What do you think it'll do? I find it hard to gauge its potential as it is quite a unique proposition in the modern market. It's probably best to use Bravely Default as a comparison I think:
01./00. [3DS] Bravely Default: Flying Fairy <RPG> (Square Enix) {2012.10.11} (¥6.090) - 141.529 / NEW <85,68%>
I dont think so, probably on par with Bravely Default and then leg its way to 200K before stopping
I can see Animal Crossing for Japan and Matroid for the US.
You're expecting Smash, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Yoshi, Fire Emblem, at least one new IP and possibly Metroid, all between June and the start of January? That would make this year a lot bigger than 2017, which is basically impossible imo.
Right. However, the demo has remained available since then, and afaik it isn't going to be taken down, so all they would need to do to reach those new owners is mention that a demo is available in the store. We will definitely have to wait and see how well they manage to market this title, but it has good potential at least imo.
We are 16 days into 2018 and we know PS4 is gonna have a busy release schedule from now till the end of the year.
I'll say this once again. Kirby creates zero excitement. It sells well yes but only in the long run. It's a quick lil game that barely moves hardware by itself.
Poor opening sentence for my post I admit. I edited it slightly. I expect Switch to be a success this year but less so than in 2017, mostly because of the poor line up.
It's tiring whenever people talk about their concerns regarding Nintendo's strategy there will always be a post like "so Nintendo's doomed am i rite lol". I think this kind of posts are not in good faith and add nothing to the discussion.
Animal Crossing, Smash Bros or Pokémon clearly could do as much as Zelda, Mario or Splatoon, even better.
Do you really expect DXII to come this year ?
I think the crux lf it is that the first 5 months had Zelda, MK8DX and Splatoon 2
I think some may slip to 2019 (Pokémon, Metroid) and Smash will be another warmed up Wii U Deluxe special but yeah, pretty much all of these have been announced, hinted or implied already. Not impossible at all.
It's more that last year's first 5 months had 2 blockbusters in BOTW and MK8D, which 2018 doesn't have in its first 5 months. 2017 definitely was sparse in terms of the number of releases in the first 6 months, it's just that people forgot that because they remember BOTW and MK8D. Still, the lineup for 2018 isn't bad imo, and with the added selling power the 4 horsemen of Switch it shouldn't have issues staying on a high sales level.
Animal Crossing sells everywhere. they arent gonna swap it out with a lesser selling IP in the west
I thought the BD demo with surveys was well received as well,even though it was a Japan only thing
I don't think Prime was that big of a seller,the game was well received though
I'm not speaking to other western devs, but these Bandai Namco games were largely PS3/Vita based and then ported up to PS4. They weren't "original" PS4 games in any meaningful way, those didn't come until 2016. Cross-gen multiplats were a big sticking point during PS4's early years in Japan and constantly cited as a sign of weak support or lack of faith in the platform.
It's a 2 million seller, alright, but Animal Crossing is an 11 million seller, and most of that is in the West. Supplanting AC with Metroid will decrease HW sales everywhere.
That's really true. Two titles stand out as deceptive to me: Kirby and Donkey Kong. Looking at the sales of older games (i.e. non-WiiU sales), it turns out that Kirby can sell anywhere between 300k and 1.2M (the latter for the DS title Kirby Super Star Ultra) and Donkey Kong sells over 1M on a regular basis, most recently on the Wii (DK:CR). The 3DS remaster of that title also went to 330k sales. In my opinion both titles for Switch have the potential to go up to 500k at the very end of their lifetime, which makes them significant titles for the system, even if they are generally regarded more as filler.
Yes but that's a different period than the 1st 5 months of 2018. It would also mean the 2nd 5 months of Switch was comparably weak with only Odyssey in the same league sales wise.
I replied to a post talking about the first 4-5 months of the Switch. That's from march to july.
You are discounting Fire Emblem Warriors a lot now!
First 4-5 months of this year yes, but last year wasn't specified. It could be read either way, launch aligned or calendar aligned.
Look when someone says first 4-5 months of the Switch, I'm not going to naturally think it goes from january to may. In my mind, it's the first 5 months from release day. Whoever posted that should have clearly said "first half of 2017"
When someone says first 4-5 months of Switch in 2018 I tend to think Jan-May. Maybe that's just me though.
Keep in mind we were discussing Switch in 2017. Obviously for 2018 and onward it would mean january to may :p
Judging by previous PS4/Vita releases that went PS4 only, not much
