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NPD January 2018: Monster Hunter World #1 SW, Nintendo switch #1 HW
- Thread starter ZhugeEX
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I think it was in december, at least. not sure beyond that
I wonder if Nintendo will throw some dev support at it given its stellar performance. Maybe some quick cash in ds ports?
They did in Japan. 140,000 PS4's sold in 3 days in January when Monster Hunter world went on sale.
Hm. Let's get that to top 15 for February.
Outside of Sushi Strikers I don't think Nintendo's support will change for the 3DS outside smaller externally developed games and whatever japanese third parties are localizing to the west.
3DS sales have to be surprising Nintendo. Who knew 7 years after release with a hot new platform released the device would still keep selling.
I can see the argument for Spider-Man to push systems, but I feel like anyone that wants GoW already has a PS4, and SotC for damn sure is like that.
They'll need a from-the-getgo great selling fighting game to get out of the wheelchair though.
I wouldn't bet on it. 3DS hardware sales are strong because the system is so cheap and has seven years worth of an amazing library, so it's easy for people to jump in.
It's software, on the other hand, isn't really lighting up the charts. I think Samus Returns was the last game that even charted on NPD, aside from obvious USUM
I think they got off to a strong start last year as well with RE7. So they have been doing okay. If they are creative about monetizing MHW, they can easily milk it for a few years.
Yep. Loved the Budokai games.
Looking forward to get this once it's a bit cheaper. Seeing how well it does, I'm sure people will still be around by then for online play.
I mean, they have continually stated their intent to produce and support the system. It's mostly folks like us who saw its decline as inevitable in light of the Switch. Except well, a Switch is still pricey while the 3DS has a phenomenal library of games to pick up. They are gonna stretch it out as long as is feasible.
By "there aren't a ton of Switch games at retail," I mean many of Switch's best-selling third-party titles aren't available at retail, and thus aren't ever going to have a shot at an NPD top 10.
Time to crank out a new Capcom Fighting Jam with some real budget behind it.
Metroid Prime Hunters with renewed online plz
And Custom Robo DS
And Advance Wars DS
Spiderman will definitely push systems if Sony and Marvel give it the proper marketing.
God of War might make a small bump.
3ds sales still keeping up doesn't mean Nintendo is going to throw some big games on there. DS sales were still going strong when they went all in on the 3ds.
Pokemon says hi ^^
But yeah I agree the 3DS doesnt need additional games, its library is already attractive but its active userbase is mainly gone.
I just realized that SFV:AE didn't chart on even PS4's top 10, let alone the overall top 20. I guess even one of their wildest successes in recent memory had to come with one little downer.
Pokémon had to chart, right? But yeah, you're right. Software isn't really moving. It's quite the anomaly.
But at the same time where are the new games? Nintendo can say all they want that they will continue to support the system but there are no new games on the horizon.
Maybe SotC maybe not. I can see GOW selling to a lot of lapsed gamers (it's playing at NBA games) and Xbox owners.
We know the average selling price is way over 60 thanks to all those deluxe editions and collectors, but even if we go 'crazy' and put an asp of ~80$ the opening is over 500k units. The lower the asp, the bigger the number gets.
And then MHW is even higher, and surely with a lower asp because the deluxe edition was 70$ and I don't think the collector's was huge enough to make a difference, so I'd put MHW at >600k as the lower end of the estimation.
I'm not surprised. There was no push for it. Capcom didn't even put any effort on its Amazon store page.
Maybe the goodwill they have accrued among some fans now will help for when SF6 rolls along(if they don't fuck it up again).
Really don't see a niche title like sotc moving consoles. And not really gow either. It's a much tamer Kratos and it's a narrative driven game. Ppl interested in that time of game already have a PS4 due to tlou or horizon or uncharted. If it was more dude bro like former gow games it would attract a different audience. An audience that may not yet own a ps4