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outlawauron on 12 December 2013
the_dengle said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Why are people so happy for P&D? It's a shallow smartphone game. One of my students who used to be into MH told me that he stopped and now plays a lot of P&D on his phone... and that broke my heart (ok, not that bad, but still).

I'd rather see anything else up there, tbh.

Am I the only person on this site who has actually played PAD? I've played a few iOS games (can't claim to have played 0.001% since there are so many), and I consider it one of the better ones I've sampled. A few of my other friends have played it, two of them lost interest and one of them likes it more than me and can't wait for PADZ to be localized.

I am not pretending to be happy for PADZ because I'm a Nintendo fan. The game looks better than the iOS version, which is saying something, because I rather like the iOS game, though it doesn't exactly blow me away. I am genuinely interested in PADZ. And I promise I'm not going to stop playing Monster Hunter when it comes out.

No. It's horribad. We've had this conversation before.



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Michael-5 on 12 December 2013
kopstudent89 said:
Michael-5 said:
the_dengle said:
Good final day for PDZ. Zelda is now the highest 3DS game on the chart.

Can't wait to see Media Create/Famitsu next week.

I think we're all waiting for Media Create for next week, PDZ is 3DS's last hope to top 3DS 2013. I don't think it will be enough, but who knows?

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Care to predict the next 3 games? I'm probably wrong, but I'm going to vote Kirby 3DS, Hero Bank (3DS), and Dynasty Warriors 8 (PS4). Realistically, I'll only get 1/3 right and the other 2 will be Japanese games I never heard of.

I agree, looking at preorders it might give the 3DS a massive boost. MH+Pokemon should give the 3DS huge December numbers as well, Pokemon historically has performed fantastically well in December. Won't be surprised if it gets pushed over 4 million this month.

Really? All year I've been expecting Pokemon+MH+2DS(outside of Japan) to give the 3DS a huge holiday boost, and Pokemon/MH have disappointed me. Sure 3DS got ahead YoY, but 3 weeks after Pokemon, sales fell pretty low. Animal Crossing on the other hand boosted sales similarly and kept them above 200k weekly.

I really want to see 3DS up YoY in all markets, if it doesn't then I suspect the 3DS will have a shoter lifetime then the DS, but not quite GBA short. Oh well, GBA had the best games for a handheld IMO, and 3DS is looking to do the same so far.



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kopstudent89 on 12 December 2013
Michael-5 said:
kopstudent89 said:
Michael-5 said:
the_dengle said:
Good final day for PDZ. Zelda is now the highest 3DS game on the chart.

Can't wait to see Media Create/Famitsu next week.

I think we're all waiting for Media Create for next week, PDZ is 3DS's last hope to top 3DS 2013. I don't think it will be enough, but who knows?

---

Care to predict the next 3 games? I'm probably wrong, but I'm going to vote Kirby 3DS, Hero Bank (3DS), and Dynasty Warriors 8 (PS4). Realistically, I'll only get 1/3 right and the other 2 will be Japanese games I never heard of.

I agree, looking at preorders it might give the 3DS a massive boost. MH+Pokemon should give the 3DS huge December numbers as well, Pokemon historically has performed fantastically well in December. Won't be surprised if it gets pushed over 4 million this month.

Really? All year I've been expecting Pokemon+MH+2DS(outside of Japan) to give the 3DS a huge holiday boost, and Pokemon/MH have disappointed me. Sure 3DS got ahead YoY, but 3 weeks after Pokemon, sales fell pretty low. Animal Crossing on the other hand boosted sales similarly and kept them above 200k weekly.

I really want to see 3DS up YoY in all markets, if it doesn't then I suspect the 3DS will have a shoter lifetime then the DS, but not quite GBA short. Oh well, GBA had the best games for a handheld IMO, and 3DS is looking to do the same so far.

MH and Pokemon put the 3DS several weeks above 200k outside the holidays, hardly disappointing. Japan usually is late when it comes to the holidays (takes a couple more weeks to kick in) so we should start seeing holiday numbers soon (the boost has kicked in this week). I wouldn't be surprised if the 3DS is above 200k in Japan next week.



Michael-5 on 12 December 2013
kopstudent89 said:
Michael-5 said:

Really? All year I've been expecting Pokemon+MH+2DS(outside of Japan) to give the 3DS a huge holiday boost, and Pokemon/MH have disappointed me. Sure 3DS got ahead YoY, but 3 weeks after Pokemon, sales fell pretty low. Animal Crossing on the other hand boosted sales similarly and kept them above 200k weekly.

I really want to see 3DS up YoY in all markets, if it doesn't then I suspect the 3DS will have a shoter lifetime then the DS, but not quite GBA short. Oh well, GBA had the best games for a handheld IMO, and 3DS is looking to do the same so far.

MH and Pokemon put the 3DS several weeks above 200k outside the holidays, hardly disappointing. Japan usually is late when it comes to the holidays (takes a couple more weeks to kick in) so we should start seeing holiday numbers soon (the boost has kicked in this week). I wouldn't be surprised if the 3DS is above 200k in Japan next week.

With PDZ I expect it to be over 200k, heck I see 300k as possible, but the 3DS is 250k behind itself YoY, and 3DS sold 200-420k weekly during the last 4 weeks of 2012. Basically 3DS needs to sell 1,260k in 4 weeks to top itself from 2012 (sold 1,006k according to VGC).



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kopstudent89 on 12 December 2013
Michael-5 said:
kopstudent89 said:
Michael-5 said:

Really? All year I've been expecting Pokemon+MH+2DS(outside of Japan) to give the 3DS a huge holiday boost, and Pokemon/MH have disappointed me. Sure 3DS got ahead YoY, but 3 weeks after Pokemon, sales fell pretty low. Animal Crossing on the other hand boosted sales similarly and kept them above 200k weekly.

I really want to see 3DS up YoY in all markets, if it doesn't then I suspect the 3DS will have a shoter lifetime then the DS, but not quite GBA short. Oh well, GBA had the best games for a handheld IMO, and 3DS is looking to do the same so far.

MH and Pokemon put the 3DS several weeks above 200k outside the holidays, hardly disappointing. Japan usually is late when it comes to the holidays (takes a couple more weeks to kick in) so we should start seeing holiday numbers soon (the boost has kicked in this week). I wouldn't be surprised if the 3DS is above 200k in Japan next week.

With PDZ I expect it to be over 200k, heck I see 300k as possible, but the 3DS is 250k behind itself YoY, and 3DS sold 200-420k weekly during the last 4 weeks of 2012. Basically 3DS needs to sell 1,260k in 4 weeks to top itself from 2012 (sold 1,006k according to VGC).

It's already sold a lot f its potential in its first 2 years. 15m consoles in Japan is heading close to historical saturation figures (most leading consoles barely passed 20m sold in Japan, in the case of the GB, it was due to the revival 10 years+ after its release). I think it will end at around 25m+ in Japan and that number is superb but it is approaching its peak already no question about that. We'll see how the holidays rolls I suppose.



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the_dengle on 12 December 2013
outlawauron said:

No. It's horribad. We've had this conversation before.

I don't recall it. Refresh my memory: what are your criticisms of the game?



outlawauron on 12 December 2013
the_dengle said:
outlawauron said:

No. It's horribad. We've had this conversation before.

I don't recall it. Refresh my memory: what are your criticisms of the game?

Of the mobile game? That's the one I'm complaining talking about. I was also a bit cautious of how much they were going to evolve the game for handheld version.



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And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
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the_dengle on 12 December 2013
outlawauron said:
the_dengle said:

I don't recall it. Refresh my memory: what are your criticisms of the game?

Of the mobile game? That's the one I'm complaining talking about. I was also a bit cautious of how much they were going to evolve the game for handheld version.

Yes, the mobile game.



outlawauron on 12 December 2013
the_dengle said:
outlawauron said:
the_dengle said:

I don't recall it. Refresh my memory: what are your criticisms of the game?

Of the mobile game? That's the one I'm complaining talking about. I was also a bit cautious of how much they were going to evolve the game for handheld version.

Yes, the mobile game.

My criticisms are largely to do with everything. UI is messy and the dungeons are too formualic. Enhanced based leveling is from the devil and gathering for evolution is annoying. It's the same bejeweled I played years ago, so I wish there was more to it than just skills (or rather than they were more useful). Leveling has been a chore and it's very slow going. Using friends in battle is nice though as are some of the designs (but there are far more really lame ones).



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Meret on 12 December 2013
kopstudent89 said:
Michael-5 said:
kopstudent89 said:
Michael-5 said:

Really? All year I've been expecting Pokemon+MH+2DS(outside of Japan) to give the 3DS a huge holiday boost, and Pokemon/MH have disappointed me. Sure 3DS got ahead YoY, but 3 weeks after Pokemon, sales fell pretty low. Animal Crossing on the other hand boosted sales similarly and kept them above 200k weekly.

I really want to see 3DS up YoY in all markets, if it doesn't then I suspect the 3DS will have a shoter lifetime then the DS, but not quite GBA short. Oh well, GBA had the best games for a handheld IMO, and 3DS is looking to do the same so far.

MH and Pokemon put the 3DS several weeks above 200k outside the holidays, hardly disappointing. Japan usually is late when it comes to the holidays (takes a couple more weeks to kick in) so we should start seeing holiday numbers soon (the boost has kicked in this week). I wouldn't be surprised if the 3DS is above 200k in Japan next week.

With PDZ I expect it to be over 200k, heck I see 300k as possible, but the 3DS is 250k behind itself YoY, and 3DS sold 200-420k weekly during the last 4 weeks of 2012. Basically 3DS needs to sell 1,260k in 4 weeks to top itself from 2012 (sold 1,006k according to VGC).

It's already sold a lot f its potential in its first 2 years. 15m consoles in Japan is heading close to historical saturation figures (most leading consoles barely passed 20m sold in Japan, in the case of the GB, it was due to the revival 10 years+ after its release). I think it will end at around 25m+ in Japan and that number is superb but it is approaching its peak already no question about that.

Yeah, it can't be evergreen forever. Nintendo expects 3DS to sell 5M this year in Japan (down 500K from last year, when 3DS XL released), console will beat that plan and it still be great cuz no other consoles in history, except DS and 3DS, sold 5M in Japan in 1 year.

In 2014 we can expect a price cut + 2DS release in Japan. In the end the system can reach 25M in Japan.

p.s. looks like PDZ doing amazing. Sold Out in many places, can't wait for next charts!