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zorg1000 on 20 June 2018
JRPGfan said:
zorg1000 said:
YTD

PS4-1520k
NSW-1195k
XBO-1125k

YOY %'s :  (from ResetEra MagicPork)

PS4: +19%
Switch: +1%  (its still not down from last year)
XBox One: +33%
3DS: +17%

 

Best selling Software:
God of War, Detroit: Become Human, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition.

Those YOY percentages are just for the month of May, not YTD.



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animegaming on 20 June 2018
Soundwave said:
According to Reset Era page, the best selling software was

1. God Of War
2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
3. Detroit: Becoming Human
4. Hyrule Warriors

Looks like DKC is really doing well.

LOL saw this just after I made my post about software sales, very curious about State of Decay. Since it is the worst selling big exclusive of the month. 

 

Also the only way to celebrate Donkey Kong getting second place LOL.



Soundwave on 20 June 2018
animegaming said:
Soundwave said:

Even though they probably won't admit it, I think they were banking on Labo being a pretty big hit, just treading water until November arrives can't have been the game plan if they seriously thought 20 million was doable. 

Considering some recent statements made Reggie and Nintendo of France, I don't actually think this was the case. I think they really are betting big on Smash and Pokemon in November and December. 

Reggie's job is to spin PR, basically nothing more. 

They wouldn't have shipped such large amounts to retailers if they weren't expecting fairly solid sales, it's not worth pissing off your retail partners by having them have to stock large boxes of unsold inventory for months for something to "catch on". 



animegaming on 20 June 2018
Soundwave said:
animegaming said:

Considering some recent statements made Reggie and Nintendo of France, I don't actually think this was the case. I think they really are betting big on Smash and Pokemon in November and December. 

Reggie's job is to spin PR, basically nothing more. 

They wouldn't have shipped such large amounts to retailers if they weren't expecting fairly solid sales, it's not worth pissing off your retail partners by having them have to stock large boxes of unsold inventory for months for something to "catch on". 

True, but its probably best to wait until the next investor meeting next week so we can truly hear how Labo is doing cause there they will have to face investors and it would be illegal to lie to them I believe.



Oneeee-Chan!!! on 20 June 2018

a bit disappointed.



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PAOerfulone on 20 June 2018

Haha. Seeing this makes me almost want to play DK64..... Almost.



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Soundwave on 20 June 2018
animegaming said:
Soundwave said:

Reggie's job is to spin PR, basically nothing more. 

They wouldn't have shipped such large amounts to retailers if they weren't expecting fairly solid sales, it's not worth pissing off your retail partners by having them have to stock large boxes of unsold inventory for months for something to "catch on". 

True, but its probably best to wait until the next investor meeting next week so we can truly hear how Labo is doing cause there they will have to face investors and it would be illegal to lie to them I believe.

They don't have to lie about anything, they never gave any kind of public declaration of what they thought Labo should sell anyway. I think privately though they are some what disappointed. I don't think the plan was to just tread water for the entire spring + summer if they were serious about shipping 20 million Switch units ... they were expecting Labo to break through as the summer wore on I think and help drive Switch sales, which isn't happening. 



animegaming on 20 June 2018

One thing I think Nintendo will try to do to hit that 20 million is to at least have a holiday deal where it is $250. By November it will have been nearly 2 years since the launch of the system and I think by then it will be about time for it to go on sale across retailers.



zorg1000 on 20 June 2018
Soundwave said:
According to Reset Era page, the best selling software was

1. God Of War
2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
3. Detroit: Becoming Human
4. Hyrule Warriors

Looks like DKC is really doing well.

DKC was also in the top 5 for April with only 2 days.



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animegaming on 20 June 2018
Soundwave said:
animegaming said:

True, but its probably best to wait until the next investor meeting next week so we can truly hear how Labo is doing cause there they will have to face investors and it would be illegal to lie to them I believe.

They don't have to lie about anything, they never gave any kind of public declaration of what they thought Labo should sell anyway. I think privately though they are some what disappointed. I don't think the plan was to just tread water for the entire spring + summer if they were serious about shipping 20 million Switch units ... they were expecting Labo to break through as the summer wore on I think and help drive Switch sales, which isn't happening. 

true like admittedly it is hard to really come to any conclusions about Labo since well we're basically told nothing before launch in terms of expectation and the amount of stock they actually ship and Reggie's comments that does feel like mix signals. I'm hoping at least the investors meeting will give us insight to how it is doing so far and what they expectations for the rest of the year at least.