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NPD September 2019: NBA 2K20 #1, already #1 year-to-date, Borderlands 3 #2, Link's Awakening #4, Gears 5 #7, Code Vein #8
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DQ has done well here in the past, but history shows it's only with original mainline titles
If anything I would imagine this make them want focus more on Japan.
Completely different genres and MH was always built for stuff like co-op.
Since the Switch came out Xbox hasn't been able to nab a #1. well Switch has monopolized that lately anyway and it's getting late in the gen.
Release it with the other versions next time instead of one of the most packed Sept in recent memory.
Considering its activity on Steam when it released, it definitely over-performed on PC. I can't imagine it having any legs whatsoever, but given the rocky road it had to release, I imagine Bamco is happy with that victory.
Poor Astral Chain and Daemon X Machina...
Maybe Capcom was right after all. As long as Mario there, the other games don't have any chance to sell good. Maybe it's time for Mario to take some time off.
Here's hoping that the digital sales puts them at a higher place.
Maybe Capcom was right after all. As long as Mario there, the other games don't have any chance to sell good. Maybe it's time for Mario to take some time off.
Here's hoping that the digital sales puts them at a higher place.
that's the thing, not everyone has gamepass tho.
Even with it being on gamepass, there is no reason why a Gears game shouldn't be at least top 5 on npd.
Gears is 21th most played game on MS's roundup. There might be a lot of GP subscribers, but most are not interested in Gears at this point.
A small dedicated community is all it is going to have.
Code Vein saved anime games.
A small dedicated community is all it is going to have.
Code Vein saved anime games.
FF and KH are both big in the West, changes can happen to appeal to a wider audience, relying on one market isn't a good thing.
Well the concept of Monster Hunter is very appealing to Americans and Europeans (hunting dinosaurs, fuck yeah) whereas the concept of Dragon Quest is about remembering how you felt when you played Dragon Quest 3.
The best selling, turn-based RPG this generation other than Pokemon is Fire Emblem Three Houses which... is not very similar to Dragon Quest.
Persona 5 is at like 2m max outside of Japan and is the best selling game similar to DQ11? And a lot of those copies were sold at discounts.
If anyone was still in denial after last month, where it was soundly outsold and outgrossed by a $30 game, they only have themselves to blame.
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Looks like Gears 5 also bombed on US Most Played chart.
What are you even talking about? Astral Chain was in the top 10 last month. What a load of nonsense.
I will support their futile effort to make Dragon Quest a thing.
People on here set expectations at DQXIS outselling the PS4 original, which was always a very high expectation.
I don't agree, I think it did exceedingly well given its availability.
Not even with a Gears game coming out that month? Wow how times have changed for this franchise. I think they need to reboot it come Gears 6. This is actually surprising to me.
I don't get why though.
Dragon Ball Z has always been insanely popular. People all across the world seem to like Toriyama's art.
With it being so late in the generation and there already being another Gears on the XB1 it was never gonna have a significant impact on sales. Any big Gears fan probably already bought a XB1 for Gears 4 and even if they didn't 99% probably already did in the years before 5.
Even with all the gambling controversy with NBA 2K20 it still charts at #1.
This is why nothing will change.
It's also still a port of a year old game. I'd be more concerned if it was a brand new entry in the series.
This is why nothing will change.
It's also still a port of a year old game. I'd be more concerned if it was a brand new entry in the series.
? DBZ and Dragon Quest don't look similar outside of Dragon Ball Super which introduced a lot of alt universe characters that are basically just Dragon Quest characters.
Toriyama draws not a ton of faces so the faces look similar across DQ and DBZ, but Dragon Quest is very cutesy compared to DBZ.
But Capcom have tried previously and it didn't work until MHW, point is change is needed if they want WW appeal.
Judging by the high player numbers, Gears affected GP positively.
I think you're looking at this the wrong way round, especially given it was exclusively marketed as a GP title.
It's still in the Switch top 10 in its second month. Maybe my expectations are off but I thought that was a solid result.
I see. Then in October chart we should see Gears 5 in top 5 because Gamepass increase game sales.
Sure, I don't think anyone disagrees at this point. Is the needed change moving to an action combat system or what is it though? There's a lot of ways to change Dragon Quest.
Why would I spend money on DQXI S was Zelda was coming out around the same time? Plus it's a port and September was busy as hell.
my opinions on the borked gears controls confirmed.
I hate to be "that guy" but series needs an overhaul or make something new (as in put those developers on a non Gears new franchise), a reboot, MS. and in retrospect i hated the open world. Gorgeous visuals on 5 though.
you see sony didnt hold on to uncharted forever, they moved on. then when they go back to uncharted it will probably be bigger than ever.
I'm not sure if you are just trolling but you do know the switch lite cane out last month, right. It's also 6 years and the end of the console cycle. Nobodies buying consoles like that anymore
I don't think the art helps, but it isn't the main problem. It's an old school(VERY old school) turn based RPG. The market for that is limited in this country.
No one really gives that much of a crap about Toriyama in the west aside from his involvement in DBZ. DQ can't capitalize on that since it doesn't have anywhere near the immediate appeal of DBZ's fights and strong personalities.
Came out kind of late in the month though. I don't think it'll have an issue sailing past 1million worldwide. It was also a voucher game so a lot of people perhaps bought digitally.
Obviously that would be ideal (also do a simultaneous worldwide release instead of wait a year) but I'm talking about the sales of the game overall, not just this release. It deserved to do way better.
Seriously? With just day one sales? Crazy if true.
Capcom was not the only one who complained about this on Wii. "Mario eats our sales" was a common complaint back then.
Octopath topped the July charts in its first month with 218k units sold physically.