No, it's Metroid in Japan.Metroid Bomba?
Was there any supply issue?
If 30k is good then what is bad?
If 30k is good then what is bad?
The thing with Metroid numbers is that most sales came from the Special Edition and they will drop like a rock next week. When you look at the big picture of LTD and not the irrelevant "better than expected for first week" things won't look good. it will likely been outsold from almost all previous 2D (and 3D) entries.
It's an accurate description, it means a smaller but dedicated market sector.I feel like at this point people are just trying to belittle Sony by calling PS4 niche. Or some of y'all have a weird fucking definition what is niche. PS4 is not niche. Even Wii U isn't niche. They're just not blockbusters. Imma call Switch niche too until it sells more than 10 million consoles, might as well use the word wrong too.
Metroid will be carried by western markets, if any.The thing with Metroid numbers is that most sales came from the Special Edition and they will drop like a rock next week. When you look at the big picture of LTD and not the irrelevant "better than expected for first week" things won't look good. it will likely been outsold from almost all previous 2D (and 3D) entries.
Jesus Christ20./00. [3DS] Metroid Prime: Federation Force <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.08.25} (¥4.700) - 4.286 / NEW <20-40%>
That's sad.The thing with Metroid numbers is that most sales came from the Special Edition and they will drop like a rock next week. When you look at the big picture of LTD and not the irrelevant "better than expected for first week" things won't look good. it will likely been outsold from almost all previous 2D (and 3D) entries.
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW | 38.006 | 47.801 | | 1.683.937 | | 1.683.937 |
| PS4 # | 27.480 | 31.595 | 96.567 | 1.330.913 | 981.895 | 5.252.529 |
| 3DS # | 20.413 | 22.468 | 36.737 | 1.344.349 | 962.115 | 23.255.762 |
| PSV # | 4.308 | 4.182 | 9.083 | 314.823 | 660.309 | 5.562.242 |
| WIU | 174 | 105 | 2.824 | 20.876 | 288.917 | 3.300.614 |
| PS3 | 59 | 61 | 830 | 15.910 | 42.845 | 10.273.629 |
| XB1 # | 51 | 84 | 157 | 6.006 | 4.075 | 78.954 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| ALL | 90.491 | 106.296 | 146.198 | 4.716.814 | 2.940.156 | 49.407.667 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| XB1 S | 51 | 84 | | 1.224 | | 6.952 |
|PS4 Pro| 5.670 | 10.734 | | 238.983 | | 356.033 |
| PS4 | 21.810 | 20.861 | 96.567 | 1.091.930 | 981.895 | 4.896.496 |
| PSV | 4.308 | 4.182 | 9.083 | 314.823 | 660.309 | 5.562.242 |
|n-2DSLL| 10.427 | 11.534 | | 291.441 | | 291.441 |
| 2DS | 1.397 | 1.549 | 19.252 | 242.071 | 19.252 | 539.218 |
| n-3DS | 8.589 | 9.385 | 17.148 | 810.837 | 894.642 | 5.504.826 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
I feel like at this point people are just trying to belittle Sony by calling PS4 niche. Or some of y'all have a weird fucking definition what is niche. PS4 is not niche. Even Wii U isn't niche. They're just not blockbusters. Imma call Switch niche too until it sells more than 10 million consoles, might as well use the word wrong too.
What platform will the Vita's porn games go to? PS4, Switch, or mobile?
Wow Metroid ain't doing so great
Good opening for Metroid!
It's not a series that generally appeals to japan. Overall the most "realistic" in both style and just in general. At least compared to every other nintendo series. Explorative, atmospheric gameplay also isn't something that is really a big appeal to japan.That's sad.
I wonder what's the issue with Metroid and Japan tbh.
Personally, i think PS4 is doing very well in Japan. It sold ~25k on a normal week (except if you thought the 5th WE for the system will sell units), it's above PS3 both software and hardware wise, which is something quite impressive considering the state of the home consoles in Japan and mobile market (which is stronger then what PS3 competitors were combined).
Also, i think niche is a word that doesn't make sense for a console projected to sell ~10m units, especially with the factors i stated above. I guess some people are just trying too hard...
Was there any supply issue?
They never forgave Nintendo for passing an old Famicom franchise to a western developer?That's sad.
I wonder what's the issue with Metroid and Japan tbh.
The Famicom, Super Famicom, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, Wii, and DS (arguably also the PSP) were cultural phenomenons that broke into the mainstream and became must have items even for non-gamers. The Switch is showing signs of being next in that line.
Other systems were not necessarily failures (love my PC Engine and Dreamcast) but they do not define their generations and will generally be forgotten outside of gaming circles. The general population was unaffected by them and by definition they are niche.
Niche adjective
1. denoting or relating to products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population.
It's not a weird definition. It's the definition.
Tropical freeze didn't, but DkCR did, but it was also on the wii. If prime 1 was on the wii, it might have about the same sales. Overall it's not big worldwide, but we have to see samus returns for the rest.They never forgave Nintendo for passing an old Famicom franchise to a western developer?
Metroid isn't a huge seller worldwide either. It's a prestige Nintendo franchise due to game quality and history, but as is often pointed out Retro's DK games vastly outsold their three Metroid games.
The Famicom, Super Famicom, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, Wii, and DS (arguably also the PSP) were cultural phenomenons that broke into the mainstream and became must have items even for non-gamers. The Switch is showing signs of being next in that line.
Other systems were not necessarily failures (love my PC Engine and Dreamcast) but they do not define their generations and will generally be forgotten outside of gaming circles. The general population was unaffected by them and by definition they are niche.
Niche adjective
1. denoting or relating to products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population.
It's not a weird definition. It's the definition.
It's an accurate description, it means a smaller but dedicated market sector.
Vita, which was in the same ballpark as PS4, has regularly been described as a niche, primarily for the animu market it basically cornered.
Sega consoles were always a niche in Japan. N64 and Gamecube were a Nintendo niche in Japan.
Switch is not a niche, it's just new. It's clearly going to be the market leader. I guess technically it is in an 'early adopter' niche?
Why are people suddenly questionning the state of PS4 in Japan ? It's doing the same sales as it always did since a couple of years now. Unless something unexpected happens, it will likely end a bit higher than PS3 did at best.
It's an accurate description, it means a smaller but dedicated market sector.
Vita, which was in the same ballpark as PS4, has regularly been described as a niche, primarily for the animu market it basically cornered.
Sega consoles were always a niche in Japan. N64 and Gamecube were a Nintendo niche in Japan.
Switch is not a niche, it's just new. It's clearly going to be the market leader. I guess technically it is in an 'early adopter' niche?
Edit: I still think it is confusing to use the word baseline in the wrong way. We should be using something like "shipments", since baseline already is defined as relating to product interest based on sales.
Isnt this about it usually have been selling for a long time now? I dont think theres been too much recent stuff happening to noticeably change how the PS4 is selling. Still too early for games like Monster Hunter World to have a bigger impact on the hardware sales, at least on a week to week basis.That is not good for the PS4.
It sure as shit sells a lot better than it does in Japan.They never forgave Nintendo for passing an old Famicom franchise to a western developer?
Metroid isn't a huge seller worldwide either. It's a prestige Nintendo franchise due to game quality and history, but as is often pointed out Retro's DK games vastly outsold their three Metroid games.
It happens like every couple of weeksWhy are people suddenly questionning the state of PS4 in Japan ? It's doing the same sales as it always did since a couple of years now. Unless something unexpected happens, it will likely end a bit higher than PS3 did at best.
I think the positive thing out of this is that Japenese developers will continue to support it, because other markets get bigger.PS4 is most certainly niche, but that's just the home console market in Japan as a whole. Not just PS4.
The Famicom, Super Famicom, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, Wii, and DS (arguably also the PSP) were cultural phenomenons that broke into the mainstream and became must have items even for non-gamers. The Switch is showing signs of being next in that line.
Other systems were not necessarily failures (love my PC Engine and Dreamcast) but they do not define their generations and will generally be forgotten outside of gaming circles. The general population was unaffected by them and by definition they are niche.
Niche adjective
1. denoting or relating to products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population.
It's not a weird definition. It's the definition.
Is it the Dragon Quest XI effect that the 3ds YTD is like 18% more than its previous year?
Are Switch lotteries still happening?
The discrepancy in Arms sales between Famitsu and M-C continues.
Splatoon 2 couldn't keep that 100% attach rate without bundles, it drops all the way to 80-85% this week. Still that was around what I was expecting if it maintains this type of attach rate during the holiday it could easily pass 3 million this year. The only question is which games will receive bundles during the holiday months when Switch stock will be at it's highest.
Metroid predictably didn't do too well, if it passes 40K next week it would be a miracle.
I totally didn't see Destiny 2 drop happening(in Japan or elsewhere), I personally expected it to do as well as the debut. It seems that Bungie didn't do enough to make old owners jump in. I don't know if this is an issue of not enough marketing or not enough incentives for old owners to buy the sequel yet. Perhaps it's a mix of both since in terms of critical reception it got a much higher score than the debut.
I think the positive thing out of this is that Japenese developers will continue to support it, because other markets get bigger.
I don't understand how a system that will probably sell 10m units is niche. Yeah PS4 is a mediocre performer for a system that has literally all the third party support but it still isn't niche.
It's a Metroid title on 3DS. I doubt Nintendo has big expectations and with something close to half million they will be more than happy. But this time west must carry its sales and that didnt happen so far with this year's 3DS releases. Who knows, maybe there is some hype of it outside of internet.Metroid will be carried by western markets, if any.
Japan is largely irrelevant for the series.
19./00. [NSW] Champion Jockey Special <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.09.14} (¥7.800) - 2.512 / NEW <20-40%>
27./00. [NSW] Winning Post 8 2017 <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.09.14} (¥7.800) - 1.774 / NEW <20-40%>
Surprisingly low sell-through ratio for those.
Everytime I see this.The discrepancy in Arms sales between Famitsu and M-C continues.
Therefore, the niche term refers mainly to how specialized a product is (how small is the audience the product is targeting to); this is, in turn, directly related to sales, but the equation niche=sales is wrong per se, and finding the threshold below which a product can be considered a niche one seems a silly argument.