letsdance on 12 November 2009
| Euphoria14 said: Valkyria Chronicles was in bargain bins 3 months after release? I bought the game about 4-5 months after it released and it was $60 at Gamestop. Not to mention, the "bargain bin" you are talking about was when Valkyria Chronicles temporarily went to $30 at Gamestop for the spring sale in April. That was already about 6 months after release, not the 3 you alluded to. After that however the price went back up to $60, then later to $40. Then just recently it was reduced to $19.99. I think this was last month? So $60 isn't bargain bin, neither is $40. I think your definition of "bargain bin" is a bit skewed. Also talking about expectations, the game is an SJRPG, a genre which doesn't normally see high sales. I believe FF: Tactics is the only one to ever sell beyond 1Million, could be wrong, but you think SEGA honestly expected around 600k sales in Japan only for this title? You think SEGA expected it to be the highest selling SJRPG on home consoles this gen, beating out Fire Emblem? Anyways, just giving my take on this whole thing. |
Thank you. The Gamestop deal was the retail making aggressive pricing strageties to gain larger market share and has nothing to do with SEGA and down to 40 dollars is typical for older games. Games that get thrown into bargin bins go to about 20 dollars (Like TLR and IU)
Part I bolded - Not many JRPGs even get 600k in Japan only.
