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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Various Big Lines in Japan For Splatoon 2 Launch

AngryLittleAlchemist on 22 July 2017
monocle_layton said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

mobile and handheld aren't the same and the Switch will at most do a little above 3ds but more likely do a bit worse than the 3DS. People already left handhelds because of phones, and there will probably be a few that do the same with the Switch. Although, I don't doubt in 20 million lifetime if you include Monster Hunter, Pokemon, Yokai, I was just talking sPlatoon 2

The 3DS was held back by weak specs and missed out on a lot of games.

 

I'm not sure how well it will do in Japan, but I see a lot of potential in it. It's clear Nintendo dies for Japan, and it seems like Monster Hunter, Splatoon, mario, Pokemon, and others will keep it marching

I guess, though Monster Hunter will have to compete with Worlds. 



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LipeJJ on 22 July 2017
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
monocle_layton said:

I would honestly not be surprised if Japan would sell 10-20 million units by itself. Their obsession with mobile devices actually scares me sometimes.

I don't think the demand for Splatoon 2 or breath of the wild is 12+ million in Japan, though it might be 10 when you include Mario Kart is included

I think he's talking about Switch sales, not Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2 sales. 



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won

AngryLittleAlchemist on 22 July 2017
LipeJJ said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

I don't think the demand for Splatoon 2 or breath of the wild is 12+ million in Japan, though it might be 10 when you include Mario Kart is included

I think he's talking about Switch sales, not Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2 sales. 

That is what I was talking about. Mario Kart 8, BOTW and Splatoon 2 are the only console sellers so far so I can only see it doing 11 - 13 million in japan right now if the stock literally never ran out(it's just theoretical ofc)



LipeJJ on 22 July 2017
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
LipeJJ said:

I think he's talking about Switch sales, not Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2 sales. 

That is what I was talking about. Mario Kart 8, BOTW and Splatoon 2 are the only console sellers so far so I can only see it doing 11 - 13 million in japan right now if the stock literally never ran out(it's just theoretical ofc)

You mean... 11m ~ 13m lifetime? 



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won

AngryLittleAlchemist on 22 July 2017
LipeJJ said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

That is what I was talking about. Mario Kart 8, BOTW and Splatoon 2 are the only console sellers so far so I can only see it doing 11 - 13 million in japan right now if the stock literally never ran out(it's just theoretical ofc)

You mean... 11m ~ 13m lifetime? 

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I wasn't really thinking tbh haha



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LipeJJ on 22 July 2017
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
LipeJJ said:

You mean... 11m ~ 13m lifetime? 

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I wasn't really thinking tbh haha

What? xD I'm confused, hopefully I'm not drunk or I will regret it tomorrow.



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won

AngryLittleAlchemist on 22 July 2017
LipeJJ said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

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I wasn't really thinking tbh haha

What? xD I'm confused, hopefully I'm not drunk or I will regret it tomorrow.

I was being completely stupid. I was thinling year one sales. some how i rationalized that Japan wouldnt sell 10+ million with just botw and splatoon, but f9rgot Lifetime sales and just hoe small japans console market id. Im very tired, im so fucking stupid, my bad. 



Faelco on 22 July 2017
Mnementh said:
I impressed again and again how disciplined the japanese form lines.

Yeah, I still find funny this part of the culture. I see almost everyday lines of people, sometimes pretty big, just to enter for example a small restaurant which doesn't look that special. There are lines in front of the big electronics/games store very regularly, even without big releases. 

 

And I don't even live in downtown Tokyo, where the lines are a lot bigger. I once lined up for an hour there to enter a restaurant with a Japanese friend. And the restaurant was big and really fast to serve, so 1 hour means a huge line.

 

They're just used to lose time like this I guess.