Media Create Sales: Week 41, 2020 (Oct 05 - Oct 11)

sfortunato · Oct 19, 2020

Chris1964 said:
Another Konami title confirmed for Switch.

『ときメモGS4』の対応機種がNintendo Switchに決定 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

KONAMIは、開発中の学園恋愛シミュレーションゲーム『ときめきメモリアル Girl's Side 4th Heart（ガールズサイドフォースハート）』をNintendo Switch向けに制作中であることを明らかにした。

s.famitsu.com

Game was officially announced last year for a 2020 release (no platforms, though).

A Switch release makes sense given how popular Switch is among the female audience (not that Girl's Side isn't popular among other genres as well).

The franchise was pretty popular on DS. 1st Love did 105.091 + 39.610 (Plus version). 2nd Season did 103.110. The Double Pack of both did 8.696. 3rd Story did 165.682. In comparison, Tokimeki Memorial 4 did 99.117 on PSP (including the budget version). These are Famitsu numbers: I'm pretty sure they sold a bit more if we look at Media Create Top 1000.

Zedark · Oct 19, 2020

resetoeros1 said:
F*** Capcom

I had hoped we would have been past this childishness, but alas.

Catalyst · Oct 19, 2020

silpheed-mcd said:
Weird, they sell it:

arakawa

Is that....a physical Switch copy of the Mario Game & Watch?

Spine Crawler · Oct 19, 2020

sfortunato said:
Game was officially announced last year for a 2020 release (no platforms, though).

A Switch release makes sense given how popular Switch is among the female audience (not that Girl's Side isn't popular among other genres as well).

The franchise was pretty popular on DS. 1st Love did 105.091 + 39.610 (Plus version). 2nd Season did 103.110. The Double Pack of both did 8.696. 3rd Story did 165.682. In comparison, Tokimeki Memorial 4 did 99.117 on PSP (including the budget version). These are Famitsu numbers: I'm pretty sure they sold a bit more if we look at Media Create Top 1000.

damn this series still exists?

KtSlime · Oct 19, 2020

Catalyst said:
Is that....a physical Switch copy of the Mario Game & Watch?

It's very common to put advertisements on software cases. They also do the same for controllers, ac adapters, etc.

Deleted member 2791 · Oct 19, 2020

mazi said:
level-5 killing it

Inazuma Eleven SD to end service on December 1

Inazuma Eleven SD will end service on December 1, publisher Level-5 announced.

www.gematsu.com

So, the only titles left in activity at Level 5 right now are Yo-Kai Watch Wibble Wobble (ranked 43 on the top 50 grossing chart) and the console Yokai Watch Y game.

There's a bunch of mobile games that are still updated (Yokai Watch World and Fantasy Life Online) but they aren't even ranked in the top 50 and will probably be discontinued soon as well.

Chris1964 · Oct 19, 2020

hiska-kun said:
Reason is various factors / circumstances.

Zero pre-orders apparently.

Lite_Agent · Oct 19, 2020

Mages. are bringing the 3DS Corpse Party game to Switch, out later this year (assuming digital-only):

Aostia82 · Oct 19, 2020

Lite_Agent said:
Mages. are bringing the 3DS Corpse Party game to Switch, out later this year (assuming digital-only):

wait, wasn't this already available?

Lite_Agent · Oct 19, 2020

Aostia82 said:
wait, wasn't this already available?

No, that would be CP Blood Drive, which was previously released on PSV.

Corpse Party - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The 3DS game is basically an enhanced port of the remake of the original game, so the Switch version is an enhanced port of the enhanced port of the remake of the original game.

Chris1964 · Oct 19, 2020

Nojima also stopped lotteries for Switch Lite, they continue only for standard OG model and Animal Crossing bundle.

lightning16 · Oct 19, 2020

hiska-kun said:
The retail version of Atelier Ryza 2 for PS5 has been cancelled in Japan.
Only download or upgrade from PS4.

『ライザのアトリエ2』PS5パッケージ版が発売中止。ダウンロード版は予定通り販売 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

コーエーテクモゲームスは『ライザのアトリエ2 ～失われた伝承と秘密の妖精～』について、プレイステーション5パッケージ版の発売中止を発表した。

www.famitsu.com

Damn that's crazy. I'd have to assume there was absolutely no interest being shown in this. Just seems weird.

NeonZ · Oct 19, 2020

resetoeros1 said:
Yeah i know, it is cool. But i prefeer 5 AA games to one biggie any day. The perfect situation would be both kind of releases though.

Don't forget there's Stories 2 too. Capcom in general is just avoiding mid-tier releases these days.

Gotdatmoney · Oct 19, 2020

resetoeros1 said:
Yeah i know, it is cool. But i prefeer 5 AA games to one biggie any day. The perfect situation would be both kind of releases though.

Has Capcom even released 5 AA games this generation?

Aostia82 · Oct 19, 2020

Lite_Agent said:
No, that would be CP Blood Drive, which was previously released on PSV.

Corpse Party - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The 3DS game is basically an enhanced port of the remake of the original game, so the Switch version is an enhanced port of the enhanced port of the remake of the original game.

Oregano · Oct 19, 2020

Gotdatmoney said:
Has Capcom even released 5 AA games this generation?

If you count PS4/XBO/NSW then yeah:

Strider
Megaman 11
Shinsekai
Monster Hunter Stories 2
Resident Evil Umbrella Corps

You could also possibly include the Towarare no Palm games.

Still not exactly a big portfolio.

Gotdatmoney · Oct 19, 2020

Oregano said:
If you count PS4/XBO/NSW then yeah:

Strider
Megaman 11
Shinsekai
Monster Hunter Stories 2
Resident Evil Umbrella Corps

You could also possibly include the Towarare no Palm games.

Still not exactly a big portfolio.

Yeah, I'd rather have Monster Hunter Rise compared to those. (Though we'll have to see how Monster Hunter Stories 2 turns out)

Mpl90 · Oct 19, 2020

Chris1964 said:
Zero pre-orders apparently.

Are we sure about that?
From what I could track, the game peaked at around 275th on Amazon.co.jp and it used to stay around 1,200th / 1,300th. It's low, but I've seen games performing way worse and not getting retail releases canceled. If similar behaviours could be tracked through other online stores, they'd paint a situation far from positive, but also far from a disaster.

The only way I can see online preorders being low actually result in a retail release cancellation is if online retailers have a bigger-than-usual share of overall preorders which is...a possibility I guess. PS5 is a brand new (expensive) system, it's expected that it will attract core customers at first; it wouldn't be surprising that Amazon.co.jp and the likes over-represent the real situation.

Oregano · Oct 19, 2020

Crystar 3D Models of Rei and Her Room Are On Sale For a Limited Time

FuRyu is selling Unity-based Crystar 3D models of Rei Hatada and her room. The set will be available until early January 2021.

www.siliconera.com

FuRyu is selling assets from Crystar on the Unity Store, that's weird...

Mpl90 said:
Are we sure about that?
From what I could track, the game peaked at around 275th on Amazon.co.jp and it used to stay around 1,200th / 1,300th. It's low, but I've seen games performing way worse and not getting retail releases canceled. If similar behaviours could be tracked through other online stores, they'd paint a situation far from positive, but also far from a disaster.

The only way I can see online preorders being low actually result in a retail release cancellation is if online retailers have a bigger-than-usual share of overall preorders which is...a possibility I guess. PS5 is a brand new (expensive) system, it's expected that it will attract core customers at first; it wouldn't be surprising that Amazon.co.jp and the likes over-represent the real situation.

There's less reason to do a physical release for PS5 if preorders are low enough because of backwards compatibility/free upgrade. People who want a physical copy for PS5 can just get the PS4 version and upgrade.

Gotdatmoney said:
Yeah, I'd rather have Monster Hunter Rise compared to those. (Though we'll have to see how Monster Hunter Stories 2 turns out)

Shinsekai is apparently really good but I am in agreement.

foxuzamaki · Oct 19, 2020

hiska-kun said:
The retail version of Atelier Ryza 2 for PS5 has been cancelled in Japan.
Only download or upgrade from PS4.

『ライザのアトリエ2』PS5パッケージ版が発売中止。ダウンロード版は予定通り販売 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

コーエーテクモゲームスは『ライザのアトリエ2 ～失われた伝承と秘密の妖精～』について、プレイステーション5パッケージ版の発売中止を発表した。

www.famitsu.com

The data they're looking at must not have been pretty

Lelouch0612 · Oct 19, 2020

Oregano said:
If you count PS4/XBO/NSW then yeah:

Strider
Megaman 11
Shinsekai
Monster Hunter Stories 2
Resident Evil Umbrella Corps

You could also possibly include the Towarare no Palm games.

Still not exactly a big portfolio.

I would struggle to put Monster Hunter Stories 2 in the same budget range as the other titles tbh. Production values seem quite high.

fiendcode · Oct 19, 2020

Lelouch0612 said:
I would struggle to put Monster Hunter Stories 2 in the same budget range as the other titles tbh. Production values seem quite high.

Agreed. Good visuals (MMV First Studio again?), lots of VA and a global launch. It might be AA in the same sense as Xenoblade or Tales are but then some of those other titles aren't really AA.

Unless we're to take AA as anything not AAA or AAAA from a non-indie studio.

MysticGon · Oct 19, 2020

hiska-kun said:
The retail version of Atelier Ryza 2 for PS5 has been cancelled in Japan.
Only download or upgrade from PS4.

『ライザのアトリエ2』PS5パッケージ版が発売中止。ダウンロード版は予定通り販売 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

コーエーテクモゲームスは『ライザのアトリエ2 ～失われた伝承と秘密の妖精～』について、プレイステーション5パッケージ版の発売中止を発表した。

www.famitsu.com

That is weird. But digital still available? Were their any advertised upgrades over the PS4 version? Maybe they are looking at preorder trends thinking it's not worth the distribution costs.

test_account · Oct 19, 2020

Regarding Ryza 2 for PS5, do we know what the price was? Same as the PS4 version? It seems that the upgrade from the PS4 version to the PS5 version is free at least, so i guess that a PS5 retail version has a bit less purpose in that regards. Maybe thats affected the pre-order numbers in a bigger way.

On this topic, do we know how other cross gen games with free upgrade will do it in terms of retail releases?

resetoeros1 said:
Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Konami is back. Im happy that theyve been launching so many little games lately. F*** Capcom they barely release games. Hopefully Konami begin to put more quality on them though.

Isnt that a bit harsh criticism just for not releasing more games? Or maybe i read more into it than what its intended. Its fair enough to wanting to see more smaller budget titles of course :)

resetoeros1 · Oct 19, 2020

Zedark said:
I had hoped we would have been past this childishness, but alas.

test_account said:
Isnt that a bit harsh criticism just for not releasing more games? Or maybe i read more into it than what its intended. Its fair enough to wanting to see more smaller budget titles of course :)

Just trying to sound cool. Actually, i dont have anything against Capcom(to which i was refering related to releases in general not only switch related), it was just a general comentary on the lack of small releases by middle-big sized companies. I just i prefeer the approach of konami of releasing a lot of small-middle games, which hopefully other companies copy in the future.

Gotdatmoney said:
Has Capcom even released 5 AA games this generation?

I was refering to konami btw. But yeah those times are gone. Although, Shinsekai and Megaman 9 maybe are hinting that we will see more smmal releases?

schuelma · Oct 19, 2020

Chris1964 said:
Zero pre-orders apparently.

Or possibly they were scared away by all of the other Japanese developed 3rd party titles hitting PS5 this year?

I think that's it.

Oregano · Oct 19, 2020

schuelma said:
Or possibly they were scared away by all of the other Japanese developed 3rd party titles hitting PS5 this year?

I think that's it.

Lesson learnt not to mess with NepNep.

Lelouch0612 · Oct 19, 2020

COMG! preorders chart, Week 42 2020:
Each point represents one preorder at this retailer. It is a relatively small retailer located in one region so be careful when you extrapolate, especially regarding Otaku games (overrepresented) and family games (underrepresented).

1. Momotaro Dentetsu - 60 pts (+8 pts)
2. Monster Hunter Rise - 47 pts (+7 pts)
3. Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 36 pts (+11 pts)
4. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (PS4) - 33 pts (+4 pts)
5. Atelier Ryza 2 (NSW) - 25 pts (+0 pt)
6. Atelier Ryza 2 (PS4) - 24 pts (+2 pts)
7. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Collector's Edition (PS4) - 23 pts (+0 pt)
8. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 21 pts (+2 pts)
9. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Collector's Edition (NSW) - 21 pts (+0 pt)
10. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (NSW) - 21 pts (+1 pt)
11. Watch Dogs Legion - 18 pts (+1 pt)
12. Atelier Ryza 2 Collector's Edition (NSW) - 14 pts (+0 pt)
13. Cyberpunk 2077 – 14 pts (+0 pt)
14. Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 10 pts (+1 pt)
15. Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War - 8 pts (+4 pts)
16. Kamen Rider Collector's Edition (PS4) - 8 pts (+0 pt)
17. Monster Hunter Rise Double Pack - 7 pts (+1 pt)
18. Zoid Wild: Infinity Blast Collector's Edition - 7 pts (+0 pt)
19. Sakuna Rice (NSW) - 7 pts (+1 pt)
20. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 5 pts (NEW)

MysticGon · Oct 19, 2020

Demon Slayer Film Sells 3.4 Million Tickets, Earns 4.62 Billion Yen in 1st 3 Days

Film sells 3.4 million tickets, earns 4.62 billion yen in 1st 3 days

www.animenewsnetwork.com

It's ridiculous quite frankly.

The mobile game is probably their solution to the question of how to reach the widest audience. But the PS4 game will do really well if it reviews well.

silpheed-mcd · Oct 19, 2020

zroid · Oct 19, 2020

silpheed-mcd said:

same trailer Nintendo posted on its accounts in the regions where they are publishing the game. Interesting that the marketing is the same even when the publishers are different.

I think that's different from, say, Dragon Quest when Nintendo publishes it

P Diddy · Oct 19, 2020

zroid said:
same trailer Nintendo posted on its accounts in the regions where they are publishing the game. Interesting that the marketing is the same even when the publishers are different.

I think that's different from, say, Dragon Quest when Nintendo publishes it

Likely because it is a Nintendo IP being transformed into a musou that is being published by the developer in their home country, and not just a publishing deal by nintendo in the case of DQ XI S

Man God · Oct 19, 2020

Nintendo is especially hands off when working with SE.

minimalism · Oct 19, 2020

MysticGon said:
Demon Slayer Film Sells 3.4 Million Tickets, Earns 4.62 Billion Yen in 1st 3 Days

Film sells 3.4 million tickets, earns 4.62 billion yen in 1st 3 days

www.animenewsnetwork.com

It's ridiculous quite frankly.

The mobile game is probably their solution to the question of how to reach the widest audience. But the PS4 game will do really well if it reviews well.

The interesting thing is that the Train arc isn't even anything special in Demon Slayer either. Just shows that the desire for a fully animated desire of Gotoge's manga is really desirable. We're gonna be in for a few years of it at this rate (not that I'm complaining, I loved it for 99% of its run).

Sandfox · Oct 19, 2020

minimalism said:
The interesting thing is that the Train arc isn't even anything special in Demon Slayer either. Just shows that the desire for a fully animated desire of Gotoge's manga is really desirable. We're gonna be in for a few years of it at this rate (not that I'm complaining, I loved it for 99% of its run).

That doesn't really matter with stuff like this. The people spending money on the franchise got into it with the anime and are just continuing on.

Waddles the Piggu · Oct 19, 2020

minimalism said:
The interesting thing is that the Train arc isn't even anything special in Demon Slayer either. Just shows that the desire for a fully animated desire of Gotoge's manga is really desirable. We're gonna be in for a few years of it at this rate (not that I'm complaining, I loved it for 99% of its run).

I've been reading KnY since the start and I believe it was one of the biggest events in the series and a good turning point. Sure the next arc might be better but the Demon Train arc is very solid and introduced one of the most loved characters and villain back then.

AquaWateria · Oct 19, 2020

minimalism said:
The interesting thing is that the Train arc isn't even anything special in Demon Slayer either. Just shows that the desire for a fully animated desire of Gotoge's manga is really desirable. We're gonna be in for a few years of it at this rate (not that I'm complaining, I loved it for 99% of its run).

I'd argue that the Infinity Train arc was the turning point in the series and probably one of the most beloved arc of the series.

Something about Gotoge's characters really resonates with people.

Waddles the Piggu · Oct 19, 2020

AquaWateria said:
I'd argue that the Infinity Train arc was the turning point in the series and probably one of the most beloved arc of the series.

Something about Gotoge's characters really resonates with people.

It's the way she writes characters. All of them have some sort of good or redeeming quality about them. Cept a few of the villains. And yeah Train Arc was one of the best!

MegaXZero · Oct 19, 2020

It's such a missed opportunity that the game couldn't be out this year. The movie combined with the final volumes being released combined with covid boosts would have been crazy. It will still do well next year, the sooner the better of course.

AquaWateria said:
I'd argue that the Infinity Train arc was the turning point in the series

Yup. There was definitely a gear shift.

AquaWateria · Oct 19, 2020

MegaXZero said:
It's such a missed opportunity that the game couldn't be out this year. The movie combined with the final volumes being released combined with covid boosts would have been crazy. It will still do well next year, the sooner the better of course.

Yup. There was definitely a gear shift.

Tbh since we know that they will animate the rest of series so as long as the game releases during the period where the next season comes out. I'm sure it will do very well for them.

MegaXZero · Oct 19, 2020

AquaWateria said:
Tbh since we know that they will animate the rest of series so as long as the game releases during the period where the next season comes out. I'm sure it will do very well for them.

Agreed, I'm just saying that it would have been absolute bonkers momentum compared to extremely good momentum.

AquaWateria · Oct 19, 2020

MegaXZero said:
Agreed, I'm just saying that it would have been absolute bonkers momentum compared to extremely good momentum.

Oh for sure it most definitely would.

Would have been exciting to see lol.

minimalism · Oct 20, 2020

Waddles the Piggu said:
I've been reading KnY since the start and I believe it was one of the biggest events in the series and a good turning point. Sure the next arc might be better but the Demon Train arc is very solid and introduced one of the most loved characters and villain back then.

AquaWateria said:
I'd argue that the Infinity Train arc was the turning point in the series and probably one of the most beloved arc of the series.

Something about Gotoge's characters really resonates with people.

Didn't mean to offend at all on this! I was speaking from my own experience with this particular arc.. Demon Slayer is top tier exposition and plot for a great many more chapters. I will 100% be inviting friends over (in masks) to watch this.

Fludd · Oct 20, 2020

fiendcode said:
Agreed. Good visuals (MMV First Studio again?), lots of VA and a global launch. It might be AA in the same sense as Xenoblade or Tales are but then some of those other titles aren't really AA.

Unless we're to take AA as anything not AAA or AAAA from a non-indie studio.

Yeah, I consider MH Stories 2 as a AAA game along with Xenoblade 2 and Tales of Arise. It does look like these games have a pretty good budget behind them. Not every game has to push the hardware of the system or have the cost of GTA5 to be AAA, otherwise very few games can be truly called that.

Waddles the Piggu · Oct 20, 2020

minimalism said:
Didn't mean to offend at all on this! I was speaking from my own experience with this particular arc.. Demon Slayer is top tier exposition and plot for a great many more chapters. I will 100% be inviting friends over (in masks) to watch this.

No worries lol. KnY is just so amazing and it has many amazing moments that other people can name one and it would be different for other people.

Anyway to keep this in line with sales talk, it looks like the hype will push through till next year when the gaming projects will release. I hope the console game will be amazing.

minimalism · Oct 20, 2020

Waddles the Piggu said:
No worries lol. KnY is just so amazing and it has many amazing moments that other people can name one and it would be different for other people.

Anyway to keep this in line with sales talk, it looks like the hype will push through till next year when the gaming projects will release. I hope the console game will be amazing.

I agree with this, good WoM from the movie/S2 information with directly affect sales of the game. It'll be really interesting to follow to say the least.

Aostia82 · Oct 20, 2020

fiendcode said:
Agreed. Good visuals (MMV First Studio again?), lots of VA and a global launch. It might be AA in the same sense as Xenoblade or Tales are but then some of those other titles aren't really AA.

Unless we're to take AA as anything not AAA or AAAA from a non-indie studio.

It definetely seems a AAA project in a Nintendo way

test_account · Oct 20, 2020

resetoeros1 said:
Just trying to sound cool. Actually, i dont have anything against Capcom(to which i was refering related to releases in general not only switch related), it was just a general comentary on the lack of small releases by middle-big sized companies. I just i prefeer the approach of konami of releasing a lot of small-middle games, which hopefully other companies copy in the future.

Hey, no worries =) I thought maybe i was reading too much into it compared to what you intended, so i just wanted to ask to be sure. Thanks for the answer.

Yeah, i was thinking that you meant games in general, not just for the Switch. Personally, i like that Capcom are making more bigger titles, but i wouldnt mind if they made some smaller titles as well (if they have the work force to do that in addition to the bigger titles), i agree.

schuelma said:
Or possibly they were scared away by all of the other Japanese developed 3rd party titles hitting PS5 this year?

I think that's it.

Hehe, on this topic, how many (or few :P) 3rd party games are confirmed for PS5 this year?

Lelouch0612 · Oct 20, 2020

test_account said:
Hey, no worries =) I thought maybe i was reading too much into it compared to what you intended, so i just wanted to ask to be sure. Thanks for the answer. And yeah, i was thinking that you meant games in general, not just for the Switch. Personally, i like that Capcom are making more bigger titles, but i wouldnt mind if they made some smaller titles as well (if they have the work force to do that in addition to the bigger titles), i agree.

Hehe, on this topic, how many (or few :P) 3rd party games are confirmed for PS5 this year?

From JP publishers:

- DMC 5 Special
- Neptunia

From Western publishers:

- Assassin's Creed
- NBA 2k21
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Immortals
- Call of Duty

Might miss a few

Saicho · Oct 20, 2020

I really don't understand why Kimetsu no Yaiba is so popular... it's good but I don't think it is better than OP or Naruto or Slam Dunk. Never thought anything would beat peak OP though and KnY just blew right past it.

Can this game on PS4 beat One Piece Musou on PS3? Didn't think it would come close but this hype is unreal.

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