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JRPGfan said:
Train wreck said:
I wrote in 2012 that my LTD for the PS4 would be 20% less than the PS3 (~8 million), might have to revisit that.

Its gonna do like 18-18.5m this year.

If its at 54.5m start of 2017.... by start of 2018 it should be around 72-73m.

Then factor in 2018,2019,2020....

Something has to go horribly wrong for the PS4 to not do atleast 100m.

He is talking about Japan, the weakest region for PS4 crazy numbers. 



 

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JRPGfan said:
Train wreck said:
I wrote in 2012 that my LTD for the PS4 would be 20% less than the PS3 (~8 million), might have to revisit that.

Its gonna do like 18-18.5m this year.

If its at 54.5m start of 2017.... by start of 2018 it should be around 72-73m.

Then factor in 2018,2019,2020....

Something has to go horribly wrong for the PS4 to not do atleast 100m.

He is talking about Japan, the weakest region for PS4 crazy strong numbers (Relative to the rest of the world strong regions, which if you compare it the PS3, PS4 is leaps ahead, not just slightly ahead.)



 

Acevil said:

That is interesting, given how are the legs for the franchise, sometimes we must not confuse out of the box great numbers for a franchise growth with actual franchise growth if the 2nd week and 3rd week fall behind. 

The other games had legs because the franchise was in a growth period though. Particularly the first game which iirc sold over 220k across the original release and budget re-release.

I don't think the franchise is growing anymore so I'm not sure this game will have the same legs. Also, user reviews from Japan seem quite scathing which might also impact it.

We'll see. The franchise isn't in a bad place by any stretch, but I'm not convinced it's doing as well as it could be.



Kresnik said:
Acevil said:

That is interesting, given how are the legs for the franchise, sometimes we must not confuse out of the box great numbers for a franchise growth with actual franchise growth if the 2nd week and 3rd week fall behind. 

The other games had legs because the franchise was in a growth period though. Particularly the first game which iirc sold over 220k across the original release and budget re-release.

I don't think the franchise is growing anymore so I'm not sure this game will have the same legs. Also, user reviews from Japan seem quite scathing which might also impact it.

We'll see. The franchise isn't in a bad place by any stretch, but I'm not convinced it's doing as well as it could be.

Well the closest competition for said franchise would be Ace Attroney correct? (I know they aren't that similar, but closest competition). Is that franchise also still healthy, since that specific genre could have bright future if those franchises are still healthy. 



 

Acevil said:

Well the closest competition for said franchise would be Ace Attroney correct? (I know they aren't that similar, but closest competition). Is that franchise also still healthy, since that specific genre could have bright future if those franchises are still healthy. 

Most recent entry was down about 50k FW I believe, so still okay but not as healthy as it had been.



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Kresnik said:
Acevil said:

Well the closest competition for said franchise would be Ace Attroney correct? (I know they aren't that similar, but closest competition). Is that franchise also still healthy, since that specific genre could have bright future if those franchises are still healthy. 

Most recent entry was down about 50k FW I believe, so still okay but not as healthy as it had been.

Ya not too bad, I know it was super popular in the DS era, but that era is gone. Plus for both these two titles, I think digitally actually works in there benefit. 



 

Lafiel said:

Looks like the PS4 needs to do ~32k on average to beat the PS3 in the race to 5million. That will be pretty tough, although many new releases are coming up.

Yes it's tough and PS4 needs to be significantly up YoY. That said, it's still very much possible and not farfetched at all. PS4 is also few months ahead of PS3, so when PS3 hits 5 million PS4 is in the slow summer season and PS3 is just about to enter it. The graph doesn't show it yet but after PS3 hits 5 million the sales drop considerably making it easy target for PS4 to overtake again if needed.



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Kebabs have a unique attribute compared to other consumables. To unlock this effect you need to wolf down a big ass kebab really fast, like under 10 minutes or so and wait for the effect to kick in. If done correctly your movements should feel unbelievably heavy to the point where you literally cannot move at all.

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Zomg awesome for Kingdom Hearts! All of that for a 3-4 hour episode XD

And at this point we can really see the effect of a diverse lineup on the PS4 sales. FFXV did have a big impact!



vivster said:
Right off the bat horrible sales for the Switch. Even behind Xbox.

Eh?.....It´s not even out yet.



Rogerioandrade said:
vivster said:
Right off the bat horrible sales for the Switch. Even behind Xbox.

Eh?.....It´s not even out yet.