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Media Create Sales: Week 44, 2019 (Oct 28 - Nov 03)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Biggest Switch games on COMG preorder:
Splatoon 2 - 941 points
Super Smash Bros Ultimate - 935 points
I'm not sure if I'm understanding the article correctly. Is this an actual new Yokai Watch anime series that replaces the current Yokai Watch reboot anime, or is it a one-off special just for the holidays?
Either way, Level 5 really should just stick to a formula. Despite performing worse than the OG series, Shadowside did get middling ratings that are actually better than the current reboot. Changing gears so frequently is just going to confuse its audience...
The wait and see excuse from third parties should have died in 2017. It didn't. They made their bet and for the most part are sticking to it
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Smash and Pokemon are different games. Let's Go is better for pre-order comparison.
This is how Capcom will hit their 19-20 software shipment target.
Thanks for beautiful pics silpheed-mcd !
Looks like it did it faster than PS4:
Sales must be quite strong there for Switch (although we had an inkling about that already ever since 2017).
Looks like it did it faster than PS4:
Sales must be quite strong there for Switch (although we had an inkling about that already ever since 2017).
It's the best JRPG Nintendo is gonna release this year. Tied with DQXIS (yes I know they didn't release it in Japan).
It does feel like Nintendo is finally all out in Korea, great localizations day and date, lot of advertising... The fact that it's selling faster than the PS4 is interesting and does make you wonder how the console would do in other territories where Playstation reigns alone, like the Middle east or South Africa. Knowing Nintendo, we'll probably never now.
The 3DS already was the third most successful console of all time before the Switch launched. I can understand Japanese third parties having some reservations due to the Wii U, fading 3DS sales in Japan and shaky potential overseas, but when the successor to such a massive domestic success is about to launch, you'd think you'd have a finger on the port trigger ready to pull at the first sign of success. I genuinely don't understand how slow Japanese third parties have been/are being with the Switch. Success wasn't guaranteed but it was likely.
When it comes to HD development I would imagine global sales would be considered. The Switch wasn't just a 3DS successor. It was also the Wii U's. Which one it would take after wasn't clear to anyone. It was/is priced like a home console.
3DS was a massive decline from DS everywhere but Japan and the Vita fucking bit it, the prevailing idea was that the handheld market was not long for the world in the smartphone era and that the market would contract still further. I didn't agree with that then and the passage of time has made it look very foolish, but you could definitely see the logic of the decison from that point of view.
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Pokemon shipments in Japan (1st generation numbers aren't reliable)
[GMB] Pokemon Red |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.180.000
[GMB] Pokemon Green |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.040.000
[GMB] Pokemon Blue |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.10.15} (¥3.000) - 2.010.000
[GMB] Pokemon Yellow <RPG> (Nintendo) {1998.09.12} (¥3.000) - 3.160.000
[GMB] Pokemon Gold |GameBoy/GameBoy Color/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} (¥3.800) - 3.530.000
[GMB] Pokemon Silver |GameBoy/GameBoy Color/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} (¥3.800) - 3.640.000
[GBA] Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2002.11.21} (¥4.571) - 5.400.000
[NDS] Pokemon Diamond / Pearl <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2006.09.28} (¥4.571) - 5.850.000
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} (¥4.571) - 5.540.000
[3DS] Pokemon X / Y <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.571) - 4.560.000
[3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) - 3.940.000
[GMB] Pokemon Red |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.180.000
[GMB] Pokemon Green |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.040.000
[GMB] Pokemon Blue |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.10.15} (¥3.000) - 2.010.000
[GMB] Pokemon Yellow <RPG> (Nintendo) {1998.09.12} (¥3.000) - 3.160.000
[GMB] Pokemon Gold |GameBoy/GameBoy Color/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} (¥3.800) - 3.530.000
[GMB] Pokemon Silver |GameBoy/GameBoy Color/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} (¥3.800) - 3.640.000
[GBA] Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2002.11.21} (¥4.571) - 5.400.000
[NDS] Pokemon Diamond / Pearl <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2006.09.28} (¥4.571) - 5.850.000
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} (¥4.571) - 5.540.000
[3DS] Pokemon X / Y <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.571) - 4.560.000
[3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) - 3.940.000
If there are no other Pokemon games in 2020, then 4m+ should be manageable. Let's Go is already above 2m in shipments.
Pokemon has been pivotal to Switch's success both in 2018 and 2019. It bought time to EPD to developp their big games. They deserve a break in 2020.
I don't think there a slim chance of that happening. Probably more 65-75k I think
hope I'm wrong though :)
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Signs point to a big opening for Sword / Shield, unlike Let's Go there's a lot of hype surrounding it. Since it's Nintendo's major title for holidays a potential underperformance will have impact at hardware. Switch sales at weeks before and at Pokemon launch will give a very good idea of how high it can go in December.
Yep.
Benji noted that every single Switch SKU (Lite and OG) were up WoW last week in the US, drove by Pokemon's upcoming launch. If we take the impact of the Pokemon Switch Lite as +45k last week that's still 74k for the other models.
The Pokemon Switch Lite will be down WoW for sure but even then, 80-85k should be the final range if the rest of the SKUs are flat.
Now if they increased WoW, then things will be interesting we'll see !
everyone in this thread if pokemon overperforms at retail:
"wow just imagine how much it sold including vouchers!"
everyone in this thread if pokemon underperforms at retail:
"well we don't know how much it really sold because of vouchers"
"wow just imagine how much it sold including vouchers!"
everyone in this thread if pokemon underperforms at retail:
"well we don't know how much it really sold because of vouchers"
Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon cut Sun / Moon legs and definitely absorbed some of its sales. That's why it had a good performance.
More likely Pokemon will do OK but not amazing numbers at retail FW and the streets will run red with blood until we get a financial report to confirm things either way. Until them it will be the perfect middle ground for anyone with an agenda to run untethered. I don't even know if I want to be in this thread the next few weeks.
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High end of digital sales for a Pokemon game at this price is 30-35%.
It's not an unknown world.
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By the time US/UM was announced sales of S/M had dropped to already very low levels in Japan and west. One more year gap wouldn't make a huge difference, at best case 1m worldwide.
For Pokemon mainline games there was nowhere to go but Switch.
Same for Level 5, their best bet and interest was for Switch.
KIU is a good game but with limited appeal due to its nature.
There was absolutely no way it could sell 1 million units in Japan, its game structure appealed to a niche.
Can you post the Pokemon pre-order data from Media Create from past games?
now what if they makes a Kid Icarus game with TPS mechanics on Switch?
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