The concern would obviously be whether the games after Berseria continue the decline. If every subsequent game drops they need to reposition.
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The concern would obviously be whether the games after Berseria continue the decline. If every subsequent game drops they need to reposition.
Kazuo Hirai
I really want everyone to know how much more Titanfall 2 sold than Nioh. It was a staggering amount.
TOZ was $5 on sale, it is why it sold 300k
Why not just cancel the series and make something better. Tales sucks.
- trollfucker20XX
That's so unfair! Every fifth game is actually good!
Worked for Ninokuni.
We already had this discussion last week (about keeping expectation in check for a new Valkyria Chronicles), I don't have the exact data anymore but around half of these 300k were at full price, the 5$ sale was a short one and most of the other sales happened when the game was discounted in the 15-20$ range.
Talking about that, as expected Steam sales for Berseria are at 40k which is around half of what Zestiria did on the same timeframe.
With the switch to UE4 we might see something different in term of visuals, which is what define the appeal of the product more than everything else (because on a gameplay level they are pretty fine) the scope of an entry might not change much though.
I already told you guys. I'm not good at predicting sales numbers but I can predict there'll be some meltdowns this year in these threads hahaha
Different in what sense?
unapersson
Member
Well at least they're dedicated to game preservation.
Firm or soft sales I predict.
kuroneko0509
Member
zestiria is actually good?
I wouldn't mind knowing too, I'm not versed enough in engines to talk about it in detail, but I expect that going with Unreal should have multiple benefits: streamlining development, better middleware compatibilites, easier multiplatform dev etc. as for "pure" visual aspects like lightning, shadows, texture streaming,anti aliasing, draw distance, anisotropic filtering or whatever else technical term exist to say "better looking games"
Though whether or not they get all these benefits for the first game is another matter (it's not like changing engine magically make things better), on one hand it's always a struggle, on the other with the unified development studio at Bamco they will probably have some help from people involved with Tekken 7 and/or Ace Combat 7, they also have a decent CTO which is there to help smoothen the transition to UE4.
And Higuchi will also make his triumphant return at long last
The 3D models they'll make will not be better, but they will be displayed in a better way, something Tales should benefit a lot since they've gone for more realistic looking visuals for the past few years.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Expected considering it coming it at the time of 4 other games, one being Kingdom Hearts. Also I don't think the look of this iteration brought much hype.
PC sales should also be considerably down since there's no promotion this time and the trend of sequels having serious decline on that platform.
I think the benefits of easier multiplatform development with UE4 might be a bit muted for Tales considering Vita would be the best SKU to add.
Yeah, not a surprise but still a bit of a shame.
Higuchi is stuck in Mario Sports hell.
Yeah, not a surprise but still a bit of a shame.
We just had the IP being announced on Switch.
Mario Sports will be released next month also, I wonder if it'll do well.
Media Create:
PS4 30,778
New3DS LL 17,600
Vita 10,553
PS4 Pro 9,893
2DS 5,806
New3DS 1,301
Wii U 710
PS3 579
Xbox One 231
RE7: 187k
PS4 30,778
New3DS LL 17,600
Vita 10,553
PS4 Pro 9,893
2DS 5,806
New3DS 1,301
Wii U 710
PS3 579
Xbox One 231
RE7: 187k
GhostTrick
Banned
Expect PC drop to be in line with PS4 drop. Basically, half or so. Trend of sequels having serious decline is bullshit.
Kazuo Hirai
I really want everyone to know how much more Titanfall 2 sold than Nioh. It was a staggering amount.
Yeah wow. Below my expectations and I thought mine were low.
Just noticed it's the "Grotesque edition", but don't see any other edition in the Top 20? (Not the XB1 version, obviously).
Kresnik258
Member
Well that's pretty terrible from Resi!
Then please by all means give us some examples for comparable titles, sales number can be found here =>
Japanese steam sales.
There's nothing inherently wrong with bonus sales for the novelty effect.
Now it's not like the only reason of the 50% drop for Berseria is that either, but it's hard to deny that it has an impact.
What a stupid thing to say.
The level of nonsense you've devolved into is something special.