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[saichi]

MC pretends Wii never existed

 

[TI82]

Good to see Xenoblade selling medium well but wow console sales are week across the board.

 

[Robert at Zeboyd Games]

Given how Western it is in its design, I guess it shouldn't surprise me that the Xenoblade series has had trouble finding major success in Japan.

 

[sörine]

Wii sold more software this week than PS3 or PS4 but you wouldn't know it looking at that top 20.

 

[duckroll]

Wii sold more software this week than PS3 or PS4 but you wouldn't know it looking at that top 20.

I highly doubt so.

 

[SweetTeddie]

So does Sony get a cut of Minecraft Vita sales since they published it in Japan? If so that's hilarious considering who owns the IP.

 

[test_account]

I wonder why this version of Puzzle & Dragons opened that much lower. It felt to me that it was in the same vain of "Monster Hunter VS Pokemon".

I highly doubt so.

It did according to Dengeki.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=163161166&postcount=734

 

[DarkLordMalik]

06./06. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} - 16,166 / 125,951

Combine this with digital and I am pretty sure it could easily reach/pass half million.

 

[test_account]

So does Sony get a cut of Minecraft Vita sales since they published it in Japan? If so that's hilarious considering who owns the IP.

Yep. Eventhough if they werent a publisher, they (Sony) would still get a cut because of licensing fees.

 

[duckroll]

It did according to Dengeki.

The only software sold in an entire week are the games in the Top50?

 

[Arzehn]

Combine this with digital and I am pretty sure it could easily reach/pass half million.

It will be interesting to see what happens with this IP in Japan since going forward it will likely only be on PC, Xbox.

 

[test_account]

The only software sold in an entire week are the games in the Top50?

Dengeki lists total software sales as well. It has PS3 at 52.717 and PS4 at 51.981.

 

[duckroll]

Dengeki lists total software sales as well. It has PS3 at 52.717 and PS4 at 51.981.

Oh, I just noticed that. But... the total software sales doesn't list Wii and yet everything adds up to 100%! This is really weird. Lol.

 

[Occam]

Dengeki lists total software sales as well. It has PS3 at 52.717 and PS4 at 51.981.

Interesting how fast PS4 is catching up (or PS3 is falling). Obviously more PS4 games are needed; too bad that no high profile PS4 titles were released during golden week.

 

[Vena]

Dengeki lists total software sales as well. It has PS3 at 52.717 and PS4 at 51.981.

Wii sold more software this week than PS3 or PS4 but you wouldn't know it looking at that top 20.

The Great Wii Revival.

I told you all it was coming, but you didn't listen!

Interesting how fast PS4 is catching up (or PS3 is falling). Obviously more PS4 games are needed; too bad that no high profile PS4 titles were released during golden week.

More the latter than the former.

 

[test_account]

Oh, I just noticed that. But... the total software sales doesn't list Wii and yet everything adds up to 100%! This is really weird. Lol.

Yeah, i dont know why they didnt add Wii to that list for this week. The 100% should be correct if only counting the system listed though

 

[ivysaur12]

Solid numbers for Xenoblade, considering the platform and IP. Guessing with digital sales it'll near 90-95k for the first week? Not terrible, again, considering.

 

[ZSaberLink]

Great #s for DQX considering it's an MMO. That means it has retained a good # of players this far into its life. Looks like the Wii U has become the lead platform for it (barring PC I presume).

Xeno X opening better than the original Xeno on Wii is pretty decent considering this is the Wii U we're talking about here.

WII Xenoblade Chronicles 79,163 / 163,442 2010-06-10
vs.
03./00. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} - 88,544 / NEW

I assume Xeno X's legs are going to suffer (especially compared to the great used sales of the original Xenoblade - closer to 400K w/ that), but not much can be done there.

Disappointing #s for P&D Mario, but I think most of us saw that coming more recently... For what it's worth, it sounds to me like P&DZ promised a lot more than the Mario version? P&DZ = full RPG w/ P&D mechanics vs. P&D Mario = just Mario themed basically? I kind of wonder how a P&D Z2 type of game may have performed instead.

 

[Welfare]

Wii U omg.

 

[BobbyRobby]

Mario Party has really fallen. I remember during the GCN days those titles would sell in the hundreds of thousands.

Good numbers this week.

 

[ivysaur12]

Great #s for DQX considering it's an MMO. That means it has retained a good # of players this far into its life. Looks like the Wii U has become the lead platform for it (barring PC I presume).

Xeno X opening better than the original Xeno on Wii is pretty decent considering this is the Wii U we're talking about here.

WII Xenoblade Chronicles 79,163 / 163,442 2010-06-10
vs.
03./00. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} - 88,544 / NEW

I assume Xeno X's legs are going to suffer (especially compared to the great used sales of the original Xenoblade - closer to 400K w/ that), but not much can be done there.

Disappointing #s for P&D Mario, but I think most of us saw that coming more recently... For what it's worth, it sounds to me like P&DZ promised a lot more than the Mario version? P&DZ = full RPG w/ P&D mechanics vs. P&D Mario = just Mario themed basically? I kind of wonder how a P&D Z2 type of game may have performed instead.

When it's all said and done, it'll probably do slightly worse than Xenoblade, which isn't great, but sort of an accomplishment on the WiiU. But again, its fate was always going to be driven by what happened in the West with the game.

 

[LOCK]

The lack of the Wii DQX squ is just weird.

Great week for the Wii U though.

Still weird.

 

[ZSaberLink]

The lack of the Wii DQX squ is just weird.

Great week for the Wii U though.

Still weird.

It's just Media Create not reporting it for some reason. Look further down for my post with Famitsu #s.

Also:
"Fire Emblem if's theme song, "if～ひとり思う～" (if～Thinking Alone&#65374 will be released a single CD on July 1st in Japan. http://renka-web.com/ "

 

[theprodigy]

It's just Media Create not reporting it for some reason. Look further down for my post with Famitsu #s.

Also:
"Fire Emblem if's theme song, "if～ひとり思う～" (if～Thinking Alone&#65374 will be released a single CD on July 1st in Japan. http://renka-web.com/ "

you should post the second part in the Fire Emblem thread, not here

 

[impact]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

 

[pager99]

where is bloodborne i thought that game would have legs

 

[StevieP]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

lol

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

what developers...

 

[TheXfactor]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

xenoblade is one of its biggest realeases ever? I though mario kart and super smash brothers were, but never xenoblade(even though I love the ever living crap out of it)

 

[Weskerlover]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

I think developers are happy they are able to publish their games, even on WiiU. Monolith is first party btw.

 

[Xbro]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

Which one is of the hugest releases? And Nintendo delayed Zelda to the next system?

 

[Chris1964]

Media Create Sales: Week 18, 2015 (Apr 27 - May 03)

01./00. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2015.04.29} (¥4.320) - 179.926 / NEW
02./00. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.30} (¥4.104) - 98.323 / NEW
03./00. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X # <RPG> (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} (¥8.316) - 85.586 / NEW
04./01. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.23} (¥6.458) - 20.195 / 120.242 (-80%)
05./03. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} (¥5.076) - 20.103 / 99.007 (-15%)
06./06. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) - 16.166 / 125.951 (+28%)
07./00. [PSV] Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata: Blessing Flowers # <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.04.30} (¥7.344) - 11.202 / NEW
08./00. [PSV] To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers # <ADV> (Aqua Plus) {2015.04.30} (¥5.184) - 10.956 / NEW
09./00. [PSV] New Tokyo Legacy: Operation Babel # <RPG> (5pb.) {2015.04.30} (¥6.264) - 8.104 / NEW
10./15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 7.955 / 974.448 (+59%)
11./11. [3DS] Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korosensei Daihouimou!! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.03.12} (¥6.145) - 7.141 / 63.814 (+4%)
12./14. [WIU] Mario Party 10 # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.03.12} (¥5.616) - 6.888 / 130.353 (+37%)
13./16. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) - 6.427 / 2.610.284 (+29%)
14./10. [PS4] Dying Light <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2015.04.16} (¥8.208) - 6.277 / 38.837 (-11%)
15./17. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi <RPG> (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) - 5.618 / 2.597.320 (+16%)
16./19. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) - 5.272 / 2.220.527 (+28%)
17./05. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend <FTG> (Arc System Works) {2015.04.23} (¥6.264) - 4.870 / 20.420 (-69%)
18./18. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.03.26} (¥8.424) - 4.652 / 146.633 (-2%)
19./08. [PS4] Tropico 5 <SLG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.23} (¥8.424) - 4.495 / 13.201 (-48%)
20./04. [PS4] Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory II # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2015.04.23} (¥7.538) - 4.369 / 26.979 (-81%)

Top 20

3DS - 7
PSV - 4
WIU - 4
PS4 - 3
PS3 - 2

HARDWARE

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| 3DS # |     25.948 |     21.658 |     39.623 |    752.361 |    841.299 |  18.590.806 |
|  WIU  |     22.898 |      7.210 |      8.079 |    169.121 |    196.771 |   2.312.701 |
|  PS4  |     19.782 |     20.112 |     11.486 |    478.370 |    558.367 |   1.449.037 |
| PSV # |     18.435 |     16.025 |     24.717 |    387.828 |    519.291 |   3.911.755 |
|  PS3  |      3.956 |      4.248 |      9.252 |    126.988 |    238.698 |  10.295.979 |
|  XB1  |        341 |        201 |            |      7.692 |            |      50.959 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     91.360 |     69.454 |     95.756 |  1.922.360 |  2.426.850 |  36.611.237 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PSVTV |        687 |        558 |      1.687 |     12.180 |     33.385 |     162.393 |
|  PSV  |     17.748 |     15.467 |     23.030 |    375.648 |    485.906 |   3.749.362 |
|n-3DSLL|     17.062 |     13.981 |            |    445.468 |            |   1.312.526 |
| n-3DS |      5.901 |      5.329 |            |    174.579 |            |     543.885 |
| 3DSLL |      1.465 |      1.253 |     31.979 |     68.450 |    593.482 |   6.901.073 |
|  3DS  |      1.520 |      1.095 |      7.644 |     63.864 |    247.817 |   9.833.322 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

Famitsu Sales: Week 18, 2015 (Apr 27 - May 03)

01./00. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2015.04.29} (¥4.320) - 177.963 / NEW <40-60%>
02./00. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.30} (¥4.104) - 97.324 / NEW <80-100%>
03./00. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X # <RPG> (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} (¥8.316) - 88.544 / NEW <60-80%>
04./00. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.30} (¥4.104) - 84.185 / NEW <80-100%>
05./01. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.23} (¥6.458) - 25.417 / 122.637 <60-80%> (-74%)
06./02. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} (¥5.076) - 25.343 / 110.399 <60-80%> (-3%)
07./05. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) - 14.643 / 128.235 <80-100%> (+27%)
08./00. [PSV] To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers # <ADV> (Aqua Plus) {2015.04.30} (¥5.184) - 13.599 / NEW <60-80%>
09./00. [PSV] Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata: Blessing Flowers # <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.04.30} (¥7.344) - 12.139 / NEW <60-80%>
10./00. [PSV] New Tokyo Legacy: Operation Babel # <RPG> (5pb.) {2015.04.30} (¥6.264) - 8.503 / NEW <60-80%>
11./17. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 7.701 / 972.647 <80-100%> (+64%)
12./16. [WIU] Mario Party 10 # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.03.12} (¥5.616) - 7.599 / 137.336 <60-80%> (+46%)
13./29. [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest <ACT> (Square Enix) {2015.03.26} (¥6.264) - 7.428 / 96.500 <60-80%> (+156%)
14./12. [3DS] Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korosensei Daihouimou!! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.03.12} (¥6.145) - 7.235 / 63.554 <80-100%> (+16%)
15./13. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi <RPG> (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) - 7.088 / 2.579.663 <80-100%> (+21%)
16./09. [PS4] Dying Light <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2015.04.16} (¥8.208) - 6.511 / 39.969 <80-100%> (-23%)
17./18. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) - 5.756 / 2.313.651 <80-100%> (+24%)
18./15. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.03.26} (¥8.424) - 5.160 / 136.596 <80-100%> (-3%)
19./24. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) - 4.901 / 2.791.475 <80-100%> (+33%)
20./10. [PS4] Tropico 5 <SLG> (Square Enix) {2015.04.23} (¥8.424) - 4.133 / 12.503 <80-100%> (-51%)
21./23. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D |new 3DS| <RPG> (Nintendo) {2015.04.02} (¥3.996) - 3.620 / 68.162 <60-80%> (-3%)
22./20. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 <SPT> (Konami) {2015.03.26} (¥8.208) - 3.528 / 100.580 <80-100%> (-9%)
23./00. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) - 3.472 / 4.325.735 <80-100%>
24./00. [3DS] LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins <ADV> (Nintendo) {2015.03.05} (¥5.076) - 3.454 / 43.074 <60-80%>
25./21. [3DS] Future Card Buddy Fight: Yuujou no Jounetsu Fight! <TBL> (FuRyu) {2015.04.16} (¥5.378) - 3.448 / 20.462 <60-80%> (-10%)
26./26. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-Hen <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.04.02} (¥8.716) - 3.318 / 133.266 <80-100%> (-8%)
27./03. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend <FTG> (Arc System Works) {2015.04.23} (¥6.264) - 3.308 / 26.581 <60-80%> (-86%)
28./19. [PS4] Bloodborne # <RPG> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.26} (¥7.452) - 3.307 / 196.384 <80-100%> (-16%)
29./22. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Lost Song # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.03.26} (¥6.664) - 3.203 / 169.791 <80-100%> (-15%)
30./00. [PSV] Hanayaka Kana, Ware ga Ichizoku: Modern Nostalgie <ADV> (Idea Factory) {2015.04.30} (¥6.264) - 3.004 / NEW <60-80%>

Top 30

3DS - 12
PSV - 6
PS3 - 4
WIU - 4
PS4 - 3
WII - 1

HARDWARE

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| 3DS # |     27.210 |     20.576 |     42.647 |    760.503 |    845.467 |  18.607.559 |
|  WIU  |     22.936 |      6.215 |      8.217 |    172.154 |    208.490 |   2.295.437 |
| PSV # |     18.163 |     14.718 |     25.606 |    386.199 |    514.618 |   3.809.274 |
|  PS4  |     17.671 |     19.516 |     11.692 |    446.683 |    553.833 |   1.372.253 |
|  PS3  |      3.894 |      3.721 |      9.917 |    113.591 |    243.975 |  10.132.125 |
|  XB1  |        403 |        508 |            |      8.422 |            |      54.380 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     90.277 |     65.254 |    100.257 |  1.887.552 |  2.436.916 |  36.271.028 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

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Media Create Sales: Week 17, 2015 (Apr 20 - Apr 26)

 

[impact]

what developers...

Platinum, Monolith, Retro, any great developer forced to make games no one will buy.

Obviously flops will happen on any platform, but with the Wii U it's a 100% chance your game is gonna flop without Zelda/Mario.

You literally just listed Nintendo and Platinum.

I'm glad you can read. Congratulations.

 

[Xbro]

And here I was guessing 90-100,000 for XenoX.

Or would digital sales bump it into that range?

On the subject of digital sales, I suspect the game is just shy of 5K. That's an estimate based on other digital sales, combined with Nintendo's own eshop rankings.

Platinum, Monolith, Retro, any great developer forced to make games no one will buy.

You literally just listed Nintendo and Platinum.

 

[EhoaVash]

Platinum, Monolith, Retro, any great developer forced to make games no one will buy.

 

[Parakeetman]

Man thats a shame it seems Babel did so low was expecting at least 10k. Though they also did have issues with digital downloads due to a pricing issue which made the price higher than it was.

Da powa of pazudoraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Also is that sales # for New Tokyo Legacy: Operation Babel very low compared to its predecessor games?

Abyss did 15,242. Also Exp Inc said the digital sales were good too if the sales rankings were any indication for digital titles.

All of the info below for their vita titles.

Generation Xth series related
[PSV] Tokyo New World Record: Operation Abyss (5pb., 07/24/14) &#8211; 15,242
[PSV] Tokyo Legacy: Operation Babel (5pb.) {2015.04.30} - 8,104
[PSV] Labyrinth Cross Blood: Infinity - 9.006 / NEW
(Infinity Ultimate did not rank high enough to get a numerical statistic)

Other titles
[PSV] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa Games, 01/24/13) &#8211; 25,316
[PSV] The Stranger of Sword City: Black Palace (Experience, 01/22/15) &#8211; 11,559

To Heart 2 probably cannibalized a lot of the sales. DRPGs are long-ass games, you don't need more than one at a time. To Heart being a more established franchise probably helped too.

Over here in Japan folks generally stick to their own favorite series rather than just buying something because its a particular genre. So Exp and AquaPlus have their own camps basically. The Generation Xth series was pretty niche as is so it seems that they are doing it more for the fans rather than to try and bring in new people. Though the artwork update does help make purchases easier. I heard a lot of VA type of fans went and picked up the title just because a particular voice actress was in the title. Kinda like how with DT2 bunch of Imas fans bought the game due to 2 VAs from the series being in it is what a friend of mine told me who follows that stuff.

While its not a good thing did kinda expect the numbers to be lower than Abyss, since outside of the graphical design update the title itself did not do anything new gameplay wise. So from that am sure it lost some potential buyers for the next title. From here on out the word of mouth is what will continue to carry sales.

At least its good to see the LEs have run out. Do think the OST for Abyss / Babel coming with it helped with that a lot. Exp Inc in general still is fairly niche, but they know what kind of numbers to expect and produce accordingly.

 

[TheGreatLugia]

Platinum, Monolith, Retro, any great developer forced to make games no one will buy.

[WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} - 85,586 / NEW

[WII] Xenoblade (Nintendo) - 82.952 / NEW

Monolith Soft must be pissed about XenobladeX launching worse on Wii U than Xenoblade did on Wii.

 

[impact]

So you guys think developers at Nintendo like the Wii U and like making games for it? Some wishful thinking right there.

I'm willing to bet most of them can't wait for NX. Retro put out the best 2D platformer of all time and no one fucking played it.

 

[dragonfart28]

Ahhh so this is the golden week everyone talks about.

blownaway.com

 

[frankie_baby]

Platinum, Monolith, Retro, any great developer forced to make games no one will buy.

Obviously flops will happen on any platform, but with the Wii U it's a 100% chance your game is gonna flop without Zelda/Mario.



I'm glad you can read. Congratulations.

No one buys most platinum games anyway

 

[ec0ec0]

huh, showing the new releases with the covers... that's new to me. For a moment i thought that i had entered the wrong thread

 

[Takao]

Given the success of Terraria and Minecraft in Japan, I have to wonder how Airship-Q will perform. It's a blatant knockoff of Terraria, but unlike the two western digging games, it's entirely Japanese. The company behind the Rage of Bahumut mobile games have invested in it, which makes me wonder if they'll be more aggressive in promoting; Airship-Q physical releases day 1, Airship-Q the manga, Airship-Q toys, Airship-Q anime, etc.

 

[Robert at Zeboyd Games]

Retro put out the best 2D platformer of all time

That's really debatable.

where is bloodborne i thought that game would have legs

It's already at 196k. The entire PS4 install base in Japan is only 1.44 million. Almost 1 in every 7 PS4 owner has the game already - that's about as high as you can possibly expect with a game that isn't Mario, Pokemon, Monster Hunter, or attached to a popular anime.

 

[CrisKre]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

Is this a joke post or are you really that ignorant? Every sentence in this post is so off the mark I don´t know where to start.

 

[kpaadet]

So you guys think developers at Nintendo like the Wii U and like making games for it? Some wishful thinking right there.

I'm willing to bet most of them can't wait for NX. Retro put out the best 2D platformer of all time and no one fucking played it.

I forgot for a second where I was and then I read that and I instantly remembered, yep this is Gaf alright.

 

[sörine]

holy fuck Wii U

barely beating PS4 with one of it's hugest releases... ever? Nintendo made the right choice delaying Zelda to the next system. This thing is just a waste to make games for. I feel bad for developers who have to make games on it cuz of publisher/moneyhat reasons.

On the other hand Wii U sold more games than the entire PlayStation + Xbox families combined this week. Perhaps you should redirect some of that pity? I hear Nippon Ichi could use some.

 

[impact]

That's really debatable.

Sure, but what's not debatable is that it was the sequel to a game that sold over 5m easily. Tropical Freeze flopped in every continent.

Everything about the game got better so really the only conclusion to draw is Wii U screwed Tropical Freeze.

and I know this is Nintendo fans celebrating sales |OT| so I'm sorry to disrupt your discussion. I just thought those numbers were ridiculously low for two big releases whereas PS4 barely had anything chart.

 

[Chris1964]

It's not the first time Media Create stopped tracking software for a system (at least for public numbers) but it must be the first for so high software sales.,

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534063

Sure, but what's not debatable is that it was the sequel to a game that sold over 5m easily. Tropical Freeze flopped in every continent.

Everything about the game got better so really the only conclusion to draw is Wii U screwed Tropical Freeze.

Tropical Freeze on Wii wouldn't set the charts on fire either.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Sure, but what's not debatable is that it was the sequel to a game that sold over 5m easily. Tropical Freeze flopped in every continent.

Everything about the game got better so really the only conclusion to draw is Wii U screwed Tropical Freeze.

and I know this is Nintendo fans celebrating sales |OT| so I'm sorry to disrupt your discussion. I just thought those numbers were ridiculously low for two big releases whereas PS4 barely had anything chart.

edit: Oh there it is...


Umm...the ps4 has been selling better than the Wii U. Has been for a while. And we've ready seen the bumps from the likes of MK8 and Smash.

Dont tell me you were magically "expecting" 40k from Xeno

 

[uncredited male]

This thread got grumpy quick.