Arent the stores holding the price hike with old inventory or something?
We reap what we sow
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| Otter said: Pragmata doing well over all, looks like it will be a 100k hit. |
IP familiarity is definitely a factor; of note, RE Requiem on sold about 4:1 better on PS5 while Pragamata as a new IP is 2.5:1 so considerably closer.
AAA blockbusters in general appealing more to the PS5 base is definitely a thing as well, yeah, just cos that's been the platform's selling point for 20 years now, plus some Switch 2 owners also having a PS5, but Pragmata does demonstrate that series association does seem to be part of it.
| 160rmf said: Arent the stores holding the price hike with old inventory or something? |
I'm trying to find out if that's the case. Since retailers purchase units weeks in advance for the previous asking price it's safe to assume once that inventory sells out and the units with the updated price comes in that's when the price increases. We've seen that in the U.S. where PS5's were still at the old price for 2-3 weeks before increasing. If this is the case then I can see why the PS5 and PS5 Pro sold as much as last year, but if that's not the case then I would be shocked the price increase barely affected those sales. Then again Golden week is this week so sales might have increased in anticipation for that.
Sogreblute said:
I'm trying to find out if that's the case. Since retailers purchase units weeks in advance for the previous asking price it's safe to assume once that inventory sells out and the units with the updated price comes in that's when the price increases. We've seen that in the U.S. where PS5's were still at the old price for 2-3 weeks before increasing. If this is the case then I can see why the PS5 and PS5 Pro sold as much as last year, but if that's not the case then I would be shocked the price increase barely affected those sales. Then again Golden week is this week so sales might have increased in anticipation for that. |
That doesn't explain why the PS5 and Pro sold just 1k the the first week of price hike. I think people were just shocked at the price increase and everything is back to normal for PS5 sales. It's been selling around 10k for over a year now. Should easily reach 600-700k this year
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Hmm… you know, one theory that does come to mind is that maybe not all retailers have enforced the recent price hikes? Perhaps they’re looking to clear out inventory to levels where they known supply and demand will meet more optimally.
Looks like S2 has a new baseline. Pragmata looks to have had a better start on it compared to RE9... at least proportionally.
Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won
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Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-4-20-26-4-26-26-top-30/
1. [NSW] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream – 178,533 / 743,938
2. [NSW] Pokemon Pokopia – 17,039 / 927,044
3. [NS2] Pragmata – 14,453 / NEW
4. [PS5] Pragmata – 12,786 / 49,256
5. [NSW] Matsurika no Kei: Kei – Tenmei Iniden – 7,654 / NEW
6. [NSW] Mario Kart World – 5,537 / 2,906,379
7. [NS2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 3,695 / 108,612
8. [NSW] Minecraft – 3,378 / 4,193,529
9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – 3,201 / 343,741
10. [NSW] Elminage Original – 2,882 / NEW
11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 2,843 / 8,426,045
12. [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 2,793 / 169,177
13. [NSW] Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster – 2,965 / NEW
14. [NSW] Castle of Shikigami Triology – 2,555 / NEW
15. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – 2,310 / 1,640,461
16. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 2,236 / 1,722,742
17. [NS2] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park – 2,165 / 20,932
18. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 1,974 / 5,903,829
19. [NSW] Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (Download Card) – 1,944 / 22,162
20. [NS2] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 1,816 / 1,116,256
21. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 1,768 / 6,567,828
22. [NS2] Resident Evil Requiem – 1,760 / 58,221
23. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 1,637 / 1,504,862
24. [NS2] Mario Tennis Fever – 1,611 / 104,966
25. [PS5] Crimson Desert – 1,602 / 46,190
26. [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV – 1,595 / 189,332
27. [NS2] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 1,472 / 295,424
28. [NSW] Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection – 1,368 / 26,457
29. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 1,313 / 4,532,340
30. [NS2] Monster Hunter Stories 3 – 1,162 / 63,228
NS1 - 19
NS2 - 9
PS5 = 2
By the way, last installment of Tomodachi life had released in the same time frame , it had a significant increase in golden week! Fingers crossed of Tlife pulling 200k that week to reach 1m at retail!
| firebush03 said: Hmm… you know, one theory that does come to mind is that maybe not all retailers have enforced the recent price hikes? Perhaps they’re looking to clear out inventory to levels where they known supply and demand will meet more optimally. |
A fair amount must be imports! 139700 yen is 760 euros ,140 less than european price...
tak13 said:
A fair amount must be imports! 139700 yen is 760 euros ,140 less than european price... |
You have got to be kidding me. What about the Switch 2? The one not region locked is 90 euro less so I guess a fair amount must also be imports!
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