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Kingdom Hearts III ships 5 million units
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I think each company has different rules. Usually publisher will ship to distributor who is the middle man between publisher and each retail shop ( unless they are the big one like GameStop ). So there can be different arrangement amongs then. Either buy it all and the retail eat the cost of unsold copy or they can sell it back with certain condition. That is also how the retail can do very cheap discount later if the game don't sell.
The publisher is not necessarily needed to care about sell through because usually they will already earn from the shipment. But if their game get massively overship and hard to sell then it could affect their next game. Either the same series or the same company. So for sure they will have to keep an eye on their game performance.
All of this problem can go away with digits only :)
Franchise wise yes. Per releases wise. It has a good chance to outsell FFXV.
Does square give out platform splits? Curious what the split is for North America as the PS4 version accounted for 82% of sales in the UK.
Firstly, source your figures.
3.1mil sold first 3 days
https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/3/17314880/god-of-war-ps4-sales-record
Tops 5 mil in one month
https://sea.ign.com/m/god-of-war-1/135920/news/god-of-war-sales-top-5-million-in-the-first-month
Secondly your historical comparative is bollocks when it has been repeatedly mentioned in the thread this is a series high figure. Why are you even comparing it to GOW for? one is multiplat and the other is exclusive, etc.
Kingdom Hearts was always top 3 in SE along DQ and FF. Franchise wise it'll be a bit difficult to reach the 76 million of DQ and 142 million of FF with its now 30 million since those two also sell millions per game many times but who knows. Otherwise, in the west, Kingdom Hearts is only behind FF in sales and popularity. In Japan, it's behind FF and DQ. That's basically it.
In fairness, reception to KH2 changed a lot with Final Mix, which fixed a ton of the gameplay complaints some folks had.
Definitely happy for them. With Disney's backing this time around, I figured it was set for success. FFXV is almost at 9 million. It's the second best selling FF under VII now. So with XV and now KH3, they have two multi-million sellers this generation from their two main franchises.
The next big game is Avengers. I'm curious if it'll sell just as much because of Marvel's involvement.
The next big game is Avengers. I'm curious if it'll sell just as much because of Marvel's involvement.
Not really. FFXV is almost at 9 million now and is the second best selling FF now under VII, it passed VIII & X. FF has a bigger worldwide appeal than KH so I can't see KH3 nearing that 10 million. But in the end, it still went over 5 million so it doesn't really matter.
Depending on how it's received it could be SE's biggest game yet. People are starving for a big quality Avengers experience.
Sure.
3rd after Tomb Raider
In the RE v KH3 i said 6-7 million lifetime is possibile, 10 million? Probably, after MHW breakout success selling 11.9 million copies, everything is possibile at this point.
They have 3 multimillion major games.
Rise of the Tomb Raider, FF XV and KH3.
10 million on base SKU only is a stretch. I mean after re-release and maybe special edition ( btw is FFXV number include PC release ).
Nice!
I'm going to get it eventually .. I just have a rather large task ahead of me first.
I'm quite far into KH1 now for the first time and I'm finding my self liking it very much.
The camera is a bit janky but I'm actually fine with it as the "lock-on" negates quite a bit of the jankyness when fighting.
And I find I am enjoying the story. I was a bit afraid it would be too far out.
I'm going to get it eventually .. I just have a rather large task ahead of me first.
I'm quite far into KH1 now for the first time and I'm finding my self liking it very much.
The camera is a bit janky but I'm actually fine with it as the "lock-on" negates quite a bit of the jankyness when fighting.
And I find I am enjoying the story. I was a bit afraid it would be too far out.
Great news, I'll personally wait for Critical Mode and DLC, but from what I've seen the game is fantastic, can't wait to play it.
It has to be a satire. That's worse than any Braaier take I've seen on this forum.
Amazing. It's worth it even if just for those incredible last 2-3 hours.
The perfect loveletter for the fans.
The perfect loveletter for the fans.
Amazing sales! Threads like these always have people pedling bullcrap
FFXV did not have tons of unsold copies from day 1 shipment apart from maybe in japan. Worldwide it went from 5 mill to 6.5 mill to 8 mill in shipments. So puh lease
KH3 should break 8-9 mill for sure
FFXV did not have tons of unsold copies from day 1 shipment apart from maybe in japan. Worldwide it went from 5 mill to 6.5 mill to 8 mill in shipments. So puh lease
KH3 should break 8-9 mill for sure
45 dollar sold price to retailers
45*5m= 225m
About five years development: -50-60 million?
50% revenue/profits to disney: -117,5m?
-Royalties on voice actors, skrillex and Utada: -10m?
-Unreal engine royalties: -5% profits? 10m?
-Marketing and promotion costs: -20 at 30m?
So its 225m-117,5-60m-20m-30m= Wait that it's actually total lose of -2,5 million
It never stated like in ffxv that it sell enough for the development cost.
Also FFXIV and Gacha ffbe earns way more in less times.
45*5m= 225m
About five years development: -50-60 million?
50% revenue/profits to disney: -117,5m?
-Royalties on voice actors, skrillex and Utada: -10m?
-Unreal engine royalties: -5% profits? 10m?
-Marketing and promotion costs: -20 at 30m?
So its 225m-117,5-60m-20m-30m= Wait that it's actually total lose of -2,5 million
It never stated like in ffxv that it sell enough for the development cost.
Also FFXIV and Gacha ffbe earns way more in less times.
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Kingdom Hearts 3 is the game I didn't know I needed.
There are so many moments of charm and warmth I can't help but get a little emotional while playing sometimes. I'm surprised how much it exceeded my high expectations when I was almost sure it would disappoint me. For me, the game is almost perfect, which is something I never think. I still can't believe we're playing KH3.
There are so many moments of charm and warmth I can't help but get a little emotional while playing sometimes. I'm surprised how much it exceeded my high expectations when I was almost sure it would disappoint me. For me, the game is almost perfect, which is something I never think. I still can't believe we're playing KH3.
That's some ultra random calculations based on nothing, especially the "50% for Disney just because" (even if it makes Square loses money, yeah that seems wise Square probably would sign for that)
Great success anyway, should leg it to a couple millions more.
In first month, Kh2 sell 1m in Us and 1m in japan
Lifetime: 4m
Completely destroys it haha. This is more than KH2 lifetime haha
This is a bigger number than FFXV isn't it?
What are the sales of KH games? I have no idea. I assume the best selling until now was KH2, yes?
What are the sales of KH games? I have no idea. I assume the best selling until now was KH2, yes?
If I only played the first one (remastered) and wasn't all that crazy about it, is it still worth trying out 3 anyway? I'm kinda getting won over by some of these gifs.