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Media Create Sales: Week 38, 2015 (Sep 14 - Sep 20)
- Thread starter hiska-kun
- Start date
September 2014
The pricedrop should do at least that much, right?
A price drop won't help if there's no demand in the first place.
Well, I suppose he was refering a high pricecut aka 10,000 or 20,000 yen. Yeah, it's kinda ridiculous, but I'm pretty sure, at least, someone would buy it for that reason.
DarkLordMalik
Member
I don't understand why people are trying to say Revelations 2 wasn't as big of a success just because it had an episodic release. So TellTale Games are all a failure just because people can download the first episode and ignore the rest? It won't make any sense.
The story in Revelations 2 ties in nicely to each of the subsequent episodes. Once we end it, we usually get a kickass trailer showing some of the events from the upcoming episode. Unless people really hate the first episode, I don't get this logic of just purchasing one episode when the game was priced really reasonably as well.
FWIW, here is what Capcom said about Revelations 2 in their fiscal report ending March 31st.
And they were happy with the sales as of June 30th.
Now we all know that Remake sold 1 million as of June 30th so Revelations 2 selling 1.4 million in such short amount of time is impressive to me. There is no way a hypothetical Handheld + Console version would have sold more, since it is no 2012 anymore. The popularity of the series also took a nose dive after the release of RE 6.
I asked a question, and at no point did I call it a failure (questioning how successful a product is/was and how the numbers are achieved in the reporting is not calling a product a failure). Nor did I at any point ask for a strawman to be built.
Thank you for providing no answer but instead providing a strawman.
Nope, was referring to the Oct 1st 5,000yen drop. Wasn't aware of how insignificant it would be. Nothing on the horizon looks big enough to bump it into the thousands then.
DarkLordMalik
Member
The answer is right there.
Which reads to me as they count all purchases including Episodes. Doesn't make it any less impressive since the 1.4 million figure covers 3 months.
Ahh, I missed that part, apologies.
But I don't find that impressive, mind I don't find it to be bad either. I'd be interested in the episodic retention as it tells us a lot about how consumers saw the product overall.
Moor-Angol
Banned
Nintendo should be proud of that
Pennywise83
Banned
New entry in the COMGnet chart:
[3DS]プリパラ　めざせ!アイドル☆グランプリNo.1! - 15pt
This is the PriPara game which is also charting on Amazon; translated title should be PriPara Mezase! Idol * Grand Prix No.1!. It's releasing on October 22nd, so in about a month.
PriPara is basically an arcade game (developed by syn Sophia, the same team behind Girls Mode / Style Savvy / Style Boutique) turned into a multi-media franchise with an anime, a manga and two movies; the last movie is releasing on October 24th, so it might help the sales of the game.
The first PriPara game on 3DS was a cross-over with Pretty Rhythm, which was basically the previous arcade IP Takara Tomy had for the same target (i.e. young girls). That one was released in March and went to sell around 20.000 units - the new PriPara can aim at higher numbers, given it's releasing just before the holidays and has a movie.
[3DS]プリパラ　めざせ!アイドル☆グランプリNo.1! - 15pt
This is the PriPara game which is also charting on Amazon; translated title should be PriPara Mezase! Idol * Grand Prix No.1!. It's releasing on October 22nd, so in about a month.
PriPara is basically an arcade game (developed by syn Sophia, the same team behind Girls Mode / Style Savvy / Style Boutique) turned into a multi-media franchise with an anime, a manga and two movies; the last movie is releasing on October 24th, so it might help the sales of the game.
The first PriPara game on 3DS was a cross-over with Pretty Rhythm, which was basically the previous arcade IP Takara Tomy had for the same target (i.e. young girls). That one was released in March and went to sell around 20.000 units - the new PriPara can aim at higher numbers, given it's releasing just before the holidays and has a movie.
Moor-Angol
Banned
FYI it's already a week on COMG chart
Pennywise83
Banned
Yes, this week's new entry. It entered with 11points.
Hero of Legend
Member
What happened with Takara Tomy anyway? All they've made during the last few years are the Pretty Rhythm and PriPara games for girls at 3DS retail, and the occasional F2P games on the 3DS eShop aimed at boys IIRC, all of these are based on arcade games of sorts.
This is the same company that last gen specialized in Nintendo platform Naruto games (mainly the Clash of Ninja games by 8ing), and after Naruto 3D: The New Era (which never came to NA, looked awful and I think it was), they just did a major refocus. Shame since they made cool stuff and certainly had ambition in the console market, like trying to reboot Toshinden (though no so well) on Wii and even made a MH clone with Nano Divers on PSP.
Any insight on why this happened or just "because"? I guess they just didn't have much success and had to find something new.
They also rebranded themselves at Takara Tomy Arts (or shortened to T-ARTS on some occasions), what's up with that?
Also worth noting they have NO game site anymore, all games just have their own site but none are collected anywhere on their site from what I've seen.
They DO however occasionally license out their IPs, like Beast Saga on 3DS by Nippon Columbia (developed by Tabot) and that Azito x Tatsunoko Legends game on XBO by Hamster.
This is the same company that last gen specialized in Nintendo platform Naruto games (mainly the Clash of Ninja games by 8ing), and after Naruto 3D: The New Era (which never came to NA, looked awful and I think it was), they just did a major refocus. Shame since they made cool stuff and certainly had ambition in the console market, like trying to reboot Toshinden (though no so well) on Wii and even made a MH clone with Nano Divers on PSP.
Any insight on why this happened or just "because"? I guess they just didn't have much success and had to find something new.
They also rebranded themselves at Takara Tomy Arts (or shortened to T-ARTS on some occasions), what's up with that?
Also worth noting they have NO game site anymore, all games just have their own site but none are collected anywhere on their site from what I've seen.
They DO however occasionally license out their IPs, like Beast Saga on 3DS by Nippon Columbia (developed by Tabot) and that Azito x Tatsunoko Legends game on XBO by Hamster.
BishopLamont
Banned
splatoon wrecked their plans
To be fair, on Chartz i wanted beat a record about those thread, i knew many of those were absolutely ridiculus.
Not gonna happen again here. xD
Pennywise83
Banned
They probably refocused as a toy and merchandising company? They're doing a lot of licensing with Disney and Nintendo as well. Their website has games but each one is in a specific section (e.g. 3DS PriPara is under the arcade section).
And getting up for snack world?
Hero of Legend
Member
It's generally on track, with the exception of the giant anomalous entry from 2007.
https://sites.google.com/site/japanltdrank/
That said, I wouldn't be shocked if it ends up lower than the others given the recent LTD trajectory.
Gates to Infinity is a little bit higher at Famitsu and higher at Media Create.
Famitsu
2012 CY {2011.12.26 - 2012.12.30} 024. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.11.23} (¥4.800) - 337.999 / 337.999
2013 CY {2012.12.31 - 2013.12.29} 139. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.11.23} (¥4.800) - 65.970 / 403.969
Media Create
2012 CY {2012.01.02 - 2012.12.30} 019. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.11.23} (¥4.800) - 373.699 / 373.699
2013 CY {2012.12.31 - 2013.12.29} 101. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.11.23} (¥4.800) - 95.001 / 468.699
2014 CY {2013.12.30 - 2014.12.28} 627. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.11.23} (¥4.800) - 4.482 / 473.181
Pennywise83
Banned
Umm, they always were a toy and merchandise company.
That's why I said they refocused
they are primarily a toy & merchandise company while before they have at least a sizeable division producing video games for dedicated devices. Of course it's just a guess on my side.DarkLordMalik
Member
The latest from Sony on Vita's successor.
The latest from Sony on Vita's successor.
Here is an exclusive look at Sony's prototype next generation portable-
But he didn't rule out a Vita-3000---
The latest from Sony on Vita's successor.
Right? Right? I know I'm right.
Xperia Z6 should happen.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
Because price drop in two weeks.
I expect only a little sales boost after price drop for PS4, probably about the difference between this and next week sales to usual PS4 sales.
I expect around 40,000 PS4 sold during the pricedrop week.
Then, should back to sell 18/20k until new new games release.
No.
Do you think it will be higher or lower than the Xbox One baseline?
A huge failure just like how Wii U did? Considering how it is the succesor of PSP, i dont think there are any other word that failure for Vita here.
The software sales number is also not so good on handheld front. There is a reason why Sony won't make another Vita here.
Here is an exclusive look at Sony's prototype next generation portable-
Welp. Here it is. Sony killing the Vita with all their power lol.
? Of course there is a competitor for Nintendo here. Everyone remember about MOBILE?^_^
And this time, Nintendo is going to face their biggest nightmare as this time it will be 40-60$ high quality game vs Free to play game. It is totally a different ball park now.
Eolz
Member
Some people on this very forum still think it'd be a good move to release a mainline Monster Hunter on Vita.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I don't think so. MGS has been a very stable franchise.
As far as dedicated handhelds go, Nintendo will be the only entrant, with everyone else focusing on mobile.
The market has spoken and even for the king things are not especially healthy.
Doesn't the Bloodborne promotion end on October 1st?
Do they also go to Gamemaya?
Eolz
Member
lol
It was supposed to last until September and it's obvious now it was a test for the incoming price drop.
Right, which is why I suspect the baseline won't move by much after the renormalization. The reception was there but it also wasn't lighting the world on fire and in the off-weeks was slipping back down to <15k.
I have the same fear as well. I do think this price drop will have a small boost at the beginning but I'm struggling to see the PS4 doing notably better this holiday than it did last year.
Will be interesting to watch.
Is important to mention last year PS4 got the Dragon Quest bundle, and the PS4 sales rise to nearly 70,000 in a week...
I think PS4 will sell way better than last year this November, but in December i don't expect a massive increase.
PS4 should still end the year with 1,250,000, which is not bad.
I think PS4 will sell way better than last year this November, but in December i don't expect a massive increase.
PS4 should still end the year with 1,250,000, which is not bad.
At first, I fear the dominated market by only nintendo handheld
then I realise they must fight with the mighty mobile
I don't recall who it was, but one of our regulars, made the mention of how the price drop seems totally pointless in light of the holiday line-up (and that was before the P5 delay).
Price has obviously been an issue but, as Chris mentions, the litmus test on the free Bloodborne wasn't tipping the scales very far (which, still, isn't that surprising as it is a specific title rather than a general 5,000￥ drop, which is itself less than the price of Bloodborne, lol), and when the off-weeks hit the slide was apparent.
It did help raise the baseline, though, and the price drop will, no doubt, at least renormalize to 15-18k...