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Media Create Sales: Week 24, 2018 (Jun 11 - Jun 17)
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Dark Souls Remastered has a pretty incredible download ratio according to Famitsu.
54,306 download sales (compared to 77,435 physical sales) during its four days of release
Gematsu doesn't seems to note that those are still survey/estimate based but here are some numbers : https://gematsu.com/2018/06/dark-so...igital-copies-in-its-first-four-days-in-japan
54,306 download sales (compared to 77,435 physical sales) during its four days of release
Gematsu doesn't seems to note that those are still survey/estimate based but here are some numbers : https://gematsu.com/2018/06/dark-so...igital-copies-in-its-first-four-days-in-japan
i think i already did a prediction(?) but here is my update one.
MTA: 96k
Minecraft: 55k
New Gundam Breaker: 68k
switch: 53.5k
PS4: 28k
MTA: 96k
Minecraft: 55k
New Gundam Breaker: 68k
switch: 53.5k
PS4: 28k
Last-minute prediction update for brownie points:
- Mario Tennis Aces : 135k
- Minecraft : 100k
- New Gundam Breaker : 90k
- Switch : 68k
- PS4 : 24k
- Mario Tennis Aces : 135k
- Minecraft : 100k
- New Gundam Breaker : 90k
- Switch : 68k
- PS4 : 24k
I honestly have more and more doubts about Famitsu's methodology for estimating digital numbers. If Famitsu are to be believed, Japan, which used to be behind in digital sales when compared to ROTW, and where used game sales are a serious market, has suddenly become this stronghold and beacon of light in the forefront of WW digital sales? It just doesn't make sense.
Famitsu's estimates smell strongly like vgchartz quality "estimates",
My guesses:
- Mario Tennis Aces : 120k
- Minecraft : 90k
- New Gundam Breaker : 50k
- Switch : 60+k
- PS4 : 20k
- Mario Tennis Aces : 120k
- Minecraft : 90k
- New Gundam Breaker : 50k
- Switch : 60+k
- PS4 : 20k
?. These estimates are usually nowhere near the splits in west. Dark Souls is exception. Usually we get something like 15-30% digital share for new titles from these estimates. In west it's close or over 50%.
Switch has been on an Uptick.
That, combined with the full effect of Fortnite dropping(heh), as well as the Octopath Expansion(which was quite a surprise i imagine) and MTA and Minecraft releasing in the same week.
Plus, we are entering the Summer Season, and thus exiting the weakest sales window for Japan.
That mid-teir title, Mario Tennis, has a history of good numbers and decent legs
The ones I was quoting in my post, for example.
54,306 download sales compared to 77,435 physical sales during the first four days of release of Dark Souls Remastered. In Japan. Sure.
What makes you think New Gundam Breaker will open stronger than Mario tennis Aces ?
That mid tier title often sold multiple times more than many famed AA title from third party lol.
And Minecraft it indeed hit 100k FW. Will become Switch best selling 3rd party by the end of the year lol.
Maybe cause retailers have been trying to dump the toxic shipment since it launched. It's like 60% off now.
Considering how fast the game drop... cant the consumer just wait for a bit more time till it drop till 90% lol.
It was the 14th best selling game in the United States in May, it's doing incredibly well.
http://orenowebgo.hatenablog.jp/entry/2018/06/27/131654
It looks like
Mario Tennis 120k
Gundam Breaker 64k
Minecraft 60k
It looks like
Mario Tennis 120k
Gundam Breaker 64k
Minecraft 60k
Still charting in the US, the UK, France, Germany ...
These kind of legs for a Zelda game are unheard of and will make BotW the best-selling Zelda game (it already is) by a big margin.
Looking at Nintendos reports for sales of Zelda since it launched:
Q4 2016: Japan was 14.1% of total BOTW sales.
Q1 2017: Japan was 15.3% of total BOTW sales.
Q2 2017: Japan was 14.4% of total BOTW sales.
Q3 2017: Japan was 13.4% of total BOTW sales.
Q4 2017: Japan was 12.8% of total BOTW sales.
So looking at that, Zelda sales in Not Japan have actually become stronger as time goes on.
Source are the supplementary information pdfs from Nintendos earnings release, which give a divide for notable sellers as Japan/Overseas.
Edit: had to change all the numbers, Math is hard especially in the morning.
Point still stands though, and it actually makes for a nicer progression.
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MC was difficult to predict because it doesn't behave as your typical game. 60k is still the biggest debut for the game which is amazing considering it's available on all platforms and has been available on the Switch eShop for months.
Seems pretty bad for fundamental especially considering it's unlike to sell much more.
Good start for tennis, will have to see legs but that surely puts 500K+ as a realistic possibility. Minecraft big opening but it's all about legs.
Waiting to see HW sales. Hopefully the next few weeks are pretty big for switch.
Good start for tennis, will have to see legs but that surely puts 500K+ as a realistic possibility. Minecraft big opening but it's all about legs.
Waiting to see HW sales. Hopefully the next few weeks are pretty big for switch.
GB3 did 141k in its launch week and though it's dropping Vita I'm sure they'll be some Vita owners converting to PS4, despite the bad reviews. Mario Tennis Open on 3DS opened pardon the pun at 101k. Plus Gundam games are front loaded so I think it'll get the jump on Mario.
I wonder if Nintendo would let Camelot do another Golden Sun if Mario Tennis (and inevitably) Golf do well enough on Switch.
I'll be the happiest Nintendo gamer ever if we get a Mario Golf game for switch with the quality of MTA, yes 77 metacritic and all.
crossing my fingers.
it'd be interesting, since the core gameplay mechanics haven't been expanded upon much since 64 (as far as I know).
aside, did Mario golf invent the 2 part hitting system we see in that game and other golf games like golf story?
or is it from something else originally?
Talent Always Wins
A 97 MC score is not given lightly: the game is just incredibly good, and features a lot of content, which might help keep the second hand market under control somewhat.
The Season Pass helped a lot too. The game is selling better now than right before the 2nd DLC's launch.
That has been true every time Minecraft has had retail release though. First available digitally and later retail release.
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In the post-apocalypse, we will be using first shipment copies of Gundam Breaker as currency.
not sure who started the power bar thing but it's everywhere.
I bought and platinumed Everybody's Golf for PS4 day 1 to tide me over but I prefer Mario Golf's weird courses, characters and gameplay modes.
also, if you guys allow me to brag, I was ranked #1 several times on Mario Golf 3DS online worldwide tournaments.....
yeah diehard to the point that I had to force myself to stop, I was missing out on a ton of games but a Mario Golf game for switch would be... uhh no words. just gaming heaven.
Oof all round...
thank you for this, this is a quality post!
Breath of the Wild is heavily tied to switch purchases too. I wouldn't be surprised if this implies that the switch itself is having relatively better 'legs' in not-Japan.
So I guess that's why it's never had a huge opening in any platform, which is what we are discussing, right? Switch seems to follow pattern, just a bit bigger than usual.
Still, I would love if we sometime had an update on the total sales because I think they must be quite big now even if just digital. Nintendo is the publisher in some regions I think so maybe it could show up in their fiscal reports some time?
60k would still be twice as big as the biggest opening for the series in Japan.
But yeah, Minecraft will be about legs.
True but this is the n-th version of the game in a world which increasingly rely on digital purchases (in Japan too).
