I expected the PS4 version to sell a bit more week 1 - but guess those massive Switch hw numbers are doing their thing.
Yeah...anything else would be a surprise.
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Media Create Sales: Week 50, 2018 (Dec 10 - Dec 16)
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No, on both....i dont see why a DQB sequel costing 7k yen should sell much better in its first week.
Considering the legs of past Switch 3rdParty titles and how the ended up selling compared to their first week....yeah dont know what you were expecting.
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The second hint are the numbers 110k two sets.
I did miss some, sorry, even if they missed the mark some of those should have been counted. I don't know about Death Stranding, it might get attention because of Kojima, however I don't think Ghost of Tsushima has much appeal here, but I guess we will find out.
If 90k is a shit result for Switch then 110k for ps4 is worse, not "wouldn't be great either". And please don't start with the "expectations from a console with a "Nintendo audience" vs expectations from a PS console" argument:
1. Switch is not your typical Nintendo audience.
2. To quote DarkDetective, who summarized the situation well -
You could interpretate the hint that way as well yeah. Makes sense.
The patter the blog uses usually is:
First amazon link: name of the game
Second amazon link: numbers
There are some exceptions but this is the standard.
Didn't some of the Nintendo classics sell for very cheap from launch so Sony likely made a decent profit on any of these classics that they shipped to be sold at $100?
I think Sony have pulled off a big cash and grab with this classic thing and retailers will suffer the loss. I'm personally glad to see it not take off because I want Sony offering classics over PSN on the PS4/PS5 not requiring you to buy a separate console. As a gamer I find that very annoying.
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Its been said that FF7 Remake will have real time combat and not turned based like the original. I dont know about it being open world like FFXV though.
I see. Was this based on a rumor or purely speculation?
The comment seems to suggest that its take on action JRPG combat was lifted from FFXV.
At this point, I would prefer rebuying every game to the -nothing- that we've got. I love the PS1 era, so it's pretty upsetting to me.
Retailer-manufacturer relationships are not one-off. I'm pretty sure retailers, especially big chains (as buyer power has been increasing for years), will be able to shift costs back to Sony sooner or later.
I don't think how many platform games are available on Switch will negatively impact SMB sales.
SMB is THE face of platformers.
Just like I don't think the great availability of racing games/MK clones or fighting VS games/Smash clones would negatively impact Mario Kart 8 or Smash Ultimate.
That's the beauty of owning the genre king and cultivating a franchise through the generations.
I understand. Was SMT V announced at time at all by the way?
I dont know if its exactly like that, but FFXV is also real time combat, so its likely more towards that direction in terms of combat system.
The narrative surrounding the combat is that it's similar to what originally intended for Versus, but who knows to what degree that's true.
I would say it had the potential to do 300k+ FW on both platforms combined instead of ~200k.
Edit: but instead of selling it at 7800 yen + tax, it should've been 6800 yen at max.
I would have considered a 600k LTD combined to be a decent hold for the series. Not sure what SE was expecting.
Speaking of expensive games, can we talk about how Left Alive is more expensive than DMC V? Like, what is Square thinking?
I mean you have to run out of ideas at some points down the line when it comes to weekly basic articles :P
Media Create:
Switch 278,701
PS4 57,948
New2DS LL 19,096
PS4 Pro 17,845
New3DS LL 7,116
Vita 3,939
2DS 724
Xbox One X 195
Xbox One 182
DQB2: 207k (110k on PS, 97k on Switch)
Smash: 457k
SMP: 155k
Pokémon: 144k
https://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20181226091/
Switch 278,701
PS4 57,948
New2DS LL 19,096
PS4 Pro 17,845
New3DS LL 7,116
Vita 3,939
2DS 724
Xbox One X 195
Xbox One 182
DQB2: 207k (110k on PS, 97k on Switch)
Smash: 457k
SMP: 155k
Pokémon: 144k
https://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20181226091/
I mean the software sales are fantastic but how does Switch sell the same three weeks in a row?
Even after it was revealed in early 2017 people still assumed SMT "HD Project" would be PS4 multi. It was only later after Atlus revealed it was SMTV specifically and 100% Switch exclusive did that die down, but only with the conciet that P5 would never come to Switch either. Looks like people might have to readjust their Atlus expectations yet again soon...