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ryuzaki57 said:

When you buy a game from a series at launch you must be a fan. People buying the less good RE game should get the better RE game. It simply shows that 3DS isn't that attractive for gamers.


Yes, it's attractive for rocks. No, wait, oysters. Yes, 3DS is attractive for oysters.



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VicViper said:
ryuzaki57 said:

When you buy a game from a series at launch you must be a fan. People buying the less good RE game should get the better RE game. It simply shows that 3DS isn't that attractive for gamers.


Yes, it's attractive for rocks. No, wait, oysters. Yes, 3DS is attractive for oysters.

Seems I have to elaborate. I didn't want to come to that but... I said gamers for harcore gamers in opposition to casual gamers who imo are a big part of the 3DS audience (with Nintendo fans of course).



ryuzaki57 said:

Seems I have to elaborate. I didn't want to come to that but... I said gamers for harcore gamers in opposition to casual gamers who imo are a big part of the 3DS audience (with Nintendo fans of course)


Oh, my... you think hardcore means blood and zombies... and that 250k in japan for a spinoff is a flop now... on a system that never had a fanbase for the series.

Please forget I replyed, that's the worst kind of discussion.



ryuzaki57 said:

Seems I have to elaborate. I didn't want to come to that but... I said gamers for harcore gamers in opposition to casual gamers who imo are a big part of the 3DS audience (with Nintendo fans of course).

Okay, but what did the PS3 offer 3 years in that was so much better? Maybe we just have to wait for the 3DS install base and gamerbase to grow I guess, since 1 year in I'm almost certain the 3DS has better value propositions in Japan than the PS3 did (even for that segment). I could be wrong, as MGS4 alone could be reason enough for Japanese to get a PS3.



Flop on the 3DS was Kingdom Hearts... blame the system, the game, the developer, anyone... to me it underperformed. Didn't flopped because well, 320k+ is still something... but it sold less than what it was supposed to do, imo.

But some performed incredibly well, even compared to the DS. Fire Emblem, Monster Hunter, Etrian Odyssey, Rune Factory



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VicViper said:
NoCtiS_NoX said:
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII - 1,516,532 / 1,905,979 {2009-12-17} (Square Enix)
[PS3] Resident Evil 6 - 643,802 / NEW {2012-10-04} (Capcom)
[PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors - 627,214 / 812,530 {2012-03-01} (Bandai Namco)
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 - 605,660 / 840,670 {2011-12-15} (Square Enix)
[PS3] Tales of Xillia - 512,544 / 654,882 {2011-09-08} (Bandai Namco)


Combined LTD total for RE5: 644381
Combined first week total for RE6: 672411
Tell me in my face it under-perform.

"According to mine and almost everybody on COMG thread predictions"

Jeesh. We can still have expectations , right? It didn't flopped, performed bad or bombed if that's what you mean. It did great, but I, and more posters, expected more, simple. Mine wasn't even the high end prediction... not at all

There was high and low, for example I predicted 550k PS3 600k combined so it overperformed in my book.



Farsala said:

There was high and low, for example I predicted 550k PS3 600k combined so it overperformed in my book.


Yes, there was some high predictions, but I exagerated in that post a bit (even my own prediction which was 650k). Keep reading the thread, I correct myself in a post.

PS3 prediction on COMG was way off, nobody (just DaveJ) predicted below 50k i think. But Resident Evil was pretty much where most people tought.



happydolphin said:
ryuzaki57 said:

Seems I have to elaborate. I didn't want to come to that but... I said gamers for harcore gamers in opposition to casual gamers who imo are a big part of the 3DS audience (with Nintendo fans of course).

Okay, but what did the PS3 offer 3 years in that was so much better? Maybe we just have to wait for the 3DS install base and gamerbase to grow I guess, since 1 year in I'm almost certain the 3DS has better value propositions in Japan than the PS3 did (even for that segment). I could be wrong, as MGS4 alone could be reason enough for Japanese to get a PS3.

You do have a point. PS3 had a really slow start, everything started with GT5 prologue, MGS4, CoD4 and then since end of 2008 the flow of content has become continuous. But 3DS has been out for 1 year and a half now and personally there's never been so few games to look out for. In 2013 for me it's going to be Ace Attorney 5, Professor Layton 6 and... that's about it. Even Vita has more exciting titles to me. 



So, Forza... in that top 30 from Famitsu. How Kowenicki missed that I have no idea, I thought he'd be all over it! Impressive, nonetheless.

Decent from PS3. Wasn't really expecting gangbusters so it's probably slightly below my expectations, but still good. I was expecting a monster of Resi 6 and we got it!

Vita, meh. EDF holding better than Ys, although both dropping off like flies, meh.



HELL YES! RE6 is a great game, and deserves to sell more than RE5!! Great job Capcom!