Depends on how cheeky the company is. Yokai Watch had it's definitive editions in like 5 months.
There should be some game that has performed similarly though. Probably a final fantasy.
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Media Create Sales: Week 40, 2019 (Sep 30 - Oct 06)
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There should be some game that has performed similarly though. Probably a final fantasy.
Famitsu has GBA at 15.5M lifetime.
I can see Switch at 11.5 million by the end of 2019, so if it can sell 4 million in 2020 it will beat GBA the next holiday.
I always wondered: Are national holidays sales-drivers and if so why exactly?
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07./06. [PS4] FIFA 20 # <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2019.09.27} (¥7.727) - 9.435 / 53.186 (-78%)
Great hold for the king. It is nurturing PS4 pro sales for the coming weeks. If it can keep selling about 5k a week until the launch of the PS5 the ultimate succes is a guarantee. I'm glad Sony offers smaller third parties in Japan chances like this. It totally outclassed sales of it's direct Switch competitor as well, showing third parties just don't sell as well on the Switch.
Great hold for the king. It is nurturing PS4 pro sales for the coming weeks. If it can keep selling about 5k a week until the launch of the PS5 the ultimate succes is a guarantee. I'm glad Sony offers smaller third parties in Japan chances like this. It totally outclassed sales of it's direct Switch competitor as well, showing third parties just don't sell as well on the Switch.
We're getting to a point where I can't tell what is sarcasm anymore. (Forget what that phenomenon is called).
I'm impressed that the regular Switch by itself still outsold the same frame last year.
nice.
You guys are so petty sometimes. Jesus christ.
Anyway, big drops all around but expected. September had so many big releases. A slower October is to be expected.
Anyway, big drops all around but expected. September had so many big releases. A slower October is to be expected.
The larger than expected drop for DQXIS is the natural consequence of its debut being inflated by the VAT increase. It did a good 50k higher than the average prediction, so now it evens out.
MC:
01./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) - 307.714 / 1.456.601 (-73%)
02./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) - 200.798 / 1.151.113 (-79%)
Famitsu:
01./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) - 259.676 / 1.390.144 <80-100%> (-77%)
02./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) - 166.513 / 1.116.851 <80-100%> (-82%)
I had forgotten about the fact that there used to be both MC and Famitsu, using famitsu data, the difference is smaller
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Famitsu Sales: Week 32, 2017 (Jul 31 - Aug 06)
01./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) - 259.676 / 1.390.144 <80-100%> (-77%)
02./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) - 166.513 / 1.116.851 <80-100%> (-82%)
Famitsu Sales: Week 40, 2019 (Sep 30 - Oct 06)
01./01. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - Definitive Edition # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.09.27} (¥7.980) - 57.667 / 360.871 (-81%)
01./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥5.980) - 259.676 / 1.390.144 <80-100%> (-77%)
02./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2017.07.29} (¥8.980) - 166.513 / 1.116.851 <80-100%> (-82%)
Famitsu Sales: Week 40, 2019 (Sep 30 - Oct 06)
01./01. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - Definitive Edition # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.09.27} (¥7.980) - 57.667 / 360.871 (-81%)
And just wait for holidays when Switch will sell 200k+ weekly if not close to 300k and the biggest third party games will ben Sumikko Gurashi and Yo-kai Watch 4++ 😂
To me, it isn't very surprising that the og switch is being outsold YoY. The 2018 lineup absolutely sucked, while 2019 saw possibly the best string of strong releases of any console this generation, not to mention the slight hardware upgrade. The switch in October 2019 is just a much much better offering than it was last year at the same time.
To be completely honest there have not be an onslaught of big JP games on PS4 either.
Biggest Holiday game should be from Sega tho (Mario & Sonic).
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PS4 strongest period for releases last years is January to March. There's no contest with Switch there for third party support.
I know you two tried to be funny, but it is this kind of jokes that often derail threads.
Newcomer will probably think it is meant seriously and other will only roll eyes, because such kind of jokes had been made roughly a million times before in these threads. So what is the point?
Yeah without a doubt, and it is looking the same this Q1 too.
ERA's average prediction was in the 230-240k range for September, I think.
Yeah, i think Pokemon will be big this year, and the Switch momentum will continue into early next year too with Animal Crossing. I also think its been argued that the Switch has basically no competition, which also helps in that case. Although i actually think that the Switch might have been able to do really well even with stronger competition, based on what it offers of both hardware and software. The Switch will probably end up selling 20m+ units (my first prediction was minimum 15m, but i think it will do more now).
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Yeah, the average prediction was 227.335 to be exact.
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Nintendo's numbers have the GBA at around 17 million in Japan, so they're likely referring to those.
Mario and Sonic is technically a Sega game but I wouldn't consider it a third party franchise as it relies on Mario popularity. If it were Sonic at the Olympic Games no one would have bought the game.
Anyway, as Chris said, big PS4 third party games are scattered outside holiday period.
No price drop since this week last year, VAT increase and the ps5 announced. Big drop this week but I'm impressed it's affectively flat on 12 months ago.
Looking forward to the holiday sales.
Edit: on the weather front, hopefully everyone is fine. I have family in Japan at the rugby World Cup. Fingers crossed.
Looking forward to the holiday sales.
Edit: on the weather front, hopefully everyone is fine. I have family in Japan at the rugby World Cup. Fingers crossed.
While I don't think the PS5 announcement will have an immediate effect, these sales occurred before the announcement this week.
Sony announced their next gen console earlier this year. They just gave more details this week.
The original press stuff had no date or name. Really no reason to bring that up now at all except to do some spin.
With word of layoffs at PlayStation, I wonder if Japan will be affected.
Sony has already taken a crack with a Playstation 5 in Japan with the PSP Go. Lets see if it will be different this time hehe :P
(Translator's note: Go means five in japanese).
(Translator's note: Go means five in japanese).
I'm guessing there will be some more price promotions going into this holiday season at least. Not sure if Sony will do a permanent pricedrop on the PS4 simply to not get too big of a price difference between PS4 and PS5, but i dont know.
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Sony won''t risk a permanent PS4 price drop (especially in Japan where circumstances for PS5 are even worse than PS4) when PS5 is coming and is heading for a very expensive initial price. They have been doing deals all year, they will have another big one for holidays like last December.
This scenario has been speculated for months and it's followed so far.
This scenario has been speculated for months and it's followed so far.
Our boy Rösti has you covered:
Three weeks until Nintendo's FY 2019 Six Months Earnings Release on October 31. A financial results briefing usually happens the day after the earnings release. https://t.co/vFuWbw9vgQ
