Famitsu first day sales

[Aiemond]

outlawauron said:

Dazkarieh said:

outlawauron said:

Dazkarieh said:

outlawauron said:

Daz, this is just to give the reference between the two titles to realize more how crazy that claim is.

I mean the resolution is obviously higher on Rorona, but Arc Rise has more detailed everything else.

outlaw, I hope the you understand "5 times more" is of course irrealist and just an exaggeration of something (I don't have much doubt it costed mor, of course not 5 times)... the same way saying that Atelier Rorona sold well and Arc Rise sold bad is an exaggeration and irrealist ;)

Well, if Arc Rise didn't sell badly, then Atelier will is going to have a better first week is selling well, no? I don't think it works quite like that, but Atelier is a niche like Muramasa and Fragile. Arc Rise Fantasia isn't a niche title, it's a standard turn based RPG.

Like I'm saying since the begining... the Wii have no niche titles! When Muramasa came out, everyone said it sold bad as well. The same with Fragile! And I'm sure if Atelier Rorona was on the Wii it wouldn't be niche as well ;)

BTW, Atelier is  niche because... of the chibi look?

Atelier is niche because the RPG isn't about combat but alchemy. It's an Alchemy RPG.

The Wii does have niche titles and I consider Fragile and Muramasa two of them. Most expected them to sell better (as they were listed among the RPGs that would rebound the Wii over PS3) Expectations played a larger role in reactions to their sales. Did Atelier Rorona sell badly? Yes it did. But it sold as expected. No one thought a niche alchemy RPG would sell 100k first week.

@ Aiemond

For the Japanese audience, a standard high quality, turn based RPG should sell. It has much wider appeal than Muramasa and Fragile.

@ tres

The last release in the Atelier series sold 30k lifetime. It's going to pass that in its first week on market. (likely)

You forget that the company itself said that it was their fault that the games sold badly. They even admitted they did not promote them like they should have. I do not see how it is the fault of the wii. I think ARF sold about as well as I expected. Nothing is going to sell if the company that made it won't promote it.