Media Create / Famitsu hardware & software sales (10/20 – 10/26)

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Train wreck said:

domflo said:

Train wreck said:
3DS already below last years numbers...with 4 skus

The only thing higher than last year is Wii U. I think that needs to be taken into consideration. But people will even spin ~100k hardware sold in a week into something bad.

Nice hold for 3DS and MH4. Yōkai Watch 2 dropped a bit more than I'd have expected, but I guess with 2.5 coming along I should have. Still pretty amazing how well it's selling so many weeks in.

What is there to spin?

I'd personally expected that the combination of Monster Hunter 4G, Super Smash Brothers for 3DS, Yokai Watch 2 and two new models to keep sales somewhat brisk (higher than the 96k posted) going into the holiday season in Japan. Sales are ok but lets not kid ourselves here.

Well, to be fair, there is something to be said for platform saturation.  3DS is almost at 17 million in Japan right now.  How large is the base of active console/ handheld gamers in that country?  We have nothing to compare it to other than GBA, because DS reached so many non-gamers and those people are obviously not interested in 3DS.  3DS had a solid 2+ year run of incredible sales, and it's obviously reached it's peak in Japan.  N3DS will help, and is clearly already helping, but let's not kid ourselves and sit here expecting unrealistic sales for a platform that has been out for almost four years.