Well to be fair, it did debut at roughly half of LM2. Obviously vouchers and holiday legs will tell the full story but as far as FW retail sales it's just decent.
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Media Create Sales: Week 44, 2019 (Oct 28 - Nov 03)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Sorry that's not how it works. Digital is much bigger now so retail doesn't tell the full story. It's not "ok" when you know digital sales are far higher now than games on the 3DS game out
I'm sure the rest of Asia will save Luigi.
And clearly the developer was aiming for the western market.
And clearly the developer was aiming for the western market.
Digital sales won't be 50%.
[3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) - 301.080 / NEW
[NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (¥5.980) - 150.649 / NEW
Just ok start considering voucher is the normal thing.
Havent been following P5R, but did the game had very little new content?/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/49420019/ChrisTillmanIsAJerk.0.0.png)
Full price re-release bullshit.....
Well, it's definitely not a mindblowing FW number. It's much lower than LM2 and many other 3DS games of similar status.
It's right in front of the holidays, so the game will be fine, but that doesn't change the fact that 150k is on the lower side of the spectrum.
decent debut for LM3 too, and good legs for ring fit and FoMT
edit: wow @ switch HW
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The original P5 covers 2/3rds of P5R's story (though I think they changed things in the P5 part of P5R's story as well).
Well the benefice would be for all of their markets with a stronger base ps4 that can last longer so they can position it as the low entry level of the ps ecosystem? I mean it all depends if it's tech possible and if it fits with their strategy. Just wondering.
Added contents satification is subjective.
But my main suffering (I still cry while play it every night) was that main storyline barely change, they just add random new things here and there and that (spoiler) but overall first 100 hours almost the same old shit I tired of it, and I only finish P5 just twice.
Just typing make my eyes teary already..................They will get karma someday.
So Atlus took advantage of their fan base and made this a bigger deal than it really was? That's low. I read the spoiler thread and decided it really wasn't worth the double dip or time investment, but it's crazy how many people they duped when this could've just been DLC.
I mean regardless of whether it's good or not in a vacuum (it is) it's still down from the last game in Japan, even with the best case scenario for digital sales. It'll be up everywhere else and probably lifetime in Japan but the first week sales are a bit meh.
It just goes to show how disproportionately well the 3DS and its software did in Japan compared to the rest of the world.
Why would it Affect PS4 sales at this point? Next gen buyers already have a ps4. Late gen buyers aren't getting a more expensive system at launch.
Imagine a hardware pushing cross-gen game. A big gap in price between PS4/PS5 would push most JP buyers toward the PS4 (which Sony doesnt want)
Nice start for Luigi's Mansion, I guess, but the game is so freaking good that it deserved a lot more. My game of the year so far, and probably my second favorite Switch game, behind BotW.
Also, holy crap at those HW numbers. All of the other consoles combined don't amount to 5% of Switch sales. Oof.
Also, holy crap at those HW numbers. All of the other consoles combined don't amount to 5% of Switch sales. Oof.
I wasn't around for sales during the 3ds, so hearing LM2 did 300,000 is quite something! Does anyone know if there was a reason FW numbers were so high? Or was that typical of first-party games on the 3ds?
It's Japan. It's Dragon Quest. Those are the only two things needed.
Hell there are Dragon Quest based restaurants in Japan, where you can eat dishes from the games.
I mean the PS4 wasn't doing too hot earlier this year either but now the hardware sales are just extremely low. Now if it has something to do with the PS5 announcement, I don't know but all the notable releases in the past weeks did not do anything for hardware sales (Call of Duty or P5R for example).
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LM2 clearly beat expectations in Japan (and worldwide). It could be the only series from 3DS that Switch will have problem to beat in Japan.
Part of the identity and reason for existing for the lite model is that it is a cheaper version of the platform. This means that the people looking to get the platform at the best price, should have moved from Switch to Switch lite, but this doesn't seem to have happened. It reinforces the idea that the hybrid nature of the Switch is a much bigger deal than first thought, and it means that Switch Lite is not eating into those Switch sales, but growing a separate market for itself as a slightly more focused handheld, it selling less weekly (on average) than the Switch, means the market is more interested in a premium device than a budget one. This is the opposite we see with things like the Xbox 1 X and Pro models, but does follow Nintendo's handheld/console (in case of Wii U) history of the more premium model selling more.
It could also mean that Lite is selling on top of Switch, and it isn't traditional YoY growth, which could mean a separate sales total than what we previously expected though limited. In theory, this could mean we see a YoY growth with the Switch from last holiday season (1.4M + say 30% for 1.82M, + a separate Lite total).
You forget Olympic Games will be held in Japan this year. The game will chart til next year. We might see 20-30k weeks during Olympic Games.
Brain Training too!
Thanks! And yeah I can imagine going up against numbers like that. Shame we don't get digital sales.
It simply dulls the luster of a brand new PS4. "I just bought a PS4" "Did you know PS5 comes out next year?!" Maybe if the price of $500 was a known factor, but the larger market might just assume that the PS5 is replacing the PS4 at the current price point, there is also nothing big coming to the system until March, so people who have waited have less incentive to pick up a PS4 now than before the PS5 announcement, when it was possible that Japan wouldn't see a PS5 until 2021.
The milion copies sold mark is just 2 weeks away for Minecraft Switch, very interested to see where it'll stop.
The Ring Fit performance is really, really impressive, if the legs in the west are half as good I think Nintendo must be very pleased with this game.
I think Luigi might see a smaller drop in week 3 due to the Pokémon release, I think matching LM2 will be hard, but it's still achievable, especially with the holiday season so close to the release
The Ring Fit performance is really, really impressive, if the legs in the west are half as good I think Nintendo must be very pleased with this game.
I think Luigi might see a smaller drop in week 3 due to the Pokémon release, I think matching LM2 will be hard, but it's still achievable, especially with the holiday season so close to the release
...no, not at all.
software wise is been a disappointment for months now. there are just no bumps in these cases.
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But OG Switch is not holding, it's up YOY. So I would attribute some of the rise to RFA, but consider the hold part to be because Lite is not cannibalizing OG sales.
On per country basis, Japan comes in 2nd place after the U.S. when it comes to total PS4 hardware sales.
Switch 2019 is almost 1mi ahead of Switch 2018 and we are yet to get the biggest release of the year.
Things are going to be insane from now until January. Therefore, I predict 50k for Switch next week.
Things are going to be insane from now until January. Therefore, I predict 50k for Switch next week.
People are waiting to buy PS4 for DS next week... /s
I thought you were talking about DQ too... lol
not sure if this is trolling or serious. Along with Pokemon, LM3 is the other big title that will carry the load for Switch during the holidays. Yes the first week did not break any records but we should wait until after the holidays to see how well/bad it does. SMM2 was not gonna hit 1 million before end of this century after the weak first weak number but things turned around very quickly and the end of this century is not even gonna be end of this year.
EDIT: Forgot about surprise hit - Ring Fit. That would carry the load for holidays as well.
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that's just 1 week. and also:
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 54.067 | 56.680 | 43.863 | 2.718.526 | 1.897.542 | 9.608.072 |
my point stands. I don't see the "big hardware sales = next week sofware will rise" equation. it's a wrong statement these days. the holiday season starting this week will bring bumps for sure though.
LM3 also had 2xGold so it's probably not just vouchers affecting retail sales.
Next year is going to be very dire for the ps4.
Next year is going to be very dire for the ps4.