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Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2015 (Feb 23 - Mar 01)
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Pennywise83
Banned
It's not that Souls games were selling much better. Also, PS4 installed base is small. Bloodborne is aimed at Western markets, though.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I can see that after The Best version has been around for a while.
While it is the first notable Japanese PS4 exclusive, 300k LTD would only put it back 50k from Dark Souls II, and I don't think PS4 can deliver that right now.
If you're going to add Scholar of the First Sin to DSII, you might as well add Prepare to Die Edition to the first, which bumps it up to 460k.
Demon's Souls did 314k.
I honestly believe userbase is going to be irrelevant in this case.
Pennywise83
Banned
I was taking SS' LTD (around 200k); I remembered lower numbers but still, it's not a 500k+ seller. It's understandable sales might be lower considering a lower installed base and the fact that doesn't carry the IP.
The Last One
Member
sörine;155219131 said:
It was less than 100k IIRC.
All I can find is 70k 1st day.
On a related note, anyone else unable to get JapanLTDRanking to run on Firefox? I just tried it in Chrome and it works, but on Firefox the chart never loads.
The Last One
Member
sörine;155219974 said:
Ah then I'm probably wrong. I thought this 70k number was first week.
It's working fine here (37 beta), maybe check if some extension is blocking it.
BlowoverKing
Banned
Just for the sake of accuracy, since it looks like you're using MC don't forget the double pack that released day 1:
[PSV] Soul Sacrifice: "United Front" Double Pack <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (¥7.980) - 22.050 / 30.314
I got the LTD numbers (I believe it's the one circled, number 262 but i could easily be wrong) thanks to Hiska: http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/h...D-488F-8071-C5526727D105_zpsmb5s0iuy.jpg.html
So that's 220k or 250k depending on how you count the double pack.
If full priced version tops 250K LTD I'll be surprised.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Is it possible that Lego City 3DS might have a worse opening week than the Wii U one? Interesting...
Is it? They took their time bringing that one to Japan, and the handheld Lego games aren't exactly of the highest of qualities.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201503/10073583.html
Sega is a new publisher so I'm really wondering what happened to Imageepoch..
Edit: There's a thread about this btw.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
I guess, but for some reason Lego City Undercover did really well in Japan. If the 3DS version sells a lot worse, I'll be even more confused why the Wii U one did well...
RIP. They probably gave Sega all the rights to the game just for minimal funding to be able to finish developing it. Lol.
Hero of Legend
Member
As I just said in the other thread, is it likely Sega might buy them? I guess it depends if whether duckroll is right on in that they're finishing it themselves and if IE even still even a company period to buy.
I don't mean this in a disrespectful way, but there's not much to gain by buying Imageepoch. They own no notable IPs, have lost a significant amount of talent and have only been trending downwards.
They still have the cash reserves.
They won't use it to buy them though, there isn't anything of worth to get out of ImageEpoch and would be a very unlike SEGA move. All their purchases have either been to obtain sucessful IPs (Total War, Persona, Football Manager etc.) or strengthen their areas of growth (Three Rings, Relic.) the only one they purchased who had no IPs of their own was Secret Level which was a complete disaster.
manipulate
Member
300k first week for Bloodborne on the PS4's current install base seems v ambitious to me?
Edit: Oh, people talking about LTD. That makes muuuch more sense. WHat's FW prediction; ~100k?
Edit: Oh, people talking about LTD. That makes muuuch more sense. WHat's FW prediction; ~100k?
sörine;155219131 said:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/23344/Japanese_Hardware_Advent_Children_Pushes_PS3_To_Top.php
Media Create tracked the first week sales at 274,774 (this only counts the LE copies bundled with the demo, including the PS3 hardware bundle), with the PS3 hardware jumping to 62,527.
Regarding that Luminous Arc conversation from earlier: I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. (NSFW)
Hexa
Member
Is it Stella glow or Stella grow? That page had both. :/
Hero of Legend
Member
So yeah, Etrian Mystery Dungeon is really supply-constrained, Atlus even apologised for the shortages. Guess the game was way more successful than they expected.
Source
And wow at Stella Glow. Maybe I should say The Last Guardian is pretty much dead at this point, and the next day, Sony re-veals the game with actual release date, ha ha ha.
Source
And wow at Stella Glow. Maybe I should say The Last Guardian is pretty much dead at this point, and the next day, Sony re-veals the game with actual release date, ha ha ha.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
It was picked up by SEGA and is actually coming out in June.
The error server was just a red-herring!
Well that's not surprising. Japan played the game 4 years ago.
Pennywise83
Banned
Nice. Perhaps the game will have more visibility now.
Looks like a Vita game
If this had been a PSV game, the girl would have been in a completely different position (something ala Moero Chronicles - NSFW, really), with a suffering / dreaming expression on her face (something ala Oedo Blacksmith) and red cheeks.
Seems kinda high don't you think? I think something like 65k PS3 30k PS4 seems more likely?
Kresnik258
Member
As I've just posted in the Stella Glow thread, where does Imageepoch go from here now? I presume they must've been having trouble if they couldn't finish their mostly-done self-published game at this point, so maybe no more of that.
Is it possible they can start getting work from publishers again?
Is it possible they can start getting work from publishers again?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Oh yes the ass sticking out position.....reminds me a bit of the promo stuff from Luminous Arc 2....which is weirdly not a Vita game
NSFW
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/04/luminous-arc-2-loves-big-butts-and-it-cannot-lie/
Pennywise83
Banned
Oh yes the ass sticking out position.....reminds me a bit of the promo stuff from Luminous Arc 2....which is weirdly not a Vita game
NSFW
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/04/luminous-arc-2-loves-big-butts-and-it-cannot-lie/
At that time, PSV didn't exist, and publishers were betting on the most popular platform ever.
Oh yes the ass sticking out position.....reminds me a bit of the promo stuff from Luminous Arc 2....which is weirdly not a Vita game
NSFW
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/04/luminous-arc-2-loves-big-butts-and-it-cannot-lie/
are you seriously denying the "otaku"* demographic present on Vita? because I think that's the main reason why we see many project on that platform imho, equalizing the 3DS and Vita target age?
Or did I miss something "against" Pennywise?
*sorry if this is not the best term.
small44
Member
I hope this mean we will get a psv version
Infernal Monkey
Member
I think SE would rather go out of business than make a Vita version of Type-0.
My Stella Glow jab was at the idea of Luminous Arc Infinity having been drastically redesigned from franchise norms to target Vita's perv audience. I've argued that the series has always used sex to sell - no matter the platform, and low and behold, the spiritual successor from the original development studio is doing just that, but on 3DS.
There are plenty of boob games and erotic visual novels on Vita, but they're basically white noise. With the exception of Senran Kagura, none of them sell any large amount of units. Minecraft and Terraria on Vita in Japan have sold more than that. If you're going to go for a stereotype on the entire Vita userbase, go with hunting action games. At least those sell.
Oh and Pennywise, let's not try to pretend that perv games started with Vita. They've been around forever, and Luminous Arc could've easily used skin to sell UMDs on PSP or PS2.
There are plenty of boob games and erotic visual novels on Vita, but they're basically white noise. With the exception of Senran Kagura, none of them sell any large amount of units. Minecraft and Terraria on Vita in Japan have sold more than that. If you're going to go for a stereotype on the entire Vita userbase, go with hunting action games. At least those sell.
Oh and Pennywise, let's not try to pretend that perv games started with Vita. They've been around forever, and Luminous Arc could've easily used skin to sell UMDs on PSP or PS2.
Pennywise83
Banned
Meanwhile, Level-5 has trademarked Megaton-Kyū Musash. Might it be the company's next multimedia franchise?
It's really weird how silent Level-5 has been lately. My idea is that Hino is trying to re-organize the company in the light of YW's success. Of course, they're developing a new entry in the series (and perhaps some spin-off?), but it'd be interesting to know whether they have further plans for Layton (Layton 7, lol) and the other IPs. Ushiro is getting book adaptions and a gaming revival might be likely. Hino also stated they wanted to create a franchise off to Fantasy Life, which would be reasonable given how well the first one has sold in Japan (300k, plus 70k of the expansion). LBX is probably dead, but IE was still pulling +280k sales so it might still be exploited somehow.
Of course, "perv" games always existed. Senran Kagura itself started on 3DS; DS has three Doki Doki Majo Shinpan entries. PSV is just having a large and constant flow of such games; and since it's not such a lively platforms in terms of third parties support, those are way more evident to our eyes.
Having said that, I don't think those games are "noise". e.g. PhotoKano Kiss is the 45th best-selling game on PSV; Ciel No Surge 47th; Moero Chronicles is 49th. Girls und Panzer is 64th. Those games sell constantly from 30k up to 60-70k units. And this without considering all games that are not visual / erotic novel but they have forced "perv" elements, such as Valhalla Knights 3 or Mind Zero.
It's really weird how silent Level-5 has been lately. My idea is that Hino is trying to re-organize the company in the light of YW's success. Of course, they're developing a new entry in the series (and perhaps some spin-off?), but it'd be interesting to know whether they have further plans for Layton (Layton 7, lol) and the other IPs. Ushiro is getting book adaptions and a gaming revival might be likely. Hino also stated they wanted to create a franchise off to Fantasy Life, which would be reasonable given how well the first one has sold in Japan (300k, plus 70k of the expansion). LBX is probably dead, but IE was still pulling +280k sales so it might still be exploited somehow.
Of course, "perv" games always existed. Senran Kagura itself started on 3DS; DS has three Doki Doki Majo Shinpan entries. PSV is just having a large and constant flow of such games; and since it's not such a lively platforms in terms of third parties support, those are way more evident to our eyes.
Having said that, I don't think those games are "noise". e.g. PhotoKano Kiss is the 45th best-selling game on PSV; Ciel No Surge 47th; Moero Chronicles is 49th. Girls und Panzer is 64th. Those games sell constantly from 30k up to 60-70k units. And this without considering all games that are not visual / erotic novel but they have forced "perv" elements, such as Valhalla Knights 3 or Mind Zero.
They did say they're announcing a (PS4?) game at E3 2015. That should be interesting. I don't recall them announcing anything at E3 before ever.