More sales than what Xenoblade 2 has achieved at the moment you ask the question is the objective mark where a game exits the "niche" status.
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Back in my day there would be a fool that jingled his way into the thread wearing his ninja garb, he wiggled his jester cap and told me "Naive you be, to think this be A Grade x3. Too much that be on a single hitch, only 200k will break it from niche." And then he'd gaslight you with arbitrary lists.
Anyways I'd say for this game, selling around that at launch window would be a good foundation.
Anyways I'd say for this game, selling around that at launch window would be a good foundation.
Do people think Ubisoft will do a streaming release of the rumored new AC for switch ?
Was there any info on how well AC Odyssey did with that release ?
Was there any info on how well AC Odyssey did with that release ?
I don't know if they'll make another Cloud version, but as soon as a Stadia version is announced I think it's fair to expect a Cloud version too
Currently at 242556 on GDL, so should be above 300-350k with digital i think.
But the actual number is irrelevant, since it can change at any moment.
Hard to say because nowadays most of the sales are done outside Japan even for mid-sized jRPGs. Also depends also on developers' expectations. SMTIV sold around 260k units on 3DS in Japan and that was seen as a pretty big success, for example.
Thanks! Do you know what is a success when including global/overall sales for a mid-sized JRPG? 500k units? A million? 1-2 million?
You have to sell at least 2 million worldwide and 200k in Japan otherwise you are niche.
200k for Xenoblade
300k for PlayStation exclusives
4M for Dragon Quest
About that...
In the last few days, i worked on a "project"... I'll post it later today.
It's something that i'm personally happy bout it, and i hope people in this thread will appreciate. :D
Depends on publisher's expectations, but for reference purposes, total shipments and digital sales for Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout have surpassed 420.000 units worldwide. The highest-selling Atelier game and a great success for Koei Tecmo.
So since numbers wont arrive till tomorrow, and we have not hit 20 pages yet on this thread, how about a topic for discussion that has never been seen in MC threads:
With NSO trial getting reset, meaning everybody gets a week of NSO for free, how big will the week over week increase be for Splatoon, since at least for a week, it wont be held back by NSO ?
With NSO trial getting reset, meaning everybody gets a week of NSO for free, how big will the week over week increase be for Splatoon, since at least for a week, it wont be held back by NSO ?
Thanks a lot. I wonder what Square Enix has for its mid-sized projects like Trials of Mana.
Namco should let them take over RR8.
Also they were originally spun off from IXI.
IXI - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute
There is a chance that we don't get numbers even tomorrow due to Golden Week. However just today 29th (and the weekend) is a proper holiday, so we should get it without delays (right Famitsu!?).
Cross your fingers.
Interesting thought! The team clearly has some racing experience under its belt.Namco should let them take over RR8.
Also they were originally spun off from IXI.
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If we don't, we'll just have to talk about Monster Hunter for the next couple days
It's not this week I'm worried about, but next one.
Couple as in just 2, or more? ;)
Technically, Golden Week festivities end on May 5th, which could mean we might get next week rankings on May 7th...but eh. First, let's hope we get Week 17 ones as we're expecting.
And I know the current situation isn't ideal, but it sure would help to put warnings about when to expect rankings whenever Holidays happen. At least we'd know when to expect them without having to make guesses :P
Next week I'm not worried because it's guaranteed, and I already assumed it would be delayed since I checked the calendar long time ago. No suprises. Also, next week we have Nintendo financial, so we'll have other numbers to discuss.
But if tomorrow is delayed then I'll be pissed. -.-
Actually they end the 6th. Monday to Wednesday are national holidays. From the 7th back to "normal". Famitsu won't have the numbers ready the 7th, with just one laborable day, probably the following week.
Just guessing, but I think it will be:
30th Apr - Week 17 Hardware and Top 10
1st May - Week 17 Top 30 and sell-through
7-10th May - nothing
11th or 12th May - Week 18 Top 30 and sell-through
13th May* - Week 18 and 19 Hardware and Top 10 combined
14th May* - Week 19 Top 30 and sell-through
*If sales are released back on Wednesdays, if it's still on Thursdays then a day later.
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Lucky 7You know why I'm here.
Tensaiya Nomura
All rise for....
FF7R sells 70k to reach 773k. A perfect round of 7's once again. Only a tensai can make something so poetic happen 2 weeks in a row. With that said...
Congratulations to FF7R. It has surpassed 1m. As expected. The tensai has done it again! Not just with KH3, but with FF7R as well. Two 1 million sellers 2 years in a row (KH3 walked to it so that FF7R could take off from it). Only the one true tensai can achieve such feat. Congrats to all involved and thank you all for your support.
Have a good day.
...Oh you're right, they'd have just one day to get and elaborate the numbers. Yeeeeah, I really doubt we're going to get rankings next week then.
Actually, given what happened at the end of last year, I wonder if it's possible that Famitsu will provide a (later) release of Week 18 numbers and then they combine Week 19 + Week 20 numbers.
EDIT: Adding a clear representation of my schedule hypotesis
Thursday 30th - Week 17 Top 10 + hardware
Friday May 1st - Week 17 Top 30
Next week - nothing
Wednesday 13th / Thursday 14th - Week 18 Top 10 + hardware
Thursday 14th / Friday 15th - Week 18 Top 30
Monday 18th - Week 19 Top 30
Wednesday 20th / Thursday 21st - Week 19 + Week 20 Top 10 + hardware
Thursday 21st / Friday 22nd - Week 20 Top 30
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Do you think there is a possibility of Nintendo shipping over 300k for GW? For either one? I wonder if we are going to see like 150k each week or maybe something a lot more/less.
Ninjala's art direction is shamelessly Splatoon x Arms, but the copy is so good that I don't think anybody even minds in the end. It could pass for a first-party game and that's something few third parties can achieve.
looking like a good hold from second week, probably very minor.
Yeah it does, I want to try it out. Release date is when again?
Is it too far out to have any clues on how Ghost of Tsushima is doing? Could it sell on par with Horizon Zero Dawn?
I think the Ninjala demo was quite succesful.
Ah, I missed all the sessions! I guess I'll download the game and try it out for myself. It looks pretty interesting, though I have to make sure to tell myself it's not Splatoon so I don't make endless comparisons.
Hopefully they iron out all the connection issues by release!
So over 800k. I wonder if it can reach 1 million by the end of the year.