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Media Create Sales: Week 8, 2017 (Feb 20 - Feb 26)

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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
hiska-kun said:
GamesMaya's report says more or less what we already know. Top 3 games are:

1. Zelda Breath of the Wild
2. 1-2-Switch
3. Bomberman R

Console sold out. Accessories as well.
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In the end Zelda will play big role at first weeks with Switch weak launch line-up.

Sell-outs at small or big retailers depend on the size of the shipment each one received. We had many meltdowns with supposed PS4 shortage from many brave warriors of SDF with PS4 at launch, soon it wlll show if there is really hype or its just the initial rush until shipments normalize.
 
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dracula_x

Member
Chris1964 said:
Massive spike for meltdowns and fanboy wars maybe. As if there isn't already a lot of pollution in here from the usual suspects we'll have new entries.
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Chris1964 said:
There is nothing unpredictable for PS4. It will end where it looked from the beginning, like almost all systems before. Switch vs. PS4 isn't anything special. Everything will be clear by the end of the year if there will actually be a battle or not.
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Chris1964 said:
In the end Zelda will play big role at first weeks with Switch weak launch line-up.

Sell-outs at small or big retailers depend on the size of the shipment each one received. We had many meltdowns with supposed PS4 shortage from many brave warriors of SDF with PS4 at launch, soon it wlll show if there is really hype or its just the initial rush until shipments normalize.
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lol, Chris :) I think you're overreacting little.

also, just curious, what does SDF stand for? Self-Defense Forces?
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Gotdatmoney said:
Also he isn't overeacting. Some of the shit in the WiiU and PS4 launch weeks was insane.
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Switch will be the same. I revisited some old threads from 3DS and Vita launch and things weren't actually so bad, Vita's fate was accepted almost immediately and 3DS expectations were in hold until big titles come out.
 
L

L~A

Member
Leg-o-Meter - February 2017

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T

Takao

Banned
Apparently Disgaea 5 Complete has about 600 people on its leader board thing.

23 years is a hell of a run in this industry, NIS.
 
M

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Takao said:
Apparently Disgaea 5 Complete has about 600 people on its leader board thing.

23 years is a hell of a run in this industry, NIS.
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I don't remember: what percentage of overall buyers does the NIS website show?

EDIT: Also, is there a link to check out NIS's leader boards?

EDIT 2: Found the news on Hokanko.
In more details (if I understand everything correctly): there were 203 people at around Japanese 16:00 registered, while the total increased up to 683 in the Japanese morning of March 4th. And the PS4 version stays at around 66k as of the last update (i.e. this morning).
 
T

Takao

Banned
Mpl90 said:
I don't remember: what percentage of overall buyers does the NIS website show?

EDIT: Also, is there a link to check out NIS's leader boards?
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It's in-game.

The blog I read said the Switch number (682 at the time of writing) represented like 1/100 of the PS4 one's, which would be in-line with the 60k number it allegedly sold over there.
 
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Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
I fear we won't receive further updates from Japanese blogs of any kind, and I suppose no one here has the Japanese version of the game to check the in-game leaderboard. It's more like I'd like to know the way the tracker updates itself, since the change from March 3rd afternoon to March 4th's morning is so relatively big (I mean, the refresh rate).

P.S. since NIS already said they have more Switch games in the works, I hope they don't make them disappear all of a sudden.
 
V

Vena

Member
Mpl90 said:
I fear we won't receive further updates from Japanese blogs of any kind, and I suppose no one here has the Japanese version of the game to check the in-game leaderboard. It's more like I'd like to know the way the tracker updates itself, since the change from March 3rd afternoon to March 4th's morning is so relatively big (I mean, the refresh rate).

P.S. since NIS already said they have more Switch games in the works, I hope they don't make them disappear all of a sudden.
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Over a port?

Who are you, Oregano?
 
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Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
duckroll said:
He's Mr. 60k.
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That was a shipment forecast (as all the others), not a first week forecast. Around 10% of preorders on a 60k shipment means around 6-7k of preorders, which could've translated into around 12-15k of first week (between more preorders and copies picked up without preorders).

Still, missing my forecast by (seemingly) that much stings :(
 
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ZSaberLink

Media Create Maven
Mpl90 said:
That was a shipment forecast (as all the others), not a first week forecast. Around 10% of preorders on a 60k shipment means around 6-7k of preorders, which could've translated into around 12-15k of first week (between more preorders and copies picked up without preorders).

Still, missing my forecast by (seemingly) that much stings :(
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Well you can hope that the people who bought the game simply haven't opened it yet because they're too engrossed in Zelda thus far.
 
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Oregano

Member
I'm sure NIS is happy to sell 3 digits of their flagship brand, after all its just a port!

Not like they've released ports in the past that have done literally more than ten times those sales.
 
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Kresnik258

Member
Oregano said:
I'm sure NIS is happy to sell 3 digits of their flagship brand, after all its just a port!

Not like they've released ports in the past that have done literally more than ten times those sales.
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We're taking first-day leaderboard figures as sales gospel now?
 
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Ōkami

Member
Turns out many are just playing the same game on the same Switch on different accounts to inflate the numbers.

Only Nippon Ichi employees actually got the game.
 
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Hero of Legend

Member
What I don't understand is the general lack of marketing for Disgaea 5 Complete.

There's just not much buzz from NIS I feel. I mean make people aware it exists! :p
 
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AniHawk

Member
Hero of Legend said:
What I don't understand is the general lack of marketing for Disgaea 5 Complete.

There's just not much buzz from NIS I feel. I mean make people aware it exists! :p
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nis probably could have sold 5000 units and made a profit. then there is going to be a shitload more from western sales. marketing might have actually put it in the red.
 
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ZSaberLink

Media Create Maven
Kresnik258 said:
Dunno. I wouldn't. I'd play Zelda!
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That's what I'm thinking lol. If you want to play a single player game when you first get your Switch, Zelda is likely what you were buying the Switch for. If not, the multiplayer games would be 1-2 Switch & Bomberman. If I'm not mistaken, everything in Disgaea 5 Complete was already in the PS4 version, just as DLC right? We'll see how this goes, although I'm not expecting much.
 
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KtSlime

Member
There is no sort of advertising for Disgaea, let alone Disgaea for switch. I'm still on the fence of buying it. I have played the first 3, and they were fun, however I am not sure I want any more, the story after the first entry I can't even remember, and beside this post all my time is dedicated to Zelda. I'll buy more games after I have beaten Zelda.
 
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Oregano

Member
Kresnik258 said:
Dunno. I wouldn't. I'd play Zelda!
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ZSaberLink said:
That's what I'm thinking lol. If you want to play a single player game when you first get your Switch, Zelda is likely what you were buying the Switch for. If not, the multiplayer games would be 1-2 Switch & Bomberman. If I'm not mistaken, everything in Disgaea 5 Complete was already in the PS4 version, just as DLC right? We'll see how this goes, although I'm not expecting much.
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Fair enough but "We can't compete with Nintendo" is like no.3 on the list of reasons third parties don't support Nintendo. It's like that isn't an issue.

Also personally speaking I've played all three of my launch games for at least a bit, Zelda the most obviously though.
 
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hiska-kun

Member
Maya-san is reporting a lot of pre-orders for the next Switch's shipment.

Also, PS4 games like Horizon or NieR are still selling very well.
 
Bruno MB

Bruno MB

Member
Prediction League February 2017 Results

Congratulations to:

- noobie, for winning by units!
- noobie, for winning by mean error %!

Code: 
    BY UNITS                                                     BY MEAN ERROR %

    1                 noobie              130.425                1                 noobie               18,84%
    2                Bruno MB             140.559                2                Bruno MB              18,91%
    3                 horuhe              144.560                3                 horuhe               21,24%
    4                 Dolgan              166.391                4                 Dolgan               23,21%
    5                 Yeshua              171.391                5                 Kanann               26,14%
    6                 Kanann              185.391                6                 Yeshua               27,74%
    7                 ethomaz             207.391                7         Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule      33,66%
    8               astrogamer            216.965                8                Chris1964             34,26%
    9                Chris1964            220.406                9               astrogamer             34,70%
    10                 Eolz               224.391                10                 Eolz                36,09%
    11        Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule     237.081                11                ethomaz              36,58%
    12              PshycoNinja           268.669                12              PshycoNinja            42,68%
    13              Yagami_Sama           277.094                13              Yagami_Sama            43,80%
    14                noshten             291.391                14                noshten              44,88%

Code: 
                                                  Famitsu   noshten   ethomaz  Chris1964 Yagami_SamPshycoNinj   Eolz   Daphnes No  Yeshua  astrogamer  Kanann    Dolgan   Bruno MB   horuhe    noobie
[3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - Profession 142.761    60.000    85.000   123.456   167.300   145.000   118.000    89.000   120.000   132.000    85.000   135.000   175.000   192.341   160.000
                   [PS4] Nioh                     135.713    40.000    99.000    87.654   102.456    95.500   135.000    65.000   120.000   140.000   128.000   100.000    95.000   102.907    75.000
            [PS4] Super Robot Wars V               95.222    90.000    45.000    56.789    32.987    40.900    56.000   110.000    50.000    65.000    70.000    80.000   105.000    89.034   100.000
            [PSV] Super Robot Wars V               84.933    35.000    40.000    54.321    43.654    35.600    31.000   100.000    60.000    26.000    75.000    70.000    85.000   101.075    75.000
              [PS4] NieR: Automata                182.762   125.000   165.000    98.765    66.978    60.200    77.000   100.000   120.000    70.000    98.000    90.000   125.000   142.918   145.000

                TOTAL ABS. DIFF.                            291.391   207.391   220.406   277.094   268.669   224.391   237.081   171.391   216.965   185.391   166.391   140.559   144.560   130.425
                MEAN ERROR %                                 44,88%    36,58%    34,26%    43,80%    42,68%    36,09%    33,66%    27,74%    34,70%    26,14%    23,21%    18,91%    21,24%    18,84%

Code: 
                   STATISTICS                     FAMITSU   GAF_AVG    UNDER      OVER      MIN       MAX            CLOSEST BY
[3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 - Profession 142.761   127.650     64%       36%      60.000   192.341      145.000 PshycoNinja
                   [PS4] Nioh                     135.713    98.966     93%        7%      40.000   140.000         135.000 Eolz
            [PS4] Super Robot Wars V               95.222    70.765     79%       21%      32.987   110.000        100.000 noobie
            [PSV] Super Robot Wars V               84.933    59.404     79%       21%      26.000   101.075        85.000 Bruno MB
              [PS4] NieR: Automata                182.762   105.990     100%       0%      60.200   165.000        165.000 ethomaz
 
Eolz

Eolz

Member
Damn, did pretty bad predictions this month, outside of Nioh where I was the closest!
Congrats noobie!
 
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LordKano

Member
Don't worry NIS, I have already preordered five thousands copies of Disgaea 5 complete, I'll make sure you won't go bankrupt and keep making Disgaea games.
 
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Ōkami

Member
YSO is predicting a +70% drop for the second week of Zelda, usually standard for the type of game it is but the console launch should've soften that.

It could mean less than 100k for Switch during its second week, which isn't very good, though we'd need to see if YSO is on the ball park for the first week prior.

They're also expecting a very good first week for Kingdom Hearts 4.
 
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