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Media Create Sales: Week 40, 2018 (Oct 01 - Oct 07)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Good sales for Mario Party, only a little worried for the rest of 2018 due to the Yokai Watch 4 delay.
I don't dislike their games, but WxW too me felt like a breath of fresh air for them content-wise, Nobuyuki Inoue being responsible for the scenario really caught my interest. Hopefully someone brings it to the west.
Crystar looks like it could be good too.
DBX2 had severe stock issues last year. It is still a nice drop for DBFZ, I hope that the Broly movie hype will carry it even further.
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Huh, what's with the XB1 spike there (Okay, a spike of XB1 proportions, so still minor, but a noticeable spike nevertheless). Did that get a price drop too?
Hardware Sales YTD vs Last Year YTD
Switch vs Wii
Weekly
Accumulated
PS4 vs PS3
Minecraft Switch vs Minecraft Vita Edition
Extra (last week for this comparison)
Taiko no Tatsujin comparison
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|System | This Week | YTD | Last Year | Last YTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| NSW | 45.762 | 1.866.433 | 38.204 | 1.822.388 |
| PS4 # | 14.065 | 1.257.750 | 22.549 | 1.306.060 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+Switch vs Wii
Weekly
Accumulated
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| | Nintendo Wii | Nintendo Switch | Difference |
| | (2006/12/02) | (2017/03/03) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | NSW - Wii |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 82 | 41.037|6.267.089| 37.733|5.090.333| -1.176.756|
| 83 | 48.480|6.315.569| 42.957|5.133.290| -1.182.279|
| 84 | 44.525|6.360.094| 45.762|5.179.052| -1.181.042|
| 85 | 41.768|6.401.862| | | |
| 86 | 40.803|6.442.665| | | |
| 87 | 41.025|6.483.690| | | |
| 88 | 41.109|6.524.799| | | |
| 89 | 38.506|6.563.305| | | |
| 90 | 53.036|6.616.341| | | |
| 91 | 35.173|6.651.514| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|PS4 vs PS3
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| | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | Difference |
| | (2006/11/11) | (2014/02/22) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | PS4 - PS3 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 240| 17.104|6.655.005| 15.993|7.115.682| 460.677|
| 241| 16.081|6.671.086| 20.406|7.136.088| 465.002|
| 242| 16.993|6.688.079| 14.065|7.150.153| 462.074|
| 243| 26.441|6.714.520| | | |
| 244| 22.900|6.737.420| | | |
| 245| 23.322|6.760.742| | | |
| 246| 23.343|6.784.085| | | |
| 247| 20.704|6.804.789| | | |
| 248| 18.338|6.823.127| | | |
| 249| 20.239|6.843.366| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|Minecraft Switch vs Minecraft Vita Edition
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| | Minecraft Vita | Minecraft Switch | Difference |
| | [PSV] (2015/03/19)| [NSW] (2018/06/21)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | Switch – Vita|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 14 | 9.703| 209.693| 13.317| 291.062| 81.369|
| 15 | 10.896| 220.589| 13.483| 304.544| 83.955|
| 16 | 11.941| 232.530| 11.071| 315.616| 83.086|
| 17 | 10.898| 243.428| | | |
| 18 | 9.878| 253.306| | | |
| 19 | 10.180| 263.487| | | |
| 20 | 8.553| 272.040| | | |
| 21 | 8.100| 280.140| | | |
| 22 | 11.787| 291.927| | | |
| 23 | 8.073| 300.001| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|Extra (last week for this comparison)
Taiko no Tatsujin comparison
Maybe it's time to realize that they can't rely solely on the japanese market.
Forza Horizon 4 maybe, combined with a deal of some sort? Just spitballing here.
Yeah, they never said that. Just that they didn't have anymore stuff to announce for sometime (as they already have many projects underway).
? But Caligula is releasing in the west. I expect Work x Work to release here too.
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{2018.10.02}
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 # <RCE> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥6.900)
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 (2)(Xbox One X Forza Horizon 4/Forza Motorsport 7 Bundle) <BUN> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥49.980)
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 (ε) _Download Version_ |DL| # <RCE> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥6.900)
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 (ε) _Download Version_ |DL| (2)(Deluxe Edition) <RCE> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥8.241)
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 # <RCE> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥6.900)
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 (2)(Xbox One X Forza Horizon 4/Forza Motorsport 7 Bundle) <BUN> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥49.980)
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 (ε) _Download Version_ |DL| # <RCE> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥6.900)
[XB1] Forza Horizon 4 (ε) _Download Version_ |DL| (2)(Deluxe Edition) <RCE> (Microsoft Game Studios) (¥8.241)
The Switch is remarkably stable in Japan, and the overall sales are slightly disappointing. A perfect embodiment of Nintendo's 2018: cruising.
Definitely NISA.
Starting this week, all the way up to christmas. Evergreen are low this week because the new big evergreen of this fall just released.
Of course :)
It's funny it didn't follow legacy collection sales pattern
Switch continuing the trend of better 1st party sales from last gen, rebranding the game did it good.
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You can't have spikes at hardware without big titles. Evergreens and continued flow of new releases keep the baseline steady.
Yes, week 90 is the only one where Wii is over 50k, but it's exactly the week when Smash and Pokemon LG bundles will be released, so it will be easy to beat all weeks of this year from now.
Between Inazuma Eleven and Yokai... take your time to perfect your product but they are announcing their games too early and too closely together. It use to be a running gag but fucking hell it's uncomfortable seeing a company as big as, and with so much potential as Level 5 torpedo their games business like this with Kickstarter-esque mistakes in planning and marketing.
I see now why Inafune got a job there. Kindred spirits them...
I see now why Inafune got a job there. Kindred spirits them...
Switch-only Rankings for Week 40, 2018 (Oct 01 - Oct 07)
Media Create
Famitsu and Dengeki coming once they're published
Charts for Week 39, 2018
https://www.resetera.com/posts/13544918/
Media Create
Famitsu and Dengeki coming once they're published
Charts for Week 39, 2018
https://www.resetera.com/posts/13544918/
the sales to beat this Q are 1.5M compared to last year. as of this weak due to lack of splatoon, Switch is tailing 6% behind same period last Fiscal Year. but with Pokemon and Smash for Holiday vs only Mario O last year, they will likely rebound this Quarter
The whole third party Switch sales was always silly. The sales for the most part have been fine. Some clear successes, some clear failures, some normal performers. The whole thing seems healthy to me.
I still don't get this. what the hell was in it for Hino? turning Red Ash into a multimedia IP? Inafune got some dirt on Hino? drugs?
The price cut may plausibly have encouraged people who *would* have bought the baseline unit to instead hold on for a short while and go Pro instead. I wouldn't consider that particularly scary in isolation, but we'll know for certain next week!
October is generally a slow month (one of the slowest actually).
Next week (week 41) evergreens will probably be up due to Monday 8th being a national holiday, but expect to drop again the week after.
From mid-November, in week 46 is when things will start to go up to Christmas.
I think it just looks kind of ass visually. Like, extremely cheap, and not in a charming way in-game. Shame seeing Furyu keep losing, especially after Caligula Overdose was pretty damn good, but /shrug.
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Retailer hints vol.1
Call of Duty looks it could match last year's opening. After it comes out it's the last chance for the remaining western titles to pick up some steam, Red Dead Redemption 2 is at better position from the others.
Super Mario Party will have a strong hold at its second week.
Call of Duty looks it could match last year's opening. After it comes out it's the last chance for the remaining western titles to pick up some steam, Red Dead Redemption 2 is at better position from the others.
Super Mario Party will have a strong hold at its second week.
