SinCityAssassin
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To sell PS4s in Japan. This thing releases a month ahead of MHW.
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To sell PS4s in Japan. This thing releases a month ahead of MHW.
TheLegendaryN
Member
Why would a PS4 Slim have been smarter? It's a limited quantity model. Only the big fans will buy it. By making this a PS4 Pro, they have the premium model for the best experience, which is what the biggest fans would want, right?
A desperate way to get attention during a lackluster holiday season.
"Hey, we have this MH-branded PS4!"
SinCityAssassin
Member
Yeah they didn't really announce anything software-wise for the holidays in Japan did they.
I'm not certain if it's exclusive.
https://www.jp.playstation.com/blog/detail/5651/20170919-sangokumusou8.html
Machine translation:
That's a more cynical approach to it, but you could also see it as: "Hey, MH's coming out in just a month or so, and you'll be able to play it best on this PS4 Pro!"
After all, Pro adoption rates still aren't amazing anywhere (not that you would expect them to be), and this is even more true in Japan, so the more that are out there, the better.
Can't disagree with you here.
Holiday seems pretty awful for PS4 but Q1 2018 is off to a good start. MHW's early release date should put an end to the stupid speculation about the 1.5M number that was circulating, and there's Hokuto the next month.
TheLegendaryN
Member
KillerMan91
Member
This is already almost like tradition for PS4. Weak holiday lineup and then a lot of sw releases in between january and march. Last year was pretty much exception and even that was solely because of FF XV.
Here's perhaps a more natural-sounding take:
Seeing as it was a 'decision made at/by the Sony Store', one would think it to be exclusive to that service. They go on to talk about taking pre-orders via email today, on the 19th.
TheLegendaryN
Member
Mario + Rabbids releases Jan 18 in Japan.
Laplasakos
Member
It includes a download code for the game.
Not really. Every bundle works in two ways. The first one is for people that not have the system and want to buy it alongside the game and the second is the one you said (for fans).
Nice.
No idea what to expect from that game in Japan but it should at the very least be in the 100k club we mention. I'll go....60k FW for now.
SinCityAssassin
Member
First Party? None are known yet, but of the announced titles, it could be Kirby.
Otherwise, the only announced Switch games right now in January are Rabbids and Lost Spheare.
TheLegendaryN
Member
Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Hokuto ga Gotoku release three months from each other...
Too close?
Too close?
Is that true? I just went to look at the release schedule and it seems like there's a few more than that.
November is:
.Hack//G.U. Last Recode
Call of Duty: WWII
Sonic Forces
Occulctic;Nine
Need for Speed Payback
Star Wars Battlefront II
Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Future Tone DX
Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi
The Surge
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time
Then December:
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Agents of Mayhem
Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters
Okami HD (Zekkei)
LA Noire Remaster
Dead Rising 4: Special Edition
Earth Defence Force 5
Digimon Story: Hacker's Memory
Nothing that's going to set the charts on fire of course (a lot of western-oriented games on the list), but there are several retail releases, and maybe Yakuza will do okay? Don't really have a good handle on how something like .Hack//G.U. would do nowadays either.
As folks have already pointed out, January's pretty strong with Dissidia and Monster Hunter. Ni no Kuni isn't the spruce goose it is in the west, but is still something.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I mean, it's a very pretty box.
SinCityAssassin
Member
They should go the Nintendo Store route and offer an empty box for 5 bucks and shipping.
Gotdatmoney
Member
Maybe it's just me but I thought that was a solid TGS show by Sony. Looks like there will be a solid start to 2018 by the looks of it.
Laplasakos
Member
It will include a digital copy (download code) for the game.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
The blogger leak anything?
D.Lo
Member
Ah, so it's like those 'IOU' empty toy boxes for Star Wars figures from 1977!
I think there was a 3DS MH bundle with the same thing. And a PS4 DQ Heroes bundle had this too.
Jawbreaker
Member
I mean, it's a very pretty box.
That's one sexy box.
Laplasakos
Member
I don't know what you're referring to but gaming wise, i remember some Special Edition 3DS with download codes for the games. So it's not the first time.
Eolz
Member
The former would always be kept for international events like PSX tbf.
D.Lo
Member
Yeah but two months before the actual game is released?
RE Star Wars - in 1977 they didn't have enough action figures ready for Christmas, so they sold empty boxes with a voucher to get a figure later when they had manufactured them. Aka to have the ability to sell the item as a Christmas present, despite not having the actual point of the thing yet.
So it is bundled, I thought it was just the console at first, that's better.
Laplasakos
Member
Haha, what? First time i am hearing this and it's hilarious.
Anyway, definitely not the same situation here.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Oh riiiiight those ones. Live chatting with people probably made me miss their release dates at the end of them cause I don't remember any of those dates.
sure, several times.
majora's mask 3ds special edition in the US, for example https://venturebeat.com/2015/01/14/...launch-day-bundle-with-zelda-majoras-mask-3d/
BrokenJohnCena
Member
he probably mean releasing a special edition console even before the game launch.But eh
D.Lo
Member
No, not what I meant.
A special edition console for a game released two months before the game is even out.
Kind of seems like it is?
"Sooooo we don't have anything to sell your for Christmas/Holidays... but how about you buy this to prepare you to play MHW in two months?"
Heck I would buy ask for it for Christmas if I were a huge MH fan lol.
I don't see the problem. It's like pre-order, except you get console earlier.
D.Lo
Member
Sure, I was just asking if it has ever happened before.
It's essentially a sneaky way of getting some MH boost a quarter early.
smbu2000
Member
They mentioned it earlier, but the DQ Heroes special edition metal slime PS4 was the same way.
It launched Dec. 11, 2014 and included a dl voucher for the game which released Feb. 26, 2015. Although I think you could play the game a week earlier than the launch date or something like that with that dl code.
http://www.jp.playstation.com/ps4/hardware/cuhj10006.html
BrokenJohnCena
Member
why won't they launch MHW in December?I mean it will give the ps4 a big holiday and give other January titles room to breath as well,
I think it will sell the same as MH Tri
frankie_baby
Member
600k week 1, very long crawl to 1.15m ltd
D.Lo
Member
Jawbreaker
Member
D.Lo
Member
Seems low
Seems high.
Lol I honestly have no idea. DQ beat most expectations, but that' a traditional console franchise. On the other hand, despite the non-handheld handicap, this is the first generation leap MH has ever seen. It's been in PS2+ tech level for a decade, and it now looks like a massive budget modern game, the leap is huge.
And maybe Capmcom will announce MHP5 January 15 to appease angry investors after a failed quarter lol.