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[gtj1092]

Japan is a big market for Nintendo. I mean, obviously.

How many copies are you expecting it to sell in Japan 300K plus?

Just think NA will generate the vast majority of sales. If Japan is a large percentage of the sales just can't see the game selling all that much. Unless it's an incredibly slow burn or is bundled in the future.

 

[heringer]

I don't see how a causal party game beating out two fighters is surprising. This was to be expected.

 

[Yukinari]

Pokken also debuted stronger than SF5 did so i mean literally anything can top SF5.

I hope Arms gets the DLC support it needs considering Splatoon is out next month.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I don't think 'casual party games' have a precedent for outselling Street Fighter and Tekken.

It's called Mortal Kombat and Injustice.

Spoiler

/s

 

[Good Guy Gone Bad]

By install base ARMS did better than Splatoon. If there were more Switch systems out there it would have likely outsold it.

Higher install base doesn't necessarily mean more sales -- the Switch's install base is active as its new, where as when Splatoon launched, the WiiU was on its deathbed and definitely didn't have the full (however many million units it sold) user base as active players. By the time May 2015 rolled around, many WiiU owners could have easily moved on to a next gen system, which renders a user base argument pretty weak.

 

[LordOcidax]

I don't see how a causal party game beating out two fighters is surprising. This was to be expected.

Damn the salt is intense here.

 

[Principate]

I don't think 'casual party games' have a precedent for outselling Street Fighter and Tekken.

Leave him, he's just salty a "casual party game" Is almost the most popular competitive game (smash).

 

[RootCause]

Add new characters, and sp content, and they can keep this game selling for a while.

 

[MisterR]

By install base ARMS did better than Splatoon. If there were more Switch systems out there it would have likely outsold it.

That's not always how it works. If every Switch owner had bought Arms, you may have a point.

 

[Oregano]

I don't see how a causal party game beating out two fighters is surprising. This was to be expected.

Notsureifserious.jpg

Spoiler

ARMs is anything but casual,especially Grand Prix.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Well deserved. My daughter and I can't put our copy down. I wonder if this is also a case of franchise fatigue or the Japanese just not too big on consoles. I hope for Capcom/Monster Hunter World that it's just franchise fatigue and not Japan not caring about console games.

 

[DNAbro]

How many copies are you expecting it to sell in Japan 300K plus?

Just think NA will generate the vast majority of sales. If Japan is a large percentage of the sales just can't see the game selling all that much. Unless it's an incredibly slow burn or is bundled in the future.

Splatoon sold over a million in Japan. I'm not saying it's going to reach Splatoon level of sales but if it continues selling it will do very well.

 

[evil monkey]

Deserved. Tekken 7 is trash and SFV is SFV.

Swap the two and you're good.

 

[schuelma]

How many copies are you expecting it to sell in Japan 300K plus?

Just think NA will generate the vast majority of sales. If Japan is a large percentage of the sales just can't see the game selling all that much. Unless it's an incredibly slow burn or is bundled in the future.

Yeah I think 400K-500K.

 

[Son Of D]

ARMS bombed in UK?

Had a similar opening to Splatoon in the UK. Take that as you will.

 

[donkey show]

Mr. Yabuki at the office be like:

 

[Oregano]

Higher install base doesn't necessarily mean more sales -- the Switch's install base is active as its new, where as when Splatoon launched, the WiiU was on its deathbed and definitely didn't have the full (however many million units it sold) user base as active players. By the time May 2015 rolled around, many WiiU owners could have easily moved on to a next gen system, which renders a user base argument pretty weak.

Splatoon ended up outselling every PS4 game in Japan so the user base definitely hadn't moved on to a next gen system.

 

[Booker.DeWitt]

do we really need a thread for this?

 

[stilgar]

all of these legs jokes.
It starts too look like a centipede.

 

[heringer]

Swap the two and you're good.

SFV is trash and Tekken 7 is SFV?

 

[noshten]

I dunno, in Amazon Spain it was in the top 5 or so for a few days before it's release.

Oh thanks for the clarification - wasn't tracking Amazon.es too closely so I've missed this.

 

[Zalman]

all of these legs jokes.
It starts too look like a centipede.

The legs joke seems to have legs.

 

[Bobo Dakes]

do we really need a thread for this?

Eh, the narrative was building up that the game wasn't doing well because of those initial UK numbers, but people need to be told when they're wrong.

 

[Lothars]

Swap the two and you're good.

Neither are trash. Anyone saying it is wrong.

Good for ARMS. I will try it eventually, I am curious if it will have long legs.

 

[shandy706]

do we really need a thread for this?

Don't thread complain.

Nice sales for a fighting game.

 

[Vinnk]

That's not always how it works. If every Switch owner had bought Arms, you may have a point.

I ABSOLUTELY believe that there are additional customers who would have bought ARMS if they would have been able to buy the system required to play it. It's true that this is not always how it works, but it IS usually how it works for popular software on heavily supply constrained hardware. Look at Wii Sports.

 

[marc^o^]

Meanwhile, the Nintendo stock keeps growing at a Wii rate:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...g_300_growing_faster/?st=J4737Q2D&sh=aec29acf

 

[CaviarMeths]

tfw when you're the 23rd guy quoting the same post in a 4-page thread.

 

[Lostconfused]

Game sales in Japan are pretty dire when you need to make a thread for any new game that sells 100K.

 

[casiopao]

Game sales in Japan are pretty dire when you need to make a thread for any new game that sells 100K.

When that is the point u took from this thread, it shows how salty u are lol.

 

[Vinnk]

Game sales in Japan are pretty dire when you need to make a thread for any new game that sells 100K.

Brand new IPs that sell over 100k in their launch week are crazy rare.

 

[Skittzo0413]

Impressive debut, I'm curious about NA numbers too. And please for the love of god cool it with the ARMS/LEGS jokes, or at least read the thread first to see how many people have already made those jokes.

Meanwhile, the Nintendo stock keeps growing at a Wii rate:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...g_300_growing_faster/?st=J4737Q2D&sh=aec29acf

Yeah it's at the 8 year high now. I'm a bit worried it might drop if the Switch stock issues don't get solved quickly enough, but I'm a happy investor right now.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Game sales in Japan are pretty dire when you need to make a thread for any new game that sells 100K.

Apparently the two games it's being compared to not hitting 100k makes your point kind of worthless, right?

 

[Mark1]

Definitely need to pick this up along the way. More or less completed zelda and mario kart at this rate. Wasn't going to wait until mid July for Splatoon2 and Sonic Mania/Mario+Rabbids in August

 

[Dark Cloud]

Game sales in Japan are pretty dire when you need to make a thread for any new game that sells 100K.

You must be lost and confused.

 

[FallingEdge]

I don't think 'casual party games' have a precedent for outselling Street Fighter and Tekken.

What about Smash?

 

[Pinky]

Game sales in Japan are pretty dire when you need to make a thread for any new game that sells 100K.

Good Lord, lol...

 

[casiopao]

Definitely need to pick this up along the way. More or less completed zelda and mario kart at this rate. Wasn't going to wait until mid July for Splatoon2 and Sonic Mania/Mario+Rabbids in August

Snipperclips bruhhhh. Go get that one too lol.

 

[Madao]

fun fact: ARMS's debut also beat the LTD of every F-Zero game in japan.

if a new IP can outsell those on just 2-3 days of sales, F-Zero will be dead forever.

 

[wild wild rice]

Wow congrats to the team. It's a fun game for sure.

 

[Zemm]

Half the people in the lobbies have Japanese names so this doesn't surprise me.

 

[13ruce]

Game sales in Japan are pretty dire when you need to make a thread for any new game that sells 100K.

New IP tho.
And for fighting game standards very good.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

fun fact: ARMS's debut also beat the LTD of every F-Zero game in japan.

if a new IP can outsell those on just 2-3 days of sales, F-Zero will be dead forever.

We didn't need ARMS to know that.

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Hopefully the game has the depth and fun factor to give it legs and support in the community.

do we really need a thread for this?

Some people just want to see the world burn
And Nintendo is the world

Spoiler

.....to me

 

[titiklabingapat]

Arms is also the number 1 game on the Amazon US sales chart.

 

[big_erk]

We don't need a thread for half the things that get threads but we still get them. I don't see the issue. Title is bait though.

Glad to see it doing well.

 

[phanphare]

from the UK thread

Famitsu numbers (which include download cards) have ARMS at 122,007 for its opening weekend!
- source

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Arms is also the number 1 game on the Amazon US sales chart.

It has been for some time.

 

[Spirited]

from the UK thread

oh that would be more digital sales than I expected.

 

[SaitoH]

Always good to see new IPs sell well. Hopefully it gives devs more confidence to take a chance.