Next week Pokémon will be finally exciting, but the real shit will be Smash launch week.
Insanity is coming.
Insanity is coming.
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Media Create Sales: Week 45, 2018 (Nov 05 - Nov 11)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Maybe the bundles are sold out? Or getting close to being sold out?
The bundles are limited quantity according to Benji in the NPD thread.
In the US, yeah, but not necessarily Japan. Though it's certainly possible they're very limited in Japan too.
They are still freely available on Amazon at least. I believe Chris1964 also said that the bundles did not seem limited.
It's more that hype is strong enough that people want to buy their Switch before the game release in order to be ready for it. Which bodes well for strong numbers next week.
In that case, yeah next week should be crazy.
I'm surprised they had such limited bundle quantities in the US comparatively.
Nothing, but the reason they are equal instead of slim being well ahead is that pro got a discount. So, the poster argues, Sony could make some progress in sales by dropping the price of slim, as well, but choose not to.
Also seasonal demand is starting to increase anyway mid November (for Switch anyway, the rest of the market is basically in zombie mode).
At this time of year you can not expect people to be reasonable with purchases. It is pure impulse. Marketing knows
Lower, if S/M didn't reach X/Y in the climax of the GO mania Let's Go will 100% debut lower than 2.1m.
Good to know, isn't black friday a thing in Japan? Here some deals are already starting.
Yea, probably will be a cut for the slim eventually but pro sales increasing their share with the cut should have been expected. I'm thinking the profit margins could be relatively huge on the pro by now after going through a few model revisions.
Also seasonal demand is starting to increase anyway mid November (for Switch anyway, the rest of the market is basically in zombie mode).
Thank you for the graph - it's quite interesting how the major game releases can be clearly seen on the graph.
Next week the 2018 Switch should have its first big spike of the year with Pokemon.
Releasing NSMBU just after the holidays is a smart move from Nintendo san. Last year, they really cut their holiday momentum by not releasing anything of note while the other twin consoles had the behemoth Monster Hunter.
It sucks for me that they chose NSMBU as I cannot stand the NSM series, but well...
It sucks for me that they chose NSMBU as I cannot stand the NSM series, but well...
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Weekly retailer hints vol.1
Hype for Fallout 76 remains at low levels. It will underperform Fallout 4 opening and maybe not by a small margin. Legs could be the biggest problem for this game.
Hitman 2 will be dead from arrival.
Luigi's Mansion second week continues the path to unknown.
Everyone in Japan is prepared for Friday.
Hype for Fallout 76 remains at low levels. It will underperform Fallout 4 opening and maybe not by a small margin. Legs could be the biggest problem for this game.
Hitman 2 will be dead from arrival.
Luigi's Mansion second week continues the path to unknown.
Everyone in Japan is prepared for Friday.
They had Mario + Rabbids last year in January in Japan that sold well ;)
Historical 1st week comparisons:
Tetris DS (NDS) 218,099
Tetris Party Deluxe (NDS) 14,016
Tetris Axis (3DS) 6,787
Puyo Puyo Tetris (3DS) 44,627
Puyo Puyo Tetris (PS3) 10,306
Puyo Puyo Tetris (PSV) 8,973
Puyo Puyo Tetris (NSW) 12,854
Tetris Effect (PS4) 4,372
Do you think the hype is getting bigger reaching a more standard pokemon level?
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So it seems like the concerns about this Pokemon game not appealing to the "core Pokemon crowd" are probably gonna be a bit unfounded. Especially with the better-than-expected reviews which probably suggests WoM will be good.
Very excited to see how high this game will go. Certainly not as high as a regular mainline but probably higher than most think.
Very excited to see how high this game will go. Certainly not as high as a regular mainline but probably higher than most think.
I forgot about him. Good game indeed, and it probably helped. NSMBU is on another level though. If they have another surprise for Q4, they can almost touch their sales target. I still believe they won't, and by at least 10%.
Some online stores have started to try and make it a thing, starting maybe 2 years ago. Retail stores seem to not be interested, we will see how it will be this year, but probably nothing. The 23rd is a national holiday, so probably nothing.
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I see very little excitement for Black Friday this year, things were more hot from retailers in 2017.
Is Switch still on track to overtake PS4 this year or have the ho-hum sales for most of the year rebalanced expectations?
Next week will be a good indicator to see if it can reach two million sales in six weeks.
Yeah, It looks dead. Cyber Monday will be bigger as usual, but still small. Last thing I want to do is go shopping on 労働感謝の日.
Interesting data thank you fiendcode but also ouch for Tetris Effect. Tetris (aside from the bomb Tetris Axis, but I will chalk it up to being released in 2011 on the 3ds) seems to be associated with mostly Nintendo in Japan (understandably so).
Needs to get back on track with last year's numbers first, and even then it would only get to 6.6M. Needs a huge December+Smash to do it.
Focusing on PSVR has sort of been a mistake commercially for Miz and co. Rez Infinite didn't do great either.
Well yeah it's just a matter of seeing how huge. I don't think their goal is to outsell PS4 by year end that's just a fanboy horse racing thing.
Good to see some life in the japanese charts. It's been quiet for ages ! PokeSmash is going to change that big time !!!
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The climb just keeps on going =)
Isnt that the same day as Black Friday?