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Media Create Sales: Week 5, 2019 (Jan 28 - Feb 03)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Splatoon 2 will reach 3 million first, then Smash Bros. Ultimate 2nd.
They don't have any. They rely on moderately budgeted games, that what I'm talking about. What was the last Bamco game with huge budget?
And what does it even mean by "lead release"? This is the first time I've heard of this term. Does being a "lead release" means you have to sell a certain amount of copies? What amount is that?
Also Japan is not the main target of AC, so I don't know why you are so obsessed with Japanese sales (which is not bad at all).
And whatever AAA means by your definition, the point is AC7 doesn't have nearly enough budget as your typical western AAA title. Technology wise there's nothing particularly impressive about it, it's not like Bamco spend money on a new engine or anything. And as I mentioned before, the amount of asset and animation, which is usually the lionshare of work in game development, is on the low side.
The whole "AC7 bombed" narrative is completely groudless so far and I'm not going to entertain the idea any further.
The nature of the source allows for a good range of wiggle-room, but the results are still going to be very lopsided. There are a few assumptions being made, particularly about Nintendo digital timescale, that could open January's digital sales quite a bit. Still, by the end of December, Smash Bros wasn't the reigning #1 game on the Japanese eshop. That Cat game and NSMBDX have both consistently beaten Smash since their launches, and even MK8DX did while on sale. So if Smash really sold 200k+ in January according to Famitsu, then those other games games need to have done so, too. Don't hold your breathe.
That would require about a 3% increase over 2018. I can definitely see that happening.
His numbers in this case are generally accurate and are not counting digital. It's close enough from what we know. He just REALLY REALLY REALLY needs to show his work.
The PS4 had a busy Feb last year (DW9, SAO, SoM, etc...). But I don't think Bayonetta's 21k debut did all that much heavy lifting. The PS4 won't keep up with last year, but I don't see why the Switch wouldn't behave all that differently.
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Sorry if I'm derailing the thread, but Blazblue central fiction is releasing tomorrow, will there be physical release worldwide, or is it Japan only?
You reckon? I think Smash has the edge, might hit it just under 10, and Splatoon might fall short a few units. If Smash keeps decreasing by less than 10% every week, and the latter remains flat.
Next week, should the effect of the bundles dilute, will be very telling.
Splatoon support ends in less than half a year. Smash has a year worth of dlc and press that comes from it
Has Nintendo ever done a « deluxe » version of a game before? (Not counting ports/remasters, just straight up rereleases)
Only two I can think of are: Snipperclips Plus (Snipperclips+DLC) and NES Remix+ (NES remix 1+2). But both of those started their lives as digital titles.
Right, they were the first physical release.
I was thinking along the lines of GOTY editions with all DLC.
I guess Nintendo never really had to do it since well.. the games sell for freaking forever.
Maybe Mario+Luigi U on WiiU?
Not sure, but my gut is telling me that is a NoA NoE exclusive.
I really hope them not posting hardware is just a temporary thing... what other information have they stopped posting?
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Famitsu Sales: Week 5, 2019 (Jan 28 - Feb 03)
01./01. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.01.25} (¥8.800) - 81.795 / 722.201 <80-100%> (-87%)
02./02. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 # <ADV> (Capcom) {2019.01.25} (¥7.800) - 58.755 / 324.079 <80-100%> (-78%)
03./03. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe <New Super Mario Bros. U \ New Super Luigi U> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) - 45.030 / 381.469 <80-100%> (-20%)
04./04. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 33.170 / 2.807.917 <80-100%> (-10%)
05./00. [PS4] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 17.385 / NEW <60-80%>
06./09. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) - 17.312 / 1.383.761 <80-100%> (+95%)
07./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 12.465 / 2.152.649 <80-100%> (+17%)
08./06. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 11.725 / 923.152 <80-100%> (-6%)
09./05. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown # <STG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.17} (¥7.600) - 10.481 / 194.685 <80-100%> (-58%)
10./08. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 9.597 / 621.610 <80-100%> (-5%)
11./10. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts \ Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories> \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts II \ Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ \ Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep>> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) - 8.884 / 260.988 <80-100%> (+3%)
12./00. [NSW] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 8.006 / NEW <60-80%>
13./11. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 7.616 / 2.960.927 <80-100%> (-3%)
14./13. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 5.829 / 1.226.383 <80-100%> (+9%)
15./12. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 <ADV> (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) - 4.822 / 239.011 <80-100%> (-27%)
16./00. [NSW] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star Link <ACT> (Marvelous) {2019.01.31} (¥7.980) - 4.491 / NEW <40-60%>
17./00. [PS4] Robotics;Notes Dash <ADV> (5pb.) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 4.360 / NEW <40-60%>
18./00. [PSV] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥6.800) - 4.044 / NEW <60-80%>
19./00. [NSW] Dragon Marked For Death # <RPG> (Inti Creates) {2019.01.31} (¥5.537) - 3.991 / NEW <60-80%>
20./19. [NSW] Fitness Boxing <HOB> (Imagineer) {2018.12.20} (¥5.800) - 3.550 / 18.296 <60-80%> (+15%)
21./18. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue <Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD \ Kingdom Hearts χ: Back Cover \ Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.01.12} (¥6.800) - 3.174 / 215.842 <80-100%> (+0%)
22./14. [PS4] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.11} (¥5.700) - 2.934 / 54.274 <80-100%> (-43%)
23./16. [PS4] PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds <ACT> (PUBG Corporation) {2019.01.17} (¥3.056) - 2.915 / 13.378 <60-80%> (-22%)
24./00. [NSW] Robotics;Notes Dash <ADV> (5pb.) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 2.834 / NEW <40-60%>
25./17. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 <ADV> (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) - 2.722 / 214.026 <80-100%> (-27%)
26./15. [PS4] Yakuza 4 <ADV> (Sega) {2019.01.17} (¥3.990) - 2.641 / 25.718 <60-80%> (-47%)
27./00. [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ: Deluxe Edition <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.31} (¥6.100) - 2.623 / NEW <20-40%>
28./23. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) - 2.615 / 1.932.031 <80-100%> (+3%)
29./27. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) - 2.593 / 688.252 <80-100%> (+27%)
30./00. [PS4] Conception Plus: Please Have My Children! <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2019.01.31} (¥5.980) - 2.361 / NEW <20-40%>
Top 30
NSW - 16
PS4 - 13
PSV - 1
01./01. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.01.25} (¥8.800) - 81.795 / 722.201 <80-100%> (-87%)
02./02. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 # <ADV> (Capcom) {2019.01.25} (¥7.800) - 58.755 / 324.079 <80-100%> (-78%)
03./03. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe <New Super Mario Bros. U \ New Super Luigi U> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) - 45.030 / 381.469 <80-100%> (-20%)
04./04. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 33.170 / 2.807.917 <80-100%> (-10%)
05./00. [PS4] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 17.385 / NEW <60-80%>
06./09. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) - 17.312 / 1.383.761 <80-100%> (+95%)
07./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 12.465 / 2.152.649 <80-100%> (+17%)
08./06. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 11.725 / 923.152 <80-100%> (-6%)
09./05. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown # <STG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.17} (¥7.600) - 10.481 / 194.685 <80-100%> (-58%)
10./08. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 9.597 / 621.610 <80-100%> (-5%)
11./10. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts \ Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories> \ Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX <Kingdom Hearts II \ Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ \ Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep>> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} (¥6.800) - 8.884 / 260.988 <80-100%> (+3%)
12./00. [NSW] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 8.006 / NEW <60-80%>
13./11. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 7.616 / 2.960.927 <80-100%> (-3%)
14./13. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 5.829 / 1.226.383 <80-100%> (+9%)
15./12. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 <ADV> (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) - 4.822 / 239.011 <80-100%> (-27%)
16./00. [NSW] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star Link <ACT> (Marvelous) {2019.01.31} (¥7.980) - 4.491 / NEW <40-60%>
17./00. [PS4] Robotics;Notes Dash <ADV> (5pb.) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 4.360 / NEW <40-60%>
18./00. [PSV] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2019.01.31} (¥6.800) - 4.044 / NEW <60-80%>
19./00. [NSW] Dragon Marked For Death # <RPG> (Inti Creates) {2019.01.31} (¥5.537) - 3.991 / NEW <60-80%>
20./19. [NSW] Fitness Boxing <HOB> (Imagineer) {2018.12.20} (¥5.800) - 3.550 / 18.296 <60-80%> (+15%)
21./18. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue <Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD \ Kingdom Hearts χ: Back Cover \ Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage> <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.01.12} (¥6.800) - 3.174 / 215.842 <80-100%> (+0%)
22./14. [PS4] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.11} (¥5.700) - 2.934 / 54.274 <80-100%> (-43%)
23./16. [PS4] PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds <ACT> (PUBG Corporation) {2019.01.17} (¥3.056) - 2.915 / 13.378 <60-80%> (-22%)
24./00. [NSW] Robotics;Notes Dash <ADV> (5pb.) {2019.01.31} (¥7.800) - 2.834 / NEW <40-60%>
25./17. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 <ADV> (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} (¥7.800) - 2.722 / 214.026 <80-100%> (-27%)
26./15. [PS4] Yakuza 4 <ADV> (Sega) {2019.01.17} (¥3.990) - 2.641 / 25.718 <60-80%> (-47%)
27./00. [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ: Deluxe Edition <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.01.31} (¥6.100) - 2.623 / NEW <20-40%>
28./23. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) - 2.615 / 1.932.031 <80-100%> (+3%)
29./27. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) - 2.593 / 688.252 <80-100%> (+27%)
30./00. [PS4] Conception Plus: Please Have My Children! <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2019.01.31} (¥5.980) - 2.361 / NEW <20-40%>
Top 30
NSW - 16
PS4 - 13
PSV - 1
Nelke is a spin-off game that doesn't have the core gameplay of the series and the appeal seems to mostly be about seeing all the characters from past games interact with each other. it doesn't seem at all suited for newcomers, I'm not even interested in it myself despite being a fan because it isn't a proper game and looks pretty thin.
Lulua is the new mainline game, out in a couple months, that one should be more telling as to how the series is doing.
I could be changing, but in my experience, single-player RPGs in popular series are usually bought physically. For 2 reasons:
1. For players who finish them quickly they can get most of their money back reselling (which is one reason RPG games loose legs quickly, so many used copies). I have a friend who does this for almost any big RPG release. He sometimes buys them back down the line when they are dirt cheap.
2. Hardcore fans also don't often buy digitally in beloved series because they like to collect and display their full ____series collection. They have been waiting a long time for the next game in the series and it's not ever leaving their shelf. (this is admittedly me).
Again it might be changing but I have 7 co-workers who bought Kingdom Hearts 3 and none of them bought it digitally. 5 of those same people bought MHW and 3 of them bought it digitally. I know that is only one anecdote and meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but based on my experience, I would be very surprised of KH3 was at 1,000,000 now. I also think SE would have said something if it was.
I wonder whether this game will keep selling like this for months.
"You know, Ellie, we really are the Media Create thread."
Project Highrise: Architect's Edition out on April 25th in Japan, another bomba game for Golden Week.
https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201902070037/
https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201902070037/
What!?
How the mighty Superior Tracker (tm) has fallen.
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I really hope the game does well for NIS. It's not their usual fare and it looks very charming.
Good Bye Famisu HW you will be missed.
But since MC is superior Tracker anyway, no data is better than bad data.
But since MC is superior Tracker anyway, no data is better than bad data.
Don't really want to bring that up anymore but I went back and reread everything and saw no mention of western sales.
Also, anecdotically, Outselling a 360 games is also not a 100% guaranteed thing, especially if your IP lost relevance and there wasn't a main entry in a decade. like Star Ocean. Dead or Alive and Blue Dragon are two others examples, the three IP all have varying circumstances that explain their decline besides our point though.
It has been adressed too but Bandai Namco doesn't publish any "AAA" game, a notion that is pretty western and could maybe applied to a few select titles in Japan (mainly Square Enix and Capcom games)
Or if you want a broad definition of AAA would Yakuza count too for example?
Right now, it seems Breath of the Wild will suffer a 50% drop with respect to 2018. If this drop holds, how much is the game projected to sell in 2019?
Since Dengeki provides top 50 sales, sellthrough numbers and hardware numbers we could start giving them a more official place in here
I noticed you still neglected to mention even one PS4 game that has sold less than 300K and has been declared a commercial success. But yeah, Bandai Namco isn't the 2nd or 3rd biggest third party publishers in Japan and this isn't one of their lead games this quarter, along with Jump Force. Look at the percentage drop this week! It will be lucky to make 300K.
And this is a Japanese sales thread which is why we are talking Japan sales, yet people are saying they don't see where people have brought up western sales LOL...when by simple word of mouth and mindshare, AC7 is not doing good anywhere in the world...didn't even make the top ten selling PSN games of January for US, or the top 20 for EU. Go to the AC7 OT if you think that's wrong.
Yeah...Bandai Namco is totally putting the same financial and marketing effort into all their games, so let's be daft by acting like you don't know what I mean by a "lead" or "major" release...on a sales thread on a gaming message board. There is a reason that no one of coming to the defense of the 2 or 3 of you defending this...but ok, I'll play along. Everything is fine.
Jump Force won't sell 300k in Japan either though. The Dragon Ball Z games haven't, FighterZ hasn't even sold 200k even with the Switch version added in.
Fair enough. Still, can it get there? Is it the sort of game that can keep on selling 10k-20k per week in the following months?
It can get there with digital, but it's not the type of game that tends to sell 10k every week for month. The natural decline towards negligible sales will carry with it enough units sold to reach 1M imo, though.
I think some 3rd party companies should review their pricing on Switch.
The fact that Atelier is significantly more expansive than most of Nintendo's own offering is a diservice for the game. It is not like on PS4 where several games release at this price point (or even higher).
The fact that Atelier is significantly more expansive than most of Nintendo's own offering is a diservice for the game. It is not like on PS4 where several games release at this price point (or even higher).
Well there you go, so at least we know that the sales for AC7 is doing much better there than it is the rest of the world.
To put things in perspective, Ace Combat 7 will probably end up being the best selling Bandai Namco game on PS4 in Japan. (Media Create).
Not bad at all.
Not bad at all.
That was Fall season (October-December specifically). Not sure why not Q1, to coincide with the game itself. Really puzzling.
Damn it.
Sadly, they only provide sell-through for 1-2 big releases (like Media Create, basically). But they do provide more data (total Software for each platform, market share, etc), so they totally deserve a spot in the OP.
