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Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2019 (Feb 25 - Mar 03)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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I wonder if the Switch is Nintendo's console that by now generated the most amount of money launch aligned. Even more than DS or Wii. Saying that DS or Wii are better simply because they sold more units is very misleading. This is also why a pricecut makes no sense at all.
Nintendo eShop Sales: February 28th to March 6th, 2019
Nintendo eShop – Nintendo Switch
01./03. – Futari de! Nyanko Dai Sensou! (Ponos) [20.12.2018]
02./02. – Final Fantasy IX (Square-Enix) [14.2.2019]
03./04. – Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]
04./07. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2018]
05./01. – Undertale (8-4) [15.9.2018]
06./00. – Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square-Enix) [20.12.2018]
07./10. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017]
08./09. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018]
09./08. – Stardew Valley (Chucklefish) [12.1.2018]
10./11. – New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) [11.01.2019]
11./13. – Minna de Kuuki Yomi (G-mode) [30.8.2018] (was on sale)
12./16. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2017]
13./19. – Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) [20.12.2018]
14./18. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017]
15./New. – Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Crate Games) [28.2.2019]
16./05. – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom) [21.2.2019]
17./15. – Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) [13.6.2018]
18./00. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) [3.3.2017]
19./00. – Dragon Quest X: All-in-One Package (Square-Enix) [26.7.2018]
20./12. – Modern Combat: Blackout (Gameloft) [14.2.2019]
https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/c/article/e57691d7-3bf5-11e9-b104-0a6d14145cb1.html
Nintendo eShop – Nintendo Switch
01./03. – Futari de! Nyanko Dai Sensou! (Ponos) [20.12.2018]
02./02. – Final Fantasy IX (Square-Enix) [14.2.2019]
03./04. – Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]
04./07. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2018]
05./01. – Undertale (8-4) [15.9.2018]
06./00. – Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square-Enix) [20.12.2018]
07./10. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017]
08./09. – Overcooked! 2 (Team17) [07.8.2018]
09./08. – Stardew Valley (Chucklefish) [12.1.2018]
10./11. – New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) [11.01.2019]
11./13. – Minna de Kuuki Yomi (G-mode) [30.8.2018] (was on sale)
12./16. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2017]
13./19. – Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) [20.12.2018]
14./18. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017]
15./New. – Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Crate Games) [28.2.2019]
16./05. – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom) [21.2.2019]
17./15. – Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) [13.6.2018]
18./00. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) [3.3.2017]
19./00. – Dragon Quest X: All-in-One Package (Square-Enix) [26.7.2018]
20./12. – Modern Combat: Blackout (Gameloft) [14.2.2019]
https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/c/article/e57691d7-3bf5-11e9-b104-0a6d14145cb1.html
A price cut ahead of Pokemon makes a lot of sense. Switch is still a "one per household" item. Nintendo will want it to be a "one per person" item by the time a new gen Pokemon game is out. A price cut is needed to do that.
If they have a hardware revision out this year, they could also just sell that for $300 and drop the price of the existing model.
Given that the 1.5m bit was not a PR on its own, I would take it as at least 1.5m. That was just the last milestone they reached at the time they announced the mobile game.
Ha ha, Just Dance 2019 release delayed the very week it was announced. Now releasing at unspecified date.
Still not sure why they're releasing that one in Japan, since they didn't even bother translating anything.
Still not sure why they're releasing that one in Japan, since they didn't even bother translating anything.
DS had slowish start so probably more than that but highly doubt that it has done more money than Wii launch aligned. Wii had higher hw sales and probably higher hw margins (it was ancient hw sold at $249) and Wii is also ahead of in terms of sw sold (like over 100 million units after this Switch quarter) and game development costs for Wii games were lower than for Switch games. I would also assume Wii had quite bit higher accessory sales because of Wiimotes. Only thing going for Switch versus Wii is digital bringing more money.
Edit. I misread the dmcv steam thread.
Good to see. Hopefully after March Sony make it an official 5k drop Asia wide.
Amazon Japan is giving a 5,000yen or more discount for customers who purchase a regular PS4. Offer is valid until March 31.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/b?node=6368551051
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Did you not see the other thread on here that said DMCV has 58k concurrent players on steam in Japan?
It will probably do good.
No need for preventive "damage control" lol
No, you probably wanna check and read the thread again if you think that it has 58k concurrent japanese players on Steam.
The JPN steam market isnt that big, especially not for a game available on PS4.
....also this.
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Amazing ? More like impossible.
There is a reason why this is a big number on a worldwide scale already.
In Japan (I'm only seeing 74k for worldwide unless I'm completely misreading the corresponding thread's OP)? Because this thread is about Japanese sales, and games' performance are always judged by how they perform over here. Worldwide sales is a different discussion, and only relevant when people are trying to make statements like "the changes were a commercial failure and they shouldn't have bothered" or other sweeping statements with worldwide consequences that are based on Japanese sales performance only.
It's perfectly fair to conclude that the game flopped in Japan despite it doing gangbusters worldwide. The two are separate conclusions. (Note that I'm not saying DMC V is going to flop in Japan - I don't think it will)
I misread the title of the other thread. It makes it look like it has 74k concurrent players in Japan which would be amazing but that was in fact the WW number.
Ah, I can see how you made that mistake judging from the title. Steam numbers would've been ridiculously high if so, though, considering the expected debut for the game is around 150k on PS4 and PC tends to track way below that.
Also considering the shortages it had, there is no reason to assume that Japan has a noticeable surplus of stock in stores, so the number we extract from the Nintendo report in April will give us a clear minimum number for sell-through, which should allow us to approximately determine the digital share of the game in Japan when combined with the physical sell-through we know.
Just realised that Wizard's Symphony really did poorly. Not that I was expecting anything, but for even the PS4 not to chart... yikes. Still wonder how that game was even greenlit, the series not only had not seen an entry in ages, but it wasn't all that popular to begin with.
For a 2D Fighter its legs are prety impressive. It's going to do over 4 times its first week sales
Switch showing it has a great market for fighters outside of Nintendo's offerings
It's kind of bad to go "yes, Octopath is a $60 console game" then release what looks to be a remixed version of the game on phones for like a third of the price
Octopath mobile game looks like it uses the same exact world map and most of the assets from the main game but it's either free or $20 like most SE's mobile games.
It's $50-60 currently on Switch.
Seems to devalue this type of game, dunno
I think thats more up to the retailers. Dependson how many copies that they order.
I see what you mean. Though we don't know the scope of it, the budget behind it nor the monetization model, it is a very similar looking game for 60 dollars less. If you defended the original game as a legit 60 dollars experience I can see where it gets tricky.
Originally I was like "sure, the price is fine". But honestly, would've preferred a shorter and cheaper game.
Felt burned buying it day 1 digitally and they never updated the game improving QoL issues so that probably doesn't help, lol
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We do not know enough about the game to judge that. Maybe it's much shorter, maybe it's gacha hell.
It looks like all the locations from the main game are brought over.
It also looks technically more advanced.
Octopath was made on an early version of UE4 on switch and it's kind of not great there.
Looks a lot sharper and you have all 8 of your party out at the same time.
edit: They also removed random battles with enemies out in the overworld? lol
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Not at all. Look at the lighting, the textures and the animations
Compared to the rest of the world that's pretty steep
It's been 30-40$ cnd here on the regular (about 2400-2900 yen)
The pricing itself might still be more expensive in Japan, but in the context of the Japanese market, it's still a profound move. The PS Classic doesn't suffer from 50Hz stigma here, and the catalog is thought to be quite good and representative of the PS1.
Moreover, Japan rarely sees coordinated discounts like other countries. It's essentially the bomba bin or nothing at all (until Best Price). The fact stores don't get return protection from manufacturers is another notable aspect. That said, I think the Jump Famicom Mini has also seen discounts, though not to this extent.
Not that it changes the sentiment of what you're saying, but PS4 version charted higher than switch on both trackers?
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I see Anthem 40% off at Amazon, the time has come. From undersupply to oversupply in a single week.
Octopath is one of the best looking games out there and is 60 hours long.
Of course, the writing is often terrible and the enemy design is often bad so that makes a lot of the 60 hours boring, but I don't know if that devalues it from $60, it just makes it less good. The game's writing peaks at Primrose chapter 1 but somehow manages to make Primrose chapter 4 incredibly terrible which is.... not good.
Of course, the writing is often terrible and the enemy design is often bad so that makes a lot of the 60 hours boring, but I don't know if that devalues it from $60, it just makes it less good. The game's writing peaks at Primrose chapter 1 but somehow manages to make Primrose chapter 4 incredibly terrible which is.... not good.
I thought she had one of the more interesting boss fights mechanically and thought her story wrapped up well enough. The only ending I really took issue with was Alfyn's, since his character arc was pretty much resolved in chapter 3 and it felt like they just gave him a boss for the sake of a boss.
Yeah, his was just a monster.
Olberic had the best story overall IMO.
They turned a good revenge story into a story about "will things be better if I kill this immortal pedophile who has appeared in my story for no reason whatsoever??? I'm not sure!"
Yeah I think Primrose's story in Chapter 4 extremely sucks. It goes from semi grounded to space flea out of nowhere.
Trying to do a "will revenge actually satisfy you???" story about... an immortal pedophile who says that he murdered your father out of boredom is some garbage tier level stuff. If the killer was reasonable in any way or had a family or had... anything then the "will revenge satisfy?" may actually work. But killing an immortal child molester who murders people for no reason and has strong magic is... extremely good even without the added benefit of revenge.