You do realize that the #42 game this week is somewhere around 2500 right?
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Media Create Sales: Week 6, 2012 (Feb 06 - Feb 12)
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You do realize that the #42 game this week is somewhere around 2500 right?
electroplankton
Banned
3DS has also Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime 3D, even though it's not a proper jRPG, and Inazuma Eleven Go.
It seems to have been a low profile release, so its chart placement is alright IMO. My low expectations were met.
BishopLamont
Banned
So you're glad it bombed?
I'm just glad it charted ... could've bombed worse.
Has this been posted?
http://andriasang.com/con00o/vita_cash_back/
2000 yen cash back if you buy a 3g vita. Article says its a Sony campaign but it also says discount which is different from cash back rebate. Could this be the start of something positive?
http://andriasang.com/con00o/vita_cash_back/
2000 yen cash back if you buy a 3g vita. Article says its a Sony campaign but it also says discount which is different from cash back rebate. Could this be the start of something positive?
Well don't forget they gave the first 500 3g Vita owners a free 100 hour data plan, so it's not like they haven't done deals for that SKU.
nextgeneration
Member
Hmm, let's see if this makes a difference in sales come next Wednesday.
Pretty sure it wasn't the first 500. The same article states:
"Amazon is still offering this as the first run limited edition, which includes a pre-paid 3G usage card".
Zenaku
Member
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the free 100 hours was for the first 500k 3G Vita's (Not just first 500), which should mean quite a lot left assuming the Wi-Fi:3G ratio is at least 50:50.
Continuing LovePlus, no freezes or bugs so far. A little disappointed that the special gallery images added back in LovePlus+ are only available if you transfer a save file though. All of the "dream" events have their images in 3D though, making use of them having several layers.
Continuing LovePlus, no freezes or bugs so far. A little disappointed that the special gallery images added back in LovePlus+ are only available if you transfer a save file though. All of the "dream" events have their images in 3D though, making use of them having several layers.
IIRC, the 100 hour prepaid plans were bundled with the first 500k 3G systems sold. Considering that Vita has only sold 566k total so far (3G + WiFi combined), that tells me that there are still a shitload of launch-ready 3G units that Sony and retailers are still stuck with - hence, why we're seeing even more discounting and bundling with the 3G units. Sony's trying to find some way to clear these things.
Ah, okay, should have checked that. Although SRPG would be close enough, they even list NES Zelda in the download RPG folder. -1, then.
I thought he was asking for new ones, as in new series/IPs. The eShop lists 9 retail RPGs in total. I tried to seed out the new ones, but failed with Brave Company.
Sub 10k?
Oh, boy. Maybe it's getting bad word of mouth because of the bugs? Or maybe it was just overshipped.
Rumors had its first shipment at 160k. Maybe, it's the bugs the troubling elements now. Well, Wednesday we'll see however, if Konami did it wrong again or not. Or maybe it's better to say we'll see it in the next weeks, not at launch.
slaughterking
Member
Amazon has it 21% off like with every other game. Why are we bringing this up again.
test_account
XP-39C²
Is there any words on when 3DS games will be patchable?
It is 28% off. But yeah, it isnt that much higher than the usual Amazon discount. I.e Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land are 23% off, and these games sell good and steady.
Mmh, just checked its page and... it isn't shipped by Amazon now. Oh, that changes a lot of things XD
Now, talking about something else.
Where's Phantasy Star Portable 3 / Victory / whatever they want to do? Sega has been pretty silent about it for a long time, and it's almost one year after the release of PSP2i, the expansion. I'm wondering what's up with that.
Now, talking about something else.
Where's Phantasy Star Portable 3 / Victory / whatever they want to do? Sega has been pretty silent about it for a long time, and it's almost one year after the release of PSP2i, the expansion. I'm wondering what's up with that.
slaughterking
Member
No, it's 21%.
test_account
XP-39C²
It says 28% in my browser:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B004K6L0FY/
List Price: ￥ 6,980
Price: ￥ 5,050
You Save: ￥ 1,930 (28%)
EDIT: Yeah, not shipped by Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B004K6L0FY/
List Price: ￥ 6,980
Price: ￥ 5,050
You Save: ￥ 1,930 (28%)
EDIT: Yeah, not shipped by Amazon
After cancellin all their Vita projects they have to get it run on 3DS now , which takes time.
I'm alwasy more convinced One Piece Musou could have even a 500k debut.
In fact, if we look at Comgnet rankings, comparing it with Hokuto no Ken Musou...
[PS3] One Piece Kaizoku Musou - 457pt
[PS3] Hokuto No Ken Musou - 265pt
Probably we'll have the best debut for a OP game ever.
In fact, if we look at Comgnet rankings, comparing it with Hokuto no Ken Musou...
[PS3] One Piece Kaizoku Musou - 457pt
[PS3] Hokuto No Ken Musou - 265pt
Probably we'll have the best debut for a OP game ever.
Zenaku
Member
Well, LovePlus is the most expensive 3DS game to date, so the drop may help it.
I've already mentioned that while there are a lot of bugs, only a few occur for first time users (or people starting fresh) and a few of the transfer bugs are down to users and not the game (if you've altered the time or date even once while playing LovePlus/LovePlus+ on the DS, your games number of days will get corrupted).
There are reported to be freezes (I haven't experienced any), and one large bug (which I've fell victim too). Passing 5AM while using Skip Mode or Memory Mode (each mode causes the RTC to skew, and the RTC resets at 5AM) it can prevent the days schedule from resetting, and prevent the "Sleep" command from appearing. I hadn't set the schedule at the time, so after passing 5AM in Skip Mode (I'd woken up early) I decided to just carry on, but became able to use the sleep command.
It's fixable by saving (and exiting to the title) from Real-Time Mode, or passing 5AM while using said Real-Time Mode, which isn't a huge deal.
There's sure to be many put off by bugs, but I have to wonder how many people will go and buy it knowing what they are. I wouldn't be surprised to see people waiting for "New LovePlus+" though.
Anyway, I'm now looking forward to seeing how Harvest Moon does when it releases next week, what with Yuuri and the Witch being revealed as the last wife candidates. I'll be ordering it with Good People Die.
I've already mentioned that while there are a lot of bugs, only a few occur for first time users (or people starting fresh) and a few of the transfer bugs are down to users and not the game (if you've altered the time or date even once while playing LovePlus/LovePlus+ on the DS, your games number of days will get corrupted).
There are reported to be freezes (I haven't experienced any), and one large bug (which I've fell victim too). Passing 5AM while using Skip Mode or Memory Mode (each mode causes the RTC to skew, and the RTC resets at 5AM) it can prevent the days schedule from resetting, and prevent the "Sleep" command from appearing. I hadn't set the schedule at the time, so after passing 5AM in Skip Mode (I'd woken up early) I decided to just carry on, but became able to use the sleep command.
It's fixable by saving (and exiting to the title) from Real-Time Mode, or passing 5AM while using said Real-Time Mode, which isn't a huge deal.
There's sure to be many put off by bugs, but I have to wonder how many people will go and buy it knowing what they are. I wouldn't be surprised to see people waiting for "New LovePlus+" though.
Anyway, I'm now looking forward to seeing how Harvest Moon does when it releases next week, what with Yuuri and the Witch being revealed as the last wife candidates. I'll be ordering it with Good People Die.
A little late, but does anyone want to guess for those games? (yes, no, guess already or suggest a better choice of games)
I don't understand how such things are possible when a game not only has been in development for a while, but it has been even delayed probably to solve these problems. Konami really seem to not know how to work properly this days. I've seen some frame rate problems even in the LKS reimagining for Vita, but that was an old video, they should've improved it. I...hope.
About Harvest Moon, Sinobi reported good preorders when they talked about the rocket start for Rune Factory.
And I don't understand even how Square lowballed so much Theatrhythm demand. 8400 Yen now on Amazon. What the hell :lol
Mmh, it seems a fair selection of games to bet on.
The_lascar
Member
Asura's Wrath PS3 should be interesting too.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Did anyone get Theatrhythm? Any impressions?
P.S. Caved in, cancelled Vita, ordered Zelda 3DS. I'm terrible. :-(
P.S. Caved in, cancelled Vita, ordered Zelda 3DS. I'm terrible. :-(
AceBandage
Banned
Better waiting for all hardware. No more day 1 for me.
electroplankton
Banned
I expect Harvest Moon to debute fairly well, so to have a better performance than the first episode on DS (which LTD is 107k). There, on average, Harvest Moon sold around 160k, with Kimi to Sodatsu Shima over 300k. This for 3DS could top 200k in the long run, imo!
I saw this in another thread. It's a press release from Nintendo.
Nintendo 3DS sales top 5 million units in Japan
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/2012/img_120220/graph.gif
Nintendo 3DS sales top 5 million units in Japan
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/2012/img_120220/graph.gif
Zenaku
Member
Well we'll never know if the delay was down to too many bugs, or whether they just needed to finish a few things. Rune Factory 4 was delayed well over 7 months from its year-end 2011 release, and I doubt that was down to bugs (the 3D-supporting anime movies may've extended the development, but they were announced as nearly complete a couple months ago).
Amazon now says a 2-3 week wait for New LovePlus, so it may've sold out there.
I really hope Harvest Moon does do well; it's back up the 3rd on Amazon now.
Tsutaya have released sale rankings, and while they're not completely comparable to MC (MK7's opening week had MK7 in 2nd, since it's only the sales ranking for Tsutaya) it can give us a good idea of how well a game is doing. Theatrhythm came in first, followed by Binary Domain PS3 and New LovePlus respectively. Good People Die came 15th (3DS) and 20th (Vita). I wonder if Theatrhythm will come first in MC sales too.
It could sell close to the otaku game or it could sell really badly. Hard to know since it's not appearing on COMGNET.
Well it got two relatively big releases this week so it's not really surprising.
And I'll get a Vita when there's more than one or two games I want for it out there (or when Good People Dies is announced for a western release), my 3DS went unused for months...
Smiles and Cries
Member
Metallix87
Member
Yeah, we'll have to relive the pre-DS days. How horrible!
Seriously, Nintendo controlling almost all of the handheld industry wouldn't be good news, but it certainly wouldn't be bad news.
Smiles and Cries
Member
let's give it to Apple!
be quiet slime
I always wanted a WonderSwan and a NGP but the first was never released in Canada, and I could never find the latter.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
LovePlus and Theatrhythm.
Wouldn't shock me to see 3DS close to 100k this week.
The GBA days were great days though, you must admit.
electroplankton
Banned
Also: bundles.