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Media Create Sales: Week 26, 2018 (Jun 25 - Jul 01)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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If Octopath only releases on friday 13th, how come we'll have it's sales numbers tomorrow? Pre-orders?
It's a JRPG. First week sales is absolutely important. And I have no faith in it having the kind of word of month that carries its leg in Japan. This games is not Xenoblade, nor Nier Automata.
Nope, not nearly the same, test-account. The first Zelda was open world game. Furthermore, Zelda:Breath of the Wild isn't that is "open word" in just having a massive world but having a game where you can do just about anything in any order the player desiere. I could be wrong, I can't recall any console game that let the player rush the final boss after completing the tutorial area. Two, Nintendo's franchises aren't even remotely in the same place as Capcom's franchises currently are.
At least in the U.S., Monster Hunter World have been on sale numerous times below the price point of $60 USD. I can imagine it was the same in other countries.
We won't. Those estimates from YSO are for the week we get afterwards.
Damn, I thought that we would see it tomorrow. Forgot that it's just next week so nothing new to see except older games holding.
You expect the switch to drop 20%? I personally feel like it will hold at 50k just before OT and CT releases.
Were there any notable releases over the last week? Or will today's data just be a display of legs.
I'm still surprised that the switch managed to somehow sell 50K this week after only being bumped to 48K with Mario tennis and minecraft. So I'm really not sure what to expect. The switch seems to be on an upswing at the moment but I'll play it safe and say it has a slight drop this week before going back above 50K next week.
I think maybe you misunderstood my point. I wasnt comparing the two franchises up towards each other in that sense. I'm only making comparison to something being seen as a novelty factor. Pablo Mesa said that a bigger reason for why Monster Hunter World sold so well was because of the novelity factors of better graphics and Monster Hunter being on consoles. And that is something that will wear off until the next game, and then people wont be as excited for it. Just like we can say that Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a novelty factor of being open world, something that is a fresh take on the serie, and when the next Zelda game comes (which clearly will be open world as well), its not something as fresh anymore.
Its not that important to the point that the first Zelda game from the 80s is technically open world because this isnt what Zelda games are known for in more recent time. Nintendo changed the formula with Breath of the Wild and took Zelda in a new direction. In the same vein that the first Monster Hunter game was a console game with higher production value. Later on, MH games were mostly known for being a portable franchise, then Capcom made a console game again, which changed things up a bit. Many people had been waiting for this for years, so it was a new thing for the MH franchise again.
Yeah, think Breath of the Wild is one of the most open world game out there when it comes to freedom to what to do :)
EDIT: I rewrote my post to make it a bit shorter.
Yep, thats true. The same goes for other Monster Hunter games as well, at least in the US.
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I feel so bad for retailers on Friday in Japan
Those two preorders, plus Octopath and Captain Toad and Splatoon amiibo
Also the new Pokémon movie's release day.
Everything is happening
Bad...? They must be thrilled that so much is happening given how abysmal vg sales have been during the past few months.
Ok let me rephrase.
I feel so bad for people who work at retailers on Friday in Japan :p
Bamco cited positive reception/high expectations as the reason for delay, so I guess they're taking this IP very seriously.
You're saying that Bamco isn't actually allocating "additional" time and resources to it?
With switch sales growing every week since the week of May 7th's bottom at 31,720, and PS4 mostly staying level, I predict this week will be
NSW 51k
PS4 19k
NSW 51k
PS4 19k
PR talk. Namco just looked at the abysmal preorders and is now re-assessing the marketing campaign. The game was DOA; perhaps in 2019 it will be less DOA.
Looks like Level-5 is releasing a free Inazuma Eleven game on 3DS this Summer. First game (most likely from the 1-2-3 compilation).
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/12041
Yo-kai Watch 4 stuff in CoroCoro this month, too.
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/12039
Also, The Battle Cats headed to Switch, presumably with co-op (title mentions "Futari de"). Out in December. 500k for 3DS entry. Looks like a new game.
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/12034
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/12041
Yo-kai Watch 4 stuff in CoroCoro this month, too.
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/12039
Also, The Battle Cats headed to Switch, presumably with co-op (title mentions "Futari de"). Out in December. 500k for 3DS entry. Looks like a new game.
http://ryokutya2089.com/archives/12034
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That press release had "doth protest too much" written all over it
Neither Captain Toad nor Octopath are gonna be massive megahit games anyway. It's a solid week for Switch, but don't expect anything crazy.
I mean, clearly Pokémon and Smash are the drivers of in-store madness, yeah, which is what Joe was referring to.
Edit: Just consider this:
Nintendo Life said:
With Code Vein missing 2018 after other games like KH3. What games can push PS4 sales this year? Year on year decline has become even more likely. Ironically in a year that saw its most selling game with MHW. The nth CoD, nth Battlefield, ToV port and nth Yakuza? are the most notable games that come to mind without taking a closer look, a lineup which really is quite weak for Japan, when it comes to pushing hardware this year in its current point in its lifecycle.
I doubt it, most likely we will have one early September or late August at the earliest
The lack of relevant release is not problem lol. I can see it keep around 50k easily if u ask me.