It's almost as if it had something to do with the dry spell of new releases and the slow period in general...
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Media Create Sales: Week 22, 2018 (May 28 - Jun 03)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Looking at that graph above,, it looks as though Switch isn't going to catch up with Wii and definitely not the 3DS or DS. Unless someone can tell me otherwise?
I think is doable, depending how long Nintendo waits to Make BotW 2. (which It highly expect 2020 at worst)
you never know. Bamco have been doing this for quite a while. I have to assume they can profit from these games.
It will almost assuredly catch up with Wii which had a very abnormal hardware trend in Japan. No for DS. For 3DS it could get in the ballpark IMO.
Great Switch software sales as usual and BOTW gets the million seller status it deserves.
Cool that the hardware sales are improving as well.
Cool that the hardware sales are improving as well.
PS4 will keep tracking lower than PS3 for a while, the difference between them will be reduced more and more.
I was actually thinking of the publishing of the Light Novel series which ended two years ago, my bad >_>
I was actually thinking of the publishing of the Light Novel series which ended two years ago, my bad >_>
It will easily pass the Wii. The Wii fell off a cliff after year 3.
I think it's the game looking really bad, and not the IP.
Damn, y'all hating on a good series :(
Wii has a fast start and a slow rest of the life.
Switch will win the long game quite easily.
It has a chance to beat Wii and 3DS, DS not so much at this point in time.
Japan doesn't care about PS4, X1 never existed and NSW had "nothing" to really push hardware since Mario Odyssey. Summer will be better, fall/winter great.
And of course mobile gaming.
There's new anime airing right now that's why it was made and released now. The anime still sells, the games not so much.
Switch will be more long-lived than Wii and 3DS, so nothing's rules out yet. Wii will certainly be beaten, 3ds is up in the air still.
Likely gonna pass over Wii, and 3DS, its plausible but only after Pokemon 2019
Ok, Switch had a dry season, but I think Kirby was a big thing at least. It can do 1M lifetime.
BotW is already #3 on that list. Keep in mind it sold an additional 150k physical units on WiiU, and then digital sales across both platforms should be close to 100k (this is just speculation based on Famitsu's digital estimates). All in all, BotW's sell-through in Japan should be north of 1.2m. It'll definitely top that list during the first half of 2019 if not before.
arent most of BB character from franchises that has not been in Nintendo hardware for 1-2 gens?
Kirby in terms of hardware basically moved nothing, and it wasn't really supposed to do so looking at Nintendo's expectations for the quarter.
wonder if Atlus' tradition on prolonging their stay on dead hardware will hurt them a bit here.
I guess negative reception has a lot to do with this case.
They're remastering Catherine and putting it on Vita, Persona Q2 has vanished but it seems to be 3DS only. They were probably banking on milking P5 for awhile, but I'm not sure they'll be able to
I guess negative reception has a lot to do with this case.
They're remastering Catherine and putting it on Vita, Persona Q2 has vanished but it seems to be 3DS only. They were probably banking on milking P5 for awhile, but I'm not sure they'll be able to
Having a anime running don't mean much .
Also with the game looking that bad think it was expected .
?? Even more DragonBall i guess? It is not like there are many popular anime nowadays.
I think it will do well enough in the west, considering they said the beta was big and the overall bigger interest in fighting games overseas.
There are many IPs more popular than Full Metal Panic in 2018. lol If they want, they can easily use something like Code Geass.
Main problem is Atlus thought the series was getting big enough to support so many spin offs at once.
Also to note is I'm assuming Wii has passed its second holiday, where Switch is not. After December the Switch will have arced up to beat the Wii, I think.
Catherine on Vita and Q2 on 3DS will bomb extremely hard. It worked with the DS because the 3DS had retrocompatibility, but Switch hasn't and Vita is as dead as it could possibly get.
in japan at least. i thought p5 sold rather well worldwide though?
to me it looks quite possible that the switch will actually start closing the gap with the wii in about 5-10 weeks time, and continue doing so for the rest of what we can currently see on the graph given the july schedule + presence of smash.Switch vs Wii
Code:------------------------------------------------------------- | | Nintendo Wii | Nintendo Switch | Difference | | | (2006/12/02) | (2017/03/03) | | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| |Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | NSW - Wii | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| | 64 | 78.583|5.319.462| 33.125|4.263.980| -1.055.482| | 65 | 63.504|5.382.966| 36.590|4.300.570| -1.082.396| | 66 | 64.535|5.447.501| 40.587|4.341.157| -1.106.344| | 67 | 57.068|5.504.569| | | | | 68 | 55.845|5.560.414| | | | | 69 | 62.404|5.622.818| | | | | 70 | 48.785|5.671.603| | | | | 71 | 44.618|5.716.221| | | | | 72 | 46.296|5.762.516| | | | | 73 | 44.241|5.806.757| | | | |----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
Remembering how over an year ago, we were discussing about how Zelda wouldn't sell 1M in Japan and that once MK8D launched Zelda's would begin to decline. With digital sales it's probably getting mighty close to 1.5M.
DKTF also half way to 300K one month after release, should get there eventually.
Can't wait to see how Mario Tennis Aces and Minecraft do, I'm expecting big things for both games.
DKTF also half way to 300K one month after release, should get there eventually.
Can't wait to see how Mario Tennis Aces and Minecraft do, I'm expecting big things for both games.
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Kind of interesting that the PS4 version of Blazblue sold nearly three times the Switch version. I thought any multiplatform game would do best on Switch. Is this game too hard core for Switch owners?
Already on page 3 O.o
Anyway, my summary:
- BlazBlue bombed really hard. Central Fiction sales were already lower than Chrono Phantasma, but this is another cut in half. A disappointment, especially when you take the other series into consideration as well. Hopefully, overseas sales are better.
- Liar Princess sales are good. 17.418 copies sold in total is pretty good. The swan song of NIS' Vita support and with a reason, clearly. While the Vita sales are not that bad, it's clear now that PS4+NSW is the way to go.
- Full Metal Panic is a bad game, so bad sales as expected.
- The Neptune Re;Birth 1+ sales are very low, but that's also expected, as the game is very hardcore, so most fans have already played the game, either original or the first Re;Birth release.
- Congrats to BOTW for 1M Switch sales.
- Hardware sales are slowly but steadily going up for the Switch, but I wouldn't give credit to any event for this increase. Neither the Pokémon announcement nor the Mario Tennis demo nor whatever else. It's just natural growth week on week in anticipation for the Summer.
- Edit: forgot to comment on last week's drops and whew, bad drops for Caligula and Persona Dancing are bad. Rest in peace.
Btw, now that NIS' Vita saga is over, let's take a look at the results (I know GameDataLibrary takes Famitsu numbers):
With 4.519 copies sold on Vita, Liar Princess comes in below Shin Hayarigami 2 and right above Cladun Sengoku on this list.
Anyway, my summary:
- BlazBlue bombed really hard. Central Fiction sales were already lower than Chrono Phantasma, but this is another cut in half. A disappointment, especially when you take the other series into consideration as well. Hopefully, overseas sales are better.
- Liar Princess sales are good. 17.418 copies sold in total is pretty good. The swan song of NIS' Vita support and with a reason, clearly. While the Vita sales are not that bad, it's clear now that PS4+NSW is the way to go.
- Full Metal Panic is a bad game, so bad sales as expected.
- The Neptune Re;Birth 1+ sales are very low, but that's also expected, as the game is very hardcore, so most fans have already played the game, either original or the first Re;Birth release.
- Congrats to BOTW for 1M Switch sales.
- Hardware sales are slowly but steadily going up for the Switch, but I wouldn't give credit to any event for this increase. Neither the Pokémon announcement nor the Mario Tennis demo nor whatever else. It's just natural growth week on week in anticipation for the Summer.
- Edit: forgot to comment on last week's drops and whew, bad drops for Caligula and Persona Dancing are bad. Rest in peace.
Btw, now that NIS' Vita saga is over, let's take a look at the results (I know GameDataLibrary takes Famitsu numbers):
With 4.519 copies sold on Vita, Liar Princess comes in below Shin Hayarigami 2 and right above Cladun Sengoku on this list.
Even the popular IP not selling when the games get made so cheap .
People would rather just spend time on mobile than buy that stuff .
There are plenty, they just make way less obvious sense as games :/
I still don't understand why the Black Clover game is a thing / releasing within two weeks of the Boku No Hero one.
Lol, such a weird comparison, especially when you consider the gulf in reception.
No, there are slow periods during the year. This is one of them and you can see it's a normal occurrence just from looking at last year's hardware numbers on the OP.
That is because this is comparing february sales to may sales (different launch periods) and first quarter is much stronger sales period. Comparing month to month PS4 is selling more than PS3 did back in May 2011 so PS3 will stop its gaining soon enough.
man i Love FMP, but you have to be on drug if you think is a more popular franchise than FMA
Wow, Liar Princess did even better than BlazBlue! O.o
17.418 copies vs 15.967 copies
Liar Princess apparently is a bit short, but it looks good. I hope it'll have some decent legs. I have a soft spot for NIS and their indie-like titles.
17.418 copies vs 15.967 copies
Liar Princess apparently is a bit short, but it looks good. I hope it'll have some decent legs. I have a soft spot for NIS and their indie-like titles.