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Octopath Traveler sells twice as much as Bravely Default in the UK
- Thread starter Savantcore
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Very impressive - outselling SEs biggest 3DS just like that.
Especially when you consider that it was more expensive and how price-sensitive the UK market is.
Kudos SE/Nintendo.
They probably regret not having the DQXI Switch version ready for the western launch.
Especially when you consider that it was more expensive and how price-sensitive the UK market is.
Kudos SE/Nintendo.
They probably regret not having the DQXI Switch version ready for the western launch.
If it sold so well in UK I wonder how much better it did in countries like France and Spain where Nintendo is relatively stronger.
Well damn, I was sure it was gonna get like 11th or something given how nintendo RPGs perform there.
No exact numbers, but I'm pretty sure Bravely Default launched at about 5k to 5.5k in its week.
No exact numbers, but I'm pretty sure Bravely Default launched at about 5k to 5.5k in its week.
Double 5 to 5.5k is only 10-11k. Is that considered good for UK?
I thought AAA game sold millions there?
No numbers, but on the Wii U it debuted 16th.
That's considered surprisingly decent considering the track records of the genre there. There are a few exceptions to the rule, but it's always the same outside it because every JRPG in the UK can't perform like Persona 5.
I was wandering around GAME whilst waiting for the other half to finish an appointment at the weekend and they didn't even have the game in stock / out on the shop floor whatsoever, weird.
Why should Octopath be compared to AAA games instead of the successful previous titles by the same group?
Of course CoD sold a lot more than week 1 in October than a 2D JRPG exclusive in July.
When I heard the name, I thought this was somehting regarding octopuses or this silly game about dad being one of those creatures. Once I saw the screenshots/gameplay I know it will be one of the first games I play once I buy my Switch.
Personally, Bravely's art style and battle system completely turned me off of the game. Whereas I was infatuated with Octopath since the beginning.
I think the "homage" factor and nostalgia play a decently large role as well. We all saw how well Crash did in the UK.
I think the "homage" factor and nostalgia play a decently large role as well. We all saw how well Crash did in the UK.
In fairness people here LOVE classic Final Fantasy, so this may be one of the strongest western territories by ratio of population.
I'm just unfamiliar with UK market, so would like to know more about the size and comparative performance of Octopath and JRPG genre.
Good to know that it performs well enough. I would also like to see if there's comparison with successful console JRPG (Persona, NnK, etc.)
I mean Wimbledon is/was going on...and the Switch is popular, would be weird if it had a big drop right now.
Octopath Traveler looks on track to be the Switch's first blockbuster third party hit. Happy to see its selling so well.
It costs more as well. Also I think it's likely that the UK will be one of its weaker markets. Should be a good success worldwide.
How it performed (in numbers?) in the UK? I remember it launched at #1 and then completely dropped out of the charts. Xenoblade 2 sold in line (or better than) Nier Automata, Ninokuni 1 and many others, better than Tales of games etc. But they are all like in 5-20K UK FW club.
Only games like numbered FFs and mainline Pokemon selling far better.
Captain Toad on Wii U had a weird release in the UK, was due out January but places started shipping the game mid December. I wouldn't take any release numbers as accurate
Little OT but i'm glad they clarified this
Since few weeks ago someone here was insinuating that third party games don't sell well on Switch based on Crash performing better on XB1. it's JUST in UK.
Since few weeks ago someone here was insinuating that third party games don't sell well on Switch based on Crash performing better on XB1. it's JUST in UK.
so around 10k plus digitial. not bad.
I feel like several switch games have debuted around 10k for some reason.
DK and Kirby was it?
yeah after I posted I googled it and saw it went on sale before christmas or something.
Tricky tricky. I'm using Persona 5 as an example because a lot of people hold that up as an example of JRPGs being successful in Japan around the time Xenoblade 2 launched in that country. It dropping out of the charts entirely the week after launch I had chalked up to stock issues, since it re-entered the charts about a few weeks after.
And I did say there were a few exceptions.
Have you not read the Octopath threads. It's claimed to be a AAA game. It is supposedly big budget and needed to be $60 due to it's high production values. So I can see how the poster got the impression it's a big budget AAA game withs loads of advertising. Not that I agree that it should be compared to say a Far Cry 5 but it's ok to compare it to other RPGs in the UK which doesn't have the greatest track record in embracing JRPGs.
It came in right around where I expected. I figured 10K would get it to number one during this time of year.
Why would he get the impression it should've sold millions so soon though. In the UK specifically.
1. It's not an AAA game
2. The fact that is not AAA doesn't mean that it shouldn't be priced $60.
I don't know what is going on in the OT but it reads stupid.
What? I don't think I have ever seen this claimed seriously. The more reasonable argument is generally that just because it is an oldschool game doesn't mean it shouldn't be full price.
It's really vexing to see the talk around the price of Octopath Traveler. No, it doesn't have a AAA budget, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be priced €60. No one complained about YS VIII costing €60 when it released, and that game felt much more low-budget than Octopath Traveler (OT seems to have a very comfortable budget to produce a great experience, even when that budget isn't the typical 80M+ of a AAA game).
Anyway, great to see OT is doubling Bravely Default in the UK! Hope it can do great numbers in the rest of the world as well. I'm rooting for 2M or more, which should secure a sequel with adequate budget for this masterpiece.
I don't know I'm not him. The only game that really sales millions first week in UK is Fifa, GTA and sometimes COD. I figure he was taken aback by 10K being the debut and just used hyperbole when saying "millions". Probably can deduce that this game won't sell a million in the UK though.
NIce. I'm not that far in yet (around level 12 with a couple of characters), but I love everything about the game so far. The visuals, the combat, the music; all awesome. The writing also seems pretty good overall so far. There's a lot to like here.