tell the story really, with 3 Pillars to rely on for the rest of the year (beside Zelda) : MK8, Splatoon 2 and SM Odyssey.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Perhaps Japan isn't totally seeing Switch as a 3DS replacement. 3DS still going steady.

I mean, it's only the first couple days. I doubt we'd see that impact for a little while, especially as Switch isn't backwards compatible with 3DS.

 

[Mr Swine]

Nice numbers but I fear that Switch sales will tank next week like Vita and Wii U did, I don't see any software other than zelda pulling the weight till Mario Kart 8 Deluxe comes out

 

[jonno394]

Nice numbers but I fear that Switch sales will tank next week like Vita and Wii U did, I don't see any software other than zelda pulling the weight till Mario Kart 8 Deluxe comes out

It'll likely tank due to no supply. If reports are to be believed then next shipment aren't getting to some retailers until this Friday/Saturday and the fact some are running lotteries makes me think they won't be huge numbers.

 

[L~A]

It's way too early to say whether the Switch has or doesn't have an impact on Nintendo 3DS sales, not with Software releases being so sparse. Summer holidays is when we should be able to start seeing if the Switch is eating's the 3DS launch or not.

So far, the drop in sales is the natural drop for a 6yo handheld.

 

[Toth]

Looks like all the new releases finally kicked FFXV out of the top 20. I wonder how long it'll take to reach a million

It will probably be back in the top 20 next week. If not, likely when the first DLC hits,

 

[Tovarisch]

Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2017 (Feb 27 - Mar 05)

03./00. [NSFW] 1-2-Switch <ETC> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) - 79.536 / NEW

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[jj984jj]

Good launch for the Switch.

Also saw this coming, but poor NIS. They should've included something, even if it was a minor extra, maybe it would've at least helped it reach the top 20.

 

[ZSaberLink]

It's still low relative to the west. 400-500k is Fire Emblem numbers now.

Over 200k week 1 for Zelda in Japan seems good to me.

Same here. Keep in mind that 400-500K is apparently above Resident Evil and Yakuza territory now.

What? lolol. What you expected?

No, I'm laughing at the "poorly". BoTW is selling fine thus far.

I don't think they were saying it sells poorly, I think they were lol'ing at the idea that it does.

Thanks.

 

[L~A]

Famitsu data is finally out: https://www.famitsu.com/biz/ranking/

Wait... they tweeted it, but didn't update the page :') Alright, updated.

Puyo Puyo Tetris headed straight to bomba bins, along with Disgaea, Setsuna, and Nobunaga.

 

[Oregano]

Sad that Disgaea totally bombed as predicted.

Other than that Horizon was over represented on retailer charts. There was talk of outselling Zelda.

 

[noshten]

Good start for Zelda, 1,2 Switch, Bomberman, DQH and Puyo on the Switch. Was expecting a larger first shipment but this will have to do.

3DS is holding on, but I'm expecting it to start faltering after MHXX is released. It should still do relatively well because of it's library and price but I'm expecting sub 10k weeks after Splatoon 2 is launched.

HZD totally outperformed my expectations in Japan in less than 2 days(predicted 90k for 28 days). PS4 is well ahead of 2016 total as I mentioned last year there were only two games that broke 100k in the same timeframe - so having RE7, Nioh, Nier and HZD has truelly lifted the system in 2017.

Vita is slowly going to be phased out as more and more of it's titles make their way to PC/PS4 and now Switch.

Puyo Puyo Tetris headed straight to bomba bins, along with Disgaea, Setsuna, and Nobunaga.

I bet this was the plan all along.
Also Bomberman has a far smaller shipment than expected 40K is 60-80% of initial shipment. I was thinking it would around 150k.

 

[Chris1964]

Famitsu Sales: Week 10, 2017 (Feb 27 - Mar 05)

01./00. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 193.060 / NEW <60-80%>
02./00. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn # <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.03.02} (¥6.900) - 109.739 / NEW <80-100%>
03./00. [NSW] 1-2-Switch <ETC> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) - 82.392 / NEW <60-80%>
04./00. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 45.052 / NEW <60-80%>
05./00. [NSW] Super Bomberman R <ACT> (Konami) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980) - 39.609 / NEW <60-80%>
06./01. [PS4] NieR: Automata <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} (¥7.800) - 34.226 / 216.988 <80-100%> (-81%)
07./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest Heroes I & II for Nintendo Switch <Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below \ Dragon Quest Heroes II> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.03.03} (¥8.800) - 25.929 / NEW <40-60%>
08./07. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) - 14.593 / 3.683.139 <80-100%> (+7%)
09./02. [PS4] Super Robot Wars V # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.02.23} (¥8.600) - 12.878 / 108.100 <80-100%> (-86%)
10./00. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris <PZL> (Sega) {2017.03.03} (¥4.990) - 12.866 / NEW <20-40%>
11./08. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - Professional <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.02.09} (¥5.250) - 11.955 / 154.716 <80-100%> (+0%)
12./03. [PSV] Super Robot Wars V # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.02.23} (¥7.600) - 11.499 / 96.432 <80-100%> (-86%)
13./04. [PS4] Nioh <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.02.09} (¥7.800) - 10.088 / 145.801 <80-100%> (-43%)
14./10. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) - 6.800 / 1.088.123 <80-100%> (+5%)
15./00. [PS4] Winning Post 8 2017 <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.02} (¥7.800) - 6.668 / NEW <40-60%>
16./00. [3DS] Doraemon the Movie: Nobita no Nankyoku Kachikochi Daibouken <ACT> (FuRyu) {2017.03.02} (¥5.280) - 6.399 / NEW <20-40%>
17./12. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki <RPG> (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) - 6.166 / 678.268 <80-100%> (-3%)
18./09. [PS4] For Honor <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2017.02.16} (¥8.400) - 5.667 / 59.408 <80-100%> (-52%)
19./15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) - 5.440 / 222.487 <80-100%> (+18%)
20./13. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.01.19} (¥4.700) - 5.116 / 110.233 <80-100%> (-7%)
21./00. [NSW] Disgaea 5 Complete <SLG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 5.065 / NEW <20-40%>
22./00. [NSW] I am Setsuna <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.03.03} (¥4.800) - 4.625 / NEW <20-40%>
23./00. [PSV] Winning Post 8 2017 <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.03.02} (¥6.800) - 4.557 / NEW <40-60%>
24./17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) - 4.188 / 146.000 <80-100%> (+5%)
25./14. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard # <ADV> (Capcom) {2017.01.26} (¥7.990) - 3.563 / 304.384 <80-100%> (-34%)
26./19. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.571) - 3.503 / 2.678.769 <80-100%> (+24%)
27./18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) - 3.204 / 951.850 <80-100%> (+7%)
28./16. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) - 3.194 / 953.873 <80-100%> (-27%)
29./21. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) - 2.821 / 296.270 <80-100%> (+10%)
30./06. [PS4] The Witch and the Hundred Knights 2 # <RPG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2017.02.23} (¥7.200) - 2.728 / 18.437 <40-60%> (-83%)

Top 30

PS4 - 10
3DS - 8
NSW - 7
PSV - 3
WIU - 2

HARDWARE

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  NSW  |    330.637 |            |            |    330.637 |            |     330.637 |
| PS4 # |     36.637 |     44.158 |     27.318 |    489.125 |    330.369 |   4.410.741 |
| 3DS # |     27.078 |     24.740 |     21.259 |    497.879 |    360.988 |  22.409.292 |
| PSV # |      9.879 |     11.069 |     29.269 |    165.251 |    302.212 |   5.412.670 |
|  WIU  |        644 |        626 |      5.991 |     13.902 |    133.477 |   3.293.640 |
|  PS3  |        431 |        302 |      1.324 |      4.447 |     17.676 |  10.262.166 |
| XB1 # |        168 |        525 |        205 |      3.383 |      1.751 |      76.331 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    405.474 |     81.420 |     85.366 |  1.504.624 |  1.146.473 |  46.195.477 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| XB1 S |        146 |        506 |            |      2.660 |            |       4.378 |
|  XB1  |         22 |         19 |        205 |        723 |      1.751 |      71.953 |
|PS4 Pro|      5.912 |      6.686 |            |     73.680 |            |     190.730 |
|  PS4  |     30.725 |     37.472 |     27.318 |    415.445 |    330.369 |   4.220.011 |
|  PSV  |      9.879 |     11.069 |     29.269 |    165.251 |    302.212 |   5.412.670 |
|  2DS  |      5.324 |      5.362 |            |    141.049 |            |     438.196 |
| n-3DS |     21.754 |     19.378 |     19.886 |    356.830 |    327.543 |   5.050.819 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

[antibolo]

I'm surprised the Zelda attach rate is so low.

Then again Japan does have a few more launch games.

 

[1st Course]

Nice numbers but I fear that Switch sales will tank next week like Vita and Wii U did, I don't see any software other than zelda pulling the weight till Mario Kart 8 Deluxe comes out

Isn't the Switch completely sold out? Of course the drop will be hard.