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[Vena]

I'm not sure why Next Order was even a thing. Cyber Sleuth had such great reception and they just squandered whatever goodwill they gained from it.

Strike while the iron is hot!

With a hammer made of frozen nitrogen.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I'm not sure why Next Order was even a thing. Cyber Sleuth had such great reception and they just squandered whatever goodwill they gained from it.

The game was clearly in development well before Cyber Sleuth came out. It's part of a separate series, so I doubt they were ever thinking of it as a followup to Cyber Sleuth or anything. That's what Hacker's Memory is.

 

[casiopao]

I'm not sure why Next Order was even a thing. Cyber Sleuth had such great reception and they just squandered whatever goodwill they gained from it.

Digimon series in a nut shell lol. Digimon World DS and the Dawn and Dusk is loved by the fans i remember. Then they drop the shitty Digimon World Cup tournament thingy that no one wanted lol. They never able to do the right things with the IP there.

 

[Nirolak]

See, I promised you all eventful Koei Tecmo and Square Enix earnings reports.

Here's an update on Square Enix's mobile revenue and their successful games as well.

Mobile is $732.5 million for the fiscal year under current conversion rates.

 

[Kanann]

See, I promised you all eventful Koei Tecmo and Square Enix earnings reports.

Here's an update on Square Enix's mobile revenue and their successful games as well.

Mobile is $732.5 million for the fiscal year under current conversion rates.

Did Koei has an easy reading graph like these or just number?

 

[Calm Mind]

See, I promised you all eventful Koei Tecmo and Square Enix earnings reports.

Here's an update on Square Enix's mobile revenue and their successful games as well.

Mobile is $732.5 million for the fiscal year under current conversion rates.

Squenix MMO's days are numbered.

 

[casiopao]

See, I promised you all eventful Koei Tecmo and Square Enix earnings reports.

Here's an update on Square Enix's mobile revenue and their successful games as well.

Mobile is $732.5 million for the fiscal year under current conversion rates.

I am actually quite surprised that S-E mobile revenue is doing quite well there.

Their latest mobile game does not seem to do really well at all.

Flame x Blaze is lukewarm, Akashic Records is kinda panned,Star Ocean Amnesia fate is like SOV, and of course, Samurai Rising is also not doing that hot.

Only Valkyrie Anatomia which is see doing a bit better as currently it had collab with Full Metal Alchemist.^^ But after the collab end, it is going to drop further there.

 

[Fisico]

Bring DQX to the West already ;_;
Namco's plan for this FY sounds pretty good, although just Tekken and Ace Combat as their top titles might be a bit weak. Has a new Tales of been teased? If so, I'd think it'd be the one on Switch (and other platforms), not necessarily a remake that can happen anytime.

No, no teasing and it's too early for a new mothership title considering there's only one Tales team and they wrapped up Berseria less than ten months ago.
It's also heavily thought that for the next episode they will switch to UE4 because that's what every other internal team at Bamco are doing, that's not an easy task so we should even less expect much shorter dev time than usual.

A remake doesn't happen anytime either, in fact it only happened once with Destiny which was considered the same as a full new entry and was a commercial failure considering it didn't sell as well as a new entry.
Remasters could happen anytime though, if anything the timing fits for Vesperia 10th anniversary, especially for the western audience but it should be alright for japanese market considering the crazy legs Vesperia had there too.

Once people play the game once again they may realize it didn't age as well as they probably think (the same way Symphonia aged poorly) but maybe the full content of the PS3 port might make up for it.

 

[Tamanator]

Squenix MMO's days are numbered.

The next expansions for DQX and FFXIV are probably the last roll of the dice for those two games to have a long life. If subscriptions numbers continue to decline, they'll probably bite the bullet and start withdrawing support.

 

[Nirolak]

Did Koei has an easy reading graph like these or just number?

Most publishers don't break down revenue like this because they don't consider these separate divisions.

 

[casiopao]

The next expansions for DQX and FFXIV are probably the last roll of the dice for those two games to have a long life. If subscriptions numbers continue to decline, they'll probably bite the bullet and start withdrawing support.

Considering how prideful S-E is, i think they probably is just going to bite the damage there and keep continuing the service till it ends there.

Especially when we know how much S-E had burned to get a Realm Reborn.^^

 

[foxuzamaki]

Can't link from here, but Twitter user's Blackkite has posted a slide for Namco Bandai plans for the just-started new FY. On the console side, it's made of

- Release Major WW titles (Tekken 7, AC7)
- foreign IP games
- DBXV2, Tales of and Taiko for Switch

While we already knew about the Switch games (and just today we had Unlimited World Red's announcement), the fact they were all mentioned while discussing the FY plans should mean that they could all be released by March 31st, 2018.

EDIT: Here's the source, page 11 of BN Presentation

http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/ir/library/pdf/presentation/20170510_Presentation.pdf

Unlimited world red?

 

[casiopao]

Unlimited world red?

One Piece.^^ Port of 3DS version.^^

 

[whyreggielie]

The next expansions for DQX and FFXIV are probably the last roll of the dice for those two games to have a long life. If subscriptions numbers continue to decline, they'll probably bite the bullet and start withdrawing support.

SE is still supporting FFXI, which is like a 12 year old MMO. If they're still making money there, then they are certainly still making money from their newer ones and wont be shutting them down for many years to come.

Also judging by the graphs these are new sales for the recent fiscal year which saw no new FFXIV expansion. Heavensward came out in 2015 which led to a big surge in subscriptions so ofcourse last years new subcriptions saw a decline.

 

[foxuzamaki]

One Piece.^^ Port of 3DS version.^^

Ahh

 

[ZSaberLink]

Given the performance of the first set of Unlimited World Red ports, I'm wondering why they're porting it to PS4 & Switch now with apparently no new content....

Original release:
3DS One Piece: Unlimited World Red 77.105 282.637 Bandai Namco 11/21/2013

Ports:
PS3 One Piece: Unlimited World Red 18.479 32.266 Bandai Namco 6/12/2014
PSV One Piece: Unlimited World Red 9.470 15.036 Bandai Namco 6/12/2014
WIU One Piece: Unlimited World Red 4.242 6.085 Bandai Namco 6/12/2014

 

[Mpl90]

Since Switch received some additional announcements from third parties + DQXI still not showing itself and currently not as a safe bet for 2017 as I thought before, here's an update on "Releases by Japanese publishers / developers from the launch to the console's first Holiday (in case of an Holiday release, the subsequent one)", one of the criterias I used to compare recent launches' pre-launch announcements and first year support

The original post - http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=232713155&postcount=682

The update

Nintendo Switch

Launch - March 3rd, 2017

Super Bomberman R (Konami)
Dragon Quest Heroes I-II for Nintendo Switch (Square Enix)
Puyo Puyo Tetris (SEGA)
Disgaea 5 Complete (NIS)
I am Setsuna (Square Enix)
Nobunaga's Ambition: Creation with Power Up Kit (Koei Tecmo)

March 30th, 2017

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII with Power Up Kit (Koei Tecmo)

April 20th, 2017

Minna de Waiwai! Spelunker (Square Enix)

May 26th, 2017

Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers (Capcom)

June 1st, 2017

Seiken Densetsu Collection (Square Enix)

July 20th, 2017

Fate/Extella (Marvelous)

August 24th, 2017

One Piece: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco)


Summer/Fall 2017

Dragon Quest X (Square Enix)

2017

Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi (Koei Tecmo)
Nights of Azure 2 (Koei Tecmo)
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Bandai Namco)
Sonic Forces (SEGA)

Totals


Nintendo 3DS - 63 Japanese third party games released
PlayStation Vita - 65
Wii U - 16
PlayStation 4 - 20
Nintendo Switch - 17*

*as of May 11th, 2017

Switch's total would technically be 18, since Fire Emblem Warriors is a KT game in Japan, but I'm still unsure whether to include it or not, given its pecular status.

 

[ZSaberLink]

Dengeki Online Sales: Week 18, 2017 (May 01 - May 07)

01./01. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} - 87,839 / 443,154
02./02. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.04.27} - 31,015 / 123,535
03./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter Double Cross (Capcom) {2017.03.18} - 25,172 / 1,545,382
04./05. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} - 19,661 / 441,249
05./03. [3DS] Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Nintendo) {2017.04.20} - 17,067 / 178,612
06./07. [3DS] Pro Baseball Famista Climax (Bandai Namco Games) {2017.04.20} - 10,900 / 64,455
07./10. [3DS] Mario Sports Superstars (Nintendo) {2017.03.30} - 10,333 / 88,188
08./08. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} - 9,750 / 224,649
09./15. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} - 8,522 / 1,054,797
10./06. [PS4] Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition (From Software) {2017.04.20} - 7,144 / 53,011
11./16. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} - 7,028 / 109,858
12./17. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level 5) {2016.12.15} - 6,644 / 747,639
13./11. [PS4] NieR: Automata (Square Enix) {2017.02.23} - 6,394 / 299,458
14./13. [3DS] Cube Creator DX (Arc System Works) {2017.04.27} - 5,567 / 10,367
15./14. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft) {2017.03.09} - 5,261 / 171,041
16./29. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} - 4,439 / 2,631,995
17./18. [NSW] Super Bomberman R (Konami) {2017.03.03} - 4,361 / 91,511
18./26. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} - 4,233 / 159,564
19./22. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.03.02} - 3,767 / 204,249
20./30. [3DS] Pokemon Sun (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} - 3,678 / 1,698,638
21./25. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} - 3,628 / 265,463
22./27. [PSV] Minecraft: Playstation Vita Edition (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2015.03.19} - 3,461 / 1,087,476
23./43. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (Nintendo) {2017.01.19} - 3,239 / 123,253
24./38. [3DS] Pokemon Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} - 3,178 / 1,556,957
25./12. [PSV] Dungeon Travelers 2-2: The Maiden Who Fell into Darkness and the Book of Beginnings (Aqua Plus) {2017.04.20} - 3,175 / 38,794
26./51. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} - 3,117 / 521,249
27./47. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo) {2016.12.08} - 3,011 / 213,043
28./28. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft) {2015.12.10} - 2,922 / 197,684
29./31. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2017 [Konami the Best] (Konami) {2017.04.13} - 2,663 / 10,287
30./39. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} - 2,656 / 952,660
31./41. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) {2016.04.28} - 2,639 / 188,512
32./40. [PS4] Minecraft: Playstation 4 Edition (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2015.12.03} - 2,583 / 202,920
33./34. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} - 2,472 / 100,767
34./45. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} - 2,339 / 302,912
35./48. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2016.07.21} - 2,267 / 173,964
36./53. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - Professional (Square Enix) {2017.02.09} - 2,267 / 202,956
37./20. [PS4] PaRappa the Rapper Remastered (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.04.20} - 2,194 / 11,283
38./42. [NSW] Dragon Quest Heroes I & II for Nintendo Switch (Square Enix) {2017.03.03} - 2,172 / 49,139
39./35. [PS4] LEGO Worlds (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2017.04.06} - 2,156 / 23,864
40./23. [NSW] Minna de Wai Wai! Spelunker (Square Enix) {2017.04.20} - 2,067 / 10,859
41./54. [3DS] Kawaii Pet to Kurasou! Wan Nyan & Mini Mini Animal (Nippon Columbia) {2017.04.06} - 1,956 / 9,176
42./37. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris S (Sega) {2017.03.03} - 1,944 / 36,398
43./68. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} - 1,872 / 2,418,504
44./64. [3DS] Mario Party Star Rush (Nintendo) {2016.10.20} - 1,828 / 171,763
45./58. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) {2016.04.28} - 1,800 / 203,422
46./09. [PSV] Gun Gun Pixies (Compile Heart) {2017.04.27} - 1,744 / 9,911
47./63. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories (Capcom) {2016.10.08} - 1,667 / 335,622
48./72. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes (Konami) {2016.12.15} - 1,550 / 124,166
49./71. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} - 1,550 / 2,392,982
50./66. [3DS] Doraemon the Movie: Nobita no Nankyoku Kachikochi Daibouken (FuRyu) {2017.03.02} - 1,544 / 24,209

SOFTWARE

--------------------------------------------------------
| Model | This Week | Week(%)  | FY 2017     | FY(%)   |
--------------------------------------------------------
| 3DS   | 206,956   | 42.8%    | 985,892     | 41.6%   |
| Switch| 129,233   | 26.8%    | 653,760     | 27.6%   |
| PS4   | 88,019    | 18.2%    | 438,859     | 18.5%   |
| Vita  | 35,873    | 7.4%     | 205,712     | 8.7%    |
| Wii U | 17,928    | 3.7%     | 64,151      | 2.7%    |
| PS3   | 4,837     | 1.0%     | 19,187      | 0.8%    |
| X One | 200       | 0.0%     | 1,705       | 0.1%    |
--------------------------------------------------------
| Total | 483,046   | 100.0%   | 2,369,266   | 100.0%  |
--------------------------------------------------------

HARDWARE

--------------------------------------------------------
| Model | This Week | Week(%)  | FY 2017     | FY(%)   |
--------------------------------------------------------
| Switch| 44,327    | 40.7%    | 257,150     | 49.1%   |
| PS4   | 28,371    | 26.0%    | 107,006     | 20.4%   |
| 3DS   | 23,669    | 21.7%    | 104,103     | 19.9%   |
| Vita  | 7,286     | 6.7%     | 30,665      | 5.8%    |
| 2DS   | 4,579     | 4.2%     | 21,269      | 4.1%    |
| PS3   | 369       | 0.3%     | 2,395       | 0.5%    |
| Wii U | 260       | 0.2%     | 1,286       | 0.2%    |
| X One | 73        | 0.1%     | 376         | 0.1%    |
--------------------------------------------------------
| Total | 108,934   | 100.0%   | 524,250     | 100.0%  |
--------------------------------------------------------

Dengeki Online Sales: Week 17, 2017 (Apr 24 - Apr 30)

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[Psycho_Mantis]

DW7 - 480k
DW8 - 360k

What do you guys think DW9 is going to do? I think 200-250k.

Given the performance of the first set of Unlimited World Red ports, I'm wondering why they're porting it to PS4 & Switch now with apparently no new content....

Original release:
3DS One Piece: Unlimited World Red 77.105 282.637 Bandai Namco 11/21/2013

Ports:
PS3 One Piece: Unlimited World Red 18.479 32.266 Bandai Namco 6/12/2014
PSV One Piece: Unlimited World Red 9.470 15.036 Bandai Namco 6/12/2014
WIU One Piece: Unlimited World Red 4.242 6.085 Bandai Namco 6/12/2014

Game did good overseas. That Naruto HD pack is going to make bank for the same reason: a lot of PS4/XB1 players have not experienced PS360 games.

 

[Passose]

DW7 - 480k
DW8 - 360k

What do you guys think DW9 is going to do? I think 200-250k.



Game did good overseas. That Naruto HD pack is going to make bank for the same reason: a lot of PS4/XB1 players have not experienced PS360 games.

how many copies of that game did they sell overseas?

 

[ZSaberLink]

DW7 - 480k
DW8 - 360k

What do you guys think DW9 is going to do? I think 200-250k.



Game did good overseas. That Naruto HD pack is going to make bank for the same reason: a lot of PS4/XB1 players have not experienced PS360 games.

Hm ok... Good to hear they did well overseas. Was it primarily Europe though (I just doubt OP's popularity in the Americas). Although why would PS4/XB1 players not have experienced PS360 games though? There are fewer PS4s & XB1s in the wild than 360/PS3s thus far. I get if games were exclusive to one platform (like Last of Us), and 360 owners now play it on PS4, but this isn't that case.

 

[Nirolak]

Since Switch received some additional announcements from third parties + DQXI still not showing itself and currently not as a safe bet for 2017 as I thought before, here's an update on "Releases by Japanese publishers / developers from the launch to the console's first Holiday (in case of an Holiday release, the subsequent one)", one of the criterias I used to compare recent launches' pre-launch announcements and first year support

The original post - http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=232713155&postcount=682

The update

Nintendo Switch



Totals


Nintendo 3DS - 63 Japanese third party games released
PlayStation Vita - 65
Wii U - 16
PlayStation 4 - 20
Nintendo Switch - 17*

*as of May 11th, 2017

Switch's total would technically be 18, since Fire Emblem Warriors is a KT game in Japan, but I'm still unsure whether to include it or not, given its pecular status.

Namco also confirmed Tales, Taiko, and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (working title) for Nintendo Switch by the end of March 2018 in their fiscal presentation.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

how many copies of that game did they sell overseas?

Probably 300-350k. Total was 650k WW.

Hm ok... Good to hear they did well overseas. Was it primarily Europe though (I just doubt OP's popularity in the Americas). Although why would PS4/XB1 players not have experienced PS360 games though? There are fewer PS4s & XB1s in the wild than 360/PS3s thus far. I get if games were exclusive to one platform (like Last of Us), and 360 owners now play it on PS4, but this isn't that case.

According to Dengeki Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has already outsold Breath of the Wild in retail...
01./01. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} - 87,839 / 443,154
04./05. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} - 19,661 / 441,249

New players. Just because there were 150 million PS360 sold does not mean they were all active purchasers during that time.

 

[Mpl90]

Namco also confirmed Tales, Taiko, and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (working title) for Nintendo Switch by the end of March 2018 in their fiscal presentation.

We've talked about that slide earlier in this thread. Still, my post / update focuses on actual games announced (not just the series) up to December 31st, 2017.

But yeah, in theory we could already count Taiko no Tatsujin. A Holiday release for that game is inevitable.

 

[ZSaberLink]

According to Dengeki, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has already outsold Breath of the Wild to become Switch's best selling game.
01./01. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} - 87,839 / 443,154
04./05. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} - 19,661 / 441,249

Pretty close to 200K here for Rainbow 6 Siege... honestly it looks like there's a chance that Rainbow 6 Siege and Ghost Recon Wildlands will both sell over 200K.
28./28. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft) {2015.12.10} - 2,922 / 197,684
15./14. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft) {2017.03.09} - 5,261 / 171,041

Minecraft Wii U hits 300K in Dengeki
34./45. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} - 2,339 / 302,912

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3 Pro & Minecraft PS4 both hit 200K (finally in the case of DQMJP3).
32./40. [PS4] Minecraft: Playstation 4 Edition (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2015.12.03} - 2,583 / 202,920
36./53. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - Professional (Square Enix) {2017.02.09} - 2,267 / 202,956

KH 1.5 + 2.5 hits 100K.
33./34. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} - 2,472 / 100,767

Monster Hunter Stories makes a reappearance. Out of curiosity, is this heavily discounted or does it still have some slight legs?
47./63. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories (Capcom) {2016.10.08} - 1,667 / 335,622

 

[Mpl90]

Also, since we were making our bets on what kind of Tales of Switch could get, I'm going with a Vesperia remaster of sorts.

 

[Passose]

Also, since we were making our bets on what kind of Tales of Switch could get, I'm going with a Vesperia remaster of sorts.

I'm going with a mobile game port

 

[Eolz]

No, no teasing and it's too early for a new mothership title considering there's only one Tales team and they wrapped up Berseria less than ten months ago.
It's also heavily thought that for the next episode they will switch to UE4 because that's what every other internal team at Bamco are doing, that's not an easy task so we should even less expect much shorter dev time than usual.

A remake doesn't happen anytime either, in fact it only happened once with Destiny which was considered the same as a full new entry and was a commercial failure considering it didn't sell as well as a new entry.
Remasters could happen anytime though, if anything the timing fits for Vesperia 10th anniversary, especially for the western audience but it should be alright for japanese market considering the crazy legs Vesperia had there too.

Once people play the game once again they may realize it didn't age as well as they probably think (the same way Symphonia aged poorly) but maybe the full content of the PS3 port might make up for it.

I see, thanks for the info!
I'd personally bet either on Symphonia (GC history in the west) or Berseria (recent). With all DLC obviously, and probably some basic exclusive content.

Edit: depends who they are aiming for as you've said though. Vesperia would be a better choice for the JP market, probably not WW.

 

[casiopao]

I'm going with a mobile game port

Tales of Link Switch.^^ I bet on this too lol.^^

 

[Passose]

Tales of Link Switch.^^ I bet on this too lol.^^

that's pretty depressing actually

 

[Oregano]

I'm not just saying it's Tales of Phantasia because it would be funny/stupid. A new version of Phantasia fits in with the strategy that other publishers like Capcom(Street Fighter 2), Konami(Bomberman R) and Square Enix(Seiken Dentetsu) are taking with their franchises and Switch and you'd be able to do single Joycon multiplayer too.

 

[mao2]

Marvelous' financial results for fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 is out, though only in Japanese for now. Their consumer game business did great; Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS) have been selling well, Fate/Extella (PS4/PSV) was a hit product topping previous games in the series by a wide margin, and Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash (PS4) have recorded strong sales, resulting in net sales totaling 9,067 million yen (up 20.2% from the previous fiscal year), and operating income of 2,042 million yen (up 102.9% from the previous fiscal year).
https://corp.marv.jp/library/img/tansin4q2016.pdf

＜コンシューマ事業＞
当事業の自社販売部門におきましては、平成28年６月23日に発売した「牧場物語 3つの里の大切な友だち（ニンテンドー3DS）」が順調なセールスとなったほか、平成28年11月10日に発売した「Fate/EXTELLA（フェイト/エクステラ）（PS Vita・PS4）」が、シリーズ前作実績を大幅に上回るヒットとなりました。さらに、平成29年３月16日に発売の「閃乱カグラ PEACH BEACH SPLASH（PS4）」も好調なセールスを記録しております。

この結果、当事業の売上高は9,067百万円（前期比20.2％増）、セグメント利益は2,042百万円（前期比102.9％増）となりました。

 

[Hero of Legend]

Ooh, Bomberman passes 90k in Dengeki! 100k is in reach in the next 3 weeks then? :O

 

[Hellraider]

Also, since we were making our bets on what kind of Tales of Switch could get, I'm going with a Vesperia remaster of sorts.

I'll be going with an Alfa System developed spin off then.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Finally added the Dengeki Top 50's Switch numbers here.

Dragon Quest Heroes Switch actually got a decent boost last week as well.

 

[Ōkami]

Switch sold out in 15 minutes today on Nintendo's store. Next shipment will be on the 18th.

Edit: Yokai Watch franchise continues to fall
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170510-00000064-zdn_mkt-ind

The YW franchise made 10.4bil yen this past year. A big drop compared to the previous financial year where the franchise was worth 32.9bil, and a significant dropped compared to the franchise's peak of 55.2bil in the 2014 financial year. The current fiscal year output for the franchise is predicted to be another significant drop to 6.30bil yen.

Merchandise revenue
FY 2013-14 1.400.000.000
FY 2014-15 55.200.000.000
FY 2015-16 32.900.000.000
FY 2016-17 10.400.000.000
FY 2017-18 (proyected) 6.300.000.000
Game Sales
FY 2013-14 465.113
FY 2014-15 6.384.232
FY 2015-16 2.284.639
FY 2016-17 2.733.397

They actually sold more games last fiscal year than the one before that, to be fair, they released a lot last year.

Movies are following a downward trend too, and anime ratings are likely as well.

Supposedly no new game this year, so it'll keep going down, last FY year results were below expectations too.

Did the smartphone port of the original game ever came out? Apparently Puni Puni at least was doing alright for what it was.

 

[mas8705]

Nintendo dominating the Market over there. Nice to know that the Switch has been doing well over there (although I wonder if it is because of the current time of the year since we are starting to move into summer, or that stocks of Switches and the titles out on the 3DS has given Nintendo a significant edge at this immediate time.)

 

[Takao]

31./41. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) {2016.04.28} - 2,639 / 188,512
45./58. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) {2016.04.28} - 1,800 / 203,422
48./72. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes (Konami) {2016.12.15} - 1,550 / 124,166

lol the Vita version did eventually outsell the PS4 one. Kind of sad that Konami's best selling game on the platform appears to be their last. Never gave me my Tagforce 7. ;_;

I wonder if they'll give it a Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization-esque framerate to ensure Vita buyers move over to PS4.

(Except that plan didn't really work).

I'd consider the SAO "transition" a complete disaster. The last two games were clearly developed on PS4 and then ported to Vita, which resulted in the Vita versions being pretty unappealing products ... that still outsold the PS4 versions in Japan. The series' western appeal seems to be coming to a close as the next game is PSN-only, even on PS4, in North America.

Did the smartphone port of the original game ever came out? Apparently Puni Puni at least was doing alright for what it was.

It wouldn't be Level-5 if it something didn't get delayed for ages.

BTW, Snack World has yet to chart in the weekly 10 anime viewership rankings. Bomba World incoming?

 

[Fisico]

I'll be going with an Alfa System developed spin off then.

No that ship has sailed it's over.
Also the first Tales being released on an hardware has never been a spin off either, these titles are only there to capitalize on an established fanbase.

I'm not just saying it's Tales of Phantasia because it would be funny/stupid. A new version of Phantasia fits in with the strategy that other publishers like Capcom(Street Fighter 2), Konami(Bomberman R) and Square Enix(Seiken Dentetsu) are taking with their franchises and Switch and you'd be able to do single Joycon multiplayer too.

I don't think there's some kind of masterplan between big japanese publishers about bringing back SNES era games, and even if there was Phantasia would be a very poor fit considering it only sold 200k on SNES while the PS1 port sold >750k three years later.

There's also the problem of the latest versions (Full Voice Edition then the expanded version in Narikiri X release) which don't even support multiplayer so they would have to bother implementing that or going with an older version
Unlike Seiken Densetsu it's also not a very multiplayer friendly experience, it's only there as a bonus mode and not something you can enjoy with someone 100% of play time (in fact battles are around 20-25% of play time in a Tales title).

Not ruling out the option completely but it doesn't make as much sense as you think it does.

 

[Arzehn]

I'll be going with an Alfa System developed spin off then.

Is Alfa Systems still alive? Not a peep from them since Oreshika, 3 years ago.

Not sure if it's been posted but SIE posted their next media blitz of upcoming games. Release period unspecified?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tLc5nhS_yY

 

[Hero of Legend]

Guys, the MC Top 50 is out now. Added the Switch stuff as usual here.

 

[duckroll]

Is Alfa Systems still alive? Not a peep from them since Oreshika, 3 years ago.

Like all Japanese developers, they've been busy making mobile games.

They released this last year: https://sn.fg-games.co.jp

And released this a few months ago: http://shadowstone.jp

 

[ZSaberLink]

Is Alfa Systems still alive? Not a peep from them since Oreshika, 3 years ago.

Not sure if it's been posted but SIE posted their next media blitz of upcoming games. Release period unspecified?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tLc5nhS_yY

The release period seems to be like from a couple of weeks ago (thus Lego Worlds and Parappa Remastered) until Fall/Winter 2017 (DQX, etc.).

 

[zeromcd73]

BTW, Snack World has yet to chart in the weekly 10 anime viewership rankings. Bomba World incoming?

Speaking of Snack World, yesterday was the first ever day I saw this franchise actually exist in Japan despite the anime already running for a month. Found a handheld fan at a 7-11 with Snack World printed on it mixed in with a dozen other fans featuring other intellectual properties.

Level 5 really screwed the pooch on this one.

 

[Jon Carter]

Speaking of Snack World, yesterday was the first ever day I saw this franchise actually exist in Japan despite the anime already running for a month. Found a handheld fan at a 7-11 with Snack World printed on it mixed in with a dozen other fans featuring other intellectual properties.

Level 5 really screwed the pooch on this one.

Nonsense. It will be a hit bigger than Yo-kai Watch and release in 2015.

 

[Ōkami]

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02/02. How to Survive 2 (Spike Chunsoft) – {25/04/2017} (¥2.160)
03/04. Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Edition (50% OFF) (Sony Computer Entertainment) – {03/12/2015} (¥2.646)
04/05. Nier: Automata (50% OFF) (Square Enix) – {23/02/2017} (¥6.739)
05/03. Battlefield 4: Premium Edition (71% OFF) (Electronic Arts) – {17/03/2016} (¥1.190)
06/07. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (2K Collection) (67% OFF) (Take Two Interactive Japan) – {02/03/2017} (¥1.354)
07/11. Little Nightmares (Bandai Namco) – {28/04/2017} (¥2.376)
08/17. Metal Gear Solid V: The Definite Experience (30% OFF) (Konami) – {10/11/2016} (¥2.980)
09/09. Need for Speed (60% OFF) (Electronic Arts) – {13/07/2016} (¥1.209)
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11/00. Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (Koei Tecmo) – {22/01/2015} (¥5.554)
12/05. Gun Gun Pixies (Idea Factory) – {27/04/2017} (¥6.480)
13/20. Civilization Revolution 2+ (Take Two Interactive Japan) – {03/12/2015} (¥2.060)
14/11. Romancing SaGa 2 (Square Enix) – {24/03/2016} (¥2.200)
15/14. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Mojang) – {29/10/2014} (¥2.592)
16/00. X-COM Enemy Unknown + (Take Two Interactive Japan) – {22/03/2016} (¥2.590)
17/00. Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk (Koei Tecmo) – {27/03/2014} (¥5.554)
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[Rob2K19]

FF XV now at 990k.

Interview with the Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth producer:
https://www.famitsu.com/news/201705/11131937.html

Talks began for a new Digimon Story title in April of 2016.

There were talks of making it from scratch exclusive for PS4, but because of how much longer development would take to develop and the fact that this year is the 20th anniversary they wanted something to release this year to excite Digimon fans. So they decided to expand on Cyber Sleuth. They also said it didn't feel right for Vita owners suddenly making it a PS4 exclusive so they consider this a title to help move the digimon fans over and recommend those that played the original on Vita to experience this title on the big screen with PS4.

So great to see my expectations were right that they would start moving the series to PS4 in Japan so the wait for the game in the West wouldn't be long.

 

[whyamihere]

So BOTW is at 560k. I think that's above TP, and definitely above SS, but where does that put it for other console Zeldas?

 

[Chris1964]

21./19. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990)
22./18. [NSW] Super Bomberman R <ACT> (Konami) {2017.03.03} (¥4.980)
23./32. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2015.12.10} (¥8.400)
24./15. [3DS] Cube Creator DX <ADV> (Arc System Works) {2017.04.27} (¥2.800)
25./22. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn # <RPG> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.03.02} (¥6.900)
26./41. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.01.19} (¥4.700)
27./48. [3DS] Miitopia <SLG> (Nintendo) {2016.12.08} (¥4.700)
28./43. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 <SPT> (Konami) {2016.04.28} (¥7.980)
29./33. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600)
30./34. [NSW] Dragon Quest Heroes I & II for Nintendo Switch <Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below \ Dragon Quest Heroes II> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.03.03} (¥8.800)
31./21. [PS4] PaRappa the Rapper Remastered <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.04.20} (¥1.800)
32./50. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2016.07.21} (¥4.800)
33./24. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts \ Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories> \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts II \ Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ \ Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep>> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800)
34./40. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris <PZL> (Sega) {2017.03.03} (¥4.990)
35./37. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800)
36./35. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2017 [Konami the Best] <SPT> (Konami) {2017.04.13} (¥3.980)
37./00. [3DS] Kawaii Pet to Kurasou! Wan Nyan & Mini Mini Animal <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2017.04.06} (¥4.800)
38./46. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 <SPT> (Konami) {2016.04.28} (¥6.980)
39./47. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.03} (¥2.400)
40./31. [NSW] Minna de Wai Wai! Spelunker <ACT> (Square Enix) {2017.04.20} (¥4.980)
41./00. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥5.700)
42./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - Professional <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.02.09} (¥5.250)
43./44. [PS4] LEGO Worlds <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2017.04.06} (¥2.980)
44./49. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard # <ADV> (Capcom) {2017.01.26} (¥7.990)
45./00. [3DS] Doraemon the Movie: Nobita no Nankyoku Kachikochi Daibouken <ADV> (FuRyu) {2017.03.02} (¥5.280)
46./09. [PSV] Gun Gun Pixies # <ADV> (Compile Heart) {2017.04.27} (¥6.800)
47./00. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.200)
48./00. [WIU] Splatoon # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700)
49./00. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.571)
50./00. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.11.06} (¥7.900)

Top 50

3DS - 20
PS4 - 15
NSW - 7
PSV - 4
WIU - 4

SOFTWARE

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|  ALL  |    471.000 |    702.000 |    480.000 | 10.611.000 | 10.636.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

 

[Hero of Legend]

Edit: Nevermind...