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Media Create Sales: Week 21, 2014 (May 19 - May 25)
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That may have already started with the NSMBU reappearance.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
But at least the Vita was a portable.
Metallix87
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It did? The numbers say otherwise.
AcademicSaucer
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Japan
1st Course
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| WIU | 8.858 | 6.836 | 5.536 | 232.249 | 292.023 | 1.750.676 |
| PS4 | 7.387 | 6.887 | | 576.787 | | 576.787 |
1.21Gigawatts
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Does anyone know how popular Minecraft is in Japan.
Could the Vita version do anything for the Vita over there?
Could the Vita version do anything for the Vita over there?
I think our sense of what "works" is completely skewed at this point: I'm not sure I'd refer to the Vita's sales as "Working." 3DS is on the cusp of poor sales, and only salvaged by the fact that it has already sold 15M+ units.
It's a testament to how far unit sales have fallen that 14k units/week is considered saved.
Based on this weeks figures I'm not convinced it's going to be that high. 20k for Wii U would be my guess for next week. They really needed a price cut + a MK8 hardware bundle over there..I don't think they are doing either.
Yeah for Youkai Watch! And I really wasn't expecting the Wii U to outsell the PS4 this week...
Oh, and can someone with Photoshop skillz edit the "Gamepad outside the window in the rain" to make the GamePad hold a bloody kitchen knife... and add a part of the DS4 next to a visible pool of blood?
This needs to be done. Japan claims another victim.
Yokai Watch hitting a million is pretty nice.
Black Republican
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yeah, i guess the ps4 aint beating the wiiu in japan this year then
test_account
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I understand
Looks like many people have retired their PSPs and goes for the 3DS version instead.cardinalmind
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Oh, I see. Pardon my ignorance. Next week should be fun. Wonder how strong MK8's pull on the Wii U numbers.
[360] Minecraft - 15,934
But to be fair, it has only been available on 360 and PC which are both dead in Japan, so it isn't really a fair way to gauge its popularity.
I actually didn't think the PS4 would have a worse week than the Wii U at the same time in its life. The fact that this was Infamous' first week makes it even worse.
Some people buying a console and game ahead of Mario kart is likely it. NSMBU sales were up almost 1800 units and Wii U sales up 2022 from prior week.
Really worrying numbers for PS4. Release schedule does not seem like it will be helpful for awhile either.
Nightengale
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Anyone who is surprised by PS4's numbers... I don't know what you all were expecting.
2014 was always going to be the year where PS4 had to stay in the trenches and pray to god that its downward momentum won't damage the console's sales potential in year 2/3.
Keeping track of the past year, it was clear that 90% of the console scene in Japan is still comfortable with PS3 development, and that anything for 2014 is a blip in the radar, without sustainability or a constant flow of releases. ( unlike the PS3/Vita/3DS right now )
I've said it before, whoever is at Sony better pray to the gods of game development that FFXV is a late 2015 release for Japan. Sony needs the momentum to pick up next year as soon as possible, and also for the big western publishers to quickly abandon last-gen.
2014 was always going to be the year where PS4 had to stay in the trenches and pray to god that its downward momentum won't damage the console's sales potential in year 2/3.
Keeping track of the past year, it was clear that 90% of the console scene in Japan is still comfortable with PS3 development, and that anything for 2014 is a blip in the radar, without sustainability or a constant flow of releases. ( unlike the PS3/Vita/3DS right now )
I've said it before, whoever is at Sony better pray to the gods of game development that FFXV is a late 2015 release for Japan. Sony needs the momentum to pick up next year as soon as possible, and also for the big western publishers to quickly abandon last-gen.
Overall spend could be the same or greater but much of that is from F2P cash-grabs on a handful of games. That doesn't seem very healthy to me but certainly it depends one's definition of "health."
This game probably re-uses the engine and most assets for WE2014, which was a PS3/PSP/3DS game.
That's probably the reason why it wasn't on the system. I think WE2015 will be on Vita.
Well, have you seen May new releases? They're really, really bad. It's not surprising sales have gone so low...
With Vita not growing and PS4 dead at arrival (Until FFXV and even with that.. who knows), i'd be Sony, i would really work on a real dematerialized, portable PS3, tablet form factor. I think that could take Japan like a storm.
it would basically be the xl portable japan wants, with all the PS3 catalog on it. Instant Vita and 3DS killer, and a second life for PS3 with lots of rpgs.
it would basically be the xl portable japan wants, with all the PS3 catalog on it. Instant Vita and 3DS killer, and a second life for PS3 with lots of rpgs.
Psycho_Mantis
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Code:| WIU | 8.858 | 6.836 | 5.536 | 232.249 | 292.023 | 1.750.676 | | PS4 | 7.387 | 6.887 | | 576.787 | | 576.787 |
Thats painful to watch....kind of like the Japanese industry lol
reptilescorpio
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How much of the showings at TGS is smartphone stuff these days?
No console is healthy in Japan.
It took Wii U 23 weeks to sell as bad as PS4 has been doing since week 13.
It bought its number from awful to mediocre, I don't think that qualifies as "working".
AcademicSaucer
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it seems that otakus dont like football
Metallix87
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Calling Vita's current sales mediocre is being extremely generous.
Mr_Antimatter
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Wow, it had a game release and still was outsold by the wii U? Whats going on over there. SCEJ needs to do something and quick I think.
Earthpainting
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Pretty bad numbers across the board, but I'll admit I expected Infamous to do less than that. How did the other games do in comparison?
Similarly, I'm quite surprised PS4 dropped below WiiU already though. It was an inevitability, but I figured it would be at least another week away. I guess Mario Kart's "hype" is going to breathe some life into the WiiU sales for the next few weeks. Curious to see which WiiU titles we can expect to see bumped as well.
Similarly, I'm quite surprised PS4 dropped below WiiU already though. It was an inevitability, but I figured it would be at least another week away. I guess Mario Kart's "hype" is going to breathe some life into the WiiU sales for the next few weeks. Curious to see which WiiU titles we can expect to see bumped as well.
Cornbread78
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Holy $hitballs PS4.... Need some market centric games for Japan ASAP.... talk about floundering..
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Yeah Vita's back to pretty much dead mode right now as is the rest of industry with the 3DS as mediocre.
I can't even remember anything being announced at TGS last year
Except a new Gravity Rush trailer...
Yes, I'd never imagined to see PS4 selling lower than the Wii U until a couple of weeks ago. Especially considering that today we are seeing Infamous debut VS nothing new on the other hw (and I don't think that MK8 release is so much important to push people buying the console today...it's not that there is the risk of sold-out for the Wii U when MK8 will launch, to me...).
It must be said that obviously Infamous is not a Japan-focused software
I agree. I'd just say that probably having sold 15+ million units of HW is part of the reasons why the 3DS is now selling not so well. But your general point still stands.
reptilescorpio
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Actually yeah, PS Now could be a good money maker for Sony over there since Japan seems to have no interest in consoles (and little in handhelds) at the moment.
I can't even remember anything being announced at TGS last year
Except a new Gravity Rush trailer...
Sony actually did an event like 2 weeks before TGS were they announced Phantasy Star Nova, some Danganronpa stuff and more. I'm not sure if the 2000 model + VitaTV was announced there too.
To be entirely fair, while the 3DS numbers this week is awful, last year was SMT IV's launch week and it had a bundle. Probably wouldn't have reached 50k if it wasn't for it.
Metallix87
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Yokai Watch just smashed through the one million barrier. I think "little interest in handhelds" is wrong, and it's really "little-to-no interest in Sony handhelds".
Sakura
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I think more Japanese games period for the PS4 would help, they don't necessarily have to be 'big' games like FFXV.
Immaculate
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holy crap ps4 is done in Japan. fell off faster than the Wii U at that.
Vita TV was indeed announced at TGS: it was the last news provided at the SCEJA conference.
Psycho_Mantis
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I can't even remember anything being announced at TGS last year
Except a new Gravity Rush trailer...
Yeah but thank god there was a SCEJ conference:
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