Global HW & SW Up! 29th March 2014

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torok on 07 April 2014

Kongfucius said:

Perhaps, but an extra 5% on 20000yen is only an extra 1000, so about $10 (~£7?) so I doubt the effect was that massive. Jewellery and cars were probably affected far more, maybe big electricals like TVs and fridges, that kind of thing

Yes, that pretty much sums up Japan's results. There are great games there for Vita and it is doing good numbers there. I believe that EU could be similar if they tried. EU numbers aren't that bad if you consider that the only two games that appeal there last year were basically Killzone and Tearaway. A push from SCEE could even make them reach 15-20k constantly there and improve global numbers.

Still, the 13k in sales in the rest of the world seems high. Specially because it is a expensive handheld and not the best thing in developing markets. Of course, it could be related to FF X/X-2 HD.

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ethomaz on 07 April 2014

toastboy44562 said:

Never mind the one on microsoft store started on the 25th. But how many people are on the internet on that specific site. I expect a small boost next week as it hit more retailers

21st: Best Buy and Walmart
24th: Amazon
25th: Target, Gamestop and Microsoft

So even the week before had at least one day of $450 for Best Buy and Walmart.

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toastboy44562 on 07 April 2014

ethomaz said:

toastboy44562 said:

Never mind the one on microsoft store started on the 25th. But how many people are on the internet on that specific site. I expect a small boost next week as it hit more retailers

21st: Best Buy and Walmart
24th: Amazon
25th: Target, Gamestop and Microsoft

So even the week before had at least one day of $450 for Best Buy and Walmart.

ouch. atleast Xbox is Doing good in the US and decently in the rest of the countries. 400 dollars seems like the magic price and xbox needs to get in those extra territores asap

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Kongfucius on 07 April 2014

torok said:

Yes, that pretty much sums up Japan's results. There are great games there for Vita and it is doing good numbers there. I believe that EU could be similar if they tried. EU numbers aren't that bad if you consider that the only two games that appeal there last year were basically Killzone and Tearaway. A push from SCEE could even make them reach 15-20k constantly there and improve global numbers.

Still, the 13k in sales in the rest of the world seems high. Specially because it is a expensive handheld and not the best thing in developing markets. Of course, it could be related to FF X/X-2 HD.

Yep, it's one of the most obvious victims not only of the divergence of Western and Japanese gaming tastes, but also of the move to big AAA development - western devs and publishers just aren't interested. If the Japanese industry hadn't had so many problems in Gen7 both technical and otherwise then they might have been able to cover this across the board, but not with the sort of games they're currently making.

A standalone FF or KH could still help generate something of a turnaround but it's always going to be niche. Still t least it punches above it's weight I feel in terms of SW sales

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DonFerrari on 07 April 2014

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wary-wallaroo on 07 April 2014

And the X1 continues it's decent again. It'll be down to a 50-60k baseline soon. I can't believe some people actually expect Totanfall to carry it till the holidays, lol.