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Media Create Sales: Week 32, 2015 (Aug 03 - Aug 09)
- Thread starter hiska-kun
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I would have to look at the previous threads but I meant game not franchise.
sturgboski
Member
Should totally bring Romance of the Three Kingdoms over to the Vita...please.
Sorry for the port beg. Geez though, Splatoon is doing so damn well. I wonder if it will have any positive impact on the Starfox title that is coming.
Any guesses on Devil's Third? I know on the NPD threads people extrapolate estimates based on Amazon ranking so wonder if anything has been done for that title.
Also, any feedback on Luminous Arc? I saw the gameplay trailers and it definitely captured my interest (hoping for a wester release). I saw a comment that sales are in line with past titles, but is that good? Is the game itself quality?
Poor Ray Gigant and Makai Shin Trillion (though I wonder if that one is still supply constrained)...
sörine;175138947 said:
It seems, wherever it goes, Taiko still get legs. I don't know if it'll obtain to reach around 200,000, but 150,000-200,000 sounds like a reasonable range for the game (especially when digital sales are counted).
Sammy Samusu
Member
I think they will, the DQ franchise will draw some of the "family" audience to PS4.sörine;175138947 said:
Smash U VS Splatoon (Somebody wants to finish that already)
Mario Kart 8 VS Splatoon (next week is Obon Holidays) *excluding first week
Rhythm Battle (The Best+ wins this week, and next week is Obon)
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| | Super Smash Wii U | Splatoon | Difference |
| | [WIU] (2014/12/06)| [WIU] (2015/05/28)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | Splt SSBWU |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 1 | 227.527| 227.527| 144.818| 144.818| -82.709|
| 2 | 79.005| 306.533| 68.913| 213.731| -92.802|
| 3 | 78.927| 385.460| 53.198| 266.929| -118.531|
| 4 | 85.776| 471.236| 43.653| 310.582| -160.654|
| 5 | 58.008| 529.244| 37.458| 348.040| -181.204|
| 6 | 18.884| 548.128| 34.135| 382.175| -165.953|
| 7 | 12.858| 560.986| 26.136| 408.312| -152.674|
| 8 | 8.728| 569.714| 22.557| 430.869| -138.845|
| 9 | 6.398| 576.112| 24.289| 455.158| -120.954|
| 10 | 5.683| 581.796| 28.256| 483.413| -98.383|
| 11 | 6.118| 587.913| 35.620| 519.034| -68.879|
| 12 | 4.881| 592.794| | | |
| 13 | 4.936| 597.730| | | |
| 14 | 4.829| 602.560| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Total -| 653.783| -| 519.034| -134.749|
-------------------------------------------------------------Mario Kart 8 VS Splatoon (next week is Obon Holidays) *excluding first week
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| | Mario Kart 8 | Splatoon | Difference |
| | [WIU] (2014/05/29)| [WIU] (2015/05/28)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | SPLTN MK8 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 2 | 73.051| 73.051| 68.913| 68.913| -4.138|
| 3 | 42.261| 115.312| 53.198| 122.111| 6.799|
| 4 | 28.112| 143.424| 43.653| 165.764| 22.340|
| 5 | 23.520| 166.944| 37.458| 203.222| 36.278|
| 6 | 19.386| 186.330| 34.135| 237.357| 51.027|
| 7 | 15.143| 201.473| 26.136| 263.493| 62.020|
| 8 | 14.992| 216.465| 22.557| 286.050| 69.585|
| 9 | 18.129| 234.594| 24.289| 310.339| 75.745|
| 10 | 18.067| 252.661| 28.256| 338.595| 85.934|
| 11 | 20.860| 273.521| 35.620| 374.215| 100.694|
| 12 | 28.221| 301.742| | | |
| 13 | 12.075| 313.817| | | |
| 14 | 11.148| 324.965| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|Rhythm Battle (The Best+ wins this week, and next week is Obon)
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| | Rhythm Fever | Rhythm the Best+ | Difference |
| | [WII] (2011/07/21)| [3DS] (2015/06/11)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | RHtB+ RHF |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 1 | 118.173| 118.173| 157.591| 157.591| 39.418|
| 2 | 81.938| 200.112| 66.416| 224.008| 23.896|
| 3 | 62.597| 262.709| 42.718| 266.726| 4.017|
| 4 | 63.590| 326.300| 34.467| 301.193| -25.107|
| 5 | 48.190| 374.489| 24.650| 325.844| -48.645|
| 6 | 25.063| 399.552| 17.650| 343.493| -56.059|
| 7 | 22.762| 422.314| 16.110| 359.603| -62.711|
| 8 | 15.600| 437.913| 14.382| 373.985| -63.928|
| 9 | 14.647| 452.560| 18.852| 392.837| -59.723|
| 10 | 17.354| 469.914| | | |
| 11 | 11.468| 481.382| | | |
| 12 | 10.731| 492.112| | | |
| 13 | 13.202| 505.315| | | |
| 14 | 12.377| 517.691| | | |
| 15 | 9.251| 526.943| | | |
| 16 | 8.581| 535.523| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Total -| 722.910| -| 392.837| -330.073|
-------------------------------------------------------------I don't think you can use these titles
I.e. very low budgets ports with some additional content to gauge the current 3DS 3rd party situation. It's like saying that PS4's 3rd party environment is awful because Godzilla bombed big time, or that Vita's 3rd party environment is made of "massacres" because a random title no one heard of sold less than 5,000 units.
Taiko's future will be NX no doubt but I wonder what they'll do between then and now. They tend to do handheld releases in summer and console in winter, will they do PS4 this year ir go back to Wii U? Will we see another 3DS outing after this semi-dissapointing Vita debut or will they try Vita again?
I think you're right. I get the feeling we'll see the first (and maybe last) PS4 Taiko this holiday. I also feel like they're done with Wii U and probably Vita after this.
Mr. Pointy
Member
WiiU and PS4 crossing the streams.
Given the success of Mario Kart, Smash, and Splatoon despite the install base challenges, I'd imagine their main takeaway would be that adopting the ever popular service model for their multiplayer titles was the correct choice and appeals heavily to their core audience.
Retro... is possible if they really are under EAD now.
Screamapillar
Member
It's already passed MK8 if you don't includes hardware bundles. Mario Kart 8 in Japan is sold with almost every Wii U, that's one of the reasons it's still charting a year later. Splatoon standalone vs MK8 standalone physical + digital is surely even, or even Splatoon outright steam-rolling ahead.
I agree and I expect EAD Tokyo to apply this model to Mario NX. I think we'll finally see online multiplayer too.
Same for NSMBNX, if that franchise returns.
Someone tell Ubisoft so they can stop wasting their time with Yokai.
Hero of Legend
Member
sörine;175140885 said:
Wii U is far cheaper as they reuse their Wii Drum controller, if they made a PS4 game, they'd have to make a new one or have people depend on buttons, but that's not really Taiko now is it? Yeah the handheld games do, but perhaps people expect different things on console and handhelds?
I don't think "New IPs are the key to success" would be my takeaway from Splatoon.
It's a game that:
-Entered a popular genre that Nintendo was lacking in.
-Was respectful and cognizant of what made the genre successful.
-Brought a variety of new ideas to the table that actually worked well with the genre's strengths instead of conflicting with them.
-Used a business model and support structure that was both growingly popular and well liked by fans of the genre.
It doesn't matter if a new game is branded as Zelda or Swordtopia. What matters is that the core product is actually appealing, has a clearly defined target audience, has reasons to play it instead of just buying other products, and meets or exceeds the expectations of the audience in terms of support and content.
It's a game that:
-Entered a popular genre that Nintendo was lacking in.
-Was respectful and cognizant of what made the genre successful.
-Brought a variety of new ideas to the table that actually worked well with the genre's strengths instead of conflicting with them.
-Used a business model and support structure that was both growingly popular and well liked by fans of the genre.
It doesn't matter if a new game is branded as Zelda or Swordtopia. What matters is that the core product is actually appealing, has a clearly defined target audience, has reasons to play it instead of just buying other products, and meets or exceeds the expectations of the audience in terms of support and content.
sörine;175140885 said:
I don't know if we'll see a Taiko PS4 game. I don't see the platform, right now, as a good place for more family-friendly games like Taiko. Maybe once DQXI is out, but right now? It seems it'd be better to put it on Wii U, or the same at least. It's also true that they developed the Vita entry with features / songs more appealing to a bit different crowd than on 3DS and Wii U (IIRC), so maybe they could do the same on PS4. And it's also true that they released an entry on Vita after all, so a PS4 one is possible this year already.
We'll see, I guess.
higgsboson1997
Member
Yeah, that's what I meant. The original Yo-kai watch opened really low, but went on to sell well over a million by getting consistent amounts (often small boosts) every week.
I missed this, is this discussed somewhere?
Agree - splatoon was just the kind of game WiiU needed/lacked, combined by good advertisement, EAD polish and long term support.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were like a prophecy or something.
Just rumors.
So next week we can expect another bump for Splatoon - probably >40K. That will help it leap frog SSB in the next 2-3 weeks.
A lot depends on how other games do in on the Wii U this year since Splatoon will probably be one of the games people who buy a new Wii U purchase. So SMM, Shin Megami Tensei
Fire Emblem, Star Fox need to do well and move some Wii U's. I expect SMT/FE to be far more successful at moving Wii Us than Star Fox.
Well, I'd dare to say the fact it was a brand new IP and not related to already-existing IPs helped, since it gave developers much more freedom to implement ideas and features, without restraints coming from the necessity of working with a known quantity and needing to respect specific conditions for that quantity. Still, I agree with what you said: it isn't just being a new IP the secret of Splatoon's success.
Also, this makes me wonder what could be the next genre Nintendo will try to hit with its own take. We had Pikmin back in 2001 (RTS), Splatoon now (Shooter)...MOBA, maybe?
I agree with everything, with the bolded part standing out.
It's gone full Kraken.
MOBA and Nintendo LCG I'd say. Those genre would actually suite nintendo well (imo), for various reasons, one of them because they aren't focused on violence like many other popular genres.
Nice. That game was pretty beastly in sales.