How can sales be higher on 3DS but stronger on PS4? Genuine question.
Amazing, PS4 is a true beast in Japan!!!
Hopefully this means that we will see more big games from Square Enix for PS4! :D
| spemanig said: How can sales be higher on 3DS but stronger on PS4? Genuine question. |
More people buy digital on PS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1gWECYYOSo
Please Watch/Share this video so it gets shown in Hollywood.
| spemanig said: How can sales be higher on 3DS but stronger on PS4? Genuine question. |
Revenue.
| Dr.Vita said: Amazing, PS4 is a true beast in Japan!!! Hopefully this means that we will see more big games from Square Enix for PS4! :D |
No, it's not. Gotta love these exaggerations lol.
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides
in comparison DQIX SOLD IN JAPAN OLNLY 4.35 ON A 27 MILION DS IN 2009 AND THAT HUGE DIIFERENCE
| Kerotan said: It's insane that without the Asian and WW release DQ11 is doing anything close to the 3DS version. Safe to say none of you expected that. And SE didn't either because they thought the 3DS version would do better then it's done. Just not aswell that ps4 digital will be a lot higher then 3DS. The ps4 version costs more and a digital copy is far more profitable to them then a retail copy. SE will be very happy with the extra margins generated from these sales that they couldn't make in the past. |
It's really not that surprising:
- 3DS is currently in its seventh year already. It's a dying system and its replacement is already on the market.
- The Switch caught Japan by storm, as well as the rest of the world. Many publishers completely underestimated how succesful a Nintendo console would be (again) and now they're caught with their pants off and they're quickly trying to rush games to the system. Should have started sooner.
- Among the Nintendo fanbase DQ XI is competing with the new hype that is Splatoon 2.
- Japanese gamers who own both a PS4 and 3DS will have likely opted for the superior version. Square expected them to buy both versions (just take a look at their commercials), but that obviously did not happen (at least not to the extent they were hoping).
- PS4 version might generate more revenue, but it also had significantly higher development costs, so the extra revenue doesn't mean a lot.
- DQ XI is still underperforming compared to previous installments, hence why the sales are only meeting their lower end target.
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides
Hiku said:
I doubt they would be refering to value without specifying that that was the case. Every other time they used the term "strong sales" in the same Q1 financial briefing, they were refering to quantities of sales (there was no second version to compare to). |
This means like 1 million PSN & Eshop sales right? Kinda crazy
| RYUKINHO said: in comparison DQIX SOLD IN JAPAN OLNLY 4.35 ON A 27 MILION DS IN 2009 AND THAT HUGE DIIFERENCE |
1 game VS 2 games
Not sure why people treat DQXI on the PS4 and the 3DS as the same game. We never did it for the Sonic games that released both on handhelds and home consoles or Okami...
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides
Alkibiádēs said:
No, it's not. Gotta love these exaggerations lol. |
Yep, you're definitely right! PS4 is a tremendous phenomenon!!!!!!!!!
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