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Media Create Sales: Week 47, 2015 (Nov 16 - Nov 22)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Clearly hinting at an antipodean release.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Woah, Battlefront did better than I expected. Star Wars should never be underestimated.
PS4 hardware is a bit lower than what I expected but the third parties are doing a great job of keeping the baseline up.
Atelier did best on PS4. PS3 pretty low. Interesting.
Animal Crossing...uh oh.
Splatoon, SMM and Minecraft still kicking.
X1 making moves.
PS4 hardware is a bit lower than what I expected but the third parties are doing a great job of keeping the baseline up.
Atelier did best on PS4. PS3 pretty low. Interesting.
Animal Crossing...uh oh.
Splatoon, SMM and Minecraft still kicking.
X1 making moves.
Animal Crossing bombing as it should, haha.
Splatoon is the game that matters this holiday, this is a garbage filler release. Everyone knows it.
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So, does no one else notice this? Or are we just not going to talk about it?
That's some brutal saturation, or the baseline is a lot lower than some believe it to be.
Splatoon is the game that matters this holiday, this is a garbage filler release. Everyone knows it.
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So, does no one else notice this? Or are we just not going to talk about it?
That's some brutal saturation, or the baseline is a lot lower than some believe it to be.
DaSorcerer7
Member
Poor Grand Kingdom 
DarkLordMalik
Member
This re-release has done well. Took me by surprise.
Bomb. Please explain?
This is not even a new game. It is year's old RPG bundled with the latest game and not exactly cheap either.
PS4 is shaping up to be the definitive console for JRPGs, even in Japan.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Is that a new game or just a port ?
Its the only console.
Nightengale
Member
It's an obvious no-brainer for Japan & Asia.
The real question is will Europe get it?
No need to even ask for North America, it won't.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Check bomba shelves for holiday season next weeks and if it's in there you'll know .
You know... I don't even know how to take this gif today! I blame it on being waayyy too early after a long night's work in the lab.
Factor in YSO's week 2 predictions, and you'll be finding this in bins in a few weeks.
So, I must conclude that 3DS isn't a console, but a slice of bread.
I know what you both mean, just wanted to make a silly joke
Europe will be glad if it even gets the game next year.
Still too much for that crap.
Kresnik258
Member
Should be the best-selling physical game by the end of the year then.
We in Europe won't get Persona 5 till 2017
It's just a 2 game in one pack. Those numbers seems reasonable.
When does Exist Archive come out? I want my Valkyrie Profile, but I've got the feeling this game will tank based on hearing nothing about it, and therefore won't get localised
Thanks
I have! One of the only 3 games I've backed via crowdfunding. I paid the surprisingly steep $15 postage fee as well.
Tizoc
Member
Will be interesting to see how well DQ Builders does in this case.
When does Exist Archive come out? I want my Valkyrie Profile, but I've got the feeling this game will tank based on hearing nothing about it, and therefore won't get localised
December 17.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Better support Indivisible!When does Exist Archive come out? I want my Valkyrie Profile, but I've got the feeling this game will tank based on hearing nothing about it, and therefore won't get localised
Monster Hunter X hype
Sammy Samusu
Member
3DS # | 35.724
It's coming...
It's coming...
Did the game have a bundle like in the West? In the case, was it Sony Online store exclusive or available nation-wide? Still, I was expecting a bit more, like 32-34,000 units sold.
SAO did around what I expected, slightly more actually, since it's just a repackaged bundle of the last two games. Atelier Shallie is bigger than what I anticipated overall. Bomba Grand Kingdom, though.
Battlefront? No, I don't think it did.
Retailers have high expectations for this game by the time the movie will be released.
We'll see if it works or not.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Splatoon slowly becoming a million seller.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
Wii U still up yoy
cool
Animal Crossing Amiibo Turd Bombed
Good
Battlefront did good but gave the ps4 pratically no boost(still great #'s though).
3ds is getting ready for MH again.
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Animal Crossing Amiibo Turd Bombed
Good
Battlefront did good but gave the ps4 pratically no boost(still great #'s though).
3ds is getting ready for MH again.
All they had is Dualshock4 bundle IIRC.
Microsoft has the best selling game in Japan tbh.
Thanks.
Even without the bundle, again, PS4 is slightly slower than what I was expecting.
Before I forget about it: pretty good debut for Star Wars, bigger than what I anticipated.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Are we expecting the 3DS to hit 20M this year?
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I think there's a limit that Western heavy hitter can do in Japanese market. Even a juggernaut like Minecraft the effect is rather slow-burn.
djplaeskool
Member
Omega Labyrinth (`・ω・´)
In my Vita as we speak
Kresnik258
Member
When does Exist Archive come out? I want my Valkyrie Profile, but I've got the feeling this game will tank based on hearing nothing about it, and therefore won't get localised
If Japanese sales were a bar for whether games got localized or not, we'd have never gotten things like Omega Quintet; Onechanbara Z2; Lost Dimension; Awakened Fate Ultimatum etc.
From what I've read, localization companies base their decisions on whether they see a potential market existing in the west or not (i.e. Lost Dimension may sell to SMT fans due to aesthetic, so Atlus picked it up).
The number in and of itself isn't the issue (even if its smaller than expectations) its the delta and the effect size, the latter is (much) less than 0.01 ratio. If you consider Battlefront to be a big release, then that means it had no effect on the outer market over the inner market. This can potentially mean you're approaching saturation, either on first person shooters or on western titles in general. Or, the effect size is made to look smaller than it is by a lower baseline that is obfuscating the delta.
To put it into perspective, MGSV had an effect size of ~0.063.
BLOPSIII was ~0.07.
For people that want to buy the console or still dont have the game it really is. I'm not saying that there is another game that will drive consoles, but for people that already have both, nothing is stoping them from getting more games and since animal crossing doesnt seem like a good game, people may get Taiko instead (much better choice in my opinion). Every Taiko seems to do worse than the last, but the last Taiko on Wii, which released against nothing from nintendo to compete, sold much better than its predecessors. Taiko 3 might sell better than Taiko 2 due to nintendo inability this holiday.