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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan Sales - Media Create,Famitsu, & dengeki: week 34 ( Aug 19 - Aug 25)

Kresnik said:
Conegamer said:

Perhaps, but this was about a 40% drop over last week with 2 new titles. I know we had the holidays, but I believe it'll be 10,... next week at best sadly.

I mean, it's Jojo week next week right? Nothing for the Vita? 


Ragnarok Odyssey Ace.  Again; I don't believe it'll be sub-10k next week.

Also, in response to your "lowest since the price cut" comment:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=77933321&postcount=413

It has seen lower.

Fair enough, I retract those comments (just assumed it was the lowest). 

Thanks for the correction!



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

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ryuzaki57 said:


TW101 at 5K must be a wake-up call for PG : they have to stop their exclusive relationship with Nintendo and address their fans, who are playing on PS360 and preordering PS4/X1, if they want to stay relevant.


There is no exclusive relationship, Nintendo just financed two games that noone else wanted to finance. And how can anyone be surprised that W101 is bombing, the demo was underwhelming to say the least



Conegamer said:

(just assumed it was the lowest). 

Conegamer said:

I've been crunching the numbers. 

I've got you all figured out Coneliar!



@Conegamer,

A sharp boost of.... 10k.

Lol.

Wiiu from the looks of it wont have price cut this year. And it will be overtaken by at least PS4 in 2014.  And its games are failing.

Sorry, but unlike platform apologists, I see the the FAIL when it happens. Vita was failing at the start of the year, but it has bounced back. And it wasnt as bad as Wii U is now. Wii U will die soon enough (in terms of any meaningful support with respect to other consoles), with the final nail being put in when either PS4 or X1  crosses it in sales.

Also, nice support for Wii U and downplaying Vita. Your comments clearly show you preferences.



I'm starting to think having Mario 3D World this year over Mario Kart 8 is a big mistake. The Wii U already has a 4-player Mario platformer and it's not able to keep the system from sinking, so why have a second holiday where another 4-player Mario platformer is your go to title? This system is just a clusterf++k of terrible planning.

Mario 3D World and Wii Fit U should be next year, Mario Kart 8 and Wii Sports U should be this holiday.



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As a side note, here's some comparisons to the (supposedly) accurate shipment information from Japanese retailer blogs:

 

[PS3] Dungeons & Dragons Collection: Mystara Eiyuu Senki - 50K

Media Create sales: 14,480

Famitsu sales: 11,974

 

[PS3] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III - Pride of Justice - 80K

Media Create sales: 39,255

Famitsu sales: 37,266

 

[PSV] Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu - 60K

Media Create sales: 18,878

Famitsu sales: 19,815

 

[PSV] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III - Pride of Justice - 40K

Media Create sales: 18,929

Famitsu sales: 18,356

 

[3DS] Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu - 30K

Media Create sales: 5,072

Famitsu sales: 5,432

 

[WIU] The Wonderful 101 - 30K

Media Create sales: 5,258

Famitsu sales: 6,663

 

Everything massively under-performed, and I can't see any of these games getting a second shipment, except maybe Super Robot Wars for PS3/Vita.



Kresnik said:
Conegamer said:

(just assumed it was the lowest). 

Conegamer said:

I've been crunching the numbers. 

I've got you all figured out Coneliar!

Conegamer...ConeWoman...ConeFailure...now Coneliar? Nice work

I concede all I checked were Lego City numbers relatively. And boy, is it depressing. I was expecting 15-20k as you know, and even though I thought that was a bit...optimistic, I never expected it to be quite this bad. This and Yakuza makes me worry about the future of the system for anything other than established franchises. And that's concerning.

 

To this Dragon guy, now. I'm unsure of what you're saying. That boost was over 200% increase if I remember correctly. If that's not good, I don't know what is. I'm also unsure what you mean "as expected". I'm hardly praising the Wii U and downplaying the Vita, but I will point out facts that I view as incorrect, regardless of which system that regards. I've celebrated the Vita in the past with it's recent fortunes in Japan, but this week is not like those past weeks, is it? 

Taken by itself, you have 2 new games and a price cut, and it comes out as less than 1k up YoY. That's concerning, and I can't mask that fact. 



 

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All of new software didn't sell very well.



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Soundwave said:

I'm starting to think having Mario 3D World this year over Mario Kart 8 is a big mistake. The Wii U already has a 4-player Mario platformer and it's not able to keep the system from sinking, so why have a second holiday where another 4-player Mario platformer is your go to title? This system is just a clusterf++k of terrible planning.

Mario 3D World and Wii Fit U should be next year, Mario Kart 8 and Wii Sports U should be this holiday.

I agree. Although from a consumer point of view, having a better Mario Kart is good for me, but yeah from a sales perspective I don't see why they'd try 3D Mario over Mario Kart. It's the game which, for me, changed the 3DS' fortunes. Not Super Mario 3D Land.

Guess we'll see. 



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:

I'm starting to think having Mario 3D World this year over Mario Kart 8 is a big mistake. The Wii U already has a 4-player Mario platformer and it's not able to keep the system from sinking, so why have a second holiday where another 4-player Mario platformer is your go to title? This system is just a clusterf++k of terrible planning.

Mario 3D World and Wii Fit U should be next year, Mario Kart 8 and Wii Sports U should be this holiday.

You really do enjoy being a concern troll, don't you?


You really don't have a lot to add to the discussion, do you?