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Media Create Sales: Week 39, 2017 (Sep 25 - Oct 01)

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foxuzamaki

Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Lord of Ostia said:
Eh, it's not so much that as it is doubling down on the franchise's worst entry (Shadow Dragon) and doubling down on the worst aspect from the newest entry (the characters, especially the royals). The game would've done better had they included more popular Awakening characters (more Donnel, Lon'qu, and Tharja) and less meh characters (Lissa, Frederick, and Cordelia). In addition, the game desperately needs more legacy characters. The fact that Ike, Roy, Hector, and Alm are not in the game is just bonkers, and Ephraim and Erika should've been easy adds. Hell, throw FE4 fans a bone and put Sigurd in there. The roster is just kind of bad, and the roster is most of the appeal in a game like this.
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I've never seen A post so subjective
 
F

Fisico

Member
Sellthrough was always going to be good for CSIII after the first indications we've got.

17k difference between trackers is a notable gap, 5-10k is more usual considering the amount of sales, we'll see in the coming weeks if both trackers will try to align with each other or not.

@encephalon : Yes
 
F

Fisico

Member
There was already a 16-18k discrepancy between trackers for Sen I&II but that was on a bigger sales volume (135k vs 150k)
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Famitsu Sales: Week 40, 2017 (Sep 25 - Oct 01)

01./00. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III # <RPG> (Nihon Falcom) {2017.09.28} (¥7.800) - 104.401 / NEW <80-100%>
02./00. [PS4] FIFA 18 # <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2017.09.29} (¥7.800) - 56.924 / NEW <60-80%>
03./00. [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.09.28} (¥7.800) - 40.606 / NEW <40-60%>
04./03. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 29.244 / 1.237.746 <80-100%> (+41%)
05./02. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX <FTG> (Pokemon Co.) {2017.09.22} (¥5.980) - 25.260 / 77.220 <60-80%> (-51%)
06./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Warriors |New Nintendo 2DS/New Nintendo 3DS| # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.09.28} (¥6.800) - 21.548 / NEW <40-60%>
07./01. [3DS] Pokemon Gold / Silver _3DS Virtual Console Version_ |DL| (Dedicated Download Card Special) <RPG> (Nintendo) {2017.09.22} (¥1.111) - 18.752 / 74.765 <80-100%> (-67%)
08./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 15.364 / 666.145 <80-100%> (+32%)
09./00. [NSW] FIFA 18 <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2017.09.29} (¥5.800) - 12.896 / NEW <60-80%>
10./00. [PS4] Genkai Tokki: Castle Panzers # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2017.09.28} (¥7.200) - 10.411 / NEW <60-80%>
11./04. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2018 <SPT> (Konami) {2017.09.14} (¥7.600) - 10.215 / 98.680 <60-80%> (-47%)
12./08. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) - 7.118 / 1.712.112 <80-100%> (-24%)
13./17. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 6.736 / 526.679 <80-100%> (+25%)
14./13. [NSW] Monster Hunter Double Cross: Nintendo Switch Ver. # <ACT> (Capcom) {2017.08.25} (¥5.800) - 6.443 / 159.099 <60-80%> (-7%)
15./12. [3DS] The Snack World: TreJarers <RPG> (Level 5) {2017.08.10} (¥4.800) - 6.051 / 178.027 <80-100%> (-13%)
16./00. [PS4] Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition <Fallout 4 \ Fallout 4: Wasteland Workshop \ Fallout 4: Far Harbor \ Fallout 4: Automatron \ Fallout 4: Contraptions Workshop \ Fallout 4: Vault-Tec Workshop \ Fallout 4: Nuka-World> <RPG> (Bethesda Softworks) {2017.09.28} (¥5.980) - 5.544 / NEW <40-60%>
17./00. [PSV] Shinobi, Koi Utsutsu: Kanmitsu Hana Emaki # <ADV> (Idea Factory) {2017.09.28} (¥6.300) - 5.358 / NEW <80-100%>
18./09. [PS4] Destiny 2 <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.09.06} (¥7.900) - 5.310 / 80.023 <80-100%> (-34%)
19./00. [PS4] Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain # <RPG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2017.09.28} (¥6.980) - 5.075 / NEW <40-60%>
20./00. [PSV] Nora to Koujo to Noraneko Heart # <ADV> (Harukaze) {2017.09.28} (¥6.980) - 5.027 / NEW <60-80%>
21./20. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.09.07} (¥6.800) - 4.220 / 36.243 <80-100%> (+2%)
22./11. [3DS] Metroid: Samus Returns # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.09.15} (¥4.980) - 4.045 / 40.355 <60-80%> (-48%)
23./15. [PS4] Everybody's Golf <SPT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.08.31} (¥5.900) - 3.697 / 148.208 <80-100%> (-46%)
24./05. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: All in One Package <Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online \ Dragon Quest X: Nemureru Yuusha to Michibiki no Meiyuu Online \ Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.09.21} (¥4.800) - 3.285 / 16.873 <40-60%> (-76%)
25./19. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) - 3.179 / 1.314.428 <80-100%> (-26%)
26./23. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) - 2.977 / 229.701 <80-100%> (-12%)
27./18. [PS4] Uncharted: The Lost Legacy <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.09.14} (¥4.900) - 2.947 / 29.588 <60-80%> (-45%)
28./07. [PS4] Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite <FTG> (Capcom) {2017.09.21} (¥6.990) - 2.758 / 12.863 <40-60%> (-73%)
29./10. [PS4] NBA 2K18 # <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2017.09.19} (¥7.300) - 2.732 / 16.288 <60-80%> (-65%)
30./00. [PS3] FIFA 18 <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2017.09.29} (¥7.800) - 2.601 / NEW <40-60%>

Top 30

PS4 - 12
NSW - 9
3DS - 6
PSV - 2
PS3 - 1

HARDWARE
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+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  NSW  |     74.500 |     50.146 |            |  1.808.583 |            |   1.808.583 |
| PS4 # |     34.564 |     25.819 |     38.063 |  1.391.296 |  1.068.401 |   5.312.912 |
| 3DS # |     20.680 |     18.868 |     27.198 |  1.383.897 |  1.024.190 |  23.295.310 |
| PSV # |      4.256 |      3.871 |      8.151 |    322.950 |    676.985 |   5.570.369 |
| XB1 # |         53 |         26 |        160 |      6.085 |      4.397 |      79.033 |
|  WIU  |         32 |         73 |      2.071 |     20.981 |    293.669 |   3.300.719 |
|  PS3  |         24 |         39 |        610 |     15.973 |     44.249 |  10.273.692 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    134.109 |     98.842 |     76.253 |  4.949.765 |  3.111.891 |  49.640.618 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| XB1 S |         53 |         26 |            |      1.303 |            |       7.031 |
|PS4 Pro|      6.921 |      5.678 |            |    251.582 |            |     368.632 |
|  PS4  |     27.643 |     20.141 |     38.063 |  1.139.714 |  1.068.401 |   4.944.280 |
|  PSV  |      4.256 |      3.871 |      8.151 |    322.950 |    676.985 |   5.570.369 |
|n-2DSLL|     10.081 |      9.417 |            |    310.939 |            |     310.939 |
|  2DS  |      1.329 |      1.529 |     12.085 |    244.929 |     49.142 |     542.076 |
| n-3DS |      9.270 |      7.922 |     14.923 |    828.029 |    926.410 |   5.522.018 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
 
silpheed-mcd

silpheed-mcd

Member
Famitsu, console video game market report,March 27, 2017 - September 24, 2017.

https://www.famitsu.com/news/201710/05143376.html

google translate:

Year over year

Hard: 189.6%
Software: 110.2%
Total: 139.9%

Sales volume of each hardware

(The totaling period of cumulative sales volume is each release date ~ September 24, 2017) Unit: units

Nintendo 3DS * 1

Manufacturer name: Nintendo
Release date: February 26, 2011
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 733,014 units
Estimated cumulative sales volume: 23,274,630 units

Playstation Vita

Manufacturer name: Sony · Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia
Release date: December 17, 2011
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 128,636 units
Estimated cumulative sales unit: 5,666,113 units

Nintendo Switch

Manufacturer name: Nintendo
Release date: March 3, 2017
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 1,209,712 units
Estimated cumulative sales volume: 1,734,083 units

Playstation 4 &#8251; 2

Manufacturer name: Sony · Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia
Release date: February 22, 2014
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 770,131 units
Estimated cumulative sales volume: 5,278,348 units

Xbox One * 3

Manufacturer name: Japan Microsoft
Release date: September 4, 2014
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 2,331 units
Estimated cumulative sales volume: 78,980 units

* 1: Total value including New Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS LL, Nintendo 2DS, New Nintendo 2DS LL.
* 2: Total value including PlayStation 4 Pro.
* 3: It is a total value including Xbox One S.


Household game software sales number in the first half of 2017 TOP 10

(The totaling period of cumulative sales figures is each release date ~ September 24, 2017) Unit: book &#8251; Estimated cumulative sales volume in parentheses

Software first place
Dragon Quest XI Passing away and seeking time

Hard: 3DS
Manufacturer name: SQUARE ENIX
Release date: July 29, 2017
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 1,704,994 (1,704,994)

Second place
Dragon Quest XI Passing away and seeking time

Hard: PS4
Manufacturer name: SQUARE ENIX
Release date: July 29, 2017
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 1,311,249 (1,311,249)

3rd place
Splatoon 2

Hard: Switch
Manufacturer name: Nintendo
Release date: 2017/7/21
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 1,208,502 (1,208,502)

4th
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Hard: Switch
Manufacturer name: Nintendo
Release date: 2017/4/28
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 650,781 (650,781)

5th place
Monster Hunter Double Cross

Hard: 3DS
Manufacturer name: Capcom
Release date: 2017/3/18
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 401,418 (1,671,750)

6th place
ARMS

Hard: Switch
Manufacturer name: Nintendo
Release date: 2017/6/16
Estimated sales in the first half of 2017: 218,312 (218,312)

7th place
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

Hard: Switch
Manufacturer name: Nintendo
Release date: 2017/3/3
Estimated sales in the first half of 2017: 212,322 (519 9943)

8th place
Fire Emblem Echoes (Echoes) Another Hero of the King

Hard: 3DS
Manufacturer name: Nintendo
Release date: 2017/4/20
Estimated sales in the first half of 2017: 197,643 (197,643)

9th place
Dragon Ball Heroes Ultimate Mission X

Hard: 3DS
Manufacturer name: NAMCO BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT
Release date: 2017/4/27
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 187,652 (187,652)

10th place
Snack World Treasures

Hard: 3DS
Manufacturer name: Level 5
Release date: 2017/8/10
Estimated sales volume in the first half of 2017: 171,976 (171,196)

About the domestic home game market in the first half of 2017 (excerpt from release)

The domestic home game market size in the first half of 2017 amounted to 76.51 billion yen (189.6% compared with last year), software to 74.74 billion yen (110.2% same), total of hardware and software to 151.5 billion yen (139.9% same) It was. In addition to the fact that Nintendo Switch has led the market overall, in software, there are 3 million copies in total of 2 models of "Dragon Quest XI seeking time to pass" (Square Enix / released on July 29, 2017 / 3DS · PS 4) It was a big hit. The domestic home game market size (total of hardware and software) in the first half of 2017 exceeded the previous year for the first time in five years since the first half of 2012.

In the second half of 2017, "Super Mario Odyssey" (Nintendo / Scheduled to be released on 27th October 2017 / Switch) and "Pocket Monster Ultra Sun Ultramoon" (Pokemon / Scheduled to be released on November 17, 2017 / 3DS) Monster Hunter: World "(Capcom / released on January 26, 2018 / PS 4) and other large titles are also refrained from attracting attention for the expansion of the game market. <Famitsu survey>

https://translate.google.fr/transla...s://www.famitsu.com/news/201710/05143376.html
 
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Jarod McChicken

Member
As expected, Famitsu shows that Sen III sold more than 80% of its stock. I say "as expected" because it looks like the game was more or less sold out in amazon.jp several days before the launch. I think some tracker also said 70% of the stock was gone the first day, as it's a very core driven game. It does look like the launch met Falcom expectation at least. Let's see if it can reach 150K without digital.

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Jon Carter

Member
Kinda crazy how FIFA 18 Switch is selling more in raw numbers in Japan than in the U.K. even though the franchise is a behemoth over there and a fart in the wind in Japan.
 
F

Fukuzatsu

Member
Jon Carter said:
Kinda crazy how FIFA 18 Switch is selling more in raw numbers in Japan than in the U.K. even though the franchise is a behemoth over there and a fart in the wind in Japan.
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I mean, is it though? Japan has almost 2 times the population of the UK, and Switch has caught on in Japan in a bigger way than anywhere else. That and one would be inclined to think of FIFA as a series known for selling best on consoles. Couple this with retailing issues and feature cuts in the Switch version, it doing as bad as it did in the UK seems a bit more understandable I think.
 
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Hero of Legend

Member
Actually, speaking of FIFA on Switch, I saw someone post the Wii U version of 13 only did like 1,500, but how did the Wii and 3DS entries do?
 
B

BrokenJohnCena

Member
Fukuzatsu said:
I mean, is it though? Japan has almost 2 times the population of the UK, and Switch has caught on in Japan in a bigger way than anywhere else. That and one would be inclined to think of FIFA as a series known for selling best on consoles. Couple this with retailing issues and feature cuts in the Switch version, it doing as bad as it did in the UK seems a bit more understandable I think.
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It’s like saying Dragon Quest would sell better in the US than japan because the us population is more than double than Japan lol
 
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Cuningas de Häme

Member
I know that people just loooooove to take FIFA Switch numbers and say that it bombed in the UK, but they don't have the install base to have huge numbers (UK is Sony land through and through). And FIFA will sell pretty well in the next few months I think.

Japan's FIFA numbers for Switch seem to be fine, not a runaway success but pretty decent. And it will continue to sell.

People tend to forget that games can sell past their first week. Some games start with lower sales and then have a steady growth. Nothing wrong with that.

I hope that FIFA has lots of good bush radio talk so people know that it isn't like the previous "efforts" from EA. This time they made a pretty good football game.

Of course, I don't think that football is as big in Japan as it is in Europe, so that might be a factor too.
 
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Vinnk

Member
Cuningas de Häme;250986677 said:
Of course, I don't think that football is as big in Japan as it is in Europe, so that might be a factor too.
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I don't think it's as big as Europe, but soccer (and I say Soccer rather than football as Japan is one of the few countries to call it that) is still very popular. It is second only to baseball in viewership and above baseball in students who play it.

And historically soccer games have done very well in Japan.

Again, not as popular as Europe, but still notable.
 
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hiska-kun

Member
Switch vs 3DS
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|    |    Nintendo 3DS   |   Nintendo Switch |  Difference  | 
|    |    (2011/02/26)   |    (2017/03/03)   |              | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |   NSW - 3DS  | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|  29|   49.076|1.776.605|   44.052|1.667.527|      -109.078|
|  30|   58.837|1.835.442|   43.426|1.710.953|      -124.489|
|  31|   70.159|1.905.601|   73.231|1.784.184|      -121.417|
|  32|   58.504|1.964.105|         |         |              |
|  33|   53.540|2.017.645|         |         |              |
|  34|   55.025|2.072.670|         |         |              |
|  35|   73.933|2.146.603|         |         |              |
|  36|   65.041|2.211.644|         |         |              |
|  37|  145.271|2.356.915|         |         |              |
|  38|  103.962|2.460.877|         |         |              |
|  39|   96.219|2.557.096|         |         |              |
|  40|  120.920|2.678.016|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|

PS4 vs PS3
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|    |   PlayStation 3   |   PlayStation 4   |  Difference  | 
|    |    (2006/11/11)   |    (2014/02/22)   |              | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |   PS4 - PS3  | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 187|   18.951|5.183.186|   24.660|5.330.995|       147.809|
| 188|   17.676|5.200.862|   23.814|5.354.809|       153.947|
| 189|   17.175|5.218.037|   29.369|5.384.178|       166.141|
| 190|   19.578|5.237.615|         |         |              |
| 191|   20.077|5.257.692|         |         |              |
| 192|   18.345|5.276.037|         |         |              |
| 193|   19.473|5.295.510|         |         |              |
| 194|   19.420|5.314.930|         |         |              |
| 195|   45.224|5.360.154|         |         |              |
| 196|   28.630|5.388.784|         |         |              |
| 197|   33.057|5.421.841|         |         |              |
| 198|   29.433|5.451.274|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|

MK8 DX vs MK8
kart.jpg

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|    |   Mario Kart 8    |  Mario Kart 8 DX  |  Difference  | 
|    | [WIU] (2014/05/29)| [NSW] (2017/04/28)|              | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   | MK8DX – MK8  | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 21 |    3.625|  690.387|   10.971|  694.185|         3.798|
| 22 |    2.821|  693.208|   11.457|  705.642|        12.434|
| 23 |    3.170|  696.378|   15.098|  720.741|        24.363|
| 24 |    3.210|  699.588|         |         |              |
| 25 |   13.544|  713.132|         |         |              |
| 26 |    8.752|  721.884|         |         |              |
| 27 |   12.742|  734.626|         |         |              |
| 28 |   19.244|  753.870|         |         |              |
| 29 |   24.938|  778.808|         |         |              |
| 30 |   34.331|  813.139|         |         |              |
| 31 |   38.637|  851.776|         |         |              |
| 32 |   28.403|  880.180|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
 
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Moor-Angol

Banned
22./11. [3DS] Metroid: Samus Returns # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.09.15} (¥4.980) - 4.045 / 40.355 <60-80%> (-48%)
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I hope they carefully counted my copy

Great result, hope this result will please nintendo and they won't forget metroid for another decade
 
F

fortunato

Banned
Mario Kart 8 graph is crazy. Deluxe will reach the million mark by the end of the year if it is able to pull 15k units in average October week (ok, new Switch stock, but still).

Moor-Angol said:
I hope they carefully counted my copy

Great result, hope this result will please nintendo and they won't forget metroid for another decade
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I think it did well in the US. We have yet to get data, but by looking at anecdotal evidences, it seems the game was well received by the public, and this showed in, for example, online stores charts.
 
silpheed-mcd

silpheed-mcd

Member
hiska-kun said:
Switch vs 3DS
switch0.jpg

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|    |    Nintendo 3DS   |   Nintendo Switch |  Difference  | 
|    |    (2011/02/26)   |    (2017/03/03)   |              | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |   NSW - 3DS  | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|  29|   49.076|1.776.605|   44.052|1.667.527|      -109.078|
|  30|   58.837|1.835.442|   43.426|1.710.953|      -124.489|
|  31|   70.159|1.905.601|   [B][B][B][B]73.231[/B][/B][/B][/B]|1.784.184|      -121.417|
|  32|   58.504|1.964.105|         |         |              |
|  33|   53.540|2.017.645|         |         |              |
|  34|   55.025|2.072.670|         |         |              |
|  35|   73.933|2.146.603|         |         |              |
|  36|   65.041|2.211.644|         |         |              |
|  37|  145.271|2.356.915|         |         |              |
|  38|  103.962|2.460.877|         |         |              |
|  39|   96.219|2.557.096|         |         |              |
|  40|  120.920|2.678.016|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
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You were pretty close once again.

Good fight ^^ switch's come back the next weeks?
 
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casiopao

Member
Moor-Angol said:
I hope they carefully counted my copy

Great result, hope this result will please nintendo and they won't forget metroid for another decade
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Lol. Even if it reache 50k in japan? That is still sub par amount of sales number lol. I dont think Metroid as a franchise is salvagable in Japan in anyway lol.
 
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noshten

Member
hiska-kun said:
MK8 DX vs MK8
kart.jpg
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Mario Kart 7 after it's first year:
20./26. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 1.851.264

Mario Kart 8 after it's first year:
[WIU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 1.006.719


MK8D by May is likely going to be very close to MK7's first year's numbers in Japan.
 
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Draxal

Member
Lord of Ostia said:
Eh, it's not so much that as it is doubling down on the franchise's worst entry (Shadow Dragon) and doubling down on the worst aspect from the newest entry (the characters, especially the royals). The game would've done better had they included more popular Awakening characters (more Donnel, Lon'qu, and Tharja) and less meh characters (Lissa, Frederick, and Cordelia). In addition, the game desperately needs more legacy characters. The fact that Ike, Roy, Hector, and Alm are not in the game is just bonkers, and Ephraim and Erika should've been easy adds. Hell, throw FE4 fans a bone and put Sigurd in there. The roster is just kind of bad, and the roster is most of the appeal in a game like this.
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Um, no offense. But the character picks you have are pretty insane in that they would have no affect on sales asides from missing Tharja and Ike. People aren't hyped about Denis/Donnel and the most mediocre GBA game. You already have three of the more popular swordmasters in the series with Lyn/Ryoma/ and Navarre(which he should be in in post dlc); so Lon'Qu would have been even more redundant.

Fire Emblem has major burnout issues, there's too much product in the last couple of years (Cipher/Heroes/Fates/Sov) akin to the fallout during the GBA/GCN games where the sales kept on dropping. SoV dropping as hard as it did was the real warning shot of Fire Emblem saturation.

casiopao said:
I think easily the main problem of FEW is how....the plot is so uninteresting. There is a huge lack of villains in the whole trailer.

We only see the two twin and all goody two shoes characters keep preaching nakama lol.

I mean, they can easily make the setting into some kind of drama where the twin is separated and end up with both of them leading their own armies into battle against each other. But nope. The enemy is that blackie shadowy glowy dragon and bam. It is over.

The setting itself for FE fans...is just not compelling enough.
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Another part of the problem is KT really fucked up the marketing of this game.

Nintendo of Europe being incompetent really screwed their promo plans.

PK Gaming said:
Considering how much they had to compromise with CS1/2 by adding handheld ports, I don't agree. Sen III definitely benefits from being console only, even if it'll suffer for it sales wise (which I'm sure they'll recoup with the eventual international releases)
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To be honest, having a third game of the series on a brand new console that depends on the players playing the first two games is a hard sell.

How many players are awaiting the port of 1/2 before even trying this?
 
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Fukuzatsu

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BrokenJohnCena said:
It’s like saying Dragon Quest would sell better in the US than japan because the us population is more than double than Japan lol
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Not really. I'd say Dragon Quest is even more minor in the West than FIFA is in Japan (at least at this point), and FIFA is a game that is basically on every platform it can be, whereas a DQ game is usually on only two or three platforms, barring remakes.

Point being, there are more than a few reasons why Switch FIFA might plausibly do better in Japan than the UK.
 
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Draxal

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erikNORML said:
I feel like FEW suffered more from gameplay style than character roster (which was admittedly also not great).

Are hardcore Fire Emblem fans who love it for its turn based strategy really dying to buy a Musou style action game? At least Zelda going from 3d action to Musou 3d action wasn't that jarring, I'd also argue the character and lore of Zelda seemed put to far better use in HW - not to mention the novelty of playing as a lot of the historic franchise characters for the very first time.

Seems like it failed to tap into the FE fan base and mostly just sold to the (dwindling) Musou crowd. I'd imagine a true FE on Switch will sell far, far better.
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I mean the original musou game was based off RotK?
 
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sphinx

the piano man
Chris1964 said:
HARDWARE
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+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  NSW  |     74.500 |     50.146 |            |  1.808.583 |            |   [B]1.808.583[/B] |
|  WIU  |         32 |         73 |      2.071 |     20.981 |    293.669 |   [B]3.300.719 [/B]|
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went do you guys think NSW will pass WiiU LTD? mid-2018?

I wonder if they can have the supplies to sell >100k per week in November and December, that would bring it very near of 3 million
 
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casiopao

Member
Draxal said:
Um, no offense. But the character picks you have are pretty insane in that they would have no affect on sales asides from missing Tharja and Ike. People aren't hyped about Denis/Donnel and the most mediocre GBA game. You already have three of the more popular swordmasters in the series with Lyn/Ryoma/ and Navarre(which he should be in in post dlc); so Lon'Qu would have been even more redundant.

Fire Emblem has major burnout issues, there's too much product in the last couple of years (Cipher/Heroes/Fates/Sov) akin to the fallout during the GBA/GCN games where the sales kept on dropping. SoV dropping as hard as it did was the real warning shot of Fire Emblem saturation.



Another part of the problem is KT really fucked up the marketing of this game.

Nintendo of Europe being incompetent really screwed their promo plans.



To be honest, having a third game of the series on a brand new console that depends on the players playing the first two games is a hard sell.

How many players are awaiting the port of 1/2 before even trying this?
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I think another big failure on FEW is how Koei seems to missed out on relation building which many modern FE fans love.

A fire Emblem crosover should be the best place to see a character interact with each other which all fans dream of.

Like how Lyn would probably said to Robin that he felt that Robin oozes Tactician aura that she ks very familiar or how Cordelia can come to consult with Sheeda on how to attract Chrom attention after she noticed how close Sheeda is with Marth.

All those small addition should be able to entize the fire emblem fans there. But sadly there is nothing on that part.
 
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Mr Swine

Banned
sphinx said:
went do you guys think NSW will pass WiiU LTD? mid-2018?

I wonder if they can have the supplies to sell >100k per week in November and December, that would bring it very near of 3 million
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Should be at least 2.2 million at the end of the year so probably by summer next year if sales don’t suddenly just drop dead
 
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Fisico

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Mr Swine said:
Should be at least 2.2 million at the end of the year so probably by summer next year if sales don’t suddenly just drop dead
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It will be well ahead of 3M by the end of the year, stock will increase dramatically while still not be enough to satisfy the pent-up demand + the usual Nintendo Christmass demand.

So to answer the original question : this year in December, probably first half.
 
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Mr Swine

Banned
Fisico said:
It will be well ahead of 3M by the end of the year, stock will increase dramatically while still not be enough to satisfy the pent-up demand + the usual Nintendo Christmass demand.

So to answer the original question : this year in December, probably first half.
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That is if they can increase supply that much. I hope they can, I would love to see Switch at 3m + before the end of the year
 
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Celine

Member
sphinx said:
went do you guys think NSW will pass WiiU LTD? mid-2018?

I wonder if they can have the supplies to sell >100k per week in November and December, that would bring it very near of 3 million
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Switch is going to have a YTD bigger than 3M therefore late this year, early next year.

Wii sales in the first holiday after the launch (December 2007): 670K

3DS sales in the first holiday (December 2011): 1450K

If stocks are there, Switch has the chance to sell even a million units next December.
 
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schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
MH XX Switch showing decent legs. Will easily pass 200K and should at the very least get above the Wii U game's LTD.
 
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Zedark

Member
Gotdatmoney said:
A bunch of people told me after 3 weeks that the legs were horrible though?
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We have to see if this remains the lowest baseline it will sell for the rest of the year or if it will drop down further, but if it does sell 6k (and more in the holiday weeks) every week, then it'll be an amazing result in terms of legs.
 
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