We've known about it for a bit.
I think they're permanently bundling Wii Remote+ with it or something.
Of course not the 25th Anniversary controller.
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Media Create Sales: Week 4, 2012 (Jan 23 - Jan 29)
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We've known about it for a bit.
I think they're permanently bundling Wii Remote+ with it or something.
Of course not the 25th Anniversary controller.
New releases {2012.12.09}
[PSV] Gravity Rush <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) (¥5.980)
[PSV] Sumioni: Demon Arts <RPG> (Acquire) (¥5.229)
[PSP] Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki <RPG> (Konami) (¥5.980)
[PSP] Vitamin X: Detective B6 # <ADV> (D3 Publisher) (¥6.090)
[PSP] Vitamin X: Detective B6 [Limited Edition] <ADV> (D3 Publisher) (¥8.190)
[PSP] Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu: Houkaisuru Sekai ni Shinigami to # <ADV> (Asgard) (¥3.969)
[PSP] Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu: Houkaisuru Sekai ni Shinigami to [Limited Edition] <ADV> (Asgard) (¥6.090)
[PS3] The Cursed Crusade <ADV> (Ubisoft) (¥7.329)
[PS3] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (PlayStation 3 the Best) <FTG> (Capcom) (¥2.990)
[360] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Platinum Collection) <FTG> (Capcom) (¥2.990)
[PSV] Gravity Rush <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) (¥5.980)
[PSV] Sumioni: Demon Arts <RPG> (Acquire) (¥5.229)
[PSP] Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki <RPG> (Konami) (¥5.980)
[PSP] Vitamin X: Detective B6 # <ADV> (D3 Publisher) (¥6.090)
[PSP] Vitamin X: Detective B6 [Limited Edition] <ADV> (D3 Publisher) (¥8.190)
[PSP] Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu: Houkaisuru Sekai ni Shinigami to # <ADV> (Asgard) (¥3.969)
[PSP] Tsugi no Giseisha o Oshirase Shimasu: Houkaisuru Sekai ni Shinigami to [Limited Edition] <ADV> (Asgard) (¥6.090)
[PS3] The Cursed Crusade <ADV> (Ubisoft) (¥7.329)
[PS3] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (PlayStation 3 the Best) <FTG> (Capcom) (¥2.990)
[360] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Platinum Collection) <FTG> (Capcom) (¥2.990)
slaughterking
Member
AZ2002 is banned. Why am I not surprised.
Kinda sad. He was good for some laughs.
creid
Member
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/0...tions-sold-75-of-its-first-shipment-in-japan/
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if ToIR sold 70% of its initial shipment, then sales more or less met expectations, which means it was not the abysmal failure some posters are painting it as?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if ToIR sold 70% of its initial shipment, then sales more or less met expectations, which means it was not the abysmal failure some posters are painting it as?
ThatObviousUser
ὠαἴÏÏιÏÏÎ¿Ï Ïαá¿Ï εἶ
Noooo, now what am I going to do about our "Pokemon vs. MonHun" bet??
...What bet? Enlighten me
However, really fast his passage here, but he'll be always remembered for thinking forecasts are facts.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Retailers ultimately decide number of copies ordered, this doesn't really incidate if the game met Namco's expectations or not.
ThatObviousUser
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...What bet? Enlighten me
However, really fast his passage here, but he'll be always remembered for thinking forecasts are facts.
He said the next main Monster Hunter would definitely outsell the next main Pokemon, or something to that effect. And also that a Vita-original MH would outsell any 3DS installment.
DragonSworne
Banned
Sounds like retailers should have ordered more units. We need to know Bandai Namco's expectations were for the game to know if it is a success, stores could have denied taking any more copies than the 75K fearing having to many in stock.
test_account
XP-39C²
Speaking of expectations, Disgaea 3 for Vita sold more than NIS expected:
http://andriasang.com/comzup/nippon_ichi_earnings
(Already mentioned in the Vita 2011-2012 thread, but thought it would be worth to post it here as well in case someone missed it).
http://andriasang.com/comzup/nippon_ichi_earnings
(Already mentioned in the Vita 2011-2012 thread, but thought it would be worth to post it here as well in case someone missed it).
Cygnus X-1
Member
3DS is holding up surprisingly well. What is the next "big" Nintendo's game for the handheld?
Shipments do not always represent sales expectations. Shipments represent retail expectations. Which is to say, if a game has high sell-through, this is good for retailers because it means they have correctly judged how much of a game to order, and they are unlikely to be stuck with a ton of unsold stock in months to come.
A publisher cannot decide entirely on their own to ship exactly what they want to sell into the market. Retailers will not pay for stock they don't want. There are various methods that big publishers can force a higher shipment if it is a major franchise, and they have special conditions for orders being placed. In the case of lower selling titles, a small initial shipment simply reflects a lack of retail demand via preorders and general consumer interest before the release of the game, thus it would be impossible for the publisher to ship much more than that.
When you develop a game, you might have expectations that the game needs to sell 200k for example, for it to be successful. This is a sales expectation. When the game is done, maybe no one wants it at all, and so you are only able to ship 80k at most into retail. If the game then sells 70% of that in the first week, it does not mean that the game is close to meeting sales expectations, merely that retailers were cautious on it and they are rewarded by not having overstock. If the game does not continue to sell, and eventually retailers only order another 20k, the game will still have sold 100k in total and missed the mark of the 200k expectation by half.
I hope that explains things.
DragonSworne
Banned
The first part just crazy, and he probably would have been banned long before the second part becomes a reality to see the outcome...
well said. I wish you posted this when people were saying SE was smart for only shipping 850K of FFXIII-2 and the title is meeting their expectation be cause it will sell through that shipment.
As of 2012/01/01, D3R sold 36K according to Famitsu. Either NIS had extreme realistic/low expectation or it's selling really well on PSN.
Oh, wow. He was so calm, however.
slaughterking
Member
The next two Nintendo games will be Kid Icarus and Fire Emblem. The latter will be reasonably big (over 200k). Kid Icarus probably not so much, but I could be wrong.
The game will drop like a rock this week.
Kid Icarus is a sort of a wild card.
Unless multiplayer can gather enough interest I doubt it can sell big numbers (let's says more than 250k).
Sure japanese gamers have fondest memories ( compared to Sin & Punishment ) about Kid Icarus from the Famicom days but we all know how good this kind of shooter sells.
I don't really feel that Kid Icarus is a wild card. There are no signs at all that I've seen which indicate that the release can make it big in Japan in any meaningful way. There is way too much thematic disconnect in the genre the game is aiming for and the actual visuals and designs that the game has, not to mention the IP it is using. It's hard to tell who the game is really "for", because it contains elements which might appeal to a lot of different people on their own, but when put together it seems it will basically appeal to no one at all.
The Nintendo brand is strong, so it'll probably be able to ship out 100-200k easily, but I don't expect it to be able to sell 200k, and it might even struggle to 150k (if it ships that much).
The Nintendo brand is strong, so it'll probably be able to ship out 100-200k easily, but I don't expect it to be able to sell 200k, and it might even struggle to 150k (if it ships that much).
The game cost them very, very little to make as with most N1 handheld ports. Just the cost of the additional content. Those sales are pure profit.
NIS games don't cost much so it's pretty much easy money as long as the port is competent. That said, D3R has sold about half of what D2P (Famitsu numbers) did on PSP. D3R being a launch game means it'll have some decent legs. Heck, DP did less than 20k first week, and managed to end up over 100k. Note, I'm not saying D3R is going to hit 100k, I'm saying it's not done selling yet.
I think that's being extremely generous, I am expecting around 70k~80k LTD.
Better, more reknown IPs have sold less, like Metroid. Kid Icarus has nothing going on for it, it's like the occasional Blaster Master Flop, the neat but missable Rygar game. Nintendo knows this but since there was a portion of the nintendo fanbase asking for a Kid Icarus game through the gamecube years, nintendo thought "oh, what the hell, here, have it". I don't think they are expecting much nor they care about sales that much.
If there is a real public I can think of that could care for Kid Icarus, is the metroid fanbase that has been following nintendo since the NES or the Gameboy. Those that dug the "premium" nintendo series back when people barely knew about anything other than mario.
EDIT: oh, you mean shipped, well, I'll just leave the text.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/20166527
2:20, the guy says it's crossed 1.3 million by the end of January.
AceBandage
Banned
It has just had a big release, so I'm not sure you can take this week as a sign that it's levelled out after the post-Christmas drop... but it's definitely selling healthily for a quiet time of the year.
Animal Crossing I guess. Kid Icarus, Luigi's Mansion and Fire Emblem won't be anything special.
Yes, Animal Crossing is the next BIG Nintendo release for 3DS. There's no doubt about this.
Super Smash Bro
Banned
KI:U is a Nintendo game shipping with an exclusive peripheral, and those sell like gang busters. That's why it got the stand, not because it's difficult to play otherwise.
To me, this is the most important news that 2012 has given to us so far: Just Dance will have golem-sized legs. And it may pass the 1M bar, selling eventually more than FF XIII-2.
This is mind-blowing, and I think this is one occurence when this expression is suitable,
AceBandage
Banned
And it's such a bizarrely universal title.
Selling amazingly world wide.
Ubisoft are made geniuses for that game.
frankie_baby
Member
I doubt it'll hit a million if only because nintendo has surely got enough sense to get the sequel out
JoshuaJSlone
Member
As far as big 3DS games for 2012, I'm going to say Kirby. It may not be announced, but they seem to shoot up out of nowhere like fungus the last few years.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
Surely Love Plus ~ 3DS is going to sell to the frustrated otaku crowd in mountain fulls of numbers?
Surely Love Plus ~ 3DS is going to sell to the frustrated otaku crowd in mountain fulls of numbers?
300k vs 3m+?
Also Nintendo not 3rd party.
A stand is a peripheral now? Lol. No one gives a crap about the stand, it's not going to make any difference. If you think a stupid stand is going to help sell the game, then... I don't know what to say. Lol.
Sammy Samusu
Member
So happy! *_*
Already over 1.2 and ready to clock 1.4 by March.
Looking forward to Captivate 2012.
Super Smash Bro
Banned
I paid more than $40 for an almost identical iPad stand.
What is the lowest selling Nintendo game sold with a first run peripheral? (Flingsmash etc don't count since that fire had already burned).
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Dark times we live in indeed.
Link's Crossbow Training? I dunno
TheNatural
My Member!
The Wii Zapper was actually a pack-in with Ghost Squad first. Total bomba.
Super Smash Bro
Banned
That's one of the best selling Zeldas, is it not?
In Japan? No way. It barely sold 200k, and launched with under 100k in the first week.
Never heard of it until now, and supposedly it was released worldwide by Sega. Huh.
In Japan, it's actually one of the worst selling Zeldas.
Link's Crossbow Training is the closest thing to Kid Icarus Uprising I can think of. A rail shooter packed with an optional peripheral that helps you play and can be used with other games but is really just a useless piece of plastic. LCT eventually crossed the 200k mark, but I don't think KIU will have the legs to make it there.
Anyways, you probably shouldn't go around saying silly things like exclusive peripherals selling gangbusters. Just look what happened to AZ2002.
bomba price drop incoming