Might it be Japan or Asia as a whole? If the latter, with those sales the target seems out of reach anyway.
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Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2018 (Mar 05 - Mar 11)
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Might it be Japan or Asia as a whole? If the latter, with those sales the target seems out of reach anyway.
At the end of the day it's all anecdotal one way or the other, but I haven't seen a Switch out of stock notice for a good month or more now, at least in the times I've been to GEO and Yodobashi.
There were a couple times where there were only a handful of new ones on the shelf, but certainly not (at least in my view) a situation where I would've had to call around or get in ahead of time to find one.
PS4 was pretty much always in stock but for some reason lately neither GEO or Yodobashi has had them regularly, to the point where when I asked at Yodobashi last week the guy told me they just had empty boxes on a rack.
Don't know about YoumeTown since I don't get over there much, but this is Hakata Yodobashi (and sometimes Tenjin Bic Camera or Best Denki).
I'm assuming you mean up to this point in the year...
Where are you even getting player count numbers from?
No problem. I snapped a photo if it's interesting. This was Monday:
I really wonder what store owners think of all those gaijins taking pictures of video game stuff all the time :p
(Just kidding, pretty sure they don't give a crap, unless you're trying to steal something).
By the way, what's that big Konami box with the Wii logo on it?
It's the exact same bundle as last time, but with an artbook thrown in as extra, so it's physical copy. Don't think there's been a non-digital Switch bundle in Japan yet... come to think of it, I don't think there's been that many bundles with digital even for the 3DS.
totally, never thought it would be a failure because of all the buzz around it. Whether people will like it or not, it's going to sell
People may go for the royal pack in digital form rather than buying a physical copy again for FFXV.
Not surprising see Four Princesses' bomb. Impressions so far are not good.
Not surprising see Four Princesses' bomb. Impressions so far are not good.
Oh. Hadn't followed MC threads too closely for last few days. I guess we shall see in few weeks if the stock issues affected overall sales.
500k for Yakuza IP and 500k for FoTNS IP!
(Is Yakuza gameplay popular? I thought most of its popularity came from the ongoing storyline and likeable characters. It hasn't really had many imitators over the years).
Completely forgot about that. Then again, it's the kind of indie-esque game that NISA were releasing on Vita and was selling sub-5k FW, so split among three platforms - it was never gonna show up.
The west will save it!
COMG seemed go be showing a softer drop.
Not sure.
But Kirby is the second most popular platformer behind Mario, so take that for what it's worth.
300k in Japan only is huge, really huge. Do you know anything about EU?
could we expect 100k sales for Kirby in the next media create? seeing how big Kirby is in Japan it probably could, right?
How did FF XV do in the rest of the world? I know Japan REALLY didn't like it but maybe those sales are not so bad when compared to the west? Royal Edition probably didn't sell a lot outside of PC
Boring week
Boring week
Yes, it will do over 100k. Kirby games usually start off slow sales wise, but have massive legs.
I don't know if this has been posted yet, interactive Pokedex in the Pokémon Center TOKYO DX:
The 3D renders look really good. Will they be used in Pokemon Switch?
The 3D renders look really good. Will they be used in Pokemon Switch?
Those numbers for Fist of the North Star are ok but nothing special. Maybe Japan feeling a bit over saturated with Yakuza games at this point? Yakuza 0, Kiwami, 6, Kiwami 2 and this all released in a 3 year span
That theory would only work if they were trending down though
That theory would only work if they were trending down though
somehow I always underestimate Kirby. I am looking forward to the next MC already xD
For a while now, I've been feeling that NIS's lineup has been rather lackluster. A lot of smaller, cheaper looking games that appeal to a more narrow audience. They should take some more risks and make more larger budgeted games than just Disgaea.
World went out for a pack of smokes and never came back
I already posted it in the previous page, but it's the PS4 Pro Glacier White 1TB model.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B079NDHYTM/
Yeah, I like the concept, too. Unfortunately, all of the impressions I read are from Chinese forums. I don't think there are many impressions in English.
yeah, amazing how it suddenly came back in the top 10. Word to mouth helps apparently
Unfounded speculation follows:
I wonder if it might be a demographic thing. The places I usually go to are department stores or appliance stores that have game sections. Families do their shopping there and these are the places kid-friendly garbage like "Sumiko Gurashi" will sell out and Monster Hunter World doesn't.
Bic Camera and Yodobashi are places gamers go for games (and I have neither in my town). I would imagine PS4 stuff, and less casual fare, sells better there. MHW sold out day one at these stores (if memory serves). Alternately, I posted pics of the game in stock day 3 at, I think it was, Jusco.
Without a lot more data points I can't really form any conclusion. But if you have a chance, try some of the department stores and see if there is a difference. Also, I'll be in Hakata in a few weeks for a wedding, so maybe I'll check some of those places out too.
Yes maybe around that number, I hear a Splatoon bundle is coming though? If it's next week that coupled with Kirby could do 80k.
I'm rather interested in these numbers, what do you mean by your own source?
Is it from somewhere that's reliable?
I do occasionally get weird looks, so I try not to take photos too often.
I didn't really look at that box, but I think it's this:
Its true what you say, but in this case, i dont think those bundles really mean that much regarding the talk about stock problems. As KillerMan91 mentioned, its not sure that people want to pay for the game thats being bundled, paying thousands of yen extra.
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so 40k+ for splatoon next week then :P
oh, I was fine with Japanese too but I don't know chinese lol. Well that's a bummer
100k are still possible, especially as Golden Week approaches...but yeah, I expected a better hold as well.
The Kirby review thread is on fire now because the score is ~10% lower than the 3DS Kirby games, but I don't speak it'll affect the Japanese sales negatively in a very significant way. The game shifts focus to the multiplayer while the singleplayer is a bit disappointing compared the 3DS games. However, from what I've heard from reviewers personally so far, it seems to me that it's not that bad that it will scare off players, and since Japan has so many Kirby fans, I think most people will be able to find a couple friends to play with.
So my expectations for the game's performance remains unchanged.
So my expectations for the game's performance remains unchanged.
Impressions from JP and Korea seems pretty positive on the other hand.
Well I'm struggling to think of where that would be in the city--the 3 main ones in the city center I frequent (Tenjin Bic Camera, Tenjin Best Denki, Hakata Yodobashi) are pretty much the main electronics stores in the whole area, and department stores like Hankyu don't sell video games anywhere as far as I know.
GEO is a multimedia store where games and PCs/phones are front and center so I suppose the demographic might also be different there, but YoumeTown (in my head) is the sort of place you really only go if you're a family with a car.
There's a MisterMax over near my apartment that does sell video games, but I don't recall seeing many if any systems there at all, regardless of stock. But yeah, if there is a distinct difference between dept. stores and media/electronics stores in terms of stock then I am only remotely aware of the latter.
Yes and anyway Splatoon 2 will grow more and more in Japan and that's exciting. And hopefully more Western players pick up the game with the expansion pak , and the ever lasting support the game gets from Nintendo.
Imo the game needs more QOL features ie make me skip the intro >.<
Way back in the day, Mister Max was the only place that had Wii systems in stock. :)
But yeah, I'm in the inaka here and that might be an even bigger factor than the type of store.
It's all very interesting.
In the direct they talked of the Octo Expansion in terms of it being the 'first' expansion DLC, and it's coming out around a year after the release of the base game. I wonder if their long-term plans for Splatoon might be a release schedule akin to Destiny?
One place I never have a good read on is Manga Warehouse, if you've ever been out there around Kaizuka Station. I bought my used Vita there and they have all manner of games on shelf (from Famicom to PC-Engine to Saturn to current gen) but it's a bit out of the way so I don't know who is serviced by such a shop.