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AngryLittleAlchemist on 06 September 2019
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Shiken said:

https://nintendosoup.com/hideki-kamiya-i-am-happy-with-how-astral-chain-is-selling/

Seems there were shortages of Astral Chain in Japan. Very interesting when trying to gauge the success of the game based on the lower sales numbers we have seen as far as physical copies go.  It looks like they vastly underestimated the demand for the game based on it being a new IP...which is odd because of how many special editions they had over there.  Maybe the lack of interest in the special edition pre order numbers influenced the under shipping of the game?

The game is already supposedly pretty expensive in Japan physically, just for the regular edition. Not sure why but it's supposedly a lot cheaper digitally, even without a voucher. 

The game sold 85% of it's initial shipment, which is pretty damn good, especially when you remember that what counts as a success is entirely based on publisher expectations and budgets. It seems like most high selling games tend to sell around 75% of their initial shipment, and Bayonetta 2 was about 67% of it's initial shipment. 

Of course, this could just mean they predicted demand very accurately, and that sales will drop off immensely in the following weeks. But it could also mean some decent legs for at least a few weeks, or even higher digital margins.