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Media Create Sales: Week 39, 2014 (Sep 22 - Sep 28)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Sold less according to Media Create though. I thought the movie would've helped.
Wii - Fatal Frame 4 - 33,456 / 78,635
WiiU - Fatal Frame 5 - 27.505 / ???
Vita hw, with all these releases, looks terrible. Rest of the year will be brutal.
Infernal Monkey
Member
I wonder if this is the last time we'll see a PSP game debut in the top 10.
Nightengale
Member
Neo-Romance is migrating to Vita, so yeah.
Not good numbers for Bayo 2, not bad though either taking the Wii U factor into account. Such a shame only a small percentage of people will ever get to enjoy what seems like a fantastic game, since it's not going to other platforms any time soon. Wii U peeps need to savor this one.
reptilescorpio
Member
Hopefully bodes well for localisation!
Even with the impending holiday season? I don't buy it. Everything will see a boost. Just how great the boost is up for debate.
We can hope it doesn't.
Simply Sarah
Member
So some good debuts on Sony systems, which also happened to give Vita a decent HW bump. Another disappointing week for the PS4, though.
Small Wii U bump with a meh FF debut (Even if it did beat the prior Wii game's opening week depending on who you're looking at). Bayo 2 has fallen off a cliff. 3DS somehow is still selling despite the N3DS right around the corner. YW2 is still ridiculous.
XB1 defies all odds and hangs on to 4 digit sales.
Small Wii U bump with a meh FF debut (Even if it did beat the prior Wii game's opening week depending on who you're looking at). Bayo 2 has fallen off a cliff. 3DS somehow is still selling despite the N3DS right around the corner. YW2 is still ridiculous.
XB1 defies all odds and hangs on to 4 digit sales.
I'm gonna pipe in and say that Dangan Ronpa is one of those franchises, like Persona, that is growing and should see a large increase in sales for the 3rd mainline entry. This game is a spin off and an indication of the increasing strength of the brand rather than the increasing strength of the Vita (in the same way P4G was an indication strength of the Persona brand.)
That having been said this about lines up with my expectations as a spinoff but should have MUCH shorter legs than the 2 mainline games.
No, vita will go down at holidays.
I think we'll get Another Episode, it's just a matter of time.
I said 'a bit better'. It was a relative term.
metalslimer
Member
No, they're just not interested in buying a whole new system to play it.
Smiles and Cries
Member
two games deal for the price of one did not even help it Japan is not nice to P*
Sir_Crocodile
Member
It probably did help, the WiiU has a far lower install base then the Wii would have had at that point in time I suspect.
AstroNut325
Member
This. Same applies to me.
Nah, Vita will do fine for the rest of the year. Next year will be brutal though. Don't think they can sell as much as it did this year.
Could you post the numbers from the last few holidays if it's not too much? I'm having a hard time believing Vita will go down this year.
NicolasCage
Neo Member
Yoshi's New Island's slow crawl to 200k was almost as agonising as listening to its soundtrack. Almost.
On the flipside, it's sad to see so many Wii U games not having much stamina after their soft launches. What are the chances of Mario 3D World, DKC:TF, Bayo 2, Hyrule Warriors, Fatal Frame 5 or even Wonderful 101 getting a new run/chart comeback during the holidays when Nintendo hardware traditionally sells in large quantities?
I'm guessing chances are low. This holiday, the Wii U is likely to be a Smash and Mario Kart machine.
On the flipside, it's sad to see so many Wii U games not having much stamina after their soft launches. What are the chances of Mario 3D World, DKC:TF, Bayo 2, Hyrule Warriors, Fatal Frame 5 or even Wonderful 101 getting a new run/chart comeback during the holidays when Nintendo hardware traditionally sells in large quantities?
I'm guessing chances are low. This holiday, the Wii U is likely to be a Smash and Mario Kart machine.
Indeed. I'm thinking this year will get tight towards the end, but that 200k cushion will help.
Next year though, next year will be ugly.
I don't think Vita will go down from mid november, but it's had some of the worst holiday periods I've ever seen. I think from here to about mid november it's definitely going to be in serious free fall.
Don't get me wrong, being on the Wii U probably resulted in it selling a 1/5 or less or what it could've otherwise done, but it's certainly not a game that would have broken records had it been on other consoles.
I know, I was just "joke" rationalising some reasoning for a western release. It's probably pointless to expect too much from home consoles on any front in Japan at this point, I get that.
I think something is only appealing if it actually appeals to people.
I don't find the drop surprising. Disappointing, maybe, but not surprising.
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Pretty much.
Akihiko Yoshida has joined mobile and f2p company CyGames's board of directors: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=904757
I write that separately as they also have a PS4 title coming, but given who they are, odds are very high that it's f2p.
Mobile companies continuing to go for the big hires.
I write that separately as they also have a PS4 title coming, but given who they are, odds are very high that it's f2p.
Mobile companies continuing to go for the big hires.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Platinum got paid for it all and it wasn't 5 years of active development.
Waaaait, the Square/SquareEnix guy?!
Yes.
Sammy Samusu
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metalslimer
Member
Who said it would be?
Pennywise83
Banned
PSV always had bad holidays sales, but this year might go down YOY.
FreedomFighter
Member
I thought we were past all the port begging, man.
Even if it did, it would just be joining every other platform on the market. It's a minor miracle that it's managed to pull out a 200k lead.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Honestly, it doesn't really matter how PS4 sells this year.
I luv ya Dave, but please stop hanging on the YoY comparison. It's meaningless if the platform itself is still doing badly/mediocrely relative to its competition and predessecor.
This is not something I agree with. Every month that passes where the PS4 sells like shit puts its comeback further into question as it fades into irrelevance. It's very hard to relaunch a console after people have stopped caring about it. At the rate it's going I do expect somewhat of a comeback from the PS4 but if it keeps tanking so hard, and we have to potentially wait till mid-late 2015 for it's bigger hits of next year? I'm not so sure.
shinra-bansho
Member
Something something only 2 days.
I'm not hanging on it dude, I just find it interesting. I'm surprised you've not read any of the multitude of posts where I clearly state that the Vita is in dire straits, always has been in dire straits, and will continue to be in dire straits. Trust me, next year will look like the 3DS drop did this year. Just 3DS too, not even including the LL cushion
Best case? Hang on in there for another 2 years and give me 3-4 titles on the level of Dynasty Warriors 8 (amongst the constant flood of cross-buy indies). That's the most I'd ask for.
There will not be another dedicated handheld from Sony. Simple as.
Pennywise83
Banned
Wii U might be up YOY these holidays, thanks to SSB and MK8 legacy (and probably some bundle); and Wii U sold better than PSV last year's December. Also 3DS has a high chance of being up these holidays. This shows just how lazy Sony is wrt PSV in Japan.
every... fkuking... time.