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Same. More than deserved.
03./00. [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2017.09.28} (¥7.800) - 41.491 / NEW
NO THARJA
NO SALES
HAHAHA
It's already out and there is no Tharja?? Twice shocked here.
Fire Emblem isn't Zelda, I don't know where this idea Fire Emblem is more favorite than Zelda in Japan has occured lately.
blitzwolf215
Member
Just cause the setting works doesn't mean its a good idea. Hyrule Warriors used a bunch weird items as weapons that made fro some cool looking, unique, flashy move-sets. Fire Emblem has some classes that could offer move-sets like that but none of the characters they chose used them. Instead we get mostly traditional weapons and some magic users.
Plus they purposely chose not to include some of the most obvious popular characters for dumb reasons.
Gotdatmoney
Member
That's been pretty well established for a while hasn't it?
JonnyDBrit
Member
Breath of the Wild and MK8D continuing to be tied to sales of the consoles itself is nice to see.
(FE) It's almost die until waifus happen.
Well this is one of the first PS4-only release, no broken Vita release hidden anywhere.
BlackLagoon
Member
SteamSpy currently has CS1 at 23K, and even with Turbo mode I would think a median playtime of 23 hours suggest a lot of them haven't even finished it and you'd see a significant decline for the sequels like with Trails in the Sky.
Hopefully the combined sales from all the platforms are enough for XSEED and Falcom to keep going though.
As I did. I play Switch and some leftovers on Vita. And that's all.
I know, I just didn't say "the last episodes on 3ds" but I thought it was obvious.
Kiseki series has had very stable sales for like 5+ years now, so them losing like half of their audience on this release is noteworthy compared with other games that weren't all that popular on Vita anyway and just ended up dying when they jumped to PS4.
Japan likely had like 5 times as much Switches in the wold compared to the UK.
Still don't understand why people expected some Blockbuster week 1 sales for the Switch version in the UK. Even the biggest first part Switch releases are nothing compared to what a Fifa sells in its first week on all systems.
Well enough of that.... Fifa Switch did quite well in Japan.. Past Nintendo releases were straight up bombas.
Frankfurter
Member
These lottery numbers are incredibly accurate in predicting Switch sales it seems. I'm really curious to see how much units Nintendo can provide from now on.
Sums up me quite well as well. Shame really, I enjoyed the first two parts, but don't have the time to play the last on a home console even if I wanted to buy one.
BrokenJohnCena
Member
And also,them are banking the sales for the west is also an issue in my opinion?Does the big ps4 userbase strategy always work?
Lord of Ostia
Member
I think this poster is just suggesting the Japanese market needs to let the Vita go, as the platform is becoming less and less viable for developers to support, especially if they care at all about western sales for their titles. Obviously portable gaming isn't dying in Japan when you look at Switch, but Sony portable gaming certainly is a dead end. You can also do a lot more impressive stuff with a game on PS4 than you can on Vita, even if it's just framerate and visuals.
Zelda isn't as popular in Japan compared to the rest of the world. I'm not 100% sure on FE being more popular though, like haven't most Zelda games done 300k LTD in Japan? That's about the ceiling for most FE games too. And BotW will definitely sell more LTD than FE Switch, no matter how good FE Switch is.
Hero of Legend
Member
Oh my god, look at Xenoverse 2's legs on Switch:
Has ANY game done that where the 3rd AND 4th weeks were increases? That's amazing. I hope the Deluxe Edition on PS4 announcement doesn't affect legs.
Has ANY game done that where the 3rd AND 4th weeks were increases? That's amazing. I hope the Deluxe Edition on PS4 announcement doesn't affect legs.
pretty done
Member
I guess portable FIFA isn't a big deal in Japon.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
What the hell happened to Marvel vs. Capcom?
That Wii U FIFA 13 version bombed AF. Interested in the Switch sell-through.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Characters just not as exciting and recognizable as Zelda. Also, the game just looks generic unlike the bright HW aesthetic.
I enjoyed HW, but after getting burned on incomplete dlc on wiiu, not buying this.
Most impressions about the game were more than positive.... No clue what you are talking about.
Not even the biggest FE fans but this is one of no brainers crossovers and it will perform well worldwide.
test_account
XP-39C²
Does that really matter though? Its the same company.I hope the Deluxe Edition on PS4 announcement doesn't affect legs.
It's coming to Steam too. It probably works out in the end but losing domestic sales that they got directly compared with those licensed to a 3rd party is a big hole to fill.
Lord of Ostia
Member
Eh, it's not so much that as it is doubling down on the franchise's worst entry (Shadow Dragon) and doubling down on the worst aspect from the newest entry (the characters, especially the royals). The game would've done better had they included more popular Awakening characters (more Donnel, Lon'qu, and Tharja) and less meh characters (Lissa, Frederick, and Cordelia). In addition, the game desperately needs more legacy characters. The fact that Ike, Roy, Hector, and Alm are not in the game is just bonkers, and Ephraim and Erika should've been easy adds. Hell, throw FE4 fans a bone and put Sigurd in there. The roster is just kind of bad, and the roster is most of the appeal in a game like this.
LordOcidax
Member
XBO version 0%??? Somebody make a thread about this quickly...
/jk
kuroneko0509
Member
week 39 yes
TheDinoman
Member
It was an incredibly boneheaded move not to put in Ike and Roy.
I mean, they're playable characters in Smash Bros., that's more than enough to make them qualify for this game's roster.
I mean, they're playable characters in Smash Bros., that's more than enough to make them qualify for this game's roster.
It actually might not be.
Lord of Ostia
Member
See my post above, this was the worst way they could've done an FE Musou in terms of roster picks.
Yep. Sept. 28 I believe.
Well, thats not a good result for Sen 3 at all. I think Falcom said international markets (likely primarily other Asian countries) are becoming more important for the series, but I cant see them being comfortable with Sen 3 decreasing this harshly in the domestic market at all.
Gonna be interesting to see how international sales will hold up. Due to it being the third entry in a trilogy I dont imagine sales (in the west at least) will benefit all that much from it finally being on PS4.
Gonna be interesting to see how international sales will hold up. Due to it being the third entry in a trilogy I dont imagine sales (in the west at least) will benefit all that much from it finally being on PS4.
theprodigy
Member
I'll ask again: define "well".
Oh my god, look at Xenoverse 2's legs on Switch:
Has ANY game done that where the 3rd AND 4th weeks were increases? That's amazing. I hope the Deluxe Edition on PS4 announcement doesn't affect legs.
That's very interesting indeed. It'll probably not continue as strong after the PS4 deluxe announcement. Do we know when exactly the restock happened? if it was only this reported week, then it'll likely go down steadily anyway, but if it was the week before that, then we are seeing genuine legs.
Yeah I remember feeling pretty "meh" when it was announced. I love Fire Emblem but feel this game was unnecessary.
One of my friends is the biggest FE fanboy I know. He has bought (and finished) every FE game since the Famicom. This is the first FE game he has ever skipped. When I asked why he just said he was burnt out on Musou games.
I'm sure he's not alone.
What do you mean? Wasn't it determined that it was 1% of a total 830k? Or are you referring to the fact that stock is limited in UK?
I don't check YSO prediction there. I just see from the negativity lol.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Its not that big of a drop. The previous ones sold 200-220k LTD. PS4 one could get around 120-150k LTD.
If they are banking on west, Falcom should just roll around lol. CS1 on PC is such non existence and i don't CS series is even ever big on the west there.
Personality, I think it will do better than Radiant Dawn, Path of Radiance and Shadow Dragon worldwide.
You can't even take the first numbers seriously because it was free for everyone. It's like comparing Wii Sports sales to Wii Sports Resort in America.
LordOcidax
Member
Wait... What? Where is?????