Media Create Sales: Week 27, 2020 (Jun 29 - Jul 05)

Deleted member 60185 · Jul 10, 2020

COMGs preorder chart has gone very low today.
Multiple releases today (SAO, Baseball) and so we now have more than half the chart below 10 preorders. And only 4 SKUs in the 30+ range.
The 20th entry currently has only 2 preorders.

Lelouch0612 · Jul 10, 2020

Marth said:
COMGs preorder chart has gone very low today.
Multiple releases today (SAO, Baseball) and so we now have more than half the chart below 10 preorders. And only 4 SKUs in the 30+ range.
The 20th entry currently has only 2 preorders.

Thankfully the next Direct seems to be close and preorders might finally open for a lot of big games (Bravely Default 2, Rune Factory 5, Momotaro Densetsu, Mario...)

Chris1964 · Jul 10, 2020

5th week for Clubhouse Games at top of eShop rankings, over eBaseball opening.

hiska-kun · Jul 10, 2020

First Day Sell-through {2020.07.09}

[PS4] [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 <SPT> (Konami) (¥6.980) - 50%

[PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) (¥7.600) - 60%

Lelouch0612 · Jul 10, 2020

hiska-kun said:
First Day Sell-through {2020.07.09}

[PS4] [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 <SPT> (Konami) (¥6.980) - 50%

[PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) (¥7.600) - 60%

Good sell-through for both I'd say. PS4 SKU has the lead at day one, we'll see if it'll change by the end of the week end.

hiska-kun · Jul 10, 2020

The PS4 version of Powerful Pro Baseball is leading the first day. But they're close.

sfortunato · Jul 10, 2020

Chris1964 said:
18./17. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.12.27} (¥3.480) - 2.674 / 256.409 <80-100%> (-16%)

300k when?

dean_rcg · Jul 10, 2020

sfortunato said:
300k when?

Early December??

sfortunato · Jul 10, 2020

dean_rcg said:
Early December??

I guess earlier.

In late July-early August sales increase because of holidays and Brain Training is a good candidate for that.

dean_rcg · Jul 10, 2020

sfortunato said:
I guess earlier.

In late July-early August sales increase because of holidays and Brain Training is a good candidate for that.

you may well be right

Lite_Agent · Jul 10, 2020

Nintendo eShop Sales: July 1st to July 7th 2020

Nintendo eShop – Nintendo Switch

01./01. – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) [05.6.2020]
02./20. – eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami) [09.7.2020]
03./02. – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) [20.3.2020]
04./07. – Human: Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) [28.12.2017]
05./08. – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) [28.4.2017]
06./13. – Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise (YAK) [29.8.2019] (currently 93% off)
07./09. – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) [07.12.2018]
08./11. – Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) [21.7.2017]
09./12. – Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]
10./New. – eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 Powerful Edition (Konami) [09.7.2020]
11./16. – Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games) [25.9.2018] (was 40% off)
12./12. – Minecraft (Mojang / Microsoft Japan) [21.6.2018]
13./19. – Trouble Days (qureate) [09.7.2020] (was 15% off)
14./New. – Superliminal (Pillow Castle) [07.7.2020] (currently 20% off)
15./New. – Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo) [17.7.2020]
16./17. – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) [03.3.2017]
17./00. – No Reload Heroes (Forever Entertainment) [19.12.2019] (currently 90% off)
18./15. – Jannovi Mahjong Online (Winlight) [08.2.2018] (was 89% off)
19./00. – The World Ends With You -Final Remix- (Square-Enix) [27.9.2018] (currently 50% off)
20./New. – Catherine: Full Body (Atlus) [02.7.2020]

Nintendo eShop – Nintendo 3DS

01./02. – Pokémon Crystal Version (Nintendo, Virtual Console) [26.1.2018]
02./04. – The Battle Cats POP! (Ponos) [31.5.2015]
03./03. – Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) [23.11.2016]
04./00. – Journey to Kreisia (Kemco) [01.6.2016] (currently 50% off)
05./05. – Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation (Square-Enix) [24.8.2017]
06./07. – Maison de Maou (mebius) [06.8.2014] (was on sale for 300 Yen, instead of 864 Yen)
07./01. – Bike Rider DX2: Galaxy (spicysoft) [18.12.2013] (was on sale for 100 Yen, instead of 500 Yen)
08./06. – EarthBound (Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console) [04.3.2016]
09./09. – Pokémon Dream Radar (The Pokémon Company) [23.6.2012]
10./00. – Chronus Arc (Kemco) [19.8.2015] (currently 50% off)

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Lite_Agent · Jul 10, 2020

hiska-kun said:
[PS4] [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 <SPT> (Konami) (¥6.980) - 50%

So if it follows the usual sales trajectory for Switch games (increase during weekend), it could come out on top, huh. Wasn't expecting that so early tbh.

Chris1964 said:
5th week for Clubhouse Games at top of eShop rankings, over eBaseball opening.

eShop charts cut off right before launch day. We'll see next week if Clubhouse Games will be able to hold onto #1.

hiska-kun · Jul 10, 2020

Chris1964 said:
5th week for Clubhouse Games at top of eShop rankings, over eBaseball opening.

Lite_Agent said:
eShop charts cut off right before launch day. We'll see next week if Clubhouse Games will be able to hold onto #1.

Also, eBaseball has two SKUs, the other is #10. Combined might be first.

Oregano · Jul 10, 2020

I thought this was interesting, I came across these (now deleted) tweets from a developer based in Japan:

Blacked out the account because they deleted them because they didn't want it to blow up lol

Deleted member 15360 · Jul 10, 2020

Does ebaseball powerful pro have more of the past fan base on the playstation system ?

Any reason why Switch sales isnt higher than playstation ?

hiska-kun · Jul 10, 2020

Pranay said:
Does ebaseball powerful pro have more of the past fan base on the playstation system ?

Any reason why Switch sales isnt higher than playstation ?

The last mainline entry for a Nintendo system was in 2009 for the Wii. After that it was attached to PlayStation.

3DS got a spin off in 2016 and Switch another one last year (which sold over 200k LTD).

Lelouch0612 · Jul 10, 2020

Oregano said:
I thought this was interesting, I came across these (now deleted) tweets from a developer based in Japan:

Blacked out the account because they deleted them because they didn't want it to blow up lol

Not really surprising, we heard the same thing with SNK a while back.

Man God · Jul 10, 2020

Nippon Ichi said it and then Sony made them apologize for saying it.

Oregano · Jul 10, 2020

Lelouch0612 said:
Not really surprising, we heard the same thing with SNK a while back.

Man God said:
Nippon Ichi said it and then Sony made them apologize for saying it.

In this case they deleted the tweet and explained why and then Shu thanked them in a reply...

Also there was the quote in the Wallstreet Journal about how small developers have to support PlayStation anyway.

KillerMan91 · Jul 10, 2020

Oregano said:
I thought this was interesting, I came across these (now deleted) tweets from a developer based in Japan:

Blacked out the account because they deleted them because they didn't want it to blow up lol

It feels like that Sony cares more about small developers and indies when new console launches as it takes time for big games to start to appear on the platform. Then when they have gotten the hardcore crowd on board and console starts to get frequent big third party games they start to care only about big publishers.

Deleted member 52190 · Jul 10, 2020

KillerMan91 said:
It feels like that Sony cares more about small developers and indies when new console launches as it takes time for big games to start to appear on the platform. Then when they have gotten the hardcore crowd on board and console starts to get frequent big third party games they start to care only about big publishers.

The care about money, soo they will give priority to the ones that make them more money.

Oregano · Jul 10, 2020

KillerMan91 said:
It feels like that Sony cares more about small developers and indies when new console launches as it takes time for big games to start to appear on the platform. Then when they have gotten the hardcore crowd on board and console starts to get frequent big third party games they start to care only about big publishers.

I've definitely seen that said about indies, hence the renewed push for indies from SIE, but until relatively recently we never heard complaints and the perception has been that Sony took good care of the smaller publishers especially in comparison to Nintendo(or even Microsoft).

Deleted member 31092 · Jul 10, 2020

Sony doesn't have infinite money, and we all saw their huge push to sign exclusivity deals with big publishers. That money has to come at the expense of something else.

K Samedi · Jul 10, 2020

Oregano said:
I've definitely seen that said about indies, hence the renewed push for indies from SIE, but until relatively recently we never heard complaints and the perception has been that Sony took good care of the smaller publishers especially in comparison to Nintendo(or even Microsoft).

I remember a while back that Sony flat out said that they will focus on AAA in the first few years of the PS5.I don't think they really care that much for indies. Switch and Steam are much better platforms for them in any case.

Oregano · Jul 10, 2020

K Samedi said:
I remember a while back that Sony flat out said that they will focus on AAA in the first few years of the PS5.I don't think they really care that much for indies. Switch and Steam are much better platforms for them in any case.

That was in the WSJ piece I mentioned earlier. That's where the quote about not catering to small developers because they have to support PlayStation anyway came from.

KtSlime · Jul 10, 2020

Joseki said:
Sony doesn't have infinite money, and we all saw their huge push to sign exclusivity deals with big publishers. That money has to come at the expense of something else.

They could use that money to make a better console and then let developers put their games on anything they want freely, then let consumers decide which console to get their games for.

K Samedi · Jul 10, 2020

Oregano said:
That was in the WSJ piece I mentioned earlier. That's where the quote about not catering to small developers because they have to support PlayStation anyway came from.

Yeah I must have missed that. Generally speaking though they can only spend a limited amount of resources to marketing and the lions share will go to big games and it makes sense. Sony is in the high end market and it's been very profitable for them. That market, while niche, is very predictable and profitable. The market doesn't buy Sony consoles to play indies. I don't see any reason for Sony to ever push indie titles or smaller scale stuff for the PS5 unless it's the next big hit.

Kouriozan · Jul 10, 2020

Oregano said:
That was in the WSJ piece I mentioned earlier. That's where the quote about not catering to small developers because they have to support PlayStation anyway came from.

Yeah they did they the small publishers will come anyway because it'll be successful no matter what.
Seeing how Sony invest their money for the PS5 is pretty telling.

Lite_Agent · Jul 10, 2020

KillerMan91 said:
It feels like that Sony cares more about small developers and indies when new console launches as it takes time for big games to start to appear on the platform. Then when they have gotten the hardcore crowd on board and console starts to get frequent big third party games they start to care only about big publishers.

That's pretty much what happened with the PS4.

Though tbh, there's this "new platform effect" in the months preceding launch and the first 6-12 months where just adding "New Console Name" to your PR/Tweet nets you a lot more attention that normal. Was something else for the Switch, lots of people took advantage of that, including many games/pubs that are still (!) MIA to this day. Lots of games came out so much later after other platforms, yet got this big visibility boost by announcing Switch port even before port/dev even began. PS5 is/will be no different in that regard.

Kinda similar effect is the Nindies Direct and the likes.

Oregano · Jul 10, 2020

K Samedi said:
Yeah I must have missed that. Generally speaking though they can only spend a limited amount of resources to marketing and the lions share will go to big games and it makes sense. Sony is in the high end market and it's been very profitable for them. That market, while niche, is very predictable and profitable. The market doesn't buy Sony consoles to play indies. I don't see any reason for Sony to ever push indie titles or smaller scale stuff for the PS5 unless it's the next big hit.

Kouriozan said:
Yeah they did they the small publishers will come anyway because it'll be successful no matter what.
Seeing how Sony invest their money for the PS5 is pretty telling.

In the end it comes down to the fact that it's not exactly wrong. The reason smaller publishers/developers will be frustrated is that they want to be on PlayStation, not that they can't be successful.

Lite_Agent said:
That's pretty much what happened with the PS4.

Though tbh, there's this "new platform effect" in the months preceding launch and the first 6-12 months where just adding "New Console Name" to your PR/Tweet nets you a lot more attention that normal. Was something else for the Switch, lots of people took advantage of that, including many games/pubs that are still (!) MIA to this day. Lots of games came out so much later after other platforms, yet got this big visibility boost by announcing Switch port even before port/dev even began. PS5 is/will be no different in that regard.

Kinda similar effect is the Nindies Direct and the likes.

At least Sony didn't shorten their new "PlayStation Indies" initiative to Pindies.:P

Waluigilicious · Jul 10, 2020

I find this very interesting..

04./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 10.037 / 3.015.080 <80-100%> (+7%)
06./09. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 8.114 / 3.478.749 <80-100%> (+10%)
07./08. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 8.111 / 3.647.104 <80-100%> (-7%)
08./12. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 7.111 / 3.744.880 <80-100%> (+13%)

Though it doesn't happen every week, with these games it has lately become a bit of a pattern where the lowest selling game sells the highest weekly, making them all catch up to each other. It's quite fun to follow. Would be great if they all reached 4 million physical...

sfortunato · Jul 10, 2020

Waluigilicious said:
I find this very interesting..

04./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 10.037 / 3.015.080 <80-100%> (+7%)
06./09. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 8.114 / 3.478.749 <80-100%> (+10%)
07./08. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 8.111 / 3.647.104 <80-100%> (-7%)
08./12. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 7.111 / 3.744.880 <80-100%> (+13%)

Though it doesn't happen every week, with these games it has lately become a bit of a pattern where the lowest selling game sells the highest weekly, making them all catch up to each other. It's quite fun to follow. Would be great if they all reached 4 million physical...

They all have a chance. I mean, the only one which might struggle is Splatoon at this point.

Tbone5189 · Jul 10, 2020

sfortunato said:
They all have a chance. I mean, the only one which might struggle is Splatoon at this point.

Splatoon is up by a lot YoY, and the way it's selling looks like 4mil will be achievable by next year.

Pokémon dlc keeping the legs up, so it hitting 4mil is likely now too, maybe before years end of holiday does well for it

MegaXZero · Jul 10, 2020

Oregano said:
I thought this was interesting, I came across these (now deleted) tweets from a developer based in Japan:

Blacked out the account because they deleted them because they didn't want it to blow up lol

Not surprising in the least.

Waluigilicious said:
I find this very interesting..

04./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 10.037 / 3.015.080 <80-100%> (+7%)
06./09. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 8.114 / 3.478.749 <80-100%> (+10%)
07./08. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 8.111 / 3.647.104 <80-100%> (-7%)
08./12. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 7.111 / 3.744.880 <80-100%> (+13%)

Though it doesn't happen every week, with these games it has lately become a bit of a pattern where the lowest selling game sells the highest weekly, making them all catch up to each other. It's quite fun to follow. Would be great if they all reached 4 million physical...

NSO strikes again! Wait...

sfortunato · Jul 10, 2020

Tbone5189 said:
Splatoon is up by a lot YoY, and the way it's selling looks like 4mil will be achievable by next year.

Pokémon dlc keeping the legs up, so it hitting 4mil is likely now too, maybe before years end of holiday does well for it

Yep. Among the bunch it's the least likely being farther from the milestone. But it keeps selling remarkably well.

Not that it matters in the end as including digital sales they will all be way above 4m, lol

SinCityAssassin · Jul 10, 2020

Feel like splatoon 2's got enough in it for a second expansion.

Avada Kedavra · Jul 10, 2020

Lite_Agent said:
So if it follows the usual sales trajectory for Switch games (increase during weekend), it could come out on top, huh. Wasn't expecting that so early tbh.

The Switch version is also ¥1,000 cheaper so that's going to help to a certain degree.

Chris1964 · Jul 10, 2020

Konami has made the return of mainline Power Pro Baseball to Nintendo systems after a decade a big deal, from announcement to advertising. Strong sales from the beginning were expected.

Lelouch0612 · Jul 10, 2020

Chris1964 said:
Konami has made the return of mainline Power Pro Baseball to Nintendo systems after a decade a big deal, from announcement to advertising. Strong sales from the beginning were expected.

Hopefully they will be rewarded for it.

In other news, Ys Origin will launch on October 1st for PS4 and NSW in Japan.

BishopLamont · Jul 10, 2020

Chris1964 said:
Konami has made the return of mainline Power Pro Baseball to Nintendo systems after a decade a big deal, from announcement to advertising. Strong sales from the beginning were expected.

switch should outsell ps4 version right?

MegaXZero · Jul 10, 2020

BishopLamont said:
switch should outsell ps4 version right?

It might be difficult to do that given the audience for the game on PS.

BishopLamont · Jul 10, 2020

MegaXZero said:
It might be difficult to do that given the audience for the game on PS.

switch version has been selling well havent they? im not sure if they are exactly the same games, just know they are konami baseball games

i dont expect switch to sell significantly more, it'll be close but i think switch should edge it by a bit

Chris1964 · Jul 10, 2020

MegaXZero said:
It might be difficult to do that given the audience for the game on PS.

There's audience for baseball on Switch as much as there's on PS4. There was a gimped version of Jikkyou last year on Switch, these aren't unknown waters.

KtSlime · Jul 10, 2020

Jikkyou also has fans that are children, and they rarely have the money to buy a game at launch. This could mean that the Switch version has longer legs.

Kresnik · Jul 10, 2020

KtSlime said:
Jikkyou also has fans that are children, and they rarely have the money to buy a game at launch. This could mean that the Switch version has longer legs.

I'd expect the Switch version of nearly every game to have longer legs.

Deleted member 37233 · Jul 10, 2020

Deleted member 10737 · Jul 10, 2020

Chris1964 said:
23./27. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.09.27} (¥7.980) - 2.035 / 532.314 <80-100%> (+25%)

fiendcode · Jul 10, 2020

DQXIS becoming a low key evergreen alonside Taiko, Ace Angler and Fit Boxing is great to see.

Glio · Jul 10, 2020

KillerMan91 said:
It feels like that Sony cares more about small developers and indies when new console launches as it takes time for big games to start to appear on the platform. Then when they have gotten the hardcore crowd on board and console starts to get frequent big third party games they start to care only about big publishers.

I understand that what happened is that they went on to support only those types of projects if they were for PS VR, since they needed games to support the peripheral.

Deleted member 10737 · Jul 10, 2020

fiendcode said:
DQXIS becoming a low key evergreen alonside Taiko, Ace Angler and Fit Boxing is great to see.

really crazy for a non-pokemon JRPG, and a re-release at that.

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