I'm glad to see the Japanese publishers getting a grasp on the mobile market. It seems that most of the major Western publishers are lagging significantly behind (EA has some idea, but mostly that's by shotgunning a massive amount of games and seeing what sticks, rather than having any real understanding of the market).
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Media Create Sales: Week 40, 2014 (Sep 29 - Oct 05)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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LTD FY 1997 (Console Plus)Japanese hardware shipments through 1997/03:
Super Famicom: 16,870,000
Game Boy: 15,020,000
Sony PlayStation: 6,500,000
Sega Saturn: 4,800,000
Nintendo 64: 2,040,000
3DO: 750,000
Neo Geo: 700,000
NEC PC-FX: 270,000
But I have doubts on how reliable these figures actually are...
Moor-Angol
Banned
NeoGeo just sold 350k LTD ????
ah ok, FY 1997
what ???? just 700k ??????
ah ok, FY 1997
what ???? just 700k ??????
Moor-Angol
Banned
Absolutely not, maybe tomorrow we'll have a leak from the site, but considering it's just one day before the usual release it might not happen
But the magazine will be available in shops as usual
And typhoon is hitting now Tokyo (local time 00:55), so tomorrow Famitsu employeers can work regularly
What did you expect? An extremely expensive console built for a small niche of people who largely played arcade fighting games.
In Japan
NG+NGCD = 1M (majority of which are NGCD)
Neo Geo was a niche console for hardcore gamers.
test_account
XP-39C²
Have Nintendo given any release date and price for Smash Bros WiiU yet? For Japan that is.
This is what 11 was earlier this year, and a GUMI Europe exec implied #3 was about 1 million a day.
Generally speaking money made by the top spots has only ever went up, so view this more as a floor.
I believe I read that 20 was about half of 11, but I'm having trouble refinding that info so I could be wrong.
That revenue column is a daily one.
So as a follow-up here, it's now up to #13.
If it goes up a bit (or through periodic rise of what the positions earn) that'd put it on par with the ~90K a day spot 11 highlighted.
That's presumably 1-2 staff members' salaries a day depending on which staff members we're talking about and their marketing spend, so we're looking at a project that will likely be profitable for them soon.
That might be more than we can say for anything they've made in years!
Oh cool! The figures are correct (well mainly at least, PS1 WW number is from Aug 20 97, but PS1 JP number is Sep 30 97), it's just the date that is wrong. This covers FY 1997 H1 (Apr 97 - Sep 97). This is from the Feb '98 issue, so that fits with the timeline of when this data would have been available.
Thanks for posting, some interesting figures that I haven't seen before.
test_account
XP-39C²
Thanks =)
Pennywise83
Banned
Previous Mistwalker's works were funded by publishers, hence Sakaguchi & co. always got paid. In this case, since the game is self-published, Mistwalker is embarking a riskier route (probably the only one though).
Certainly. Mistwalker itself almost assuredly never lost money on any of their previous titles.
I was just making a more general statement that was also a bit of a joke jab at their previous sales performance.
Moor-Angol
Banned
ok, it was niche but how long it lasted on the market ? 10 years or production was stopped before?
I mean, 700k means the same result for 3DO, and for how long 3DO was on the market?
test_account
XP-39C²
I have to agree that on first glance its surprising that the 3DO and Neo Geo sold almost the same (at least according to the numbers posted earlier), but according to Wikipedia, almost 150 3DO games were released in Japan. I think that is a pretty decent library. Being CD-based games, i guess that the games were for the most part priced more reasonably, while Neo Geo AES games were probably a lot more expensive. That in itself would also limit the sales of Neo Geo.
Moor-Angol
Banned
recently I noticed that some 3DO games can be found in Book-Off shops, instead of only in those shops dedicated to retro games (Mandarake, Super Potato)
test_account
XP-39C²
Cool
That is possible regarding what type of games the 3DO had in Japan, but wasnt trying to say that the 3DO situation in Japan was healthy. 700k over ~3 years isnt exactly a strong performance. But seeing that it had about 150 games (assuming that the Wikipedia list is correct), it could be a reason why it ended up selling as much (or as little) as what the Neo Geo did (up to March 1997).
Neo Geo AES software was prohibitively expensive, ¥20k - ¥40k a piece, that could only ever be a small market. Of course niche sales were fine as the games were being made for the arcade MVS anyway.
Neo Geo CD solved the software price issue, but suffered from loading issues and was quite dated compared to the PS & SS it launched against.
Neo Geo CD solved the software price issue, but suffered from loading issues and was quite dated compared to the PS & SS it launched against.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201410/13063461.html
Cycberconnect2 have a shocking game announcement coming near the end of this year. What could it be?
Cycberconnect2 have a shocking game announcement coming near the end of this year. What could it be?
PS4 Naruto let's go go
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Surprised that Capcom's IR website has not been updated.
Wednesday it is then.
Wednesday it is then.
Sword Art Online Hollow Fragment has shipped 400,000 units worldwide.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201410/14063474.html
See:
The 2 million MH4G shipped pr should be out in a few hours.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201410/14063474.html
See:
The 2 million MH4G shipped pr should be out in a few hours.
theprodigy
Member
why are we talking about 3DO and stuff right now lol
NamikazeBurst
Member
The Last Naruto: The Game
They're not going to stop making Naruto games. They will slowly add the characters people want in the next 3-5 years to milk the series. We will still not get the Sound 4.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Naruto The Last videogame maybe? Hope so. Could be the last naruto game ;___; (unless there's a part 3/new manga
)One's first week sales also came on Wednesday a few hours before the complete numbers.
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Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
I've always been wary of those downloaded numbers for apps since I don't think they've ever confirmed if people endlessly resetting for the reroll marathon count as a unique download per attempt.
Kresnik258
Member
Not bad. Western sales must've been alright given what we've got on Japanltdrank for it.
Moor-Angol
Banned
both n3DS models sold-out, restock planned for Thursday
Yodobashi Shinjuku West
MH4G still sold-out
Yodobashi Shinjuku West
MH4G still sold-out
Asian sales are a good chunk of that 400k as well.
Blimey Charlie, not bad at all.
Sammy Samusu
Member
That's because the N3DS (and MH4) bombed horribly, obivously. It won't reach 500k before the end of the year (especially not with that Typhoon yesterday), it's pretty clear. I made some calculations based on MH4G comgnet numbers + average Amazon ranking + number of reviews on Amazon, and it's pretty clear the N3DS is DoA. I've also heard that to recoup costs, Capcom was planning to port MH4G on XB1. With the exact same graphics.
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Seriously, lack of numbers if probably due to yesterday being a national holiday. I'm sure we'll get them tomorrow morning, or today at midnight JST.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Tsutaya sold out of Monster Hunter and New 3DS: http://mantan-web.jp/2014/10/14/20141014dog00m200034000c.html
here for example: N3DS sold out means both versions?
Btw, it seems that both MH4G and N3DS (at least the LL, right?) were able to sell as much as they distributed.
Yet they managed to sell more than 1 million copy of KOF 95...
Here's a very good fighting documentary by French Gaming TV Game One where the producer of the series gives the number.
MC will probably provide numbers for all models separately, so in Chris' chart, we'll have the global numbers with all 4 models together, then separate entries for each model.
And yes, if there's a Nintendo PR, it's pretty likely it'll only be about the N3DS.
Tsutaya link that you posted says 4G had similar opening to 4. Totally not happening?
Yeah, I think FW sales should within the same range as MH4. It's more long-term sales that we should be talking about. Guess it'll depend on when they'll announce the next mainline MH game
I wonder what Capcom is going to do... they've already done the G version for MH4, but I doubt they'll jump straight into MH5. A HD version... don't really see that happening, tbh. Maybe MHP4 or something. If it's on 3DS, it's probably going to be the last MH game for that system.
One thing's for sure: I doubt they're going to announce it on January again, so it shouldn't have too much of an impact on sales... especially since MH4G announcement didn't really have one on MH4's sales.
I wonder what Capcom is going to do... they've already done the G version for MH4, but I doubt they'll jump straight into MH5. A HD version... don't really see that happening, tbh. Maybe MHP4 or something. If it's on 3DS, it's probably going to be the last MH game for that system.
One thing's for sure: I doubt they're going to announce it on January again, so it shouldn't have too much of an impact on sales... especially since MH4G announcement didn't really have one on MH4's sales.
shinra-bansho
Member
So no early report then?
Latest Famitsu interview:
Tetsu-chan Nomura is booked solid until 2019. Has several projects that will be announced next year. It's possible that a Miku game based off Nomura's design could be made and Hashimoto wants to. The latest announcement regarding Nomura was this (Miku thing), but he wants the next announcement that he is involved with to be a video game.
Tetsu-chan Nomura is booked solid until 2019. Has several projects that will be announced next year. It's possible that a Miku game based off Nomura's design could be made and Hashimoto wants to. The latest announcement regarding Nomura was this (Miku thing), but he wants the next announcement that he is involved with to be a video game.
Moor-Angol
Banned
Both models should be sold-out today (I just went to a shop, no time for report), yesterday at least the n3DS was available; hiska-kun reported n3DS LL was sold-out, and it was the morning, but I went in 2 shops in the afternoon and I didn't notice any sign of sold-out (but maybe it was my fault, i didn't pay so much attention to it)
but probably sales will be around 80% of shipped stock cause they count just 2 days
n3DS models will be restock the day after tomorrow, don't know about MH4G (but Capcom should be crazy to miss the incoming weekend)
Probably tomorrow, a few hours before the weekly update. That's what happened for the XB1.
2019? So that's the release date for KH3? /trollface
Seriously, I hope at least one of the projects is TWEWY2
for iOS
Eolz
Member
Oh god no
You said you went to Bic Camera in Ikebukuro, right? (East exit)
If you did, and you checked the 3DS stand, you should've seen this picture.
I took this photo yesterday at 11:00 a.m.
Did you check that?
If it wasn't sold out, that means they received a new shipment when I left.
GamesMaya is expecting new stock for MH4G this Friday. Don't know about other shops.
3DO had 214 releases in Japan.
The idea of comparing Matsushita with SNK is a bit ridiculous.
From my understanding KoF95 and SS2 are the best selling games on NG and NGCD.
KoF95 in particular sold really well on Saturn and PS1.