Japan Sales Week 33 (August 11 - 17) - Hyrule Warriors first week sales

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DerNebel on 20 August 2014

elazz said:

Ninsect said:

DerNebel said:
So Hyrule Warriors gave a decent boost supported by Obon week, the game itself didn't have a great first week by Zelda or Dynasty Warriors standards.

By combining the two IPs they managed to make a less popular game than each one individually.

Ouch :p

But I think that both franchises are on a decline lately. Or am I mistaken?

Pretty much, this number is still a lot lower than the last new Zelda and Dynasty Warriors release though(meaning no remakes or late ports)

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DerNebel on 20 August 2014

Found the prediction thread

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=187935&page=1

Looks like people were generally expecting more from Hyrule Warriors, a good number of people were pretty close though.

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lord_of_flood on 20 August 2014

Dammit Japan, you're always such a letdown.

Oh well, the Wii U had a decent (not good, just decent) week this week. My prediction for HW was way off though.

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benji232 on 20 August 2014

Next week will be very telling for wiiU in Japan. Last year, it completely crashed after this Obon week which lead to the horrible 2k weeks.

Predictions for LT console sales:

PS4: 120M

XB1: 70M

WiiU: 14M

3DS: 60M

Vita: 13M

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Ninsect said:

tbone51 said:

Ninsect said:

Lafiel said:
it will be interesting to see what kind of drop Hyrule Warriors has next week

usually Musou games drop down in sales very quickly, yet Nintendo games tend to have good legs - I wonder how this one will do

Zelda games don't have good legs though in Japan, iirc.

Thats not true.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/71407/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker/Japan/

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/45669/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/Japan/

Not recent console Zeldas at least

WW HD more than Tripled FW, thats legs bro. SS is one of the few that didnt have legs, why not get a comparison on every LoZ of last gen and current to be more fair?

This Gen...

WW HD 30k FW ~ 105k+ Lifetime (Legs)

ALBW 224k FW ~ 411k+ Lifetime (Ok Legs)

OoT 3D 166k FW ~ 569k+ Lifetime (Amazing Legs)

Last Gen...

SS 198k FW ~ 365k Lifetime

TP 146k FW ~ 596k Lifetime

ST 306k FW ~ 740k Lifetime

PH 304k FW ~ 950k Lifetime

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Gammalad on 20 August 2014

Didn't another retailer say it had sold close to 100k? Ah well I'll take Media Crate's word for it.

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TheWPCTraveler on 20 August 2014

I think it's been long enough to let me make a minor correction:

It's Media Create, not Media Crate.

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Ninsect on 20 August 2014

tbone51 said:

Ninsect said:

tbone51 said:

Ninsect said:

Lafiel said:
it will be interesting to see what kind of drop Hyrule Warriors has next week

usually Musou games drop down in sales very quickly, yet Nintendo games tend to have good legs - I wonder how this one will do

Zelda games don't have good legs though in Japan, iirc.

Thats not true.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/71407/the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker/Japan/

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/45669/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/Japan/

Not recent console Zeldas at least

WW HD more than Tripled FW, thats legs bro. SS is one of the few that didnt have legs, why not get a comparison on every LoZ of last gen and current to be more fair?

This Gen...

WW HD 30k FW ~ 105k+ Lifetime (Legs)

ALBW 224k FW ~ 411k+ Lifetime (Ok Legs)

OoT 3D 166k FW ~ 569k+ Lifetime (Amazing Legs)

Last Gen...

SS 198k FW ~ 365k Lifetime

TP 146k FW ~ 596k Lifetime

ST 306k FW ~ 740k Lifetime

PH 304k FW ~ 950k Lifetime

Sorry I don't count it as legs if it sells like 70k after its FW. Certainly not the "Nintendo legs" at least.

Last gen isn't relevant to the discussion here. WiiU is no Wii. WiiU is no 3DS/DS either. Well, I used Skyward Sword because at that point Wii was slipping fast. If this "Zelda" follows those legs it would end up with less than 150k lifetime. However, DW has even worse legs than Zelda so I'm not too optimistic for 150k.

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