Seems like a low bar, didn't Future Tone DX utterly bomb? Will be interesting to see how MegaMix does and if can claw the franchise back to 100k+ sales.
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Here you go...
Nintendo Developing ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Smartphone Game
Nintendo plans to bring its videogame franchise “The Legend of Zelda” to smartphones, the latest step by the Kyoto company to expand its mobile-games lineup.
I mean the report said it was after Animal Crossing in 2017 and expected the second half of the year. I don't know about you, but just getting the fact correct that there "may be" a Zelda mobile game by 2025 correct in an article written in 2017 isn't good reporting.
Nintendo Developing ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Smartphone Game
Nintendo plans to bring its videogame franchise “The Legend of Zelda” to smartphones, the latest step by the Kyoto company to expand its mobile-games lineup.
I guess these are good news? (Lack of stock will kill the legs, again...).
It's a double-edged sword. Shortages imply demand, especially if the shipment was high (hopefully around or better above 100k), but it can also hurt legs if stock takes too long to replenish. It's not an RPG so it's not exactly doomed because of it. It could even become an minor evergreen like some 3rd-party Switch games.
That's not what they said. They said total unit sales of packaged games were below expectations. Not all of the games they released did below expectations.
That is so weird to think about. Of all games, miku and sentinels overpreformed while those three underperformed.
Dreamcast chart data is a year earlier. You know, 97 corresponds to 98, and so on until 2002.Sega in Japan
Master System {1983/07/15} (¥15.000) - 1.000.000
Mega Drive {1988/10/29} (¥21.000) - 3.580.000
Mega CD {1991/12/12} (¥49.800) - 400.000
32X {1994/12/03} (¥16.800) - 50.000
Game Gear {1990/10/06} (¥19.800) - 1.780.000
Saturn {1994/11/22} (¥44.800) - 5.750.000
Dreamcast {1998/11/22} (¥29.800) - 2.490.000
Sure but those were the 3 releases they highlighted with that statement so it's easy to infer they were the main ones doing below par. It's not like tracked sales were notable on any of them either, at least in Japan they were each a bit disappointing.
It was pretty clear, since they released more than those three games and highlighted them again on a different slide.
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I wouldn't be shocked if Nintendo still has SOME hold on that, like a "gentlemen's agreement(?)" where they're fine with a mobile game but absolutely forbid a Sony and MS release, even if Mario isn't in those versions or something. Because the core games ARE Mario & Sonic. I'm more surprised they don't allow Mario in the mobile games now that they're in the market. Might be the DeNA deal but then again Fire Emblem characters crossed over in Dragalia Lost so...
Persona 5 Royal was at 400k after one month in Japan
Persona 5 Reaches 3.2 Million Copies Shipped Worldwide, Persona 5 Royal 400k Copies in Japan, Persona Series 11.1 Million Copies, PlayStation Awards 2019 - Persona Central
Atlus has announced updated sales numbers for Persona 5 and the series worldwide, and P5 has gotten the "PlayStation 25th Anniversary Users' Choice Award."
If that game was ported to any system instead of PS4 and sold 400k we all would be celebrating those numbers.
