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Media Create Sales: Week 29, 2017 (Jul 17 - Jul 23)

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Vena

Member
DeuceGamer said:
Interesting numbers. I think that's about what was expected though I think some were projecting more for the PS4???
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YSO and pre-orders shifted expectations for some to a higher/even opening for the PS4, but right before launch the 3DS picked up really fast.
 
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Ōkami

Member
DQXI alone makes this the highest ever week for PS4 softare, FFXV's week was below 850k, chances are more than a million PS4 games were sold for the week.

Good FW for both, but individually both debut below DQVI, and that's pretty dissapointing, though that's mostly on 3DS.

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I'm nearing the end game on the PS4 version now, so that's all from me for the day!
 
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Fukuzatsu

Member
Vena said:
Well, you can argue that FFXV being channel stuffed somewhat skews that, lol.
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I mean either it's sold a million at non-bomb prices or not, that's all anyone is saying. There are far worse-performing games sitting on shelves at GEO for less than FFXV even if something like NieR is priced higher now.
 
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DarkLordMalik

Member
Vena said:
Well, you can argue that FFXV being channel stuffed somewhat skews that, lol.
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Why bring it? Game keeps selling (even if discount) and the LTD is what counts here unless SE re-released the game at cheaper price or with GOTY edition.

I do see GOTY edition once all DLC is out which will add more to the overall number.
 
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Vena

Member
Fukuzatsu said:
I mean either it's sold a million at non-bomb prices or not, that's all anyone is saying. There are far worse-performing games sitting on shelves at GEO for less than FFXV even if something like NieR is priced higher now.
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DarkLordMalik said:
Why bring it? Game keeps selling (even if discount) and the LTD is what counts here unless SE re-released the game at cheaper price or with GOTY edition.

I do see GOTY edition once all DLC is out which will add more to the overall number.
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The reason I mention it is because the game has been on discount at 50%+ for months because retailers over-bought the title. So while, yes, it has achieved a million, it took major discounting from a cock-up from the retailer confidence in the release.

DQXI, on the other hand, will not need that to clear a million, easily.
 
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gundamkyoukai

Member
D.Lo said:
After all that 'PS4 surge' hype it ended up what was expected by almost everyone 3-4 weeks ago.
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Of course it was not hard to see how things will work out then .
Still even so people were low balling the PS4 version .

Side note i wonder how the DL sales were for PS4 .
 
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DarkLordMalik

Member
Vena said:
The reason I mention it is because the game has been on discount at 50%+ for months because retailers over-bought the title. So while, yes, it has achieved a million, it took major discounting from a cock-up from the retailer confidence in the release.

DQXI, on the other hand, will not need that to clear a million, easily.
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Well yeh, but it is a meaningless metric here in a sales thread where the final LTD matters more than the average selling price for a product.
 
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Aters

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Being realistic, I think PS4 digital can do 90k, given that apparently a lot stores are out of stock. 3DS version I'd give it a 50k, I think that's conservative enough. In total that's 2.22M.
DQIX was at 2.34, DQVIII was 2.23, both were released at the peak of the hardware. Not bad all things considered, not bad at all.
 
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
silpheed-mcd said:
First week famitsu:

DQIX 2,34

DQVIII 2,23

DQXI 2,08
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DQXI could have pushed 100-150k at digital. It's a similar opening.

Aters said:
Being realistic, I think PS4 digital can do 90k, given that apparently a lot stores are out of stock. 3DS version I'd give it a 50k, I think that's conservative enough. In total that's 2.22M.
DQIX was at 2.34, DQVIII was 2.23, both were released at the peak of the hardware. Not bad all things considered, not bad at all.
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2009 was miles away from the peak of DS.
 
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Kaworu

Member
2,08 millions without including direct downloads and solid hardware sales for both 3DS and PS4 sounds like a good result. Good news all around!
 
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OrbitalBeard

Member
I'm wondering what games Switch will have during the first half of next year to keep momentum going. PS4 will have Monster Hunter World during the early days of 2018. Hopefully Nintendo has bigger titles coming during the first half besides Kirby and Yoshi. I have a feeling the first six months of 2018 are going to be kind of light for Switch, first party wise. Nothing really to base this on though. I think Holiday 2018 will be crazy though, with potential games like Animal Crossing, Pokemon, 2D Mario, etc.
 
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Sandfox said:
It will sell less for various reasons, but I don't think that's an accurate comparison.
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Third versions are at 2m+ range so it's not unexpected US2/UM2 will see much lower sales but that's not even a comparison unless someone believes next Pokemon main entry will sell like Yo-kai Watch 4.
 
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Fisico

Member
Good numbers overall, first week sales are probably very similar to DQIX and VIII with digital (~100k for PS4, <50k for 3DS) though with higher dev cost.

Now as it was mentioned before legs might not be as good as DQIX due to the lack of proeminent multiplayer/social elements, it might be alleviated for total LTD sales by adding the Switch SKU but will that be enough to reach 4M?
 
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Aters

Member
Chris1964 said:
2009 was miles away from the peak of DS.
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OK post peak, but DS was still doing well at that time and its successor was no where to be seen. Still a much more preferable situation than 3DS in 2017.

Busaiku said:
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon to be the next Y&#333;kai Watch 3.
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I still wonder what it is. A sequel like Black2/White2? Or a 3rd version? Or something in between? It's hilarious how little we know about a game coming out this year.
 
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Mr Swine

Banned
I don't think the Switch version of DQXI will sell that well. It's coming out late and everyone has played the game. Will it sell a million? Nah I think it will do around 500k as most
 
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
~4m was always the realistic target for DQXI. PS4 version will end higher and 3DS lower from was expected initially but overall combined sales will be the expected. With Switch version it will be there.
 
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Turrican3

Member
OrbitalBeard said:
I'm wondering what games Switch will have during the first half of next year to keep momentum going. [...]
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Smash Bros Deluxe may be a good guess I think (if that's actually a thing I mean), that would also reinforce the online lineup considering that 2018 is the year subscription services start.
 
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