Truth is, Brenadetta is always in her room because she is actually a Self Insert that plays the game she is in.I'm shut in for the next few weeks like Bernadetta playing this game.
It's impressive but I don't think Fates makes for a good comparison. It was released really late in Europe and IIRC the special edition containing all 3 games was not tracked at all for some reason, even though it was the most popular version in other EU countries where it was tracked OW. I'm impressed by how much it did outsell Birthright & Conquest combined however, it's definitely done quite well.
Fate is the best selling Fire Emblem game right now, so of course they will compare the sales of Three Houses with it.
Removing a lot of the anime nonsense and replacing it with stuff that mass audiences tend to like (Harry Potter house stuff, GoT-style dark fantasy worlds, etc) were two really good decisions and it's clear they're paying off. I bought the game Day One (yet to play it, mind you ) for those reasons even though I haven't touched a Fire Emblem game since briefly trying out Awakening back in the day.
Make sure you try it out soon! It's a very good game and doesn't take long at all to throw you right into all the good stuff.
I mean specifically in the U.K. It's telling that it (Three Houses) sold more than double the Fates games but not double Awakening even though Fates released to a *much* higher, post Pokemon/2DS install base, and it's simple why- Fates was a train wreck of a release in Europe.
Road said:Bioshock Infinite total: 10.2k
All-formats:
1 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US
2 BIOSHOCK INFINITE 10.2k
3 FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING
Individual formats:
1 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US XB360
2 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US PS3
3 FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING 3DS
4 BIOSHOCK INFINITE XB360 6.3k
=> 6.3k < FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING < 10.2k
(That assumes Mpl90 number is right. I also don't know if that's 90% or 100%).
btw, thanks, jvm, for always putting a link to the new thread.