Why?! Why can no-one make a decent Media Create OP these days. I'll tidy it up in a minute.
On topic though, considering not much released this week I found it pretty interesting. Hardware wise, pretty terrible across the board. I am now of the belief that there are no problems with PS4 stock (since at least some of those sales must be a second shipment, since Knack isn't 100%+ of PS4 sales) so we're only going to see it go downhill from here. Boosts on MGS & FFXIV weeks, but otherwise we're looking at sub 10k.
I'm surprised by how much 3DS is continuing to tumble. Yes, its in its fourth year, but it has also played all of its big guns so I'd have expected it to hold a little better. Still the market leader by miles, but I guess you can really see the effect of smartphones at this point.
Vita is... better than what I was expecting actually, since this boost is presumably due to the "value" pack which actually seems like a bit of a sham since it's just the price of a normal system + memory card and all you get extra is a cleaning cloth and a bunch of pre-loaded demos. It seems now, at least, that the system will continue to be up YoY after March, since these were the two most difficult weeks for it to weather vs. last year.
And WiiU... yeah. I said last week that we hadn't seen the floor for it yet. And we've still got a ways to go, imo =/
Software wise... that's not great for Soul Sacrifice. Yes, it's a "G" version, but for franchises with potential growth (i.e. Monster Hunter; God Eater) you usually see the G version perform better. I actually wonder if this will be it for Soul Sacrifice now. Freedom Wars seems to have taken its spot.
Bomba of the week to Ar no Surge, though. Honestly, I was prepping myself for it to do badly - it has a lot going against it. Apparently you need at least a working knowledge of Ciel no Surge, a Vita-exclusive delivered in episodic format with in-app purchases. Not great. Plus, it's not actually an Ar Tonelico game since Bamco decided to run away with the rights to that title, so it can't really draw massively on that fanbase either. Still, though, it's a built-from-the-ground-up game by Gust, I'd expect it to have been pushing 50-60k, not barely reaching 25k.
However, Youkai Watch & GTAV's legs continue to be impressive. One of those is expected (the whole point of the title was to be a cross-media project with the anime); but the other I didn't really expect. Is it just word of mouth pushing it at this point?
