Otakumegane said:
sethnintendo said:
Otakumegane said:
NintendoPie said:
Otakumegane said:
Then do you honestly expect Nintendo to take a risk and market this in a pre-dominant male gaming audience for 3DS? I'm just really afraid that if this title doesn't do well then Nintendo might go "well guess there's no market here for Japan games after all! Cancel all localizations!"
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Yes, I expect Nintendo to market this game. They can't just throw it out there and expect it do perform amazingly.
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Wanna bet on 1st year sales of AC in NA? I say no more than 550-600k
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There are at least 700k AC fans in NA that will buy the game the first year. You wanted reasons why this will do better than WW? How about the biggest change to the series since the start (being the mayor now and ability to plot out how the town is built more).
DS NA launch - Nov 2004
Animal Crossing: Wild World - released Nov 2005
DS Lite NA launch - June 2006 (when DS sales exploded)
3DS NA launch - March 2011
3DS XL NA launch - August 2012
Animal Crossing: A New Leaf NA launch - Late Q1 2013
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Trust me there is nothing that I hope more than this title doing well, I love AC's inncocence.
Wasn't it Q2?
What about other factors like Pokemon being released and people deciding to buy that instead of AC over the holidays?
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Wiki has Q1/Q2 2013 listed for NA. I don't see Pokemon stealing that many sales from Animal Crossing series. There are a lot of old people, women/girls, young adults, etc that are fans of Animal Crossing. It probably has one of the most diverse fan bases for any video game series. I met so many different age groups, male/female, etc through one of the biggest AC fan sites. I'll probably be more active on http://www.animalcrossingcommunity.com/ than VGC when New Leaf launches. Hopefully, some of my VGC friends that I have added on my 3DS will buy this game. I know one that lives in Japan that already owns it and has it as his favorite 3DS game.
