Hellraider
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We all know this is only half true. Yes, the fanbase is on PS3 but this is also the best way for them to sell the game again on Vita.
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Media Create Sales: Week 23, 2014 (Jun 02 - Jun 08)
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We all know this is only half true. Yes, the fanbase is on PS3 but this is also the best way for them to sell the game again on Vita.
olimpia84
Member
Well, they'll most likely remake the game as they always do, but I feel that a future PS4 port is just as likely as a Vita port at this point. Maybe that's more wishful thinking than anything else, though.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
If P5 does so well as many are here saying......why wouldn't P5 FES be on PS3 as well?
Vita might get a P5P.
Probably not, but it might convince them to at least consider the system and with other interesting games( already released or upcoming) be enough to justify a purchase.
Another FES situation would be really annoying.
Hellraider
Member
I didn't say otherwise. I expect an FES version just as I expect a Portable one. I don't think they will bother with PS4 but it's still way too early to tell.
An interesting question is whether they plan to repeat with P6 what they did with P4.
What do you mean, reusing the engine and the assets? Of course but I'm not to sure if it'll come out on PS3.
i would guess that mario kart 8 has the ability to reach 1m if by later this year they bundle the game with the wii u to help sell the system when smash bros. comes out. and then next year to help sell zelda or whatever they have smash bros. bundled with the system instead.
yo-kai watch 2 will probably be the last great hype for the 3ds. maybe monster hunter 4g and pokemon gen 3r may do something, but i kind of doubt it when the audience is already there, and while the yo-kai watch audience is there since we know the first game is such a big deal, i think the special edition system should net some big sales for that first week, at least.
yo-kai watch 2 will probably be the last great hype for the 3ds. maybe monster hunter 4g and pokemon gen 3r may do something, but i kind of doubt it when the audience is already there, and while the yo-kai watch audience is there since we know the first game is such a big deal, i think the special edition system should net some big sales for that first week, at least.
KillerMan91
Member
I am still kinda expecting PS4 port of Persona 5 at least for the west. PS3 will be too dead here at the time of western Persona 5 release.
1st Course
Member
From Dr. Serkan Toto twitter
http://blog.btrax.com/en/2014/06/09/the-most-popular-websites-in-japan/
LINE is now the most popular app in Japan with more than 21m monthly active users, even more popular than Google Play and Google Maps. LINE is a messaging app like WhatsApp, QQ, Wechat etc, but it's also a very popular game portal. If you look at the top apps chart, you will see many LINE games charting there.
http://blog.btrax.com/en/2014/06/09/the-most-popular-websites-in-japan/
LINE is now the most popular app in Japan with more than 21m monthly active users, even more popular than Google Play and Google Maps. LINE is a messaging app like WhatsApp, QQ, Wechat etc, but it's also a very popular game portal. If you look at the top apps chart, you will see many LINE games charting there.
Commentary: http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/866/866889/
3DS『カードファイト!! ヴァンガード ロック オン ビクトリー!!』がランクイン。発売週で推定2.9万本（店頭消化率60％前後）を販売した
"Card Fight!! Vanguard" Lock on Victory!! [...] 29,000 copies sold..."
It's because of these random errors that Dengeki will never get out of sals-age ghetto. =P
Thanks, 1st Course.
illmatic22
Banned
Nothing is saving The Wii U :[
Hellraider
Member
Of course they're gonna reuse assets. It's Atlus. Where is the question. PS3?PS4?PSV? I feel like Atlus has many options without any of them being clearly the better one. I guess we will see.
It'll be a travesty if Nintendo don't get all the WiiU titles available, one way or another, on the next piece of hardware.
Yep, and NCL know it too.
Yep, and NCL know it too.
Japan isn't waiting for a localization: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=pd_dp_ts_vg_1
The North American release of Minecraft PS3 has been in the Top 10 for a long time now. It's pretty strange.
BengaBenga
Member
Wii U just desperately needs a pricecut, even if it's hard for Nintendo to stomach. The games are there, or will be by December, and until FFXV it seems it won't have any console competition, but it needs to be much cheaper to get to a relevant install base. That way maybe Japanese devs will put some games on the system, which might also help a little bit in the West.
frankie_baby
Member
Ooh, Zelda Musou in the top 10? Nice!
Impressive it's still so high, could do quite well I think
Even better if it coincides with a MK8 bundle.
Yes its still too expensive and Nintendo knows that - they are probably trying to survive till 2015 when the next pride drop can happen and they maybe launch a cheaper redesign with a smaller gamepad. They will have to start some kind of relaunch for 2015 with their 2015 titles planned.
ambientmystic
Member
Haven't you SEEN all the amazing games that are coming in 2015 for the machine? The hype is exploding on GAF, it can't be controlled.
Wii U to be saved. In 2015.
/s
What is up with SCEJ continually marketing PS4 with westerners in their TV ads: http://youtu.be/nq1LRF5aLyI
I guess it's an admission that the machine has no Japanese games.
I guess it's an admission that the machine has no Japanese games.
My theory is that this is why most of the AAA-titles don't or hardly use the GamePad. Imagine a launch lineup with, say, Mario Kart 8 Plus, locked 60fps/1080p (assuming it's more powerful; it might not be if they go the merged console/handheld route) and/or with a couple of extra cups thrown in.
BengaBenga
Member
I would guess a September pricecut would make most sense from an install base and software sales perspective, but I doubt it will happen. Maybe holiday sales + Smash Bros will be enough to at least beat the 2013 numbers.
Thanks. I was thinking RE was the last franchise and never knew Yu-Gi-Oh! was that big back in the days. If we lower the bar to 1.5 million, I would think FFXIII was the last title to do it but I don't think there is much else, right?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
It will truly be crazy if WiiU has an LTD below 4 million. It being below 20 million WW is pretty much given at this moment in time which is incredibly sad and makes me think what Nintendo are going to do about their ever decreasing relevancy in the home console market.
I think it might 4 million+ in JP.
Yagami_Sama
Member
Another "good" sales for Wii U,it is always nice to see Wii U's sales higher than the PS.
Mario Kart 8 got some good sales ,and I hope that keep on selling like that for a long time. Nice début for Persona Q, this one I was not sure
if it will take the first spot. And Yo-Kai wacht kept on God Mode.
Mario Kart 8 got some good sales ,and I hope that keep on selling like that for a long time. Nice début for Persona Q, this one I was not sure
if it will take the first spot. And Yo-Kai wacht kept on God Mode.
MisterGrey3000
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SwiftDeath
Member
Wow that seems like a illogical advertising approach.
Also basically advertises the PS4 as a Fifa only machine
I think you mean exciting.
The farther Japan makes it in the World Cup the more PS4s sold. World Cup just got a lot more interesting...
Joking, but it's a shame there's no Winning Eleven for PS4.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Wow did not expect you of all people, especially when rocking that mario avatar, to be excited that a Nintendo home console is failing.
Eolz
Member
Really?
SpaceDrake
Member
Oh god, I really, really, really, really hope not. ;.; I like Persona and all but I like EO far more.
Granted EO getting a nice bump in production values would not be a problem whatsoever. Dunno if I'd want them to keep going the Untold route though - another part of the charm is making your dudes and going on an adventure with them.
(It's me, I'm The Target Audience for the original EO.)
Canis lupus
Member
The hell happened to the PSP? lol
A hungry Nintendo is more likely to invest in new ideas and change their previous behaviour. Successful Nintendo will just stay the course.
The news of it being discontinued broke and people wanted to get their last one.
The news of it being discontinued broke and people wanted to get their last one.
Kresnik258
Member
You think Final Fantasy XIII would be the last third party title not named Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter (or Final Fantasy)?
(I don't think lowering the bar to 1.5m would open up a whole lot else which is recent, really)
For any interested in non-answers Shuhei Yoshida talks about PS4s situation in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVw0exNdCJw&t=34m (34 minute mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVw0exNdCJw&t=34m (34 minute mark)
BlowoverKing
Banned
So far Atlus has managed to do it twice.
Persona + Blazblue resulted in a game which far exceeded the sales of Blazblue or Guilty Gear.
Persona + Etrian has now resulted in a game which will exceed the sales of EO significantly.
It'll be interesting to see if they can do it again with P4U2 and P4D. P4D is particularly interesting because while it probably doesn't have a chance to exceed the sales of Miku at its prime on PSP, I think there's a good chance for it to exceed the sales of recent Miku games which is pretty much stuck at 150-200k now. If leveraging the Persona brand allows it to surpass the 200k which Miku sold on the Vita, that'll be certainly impressive.
Persona + Blazblue resulted in a game which far exceeded the sales of Blazblue or Guilty Gear.
Persona + Etrian has now resulted in a game which will exceed the sales of EO significantly.
It'll be interesting to see if they can do it again with P4U2 and P4D. P4D is particularly interesting because while it probably doesn't have a chance to exceed the sales of Miku at its prime on PSP, I think there's a good chance for it to exceed the sales of recent Miku games which is pretty much stuck at 150-200k now. If leveraging the Persona brand allows it to surpass the 200k which Miku sold on the Vita, that'll be certainly impressive.