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outlawauron on 29 April 2015

Some pretty disappointing software debuts all around.

Bravely Default is quite under the first, and Neptunia is ~7k below series average. That's not good. Arc Systems Works has pretty much killed BlazBlue. Style Saavy dropped about as expected. Minecraft still got legs. PS4 is surprisingly up.



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Kresnik on 29 April 2015

Well, to start with the positive... those are relatively awesome numbers for Tropico (even though they're bad in actual number terms):

242   360 Tropico 3 4,430 9,644 Russel 2010-05-20

And PS4 has had a nice boost as well, that dedicated Neptunia fanbase huh?  Vita is also up WoW (why?), as is WiiU.

Now for the bad... poor performance from Neptunia:

303 - PS3 Hyperdimension Neptunia 25,235 53,184 Compile Heart 2010-08-19
320   PS3 Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 33,763 47,235 Compile Heart 2011-08-18
321   PS3 Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory 35,670 47,196 Compile Heart 2012-08-30
105   PSV Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection 23,394 26,441 Compile Heart 2013-06-20
91   PSV Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 28,734 32,801 Compile Heart 2013-10-31
107   PSV Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation 25,275 25,275 Compile Heart 2014-03-20
79 - PSV Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed 32,834 40,195 Compile Heart 2014-08-28
106   PSV Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Century 25,537 25,537 Compile Heart 2014-12-18

Selling on par with the first spin-off on Vita, down 12k from the previous mainline entry.  It did better than Omega Quintet at least, but that's not exactly a compliment...

Toukiden bombed, as did the Sayonara Umihara Kawase port.  Sad to see.  And Bravely 2nd down FW and unlikely to have the legs of the first too.  Meh.

Hardware is pretty poor across the board too.



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Dr.Vita on 29 April 2015

Everything as expected. Nice that PS4 and PS Vita are up this week, hope that both can do 17k+ next week. Minecraft also have good legs. Do you guys think that it will be the best selling retail game in Japan?




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Munchies on 29 April 2015

Poor Bravely. :/

I hope it gets localised.



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Troll_Whisperer on 29 April 2015

BTW, how the hell did PS4 go from 14k to 20k with those SW numbers? Am I missing something?

For those saying next week is Golden Week, not really. Most people work Thursday and Friday, though today was a holiday. So 3 days off. The week after that includes the other half of Golden Week.



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outlawauron on 29 April 2015
Troll_Whisperer said:

BTW, how the hell did PS4 go from 14k to 20k with those SW numbers? Am I missing something?

For those saying next week is Golden Week, not really. Most people work Thursday and Friday, though today was a holiday. So 3 days off. The week after that includes the other half of Golden Week.

The weekend is the most important. Honestly, I do hope expectations are kept in check. Golden Week does not provide large boosts, but modest ones to HW and SW (10-30%).



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Roronaa_chan on 29 April 2015

Needs more Nep
Localize it quickly



Kresnik on 29 April 2015
Troll_Whisperer said:

BTW, how the hell did PS4 go from 14k to 20k with those SW numbers? Am I missing something?


Neptunia.  Small fanbase, but extremely dedicated, would be my guess.

(And a few LE consoles)



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Train wreck on 29 April 2015

Minecraft vita...Monster who?



Troll_Whisperer on 29 April 2015
Kresnik said:
Troll_Whisperer said:

BTW, how the hell did PS4 go from 14k to 20k with those SW numbers? Am I missing something?


Neptunia.  Small fanbase, but extremely dedicated, would be my guess.

(And a few LE consoles)

Still surprising to me, but I guess PS4 is that young stage where even small releases can cause bumps, especially if the games have dedicated fanbases as you said.



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