This dude...Lol, nah, stock threads are cancer, I made for the the sake of comparing people reaction to stock drops from nintendo to any other company, so far, thread has delieverd as I expected
This dude...Lol, nah, stock threads are cancer, I made for the the sake of comparing people reaction to stock drops from nintendo to any other company, so far, thread has delieverd as I expected
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.Ideally nobody should care about how many copies OT sells at launch.
It will have legs and word of mouth will carry it. That happens a lot on Switch.
I have already addressed this and other issues/excuses.
Fair enough. I just think novelty sounds more like a negative thing rather than something positive. Kinda like saying that Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold so well because of the novelty of being open world. But maybe that isnt the intention.
I would say definitelly. Selling 8-10 million at ~$60 for one year is better than selling 3 million a year at ~$40. Now, i expect MHW2 to decline by several of millions, but it has a good margin to get down to 3 million a year. I cant see MH on consoles dropping down to being "irrelevant" in the upcoming years. Adding a Switch SKU might soften the decline as well. It shall be interesting to see how they manage to keep the release schedule though, if they have enough manpower to keep it a yearly franchise or not at this point in time.
I dont know about production costs. Depends on how many people who are working on it. Is there any info on this?
We won't. Those estimates from YSO are for the week we get afterwards.If Octopath only releases on friday 13th, how come we'll have it's sales numbers tomorrow? Pre-orders?
If Octopath only releases on friday 13th, how come we'll have it's sales numbers tomorrow? Pre-orders?
You expect the switch to drop 20%? I personally feel like it will hold at 50k just before OT and CT releases.
[UPDATE] OCTOPATH TRAVELER PREDICTIONS: FIRST WEEK SALES (closed on July 12)
https://www.resetera.com/threads/me...018-jun-25-jul-01.53303/page-16#post-10182575
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.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.
Yep, thats true. The same goes for other Monster Hunter games as well, at least in the US.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.
Oh shit.
I feel so bad for retailers on Friday in JapanSome retailers have already received flyers and posters for Pokemon and Smash. Apparently marketing push will start big from Friday. It's the first time out of system launches Nintendo will open preorders for 2 big games the same day and so soon before release.
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
Ok let me rephrase.Bad...? They must be thrilled that so much is happening given how abysmal vg sales have been during the past few months.
Stores and movie theaters are two different things, sir.Ok let me rephrase.
I feel so bad for people who work at retailers on Friday in Japan :p
Even without the move.
Bamco cited positive reception/high expectations as the reason for delay, so I guess they're taking this IP very seriously.
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.
I mean, clearly Pokémon and Smash are the drivers of in-store madness, yeah, which is what Joe was referring to.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.
Nintendo Life said:Based on figures from Media Create and as reported by Siliconera, 260,000 copies of the two versions were reportedly pre-ordered in just two days; that's impressive by any marker.
I doubt it, most likely we will have one early September or late August at the earliest
I doubt it, most likely we will have one early September or late August at the earliest
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.
Guys, there's no new relevant release for Switch this week, no way it will keep around 50k.
Black Ops IIII, Cold Steel IV and Yakuza 3 remastered imo.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.
Guys, there's no new relevant release for Switch this week, no way it will keep around 50k.