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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan sales (Week 14): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - April 2 - 8, 2018

outlawauron on 12 April 2018
BlackBeauty said:
Megiddo said:

If they did not have interest in ps4 then it wouldn't be sold out at major online JP retailers. Interest is clearly there. Stock, however, is not.

A 4 year old console having stock problems, do you realize how crazy you sound?

Whenever used consoles are being sold over MSRP at every online retailer, there are some weird things going on. 



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Farsala on 12 April 2018

I said this about Nintendo and Switch last year, but its pretty pathetic not being able to keep such small stock. I suppose Japan has much bigger logistical issues then we realise.



outlawauron on 12 April 2018
TruckOSaurus said:
fatslob-:O said:

Ah well, I guess they could try next time but it sucks for the work the devs behind the remake put in ... 

It does suck because I would have bought the shit of out this game if they went the HD sprite route instead of the cheap mobile game look. Luckily I still have access to the original.

Woah now. There are some really ugly mobiles port out there and I think you're being really harsh there.



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TruckOSaurus on 12 April 2018
outlawauron said:
TruckOSaurus said:

It does suck because I would have bought the shit of out this game if they went the HD sprite route instead of the cheap mobile game look. Luckily I still have access to the original.

Woah now. There are some really ugly mobiles port out there and I think you're being really harsh there.

Alright, maybe you're right. Let's settle for "generic mobile game look" then.



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Pavolink on 12 April 2018

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Jranation on 12 April 2018
Megiddo said:
Apparently Famitsu confirmed large-scale shortage for ps4. Another theory I saw from resetera is that before Sony can do an official price cut in Japan all their current retail inventory must be sold. Anyone know if that is true or BS? A Golden Week price cut would be interesting.

Why would they need a price cut if it keeps selling out in its current state? 



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Keybladewielder on 12 April 2018
outlawauron said:

Woah now. There are some really ugly mobiles port out there and I think you're being really harsh there.

This hurts my eyes 



Megiddo on 12 April 2018
Jranation said:
Megiddo said:
Apparently Famitsu confirmed large-scale shortage for ps4. Another theory I saw from resetera is that before Sony can do an official price cut in Japan all their current retail inventory must be sold. Anyone know if that is true or BS? A Golden Week price cut would be interesting.

Why would they need a price cut if it keeps selling out in its current state? 

It's selling out because there's barely any supply. And the theory is that there's barely any supply because Sony is prepping for a price-cut, in Japan at least.  Or there's the theory that Sony just doesn't care about Japan and doesn't think it's worth the effort to keep a regular inventory flowing there.



zorg1000 on 12 April 2018
fatslob-:O said:
zorg1000 said:

Returns 3D didnt show up until 12 days left and went on to sell over 400k so no, there is no need to be concerned that Tropical Freeze hasnt shown up yet with 22 days left.

Returns 3D

Entered charts-12 days to go

Exited charts-59 points

First week sales-~100k

Lifetime sales-~420k

It entered the charts with 17 points except this time around the threshold is much lower with the lowest pre-ordered game(s) having less than 10 points currently today and could get lower as more games release while the lowest pre-ordered game during that time was 13 points ... 

And DKCTF might not even get the benefit of catering to a larger userbase either compared to it's predecessor ... 

I find it kinda funny that Tropical Freeze and Mario Tennis showed up the day after this discussion



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fatslob-:O on 12 April 2018
zorg1000 said:

I find it kinda funny that Tropical Freeze and Mario Tennis showed up the day after this discussion

The most surprising thing is Mario Tennis is performing far better than DKCTF given their positions ... (I still think DKCTF will end up with a similar lifetime sales to it's original release)

If the rumors are true about YW4 releasing this summer then that is certainly a more surefire bet than titles like Labo, Mario Tennis or especially Octopath to maintain Switch's baseline despite the fact that the franchise is on a decline ... (will be interesting to see how the game's barrier of entry being a $300 system will interact with the younger demographics of the franchise)