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Media Create Sales: Week 31, 2011 (Aug 01 - Aug 07)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Gamer @ Heart
Member
I see now. I don't remember the forecast being 20 mil.[Nintex] said:
test_account
XP-39C²
Smaller releases and the PSP installbase is already huge. But the PSP only went down like a thousand units and when it is around 35k-36k i would concider that kind of drop more as statistical noise.BurntPork said:
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Nearly 7 years of base building leaving fewer people who care about such games but haven't already got a PSP.BurntPork said:
I can't speak to his popularity, but just doing a quick Garaph search for games with Disney or Mickey in the title, I don't find anything very big.artwalknoon said:
The only one Epic Mickey might've had a worse first week than was 3380 there, Mickey's Speedway USA for N64.
EDIT: Just noticed all of those top three look to have been Nintendo-published.
The_lascar
Member
It's a footage. Everybody will watch it on youtube/nicovideo 2 days before the official release.donny2112 said:Gonna have to disagree here. It does have the DQX footage on it, too. > 500K seems reasonable, but it could have legs to get to 1m.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
DQX trailer isn't the draw of DQ Collection, it's the fact that it's the anniversary product and it has the older games people love. Like Mario Collection last year.
gundamkyoukai
Member
I am going to stick with my 80k for 3DS .
Still people should wait a few week before calling anything , what 3DS needs is a certain amount of sales per week .
2 or 3 high weeks not going to really help in the long run .
Still people should wait a few week before calling anything , what 3DS needs is a certain amount of sales per week .
2 or 3 high weeks not going to really help in the long run .
demonturkey
Member
All versions of 3DS plummeting on Amazon now...
Out of stock till the 12th
FINALFANTASYDOG
Member
Chris1964 said:
Looking at your data, the only thing with DQ in the name that has sold less then 300k
[GBA] Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Adventure 2 (Enix) - 65,888 / 181,024
[GBA] Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Adventure 3 (Square Enix) - 38,580 / 115,262
88 [PSP] Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable (Square Enix) - 48,118 / 110,823 / 43.42%
Which were ports of console games....
When even that rather not good Card Battle game can make 300k before the price drop I think DQ collection can survive.
Other things of note:
Half-Minute Hero 2 advertising / release date kept changing, I blame a lot of it's failure on poor management skills!
44 [WII] Family Ski (Bandai Namco) - 23,895 / 123,285 / 19.38%
07./00. [WII] Family Fishing # | SPT | (Bandai Namco) {2011.08.04} | ¥5.040 | - 22.365 /
very little advertising was done for Epic Mickey
BurntPork said:
PSP value pack was released last week.
Famitsu report
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201108/11048319.html
some more pics
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/38217/
my friend is telling me that the system is selling out in some stores.
StickSoldier
Member
king zell said:
Famitsu report
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201108/11048319.html
some more pics
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/38217/
my friend is telling me that the system is selling out in some stores.
Yeah, 25000 yen and $250 was way overpriced. I think the 3DS can survive in the age of Angry Birds at this price. Well, as long as Ninty gets more games that is.
pseudocaesar
Member
I think it will have a huge bump, to 150k or so, and then drop back to like 20-30k a week within a month.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
In some (all?) Walmarts. Price drop doesn't officially hit until the 12th. Japan just got it today.Acrylic7 said:
You probably should have. Some people have reported having to ask the manager for the price drop, and then getting them to clear it.Acrylic7 said:
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Alright so Google Translate just told me that more than 30 people were standing outside of Bic store and over 50 3DS systems were sold in the opening 30 minutes, most of those weren't reservations.king zell said:
Pokemon Scramble is very popular as well as OoT 3D and Star Fox 64 3D to pick up with the new systems.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Cygnus X-1 said:
A re-launch would be if Nintendo recalled all sold 3DS systems and then, well, re-launched the system.
This is in no way, shape, or form a re-launch, and I've no idea why people have been calling it that because it's so obviously not that it's becoming agonizing to see the word over and over again.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
They mean a relaunch from a marketing standpoint, not that they are literally relaunching with new hardware.jeremy1456 said:
Hopefully Pokemon will help sell some systems. I know this is not an original idea, but the 3DS needs a killer app.
Seriously! We need a new Star Fox on Wii U!dallow_bg said:
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Even from that angle, it's really just a pricedrop. A big one granted, but it's not like this is even a new model or an upgrade or anything. Not even a new color. And the software lineup these coming weeks is super thin too.Fantastical said:
Relaunch to me is something more along the lines of PS3 slim. Pricedrop, new model, new marketing AND AAA software launches, all at once. This is more of a first step in that direction for 3DS really.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Yeah, I agree with you. I was just clarifying that it doesn't really mean what you thought it meant originally. I wouldn't say it's just a pricedrop, but I wouldn't say it's a relaunch either.lunchwithyuzo said:
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Fantastical said:
If it's not 'just' a price drop then what is it?
Did Nintendo do anything beyond dropping the price today that I'm not aware of?
The 3DS went from being one of the most expensive pieces of hardware to the most affordable. While this specific price drop day is not the relaunch, with the upcoming combination of Star Fox, Mario Kart, Super Mario 3D Land and Kid Icarus, it will be the relaunch period.
If things go well for Nintendo this will create momentum for the 3DS that will last through the upcoming holiday season. It may be possible that this will have the effect that Nintendo DSL and New Super Mario Bros had.
If things go well for Nintendo this will create momentum for the 3DS that will last through the upcoming holiday season. It may be possible that this will have the effect that Nintendo DSL and New Super Mario Bros had.
New color, fire red or whatever its called, coincided with the price drop and the release of Pokemon Rumble, the first Pokemon game for the 3ds though its not a mainline title. Those factors, plus a new advertising push make this a figurative "relaunch" not a literal relaunch. Its an attempt to breath new life and I think new branding to the 3ds.jeremy1456 said:
jeremy1456
Junior Member
So going by the 're-launch' logic of this thread the Wii re-launched around the time when NSMBW was released?
QuiteWhittle
Member
Did it have a 40% price drop?jeremy1456 said:
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Nintendo betting it all on the 3DS. The price drop was huge, and Nintendo has made it very clear how important the next few months is for them.jeremy1456 said:
jeremy1456
Junior Member
QuiteWhittle said:
I wasn't aware that the term refers to % drop in price.
So if Sony reduces the PS2's price to $50 that will be a re-launch too?
BishopLamont
Banned
The Wii had already established its name by that point, the 3DS still hasn't and the Wii's price drop really is "just a price drop" as you put it since its competitors were more expensive, the 3DS' main competitors are cheaper. Anyway you're taking it too literal, re-launch might be a bit of an exaggeration but its the most fitting.jeremy1456 said:
jeremy1456
Junior Member
BishopLamont said:
I respectfully disagree, I think 'price drop' is the most fitting, because that's precisely what they've done.
BishopLamont
Banned
Yes, realistically all they've done is drop the price, but thats not the only thing they're doing, its a combination of things that they will do after that which people consider a relaunch. The Wii's support was stalled by the time NSMBW came around, people knew its a barren wasteland, price drops only appeal to the very late comers who are concerned more with the library existing than the possibility of new games.jeremy1456 said:
This price drop makes the 3DS the "go to" handheld for people still holding out for the DS and for people who aren't buying it for its existing library, rather for the upcoming games, without having to swallow that $250 pill. The price drop makes it easier, but that isn't the only thing stopping people. Its the software that matters in the end.
Pretty much.BurntPork said:
Most people look at it as more than just a number drop because of all the details about it.jeremy1456 said:
Dramatic price drop so early in the systems life. Very unusual for Nintendo.
Their press release and personal apology from their president.
The free games for early adopters.
Just has a much grander feel, way more than your standard drop for a piece of electronics.