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Media Create Sales: Week 45, 2013 (Nov 04 - Nov 10)

Well, while true that Nintendo is running out of playing cards, Vita sales aren't going to improve just because of that. The same could be argued for the Vita anyway. What next after Freedom Wars? :p

What cards have they played exactly outside of NSMBU? Mario 3D World will be the only "real" card since a year ago now. W101 and Pikmin 3 were never expected to carry the system. $50 price drop is a scratch.
 

Mr Swine

Banned
So anyone in Japan know how well Vita/Vita TV is selling together with God Eater 2? I guess it will outsell 3DS 2:1 next week, probably 80k Vitas and 100k Vita TVs.
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
What cards have they played exactly outside of NSMBU? Mario 3D World will be the only "real" card since a year ago now. W101 and Pikmin 3 were never expected to carry the system. $50 price drop is a scratch.

Talking about 3DS there, champ. They've fired off all Marios, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, even a Monster Hunter, and Zelda very soon. Smash Brothers is the last big box-tick for Big Nintendo Bullet Bills, I guess, other than another Pokemon.

WiiU's cards are all but meaningless when played if the system can never maintain its bumps, which a total and apocalyptic lack of third party software almost entirely ensures.
 
Dengeki Weekly Software Highlights:

Battlefield 4 was the headliner this week (at 120K), but it launched lower the previous iteration (134K)

  • 113K units sold of Battlefield 3 on PS3 first week
  • 111K units sold of Battlefield 4 on PS3 first week
  • 21K units sold of Battlefield 3 on 360 first week
  • 9K units sold of Battlefield 4 on 360 first week

Pokemon X + Y sold more than 3 million units (3.062 million) in its first five weeks

  • Pokemon X - 54K units sold in its fifth week
  • Pokemon Y - 45K units sold in its fifth week

Monster Hunter is projected to sell more than 3 million units next week

  • Sold 2.971 million LTD this week
  • MH4 will join the "3 million 3DS club" of Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Pokemon X + Y

Akiba's Trip 2 took fifth-place with 53K combined PS3 + PSV sales

  • Combined PS3 + PSV sales (53K) are very similar to 2011's Akiba Trip for PSP (54K first week, 107K total)
  • Around 60% of the shipments of Akiba's Trip 2 for Vita + PS3 combined sold through in its first week.
  • Because Akiba's Trip sold 53,454, we can assume Akiba's Trip had ~89,100 initial shipments to retailers for both SKUs combined


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[B]DENGEKI TOP 50 SOFTWARE SALES
Week 45, 2013 (Nov 04 - Nov 10)[/B]

[U][B]RANK/L.WK	TITLE								PUBLISHER		RELEASE		SALES	LTD		WK. CHANGE[/B][/U]
[b]1/-	PS3	Battlefield 4							Electronic Arts		13/11/07	111,387	111,387[/b]
2/1	3DS	Pokémon X							Pokémon Co.		13/10/12	53,788	1,583,185	-27%	
3/3	3DS	Pokémon Y							Pokémon Co.		13/10/12	44,747	1,478,622	-30%	
4/6	3DS	Monster Hunter 4						Capcom			13/09/14	38,888	2,971,671	-16%	
[b]5/-	Vita	Akiba's Trip 2							Acquire			13/11/07	33,827	33,827[/b]
6/4	PS3	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013				Konami			13/10/24	32,429	174,598		-44%	
7/2	Wii U	Wii Party U							Nintendo		13/10/31	28,633	99,189		-59%	
8/11	PS3	Grand Theft Auto V						Rockstar Games		13/10/10	27,238	484,623		-11%	
9/7	PSP	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013				Konami			13/10/24	23,367	96,040		-32%	
[b]10/-	PS3	Akiba's Trip 2							Acquire			13/11/07	19,627	19,627		[/b]
[b]11/-	3DS	Metal Max 4: Moonlight Diva					Kadokawa Games		13/11/07	19,104	19,104[/b]
[b]12/-	3DS	Bandai Namco Games Presents J Legend Retsuden			Bandai Namco Games	13/11/07	15,713	15,713[/b]
13/9	Wii U	New Super Mario Bros. U						Nintendo		12/12/08	13,872	616,088		-57%	
[b]14/-	PS3	Onechanbara Z: Kagura with NoNoNo!				D3 Publisher		13/11/07	12,920	12,920[/b]
15/14	3DS	Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!		Bandai Namco Games	13/10/17	12,411	91,612		-7%	
[b]16/-	Vita	Exstetra							FuRyu			13/11/07	11,494	11,494[/b]
17/5	3DS	Little Battlers eXperience: Wars				Level 5			13/10/31	11,267	58,311		-76%	
18/8	Vita	Gundam Breaker							Bandai Namco Games	13/10/31	10,356	44,006		-69%	
[b]19/-	PS3	Rocksmith 2014 Edition						Ubisoft			13/11/07	9,469	9,469[/b]
[b]20/-	X360	Battlefield 4							Electronic Arts		13/11/07	9,258	9,258[/b]
21/13	Vita	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013				Konami			13/10/24	8,588	47,614		-42%	
[b]22/-	PS3	NBA 2K14							Take-Two Japan		13/11/07	7,718	7,718[/b]
23/16	3DS	Animal Crossing: New Leaf 					Nintendo		12/11/08	5,876	3,408,834	7%	
24/15	PS3	BlazBlue: Chronophantasma					Arc System Works	13/10/24	5,435	95,392		-54%	
25/18	3DS	Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life				Bandai Namco Games	13/08/01	5,328	317,948		5%	
26/10	Vita	Chou Tsugitsugimono Game Neptune Re:Birth1			Compile Heart		13/10/31	5,040	36,547		-84%	
27/19	3DS	Friend Collection: New Life					Nintendo		13/04/18	5,024	1,490,449	3%	
28/12	PS3	Tears to Tiara II: Haou no Matsuei				Aqua Plus		13/10/31	4,867	29,514		-80%	
[b]29/-	PSP	Glass Heart Princess: Platinum					Idea Factory		13/11/07	4,088	4,088[/b]
[b]30/-	3DS	Exstetra							FuRyu			13/11/07	3,400	3,400[/b]
31/26	3DS	Youkai Watch							Level 5			13/07/11	3,031	210,460		6%	
32/30	3DS	Mario Kart 7							Nintendo		11/12/01	3,006	2,104,908	12%	
33/32	3DS	New Super Mario Bros. 2						Nintendo		12/07/28	2,875	2,036,830	16%	
34/34	3DS	Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon					Nintendo		13/03/20	2,606	919,520		9%	
35/35	3DS	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team					Nintendo		13/07/18	2,550	347,685		7%	
36/39	3DS	Sonic: Lost World						Sega			13/10/24	2,317	8,886		16%	
37/25	PS3	Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!			Sega			13/10/10	2,188	103,069		-25%	
38/22	PS3	FIFA 14								Electronic Arts		13/10/17	2,147	34,278		-46%	
39/24	PS3	Tales of Symphonia: Unisonant Pack				Bandai Namco Games	13/10/10	1,959	103,370		-37%	
40/31	PS3	Fairy Fencer F							Compile Heart		13/10/10	1,800	60,043		-29%	
41/42	PS3	Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn				Square Enix		13/08/27	1,783	237,054		2%	
42/27	PS3	Beyond: Two Souls						SCE			13/10/17	1,722	30,580		-39%	
43/28	Vita	Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload					Spike Chunsoft		13/10/10	1,706	91,850		-40%	
44/36	PS3	Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate					Koei Tecmo		13/09/26	1,694	131,855		-27%	
45/45	Wii	Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition			Bandai Namco Games	12/11/29	1,617	568,064		10%	
[b]46/-	3DS	Tamagotchi! Session no Dream School				Bandai Namco Games	13/11/07	1,580	1,580[/b]
47/47	3DS	Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D					Nintendo		13/06/13	1,553	285,457		13%	
48/48	PSP	God Eater: Burst (PSP the Best Reprint)				Bandai Namco Games	13/06/06	1,528	35,728		12%	
49/56	3DS	Super Mario 3D Land						Nintendo		11/11/03	1,500	1,881,459		
50/43	3DS	Ace Attorney 5							Capcom			13/07/25	1,467	350,235		-10%

Top 50

3DS - 21
PS3 - 16
PSV - 6
PSP - 3
WIU - 2
360 - 1
WII - 1

New releases not present in the Top 50:
Code:
[B][3DS] CharaPet Tsukutte! Sodatete! Character Shougakkou

[PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny (PlayStation Vita the Best)

[PSP] SD Gundam G Generation: Over World (PSP the Best)
[PSP] Sengoku Hime 3: Tenka o Kirisaku Hikari to Kage (SystemSoft Selection)

[PS3] Wonderbook: Book of Spells
[PS3] Okami HD (PlayStation 3 the Best)
[PS3] Resident Evil Chronicles HD Selection (PlayStation 3 the Best)
[PS3] Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PlayStation 3 the Best)

[360] Rocksmith 2014 Edition
[360] NBA 2K14
[360] Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Platinum Collection)[/B]


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[B]DENGEKI TOP 3 SOFTWARE SALES PER PLATFORM
Week 45, 2013 (Nov 04 - Nov 10)[/B]

[U][B]RANK	TITLE								PUBLISHER		RELEASE		SALES	LTD[/B][/U]

[B]PS3 Top 3[/B]
[b]1	Battlefield 4							Electronic Arts		13/11/07	111,387	111,387[/b]
2	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013				Konami			13/10/24	32,429	174,598	
3	Grand Theft Auto V						Rockstar Games		13/10/10	27,238	484,623	

[B]PSV Top 3[/B]
[b]1	Akiba's Trip 2							Acquire			13/11/07	33,827	33,827[/b]
[b]2	Exstetra							FuRyu			13/11/07	11,494	11,494	[/b]
3	Gundam Breaker							Bandai Namco Games	13/10/31	10,356	44,006	

[B]PSP Top 3[/B]
1	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013				Konami			13/10/24	23,367	96,040	
[b]2	Glass Heart Princess: Platinum					Idea Factory		13/11/07	4,088	4,088[/b]
3	God Eater: Burst (PSP the Best Reprint)				Bandai Namco Games	13/06/06	1,528	35,728	

[B]WIU Top 3[/B]
1	Wii Party U							Nintendo		13/10/31	28,633	99,189
2	New Super Mario Bros. U						Nintendo		12/12/08	13,872	616,088
3	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD				Nintendo		13/09/26	1,133	46,326

[B]WII Top 3[/B]
1	Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition			Bandai Namco Games	12/11/29	1,617	568,064
2	Mario Kart Wii							Nintendo		08/04/30	706	3,597,863
3	Super Smash Bros. Brawl						Nintendo		08/01/31	694	2,426,554

[B]3DS Top 3[/B]
1	Pokémon X							Pokémon Co.		13/10/12	53,788	1,583,185
2	Pokémon Y							Pokémon Co.		13/10/12	44,747	1,478,622
3	Monster Hunter 4						Capcom			13/09/14	38,888	2,971,671

[B]NDS Top 3[/B]
1	Pokémon Black 2							Pokémon Co.		12/06/23	306	1,624,880
2	Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Ultimate Hits)	Square Enix		10/03/04	220	192,059
3	Dragon Quest VI: Realms Of Revelation (Ultimate Hits)		Square Enix		11/02/03	195	149,300

[B]360 Top 3[/B]
[b]1	Battlefield 4							Electronic Arts		13/11/07	9,258	9,258[/b]
[b]2	Rocksmith 2014 Edition						Ubisoft			13/11/07	858	858[/b]
3	Grand Theft Auto V						Rockstar Games		13/10/10	487	32,814

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[B]DENGEKI TOTAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SALES
Week 45, 2013 (Nov 04 - Nov 10)[/B]

[U][B]SYSTEM		SALES		SALES(%)	L.WEEK		L.WEEK(%)	FY 2013 SALES	FY 2013(%)	FY 2013(L.WK %)[/B][/U]

[B]SOFTWARE SALES:[/B]														
PS3		277,525		36.1%		181,156		22.7%		6,223,848	24.5%		24.1%
Vita		87,533		11.4%		100,193		12.5%		1,736,697	6.8%		6.7%
PSP		57,446		7.5%		77,097		9.7%		2,248,923	8.8%		8.9%
Wii U		49,832		6.5%		111,556		14.0%		850,748		3.3%		3.2%
Wii		9,271		1.2%		9,294		1.2%		577,373		2.3%		2.3%
3DS		272,167		35.4%		313,736		39.3%		13,263,477	52.2%		52.7%
DS		4,357		0.6%		3,692		0.5%		255,317		1.0%		1.0%
X360		11,509		1.5%		1,929		0.2%		259,376		1.0%		1.0%
Total		769,640		100.0%		798,653		100.0%		25,415,759	100.0%		100.0%
								
[B]HARDWARE SALES:[/B]														
PS3		10,941		8.2%		10,263		6.1%		383,103		9.6%		9.6%
Vita		22,106		16.5%		26,396		15.8%		492,703		12.3%		12.2%
PSP		4,276		3.2%		3,828		2.3%		181,243		4.5%		4.6%
Wii U		17,142		12.8%		38,905		23.2%		298,242		7.5%		7.3%
Wii		633		0.5%		818		0.5%		34,637		0.9%		0.9%
3DS LL		52,550		39.3%		58,780		35.1%		1,831,518	45.9%		46.1%
3DS		25,977		19.4%		28,328		16.9%		758,548		19.0%		19.0%
X360		253		0.2%		256		0.2%		11,178		0.3%		0.3%
Total		133,878		100.0%		167,574		100.0%		3,991,172	100.0%		100.0%

[B]*Please note: PS3 Weekly Software Dengeki sales (and the corresponding percentages) have been slightly adjusted this week to align with minor FY-to-date
discrepancies.[/B]
[B]*Note: FY 2013 refers to the period from April 2013 through March 2014[/B]

For the people who aren't regulars in Media Create threads:

What is Dengeki?
Dengeki is a website (it's also a brand of magazines / a book and manga imprint) that publishes sell-through Japanese sales data tracked by ASCII Research Institute, courtesy of ASCII Media Works, Inc. Every week they publish a nationwide snapshot of Japanese video game sales with the cooperation of more than 3,000 specialty game stores and convenience store chains all across Japan.

Why post Dengeki numbers when you have Media Create / Famitsu in the OP?
1) Unlike any other tracker, Dengeki gives us software numbers for Top 50 sales so we can track low-performing titles for a longer period of time
2) Unlike the others, Dengeki gives us total software sales for every platform, so we can track the relative health of platform software ecosystems
3) Dengeki is a respected sales tracker with 5 consecutive years of being reported each week in GAF threads

Is Dengeki less accurate than Media Create / Famitsu?
1) Dengeki is just as accurate as Media Create and Famitsu. Just because each tracker has quirks and natural deviations from the others doesn't mean one is inherently superior to the rest.
2) Dengeki is the tracker most unfamiliar to GAF / the public, and sometimes people confuse lack of dissemination with inaccuracy in sales figures
3) The amount of retail stores Dengeki tracks is similar to Media Create and Famitsu

Here are the differences between the trackers:

Media Create:
+ Nationwide Japanese sales data from Media Create Co., Ltd.
+ Tracks more than 3,000 retail stores / chains
+ Top 20 software sales with numbers
+ Top 50 software sales without numbers
+ Total hardware sales per platform
+ Sometimes presents sell-through figures
+ Releases first (at the same time as Famitsu)
+ Nintendo uses these numbers in their investor presentations
+ Distinguishes between 3DS and 3DS LL
- Does not track download cards
- Does not provide software sales figures past the Top 20

Famitsu:
+ Nationwide Japanese sales data from Enterbrain, Inc.
+ Tracks about 3,600 retail stores / chains
+ Top 30 software sales with numbers
+ Total hardware sales per platform
+ Sell-through ranges for all titles
+ Has the most historical data available for GAFfers
+ Tracks download cards
+ Releases first (at the same time as Media Create)
- Does not distinguish between 3DS and 3DS LL
- Does not report total software sales

Dengeki:
+ Nationwide Japanese sales data from ASCII Research Institute.
+ Tracks more than 3,000 retail stores / chains
+ Top 50 software sales with numbers
+ Top 3 software sales per platform
+ Total software sales per platform
+ Total hardware sales per platform
+ Sell-through figures for a few titles
+ Distinguishes between 3DS and 3DS LL
- Inconsistent data reporting over the years
- Does not track download cards
- Releases nearly 24 hours after Media Create / Famitsu

Dengeki Spreadsheet Archive
http://bit.ly/16xq86v

Dengeki Historical Sales Archive
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013
(A very special thanks to Road for making this archive possible)

Last Week's Sales Figures: Week 44, 2013 (Oct 28 - Nov 03)
 
It's going to be a weird situation when the Vita is selling more weekly than it does monthly in other territories. I'm sure Vita will get some more software support, but with the switch to mobile and the lack of attention even the 3DS gets, it's really hard to see a real revitilization in terms of software. It seems strange to me Sony is not launching Vita TV in the west this year. It basically seems like they are letting Vita die further in the west when they have a card to play
 

BlackJace

Member
I'm not sure VitaTV would catch on in west. Would love to be proven wrong though.

And it should be a nice week for Vita next week.
 

crinale

Member
It's going to be a weird situation when the Vita is selling more weekly than it does monthly in other territories. I'm sure Vita will get some more software support, but with the switch to mobile and the lack of attention even the 3DS gets, it's really hard to see a real revitilization in terms of software. It seems strange to me Sony is not launching Vita TV in the west this year. It basically seems like they are letting Vita die further in the west when they have a card to play

In West I think Sony has already pretty much gave up. At least they are saving money by not putting any effort or whatsoever to it. Instead they are concentrating on PS4/3, which makes perfect business sense...
 
It's going to be a weird situation when the Vita is selling more weekly than it does monthly in other territories. I'm sure Vita will get some more software support, but with the switch to mobile and the lack of attention even the 3DS gets, it's really hard to see a real revitilization in terms of software. It seems strange to me Sony is not launching Vita TV in the west this year. It basically seems like they are letting Vita die further in the west when they have a card to play

They would be taking attention from PS4 launch. Instead Japan get's VTV earlier as as "we're sorry that you have to wait for ps4" thing.
 
Talking about 3DS there, champ. They've fired off all Marios, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, even a Monster Hunter, and Zelda very soon. Smash Brothers is the last big box-tick for Big Nintendo Bullet Bills, I guess, other than another Pokemon.

No. Kirby is a million seller and so is Mario Party (including the DS entry). Unless Zelda takes off like Phantom Hourglass, you'll also have plenty of other games that could keep up with it saleswise in the future.
 

marrec

Banned
In West I think Sony has already pretty much gave up. At least they are saving money by not putting any effort or whatsoever to it. Instead they are concentrating on PS4/3, which makes perfect business sense...

They can sell Vitas as an accessory to the PS4 for now. It's not like it would sell any more or less than it already is that way.
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
No. Kirby is a million seller and so is Mario Party (including the DS entry). Unless Zelda takes off like Phantom Hourglass, you'll also have plenty of other games that could keep up with it saleswise in the future.

Speaking more about hardware pushers. I'm sure there are Kirby fans out there that wait for a Kirby before jumping on but I can't imagine they're a numerous bunch.

It's going to be a weird situation when the Vita is selling more weekly than it does monthly in other territories. I'm sure Vita will get some more software support, but with the switch to mobile and the lack of attention even the 3DS gets, it's really hard to see a real revitilization in terms of software. It seems strange to me Sony is not launching Vita TV in the west this year. It basically seems like they are letting Vita die further in the west when they have a card to play

Vita needed a GTA really, and a fresh feeling one despite needing to reuse 4's assets. Some must have game the west obsesses over (a far better COD may have done a good trick too) to justify anyone owning the device. Unfortunately ALL of Rockstar was working on V, so theres no satellite that could have even made it as their development circles the insane 1000 member gang. Bioshock never materialising was another nonsense moment too.
 

donny2112

Member
I was going back to the older media create threads and realized that until Christmas 2011, the Wii was actually fairly well supported by third parties in Japan.

Compared to the Wii U now? Sure. Compared to reality of what even "fairly well" third-party support should've entailed? Not at all. Thing was the far and away market leader for the first few years of the generation, and the third-party support didn't ever really pick up to close to comparable levels for a typical market leader. Not even "fairly well" levels, unless you're just using a "they released something or other" definition of "fairly well."
 
So do people think there is any chance the "4DS" launches late 2015? We're already looking at a decline next year when they will launch Smash, Yoshi, Kirby, and Mario Party. They'll probably reveal 2-3 more games for the year as well (3D Land 2? and possibly DQ11 with 3rd parties). Then you get to 2015 and it will probably be a steeper decline. They could launch a Pokemon remake but I doubt Gen 7 is ready until 2016 at the earliest and they could always just cross gen it. I guess it depends if Nintendo is ok with the decline they'll be facing in the next few years especially with probably not much good news from Wii U. It seems pretty early but that would be almost 5 years and it would be 5 years if it was early 2016. The next few years from Nintendo will be very interesting.
 
I think it's about 2 years too early to talk about any portable successor from any first party.

Yeah it is really early. I guess another question I wanted to get at is what can Nintendo do to keep the 3DS fairly steady over the next couple of years, and would it be wise to divert some of the resources they were going to use on Wii U back to 3DS.
 
Vita needed a GTA really, and a fresh feeling one despite needing to reuse 4's assets. Some must have game the west obsesses over (a far better COD may have done a good trick too) to justify anyone owning the device. Unfortunately ALL of Rockstar was working on V, so theres no satellite that could have even made it as their development circles the insane 1000 member gang. Bioshock never materialising was another nonsense moment too.

Oh i think Bioshock will arrive in some form.

At this point it is similar case to Killzone E3 trailer for PS3 where it's point of honor for Sony to deliver on promise.

Yeah it is really early. I guess another question I wanted to get at is what can Nintendo do to keep the 3DS fairly steady over the next couple of years, and would it be wise to divert some of the resources they were going to use on Wii U back to 3DS.


The smart thing would be amputation of dead weight and moving all resources to 3DS and it's successor.
 

donny2112

Member
So do people think there is any chance the "4DS" launches late 2015?
I think it's about 2 years too early to talk about any portable successor from any first party.

There may be a 3DSi equivalent, but Nintendo is already dealing with requisite high prices for hardware/software outside of Japan. That's probably part of the reason for no 2DS (i.e. semi-price cut) in Japan for now. They really need to wait until they can get the prices lower on a system before launching a new one. 2 years might be long enough to mention that a new system is in development (there's always a new system in development, but they might actually say that one's in concrete development by then), but I think Nintendo wants 3DS to last for a long time (like DS's 7 years to a successor) to get 1) profit with Wii U failing and selling for a loss and 2) for a successor's hardware/software cost to be at a more acceptable level for a generation being weaned on touch-screen only free/$0.99 games.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
I think 2DS could help a lot in sustaining momentum in Japan in late 2014-all 2015. However, we still don't know the entire first and third party lineup for next year. Iwata stated that first party lineup will still be filled with lots of content; I'm curious to see how much.
 

Frodo

Member
I think 2DS could help a lot in sustaining momentum in Japan in late 2014-all 2015. However, we still don't know the entire first and third party lineup for next year. Iwata stated that first party lineup will still be filled with lots of content; I'm curious to see how much.

And then we can still have Bravely Default 2, DQXI and et cetera.
 

duckroll

Member
I don't really think Nintendo needs to do much to keep the 3DS going. They haven't stopped developing games on it, and third parties are still supporting it pretty strongly. In 2015 there might be rumblings of a new portable system from Nintendo, but I'll be surprised if there's anything even hinted at before that.
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Oh i think Bioshock will arrive in some form.

At this point it is similar case to Killzone E3 trailer for PS3 where it's point of honor for Sony to deliver on promise.

Not really entirely up to Sony with this one. Same scenario as Resident Evil PSP really, which is extra sour because it seems Capcom went out of their way to not do Revelaitons on Vita.

Beyond Mahvel, Capcoms absolute contempt for Vita is kind of amazing. I felt sure they'd try and repurpose Dragons Dogma into a smaller hunting game, carving out areas and recolouring Drakes, but thats before we get shit like "cant afford to develop a SFV, lol" and that bottom of the bucket DD card smartphone game thing. Hell, that Lost Planet 2 Vita tech demo is absolutely bizarre in hindsight.
 
I think 2DS could help a lot in sustaining momentum in Japan in late 2014-all 2015. However, we still don't know the entire first and third party lineup for next year. Iwata stated that first party lineup will still be filled with lots of content; I'm curious to see how much.

I have no doubt Nintendo will bring it first party wise next year, even if they've exhausted the games that can sell over 2 million until the next Pokemon. What 3rd parties are doing is what is the most concerning at least in terms of consistency. The big games will obviously come. I'm interested to see if Sega keeps Atlus making 3DS games as they have been a very strong supporter.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
My prediction is that 3DS' successor will be released in late 2016, so three years from now. The latest I can think of is Q1 2017, but I suppose they wouldn't like to lose the Holiday frenzy like they did with 3DS.

...Obviously, if launching in late 2016 means having another Wii U situation, it's much better to wait for Q1 2017, but that's another story XD
 
Yeah it is really early. I guess another question I wanted to get at is what can Nintendo do to keep the 3DS fairly steady over the next couple of years, and would it be wise to divert some of the resources they were going to use on Wii U back to 3DS.
The 3DS has a big userbase already so the focus moving forward shouldn't necessarily be on major system selling software (though that obviously helps) but on providing a steady stream of both first and third party content. Honestly they should be more worried about the West (and WiiU) than Japan.
 
OT: Where are all the XOne reviews...the thing launches in 7 days. I've only seen COD reviews...no AC no Forza...NOTHING!

What gives?
 
I don't think it's too early to talk about a handheld successor from Sony.

Or rather, I don't think it's too early to talk about how there won't be one.
 

donny2112

Member
However, we still don't know the entire first and third party lineup for next year. Iwata stated that first party lineup will still be filled with lots of content; I'm curious to see how much.

They've gone through their major franchises. They have Kirby, Yoshi's Island, and Smash as potential biggees next year, so they could be referring to that. (Majora's Mask re-release wouldn't be bad, either.) There's also a chance in the world of DLC to do something crazy like release Mario Kart 7 DLC racing packs and then release a "Mario Kart 7 Complete" for more easy sales without a ton of work. If Luigi's Mansion Wii U turns into a real thing, then we may also be seeing the start of 3DS/Wii U cross-developing after DKC: Returns on 3DS from Wii. Super Mario 3D Land 2 doesn't seem out of the question for 2015, too. There were two (real) Super Mario Lands on GameBoy. Retail compilation of 3DSWare games might warrant release, as well. Already seen Art Academy 3DS from the DSiWare games. Maybe a Pushmo/Crashmo compilation release?
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
They've gone through their major franchises. They have Kirby, Yoshi's Island, and Smash as potential biggees next year, so they could be referring to that. (Majora's Mask re-release wouldn't be bad, either.) There's also a chance in the world of DLC to do something crazy like release Mario Kart 7 DLC racing packs and then release a "Mario Kart 7 Complete" for more easy sales without a ton of work. If Luigi's Mansion Wii U turns into a real thing, then we may also be seeing the start of 3DS/Wii U cross-developing after DKC: Returns on 3DS from Wii. Super Mario 3D Land 2 doesn't seem out of the question for 2015, too. There were two (real) Super Mario Lands on GameBoy. Retail compilation of 3DSWare games might warrant release, as well. Already seen Art Academy 3DS from the DSiWare games. Maybe a Pushmo/Crashmo compilation release?

As suggested by MagicPaint, maybe they'll start releasing "lesser known" franchises as well, in order to improve them saleswise: 3DS so far has seen overperformers for lots of Nintendo classic franchises; it could be the right time to bring back some not-so-used-anymore brands.

About other big franchises...people always forget Rhythm Tengoku and I don't know why :p (at least in Japan)

If we're talking about sequels, I think another Fire Emblem is almost a certainty.
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
I don't think it's too early to talk about a handheld successor from Sony.

Or rather, I don't think it's too early to talk about how there won't be one.

Theres so much tech pouring out into the world from Tactus to haptics that would make for an amazing "Gamer Phone" far more nuanced than the PSP Go Xperia that I could see that being the angle. But then they could have done that THIS go around but still havent.
 
Not really entirely up to Sony with this one. Same scenario as Resident Evil PSP really, which is extra sour because it seems Capcom went out of their way to not do Revelaitons on Vita.

Beyond Mahvel, Capcoms absolute contempt for Vita is kind of amazing. I felt sure they'd try and repurpose Dragons Dogma into a smaller hunting game, carving out areas and recolouring Drakes, but thats before we get shit like "cant afford to develop a SFV, lol" and that bottom of the bucket DD card smartphone game thing. Hell, that Lost Planet 2 Vita tech demo is absolutely bizarre in hindsight.

Well Sony would have to pay for outsourcing Bioshock development but if they are doing it for Borderlands 2 then why not Bioshock for 2015.

As for Capcom I still laught when i remember what they did with Re:R and how they got well deserved sales on Wii U ;)
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
I would not be opposed to buying the game and all the DLC for an Awakening 2 on 3DS.

And I suppose Nintendo would not be opposed at having another 500k seller in Japan and...in the end, Awakening will reach 1,5 millions LTD WW, isn't it? More or less 500k in Japan without counting digital sales, 390k in US (digital + retail) as of two months ago, I think, and the game sold quite well in Europe as well; it should be reachable.
 

Kid Ying

Member
Yeah it is really early. I guess another question I wanted to get at is what can Nintendo do to keep the 3DS fairly steady over the next couple of years, and would it be wise to divert some of the resources they were going to use on Wii U back to 3DS.
I don't think that would be a wise thing to do. 3DS still got a lot of software, both first and third parties and it's the market leader with ease. I think they should keep doing what they are doing with it. Divert the resources of the wiiu is assuming the console is a failure and letting it die. They don't need to do that yet.

In a couple of years, if the wiiu don't get better...
 

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
I don't think it's too early to talk about a handheld successor from Sony.

Or rather, I don't think it's too early to talk about how there won't be one.

If they launch another handheld, I would be astonished if it's anything other than an Android device with integrated buttons.
 

Elios83

Member
I don't think it's too early to talk about a handheld successor from Sony.

Or rather, I don't think it's too early to talk about how there won't be one.

Indeed I don't think there will be one in the traditional sense.
Sony has already acknowledged that dedicated gaming handhelds are dead.
But they can still make a dedicated Android based Playstation mini-tablet with Gaikai and traditional controls.
 

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
I don't really think Nintendo needs to do much to keep the 3DS going. They haven't stopped developing games on it, and third parties are still supporting it pretty strongly. In 2015 there might be rumblings of a new portable system from Nintendo, but I'll be surprised if there's anything even hinted at before that.

My prediction is that 3DS' successor will be released in late 2016, so three years from now. The latest I can think of is Q1 2017, but I suppose they wouldn't like to lose the Holiday frenzy like they did with 3DS.

...Obviously, if launching in late 2016 means having another Wii U situation, it's much better to wait for Q1 2017, but that's another story XD

I've been guessing either late 2015 or late 2016 for quite a while.

A traditional video game system sees its sales peak in the third year, and given that almost all of Nintendo's biggest brands have at least one release along with their relative inability to launch new major franchises on the system, I don't really see the 3DS bucking that trend.

Having more than 2-3 years of declining sales would be insanity for them given the amount of pressure on the system. However, the system is selling okay, so there's not an immediate incentive to move earlier than that. As such, it's the date range that makes the most sense to me.
 

Tripon

Member
Famitsu Rankings, Week 44, 2013 (Oct 28 - Nov 03)



Wii U Top 10 (Oct 28 - Nov 03)

01./NEW [WIU] Wii Party U (includes bundle sales) # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) - 79.715 / NEW <40-60%>
02./06. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) - 38.936 / 595.161 <80-100%>
03./NEW [WIU] Wii Fit U (Wii U Family Premium Set Black/White) <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥34.800) - 5.683 / NEW <80-100%>




Top 30 Combined Sales Rankings (Week 44, 2013, Oct 28 - Nov 03)
Last Week's Sales Rankings (Week 43, 2013, Oct 21 - Oct 27)

Does this mean the Wii Fit U bundle sold out?
 

Yanikun

Banned
So do people think there is any chance the "4DS" launches late 2015? We're already looking at a decline next year when they will launch Smash, Yoshi, Kirby, and Mario Party. They'll probably reveal 2-3 more games for the year as well (3D Land 2? and possibly DQ11 with 3rd parties). Then you get to 2015 and it will probably be a steeper decline. They could launch a Pokemon remake but I doubt Gen 7 is ready until 2016 at the earliest and they could always just cross gen it. I guess it depends if Nintendo is ok with the decline they'll be facing in the next few years especially with probably not much good news from Wii U. It seems pretty early but that would be almost 5 years and it would be 5 years if it was early 2016. The next few years from Nintendo will be very interesting.

I think the 3DS has seen its peak and will continue to sell steadily with solid sellers along with a sprinkling of system sellers, until Nintendo replaces it in 2016. There's a pretty big amount of games and sequels Nintendo and third parties can bring.

My concern is how expensive it will be to develop for the 4DS. Japanese devs like(d) the DS/Wii/3DS because they were still cheap to develop for.
 

sörine

Banned
Well Sony would have to pay for outsourcing Bioshock development but if they are doing it for Borderlands 2 then why not Bioshock for 2015.

As for Capcom I still laught when i remember what they did with Re:R and how they got well deserved sales on Wii U ;)
Borderlands 2 is a port job though. Unless Bioshock Vita turns into a quick port as well do you really think Sony's going to fund it after ignoring it this long? It's not COD and they didn't even invest for a Declassified sequel.

Revelations HD beat it's targets already and we haven't heard anything negative about the Wii U contribution to that. The only thing we've really heard on the Wii U front sales wise from Capcom is that MH3U did pretty well.
 
I don't think that would be a wise thing to do. 3DS still got a lot of software, both first and third parties and it's the market leader with ease. I think they should keep doing what they are doing with it. Divert the resources of the wiiu is assuming the console is a failure and letting it die. They don't need to do that yet.

In a couple of years, if the wiiu don't get better...

Super Mario 3D World is Wii U's first flagship title. It needs to sell is an understatement. It won't be in these charts in a couple of years if sales don't pick up by February
 

AmanoBuff

Member
It's going to be a weird situation when the Vita is selling more weekly than it does monthly in other territories. I'm sure Vita will get some more software support, but with the switch to mobile and the lack of attention even the 3DS gets, it's really hard to see a real revitilization in terms of software. It seems strange to me Sony is not launching Vita TV in the west this year. It basically seems like they are letting Vita die further in the west when they have a card to play

Personally, I think it is the right move to keep Vita TV off the west for now. Here is all about next-gen consoles right now and releasing Vita TV anywhere near the holiday period in the west would be worse than not launching at all.

After the next-gen fever is over on Q1 of next year, I think Sony has a much better chance to promote and sell Vita TV successfully here.

As for if there is a demand for Vita TV here, I guess cheaper is always better, especially for those who have PS plus and thus, have already a huge library of Vita games that they would like to play but don't want to go portable or to spend that much on the system. That, along with the Remote Play with PS4 feature, give the Vita TV a quite nice value proposition imo.
 

pixelbox

Member
Moving the goalposts?

You need to rewind to when the Vita was announced and people said it was going to blow the 3DS away.

Suddenly from that we now have a system which isn’t anywhere close to its competitor and in any given week has only outsold the 3DS like 3 times since release yet that has now turned into ‘Vita is doing great’.

Say the 3DS sales were 50% of what they are now but it was still the #1 selling system would people be saying 3DS is doing great? The 3DS would be getting flamed and rightly so.

The one place on earth where handhelds should sell well is Japan. If 20k – 30k a week is great then yes the bar has been decreased dramatically.

The Wii U selling poorly are irrelevant to the sales performance of the Vita.

Im referring to members putting vita in the hot seat for selling so poorly when the wii u is selling much worse, and after the wii at that. Then have the nerve to complain at my goal post comment when if this were last gen, the 3ds would've been the a "failure". The 3ds would be luck to get psp's numbers after all is said and done. As smokey said, vita is not doing great but it's not going anywhere either. The revisions and vita tv are indicators.

Truth is handhelds are doing poorly in general and if sony or Nintendo wants it to prevail, they need to do something drastic. Pokemon and Mon Hun are not enough to stop or even slow the plunge but atleast what sony is doing with making the vita a companion and stream box could breath new life in the way handhelds are viewed.
 

Slayven

Member
The Vita isn't selling well. It's not even pulling mediocre sales. It's selling terribly.

Thing is, most people counted it out long ago and there was much talk of discontinuation. There was a time when a run of 20k+ weeks was a pipe dream. Next week might be the biggest the Vita has ever seen and it comes at a time when the 3DS is still riding high from the MonHun / Pokemon launches.

The fact that it's still standing in the ring blindly throwing weak punches (like a Champion) is the source of any positivity. It ain't that it's particularly alive, it's more that it's not dead. It's the plucky underdog that just won't go down.
These are man tears I am shedding.
 
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