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tbone51 on 28 June 2014

 

I know this generation is at probably the biggest decline ever in Hardware, but just wanted to point out how many million sellers there were compared from last gen to this gen. We'll here you go (excluding MS)

 

★Last Gen Total: 57  ★Current Gen Total: 13

Wii:  14            ⇒         WiiU: 1

PS3: 2             ⇒         PS4: 0

DS:  37            ⇒        3DS: 12

PSP: 4             ⇒        PSV: 0

 

Sony Console: Just started but the ps3 had only 2. PS4 has FFXV which should be a million seller, so it'll at least have 1, with a chance of RE7 /FFXVI /KH3 doing a million. Also DQXI seems like a given if the rumors are true for it to come to ps4.

Nintendo Console: Lots of million sellers were from the wii series and the huge decline that is WiiU doesn't help. Its got 1million seller and it has a chance to have a total of 3-5 maybe this generation (Mario Kart+WiiPartyU+SSB)

Sony Handheld: Though PSP had 4 million sellers, they were all from the same Franchise... Monster Hunter, and had 2-3 games close to it. Vita's best game sits around the 420k-450k mark (God Eater 2). Can Vita have a million seller this generation? Maybe with a True Monster Hunter but who knows if Capcom will let up....

Nintendo Handheld: Where most of all the million sellers will be coming from in the current gen. There are 12 now, with at least 4 more coming to this year alone! 

 

So the gen is at a decline in million selllers as well :'-(



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Darwinianevolution on 28 June 2014

Well, at least the 3DS keeps sales strong there. With a bit of luck it could achieve 20 million sellers. I'm just waiting for Youkai Watch to arrive to the west.



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tbone51 on 28 June 2014
Darwinianevolution said:
Well, at least the 3DS keeps sales strong there. With a bit of luck it could achieve 20 million sellers. I'm just waiting for Youkai Watch to arrive to the west.


Well we have these for guaranteed million sellers and a chance to do a million so far...

~ Guaranteed Million Sellers...

Youkai Watch 2

Monster Hunter 4G

Pokemon OmegaRuby/Alpha Sappire

*Pokemon Z (if it comes out)

 

~ Chance of Million Sellers

Super Smash Bros 3DS

Kirby Triple Deluxe

 



drake_tolu on 28 June 2014

not even PS4 is a milion seller...(600,000)



etking on 28 June 2014

Not a fair comparsion, you should consider the time since release for every system and only count within equal time frames. If PS4 is out for 3 months, you should only compare it to the first 3 months of PS3.



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hunter_alien on 28 June 2014
tbone51 said:

 

I know this generation is at probably the biggest decline ever in Hardware, but just wanted to point out how many million sellers there were compared from last gen to this gen. We'll here you go (excluding MS)

 

★Last Gen Total: 57  ★Current Gen Total: 13

Wii:  14            ⇒         WiiU: 1

PS3: 2             ⇒         PS4: 0

DS:  37            ⇒        3DS: 12

PSP: 4             ⇒        PSV: 0

 

Sony Console: Just started but the ps3 had only 2. PS4 has FFXV which should be a million seller, so it'll at least have 1, with a chance of RE7 /FFXVI /KH3 doing a million. Also DQXI seems like a given if the rumors are true for it to come to ps4.

Nintendo Console: Lots of million sellers were from the wii series and the huge decline that is WiiU doesn't help. Its got 1million seller and it has a chance to have a total of 3-5 maybe this generation (Mario Kart+WiiPartyU+SSB)

Sony Handheld: Though PSP had 4 million sellers, they were all from the same Franchise... Monster Hunter, and had 2-3 games close to it. Vita's best game sits around the 420k-450k mark (God Eater 2). Can Vita have a million seller this generation? Maybe with a True Monster Hunter but who knows if Capcom will let up....

Nintendo Handheld: Where most of all the million sellers will be coming from in the current gen. There are 12 now, with at least 4 more coming to this year alone! 

 

So the gen is at a decline in million selllers as well :'-(

 

But thats not the whole picture. You dont need that many million selling games in Japan, when you have DD, freemium and DLC models. Also budget seems to stay in-line with previous generation, while in the west development budgets tend to grow by a lot.



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Wright on 28 June 2014

Not a single 360 game broke a million units in Japan?



zorg1000 on 28 June 2014
Wright said:

Not a single 360 game broke a million units in Japan?

360 barely broke a million in Japan lol



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Wright on 28 June 2014
zorg1000 said:
Wright said:

Not a single 360 game broke a million units in Japan?

360 barely broke a million in Japan lol


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tbone51 on 28 June 2014
Wright said:

Not a single 360 game broke a million units in Japan?



ps3 only had 2 (1 of which barely passed it), you think something on X360 would! :p There are but a few games that even get passed the 500k mark. Its completly different in the west in terms of sales. 1mil equivalent in japan is about 2mil-2.5mil in the US for example! (well i guess its more of the many niche genres but who knows :0)