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HylianSwordsman on 28 April 2019
Marth said:
HylianSwordsman said:

Nice find! Keep in mind that the baseline difference is partially due to this being from that year's summer, versus the low point of this year. But yeah, that chart is also just a lot more colorful than the charts are nowadays...

COMG baseline has been around 10 points for the whole year of 2018 no matter which season. Even in november/december.

Hence why I said partially. Right now the baseline is...5 points...which is pretty bad but it'll only get better for the rest of the year. I do notice a pretty heavy downward trend though. I sometimes wonder if COMG doesn't have long left. Maybe next year we see the actual bottom of the preorder charts? I wonder what would happen, would COMG start displaying the zero point games in alphabetical order or by release date?



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Bofferbrauer2 on 28 April 2019

*Yawn*

At least FE seems to get a bit of traction the last days



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ktay95 on 28 April 2019

wtf happened to COMG while I was gone?? Thats like the most depressing COMG chart ive seen



HylianSwordsman on 28 April 2019
ktay95 said:
wtf happened to COMG while I was gone?? Thats like the most depressing COMG chart ive seen

Don't know how long you've been gone, but between the 2012 chart Bofferbrauer posted a bit ago and today, multiple stores have closed, and as of late, we're in the middle of the spring doldrums with literally nothing releasing physically for the next month+. The low point always happens around this time of year, but this year is especially low.



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Rob5VGC on 28 April 2019

P5R has entered the charts.

Nice seeing Versus XIII again. Good times.



ktay95 on 28 April 2019
HylianSwordsman said:
ktay95 said:
wtf happened to COMG while I was gone?? Thats like the most depressing COMG chart ive seen

Don't know how long you've been gone, but between the 2012 chart Bofferbrauer posted a bit ago and today, multiple stores have closed, and as of late, we're in the middle of the spring doldrums with literally nothing releasing physically for the next month+. The low point always happens around this time of year, but this year is especially low.

ahh ok then, yeah its at least been over 2 years since I followed the charts. Like I can understand that nothing big is releasing soon but even then the numbers seemed incredibly low. Having stores close down will definitely do that tho.



HylianSwordsman on 28 April 2019
ktay95 said:
HylianSwordsman said:

Don't know how long you've been gone, but between the 2012 chart Bofferbrauer posted a bit ago and today, multiple stores have closed, and as of late, we're in the middle of the spring doldrums with literally nothing releasing physically for the next month+. The low point always happens around this time of year, but this year is especially low.

ahh ok then, yeah its at least been over 2 years since I followed the charts. Like I can understand that nothing big is releasing soon but even then the numbers seemed incredibly low. Having stores close down will definitely do that tho.

You also have to consider Japanese gaming trends. With the PSP and DS gone and the 3DS and Vita mostly gone, the closest thing to a portable console now is Switch, but in Japan it's selling only a little better than the Wii, so they're not treating it like a portable console. With the only other console being PS4, a traditional home console experience that Japan is trending away from, that hugely depresses sales for console software. Also, the trend from buying physical towards buying digital has only accelerated in the past 2 years, so that plays a pretty huge part. That's honestly probably the reason for the stores closing down.



XD84 on 29 April 2019
Day of the year Sony points Nintendo points Sony games Nintendo games Sony ratio Nintendo ratio
7-Jan-2019 793 53 18 2 44 27
21-Jan-2019 934 8 19 1 49 8
4-Feb-2019 385 14 19 1 20 14
18-Feb-2019 435 39 17 3 26 13
4-Mar-2019 429 53 16 4 27 13
18-Mar-2019 396 127 13 7 30 18
25-Mar-2019 145 130 13 7 11 19
8-Apr-2019 162 130 12 8 14 16
22-Apr-2019 172 168 11 9 16 19
23-Apr-2019 174 169 11 9 16 19
24-Apr-2019 176 170 11 9 16 19
25-Apr-2019 174 180 10 10 17 18
26-Apr-2019 189 88 12 8 16 11
27-Apr-2019 134 93 12 8 11 12
28-Apr-2019 136 97 12 8 11 12
29-Apr-2019 138 99 12 8 12 12
Average 2019 418 75 15 5 27 16


hly1 on 29 April 2019

Still figuring out navigation around the site.  Looks like pre-order data (USA) stops at end of 2018.  Can I get a link to a forum post which might explain the situation?