Salnax said:
In Japan, 3DS owners are buying Dragon Quest, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, Monster Hunter 3G, Fire Emblem Awakening, Kingdom Hearts 3D, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Resident Evil Revelations, Mario Tennis Open, Harvest Moon, Martio & Sonic at the Olympics, Inazuma Eleven, Theatrhythm, Hatsune Miku, New Love Plus, Etrian Odyssey IV, Rhythm Thief, AND Metal Gear Solid 3. Note how many of those are regional exclusivesat this point. In the USA, 3DS owners are buying Nintendo's four big hardcore titles so far (3D Land, Kart 7, Uprising, and Ocarina), but not much else. Note the absence of more casual titles such as Nintendogs, Mario & Sonic, and Mario Tennis. In Europe, people are buying the Marios, including the one with Sonic, Resident Evil, Uprising, and Nintendogs. Note how this market is more balanced.
My conclusions: People in Japan are buying games, but the American 3DS market is still too niche and hardcore, while the European market is still small. Part of the problem is the platform's lack of non-Japanese games, but it is also hurt by how many games either won't leave Japan or are still being localized. Fortunately, the upcoming release of NSMB2 and the XL worldwide should boost non-Japanese sales. Oh, Japan will see a huge boost too, especially with Brain Age Demon, but they need it less. |
I was talking more the US and to a lesser extent Europe, i see that they are buying games in Japan. BUt Metal Gear?? that game looks like a flop to me all around. Most of those games you named have been released in the US and the ones that havent, (MH, FE) have never been that popular in the states anyway, so i dont think that will do much for 3ds in the US. Those casual titles have been released but there not selling like the ones on DS did, Nintendogs is already pass a mil.
I think there a quite a few non japanese games released for 3ds, mario and sonic is fairly recent, lego batman 2 just came out as did Spiderman(which to my surprise is actually good)
