That's not too bad, I hope it meets the LTD target.
Damn, I really need my Meiji Restoration era video game
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Media Create Sales: Week 13, 2014 (Mar 24 - Mar 30)
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That's not too bad, I hope it meets the LTD target.
Damn, I really need my Meiji Restoration era video game
Never knew that the PAD is on console...
I'm sure it's doing better than the standard 30% digital sales for all VITA games...
Infune's magic touch
It isn't ,but that is not what i was asking .
The original question was: Why is the fact that Deep Down is a F2P game on a console held as a negative against it's sales potential in Japan ?
Games Like PAD have shown that Japan is fine with a F2P model
Why wouldn't they be ok with a F2P model on a console ? (Unless Capcom fucks that up of course .)
More like WiiU and PS4. But probably WiiU exclusive.
I actually don't think the question was about consumer acceptance, but rather Deep Down's ability to move hardware. Puzzle & Dragons Z was an expanded release of a game everyone played on devices they already owned. Will people buy a game console to play a F2P game? Maybe, if SCE and Capcom push it like SCE and SEGA did to PSO2 on Vita.
Dragon Quest XI will be on 3DS. I wouldn't be surprised to see it get ported to one of the home consoles, but I can't see it starting off on one.
tilinelson2
Banned
I don't know why people think releasing a japanese-centric potential 5-million seller in a console with a install base of 1 million or 2 million will magically raise the install base to 6 million or 7 million. What is likely to happen is that the game will flop hardly and sell less than 2 million, making the hardware install base increase a few hundreds of thousands.
That said, if not mobile, a potential DQXI already being developed will be on 3DS or PS3 (a lot less likely). If DQXI development will not start before mid 2015, it is certainly 3DS. There is a slim chance Vita install base will increase to levels that would allow Sony moneyhat it by 2015, but still very unlikely and the hat would have to be colossal.
That said, if not mobile, a potential DQXI already being developed will be on 3DS or PS3 (a lot less likely). If DQXI development will not start before mid 2015, it is certainly 3DS. There is a slim chance Vita install base will increase to levels that would allow Sony moneyhat it by 2015, but still very unlikely and the hat would have to be colossal.
Sammy Samusu
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Serving Persona 5 Wii U teas.
PSP sold over 20 million units in Japan, and it never got a Dragon Quest game. Vita will never sell that much. The best it could get is a non-consequential port of DQX.
Hah. The 3ds still has over a ten million install base over the vita. There's just no way unless Sony moneyhats a great deal of money to s-e
I kind of feel that most Japanese development (with a few exceptions inherently) topped out at approximately the PS2 level.
The PS2 came out, then the platforms that really got support were the DS, PSP, 3DS, and Wii, which were all approximately around the PS2 level or lower, and on the Vita and PS3, most games feel like uprezzed PS2 games with a few extra flourishes.
To an extent this makes sense given that if you have to live off of selling 100-400K copies for the vast majority of games, how much can you realistically afford to do, and given your competition in the local market, how much pressure do you have to really try and push things.
It's also a level of development that seems to cause older style Japanese development processes less trouble, as we didn't really see developers implode until they were trying to make higher end PS3 titles.
Even on smartphones that seems to be about the level 3D games top out.
If I had to guess, I would say that with the 4DS, most things will take the Vita approach and look like lower end PS3 titles/uprezzed PS2 titles, even if the system is more capable than that, with obvious exceptions like higher end Capcom titles or frontrunner Nintendo games. That should conceptually look okay on televisions though given the standard a lot of games are launching at.
That is actually my one concern though for select third parties with the 4DS. For series that try to hit near the top of a platform's performance, but don't sell enough to justify investment at a level that resembles a mid range or higher PS3 game, I'm concerned some publishers will just opt to not release something rather than simply release with a lower standard. For example, Square Enix mentioning they wouldn't want to ship a Kingdom Hearts game on Vita because it would be almost as much effort as a console game and at that point why not just release a console game instead (note: this could have been a polite way of just saying there wasn't enough sales potential). Of course, there might be very few series that actually would be turned off by that which didn't stop releasing on handhelds already anyway. That said, maybe it can share titles with the PS4 since I don't expect the vast majority of Japanese developers to really push that platform at all in the same way we get Vita/PS3 titles helping to fill in the Vita's line-up in that cost/sales performance range. I'm not sure there will be another Sony handheld and some devs are getting quite used to multiplatform anyway, so the option feels like it's there. That is assuming the PS4 ever gets off the ground enough to be worth making a notable number of games targeted at the local market for it.
As for Miku, one of the producers mentioned that they would investigate if it made sense to port Diva F 2nd to the PS4 IIRC, so perhaps they'll actually make that version to get repeat buyers and then do super-cross-platform for the next title a la Natural Doctrine.
With regards to Mirai, the production values are way, way lower than Diva F, so I imagine even with half the sales it's still probably considered an attractive release.
Its funny seeing Yabai sales. The new Ninja Gaiden never was a big series in Japan, but Tecmo managed to kill even the little sales it had. Unbelievable. And i don't expect nothing different in the rest of the world.
Also, Mario 3D and Wii fit U both got a bump, where Donkey Kong didn't. I simply don't know why this game didn't sold more. It's a great game and the userbase on the wiiu should at least take it to the 100k, but it's strugling as all hell to get it...
Also, Mario 3D and Wii fit U both got a bump, where Donkey Kong didn't. I simply don't know why this game didn't sold more. It's a great game and the userbase on the wiiu should at least take it to the 100k, but it's strugling as all hell to get it...
Ill remember you That"never" in a few years.
theprodigy
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astrogamer
Member
lol, the Vita getting to over 20 million in Japan would take some serious witchcraft.
And when was the last time Dragon Quest went on the less successful system besides Dragon Quest X on Wii U
http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/833/833193/index-3.html
Fiscal year 2013 is the worst since 2000.
- 2013: 425.0 billion yen
- 2003: 450.1 billion yen
- 2004: 456.6 billion yen
- 2012: 459.7 billion yen
6 years of decline.
Fiscal year 2013 is the worst since 2000.
- 2013: 425.0 billion yen
- 2003: 450.1 billion yen
- 2004: 456.6 billion yen
- 2012: 459.7 billion yen
6 years of decline.
Code:
FY 2013 Software units:
3DS 23,279,483
PS3 12,035,201
Vita 4,089,176
PSP 3,259,253
Wii U 2,992,529
Wii 991,969
PS4 899,966
X360 358,164
DS 343,873
ALL 48,249,614SwiftDeath
Member
Well at least Japan is consistent?
:'(
metalslimer
Member
Not surprising, mobile will continue to eat away at the remaining market.
SwiftDeath
Member
Cosmic Queso had a really good post on that in one of the NPD threads.
Basically while major titles continue to sell far more individually than they ever did say 10 years ago, the summation of all software sales is going down as these large game sales don't make up for all the old mid-tier game sales combined with the few big hits
Although that was larger trends WW moreso than the Japanese market although I guess it's happening here as well?
I believe the overall market is growing, but it's overwhelmingly (well, technically entirely) on smartphones (digital).
Yes, Gearbox was trotting out this data as well, and they're a good example of it with Borderlands 2 at over 8.5 million, an almost unheard of number on consoles in the PS2 era, but not even top 10 or possibly top 20 these days.
That said I'm not sure we've seen that kind of top end growth in Japan post DS, but I'd have to pull a lot of data to be sure.
The market is still polarizing to the big titles though.
It's happening every where.
Well solely talking about the dedicated console market.
The mobile market is entirely different one, imo.
I'm not sure digital is enough to offset a 35 billion yen drop relative to 2012 in that case, especially given Animal Crossing was a major digital push in 2012.
tilinelson2
Banned
Yuck, terrible drop, especially on Hardware.
Well, at least it helps some people to understand that systems are not struggling because they are from a certain company, so they suck.
Well, at least it helps some people to understand that systems are not struggling because they are from a certain company, so they suck.
metalslimer
Member
Just because it's a declining market, doesn't excuse any company from failing hardware.
Lol. Looks like SmokeyDave will have a heart attack in the few years.
That's true, but I was mentioning that just due to the fact that it doesn't give a clear and accurate picture of numbers.
tilinelson2
Banned
The main reason that some hardware is failing is that they suck because they are made by a certain company? Not that the market for hardware shrunk more than 50% in 6 years and obviously some will lose more than the others, but everybody is losing?
don't forget MH5... it will be on VITA too!
Even with SEC and SEGA's push for PSO2 on Vita, it didn't do that much to hardware number. 500K downloads on VITA but VITA never really took off after PSO2 release. Even if SCE and Capcom pushed as hard or even harder, it is not likely be a game changer.
... I'm afraid to look at your posting history.
As for Mario Kart 8 it's the first title that looks to me it will really interest people for Wii U. It won't open only with 100k.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Hahaha Damn
theprodigy
Member
technically off-topic, but when does March NPD come out?
SwiftDeath
Member
April 10th or 17th
March is a 5 weeks month so I think that means it'll be the 17th
Not sure though as the 10th is technically the 2nd Thursday of the month
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Probably the 17th of April at 6-8PM EST
I really want to believe that they will push the game as hard as they can. Linchpin title we're talking about here.
KillerMan91
Member
Well Nintendo and Sony share part of the blame for that decline. Nintendo completely dropped the ball with WiiU and overpriced 3DS during launch. Sony never supported Vita with enough software and with PS4 it seems they don't frankly care about Japanese market. Add mobile boom to this and you got huge decline. Even worldwide market is in decline and yet PS4 is breaking all kinds of records. Good products with good software support sell.
I think the digital entertainment market (sans gaming) is stealing more than smartphone games.
test_account
XP-39C²
What is the agenda?
Well it's one of the last major options left on the chalkboard
http://m-create.com/ranking/
Sales of the 3DS New Love Plus+ bundles: 16,000 units.
16,000 people smiling they paid US$ 320 for a virtual waifu. Konami and Nintendo smiling all the way to the bank to split $5 million.
Sales of the 3DS New Love Plus+ bundles: 16,000 units.
16,000 people smiling they paid US$ 320 for a virtual waifu. Konami and Nintendo smiling all the way to the bank to split $5 million.
Poetic.Injustice
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Vita could get to 20 million if a blockbuster title came out which everyone started copying similar to MH. Unfortunately I doubt it will happen.
That's possible as well, but just in terms of "the Japanese game industry" it is actually something on the up-and-up if we take smartphones gaming into account, and I feel that's definitely having some impact on the traditional realm even if there is loss to people being more entertained watching a movie on their smartphone on the train than playing a Vita game.
SwiftDeath
Member
Yup, since Japan is its biggest audience.
I could see SE developing a new mainline console entry but only if FFXV, Kingdom Hearts 3 etc. do well.
Magicpaint
Member
It took PSP nearly 10 years to get there (in more favourable market conditions) and selling at a much faster rate than the Vita even before the MH phenom. 20 million is crazy high. Very few systems get there.