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Forums - Sales - Japan sales: Famitsu & Media create - Week 11 ( Mar 11 - Mar 17 )

VGKing said:
fedfed said:
Yes Vita and SS lower than my expectation. Myaby vita will settle around 20k? that should be ok no?

No, that wouldn't be ok.


If you're expecting more than that, honestly you're expecting too much from the platform. 



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Also, I wonder if Wii U will begin to eat into PS3 sales when it gets games, such as DQX. PS3 is doing pretty good for such an old system.



Well at least the good news for Nintendo -- now that January-mid-March is over, the worst part of the Wii U schedule is out of the way. From here on out they should have at least one notable game per month to sell.

They should have Dragon Quest X (well including this b/c it launches basically on the last day of March), Pikmin 3, Wii Fit U for Q2 2013 at least. 



Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 said:
There's a 10k difference for 3DS between the Famitsu and Media Create charts?


That is a good point.  The numbers are way off between the two.  Wonder what happened.



Kresnik said:
Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 said:
There's a 10k difference for 3DS between the Famitsu and Media Create charts?


That is a good point.  The numbers are way off between the two.  Wonder what happened.


Edited the OP. The translation kinda screwed it up. ^^



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There's a pretty big discrepancy in the Wii U and 3DS sales compared to the other hardware. What gives?

At any rate, either way, the Wii U is still "ugh". Not just on hardware, either; Vampire Resurrection is selling more at retail on the goddamn 360 than anything on the Wii U, including Mario, despite it being a downloadable collection of 15 year old fighters. Ouch.

I wonder how DQX will sell, and how many units it will push. It depends on whether the Wii version had meh sales because people were just waiting for the Wii U version or not. We'll just have to see.

Meanwhile, both the Vita and it's software dropped off faster than I'd hoped. SS in particular dropped by well over 70%, which isn't a good sign as far as it's longevity goes. Really interested in where the hardware will settle over time.

EDIT: Oh, okay, so it was fixed. Never mind then. :)



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Good Vita numbers !

Soul Sacrifice sold 160k in 2 weeks ! ( +40k of bundle double units )

Remember its a new IP guys, so its good. ( even a game appealing to a larger public like Bravely Default sold 180k in 2 weeks with a similar drop, and its now at 300k )



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 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

I think we've probably seen the bottom of the barrell for Wii U. Next week might be worse. But I think DQX will really boos sales a lot, and the system should hold some momentum going forward into bigger and better releases.



I'm puzzled by the people expressing surprise over Soul Sacrifice's drop. What did they expect from a new IP in Japan? It appears to be trending about the same as other games with the same opening week, and perhaps a bit ahead, which I think is very good for a game that isn't a sequel. I kind of get the feeling that some people are inflating their expectations so they can be "disappointed", to be honest.

Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus dropped from 91k to 16k and it's an established franchised. Professor Layton opened at 132k and dropped to 30k--again, an established franchise, but also on a system with an exponentially higher installed base. And are people serious with the Monster Hunter comparisons, which is on its 108th version? I admit that I found that more than a bit amusing.

Vita hardware sales also seem to be fine, with the third week being more than half of the second week, which was itself pretty good.



Really looking forward to next week's Luigi numbers.

I wonder if Tomodachi collection announcement impacted the Animal Crossing sales.



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