Lol at rewrite history, and I know it was expected but hopefully disgaea doesn't just plummet more than 90%
I don't think anyone called it bad, I'm was just arguing that somehow people perceive Xeno 2 and Torna as different games.
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Jumping in on the Bravely vs Octopath discussion.
I think I prefer the first Bravely to Octopath in most ways, including music(although Octopath's is amazing as well).
The actual thing that stands out in Octopath vs Bravely is I think it had stronger writing even if the narrative was (mostly) disconnected between characters.
I think I prefer the first Bravely to Octopath in most ways, including music(although Octopath's is amazing as well).
The actual thing that stands out in Octopath vs Bravely is I think it had stronger writing even if the narrative was (mostly) disconnected between characters.
I wouldn't judge message boards when it comes to Bravely sales. Just wait until the marketing goes into full swing.
Bravely Default 2 won't have much of an issue hitting 1M really, but I wonder if SE has plans for it post launch like DLC or whatnot. I wonder if it'll hit 2M though. Probably will have a higher digital ratio thank anticipated.
That's fair I suppose. I have read online that some, and by some I mean many, greatly dislike xenoblade2 for being so different from 1 when it wasn't really that bad, sure it had its lows but it wasn't some torture and had some really good highs. I just enjoyed 1 more than 2 in some aspects (story) but the gameplay of 2 is better than 1 IMO, at least more fun. It came down to that 2 played more like an anime/ light novel while from what I see people say 1 plays more like a novel/book
(Japan)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300)
02./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980)
03./00. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny <SLG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200)
04./03. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980)
05./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980)
Top 5
NSW - 5
(Taiwan)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.31}
02./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
03./02. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11}
05./05. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
Top 5
NSW - 5
(South Korea)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18}
02./02. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
03./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2018.02.01}
05./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
Top 5
NSW - 5
gnn.gamer.com.tw
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300)
02./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980)
03./00. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny <SLG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200)
04./03. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980)
05./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980)
Top 5
NSW - 5
(Taiwan)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.31}
02./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
03./02. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11}
05./05. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
Top 5
NSW - 5
(South Korea)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18}
02./02. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
03./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2018.02.01}
05./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
Top 5
NSW - 5
MediaCreate 1 月 25 日～1 月 31 日一週銷售排行榜 《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》新登場
巴哈姆特 GNN 與日本遊戲業界分析公司 MediaCreate 合作，每週定期刊載由 MediaCreate 調查與統計的日本、台灣與韓國地區家用遊樂器主機遊戲軟體的一週銷售排行榜，供玩家參考。 《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》 當週因為有多款新作上市，終於讓日本銷售榜有些微的變化，榜上出現睽違已久的新上市遊戲《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》，不過除此之外沒什麼變化
gnn.gamer.com.tw
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Actually the comment starter from Real Life pre orders
It is tracking well behind supposed smaller games that Will hit the market later on, such as Story of Seasons or rune Factory, that arent supposed to be sure million Sellers
I hope it does well, but even the fact that the western marketing push isnt started yet isnt reassuring imho
The game is coming out in few weeks
Thanks.
Going the same way as the graph, they're telling a story and only sharing a few snippets of data convenient for their storytelling, it's a shame since everything seems to be going well for them so there's no reason to be shy of sharing it in a more honest way (so it's either being used of not sharing too much or just wanting to embelish just a little bit the truth for it to look even more rosy than it really is)
Kinda funny to see everything was written the pronominal way, I guess Capcom-sama himself is talking to us through that paper
Also didn't expect to see wedding as a way to appeal to a broader demographic but why not I guess (p12)
Story of Seasons is launching on the same day as BD2 in Japan FWIW.
Which is funny considering Xenoblade 1 was anime af.
It is tracking pretty close behind BD1 and similar to Octopath for now tho ?
It would be sooo dumb not to make a new Tactics game for Switch, the console begs for it, but Square does Square stuff.
(Japan)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300)
02./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980)
03./00. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny <SLG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200)
04./03. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980)
05./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980)
Top 5
NSW - 5
(Taiwan)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.31}
02./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
03./02. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11}
05./05. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
Top 5
NSW - 5
(South Korea)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18}
02./02. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
03./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2018.02.01}
05./05. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
Top 5
NSW - 5
MediaCreate 1 月 25 日～1 月 31 日一週銷售排行榜 《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》新登場
巴哈姆特 GNN 與日本遊戲業界分析公司 MediaCreate 合作，每週定期刊載由 MediaCreate 調查與統計的日本、台灣與韓國地區家用遊樂器主機遊戲軟體的一週銷售排行榜，供玩家參考。 《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》 當週因為有多款新作上市，終於讓日本銷售榜有些微的變化，榜上出現睽違已久的新上市遊戲《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》，不過除此之外沒什麼變化
Slight correction, but 5th place for South Korea last week was Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit - Mario Set, not Super Mario Party
Oh no. Nononono.
That reminds me of that main theme.
Nonono. I can't fall into temptation, I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't. I ca-
Life is like a board game
Here in Japan
Trains, ships, aeroplanes
It's a travel plan!
Might fight some misery
Or rewrite sales history!
Momotaro! Choo choo!
Everyday they're out
They're using the
Momotaro! Choo-oo!
Tales of daring do losses and wins
Locotaro! choo-oo
...This is your fault, GEO.
I just want to say that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was awesome and Tora will forever be the #1 nopon of the entire IP.
I do think one of the legitimate critiques of Sony's lack of eastern market focus is losing out not just in Japan but in growing console markets like South Korea, Taiwan, and potentially China to Nintendo. It looks like Taiwan and South Korea are growing to be decent facsimiles of Nintendo's dominance in Japan, we don't get that much data but the data we do get points towards that.(Japan)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300)
02./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980)
03./00. [NSW] Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny <SLG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2021.01.28} (¥7.200)
04./03. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980)
05./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980)
Top 5
NSW - 5
(Taiwan)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.31}
02./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
03./02. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11}
05./05. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
Top 5
NSW - 5
(South Korea)
Media Create Sales Week 4, 2021 (25 Jan - 31 Jan)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18}
02./02. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
03./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./04. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2018.02.01}
05./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
Top 5
NSW - 5
MediaCreate 1 月 25 日～1 月 31 日一週銷售排行榜 《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》新登場
巴哈姆特 GNN 與日本遊戲業界分析公司 MediaCreate 合作，每週定期刊載由 MediaCreate 調查與統計的日本、台灣與韓國地區家用遊樂器主機遊戲軟體的一週銷售排行榜，供玩家參考。 《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》 當週因為有多款新作上市，終於讓日本銷售榜有些微的變化，榜上出現睽違已久的新上市遊戲《魔界戰記 DISGAEA 6》，不過除此之外沒什麼變化
I am mildly surprised no one has made a bigger push for China and India (not sure what the console market looks like there tbh), they feel like they are primed for rapid growth if they are catered too correctly.
China is limited by what the government allows. Sony is also pushing for chinese developers to make for Playstation. Stuff like Boundary, Genshin Impact, and Lost Souls Aside came out of the China Hero Project
i just couldnt get over the chibi designs for WoFF and hence never got it. WHen it comes to chibi im really picky with it. The only time ive really enjoyed the artstyle was with The Wind Waker
Would be cool if Nintendo provided more accurate data for RFA in Asia. It's really doing well there.
Last thread about it on ERA has only has 3 pages and 124 posts, this screams bomba to me.
Definitely interesting that Disgaea 6 on Switch had a much lower placement drop than the PS4 version. It sold more of its stock, and sold more period. Did NIS fast-track more quickly enough?
Hope BOND is a good seller long term.
it's a shame people think this because XC1 is anime as hell. just in a different way, it's close too a shounen.
changes are needed, but i don't know about merging their toy and gaming division, it seems like something that should be separate. but he's in charge so idk.
Alfa System was your typically independant mid-end developper that was bound to struggle after their usual bread & butter contracted games declined and/or dissapeared (Tales Radiant Mythology, Oreshika, Phantasy Star... mostly Sony handheld games), was not ready to tackle development of "big boys games" on HD and probably in dire need of financial backing for the last few years considering their output.
Good thing for the company, it secures its employees future for the coming years, Meteorise probably gains the knowledge of videogame industries veterans and will be able to improve its output for its next projects. It's probably one more step towards mobile gaming from a former traditional videogame developer, but that was Sega Sony and Bandai Namco's call, not them.
Interesting detail is that both companies are pretty far from each other, Meteorise being Tokyo based while Alfa is in Kumamoto
EDIT : Actually Meteorise worked on a few games for dedicated gaming devices for Marvelous and Koei Tecmo, last ones being Valkyrie Drive and Atelier Firis (support development)
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It's also historic in terms of being Konami's biggest ever game in Japan and the biggest game in it's genre (I think).
And if they're just referring to their own chain's history, these all apply too, of course.
Not exactly a high bar to clear when your competition is an extremely tiresome food joke (Tatsu) and a guy who did literally nothing of note after joining the party (Riki)
I have to agree. It seems for some reason Square is convinced that "nendoroid crap" (as one of my friends calls it lol) is something that people who own Nintendo consoles in particular really, really love.
There's some nuance between million sellers and the decent sub-500k sellers and solid 300k sellers.
Some other posters have already commented on it, but I think Story Of Seasons could also be a bigger hit than anticipated. It's a series that has stayed consistent/shown growth in other markets despite the fluctuating fortunes of Nintendo hardware over the decades. With how huge Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley have become, it's surely created a space for further games like those to prosper. The apparent word-of-mouth success of Momotaro Dentetsu and Sakuna also bodes well. I'm not sure it will matter too much if the game is good, but it's a shame the production values (and in Rune Factory 5) aren't a bit better to really cement it's chances of a big breakthrough.
I think of those and Shikigami no Shiro. They did PCE Ys III as well.
I do hope Alfa System with Meteorise can make cool AA games again. Publishers would be smart to put them on Switch-specific projects. Still surprised Valkyrie Drive isn't on Switch yet. Market seems ripe for it, and PQube gets asked for it all the time and I'm sure they want it too.
I think that art direction worked better at lower res (3DS) but there's nothing wrong with the "chibi" look, overall. It's cute.
Valkyrie Drive was a Takaki driven cross media project and what little chance it would have had was buried alongside Senran Kagura.
Didnt find any information that they are own by somebody else.