We are still at the very begining of November but the Switch aleady has several big 3rd party games announced for it next year :
- Puzzle & Dragons
- Persona 5 Scramble
- One Piece Warriors 4
- Trials of Mana
- Rune Factory 5
- Inazuma Eleven
- Momotaro Dentetsu
- Hatsune Miku Mega39's
That's bigger than the announced Nintendo 1st party games (at the exception of AC)
lines are a thing of the past
We still do them for DQ, just for the sake of tradition, but yeah, lines are gone.
its the new pokemon killer.
Not at the RMV.
Surely they'll announce a new Advance Wars there!Week day release, so nope.
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Looks like a second Fire Emblem Expo will be held next year. They're really nurturing that FE fanbase, heh.
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Will the double packs be limited or in ample supply ?Pokemon initial shipment at retail will most likely exceed 1,5m.
There's no limit at double packs anymore. As long as they sell Nintendo will print them.Will the double packs be limited or in ample supply ?
I remember that the trend was to supply more of them.
I see, thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info. Over 137 million views on that video, thats a lot!
Fair enough that its about long term, although havnt people been talking about it for a while now? Its been 3 years since their last Vita release. I dont think it was expected that Falcom would have record earnings after this. But we'll see how things go in the next years.
Do we know anything about what Falcom has in their pipeline by the way?
On this subject, i noticed that some games had strong digital sales despite the savings not being that big. Its still maybe around a 1000 yen saving, but that relatively small compared to what the saving were for Fire Emblem and Astral Chain. Are the vouchers of unlimited supply in Japan by the way? As in, can people just buy as many vouchers as they like?
You're putting way too much faith in projections. Falcom notoriously has very conservative projections. Here's what they expected for 2019:Any attempt at moving the goalpost doesn't change the fact that Falcom expects a very notable decline in profits and that Japan still is by far the most significant market to them. A 30% decline in profits is in fact significant and not something that can be ignored, just to push a narrative.
If they miss deadlines for their yearly alternating main IPs, results will look even worse, a risk that could rise in future with the need for higher production values.
175k?Retailers were very cautious with Death Stranding initial shipment.
Out of stock since SundaySo, just to be clear: how big is / was this week's shipment for Ring Fit Adventure? Is there still stock available at retailers that aren't Amazon.co.jp?
Falcom's choice of platform is a good battleground for Nintendo fanboys vs. Sony fanboys so the Falcom discussion keeps on truckingI'll truly, truly never understand the obsession over Falcolm here.
They have their own dedicated niche that is very loyal. They make games for them and don't try much to expand. They don't take risks and as such are never really in trouble. That's it. Does it warrant such concern?
Falcom's choice of platform is a good battleground for Nintendo fanboys vs. Sony fanboys so the Falcom discussion keeps on trucking
I'll truly, truly never understand the obsession over Falcolm here.
They have their own dedicated niche that is very loyal. They make games for them and don't try much to expand. They don't take risks and as such are never really in trouble. That's it. Does it warrant such concern?
Of all developers, choosing to obsess on this one sure is weird to me.
I'll truly, truly never understand the obsession over Falcolm here.
They have their own dedicated niche that is very loyal. They make games for them and don't try much to expand. They don't take risks and as such are never really in trouble. That's it. Does it warrant such concern?
Never understood these passive agressive complaints. They recently released their financial report, that's what started the discussion.
I feel like the title for the best launch on Switch will be extremely close, if it wasn't for the vouchers Pokémon probably could've taken it comfortably but now an opening similar to Smash Ultimate is highly likely.
Out of all the passive aggressive posts I make, this wasn't even one of them. I was genuinely wondering why the discussion was so tense about this very small publisher in particular. You don't see that many debates over, say, NIS, which is in a much worse state despite being a bigger publisher internationally. And that one deserves much more concern. Or idk Compile heart or whatever.
I wouldn't really call that the same as the discussions with NIS.NIS was often in the spotlight in these kind of discussions in the past. Falcom is a more recent reoccuring topic, one of the reasons is Kondos controversial statements in interviews and in front of investors in the past two years.
Falcom's choice of platform is a good battleground for Nintendo fanboys vs. Sony fanboys so the Falcom discussion keeps on trucking
Of all developers, choosing to obsess on this one sure is weird to me.
I wouldn't really call that the same as the discussions with NIS.
I wouldn't really call that the same as the discussions with NIS.
Oh yes, when the future of third party support lay on it's it's small small hands. The Falcom discussion has also gotten into a life of it's own in terms of weirdness. If their current corporate strategy is working for them that's great. I have no idea why people people are so obsessed about how well that company is doing or where they port their games. They're a small developer if it matters so much to a person how about they support them on their platform of choice.Never forget the endless discussions about Disgaea 5 back then.
It wouldn't be that much of a surprise tbh, the shipment for Pokémon looks to be around the same as Smash Ultimate , i don't remeber the exact shipment for Smash but it was also well over 1,5 million and Nintendo games usually only sell 60-80% of their shipment at launch so Pokémon will be fairly close to Ultimate at least close enough to not be a surpise regardless of which one "wins".I would be kinda surprised if Pokémon does not beat Ultimate at least in Japan, even considering vouchers.
For clarity, Smash sold ~1.2 mil in its first 3 days, which was considered 75% of its initial shipment, so ~1.6 mil.It wouldn't be that much of a surprise tbh, the shipment for Pokémon looks to be around the same as Smash Ultimate , i don't remeber the exact shipment for Smash but it was also well over 1,5 million and Nintendo games usually only sell 60-80% of their shipment at launch so Pokémon will be fairly close to Ultimate at least close enough to not be a surpise regardless of which one "wins".
Falcom has been making games since the 80's and have been ignoring Nintendo for the majority of the company's existence. The company is still around, still makes great games and Nintendo is still their secondary focus (if at all). I don't understand the focus on this company as well outside people like ACL who are in a CONSTANT state of controlled "concern". They tie Sony's weekly output for the PS4 in year 5.5 of the console to Falcom's FY2020 forecast...like who does that on a gaming forum? It's sad actually.
With the vouchers, would we expect Pokémon to have a higher digital ratio?
Pokemon always gets big shipments in holidays, we'll have to wait until April and full fiscal year report for an estimate of digital sales.With the vouchers, would we expect Pokémon to have a higher digital ratio?
X&Y and Sun & Moon had second and third biggest launches in the franchise history (only behind Black & White) and yet they are two the lowest selling games in the franchise. Pokemon has become more frontloaded in Japan so even if the total sales are down launch sales should still be very high.I feel that the decline of Pokémon will prevent it from having the largest switch launch.
With the vouchers, would we expect Pokémon to have a higher digital ratio?
Retailers were very cautious with Death Stranding initial shipment.
Imo it is partly because there were another Pokemon game the following year.X&Y and Sun & Moon had second and third biggest launches in the franchise history (only behind Black & White) and yet they are two the lowest selling games in the franchise. Pokemon has become more frontloaded in Japan so even if the total sales are down launch sales should still be very high.
I feel like that had more to do with Pokemon Go.Imo it is partly because there were another Pokemon game the following year.
Past new gen Pokemon games (at the exception of Gold/Silver) got two years to breathe and build up legs.
This 2 years gap managed to make OR/AS the second best selling remakes in Japan.
Maybe a decade ago, not currently so much.I guess it's because they make some of the best jRPG's currently.