Ni No Kuni II ships 900,000 copies worldwide

Raijinto · May 25, 2018

http://www.4gamer.net/games/369/G036989/20180525117/

Also total shipment for the Ni No Kuni series is at 2.8 million copies. So the first game shipped nearly 2 million for a comparison.

According to this and people other than me who can understand Japanese at any rate.

Hammee · May 25, 2018

That's great news.

Deleted member 679 · May 25, 2018

That's cool. Didn't play it yet, but bought it day one. I'll hopefully get around to finishing the first before the Season Pass finishes coming out. Maybe they'll add a hard mode, too.

Jarod McChicken · May 25, 2018

Yup that does includes shipment + digital sales.

Also, 2,8 million total for the franchise.

ASarafanov · May 25, 2018

silva1991 · May 25, 2018

Great. Didn't like the game in the slightest, but JRPGs doing well is always good news.

Hey Please · May 25, 2018

Where in the spectrum between good and poor do the sales figure for in?

cw_sasuke · May 25, 2018

Congrats... But I'll probably a while until they sell through that shipment.

Saint-14 · May 25, 2018

That's great for the title.

texhnolyze · May 25, 2018

I still remember that it's doing VERY badly on Steam, like less than 40k on SteamSpy before it went down. It's kinda depressing as it's actually a very good port, if not one of the best Japanese game ports ever. I guess at the end of the day, what people want is not a perfect port, but a great game. From story to combat, Ni No Kuni II is pretty shallow as a JRPG.

Hieroph · May 25, 2018

Nice. Should be a full million soon.

MadMod · May 25, 2018

If Bandai Namco find that a success well done! I'm enjoying the game! Just wish there was proper VO. Other than that its great.

TheThreadsThatBindUs · May 25, 2018

Oh shit, you just reminded me I need to buy this game.
cheers OP!!

Deleted member 11413 · May 25, 2018

i-Lo said:
Where in the spectrum between good and poor do the sales figure for in?

Nearly a million for any JRPG is great in terms of sales.

Deleted member 4541 · May 25, 2018

I don't know if it's because I didn't play the first one, or if it's because I'm still new to the JRPG genre, but I really enjoyed this game. Well deserved sales, imo.

Deleted member 32018 · May 25, 2018

Lord of Ostia said:
Nearly a million for any JRPG is great in terms of sales.

It looks like the original shipped over double this number though.

Bonejack · May 25, 2018

i-Lo said:
Where in the spectrum between good and poor do the sales figure for in?

If you want some sort of rough comparison to the first one, substract those 900k from the 2.8 million total.

shaneo632 · May 25, 2018

Game was a huge disappointment so I was kinda hoping it would underperform. If the future of the series is this, I'm out.

HeRinger · May 25, 2018

I'm still surprised at how quickly forgotten this game was. People still talk about Nier Automata and Xenoblade 2 with great passion and excitement (deservedly so, as they are both amazing), yet I hardly see Ni No Kuni 2 being mentioned.

I still want to play it someday. Maybe a Switch port would get me more excited to play, as JRPGs work better on handhelds, imo.

Hey Please · May 25, 2018

Bonejack said:
If you want some sort of rough comparison to the first one, substract those 900k from the 2.8 million total.

True, however, isn't that figure for life time shipment for the first one?

KillerMan91 · May 25, 2018

steviejd1 said:
It looks like the original shipped over double this number though.

Not few months after the launch.

Vylder · May 25, 2018

I loved my time with Ni No Kuni 2. The game was far from perfect, but it was lot of fun. Really hope the game gets a second chance on Nintendo Switch (or any other system).

Raijinto · May 25, 2018

Still nothing at all we know about the season pass? Feels like the million milestone would be fitting timing for an announcement...

Deleted member 32018 · May 25, 2018

i-Lo said:
True, however, isn't that figure for life time shipment for the first one?

KillerMan91 said:
Not few months after the launch.

You really think NNK2 is going to ship many more copies?

Deleted member 26535 · May 25, 2018

Raijinto said:
Also total shipment for the Ni No Kuni series is at 2.8 million copies. So the first game shipped nearly 2 million for a comparison.

You are not counting the DS game?

fiendcode · May 25, 2018

i-Lo said:
True, however, isn't that figure for life time shipment for the first one?

Yes. Also for both DS (600k) and PS3 (1.3m) versions.

Bonejack · May 25, 2018

i-Lo said:
True, however, isn't that figure for life time shipment for the first one?

I somehow doubt that it's going to add much more to those shipments. At least not until big discounts and then more likely to be digital via Steam or so.

Raijinto · May 25, 2018

La Leganto said:
You are not counting the DS game?

Like I said I do not understand Japanese so I don't know for sure but I would imagine that the DS numbers are indeed included.

Footos22 · May 25, 2018

Nice to see it doing ok.

Shane the game isn't that good. I finished the story and it's very unlike me to not wanna do all the side content and get the plat. This game just does not want me to care

Saint-14 · May 25, 2018

steviejd1 said:
You really think NNK2 is going to ship many more copies?

Even if it doesn't that figure is great for the type of game it is.

Zephy · May 25, 2018

I should continue the game, but the low difficulty made me give up. I don't look forba challenge in games and I'm not even good to begin with, but here the fights practically win themselves, they're a joke. The battle is usually over before I even have time to finish a combo.

Davevil · May 25, 2018

Now ports the first one on steam (but on rcps3 is also good)

casiopao · May 25, 2018

SO 50% drop from the first NnK?

Y2Kev · May 25, 2018

I'll get yelled at for it but this does not seem like a success. They couldn't ship a million globally? I know it will continue to sell, but not in large number and not at full price. Hard to imagine it's profitable or worth doing another with less than a million sold. In 2018 that just seems critical...

Deleted member 32018 · May 25, 2018

Saint-14 said:
Even if it doesn't that figure is great for the type of game it is.

Yup, I never said it wasn't. Good for a JRPG, not great if you compare to the original.

sir_crocodile · May 25, 2018

Hard to say whether this is good enough (save that it wasn't a disaster) but it's certainly nothing spectacular. Wonder what the budget was compared to the first one - if it cost more then this isn't very good.

Guymelef · May 25, 2018

Not bad.
Ni No Kuni I was 1,4M 8 months after western release (~2 years after JPN PS3 and ~3 years after JPN NDS).

Bonejack · May 25, 2018

Zephyriel said:
I should continue the game, but the low difficulty made me give up. I don't look forba challenge in games and I'm not even good to begin with, but here the fights practically win themselves, they're a joke. The battle is usually over before I even have time to finish a combo.

Let me guess, you dropped the game before reaching Broadleaf, right? There's a difficulty spike due to the monsters high levels.

RailWays · May 25, 2018

Curious as to whether this shipment will change all that much in by the end of the FY.

CaviarMeths · May 25, 2018

ASarafanov said:
Wonder how many copies of that 900K already sold to consumers.

Many online retailers currently have the Day One Edition in stock at a discounted price, so...

RyoonZ · May 25, 2018

Probably overshipped, I'll wait for clearance sales.

Raijinto · May 25, 2018

FWIW as I posted in MC I am noticing quite massive price drops for the game in the U.K. If you want you can get the King's Edition right now here for £63, which is quite alarming considering this was originally valued at more than £120 at launch.

https://www.thegamecollection.net/ni-no-kuni-ii-revenant-kingdom-kings-edition-ps4/

There's also the standard price cuts for the regular version.

honest_ry · May 25, 2018

Does shipping mean it did good sales wise?

Theres about 3 million copies of Agent of Mayhem out there and it sold like shit.

kennyamr · May 25, 2018

I do think that the first game is better but I hope they keep trying with more in the series.
Not the best sales but good enough.

nib95 · May 25, 2018

I think this is fairly close to the originals numbers. The original had shipped 1.1m copies on the PS3 but after two years, so if anything NNK2 might be tracking higher launch aligned. Still not a huge number though.

https://www.vg247.com/2014/03/07/ni...ses-1-1-million-shipped-new-edition-revealed/

Deleted member 39144 · May 25, 2018

This...doesnt seem all that good to me. It's shipped, not sold and I'm already seeing it reduced in price on places(both the standard and limited edition).

KillerMan91 · May 25, 2018

steviejd1 said:
You really think NNK2 is going to ship many more copies?

Don't know how many extra copies they will sell. Just that you really can't compare final LTD of the first to first two months of the second. With PSN and Steam existing we know at least that these are not final shipment numbers.

Zephy · May 25, 2018

Bonejack said:
Let me guess, you dropped the game before reaching Broadleaf, right? There's a difficulty spike due to the monsters high levels.

Yeah, I didn't get that far. I recall I just finished the casino city then had to go back to the kingdom, I dropped it somewhere around that part. If it gets a bit more challenging after that, I'll try to pick it up where I left it once I'm done with my current games.

tomofthepops · May 25, 2018

They should have re-released the first one again, making a sequel to a game that's 7 years old without reminding people wasn't the best idea.

ASarafanov · May 25, 2018

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