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Stefan.De.Machtige on 13 August 2009
Manos said:
Wow. That was fast. Wonder why they dropped the price so quickly

'Nice' sig. I'm not sure if this is much better than the last. Besides that poo needs flies! 



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Manos on 13 August 2009
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Manos said:
Wow. That was fast. Wonder why they dropped the price so quickly

'Nice' sig. I'm not sure if this is much better than the last. Besides that poo needs flies! 

Thanks. I think this sig is nice too.



hanafuda on 13 August 2009
Viper1 said:
So I guess Street Fighter IV was a mega bomb then? Didn't Capcom ship 2 million units for the first week? I can list quite a few other games that had large initial shipments that took a few weeks to clear out and no one dared call any of them a bomb or wrote stories about it.

q SF IV wasn't in the bargain bin after a week. The thing people need to remember are Capcom's expectations for the game. If this persists then they miss their target by a long way, share price will suffer, and shareholders pissed.

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senortaco on 13 August 2009
ameratsu said:
senortaco said:
Viper1 said:
So I guess Street Fighter IV was a mega bomb then? Didn't Capcom ship 2 million units for the first week? I can list quite a few other games that had large initial shipments that took a few weeks to clear out and no one dared call any of them a bomb or wrote stories about it.

But those weren't on Wii, and weren't Monster Hunters. The mere fact it's on a console that "hardcore" gamers/press don't believe in means good or bad it's going to get pub. It's what makes news.

 

...Personally I find it all ridiculous, but hey it's news. I would be reporting the same. No one wants to look at the reality that the bundles were the preferred choice. Nintendo/Capcom miscalulated on the bundles demand. Thats stuff isn't as interesting as, "O.M.G!!!!11!! Monster Hunters is being DISCOUNTED!!!11!! DA HORRA!!!" 

Look at the number of threads on the topic, and the length those threads get, it's as good a topic to get hits as making a thread about PS3 slim...

 

Ok, I get that bundles are more in demand. But wouldn't an even slightly savvy consumer buy a 2980 yen copy of MH3 and a 1800 yen CC PRO as it would be far, far cheaper than buying the bundle? The controllers are in stock at amazon.co.jp, not sure about other vendors.

Honestly, I'm kind of jealous of Japanese gamers. I'd love to be able to buy a popular recent release for 59% off retail two weeks after launch. It often takes many months if at all to see that kind of discount here.

lol, I'm with you, if only people think that way. It's just like Microsoft charging retail for their Games-on-Demand service citing the "convenience". People see the all-in-one packaging and think convenience, it's just like coupons, people would live like kings if they ever took advantage of them, but ALOT of coupons make you jump through hoops for a reason. =D



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johnsobas on 13 August 2009
senortaco said:
ameratsu said:
senortaco said:
Viper1 said:
So I guess Street Fighter IV was a mega bomb then? Didn't Capcom ship 2 million units for the first week? I can list quite a few other games that had large initial shipments that took a few weeks to clear out and no one dared call any of them a bomb or wrote stories about it.

But those weren't on Wii, and weren't Monster Hunters. The mere fact it's on a console that "hardcore" gamers/press don't believe in means good or bad it's going to get pub. It's what makes news.

 

...Personally I find it all ridiculous, but hey it's news. I would be reporting the same. No one wants to look at the reality that the bundles were the preferred choice. Nintendo/Capcom miscalulated on the bundles demand. Thats stuff isn't as interesting as, "O.M.G!!!!11!! Monster Hunters is being DISCOUNTED!!!11!! DA HORRA!!!" 

Look at the number of threads on the topic, and the length those threads get, it's as good a topic to get hits as making a thread about PS3 slim...

 

Ok, I get that bundles are more in demand. But wouldn't an even slightly savvy consumer buy a 2980 yen copy of MH3 and a 1800 yen CC PRO as it would be far, far cheaper than buying the bundle? The controllers are in stock at amazon.co.jp, not sure about other vendors.

Honestly, I'm kind of jealous of Japanese gamers. I'd love to be able to buy a popular recent release for 59% off retail two weeks after launch. It often takes many months if at all to see that kind of discount here.

lol, I'm with you, if only people think that way. It's just like Microsoft charging retail for their Games-on-Demand service citing the "convenience". People see the all-in-one packaging and think convenience, it's just like coupons, people would live like kings if they ever took advantage of them, but ALOT of coupons make you jump through hoops for a reason. =D

The answer to this question is that the 3000 yen MH was never on shelves.  It was available at an online retailer for a short amount of time and sold out quickly (perhaps it was a small amount or was pulled quickly).  The actual store had MH at normal price the whole time, it was only the online store.  According to Neogaf you can find MH3 stand alones for around 5000 yen at some places right now.  It is still cheap but the price collapse is certainly exaggerated. 



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ameratsu on 13 August 2009

  @johnsobas: Reading the whole thread FTW. Heck, you didn't even have to read anything, you only had to look at one of the many photos all over this thread.

Go look at the OP, it's going for 2980 yen in at least one retail store.



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johnsobas on 13 August 2009
ameratsu said:

@johnsobas: Reading the whole thread FTW. Heck, you didn't even have to read anything, you only had to look at one of the many photos all over this thread.

Go look at the OP, it's going for 2980 yen in at least one retail store.

you are correct although the OP was not.  Originally it was only online.



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johnsobas on 13 August 2009

there's no spin i missed reading like 1 page, this thread has been ongoing for so long



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ameratsu on 13 August 2009

Originally the OP wasn't entirely correct, but as of right now it is since MH3 is going for 2980 yen in store. Again, that's an amazing deal for a new game.



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johnsobas on 13 August 2009

that was a nice stealth edit of yours. There's no need to get defensive like that.



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