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Media Create Sales: Week 41, 2019 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)

ZSaberLink

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Dengeki Online Sales: Week 41, 2019 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)

01./00. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.10.10} - 31,139 / NEW
02./01. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - Definitive Edition (Square Enix) {2019.09.27} - 25,047 / 399,181
03./02. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (Ubisoft) {2019.10.04} - 12,373 / 61,166
04./00. [NSW] Yo-kai Watch 1 for Nintendo Switch (Level 5) {2019.10.10} - 9,500 / NEW
05./05. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne Master Edition (Capcom) {2019.09.06} - 8,694 / 408,086
06./03. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo) {2019.09.20} - 8,156 / 208,113
07./08. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} - 7,200 / 1,004,576
08./06. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} - 7,153 / 620,675
09./10. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} - 7,053 / 2,331,029
10./04. [PS4] Code Vein (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.09.26} - 7,050 / 83,539
11./07. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} - 6,865 / 3,368,659
12./13. [NSW] Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.07.25} - 5,094 / 197,282
13./11. [PS4] Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (Nihon Falcom) {2019.09.26} - 4,510 / 61,616
14./14. [PS4] Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (Koei Tecmo) {2019.09.26} - 4,100 / 50,233
15./12. [PS4] World War Z (H2 Interactive) {2019.09.26} - 3,908 / 40,013
16./16. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} - 3,865 / 1,136,249
17./09. [PS4] FIFA 20 (Electronic Arts) {2019.09.27} - 3,669 / 48,258
18./15. [PS4] eFootball Winning Eleven 2020 (Konami) {2019.09.12} - 2,994 / 95,976
19./00. [NSW] Gensou Kissa Enchante (Idea Factory) {2019.10.10} - 2,963 / NEW
20./19. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} - 2,856 / 1,098,447
21./20. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} - 2,806 / 3,105,614
22./18. [NSW] FIFA 20 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts) {2019.09.27} - 2,681 / 17,221
23./00. [NSW] The Alliance Alive HD Remastered (FuRyu) {2019.10.10} - 2,632 / NEW
24./22. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} - 2,306 / 728,946
25./21. [PS4] Borderlands 3 (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.09.13} - 1,933 / 62,693
26./00. [PS4] The Alliance Alive HD Remastered (FuRyu) {2019.10.10} - 1,900 / NEW
27./25. [NSW] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) {2019.06.27} - 1,850 / 175,992
28./17. [NSW] Super Robot Wars V (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.10.03} - 1,794 / 6,017
29./27. [NSW] Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo) {2019.07.26} - 1,793 / 277,462
30./30. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} - 1,735 / 391,366
31./24. [NSW] Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (Koei Tecmo) {2019.09.26} - 1,477 / 29,263
32./23. [NSW] Daemon X Machina (Marvelous) {2019.09.13} - 1,447 / 55,030
33./00. [PS4] Concrete Genie (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.10.10} - 1,323 / NEW
34./33. [NSW] Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game (Sega) {2019.07.24} - 1,267 / 54,845
35./29. [NSW] Ninja Box (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.09.26} - 1,187 / 10,439
36./36. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} - 1,178 / 1,862,229
37./26. [NSW] Dead by Daylight (3goo) {2019.09.26} - 1,177 / 11,990
38./34. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} - 1,117 / 890,192
39./37. [NSW] Yo-kai Watch 4: We Are Looking Up at the Same Sky (Level 5) {2019.06.20} - 978 / 275,115
40./39. [PS4] Gran Turismo Sport [PlayStation Hits] (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.10.04} - 954 / 2,008
41./32. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} - 944 / 725,437
42./38. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} - 894 / 781,888
43./35. [NSW] Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (Level 5) {2019.09.20} - 893 / 16,402
44./31. [PS4] Tropico 6 (Square Enix) {2019.09.27} - 853 / 7,365
45./00. [NSW] Arc of Alchemist for Nintendo Switch (Compile Heart) {2019.10.10} - 753 / NEW
46./41. [NSW] Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.06.13} - 718 / 102,071
47./65. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris [Special Price] (Sega) {2019.08.08} - 678 / 10,513
48./42. [NSW] Fortnite (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2018.12.13} - 665 / 50,114
49./46. [NSW] Sumikko Gurashi: Gakkou Seikatsu Hajimerun Desu (Nippon Columbia) {2019.07.18} - 628 / 23,258
50./45. [NSW] Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate [Best Price] (Capcom) {2018.11.15} - 617 / 38,042

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NSW - 37
PS4 - 13

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| Model | This Week | Week(%)  | FY 2019     | FY(%)   |
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| Switch| 171,137   | 67.2%    | 5,881,995   | 62.1%   |
| PS4   | 76,182    | 29.9%    | 3,087,635   | 32.6%   |
| 3DS   | 5,292     | 2.1%     | 314,749     | 3.3%    |
| Vita  | 1,583     | 0.6%     | 171,092     | 1.8%    |
| ETC   | 478       | 0.2%     | 22,105      | 0.2%    |
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| Total | 254,672   | 100.0%   | 9,477,576   | 100.0%  |
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HARDWARE
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| Model      | This Week | Week(%)  | FY 2019     | FY(%)   |
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| Switch     | 37,211    | 56.4%    | 1,365,645   | 60.4%   |
| Switch Lite| 19,160    | 29.1%    | 327,091     | 14.5%   |
| PS4        | 8,376     | 12.7%    | 482,406     | 21.3%   |
| 3DS        | 1,072     | 1.6%     | 75,955      | 3.4%    |
| ETC        | 87        | 0.1%     | 3,930       | 0.2%    |
| Vita       | 21        | 0.0%     | 5,733       | 0.3%    |
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| Total      | 65,927    | 100.0%   | 2,260,760   | 100.0%  |
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Dengeki Online Sales: Week 40, 2019 (Sep 30 - Oct 06)
 

ZSaberLink

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ZSaberLink said:
Dengeki Online Sales: Week 41, 2019 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)

02./01. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S - Definitive Edition (Square Enix) {2019.09.27} - 25,047 / 399,181
05./05. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne Master Edition (Capcom) {2019.09.06} - 8,694 / 408,086

07./08. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} - 7,200 / 1,004,576

14./14. [PS4] Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (Koei Tecmo) {2019.09.26} - 4,100 / 50,233

46./41. [NSW] Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.06.13} - 718 / 102,071
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Some highlights - DQ11S & MHW:I are about to hit or have just hit 400K sales!

Minecraft has hit 1 million retail sales on Dengeki!

Atelier has hit 50K on PS4, and Doraemon: Story of Seasons has hit 100K!
 
Sieglinde

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zroid said:
This is the funniest thing I've seen this week
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I don't understand why Nintendo isn't willing to release the uncensored version in Japan, like i get that whatever version releases it will be insignificant in the end in terms of sales, but they are willing to go as far as offering refunds and stuff lol, a lot of games they release have as much dumb fanservice and they're ok with them, they chose a very weird hill to die on.
 

Avada Kedavra

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Jan 23, 2019
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Idea Factory, Compile Heart and FuRyu must be really struggling lately. They already took a hit going from PSP to PSV but now they've hit rock bottom on the Switch. The Switch just isn't working out for those small publishers.
 
zroid

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Sieglinde said:
I don't understand why Nintendo isn't willing to release the uncensored version in Japan, like i get that whatever version releases it will be insignificant in the end in terms of sales, but they are willing to go as far as offering refunds and stuff lol, a lot of games they release have as much dumb fanservice and they're ok with them, they chose a very weird hill to die on.
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Although I support their decision on ethical grounds, the reason they are doing it is almost certainly to save money because then they only have to port one version of the game and are probably also distributing the same physical card worldwide, which saves on manufacturing costs.

Realistically, the difference in sales because of this will be insignificant. It's not really Nintendo dying on this hill, it's the people boycotting the game for a stupid reason.
 
Sieglinde

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zroid said:
Although I support their decision on ethical grounds, the reason they are doing it is almost certainly to save money because then they only have to port one version of the game and are probably also distributing the same physical card worldwide, which saves on manufacturing costs.
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Are the two versions really that different? i've never played this game and the images i saw the only difference where the characters outfits and clevage and stuff like that.
 
Oregano

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Avada Kedavra said:
Idea Factory, Compile Heart and FuRyu must be really struggling lately. They already took a hit going from PSP to PSV but now they've hit rock bottom on the Switch. The Switch just isn't working out for those small publishers.
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Arc of Alchemist is a late port of a game that sold 3k on PS4 earlier this year. How was it meant to sell?
 
zroid

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Sieglinde said:
Are the two versions really that different? i've never played this game and the images i saw the only difference where the characters outfits and clevage and stuff like that.
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Well from what I understand there is one slice of content which was removed from the Japanese version (it was like a swimsuit DLC or whatever, I'm not sure).

Aside from that the difference is certain outfits the (underage!) characters wear in the original release were just like basically underwear, whereas they changed it in the West so they're wearing real fashion outfits. Story wise instead of gravure modeling they are fashion modeling.
 
sfortunato

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Avada Kedavra said:
Idea Factory, Compile Heart and FuRyu must be really struggling lately. They already took a hit going from PSP to PSV but now they've hit rock bottom on the Switch. The Switch just isn't working out for those small publishers.
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The issue is that they don't have desirable games rather then the Switch.

Third parties are selling great on Switch.
 
SinCityAssassin

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Sieglinde said:
Are the two versions really that different? i've never played this game and the images i saw the only difference where the characters outfits and clevage and stuff like that.
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A dungeon was altered, ages were altered (even revoiced to reflect change), and outfits were altered. Outside of that nothing really changed except for the fact they never localized a hot spring dlc.


Avada Kedavra said:
They weren't any more desirable on the PSV.
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Well if they keep releasing it late like that, they'll top themselves in undesirability.
 
Oregano

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Avada Kedavra said:
Not really talking about that one alone. I'm talking about all of them.
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The only other game Compile Heart has ported was Mary Skelter 2, which was also a late port. It sold 2k on Switch vs 10k on PS4 the year before?

What has Furyu had that would have been Vita fare? Caligula Effect? A late port of a HD remake of a Vita game?

Alliance Alive was a 3DS game, and sold better on Switch than PS4.

Meanwhilst Crystar debuted with a massive 10k on PS4 last year.

Idea Factory's Otome line is the only thing you might have a point on, but the vast majority of them were ports of existing games too.
Avada Kedavra said:
They weren't any more desirable on the PSV.
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They're also clear not any more desirable on PS4 so it's weird that you're trying to frame it as a Switch problem.
 

Avada Kedavra

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Oregano said:
The only other game Compile Heart has ported was Mary Skelter 2, which was also a late port. It sold 2k on Switch vs 10k on PS4 the year before?

What has Furyu had that would have been Vita fare? Caligula Effect? A late port of a HD remake of a Vita game?

Alliance Alive was a 3DS game, and sold better on Switch than PS4.

Meanwhilst Crystar debuted with a massive 10k on PS4 last year.

Idea Factory's Otome line is the only thing you might have a point on, but the vast majority of them were ports of existing games too.


They're also clear not any more desirable on PS4 so it's weird that you're trying to frame it as a Switch problem.
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It's not just PSV to Switch that's a problem. The three main FuRyu licensed franchises (Beyblade, Doraemon and Cardfight) are considerably down on the Switch vs the 3DS games. FuRyu already announced that they were going to scale back from game development and I doubt the last couple of years did anything to change that trajectory.

The Switch entries of Diabolik Lovers and Clock Zero are definitely not ports. They're brand new games and are way down from previous entries. Idea Factory has made themselves entirely dependent on the Switch for their otome games so obviously it is a Switch problem.
 
test_account

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Oregano said:
The only other game Compile Heart has ported was Mary Skelter 2, which was also a late port. It sold 2k on Switch vs 10k on PS4 the year before?

What has Furyu had that would have been Vita fare? Caligula Effect? A late port of a HD remake of a Vita game?

Alliance Alive was a 3DS game, and sold better on Switch than PS4.

Meanwhilst Crystar debuted with a massive 10k on PS4 last year.

Idea Factory's Otome line is the only thing you might have a point on, but the vast majority of them were ports of existing games too.
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Have they released any new games, or do they have any new games planned?
 
Gotdatmoney

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stealthyfrog said:
Declines in Japan sales are being made up with growth in Western sales for the big publishers.
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This isn't really different on the Switch though. Western sales of Japanese games have been solid on it.

Avada Kedavra said:
Idea Factory, Compile Heart and FuRyu must be really struggling lately. They already took a hit going from PSP to PSV but now they've hit rock bottom on the Switch. The Switch just isn't working out for those small publishers.
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Not everyone survives a generational change. Adapt or die. Many of these companies' titles were in decline before the Switch but even if they weren't, selling 3-10k on the PS4 highlights to me these publishers weren't going to be pulling big numbers on Switch. PS4 is decent at moving software and they aren't doing shit their either.
 
Oregano

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Avada Kedavra said:
It's not just PSV to Switch that's a problem. The three main FuRyu licensed franchises (Beyblade, Doraemon and Cardfight) are considerably down on the Switch vs the 3DS games. FuRyu already announced that they were going to scale back from game development and I doubt the last couple of years did anything to change that trajectory.

The Switch entries of Diabolik Lovers and Clock Zero are definitely not ports. They're brand new games and are way down from previous entries. Idea Factory has made themselves entirely dependent on the Switch for their otome games so obviously it is a Switch problem.
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That Furyu quote about scaling back game development was clarified to be specifically about mobile games, and at the very least Doraemon SoS should spell out that it's a Furyu problem and not something specific to the IP or system.

That bolded statement is quite something, I'll have to keep that in mind any time an exclusive series/developer shows declines.

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Have they released any new games, or do they have any new games planned?
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Who?

Idea Factory probably has about 10 more Otome, CH only has Death Request 2 announced for PS4, Furyu not sure.
 

Avada Kedavra

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Oregano said:
That bolded statement is quite something, I'll have to keep that in mind any time an exclusive series/developer shows declines.
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Yeah I've certainly never seen that argument being brought up for PS4 games. Never.
"PS4 isn't really working for publishers like Sega versus PS3 given how Yakuza games kept selling in Japan."
Oh wait.
 
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Week 43, 2019 (Oct 21 - Oct 27)

{2019.10.22}
[PS4] WWE 2K20 - English Edition _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| # <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.10.22} (¥6.600)
[PS4] WWE 2K20 - English Edition _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| (Digital Deluxe Edition) <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.10.22} (¥9.980)

[XB1] WWE 2K20 - English Edition _Download Version_ |DL| # <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.10.22} (¥6.636)
[XB1] WWE 2K20 - English Edition _Download Version_ |DL| (Digital Deluxe Edition) <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.10.22} (¥10.000)
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{2019.10.24}
[PSV] Aerial Life _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| <ADV> (Entergram) {2019.10.24} (¥1.800)

[NSW] Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night <ACT> (Game Source Entertainment) {2019.10.24} (¥5.480)
[NSW] Dragon Quest X: The Maiden of Thorns and the God of Destruction Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.10.24} (¥3.800)
[NSW] Dragon Quest X: The Maiden of Thorns and the God of Destruction Online (ε) _Nintendo eShop Download Version_ |DL| <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.10.24} (¥3.800)
[NSW] Dusk Diver # <ACT> (Justdan International) {2019.10.24} (¥4.800)
[NSW] Dusk Diver (Special Limited Edition) <ACT> (Justdan International) {2019.10.24} (¥7.800)
[NSW] Dusk Diver (ε) _Nintendo eShop Download Version_ |DL| <ACT> (Justdan International) {2019.10.24} (¥4.800)
[NSW] Truberbrook <ADV> (Beep) {2019.10.24} (¥3.636)
[NSW] Truberbrook (ε) _Nintendo eShop Download Version_ |DL| <ADV> (Beep) {2019.10.24} (¥3.181)
[NSW] Giga Wrecker Alt. # <ACT> (Rainy Frog) {2019.10.24} (¥3.500)
[NSW] Giga Wrecker Alt. (Collector's Edition) <ACT> (Rainy Frog) {2019.10.24} (¥5.400)
[NSW] My Time at Portia <SLG> (Game Source Entertainment) {2019.10.24} (¥3.980)
[NSW] Dark Devotion _Nintendo Switch Download Software_ |DL| <ACT> (The Arcade Crew) {2019.10.24} (¥2.000)
[NSW] Splash Blast Panic _Nintendo Switch Download Software_ |DL| <ETC> (Circle Entertainment) {2019.10.24} (¥1.582)
[NSW] Ghost Blade HD _Nintendo Switch Download Software_ |DL| <STG> (EastAsiaSoft) {2019.10.24} (¥1.363)
[NSW] You Died but a Necromancer Revived You _Nintendo Switch Download Software_ |DL| <ACT> (BolHut) {2019.10.24} (¥845)

[PS4] Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night <ACT> (Game Source Entertainment) {2019.10.24} (¥5.480)
[PS4] Dragon Quest X: The Maiden of Thorns and the God of Destruction Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.10.24} (¥3.800)
[PS4] Dragon Quest X: The Maiden of Thorns and the God of Destruction Online (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| <RPG> (Square Enix) {2019.10.24} (¥3.800)
[PS4] Dusk Diver # <ACT> (Justdan International) {2019.10.24} (¥4.800)
[PS4] Dusk Diver (Special Limited Edition) <ACT> (Justdan International) {2019.10.24} (¥7.800)
[PS4] Dusk Diver (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| <ACT> (Justdan International) {2019.10.24} (¥4.800)
[PS4] Truberbrook <ADV> (Beep) {2019.10.24} (¥3.636)
[PS4] Truberbrook (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| <ADV> (Beep) {2019.10.24} (¥3.181)
[PS4] The House in Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants Edition <ADV> (Dramatic Create) {2019.10.24} (¥6.900)
[PS4] The House in Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants Edition (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| <ADV> (Dramatic Create) {2019.10.24} (¥6.400)
[PS4] Aerial Life # <ADV> (Entergram) {2019.10.24} (¥2.500)
[PS4] Aerial Life (Premium Edition) <ADV> (Entergram) {2019.10.24} (¥6.500)
[PS4] Aerial Life (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| <ADV> (Entergram) {2019.10.24} (¥1.800)

[XB1] Cat Quest II _Download Version_ |DL| <RPG> (PQube) {2019.10.24} (¥1.363)
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{2019.10.25}
[PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.10.25} (¥7.900)
[PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| # <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.10.25} (¥7.900)
[PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| (1)(Operator Edition) <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.10.25} (¥9.800)
[PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| (2)(Operator Enhanced Edition) <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.10.25} (¥11.900)
[PS4] The Outer Worlds <RPG> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.10.25} (¥6.800)
[PS4] The Outer Worlds (ε) _PS Store Download Version_ |DL| <RPG> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.10.25} (¥6.800)

[XB1] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare _Download Version_ |DL| # <ACT> (Activision) {2019.10.25} (¥7.756)
[XB1] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare _Download Version_ |DL| (1)(Operator Edition) <ACT> (Activision) {2019.10.25} (¥9.621)
[XB1] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare _Download Version_ |DL| (2)(Operator Enhanced Edition) <ACT> (Activision) {2019.10.25} (¥11.683)
[XB1] The Outer Worlds _Download Version_ |DL| <RPG> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2019.10.25} (¥6.818)
 
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Avada Kedavra said:
It's not just PSV to Switch that's a problem. The three main FuRyu licensed franchises (Beyblade, Doraemon and Cardfight) are considerably down on the Switch vs the 3DS games. FuRyu already announced that they were going to scale back from game development and I doubt the last couple of years did anything to change that trajectory.

The Switch entries of Diabolik Lovers and Clock Zero are definitely not ports. They're brand new games and are way down from previous entries. Idea Factory has made themselves entirely dependent on the Switch for their otome games so obviously it is a Switch problem.
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Some corrections on the two otomes you mentioned.

Diabolik Lovers: Chaos Lineage (I assume you're talking about the latest Diabolik game released on Switch) was based on the Chaos Lineage CD drama series. It's a new game, but I don't know if it's a "main" entry.

Clock Zero - Shuunen no Ichibyou was originally released on PS2 back in 2010, then:
Portable on PSP, in 2011
ExTime on PSV in 2015 with new scenarios, new CGs and one extra character
Devote on Switch this year with ExTime's content and additional content set in the time the characters attend middle school

Source: VNDB.org
 

Avada Kedavra

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Mpl90 said:
Some corrections on the two otomes you mentioned.

Diabolik Lovers: Chaos Lineage (I assume you're talking about the latest Diabolik game released on Switch) was based on the Chaos Lineage CD drama series. It's a new game, but I don't know if it's a "main" entry.

Clock Zero - Shuunen no Ichibyou was originally released on PS2 back in 2010, then:
Portable on PSP, in 2011
ExTime on PSV in 2015 with new scenarios, new CGs and one extra character
Devote on Switch this year with ExTime's content and additional content set in the time the characters attend middle school

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Aren't most Diabolik Lovers games based on previously released CD drama series? I know More, Blood, Lost Eden and Dark Fate also are.

And I thought Clock Zero Switch was considered a new game but I also thought the PSV game was new as well. I'd say the comparison still stands since they're both late ports but I guess the success threshold musn't be very high in this case.
 
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zroid said:
Although I support their decision on ethical grounds, the reason they are doing it is almost certainly to save money because then they only have to port one version of the game and are probably also distributing the same physical card worldwide, which saves on manufacturing costs.

Realistically, the difference in sales because of this will be insignificant. It's not really Nintendo dying on this hill, it's the people boycotting the game for a stupid reason.
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It's not a boycott, it's people who are canceling their order because they were misinformed about the game. Nintendo should have been upfront about it being a western localization.
 
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KtSlime said:
It's not a boycott, it's people who are canceling their order because they were misinformed about the game. Nintendo should have been upfront about it being a western localization.
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Fair enough. Was just using the word colloquially in this instance. I stand by it being a stupid reason to not buy the game, however. To each their own of course.
 
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Switch is the hail mary for Furyu, Idea Factory and Compile Heart after 3DS/Vita ended while PS4 stalled and went nowhere. At least they tried.

Falcom meanwhile gets to watch their sales halve thanks to their inept "resource management". Kondo might want to give NISA's port ambitions a rethink sooner than later.
 

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Falcom is a publicly traded company. We know for a fact they're doing great. They even raised their forecast by 20% for the year following the release of Sen no Kiseki IV in Asia and the pre-order numbers for Ys IX.
 
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FuRyu's also publicly traded. Their market cap's about double Falcom but they're trading around 25% less at the moment.

Falcom hit a high in September but have fallen sharply in the last month (from around 1.8k to 1.3k). Ys IX doing it's thing I guess.
 

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MegaXZero said:
And yet now the game is going on sale to try and push out the current stock.
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Pre-order numbers also mean digital pre-order numbers.
And they shipped 75k copies of Ys IX (assuming it didn't get a second shipment). It would get there without sales. Ys games have good legs for the genre and stronger legs than the Sen no Kiseki series according to Kondo.
 
MegaXZero

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Avada Kedavra said:
Pre-order numbers also mean digital pre-order numbers.
And they shipped 75k copies of Ys IX (assuming it didn't get a second shipment). It would get there without sales. Ys games have good legs for the genre and stronger legs than the Sen no Kiseki series according to Kondo.
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Well it has to do something since its legs are failing. Going on sale helps that I guess, but that only helps for so long.
 
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Of overshipped games affected only retailers and not publishers EA would consider Japan a top tier country.
 
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