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Media Create Sales: Week 24, 2015 (Jun 08 - Jun 14)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Why buy the crappy looking 3DS version when you can buy the mobile version for a fraction of the price?
shinra-bansho
Member
Care to elaborate. I'm complete open to be proven wrong with time. The unpredictable and unknown can occur as Zsaber notes.Nobody refuses to read that writing. But the threads about that are locked
Edit: The second part is really dumb though. Sorry to say that, but it's Gamefaqs/poor troll tier.
But there's nothing "troll tier" about seeing that scenario as a gradual exit from competing meaningfully in the segment. (An entirely appropriate response given the changed market and inability to compete in it.)
I mean, it still hasn't!
It might completely crater like a Tales game!
1st Course
Member
Awesome stuff. Much thanks to everyone who contributed.
If possible I would really appreciated it if the forecast part got translated. Really looking forward to read where Media Create see the market is heading in the next upcoming years.
Yeah I know, I never expected this to do insanely well but I thought maybe the additional content would convince people to buy it.
Bruno MB
Member
Why do you think that Dragon Quest VIII 3DS is not going to sell well? I have it in my list of potential million seller titles for this year.
If you solely go by Comgnet then your comments don't make sense since it has more preorders than Dragon Quest VII during the same timeframe prior to its release.
If you solely go by Comgnet then your comments don't make sense since it has more preorders than Dragon Quest VII during the same timeframe prior to its release.
Maybe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Refreshment.01
Member
A request/suggestion:
Since the YSO predictions (at least the ones i' ve seen so far) seem to be very accurate, can the ones for the next week be included in the first post of each thread?
Even if the sizes of this threads are not way beyond 10 pages, for someone that is not so active there's a chance one might miss them. It's kind of sad also missing the very interesting posts made by some of the regulars with close ties to Japan.
Since the YSO predictions (at least the ones i' ve seen so far) seem to be very accurate, can the ones for the next week be included in the first post of each thread?
Even if the sizes of this threads are not way beyond 10 pages, for someone that is not so active there's a chance one might miss them. It's kind of sad also missing the very interesting posts made by some of the regulars with close ties to Japan.
theprodigy
Member
lol I find this funny coming right after an 0/3 performance this week
I actually thought DQ VII's number was higher, nvm then. But other than that it was more about how previous DQ games on the 3DS were improved remake of old games, instead of downgrades. This is a purely aesthetic point of view and it might not matter much to the general public though.
Refreshment.01
Member
i don't remember the ones this week. How big was the difference?
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
3DS' line-up is quite solid in Japan, it's incredible:
Rhythm Heaven (already released)
Fire Emblem
Ace Attorney
Youkai Watch Busters
Animal Crossing
Dragon Quest
Monster Hunter Diary
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
Monster Hunter X
Youkai Watch 3
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes
I'm sure I may be missing a few, but damn.
Rhythm Heaven (already released)
Fire Emblem
Ace Attorney
Youkai Watch Busters
Animal Crossing
Dragon Quest
Monster Hunter Diary
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
Monster Hunter X
Youkai Watch 3
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes
I'm sure I may be missing a few, but damn.
flaviusconstantius
Member
I think the bigger question mark is the slowdown in sales for a lot of third-party 3DS software outside of things like YW. I mean Bravely Second had unique circumstances(it looked cheap, came out too late) but 150K is still pretty poor for a system with a 20 million install base. And a lot of the same criticisms that can be leveled against Bravely Second regarding it looking cheap could also potentially be aimed at DQVIII.
I have no doubt it will sell well, but I suspect it will sell substantially worse than it would have in 2013.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Someone's gonna get hurt when this thing is finally released...
BlowoverKing
Banned
Is Shenmue 3 being on there supposed to be a joke or something? If not then I must be blind since I don't see it on their website lol
flaviusconstantius
Member
Interestingly the Vita is currently outselling the WiiU on Amazon UK........
Good stuff from Rhythm Heaven. That's a nice sell-through rate.
Hey, they've already got Project Cars secured for the launch... just right for Europe.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Reminds me of the long debates on whether Mario Kart 8 could sell way better than 3D World or not. Good times.
Pennywise83
Banned
This game is gonna sell so well throughout the Summer.
Yeah, pretty big. Wonder if this year 3DS can break its own record of million sellers in Japan. From that list GAFers, how many have the potential to be million sellers?
It can't beat last year's for sure. IMO, the safe million sellers from that list will be:
Rhythm Heaven
Youkai Watch Busters
Animal Crossing HHD
Dragon Quest VIII
Monster Hunter X
Youkai Watch 3
Rhythm heaven will be a bit of a stretch won't it? Needs to sell 850,000 in 28 weeks. Can't see it hitting ~30,000 a week average.
I was thinking LTD, but yeah if we're just basing sales at the end of this year RH won't reach a million I agree.
Oh right yeah sorry. Should leg it out eventually.
What are people's thoughts on Yokai Watch Busters? COMG (weak estimator that it is) isn't really suggesting massive pre-order hype. Somewhere around 1M LtD or is it just a case of the younger target audience not being day one buyers?
It won't sell a million first week (it's not a main entry), but it will reach it eventually.
Sorry for that, I meant YTD, but thanks for giving your opinion. Those may seem plausible candidates, though.
Yes, is not suggesting it, but I think we have to give it a bit of time. I just remembered that yesterday was released the Single CD of the actual's anime theme. And, although I don't know if it is airing at the moment, I think it may help even Shin Uchi.
Someone posted in the past that DQVIII is doing bad at comgnet (which isn't true either) and since then we have another "comgnet -> Japan situation"
Yep. It's a guaranteed million seller, the question (as every DQ remake since the DS ones) is if it can reach 1.5 million or it'll be stuck in the 1.2-1.3 range as the others.
And thanks to all the people who contributed to the MC paper!
Moor-Angol
Banned
COMG are 14 shops and they are tracked by Famitsu, they are not on the Moon or approaching Pluto with New Horizons....
is that a reference for the national market ? absolutely not, but in the same way as a single shop in Tokyo is not a reference
your comment reminds me when i was pointing out how low were preorders for P&DSMB, while even on Amazon the game was never on high positions.
And do you know current DQ8 position on Amazon ?
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Moor-Angol
Banned
I'm amused that 10 Second Run is in there, still. I'd never quite have imagined that it was such a big hit back on DSi. Is that the only DSi title there?
Pennywise83
Banned
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He never said that you said "comgnet = Japan". Or am I missing something here?
Anyway you seem to imply a "not so good" performance for DQ VIII in your posts, so do you have a prediction? I'm pretty sure its LTD will be > 1.2 million
timetokill
Banned
Go Splatoon! So happy that it's doing great.
Ha, the English website hasn't been updated for... what, 4 weeks now?
Really curious to see how this one is going to perform.
Aww sh****t. I totally forgot about. I wanted to donate some money too : /
Oh well, thanks in advance for all the data!
Earthpainting
Member
I suspect the same thing. It's a port, and it's a port of a game that not too long ago had a port on another, arguably more popular platform. What's the price difference between Dragon Quest VIII on mobile and on 3DS anyway?
Amazing news. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
encephalon
Member
Should we expect the FFVIIR announcement to make an impact on PS4 sales?
Bought the game digitally. Fan of rhythm tengoku games since the gba version.
Best+ is.. :~((...
...disappointing 😢
They shortened the time by 50-60 % of the mini games. Until now, even for the DS games, there is no stylus gameplay.
they remade the music dor each stage but most of them aren't as good as the old games..
There's now an history, same like the taiko 3ds games...
Sorry to break your heart fans. After the e3, nintt ripped me off again..
Jeez...
Did I mention your name somewhere with "comgnet = japan"? There are many other comgnet obsessed in here, you are not alone if you think you belong to that group.
In a couple of years, yeah.
Hellraider
Member
I predict a beastly 10% rise in PS4 hardware sales next week!
