100k in hardware and yet not even a single digit increase.
Why single out ARMS? BOTW dropped, MK8D gained only a very small amount. I just seems people weren't buying other games beside Splatoon 2.
100k in hardware and yet not even a single digit increase.
Why single out ARMS? BOTW dropped, MK8D gained only a very small amount. I just seems people weren't buying other games beside Splatoon 2.
Mind Disgaea 5 did poorly in Japan to begin with.There's no justice in this world.
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Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
.....???Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
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Holy cow almost 100,000 million units of Swtich.
Are you from the future?
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Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
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| | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | Difference |
| | (2006/11/11) | (2014/02/22) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | PS4 - PS3 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 177| 50.448|4.925.582| 29.771|4.935.270| 9.688|
| 178| 38.877|4.964.459| 36.218|4.971.488| 7.029|
| 179| 28.973|4.993.432| 30.878|5.002.366| 8.934|
| 180| 25.590|5.019.022| | | |
| 181| 25.629|5.044.651| | | |
| 182| 32.874|5.077.525| | | |
| 183| 26.185|5.103.710| | | |
| 184| 20.463|5.124.173| | | |
| 185| 19.075|5.143.248| | | |
| 186| 20.987|5.164.235| | | |
| 187| 18.951|5.183.186| | | |
| 187| 17.676|5.200.862| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
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| | Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo Switch | Difference |
| | (2011/02/26) | (2017/03/03) | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | NSW - 3DS |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 19| 30.233|1.188.335| 26.256|1.066.081| -122.254|
| 20| 22.943|1.211.278| 31.906|1.097.987| -113.291|
| 21| 46.637|1.257.915| 98.999|1.196.986| -60.929|
| 22| 31.826|1.289.741| | | |
| 23| 16.415|1.306.156| | | |
| 24| 4.132|1.310.288| | | |
| 25| 196.077|1.506.365| | | |
| 26| 105.639|1.612.004| | | |
| 27| 60.781|1.672.785| | | |
| 28| 54.744|1.727.529| | | |
| 29| 49.076|1.776.605| | | |
| 30| 58.837|1.835.442| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
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| | Mario Kart 8 | Mario Kart 8 DX | Difference |
| | [WIU] (2014/05/29)| [NSW] (2017/04/28)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | MK8DX MK8 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 1 | 325.892| 325.892| 284.823| 284.823| -41.069|
| 2 | 73.051| 398.943| 90.652| 375.475| -23.468|
| 3 | 42.261| 441.205| 36.440| 411.915| -29.290|
| 4 | 28.112| 469.316| 28.781| 440.696| -28.620|
| 5 | 23.520| 492.837| 26.993| 467.689| -25.148|
| 6 | 19.386| 512.223| 20.984| 488.673| -23.550|
| 7 | 15.143| 527.366| 16.596| 505.270| -22.096|
| 8 | 14.992| 542.358| 16.822| 522.091| -20.267|
| 9 | 18.129| 560.487| 13.545| 535.636| -24.851|
| 10 | 18.067| 578.554| 14.423| 550.059| -28.495|
| 11 | 20.860| 599.414| 13.436| 563.495| -35.919|
| 12 | 28.221| 627.635| 11.554| 575.048| -52.587|
| 13 | 12.075| 639.710| 12.980| 588.028| -51.682|
| 14 | 11.148| 650.858| | | |
| 15 | 8.221| 659.079| | | |
| 16 | 6.839| 665.918| | | |
| 17 | 6.396| 672.313| | | |
| 18 | 5.936| 678.250| | | |
| 19 | 4.517| 682.767| | | |
| 20 | 3.996| 686.763| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
I find it curious that the other software didn't increase for Switch. I get that Splatoon 2 took most of the bandwidth, but I had expected a bit more for ARMS, BOTW and MK8D since we are looking at a 3 1/3 times increase in Switch units.
Amazing achievement for PS4 sales.
The concept of a traditional video game console still selling 5 million is everything. Although, its the last traditional console we will see selling that much in Japan.
Sony has to take the route of on-the-go for PS5. Phones and Nintendo systems are making a killing off of it.
Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
Yeah, that's a good one as well. There are like a million games coming out in the last ten days of July, so that could explain some of it as well.I don't, people are getting swamped this week. I've got Splatoon that I want to play which is addictive as hell, got my DQX beta today which is a time hog, and DQXI comes out in about 57 hours from now. Thank goodness Layton came out so I can play that while waiting in line (I don't have to wait in line for XI, since I have a bundle coming but Amazon will be slow as hell, so will grab it at my local Geo first).
Too many good games all at once.
Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
Not bad for Switch HW numbers. Let's see how are they next week.
Zelda Switch selling less than last week despite the rise on HW numbers... it doesn't bode well for the 1million LTD road.
And congrats to PS4 for the 5 million LTD!
Splatoon 1 outsold Mario Kart 8 on Wii U.
back when Splatoon was an unproven IP and MK8 was new.
Splatoon is a beast.
Em, no it didn't, MK8 sold 8.5 million and Splatoon 1 sold 4.9. Mind you, I'm not doubting splatoons popularity I love the game, but let's not pull numbers out of our asses
Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
So PS4 hit 5 mil around the same time PS3 did?
Em, no it didn't, MK8 sold 8.5 million and Splatoon 1 sold 4.9. Mind you, I'm not doubting splatoons popularity I love the game, but let's not pull numbers out of our asses (unless you mean JP only)
Amazing achievement for PS4 sales.
The concept of a traditional video game console still selling 5 million is everything. Although, its the last traditional console we will see selling that much in Japan.
Sony has to take the route of on-the-go for PS5. Phones and Nintendo systems are making a killing off of it.
Lol, 650K in 3 days and we have this kind of comments... Amazing.Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.
Switch isn't That cheap. If you are buying a Switch + Splatoon 2 that's already enough money spent for most customers.... Especially if Dragon Quest is being released a week later. Zelda and co. still will be there to purchase for new cyst knee in the following weeks, no need to rush it once you own the hardware.Splatoon dominating as expected. However, I find it odd that other Switch software didn't get much of a bump due the increased Switch stock.
The PS4 is doing amazingly world wide, and that is mostly deserved because it is a solid system that seems to have been made with both consumers and developers in mind after the semi disaster that was the ps3.
That said, it's performance in Japan is not particularly impressive to me. It's tracking ps3 sales, and it's facing less competition. No wii, no psp, no booming ds. Has the home console market continued to shrink?
I think a bigger factor is software. PS4 seems to have been designed with the west in mind. That is reflected in software, hardware sales and design, and strategy (launch date, etc).
So... The question is should the ps4 be doing better in Japan or not? I'm not sure.... But with the vita being dead and ps4 simply matching ps3 sales I think Sony hasn't really succeeded overall in Japan.
Lol, 650K in 3 days and we have this kind of comments... Amazing.
Others have covered the reason for the bump in sales this week (stockpiling in general for the big release this week and stockpiling specifically for the Splatoon 2 bundle, as well as Nintendo noting they will increase supply in July and August), but as to the baseline having little or nothing to do with constraints, can I ask why makes you say that? The reports regarding long lines in Japan and lottery systems and quick sellouts appear to indicate systems are being sold for the most part very quickly after they are put on physical or virtual shelves.
Didn't expect Fate to go up to 10k tbh.
Do we have numbers for Layton on mobile to compare?
And as said in other threads, obviously great for Switch and Splatoon 2, despite the stock issues...
I mean you can easily argue that the PS3 was not competing with handheld systems, and that the factors behind the Wii's success are basically impossible to replicate.
In any case, if Japan is a market where WiiU does better than the PS4 for a large part of its first year or more, that should tell you all you need to know about comparisons between PS4 and Switch in Japan. Seeing as a 3DS replacement does not seem to be coming down the pipeline (and likely shouldn't be), both Nintendo and Sony have cannibalised one half of their games market. And if there is a toss-up between a portable system (let alone a portable Nintendo system) and a Sony home platform, history shows that the portable system will do better sales in Japan.
But that's the thing--WiiU outdid the PS4 in sales for a time but is ultimately a failure worldwide. Switch is doing well right now, but can it do as well as 3DS? That's the bar for portable Nintendo last generation, and without another system that is all they will have.
Given the climate of the market, and the Japanese consumer's preference for mobile devices (and among those, Nintendo mobile devices), PS4 maintaining the sales presence of the PS3 is a decent feat.
Quite the W101 numbers.600k debut what the fuck
Yeah, I hadn't read the reports of stockpiling nor anything about new units tied to a newly released bundle, like others pointed out in this thread. Still, logically they would've introduced even more units if demand was so high as to cause shortages, as this seems to be the case in Japan alone.
No numbers, however on the AppStore it has been #1 since launch, and for in app purchases (1900 yen) it is ranked 60th.
Same. I had Splatoon at 818k and Switch at 58k.I underestimate Switch and overestimated Splatoon!
If the switch was under supply constraints in Japan, how come there was any bump in HW at all? I think the baseline for the last couple of weeks had little to nothing to do with constraints.
Splatoon 2 did well, but I don't know. I don't feel it will be the cultural phenomenon in Japan that Splatoon 1 was. It will have some legs, but less than its predecessor.