Is just Chris mistake. MC don't changed Vita number.
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Media Create Sales: Week 1, 2015 (Dec 29 - Jan 04)
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Is just Chris mistake. MC don't changed Vita number.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
200k iirc
PS3 in its 2nd year did 1 million so depending on how much PS4 grows it could go ahead of the PS3 launch aligned.
metalslimer
Member
I don't think you can say the entire month of January is good for PS systems. Week 1 usually is though.
test_account
XP-39C²
Digital sales and used games probably plays a bit role in it. Sometimes used sales can be pretty big.
NPD tracks more than 80% of sales.
PS4 was released in February. That post was only from April do December.
From April do December 2013, PS4 sold zero units in Japan.
Ha, I see. From the post I quoted it wasn't exactly clear these were the time periods covered though. I then thought it was FY13 total was FY14 so far.
So I guess this means roughly 1M SW sold in Feb-April 2014.
Demographic is higher on Sony platforms, so Nintendo "kids" get their gift for Christmas, while older people is keen to spend for themselves after the New Year's Eve?
for MC is slighlty lower, for Famitsu is equally slightly higher. I'd say that FROM THIS WEEK NUMBERS only, it is on par. let's wait for full January numbers, imho, to project the analisys.
If those flaws will result in Captan Toad: Treasure Tracker being in top 10 in next NPD, higher than Assassin's Creed: Parity, I won't care about them. Call me biased and all...but, honestly, I'm just one who believes in miracles and stuff like that
A bit OT, but I'm VERY curious about Captain Toad's sales in US, honestly
To be fair, the difference in the launch timing probably makes a bit of a difference too.
Minecraft, Gundam Breaker 2 and used games.
metalslimer
Member
Assuming it still gets Yokai, Mario Kart, Monster Hunter,Pokemon, etc.it will do fine barring some weird collapse from all these series in Japan (well L5 will probably kill Yokai within 3-5 years). The west is the more interesting question.
Oh, thank you for the reply!
I'm really keen to see a very good year for PS4 in Japan.
would you say that there are still chances to see PS4 repeat PS3 LTD numbers in Japan? I was originally thinking about PS4 as the only console in Japan able to repeat its predecessors numbers, but the very bad weeks after launch changed my mind. Still, if we look at this comparison with PS3, it could still happen, especially considering how there is no more competition from Nintendo on the home side, unlike the Wii fever.
I agree, we usually see this happening in the first week of the year.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
lol
10./16. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992) - 17.451 / 135.665 (+6%)
[PS3] - 804.523
GTAV - 940.188
I'm still struggling to understand how GTAV got so big in Japan. Its like the only PS3 and now PS4 title that has legs as well.
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Teehee
As if I celebrated Wii U hitting two millions this much...you have no evidences against me, sir!
Being more serious, sorry if I've appeared too harsh with that post. It was a bit on the mean tone, you're all right.
It's not January. It's this specific week.
shinra-bansho
Member
Nope.
Even the Japanese love Trevor.
Famitsu's sales seem to be less accurate.
SCEJA's president confirmed at the business meeting with retailers that the console went past a million in Japan.
http://gamesmaya.blog98.fc2.com/blog-entry-2704.html
Famitsu still marks it at 961.359, so they seem to be undertracking PS4 by quite a bit.
The GTA games sold well on PS2 and PSP. GTA V is likely the result of an increased marketing push from Rockstar/SCE (GTA V has PS4 bundles in JP) and a decline in Japanese development producing a rise in the sales of western titles.
Well, after all the doom&gloom weeks we passed thrugh, I agree. especially if we consider the home market shrinking int is' totality.
But, can we (if you and other are interested in, of course) going deeper with this analisys?
You expected wrong. New year's week is the otoshidama week. Parents give children money on new year, making it one of the biggest shopping weeks of the year.
Yeah, GTA has always been quite big in Japan, but GTAV went boom. And while the PS4 version is not as bombastic as in the West, it's still definitely a decent result, especially considering current PS4's environment. Overall (PS3+PS4), GTAV will surely hit 1,000,000 in Japan soon.
Actually, if we include the budget release on PS3, didn't it already?
The "Best" (or whatever it's called) re-release sold around 100k too. It is pretty crazy.
Hellraider
Member
The way things look like not even PSV will reach PS3's numbers. Nothing sort of a miracle is needed for PS4 to reach these numbers. And I'm one one of the relative optimistic guys regarding PS4's future in japan.
You know, the game also has to actually be good for it to sell (which Gundam Breaker 2 is). A Vita port doesn't mean anything if the game sucks in general.
Parents buy Nintendo for Christmas...kids buy sony with their New Years money.
that still doesn't explain the relatively big Wii u difference.
I expected more severe drops for everything. I suppose next week will be the big fall...
And Nintendominance SW wise
Big drops will occur next week, not this one. I think it's always been like that.
yes, SW-wise Nintendo (and other publishers game on N console...ok, L5 ;p ) hold pretty well
well, that will take awhile, I suppose. 2014 had the launch, that ws really really good, not only in terms of "home console in Japan" or "compared to PS3 launch", but in general objective terms. than the weekly sales dropped like a rock. This year, on the other hand, will have a way better lineup for the Japanese market. I'm really looking at all those third party games expecting PS4 to change its weekly pace.
shinra-bansho
Member
Time. It won't have the 8 years to sell, even if it does start selling like the PS3, which given the market contraction isn't likely to begin with.
That doesn't necessarily mean Famitsu is less accurate. It just means that SCEJA uses Media Create.
Graphics Horse
Member
Don't forget the 26k the 360 version sold on its first week! Could be around 40k now.
I'm struggling to understand GTAV everywhere. The remaster sales have served me a ton of crow. I was one of the "it is just a remaster, the game already sold a gazillion copies, only a small hardcore group will double dip".
BTW, where's that PS3 number from? I have
[360] Grand Theft Auto V {2013-10-10} - 26,612 / 38,220
[PS3] Grand Theft Auto V {2013-10-10} - 360,115 / 778,762
[PS3] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price] {2014-06-26} - 6,732 / 63,395
[PS4] Grand Theft Auto V {2014-12-11} - 81,659 / 135,665
Total = 1,016,042.
Missing Xbox One sales, downloads, and PS3 and 360 numbers are old.
Not anymore, really. At this point in time, both PS3 and PS4 had one holiday season, so the release factor doesn't make much difference (if anything, it favors the PS4).
Unless you mean the launch timing of games....
I believe Famitsu also has the most direct retailer data coverage out of the three trackers. Not that it makes them more or less accurate but it's worth taking note of.
IAmRandom31
Banned
FalsettoVibe
Member
Decent numbers for Sony.
Nintendo too actually, for a reason. Media Create is a dedicated data tracking firm. Famitsu isn't. It's normal that their data is more accurate.
SS
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Unconfirmed Member
More like Media Fabricate then.
With the good word of mouth the combined number may surpass the OG Gundam Breaker after all, but we'll see..
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
PS3 achieved those numbers after 9 years......8 of those years being without its successor on the market. PS4 will not have that. I'm guessing it will have a life cycle of 6 years. Just because of that its looking very unlikely. These two years will be important for the PS4 and more importantly the home console market. After, over predicting PS4 and WiiU, I going to wait and see how it does when it starts getting the bigger games and exclusive ones.
It does look like Japan is warming up to Western games more but the legs are honestly surprising.
We don 't know if Sony used Media Create or internal estimates. Actually I don't even know if Media Create report for week 1 was out when Sony claimed 1 million.
Canis lupus
Member
I expect it to break 2M earlier than it did 1M. The boosts from Bloodborne, FFXV demo, DQH etc will kinda mitigate the sales from launch last year and overall I think it'll have a higher baseline with more frequent and better sw releases. Also there's surely going to be a price cut this year.
I may be wrong, but I think it's the online component, just like Minecraft, a lot of people play GTA online just to hang out with friends. It's a great sandbox to pass time with friends.
It wasn't. The business meeting was yesterday.
So Media Create is more accurate in this case.