That's awesome news, now let's see what happens when Kirby releases :P
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Media Create Sales: Week 8, 2018 (Feb 19 - Feb 25)
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MH:W trend line seem to be going on the same path than G/U. so next week should be around 39-40K
Well, MHW is old news at this point, so there's little to be at each other's throat about atm.
So Should I expect 200k for Kirby's week and maybe 50-60 Switches? Seems like 40k is the baseline?
07./12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 12.252 / 883.780 (+4%)
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Heroes never die
Not much is changing each week. PS4 continues its slow decline back towards its normal baseline. MHW still showing great legs. Switch HW remaining steady whilst SW continues to impress with incredible attach rates.
Not sure how much to expect from Kirby. I think it'll have good opening numbers and finish over a million. HW wise I don't see it moving the dial a great deal. Labo will be the next potential big HW mover.
Not sure how much to expect from Kirby. I think it'll have good opening numbers and finish over a million. HW wise I don't see it moving the dial a great deal. Labo will be the next potential big HW mover.
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We knew things wouldn't be good from first day sell-through. It could be another game at the pill that will struggle to sell the initial shipment.
Its a 3 year old game that sold like 80k on original release. There isn't much word of mouth left to be had.
From the Media create top 1000 for 2016 it had:
557./350. [WIU] Bayonetta 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.09.20} (¥7.700) - 4.408 / 78.569 (-69%) (38.828 <67,29%>)
It'll probably crawl to 35-40k when all is said and done.
I don't know exactly how much money the mobile games of the franchise are doing, but they will probably have to revise their strategy for the next console game after these sales.
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BotW's been showcasing a crazy good performance ever since it came out. The word of mouth effect is very real.
It's pretty impressive how your series' sales trend can change when you change the series to a more popular genre and then make it a top 10 game of all time (Zelda BotW).
Switch vs Wii (2nd Christmas start for Wii and NDS)
PS4 vs PS3 (Christmas also starting soon for PS3)
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| | Nintendo Wii | Nintendo Switch | Difference |
| | (2006/12/02) | (2017/03/03) | |
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|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | NSW - Wii |
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| 50| 34.546|3.780.073| 43.404|3.678.828| -101.245|
| 51| 36.230|3.816.303| 39.303|3.718.131| -98.172|
| 52| 54.362|3.870.665| 39.696|3.757.827| -112.838|
| 53| 74.764|3.945.429| | | |
| 54| 115.057|4.060.486| | | |
| 55| 170.558|4.231.044| | | |
| 56| 232.907|4.463.951| | | |
| 57| 152.209|4.616.160| | | |
| 58| 207.797|4.823.957| | | |
| 59| 84.530|4.908.487| | | |
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| | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | Difference |
| | (2006/11/11) | (2014/02/22) | |
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|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | PS4 - PS3 |
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| 208| 28.255|5.671.146| 71.306|6.401.139| 729.993|
| 209| 23.524|5.694.670| 49.502|6.450.641| 755.971|
| 210| 21.114|5.715.784| 34.775|6.485.416| 769.632|
| 211| 29.058|5.744.842| | | |
| 211| 68.840|5.813.682| | | |
| 213| 41.760|5.855.442| | | |
| 214| 41.882|5.897.324| | | |
| 215| 49.515|5.946.839| | | |
| 216| 64.228|6.011.067| | | |
| 217| 76.422|6.087.489| | | |
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Digital price for BOTW in Europe is also higher than for MK8D, SMO and Splatoon 2. Seems like Nintendo put BOTW at a higher selling price than the other games. Not sure why, though. Perhaps because it was their most expensive game ever in terms of production costs?
Xbox players are all perverts anyway, makes sense.
I'm joking of course.
Monster Hunter World's hold is fantastic, super happy about that one.
I see PS4 sales are going back to sub-Switch levels, which is interesting since the latter isn't getting much in the way of new releases right now.
I see PS4 sales are going back to sub-Switch levels, which is interesting since the latter isn't getting much in the way of new releases right now.
Likelihood it hits 10 million worldwide on Switch alone this year?
While waiting for Famitsu, Famitsu FW numbers: (from)
Senran Kagura Burst (3DS) - 70.569
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (3DS) - 47.325
Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus (Vita) - 91.639
Senran Kagura Estival Versus (PS4) - 26.091
Senran Kagura Estival Versus (Vita) - 49.365
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash (PS4) - 48.604
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Good, exciting game design vs bad, stale game design.
Splatoon, Odyssey, and BOTW are very modern Nintendo games. In a way a return to form for Nintendo. Focus on good design, respect player autonomy, teach through play not handholding tutorials, ditch (most of) the gimmicks.
I hate to be that guy but in this case, there really should have been a Switch port. It's a remake of the popular 3DS game. Also it does not look more demanding than what the Switch can handle.
I think it would still have sold more on PS4, but it probably could have pulled in an additional 10k from Switch owners.
Is Kirby capable of moving a sizable amount of consoles? I mean it certainly will sell decently well, but I don't know if it'll move many Switches.
Pretty likely imo. Its legs are holding as strong (even stronger, in fact) as they did throughout 2017, so I expect the game to sell around 4 million during 2018. That would put it at 10.7M by the end of the year on Switch alone.
Well, PS4 has one game making a market impact that released a month ago.
Switch still has 5-6 catalog titles selling week after week. Its a much healthier ecosystem.
I feel they've also positioned it as their big 'prestige' game for the system, helped by all the awards it's accrued. Therefore it can fetch a higher asking price, and evidently enough will very much sell at said price.
I do hope Bayonetta manages to hold well enough. A 43% on the second week isn't too bad, even if it's not exactly working with the best start.
Yeah I know the series producer has publicly been lukewarm on Switch, but between the eshop games performance and market realities I would be surprised if marvelous didn't dictate Switch as part of the series going forward.
Their strategy of a console+portable was going well for them before. Making it a PS4 exclusive was a weird move on their part since the Vita was where the audience was.
I don't think that SK7 is going to be released simultaneously on the Switch since it seems like it has been in development for a while now, but I do think that it probably will get a Switch port eventually. The next entry after that is most likely a multiplatform release day one like EV.
Switch sales seem to have leveled off lower than I expected. They seem average to me. I don't know. Maybe my expectations aren't set properly - but ~150k/month doesn't seem like anything too notable for a new console in its first year outside of huge releases. Again maybe my expectations are just off and those numbers are actually quite great.
I suppose the Switch is no longer understocked like before, but merely being shipped/supplied at an acceptable rate (meaning what is shipped is sold, but just not necessarily the same day it arrives)?
I suppose the Switch is no longer understocked like before, but merely being shipped/supplied at an acceptable rate (meaning what is shipped is sold, but just not necessarily the same day it arrives)?
Amazing figures. Biggest increase too, western jump was 3x overall so far.
Truth to be told after last years shortages and impressive holiday season I expected Switch having higher baseline than this. 40k itself of course is still great but also showing it's normal ''mortal'' after last years craze (falling quite bit behind 3DSs pace and very soon DSs pace). Well soon we will see what Labo does. It is wild card in terms of hw moving power.
I think 4 million is a bit too much. 3-3.5 million, so ~10 million should still happen in 2018.
They have time to change their minds for 7 yeah, especially since they pushed it back, but Takaki's hope for a Vita 2 and dislike for the Switch means that they probably won't change anything. Marvelous doesn't seem to care that much about his plans.
SK2's sales are what led Marvelous to stop putting the franchise on Nintendo platforms.
Even if this is a remake, those sales are bad for the franchise, PS4 only was a stupid choice.
For sure. They decided to support the Switch too late and only with low effort spinoffs.
They still have time to change their mind for 7 though.
Idk but I think the situation would still be the same if they released that game on switch,the audience for that otaku centric series isn't there and that tech demo only sells because of people buying it out of curiosity imo
I mean, it is still almost certainly supply constrained; it's just that the supply Nintendo are putting out currently seems to be around the 40k mark.
Boring week.
Nice numbers for Girls und Panzer.
MGS and Senran Kagura are very low, as expected. I consider both series as on their decline.
Nice numbers for Girls und Panzer.
MGS and Senran Kagura are very low, as expected. I consider both series as on their decline.
Ok..we have one piece of evidence and that evidence is a positive. It also has a history on Nintendo platforms.
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