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[Aquamarine]

Where did 4 days come from? It came out on the 15th on Saturday, three days at most!

Anyway, we don't know if all 2 million will show on MC and Famitsu this week, for one thing it depends on when they stopped tracking for the week (end of Sunday?), and if that also includes eShop downloads (Famitsu does track retail bought download cards IIRC).

Monster Hunter 4 was released on September 14th.
So 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th (in Japan) <- Press release on the 4th day

This upcoming week will track September 9th through September 15th.
So, the figures in Media Create / Famitsu / Dengeki will be for two days of sellthrough.

Monster Hunter 4 has shipped two million units at launch.

As I argued in the Media Create thread, there is no reason not to believe these figures are concerning retail shipments and digital (eShop) sell-through. It only makes the most sense when you think about the fact that Capcom wants to brag about the highest number it can, and it follows precedent.

 

[Hero of Legend]

He was joking, so was I :O.

http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=82090109&postcount=1007

Ahh, I remember that now. XD Thanks.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

well at least we have a number to go with those giant amounts of photos of people waiting in lines

 

[Zenaku]

I honestly wasn't sure. It was the reason Capcom gave for not releasing Ace Attorney 5 in Japan digitally.

AA5 has been on the eShop since day 1. I have it on my 3DS.

 

[cafemomo]

Oh my god

 

[majik13]

holy shit indeed, do we know 3ds sales yet for the period as well? sorry havent read the thread

 

[Aquamarine]

holy shit indeed, do we know 3ds sales yet for the period as well? sorry havent read the thread

Sales information regarding the 3DS during Monster Hunter 4's launch will come out Wednesday, September 18th at approximately 9:00 AM EDT (when Media Create / Famitsu's figures come out).

 

[Zarovitch]

Then a WiiU version for 1 more sales
Anyway i'm not done with Monster Hunter 3 U.

 

[Nathan_Drake]

CREAM, Dolla dolla bills y'all.

Should have been first comment.

METHOD man METHOD man

 

[Tenbatsu]

I bet they are starting the development for MH4G already

 

[Currygan]

mother of god.gif

is that a record?

 

[Shiggie]

Got damn! Pokemon will beat it tho.

 

[FreedomFighter]

mother of god.gif

is that a record?

Nope. Pokemon.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Does that mean MH4 shipped more in 4 days than Vita has sold life-time in Japan? Because goddamn if true.

 

[demosthenes]

I can't believe Sony did not money hat this. God damn at those sales.

 

[FreedomFighter]

Does that mean MH4 shipped more in 4 days than Vita has sold life-time in Japan? Because goddamn if true.

Not shipped... SOLD.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Does that mean MH4 shipped more in 4 days than Vita has sold life-time in Japan? Because goddamn if true.

Yes.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Not shipped... SOLD.

So the 2 million is retail sales + eshop sales, or is it shipped retail units + eshop sales?

Yes.

Goddamn.

 

[izzyizzyizzy]

This is crazy! Any guesses at what the lifetime sales will be?

 

[w1gglyjones]

Lost Planet 3 successfully subsidized. Good work, Capcom.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

So the 2 million is retail sales + eshop sales, or is it shipped retail units + eshop sales?

Good question, I am not sure.

I am guessing retail + eshop, but I could be wrong.

 

[vinnygambini]

Not related.

Hey Aquarine, I know it's not related to MH4 but a longtime ago you asked if Nintendo owned shares Namco Bandai as they had previously invested in them prior to the merger. I contacted Investor Relations at Nintendo and they confirmed the following:

Nintendo owns 1.73% of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings' shares as of March 31, 2013.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

This is crazy! Any guesses at what the lifetime sales will be?

3.8 Million.

I honestly don't have a scientific basis since I am not sure what the "legs" of the game is. It would be much easier to do a predictive total analysis after a couple of weeks.

 

[OryoN]

idiots if they dont make a Wii U version of some sort.

Making it extremely late doesn't count either. MH3 didn't do much for Wii U. There's not much incentive for Capcom, but if Nintendo were really serious, they could have tried to get some deal($) going with Capcom for simultaneous cross-platform development, even assigning some team members to help take on the burden. I still have a feeling we'll see it, but way too late to matter.

 

[Immaculate]

This is crazy! Any guesses at what the lifetime sales will be?

4 millions would be my guess. Maybe a little higher. MH games have really long legs

 

[cafemomo]

Nintendo owns 1.73% of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings' shares as of March 31, 2013.

Any reason why they are still holding into those?

Also, does Nintendo have any sort of investment in Capcom?


I know Sony owns like ~5-9% or so of Squeenix

 

[StreetsAhead]

Making it extremely late doesn't count either. MH3 didn't do much for Wii U. There's not much incentive for Capcom, but if Nintendo were really serious, they could have tried to get some deal($) going with Capcom for simultaneous cross-platform development, even assigning some team members to help take on the burden. I still have a feeling we'll see it, but way too late to matter.

Isn't 3GHD still the 3rd highest selling game on Wii U in Japan?

That was a port of a port of an enhanced version of an original game, no?

 

[Ridley327]

I bet they are starting the development for MH4G already

They're gonna need a 4 GB game card to add more monsters.

BRING IT ON

 

[Pennies & Nickels]

Does anyone remember what MHP3 opened at?

 

[w1gglyjones]

Any reason why they are still holding into those?

Nintendo actually agreed to buy them outright a few years ago but the government wouldn't let the sale go forward.

 

[CrackPebbles]

That's great to hear! Hopefully some word on localizing it within the coming months.

 

[cafemomo]

Nintendo actually agreed to buy them outright a few years ago but the government wouldn't let the sale go forward.

Hm, didn't know that. That's very interesting.

 

[Berordn]

idiots if they dont make a Wii U version of some sort.

While they're at it they should make a Vita version so we can sink those ships for good.

 

[Codeblue]

Nintendo actually agreed to buy them outright a few years ago but the government wouldn't let the sale go forward.

Hadn't heard this. That certainly would have been something.

 

[Immaculate]

Does anyone remember what MHP3 opened at?

MHP3 in its first five days
01. / 00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {01/12/10} - 1.950.717 / NEW

digital version didn't come out till july

 

[FreedomFighter]

While they're at it they should make a Vita version so we can sink those ships for good.

Gotta let it go, man.

Wii U version will happen though.

 

[Bulzeeb]

MHP3 in its first five days
01. / 00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {01/12/10} - 1.950.717 / NEW

so we have a new record?

 

[vinnygambini]

Any reason why they are still holding into those?

Also, does Nintendo have any sort of investment in Capcom?


I know Sony owns like ~5-9% or so of Squeenix

Yes Sony does indeed own 8.25% of Square Enix. They owned a greater amount of Square prior to the merger.

Namco-Bandai does give a healthy dividend. As to why Nintendo keeps their investment? Your guess is as good as mine but there is no reason to sell their Namco-Bandai shares. It is a profitable business and its share price has significantly gained value during the last 3 years. Longterm investment maybe?.

And no investment in Capcom.

 

[FreedomFighter]

MHP3 in its first five days
01. / 00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {01/12/10} - 1.950.717 / NEW

digital version didn't come out till july

MH4 retail copied will be a good deal lower than that because of how well it's doing digitally. But combined, it seems to have beaten MHP3rd's 1st week.

 

[guek]

Nintendo actually agreed to buy them outright a few years ago but the government wouldn't let the sale go forward.

Why?

 

[jeremy1456]

Capcom made the right choice, good for them.

 

[Immaculate]

so we have a new record?

it seems so if we count digital sales of MH4

 

[FreedomFighter]

it seems so if we count digital sales of MH4

Why wouldn't we count digital sales?

 

[w1gglyjones]

Why?

iunno

http://www.gamespot.com/news/nintendo-bid-to-buy-bandai-back-on-front-burner-6083620

edit: it might not have been the government against it... but i did read that somewhere. no source though, unfortunately. sorry.

 

[Immaculate]

Why wouldn't we count digital sales?

without digital sales MH4 would(probably since we don't know if these numbers right now include digital sales) have a lower opening then MHP3

all copies of MHP3 were physical retail copies. mhp3 wasn't on psn until 6 months after release iirc

 

[Road]

so we have a new record?

Not necessarily.

You're comparing shipments with sales to consumers.

 

[hongcha]

Does that mean MH4 shipped more in 4 days than Vita has sold life-time in Japan?

Yep, and it's also double the amount of Wii Us sold in Japan to date.

 

[jeremy1456]

without digital sales MH4 would(probably since we don't know if these numbers right now include digital sales) have a lower opening then MHP3

all copies of MHP3 were physical retail copies. mhp3 wasn't on psn until 6 months after release iirc

The question was why should digital sales not be counted.

 

[FreedomFighter]

without digital sales MH4 would(probably since we don't know if these numbers right now include digital sales) have a lower opening then MHP3

all copies of MHP3 were physical retail copies. mhp3 wasn't on psn until 6 months after release iirc

PSP had a +4mil installed based too. So it evens out.

 

[cafemomo]

Yes Sony does indeed own 8.25% of Square Enix. They owned a greater amount of Square prior to the merger.

Namco-Bandai does give a healthy dividend. As to why Nintendo keeps their investment? Your guess is as good as mine but there is no reason to sell their Namco-Bandai shares. It is a profitable business and its share price has significantly gained value during the last 3 years. Longterm investment maybe?.

And no investment in Capcom.

interesting.

Does Ninty own shares for other game companies?