Yes, that game was such a MASSIVE leap over Xenoblade Wii that I still can't believe they did it.
It is even umatched nowadays, under certain points of view, in general videogame landscape and within Nintendo own outputs (including BOTW and Xeno2)
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Yes, that game was such a MASSIVE leap over Xenoblade Wii that I still can't believe they did it.
It is even umatched nowadays, under certain points of view, in general videogame landscape and within Nintendo own outputs (including BOTW and Xeno2)
It was a massive undertaking that even EAD had to step in to help consolidate the project, it's one of the game largest file sizes from Nintendo (32.77 GB after the optional upgrade patches). I wouldn't doubt it was a painful lesson of growth for the company.
I know that Xenoblade X was going to be a two discs game. But didn't know it was such a massive undertaking for the company. I guess you learn something new every day.
After searching you seem to be right, I mixed up GTA5s Km^2 with its miles, that said it was still smaller.
But Just Cause 2 had an absolutely gargantuan map at around 1k km^2 and came out earlier by a few years.
Sidenote: I somewhat expect the next Elder Scrolls game to not be as big as it could be, exceeding or getting to 100mi^2
TES games have been getting smaller, and I do not expect another daggerfall which was stupid for reasons that are obvious.
XCX is 20GB (20027.13MB to be precise), not 32GB. Definitely a massive game for sure.
The optional download packs were for the retail version, and useless for digital version. They can't just be added to total file size.
I wouldn't be surprised if XCX had a hard deadline to hit because of how Nintendo knew they were killing the WiiU early (and 2015 was already late enough).
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Takahashi had said Xenoblade 2 development was smoother than X which was more difficult and resulted to longer time until release but it looks it was understated how difficult it really was.
It was a common secret Xenoblade 3 release wouldn't be very far but from the moment Emily said development for it was also easier it must be at its final stages.
It was a common secret Xenoblade 3 release wouldn't be very far but from the moment Emily said development for it was also easier it must be at its final stages.
In the past, have follow-up series installments on the same platform tended to sell similarly as their predecessors in Japan? 2022 is shaping up to be 2017 part 2 for Switch with sequels to Xenoblade, Zelda, Splatoon, and Mario + Rabbids at the very least. First week/month sales ought to be higher with the much larger install base, but what about total sales?
I was thinking of Super Mario Galaxy 1 versus 2 or Uncharted 2 versus 3 for comparison, but perhaps there are better ones available?
I was thinking of Super Mario Galaxy 1 versus 2 or Uncharted 2 versus 3 for comparison, but perhaps there are better ones available?
voice acting, especially english voice acting, which would need a finalized translation done, is some of the last things to go into a game. testing could have been started before implementation, but qa and first-party (in this case, internal) approval would be the final things before release.
if voicework was done in july or august, it would point to a spring 2022 release at the latest.
XCX was out of their comfort zone in so many ways.
First HD, online multiplayer/features, side-quest focused, 18 playable characters, a lot of customization and then they had one of the biggest worlds out there, designed for both human models and 5x bigger mechs and flying mechs, almost completely open from the beginning and accessible with any level.
And they still had to work around Wii U limitations, like power, disk size and speed.
First HD, online multiplayer/features, side-quest focused, 18 playable characters, a lot of customization and then they had one of the biggest worlds out there, designed for both human models and 5x bigger mechs and flying mechs, almost completely open from the beginning and accessible with any level.
And they still had to work around Wii U limitations, like power, disk size and speed.
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Famitsu Sales: Aug 2021 (Jul 26 - Aug 29)
01./00. [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyou Battle Royale!! <TBL> (Konami) {2021.08.12} (¥6.000) - 122.530 / NEW
02./00. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 79.466 / 2.153.053
03./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 78.350 / 2.788.621
04./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 77.708 / 4.009.933
05./00. [NSW] Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon # <ADV> (Aniplex) {2021.08.26} (¥7.000) - 72.237 / NEW
Top 5
NSW - 5
SOFTWARE
Nintendo - 650.000
Konami - 250.000
Aniplex - 138.000
HARDWARE
01./00. [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyou Battle Royale!! <TBL> (Konami) {2021.08.12} (¥6.000) - 122.530 / NEW
02./00. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 79.466 / 2.153.053
03./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 78.350 / 2.788.621
04./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 77.708 / 4.009.933
05./00. [NSW] Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon # <ADV> (Aniplex) {2021.08.26} (¥7.000) - 72.237 / NEW
Top 5
NSW - 5
SOFTWARE
Nintendo - 650.000
Konami - 250.000
Aniplex - 138.000
HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 361.151 | 287.622 | 557.544 | 3.650.230 | 3.611.983 | 20.990.604 |
| PS5 # | 78.019 | 58.979 | | 740.431 | | 995.581 |
| XBS # | 15.578 | 11.094 | | 51.872 | | 83.296 |
| PS4 # | 6.824 | 3.817 | 15.357 | 90.824 | 465.109 | 9.381.714 |
| 3DS # | 2.251 | 2.435 | 4.965 | 20.549 | 41.984 | 24.579.457 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| ALL | 463.823 | 363.947 | 578.053 | 4.553.906 | 4.122.098 | 57.201.957 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS5 | 64.115 | 49.275 | | 625.219 | | 831.841 |
| PS5DE | 13.904 | 9.704 | | 115.212 | | 163.740 |
| XBS X | 7.883 | 7.060 | | 32.065 | | 56.941 |
| XBS S | 7.695 | 4.034 | | 19.807 | | 26.355 |
| NSW L | 58.939 | 54.902 | 127.408 | 958.859 | 1.506.897 | 4.030.951 |
| NSW | 302.212 | 232.720 | 430.136 | 2.691.371 | 2.105.086 | 16.959.653 |
| PS4 | 6.824 | 3.817 | 12.395 | 90.600 | 288.758 | 7.805.991 |
|n-2DSLL| 2.251 | 2.435 | 4.747 | 20.549 | 39.489 | 1.184.512 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
As Tales of Arise release date is approaching (2 days left) I am getting a bit hyped myself and I was wondering what were the expectations for its Japanese release. So I have decided to resort to YSO, which are a bunch of enthusiastic Japanese people that follow sales. It seems they are pretty optimistic because they are expecting a launch of around 225.000 units between both editions. If the final retail figure is something close to this it would be a great success that would show that despite the long hiatus the franchise is in good health. Let's hope this is not them overestimating because Comgnet hype, but we will see.
Here YSO predictions:
Here YSO predictions:
Proof Sony is doing well in Japan an media create posters are just haters!
Both Sony and Microsoft's best selling game for the month is on Switch.
I suppose that the engine work was a huge undertakin and doing the whole world with the scope it had for XCX
Thank you!
Do we have previous Tales of launch/debut numbers?
that surely seems a good result, if achieved (basically "Xenoblade" numbers, but just with debut numbers)
225k seems like a bad result imoAs Tales of Arise release date is approaching (2 days left) I am getting a bit hyped myself and I was wondering what were the expectations for its Japanese release. So I have decided to resort to YSO, which are a bunch of enthusiastic Japanese people that follow sales. It seems they are pretty optimistic because they are expecting a launch of around 225.000 units between both editions. If the final retail figure is something close to this it would be a great success that would show that despite the long hiatus the franchise is in good health. Let's hope this is not them overestimating because Comgnet hype, but we will see.
Here YSO predictions:
That would be pretty much exactly the same as Berseria IIRC without including digital. Seems optimistic.
Tales of Berseria opened at 160k on PS4 74k on PS3
Tales of Zestiria opened at 316k
Tales of Xillia 2 at 331k
Tales of Xillia at 512k
Tales of Berseria was the first title to have a digital release day 1, Berseria also had much better legs relatively to the three others games
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Media Create Software Sales 2020
Konami
2020 Jan {2019.12.30 - 2020.02.02} 11. - 44.915 / 44.915 <1,69%>
2020 Feb {2020.02.03 - 2020.03.01} 14. - 15.599 / 60.514 <1,08%>
2020 Mar {2020.03.02 - 2020.03.29} 14. - 14.868 / 75.382 <0,37%>
2020 Apr {2020.03.30 - 2020.05.03} 10. - 38.462 / 113.844 <0,88%>
2020 May {2020.05.04 - 2020.05.31} 12. - 17.314 / 131.158 <0,98%>
2020 Jun {2020.06.01 - 2020.06.28} 18. - 9.955 / 141.114 <0,59%>
2020 Jul {2020.06.29 - 2020.08.02} 03. - 321.344 / 462.458 <11,98%>
2020 Aug {2020.08.03 - 2020.08.30} 05. - 88.040 / 550.498 <4,36%>
2020 Sep {2020.08.31 - 2020.09.27} 04. - 71.048 / 621.546 <4,16%>
2020 Oct {2020.09.28 - 2020.11.01} 10. - 34.494 / 656.040 <1,83%>
2020 Nov {2020.11.02 - 2020.11.29} 02. - 610.129 / 1.266.169 <22,58%>
2020 Dec {2020.11.30 - 2021.01.03} 02. - 1.062.835 / 2.329.005 <17,84%>
Bandai Namco Entertainment
2020 Jan {2019.12.30 - 2020.02.02} 04. - 281.842 / 281.842 <10,63%>
2020 Feb {2020.02.03 - 2020.03.01} 06. - 76.076 / 357.918 <5,28%>
2020 Mar {2020.03.02 - 2020.03.29} 03. - 251.321 / 609.239 <6,29%>
2020 Apr {2020.03.30 - 2020.05.03} 04. - 218.038 / 827.277 <4,99%>
2020 May {2020.05.04 - 2020.05.31} 03. - 68.192 / 895.469 <3,88%>
2020 Jun {2020.06.01 - 2020.06.28} 03. - 67.760 / 963.229 <4,01%>
2020 Jul {2020.06.29 - 2020.08.02} 04. - 290.699 / 1.253.928 <10,84%>
2020 Aug {2020.08.03 - 2020.08.30} 02. - 171.362 / 1.425.290 <8,49%>
2020 Sep {2020.08.31 - 2020.09.27} 02. - 109.264 / 1.534.554 <6,40%>
2020 Oct {2020.09.28 - 2020.11.01} 03. - 87.893 / 1.622.447 <4,67%>
2020 Nov {2020.11.02 - 2020.11.29} 08. - 76.981 / 1.699.428 <2,85%>
2020 Dec {2020.11.30 - 2021.01.03} 03. - 260.581 / 1.960.009 <4,38%>
Konami
2020 Jan {2019.12.30 - 2020.02.02} 11. - 44.915 / 44.915 <1,69%>
2020 Feb {2020.02.03 - 2020.03.01} 14. - 15.599 / 60.514 <1,08%>
2020 Mar {2020.03.02 - 2020.03.29} 14. - 14.868 / 75.382 <0,37%>
2020 Apr {2020.03.30 - 2020.05.03} 10. - 38.462 / 113.844 <0,88%>
2020 May {2020.05.04 - 2020.05.31} 12. - 17.314 / 131.158 <0,98%>
2020 Jun {2020.06.01 - 2020.06.28} 18. - 9.955 / 141.114 <0,59%>
2020 Jul {2020.06.29 - 2020.08.02} 03. - 321.344 / 462.458 <11,98%>
2020 Aug {2020.08.03 - 2020.08.30} 05. - 88.040 / 550.498 <4,36%>
2020 Sep {2020.08.31 - 2020.09.27} 04. - 71.048 / 621.546 <4,16%>
2020 Oct {2020.09.28 - 2020.11.01} 10. - 34.494 / 656.040 <1,83%>
2020 Nov {2020.11.02 - 2020.11.29} 02. - 610.129 / 1.266.169 <22,58%>
2020 Dec {2020.11.30 - 2021.01.03} 02. - 1.062.835 / 2.329.005 <17,84%>
Bandai Namco Entertainment
2020 Jan {2019.12.30 - 2020.02.02} 04. - 281.842 / 281.842 <10,63%>
2020 Feb {2020.02.03 - 2020.03.01} 06. - 76.076 / 357.918 <5,28%>
2020 Mar {2020.03.02 - 2020.03.29} 03. - 251.321 / 609.239 <6,29%>
2020 Apr {2020.03.30 - 2020.05.03} 04. - 218.038 / 827.277 <4,99%>
2020 May {2020.05.04 - 2020.05.31} 03. - 68.192 / 895.469 <3,88%>
2020 Jun {2020.06.01 - 2020.06.28} 03. - 67.760 / 963.229 <4,01%>
2020 Jul {2020.06.29 - 2020.08.02} 04. - 290.699 / 1.253.928 <10,84%>
2020 Aug {2020.08.03 - 2020.08.30} 02. - 171.362 / 1.425.290 <8,49%>
2020 Sep {2020.08.31 - 2020.09.27} 02. - 109.264 / 1.534.554 <6,40%>
2020 Oct {2020.09.28 - 2020.11.01} 03. - 87.893 / 1.622.447 <4,67%>
2020 Nov {2020.11.02 - 2020.11.29} 08. - 76.981 / 1.699.428 <2,85%>
2020 Dec {2020.11.30 - 2021.01.03} 03. - 260.581 / 1.960.009 <4,38%>
I really don't get how there is COMG hype if Arise is so far behind Berseria in preorders.As Tales of Arise release date is approaching (2 days left) I am getting a bit hyped myself and I was wondering what were the expectations for its Japanese release. So I have decided to resort to YSO, which are a bunch of enthusiastic Japanese people that follow sales. It seems they are pretty optimistic because they are expecting a launch of around 225.000 units between both editions. If the final retail figure is something close to this it would be a great success that would show that despite the long hiatus the franchise is in good health. Let's hope this is not them overestimating because Comgnet hype, but we will see.
Here YSO predictions:
Different times, less COMG stores and digital sales are bigger now
Was this from an Iwata Asks? I'd love to read that interview. I tried a quick search but couldn't find it.
The prediction there is retail, so digital has nothing to do with this and it's looking to be a 100+ drop from Berseria's bit under 300 preorder total.
This is why I'm not a big fan of COMG, seems like arbitrary tea leaf reading.
still not getting his point, and that said "digital" has been the scape goat for poor retail sales yet there isn't proof (japan) in that being true. RE8 was a good indicator of that not being the case (even if it's only 1 ex)
I probably remember MHR sales wrong because it has been a while but either way. High digital ratio in Japan is still not common.
I've said before but the fact a indie game stole the thunder of Story of Seasons shows how they missed the boat. 3DS only wasn't the ideal setup for the series. Should have forked a PC release earlier. But whatever, it's not like Marvelous isn't happy with their sales and scope of the series.
the biggest problem with SoS is that they rushed the game. they could have done so much more with it if they didn't try to get the game out before the FY ended. and especially do more with the graphics. it looks like they shipped the game with unlit models
I don't think 3DS to PC would've been all that easy for XSeed.
Stardew Valley also has other things working in it's favor.
I'd say so. Bad WOM really killed it's legs in Japan.
Both takes are true and my line of thinking was a more simplistic one. But I do believe that Xseed should have featured the series more prominently on PC. Wouldn't take the series to Stardew levels of sales, but would add a lot given PC Gaming culture heavily favoring simulation games.
Back in the 3DS days, XSEED really weren't a company who did ports. I think they had one programmer who was handling most of their PC ports (who spent ages on the original Corpse Party) and it was only in subsequent years that they stepped up their game because frankly they had to.
I think SoS was in an absolutely fine place on the 3DS where it was selling extremely well in Japan and supposedly pulling good numbers in the west. I'm not sure the Stardew Valley model where it's constantly been updated since release would really have worked for a 3DS port either given that Marvelous would just move onto the next entry, but there definitely was a gap in the market for a good farming game on PC.
Part of that is because Capcom under shipped the game at launch, so going digital was the only option and it shifted many users to digital that would've been retail if it wasn't for this.
Also, online games and single player games have different digital ratios, so not the best comparison.
Tales of is a game you play once, finish it in a week and sell it to the nearest Geo/Bookoff so you can get a high price and most of your money back. Monster Hunter is a game that sells millions and will play for months many times over and over with short notice from your friends. It gets updates over that time, and when you are finished playing the game, it will have a very low resale value... Their situations are pretty different.