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[TaiKH92]

Mario showing good legs

 

[hiska-kun]

Freedom Wars

Watch Dogs

Taiko no Tatsujin: Time Travel Adventure

Kamen Rider: Battle Wars 2

Girls & Panzer

Warriors Orochi 2: Ultimate

 

[Hero of Legend]

Is he presenting the game Directly to the viewers?

 

[Arzehn]

first day selthrough

freedom wars 70-80%
taiko 30%
kamen rider wiiu 30% ps3 50%
watch dogs ps4 50-60% ps3 40%
girls and panzer bad%??

Wow, Freedom Wars definitely surpassed Sony's expectations then. Hopefully they have another shipment soon. Good start for Watch Dogs (PS4) too.

 

[vicissitudes]

I have high hopes for Watch Dogs. I hope to see it at least beat Second Son by a good margin and provide a little hardware boost.

 

[hiska-kun]

If somebody didn't realize yet, the new digital thread i made:

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=845222&page=1#post118462562

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

first day selthrough

freedom wars 70-80%
taiko 30%
kamen rider wiiu 30% ps3 50%
watch dogs ps4 50-60% ps3 40%
girls and panzer bad%??

Wow great start for Freedom Wars.

I'm expecting 40k-50k for Watch Dogs across both SKU's.

 

[L~A]

Looking at COMGNET pre-order rankings...and this caught my eye:

[3DS] Devil Survivor 2 break code - 11pt

So DS2 remake on the 3DS is really happening?

Nah, it's probably just left-overs from before the delays.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Wow, Freedom Wars definitely surpassed retailers expectations then. Hopefully they have another shipment soon. Good start for Watch Dogs (PS4) too.

Fixed.

But it looks good - its been a while since Vita had a bigger exclusive release.

 

[cheesekao]

It's rather awful that Freedom Wars shipped without any online multiplayer. Sony Japan should have enough experience to help Shift/Dimps with that. Even with that said, I enjoyed the demo a lot and with the game having a robust single player mode, it may not be such a big deal but I think that might have dissuaded some people from buying it.

 

[RalchAC]

Fixed.

But it looks good - its been a while since Vita had a bigger exclusive release.

From the pictures above it looks like it have a quite good amount of shelf space. Did retailers have low expectations for Freedom Wars?

It's rather awful that Freedom Wars shipped without any online multiplayer. Sony Japan should have enough experience to help Shift/Dimps with that. Even with that said, I enjoyed the demo a lot and with the game having a robust single player mode, it may not be such a big deal but I think that might have dissuaded some people from buying it.

They've said the online multiplayer is launching in summer. They probably wanted to release the game in June in order to get some "summer drought" sales and not overlap with Toukiden Extreme.

Hopefully they'll get it soon, but ad-hoc is pretty big there so it may not be such a big problem. It's fun that there is an online pass for a game without online though lol.

 

[cheesekao]

They've said the online multiplayer is launching in summer. They probably wanted to release the game in June in order to get some "summer drought" sales and not overlap with Toukiden Extreme.

Hopefully they'll get it soon, but ad-hoc is pretty big there so it may not be such a big problem. It's fun that there is an online pass for a game without online though lol.

Speaking about ad-hoc, is it possible to play Freedom Wars online using ad-hoc party on the PS3?

 

[Sammy Samusu]

MH4 is #1 on Amazon right now, and I noticed it's gone from Yodobashi's website, lol?

And great sell through for Freedom Wars, strangely, it's fully stocked at Yodobashi.

 

[pieatorium]

MH4 is #1 on Amazon right now

been there for a while, its on sale ￥ 1,345

 

[Nightengale]

It's rather awful that Freedom Wars shipped without any online multiplayer. Sony Japan should have enough experience to help Shift/Dimps with that. Even with that said, I enjoyed the demo a lot and with the game having a robust single player mode, it may not be such a big deal but I think that might have dissuaded some people from buying it.

Some people, but this is Japan. Ad-hoc is king.

 

[Road]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) -
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) -
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) -
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) -
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) -

​

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Deadline: Jul 2 09:00 am (EST) (when Famitsu or Media Create first make their weekly sales public)

Attention:

• Remember for some games it's not only the 1st week.
• Multiplatform games are the combined available sales of each platform

Rules:

• Do not edit your post after the deadline. If you do, you'll be disqualified.
• The official monthly hardware sales will be the sum of weekly numbers for all versions of the system available from Famitsu.
• The official monthly software sales will be the latest total or the sum of the weekly numbers if the title is release before the period available from the Famitsu Top 30.
• The official monthly sales for multi-platform releases will be the combined available sales of each platform shown in the title entry.
• The official monthly sales for games with multiple versions will be the combined available sales of each version shown in the title entry.
• Any game missing in the Famitsu top 30 will be taken out of the predictions.

Bonus prediction: How low will the PS4 go in July?

Between:
a) 5k and 6k
b) 4k and 5k
c) 3k and 4k
d) 2k and 3k

 

[Atram]

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 800.000
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 47.000
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 30.000
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 57.000
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 84.000

Bonus prediction: How low will the PS4 go in July?

b) 4k and 5k

 

[Usobuko]

The problem is that the Japanese market is all risk and no reward right now. These companies aren't just hedging their bets - they've been through the last generation and lost out big time, forced to shift to handhelds because ballooning costs and changing tastes have made console development all but impossible to justify.

And now the handheld market is also dwindling and budgets are rising there too. The generation-on-generation customer loss between the DS+PSP to 3DS+Vita is catastrophic. The only option, like it or not, is smartphones.

I find it hard to disagree with this.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

been there for a while, its on sale ￥ 1,345

But it's been on sale for months now. The discount this time is slightly bigger though. (from 73% to 78%)

I wonder if Capcom is planning to announce something.

 

[1st Course]

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1200k
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 30k
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 50k
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 50k
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 85k

Bonus prediction: How low will the PS4 go in July?
a) 5k and 6k

I have a feeling yokai watch will do very well.

 

[Chris1964]

01./00. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy <HOB> (Nintendo) {2014.06.19} (¥3.908) - 31.080 / NEW <70,11%>
___

21./26. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400)
22./08. [PS4] Thief <ADV> (Square Enix) {2014.06.12} (¥8.424)
23./22. [PS3] Rain <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.06.05} (¥2.376)
24./25. [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour <SPT> (Nintendo) {2014.05.01} (¥4.937)
25./20. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.05.29} (¥8.208)
26./12. [PS3] Thief <ADV> (Square Enix) {2014.06.12} (¥8.424)
27./27. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters - Tokimeki Up! <ETC> (Nintendo) {2014.04.17} (¥4.936)
28./29. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.24} (¥6.664)
29./32. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985)
30./00. [PSV] Sengoku Hime 4: Souha Hyakkei, Hanamoru Chikai # <SLG> (SystemSoft Alpha) {2014.06.19} (¥7.020)
31./37. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl <FTG> (Nintendo) {2008.01.31} (¥6.800)
32./35. [PSV] Terraria <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.02.06} (¥2.980)
33./15. [WIU] One Piece: Unlimited World Red <ADV> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.06.12} (¥7.171)
34./34. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Frontier <RPG> (Nintendo) {2014.02.27} (¥4.800)
35./36. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes <ADV> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥2.980)
36./33. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki Moero Chronicle # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2014.05.15} (¥7.344)
37./40. [PS4] Battlefield 4 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665)
38./38. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800)
39./21. [PS4] Wolfenstein: The New Order <ACT> (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.06.05} (¥8.424)
40./28. [PSV] Chou Megami Shinkou Noire: Gekishin Black Heart # <SLG> (Compile Heart) {2014.05.29} (¥7.344)
41./00. [PSV] Durarara!! 3-way Standoff: Alley V <ADV> (ASCII Media Works) {2014.06.19} (¥5.637)
42./41. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Linking the New World <SLG> (Marvelous AQL) {2014.02.27} (¥5.040)
43./42. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red # <ADV> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.980)
44./31. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One for All # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.05.15} (¥8.208)
45./39. [PSV] Nobunaga's Ambition: Creation <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.05.29} (¥8.424)
46./00. [PSV] Persona 4: Golden <RPG> (Atlus) {2012.06.14} (¥7.329)
47./23. [PS3] Wolfenstein: The New Order <ACT> (Bethesda Softworks) {2014.06.05} (¥7.344)
48./30. [PS4] Infamous: Second Son <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.05.22} (¥7.452)
49./00. [3DS] Pac-World <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.06.19} (¥5.119)
50./43. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind <ACT> (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.12.05} (¥6.090)

Top 50

3DS - 20
PSV - 11
PS3 - 9
PS4 - 5
WIU - 3
PSP - 1
WII - 1

SOFTWARE

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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  ALL  |    360.000 |    418.000 |    517.000 | 18.022.000 | 20.426.000 |
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[Sammy Samusu]

From yesterday's meeting: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=118433726&postcount=130

The 3DS has become widespread primarily in Japan. Development is active. There are many plans to bring smart device applications to 3DS.

 

[Shinriji]

SAO Hollow Fragment and Terraria have insane legs for a Vita game.

 

[Bruno MB]

Media Create Sales: Week 25, 2008 (Jun 16 - Jun 22)

25./24. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl <FTG> (Nintendo) {2008.01.31} (¥6.800)

Media Create Sales: Week 25, 2014 (Jun 16 - Jun 22)

31./37. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl <FTG> (Nintendo) {2008.01.31} (¥6.800)

 

[Road]

SAO Hollow Fragment and Terraria have insane legs for a Vita game.

Media Create Sales: Week 25, 2014 (Jun 16 - Jun 22)

46./00. [PSV] Persona 4: Golden <RPG> (Atlus) {2012.06.14} (¥7.329)

=P

It's much easier to stay in the charts now, though, compared to four or five years ago. (because sales are terrible overall)

 

[Orgen]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1.313.000
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 76.000
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 51.000
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 64.000
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 148.000

​

Bonus prediction: How low will the PS4 go in July?

Between:

b) 4k and 5k

 

[Fisico]

Looking at COMGNET pre-order rankings...and this caught my eye:

[3DS] Devil Survivor 2 break code - 11pt

So DS2 remake on the 3DS is really happening?

They haven't said a thing for months, since Persona Q was released maybe they'll give a date for a stealth release by the end of the year or something (or it has simply been cancelled).

 

[zeromcd73]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1,300,000
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 80,000
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 60,000
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 50,000
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 110,000

​

Bonus prediction: How low will the PS4 go in July?

Between:
c) 3k and 4k

 

[Mpl90]

Comgnet's Yokai Watch 2 big debut run, as of June 27th, 2014

[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3 - 106pt + 106pt = 212pt
[3DS] Pokémon X/Y - 793pt + 785pt = 1,578pt
[3DS] Yokai Watch 2 - 532pt + 412pt = 944pt

 

[L~A]

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1200k

I have a feeling yokai watch will do very well.

I agree, but 1.2M? Unless you meant 120k?

Seems either too high/too low.

Personally, fully expecting 500k during launch week, and up to 800k before the end of the month.

 

[Kresnik258]

Looking at COMGNET pre-order rankings...and this caught my eye:

[3DS] Devil Survivor 2 break code - 11pt

So DS2 remake on the 3DS is really happening?

It's been on that exact number of points since last year. It just resurfaces whenever the lower cut-off drops low enough.

 

[zeromcd73]

I agree, but 1.2M? Unless you meant 120k?

Seems either too high/too low.

Personally, fully expecting 500k during launch week, and up to 800k before the end of the month.

I'm predicting even higher than that. Despite the first game being at 1.1m, lots of people would have chosen it as there free game to get with a 3DS hardware purchase during the time it was available.

That and kids who love the show waiting to just purchase the second game. Not to mention people will double dip since there are two versions!

I'm also expecting (hoping!) something like this will happen and it will become a 2m+ series:

[DS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard - 1,157,346
[DS] Inazuma Eleven - 401,820

 

[RalchAC]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1000k
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 100k
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 95k
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 70k
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 80k

​

PS4 between 4k and 5k.

 

[1st Course]

I agree, but 1.2M? Unless you meant 120k?

Seems either too high/too low.

Personally, fully expecting 500k during launch week, and up to 800k before the end of the month.

The game has two versions, this should lead to some people buying more than one copy. Also kinda anecdotal but the game has very high preorders on Comgnet. I fully expect 700k debut minimum.

 

[Bruno MB]

I wonder how big the initial Yo-Kai Watch 2 shipment will be.

At the very least I would expect a million units, this is Level 5 so there must be no fear of shortages

Level 5 biggest initial shipments:

[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt / Bomb Blast (Level 5) {2010.07.01} - 895.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Level 5) {2008.11.27} - 675.000
[NDS] Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi (Level 5) {2010.12.09} - 576.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Level 5) {2007.11.29} - 572.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Level 5) {2009.11.26} - 519.000

Bonus:

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} - 106.000

 

[zeromcd73]

I wonder how big the initial Yo-Kai Watch 2 shipment will be.

At the very least I would expect a million units, this is Level 5 so there must be no fear of shortages

Level 5 biggest initial shipments:

[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt / Bomb Blast (Level 5) {2010.07.01} - 895.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Level 5) {2008.11.27} - 675.000
[NDS] Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi (Level 5) {2010.12.09} - 576.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Level 5) {2009.11.26} - 519.000
[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm / Blizzard (Level 5) {2009.10.01} - 384.000

Bonus:

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} - 106.000

Damn, Level 5 really bet wrong on that one.

 

[random25]

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1100k
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 100k
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 80k
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 60k
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 80k

 

[Takao]

It's rather awful that Freedom Wars shipped without any online multiplayer. Sony Japan should have enough experience to help Shift/Dimps with that. Even with that said, I enjoyed the demo a lot and with the game having a robust single player mode, it may not be such a big deal but I think that might have dissuaded some people from buying it.

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd moved 4.8 million units in Asia on PSP with no online multiplayer. I don't think many people over there skipped on Freedom Wars because it is Adhoc only.

 

[Eolz]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 876k
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 35k
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 70k
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 64k
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 125k

Bonus prediction: How low will the PS4 go in July?
Between:
b) 4k and 5k

 

[astrogamer]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 750k
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 20k
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 50k
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 55k
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 86k

 

[Sammy Samusu]

I wonder how big the initial Yo-Kai Watch 2 shipment will be.

At the very least I would expect a million units, this is Level 5 so there must be no fear of shortages

Level 5 biggest initial shipments:

[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt / Bomb Blast (Level 5) {2010.07.01} - 895.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Level 5) {2008.11.27} - 675.000
[NDS] Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi (Level 5) {2010.12.09} - 576.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Level 5) {2007.11.29} - 572.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Level 5) {2009.11.26} - 519.000

Bonus:

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} - 106.000

I've seen some posts about select stores ending pre-orders for Youkai Watch 2.

 

[tilinelson2]

SAO Hollow Fragment and Terraria have insane legs for a Vita game.

SAO may have even much better legs with the new anime season in July. The game will also receive a major update in that month. Let's see if it does something for the game or not.

 

[Bruno MB]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1.300.000
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 22.000
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 80.000
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 66.000
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 70.000

 

[L~A]

I've seen some posts about select stores ending pre-orders for Youkai Watch 2.

But that was several weeks ago, I'm sure Level-5/Nintendo were able to increase production.

Honestly, I'm expecting shortages at launch. And I'm really not buying into the 1M launch week (even with 2 versions... most people will probably buy only one, just like Pokémon). I'd looooove to be wrong, though, so much.

It's certainly going to be an exciting launch.

 

[Mr Swine]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 65.000
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 13.500
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 16.000
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 46.750
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 54.000

a) 5k and 6k


How much did Sony ship for Freedom Wars? 350-400k?​

 

[Hellraider]

How much did Sony ship for Freedom Wars? 350-400k?

400k is a lot. Like A LOT.

My guess is something close to 200k maybe a little less. I don't think we have anything official. I would love to be wrong, though.

 

[tilinelson2]

If we go by the LTD predictions someone mentioned, 200k, the initial shipment wouldn't be bigger than that. Probably lower.

 

[BadWolf]

Good to see Freedom Wars have a good start, wonder if it will give the hardware sales a decent bump.

Soul Sacrifice Delta's sales were pretty poor right? It doesn't seem like the series took off in the region. I think Sony should consider doing an HD or whatever version for PS3/PS4 and try it out there, might do better in the west that way as well.

 

[Takao]

Sinobi stated that SCE's LTD expectations for Freedom Wars are 200k. That seems a bit low to me given Soul Sacrifice did that, and its art style is less mainstream.

Good to see Freedom Wars have a good start, wonder if it will give the hardware sales a decent bump.

Soul Sacrifice Delta's sales were pretty poor right? It doesn't seem like the series took off in the region. I think Sony should consider doing an HD or whatever version for PS3/PS4 and try it out there, might do better in the west that way as well.

Delta sold about half of what the original release did. It's an expansion, not a sequel.

I don't think a port would do well on consoles anywhere. The way the game's stories are told make it very apparent it's a handheld game and the gameplay nature suits that play style. It might sell better in the west, but that says more about how the original release did on Vita than any big success.

 

[ßig]

PREDICTION LEAGUE JULY 2014

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from Jun 30 to Jul 27):

[3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2 Ganso/Honke (18 days) - 1,000,000
[WIU] Wii Sports Club (11 days) - 21,000
[PSV] Oreshika 2 (11 days) - 65,000
[PS3] Atelier Shallie (11 days) - 73,000
[3DS] Yoshi's New Island (4 days) - 78,000



Bonus prediction: How low will the PS4 go in July?

Between:
a) 5k and 6k