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Media Create Sales: Week 17, 2012 (Apr 23 - Apr 29)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Dudebro ruined everything for us nerds. >_<
Cygnus X-1
Member
Ok, but still..... having the game restocked for just two days during Golden Week is.....nuts.
ganbareneopokekun
Member
nvm
walking fiend
Member
ORC sales proves once again that the human world is not a fair place to live
Hellsing321
Member
What the fuck, Japan? Why would you buy ORC?
grimshawish
Banned
/sigh seriously guys? Seriously.../sigh
Not bad FE. Not bad. Note for next week: Appears some places won't have stock till Saturday.
You boosted Vita. Your cool bro-
Ow? Or not? Whats the history to this? Is it a port?
Its official! Kid Icarus has the legs! Keep stretching them!
KH is a flop it seems. Suppose thats good for fans, they might finally get KH3, but is it too late and have people generally just lost faith/got bored with the series?
Look at those hardware sales!
3DS holds up okay despite FE being the main boost last week. PSP doubles! (Seriously Sony bring out a PSP2 that uses Vita cards but runs PSP games and UMD's, then make all new PSP games use a Vita card and be compatible with Vita. It'll work!) PS3 up nicely. Vita above 10k! Wii up! Even DS is fucking up!
Whats that all about?
Cygnus X-1
Member
I hope so. The scenario ORC > RE6 would be shameful.
not sure if you guys are being serious about ORC. Sequels sell, there's tons of games that show this. Even shitty sequels sell, games like FF8 show this. A lot of people don't even check something as simple as metacritic reviews, Japan doesn't even have a reliable review outlet/aggregate to speak of (not that metacritic is any good, but you're left to either trust gut instincts or Famitsu). A more interesting topic would be how badly this will hurt the brand, and therefore future sales of RE6.
If Amazon ratings are anything to go by, it'll drop a lot next week.
slaughterking
Member
This is when kids get their money and are able to buy whatever. It's well timed actually.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
The power of GUST compels you
to buy a Vita!
Even if it does, it has already outsold Revelation's lifetime sales in just the first week. I don't think anyone really expected it here. Especially for Japan.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
A PS Vita that could play physical PSP games. That would sell huge, right? Wonder why Sony didn't want to do that.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
turnbuckle
Member
I thought the doom and gloom about the Vita was overblown and that it'd start showing signs of strength; nice to see my prediction come to fruition.
slaughterking
Member
That would almost certainly not sell huge. I'd say that would make the Vita an even less attractive product. Just the thought of having a useless, bulky UMD drive on there makes want to throw my Vita out of the window.
Cygnus X-1
Member
RE5 opening was 320k. It's LTD 520k. ORC's opening is less consistent, but still.....it's huge for a spin-off.
The problem I see now with the fanbase buying this crap is that Capcom will bring even more low-budget RE games on consoles, instead of making just more good RE games and reconsidering big-budget handheld support. This sure would be less expensive.
Yeah, still it's absolutely surprising. It seems it catered both RE fanbase on console AND COD fanbase.
Metallix87
Member
Dynasty Warriors VS is a low-budget, multiplayer-focused spin-off that Tecmo-Koei didn't even bother to advertise.
velvet_nitemare
Member
So, was revelations a bomb? It's not doing too hot in NPD's either.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
360 owners with superior taste confirmed.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Brand name and probably marketing.
Yeah, I bought Samurai Warriors Chronicles, but I don't think I'll bother with this Dynasty Warriors VS myself.
slaughterking
Member
Don't worry, now I'm convinced that Lost Planet 3 will light the charts on fire. Japan just doesn't give a fuck like the rest of the world.
electroplankton
Banned
A Resident Evil that sells well on the platform where RE5 was released and it sold almost a million units? Weird
Like the rest of the world? ORC was pretty big outside of Japan too wasn't it?
I would have allowed every PSP release to also be a PSV release for the casual masses. Even if it was a specialty model for Japan. The lack of a smooth transition for existing PSP owners has really hurt them.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Does anyone know how RE:ORC was marketed? I know in the US that RE:ORC had a massive marketing push meanwhile Revelations was non-existant other than some web advertisements I saw on GAF.
Wii Sports Resort - 6,239 (925,498)
slaughterking
Member
Well yeah, that's what I was trying to say. I can kinda see why ORC sold well in the US and the UK, but Japan buying that crap is shocking to me. Which is why I half-jokingly said that Lost Planet 3 could be a big deal in Japan, too.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Yes, Vita is saved.
But will Lost Planet 3 be a big seller anywhere? Unlike RE, the brand doesn't have much traction.
This right here should be a wake up call to developers and to Sony about the Vita. If good games come, it seems it will sell at normal levels (I doubt it'd catch the 3DS' levels).
Somehow, they must ensure better support starting on the second half of 2012, if it's not too late.
Also, I botched all of my predictions lol, I didn't expect the week to end up being like this.
Somehow, they must ensure better support starting on the second half of 2012, if it's not too late.
Also, I botched all of my predictions lol, I didn't expect the week to end up being like this.
Bruno MB
Member
The Resident Evil brand is on fire. Its heavy-action focus to appeal to the western market didn't go against the Japanese market as we especially saw with Resident Evil 5. It must be the exception that proves the rule xD
Resident Evil 6 will be incredibly huge. I can totally see it debuting with over 500,000 units.
Resident Evil 6 will be incredibly huge. I can totally see it debuting with over 500,000 units.
Cygnus X-1
Member
I wonder what are the benefices in having low stock during the week though. I mean: this way I don't see sales to potentially increase. Having the possibility to buy the game 7 days a week is better than just 2 days. Even if these two days are the most important.
grimshawish
Banned
Your right ofc...its a shame and I still hope Capcom try Revelations 2 later in the 3DS life-span, but it seems people are looking for the console based experience.
It was 242k last week, so no it rose to 300k with this weeks figures. No sign of the bundles.
I don't think they've been counted though. Otherwise 3DS sales would have fallen much harder this week post-FE Launch.
slaughterking
Member
Lost Planet 2 sold reasonably well in Japan at least. Better than Binary Domain and Vanquish. And again, I'm not being really serious here. I'm just drawing this comparison because it's another shitty, outsourced shooter from Capcom that nobody (seemingly) asked for; and I'm a tiny bit mad right now!