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[electroplankton]

I preorded my Italian copy from amazon.it. Yes in Italy Xenoblade debuts on september the 2nd. I hope it will surpass NoE expectiations.

Too bad. Even if it had been released on August 19, we would have not been able to buy it since all shops were (are) closed

 

[Jocchan]

Oh, that is great news! ...Now if only NoA would listen and bring this title here

Reggie is too busy checking boxes and boxing checks.

 

[kyubajin]

Got mine from thehut.com which are from the Zavvi group.

 

[Clever Pun]

Reggie is too busy checking boxes and boxing czechs.

Fixed?

 

[Buttons]

Stock is low. Some stores have not even received their initial shipments yet apparently. I ordered from cd-wow in July, and they are only getting their stock on the 29th apparently, sold out everywhere.

 

[Yeshua]

How big was the initial shipment? I'm kind of wondering about NoE's sales expectations.

In France, from what I have heard, it was 38k (8k for collector edition and 30k for normal edition).

 

[matmanx1]

Sounds promising. Good games deserve good sales. Still waiting on mine but that isn't unexpected being that I am in NA.

 

[kunonabi]

They are offering the CE for 85€ :lol (For the lulz: That's roughly 120US$)

Man they raised the price then. I got it for for like 98 bucks shipped. Amazon.de shipped to me and I am in the US.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

That really sucks for the OP and don't know what to say other than good luck. But I am really happy to see this doing so well. Hope it doesn't end up being price-gouged to hell on Ebay and elsewhere, but from the few sales I saw it already looks that way.

 

[IAmtheFMan]

Fuck you NOA. Seriously. Fuck you.

 

[Sennorin]

Fuck you NOA. Seriously. Fuck you.

You know, that´s really going to turn into a disaster, when Xenoblade is announced for the USA, and nobody buys it because anyone interested imported it.

 

[RPGCrazied]

You know, that´s really going to turn into a disaster, when Xenoblade is announced for the USA, and nobody buys it because anyone interested imported it.

I probably would, seeing as how I'm never going to get my import I bought like 2 weeks ago. Yeah I'm bitter.

 

[donny2112]

I wouldn't know. Though don't do Zavvi if they get more in stock. Specially if you live in the US. Could wait like a month before getting it.

I'm trying to get my copy from them, shipped almost 2 weeks ago. 12 days to be exact.

Again, you're too impatient. You aren't used to ordering stuff from overseas, as indicated by your "I'll just buy stuff from NOE from now on comment" and then balking at the resulting cost difference, so it's understandable. If you want guaranteed delivery time, you have to pony up the sizable extra cash to do it. Otherwise, you just need to be more patient.

 

[Twilight Princess]

It's reasonable to expect the best RPG of all time to be sold out.

 

[totowhoa]

Are import numbers ever tracked? I know it won't account for a lot, but I'm curious to see how many importers purchased the game.

 

[Theonik]

It's in Stock at local retailers here everywhere I believe. Both versions.
Though I don't know if they ship abroad.

 

[duckroll]

It's reasonable to expect the best RPG of all time to be sold out.

Not the best game since the Renaissance though.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Xenoblade is an amazing game and you should all buy multiple copies.

 

[Windom Earle]

My local Mediamarkt is sold out on the CE but has plenty regular editions.

 

[Octagon]

Since i couldn't resist the hype i had to order a copy of the game (including the controller). Got it yesterday.
But i am not going to play it until i finish my BA thesis... .

 

[djtiesto]

I probably would, seeing as how I'm never going to get my import I bought like 2 weeks ago. Yeah I'm bitter.

Don't worry about it, I preordered from game.co.uk and it finally came yesterday. Only problem is I don't have a spare SD card sitting around so it's off to the store today before the hurricane destroys everything

 

[Twilight Princess]

Not the best game since the Renaissance though.

But it has better story than the game that has the best story since Shakespeare?

 

[mocolostrocolos]

In Madrid you have shitloads.

 

[wrowa]

You know, that´s really going to turn into a disaster, when Xenoblade is announced for the USA, and nobody buys it because anyone interested imported it.

The amount of people who import something is historically very small. As seen by popular import games in Europe -- remember Demon's Souls? It took a year until it came from NA to Europe, and it still sold well.

 

[Alrus]

I probably would, seeing as how I'm never going to get my import I bought like 2 weeks ago. Yeah I'm bitter.

And you have no reason to be, import can take a long time, especially with free shipping.

 

[Hedja]

Nintendo really dropped the ball with this. It was getting glowing reviews everywhere and they still under-stocked. They've probably lost out of quite a lot of sales and time in the sales charts.

 

[Nirolak]

Well, what I´d like to know is if it sold well enough to justify the localization, from a pure financial aspect. That´s the most important.

While 3 in the individual chart and 7 in the overall chart isn't usually an earthshattering number this time of year, Xenoblade only sold 141,000 copies in Japan, so I imagine this will do more than that in Europe, and it obviously beat NoE's expectations by quite a bit.

This means it would be totally logical to any other company to localize, since it is already in English to boot, but NoA can be particularly stubborn.

Xenoblade sold between 4,900 and 6,600 copies its first week in the UK. See below. I'm not sure if this is enough for Reggie, since it obviously beat NoE's expectations, but that's not a lot of copies.

 

[necrolysis]

Amazon.de has the game in stock. No idea if they ship to all/outside of Europe though.

Dunno about all of Europe, but the CCPro Bundle they shipped me last week is only a couple days from arriving here in Chicago. Cost me ~$90 to order, shipping and all, but I really had no choice, as my bank card wasn't working for any of the UK sellers mentioned in this thread or the Xenoblade thread.

Small price to pay if the game did in fact get a smallish print run. Seems almost...Atlus-esque.

 

[randomkid]

Wasn't there a post that said it sold <6600 first week in the UK? Seems like a conservative first shipment.

 

[Nirolak]

Wasn't there a post that said it sold <6600 first week in the UK? Seems like a conservative first shipment.

Wait, did it?

That'd be believable for spot three as it's happened quite a bit this Summer, at which point I'd rescind my previous post, but I was estimating based on Zumba doing ~40K normally.

 

[randomkid]

Here we go.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30306508&postcount=116

 

[Nirolak]

Here we go.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30306508&postcount=116

Thanks. I'll quote that here for others.

Dirt 3 (ALL) - 5500 (100%)
Dirt 3 (PS3) - 2750 (50%)
Dirt 3 (360) - 2750 (50%)

FIFA (360) - <2750 (42%)
FIFA (ALL) - <6600 (100%)
FIFA (PS3) - <1700 (25%)

Brink (360) - <2750 (57%)
Brink (ALL) - <4900 (100%)
Brink (PS3) - <1800 (36%)

LA Noire (ALL) - <4900 (100%)
LA Noire (360) - <2600 (52%)
LA Noire (PS3) - <2400 (48%)

Cars 2 (WII) - <2600 (31%)
Cars 2 (ALL) - <8100 (100%)
Cars 2 (NDS) - <3000 (37%)
Cars 2 (360) - <1500 (18%)
Cars 2 (PS3) - <1200 (14%)

Zumba (360) - <2600 (7%)
Zumba (ALL) - <36k (100%)
Zumba (WII) - <33k (91%)
Zumba (PS3) - <800 (2%)

Lego HP (ALL) - <6600 (100%)
Lego HP (WII) - <2500 (38%)
Lego HP (NDS) - <1700 (25%)
Lego HP (360) - <1400 (21%)
Lego HP (PS3) - <1000 (14%)

Lego PC (WII) - <2400 (24%)
Lego PC (ALL) - <9700 (100%)
Lego PC (360) - <2800 (29%)
Lego PC (NDS) - <1700 (17%)
Lego PC (PS3) - <1700 (17%)

Battlefield 2 (ALL) - <4900 (100%)
Battlefield 2 (360) - <3100 (63%)
Battlefield 2 (PS3) - <1600 (31%)

TOP 10 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES), WEEK ENDING 20 August 2011

01 ZUMBA FITNESS - <36000
02 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - <9700
03 CARS 2 - <8100
04 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D
05 FIFA 11 - <6600
06 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4
07 XENOBLADE CHRONICLES
08 DIRT 3 - ~5500
09 BRINK - <4900
10 L.A. NOIRE

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 20 August 2011

01 WII ZUMBA FITNESS - <33000
02 3DS THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D - <8100
03 WII XENOBLADE CHRONICLES - <6600
04 WII WII SPORTS RESORT - <4900
05 WII JUST DANCE 2: EXTRA SONGS
06 WII JUST DANCE 2
07 WII MARIO KART WII
08 XB360 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 - <3100
09 DS CARS 2 - <3000
10 PS3 DIRT 3 - ~2750
11 XB360 DIRT 3 - ~2750
12 XB360 BRINK
13 XB360 FIFA 11
14 XB360 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
15 WII WII FIT PLUS
16 XB360 L.A. NOIRE - <2600
17 DS ART ACADEMY
18 WII CARS 2
19 XB360 ZUMBA FITNESS
20 PC THE SIMS 3: TOWN LIFE STUFF
21 XB360 ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD
22 WII LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 - <2500
23 PS3 L.A. NOIRE - <2400
24 WII LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
25 XB360 CALL OF JUAREZ: THE CARTEL
26 DS POKEMON WHITE VERSION
27 DS POKEMON BLACK VERSION
28 DS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.
29 XB360 SKATE 3
30 PC THE SIMS 3: GENERATIONS
31 XB360 HALO: REACH
32 3DS RAYMAN 3D
33 XB360 HOMEFRONT
34 XB360 KINECT JOY RIDE
35 PC THE SIMS 3
36 PS3 MORTAL KOMBAT
37 PS3 BRINK - <1800
38 PC FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011
39 XB360 UFC PERSONAL TRAINER
40 WII JUST DANCE

 

[tiff]

You know, that´s really going to turn into a disaster, when Xenoblade is announced for the USA, and nobody buys it because anyone interested imported it.

Eh, I haven't.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

I am still waiting on my copy as well. If the game is hard to find now that must be good news for it sales wise.

Sorry about your situation OP, it looks like you might have to wait till the next shipment arrives.

 

[XPE]

Wasn't there a post that said it sold <6600 first week in the UK? Seems like a conservative first shipment.

It was 6600 for the week but the chart only cover one day.

The week ends on the Saturday and the game was only released on the Friday.

 

[mjc]

Got mine from thehut.com which are from the Zavvi group.

Where you at? Midwest?

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

After Reggie's comments about monitoring its sales in Europe NoA is secretly choking the supply so they don't have to bother localizing it. Diabolical!

 

[Aaron Strife]

Well now they're going to release it in the US because it sold so well in Europe, right

right

right

right

 

[Emitan]

Eh, I haven't.

Same for me. I decided to wait it out to see if I can get the CCPro bundle cheaper.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Stealth bragging thread!

Bastards.

 

[RedRedSuit]

pls. release in America

or disable region locking

thx

 

[epmode]

You obviously don't know how easy and risk-free it is to mod a Wii these days.

 

[Emitan]

You obviously don't know how easy and risk-free it is to mod a Wii these days.

In the time between his post and when he reads yours he could have made his Wii region free.

 

[RPGCrazied]

In the time between his post and when he reads yours he could have made his Wii region free.

Yeah, but then you have to try and get the game shipped to you within the next decade.

 

[Kusagari]

lol Reggie won't be able to use terrible sales in Europe as an excuse now like he did with Disaster.

 

[Emitan]

lol Reggie won't be able to use terrible sales in Europe as an excuse now like he did with Disaster.

Watch him do it.

 

[Twilight Princess]

I don't think Reggie decides whether a game comes to na or not. I don't even think he gets to write his own e3 keynote

 

[wrowa]

Xenoblade sold between 4,900 and 6,600 copies its first week in the UK. See below. I'm not sure if this is enough for Reggie, since it obviously beat NoE's expectations, but that's not a lot of copies.

Europe is more than just the UK. Especially RPGs tend to do better in other European countries.

 

[Bel Marduk]

Xenoblade also charted #3 in the Dutch charts and #5 (limited) and #8 (regular) in German charts.

 

[Nirolak]

Europe is more than just the UK. Especially RPGs tend to do better in other European countries.

True, but in terms of what sells, it does tend to be like America more than Germany or France.

If this wasn't Nintendo, I would be questioning if it would be localized though. Just about any niche publisher would love to do it.