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Media Create Sales: Week 44, 2015 (Oct 26 - Nov 1)
- Thread starter hiska-kun
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Price.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
Dragon Quest.
It's almost double-priced. I mean, you are not wrong saying Dragon Quest at all. But, I do think the price it's a very important factor out there.
This is certainly some middling praise. The impression I'm getting from this and most everything else concerning PS4 performance in Japan is "meh". Some pick their battles and give kudos to hardware holds or software managing to chart, but other than that, Media Create threads are a depressing dose of realism...
Hope for a slightly more positive tune in 2016.
Edit: Member status. So sudden. I should have had a speech prepared.
DriftingSpirit
Member
It has already become abundantly clear things are different now in Japan. Should we really continue to set expectations based on what was instead of what is?
20k (if it can hold it) is good enough for a dead market. WIth sporadic bumps above that.
Not sure why people are being weird.
If Wii U started doing 20k a week I'd praise the heck outta it.
;_;
So they want the game to bomb heh.
Kids are buying Minecraft.
Kids won't buy Dragon Quest at this price.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Or rather, picking and choosing when to apply those realistic expectations.
22k is very good, were you expecting PS2 sales numbers all of a sudden? It's actually very good in relation the US or other markets, it's also very good when compared to the PS3, it only looks bad when compared to the handheld or PS1/PS2 juggernauts, Consoles haven't been that strong in Japan for almost a decade.
Media Create Monthly Hardware Sales 2015 (October is a 5 weeks month)
Media Create Monthly Hardware Sales 2014
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+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Month | 3DS | PSV | PS4 | WiiU | PS3 | XB One | Total |
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|January| 326.739| 125.809| 107.999| 63.623| 48.930| 1.981| 675.081|
| Feb. | 168.806| 82.453| 111.015| 26.200| 27.845| 2.513| 418.832|
| March | 125.971| 89.763| 159.420| 28.726| 27.870| 1.346| 433.096|
| April | 130.845| 89.803| 99.936| 50.572| 22.343| 1.852| 395.311|
| May | 75.340| 53.883| 51.849| 42.889| 13.011| 1.165| 238.137|
| June | 100.082| 59.044| 50.917| 65.364| 10.929| 772| 287.108|
| July | 166.908| 71.087| 94.612| 57.784| 14.524| 1.023| 405.938|
| August| 158.454| 56.260| 66.156| 52.657| 11.135| 723| 345.385|
| Sept. | 118.434| 61.266| 85.495| 65.180| 10.486| 1.356| 342.217|
|October| 115.377| 75.214| 147.130| 55.183| 9.962| 2.408| 405.274|
| Nov. | | | | | | | |
| Dec. | | | | | | | |
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Total | 1.486.956| 764.582| 974.529| 508.178| 197.035| 15.130| 3.946.410|
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+Media Create Monthly Hardware Sales 2014
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+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Month | 3DS | PSV | PS4 | WiiU | PS3 | XB One | Total |
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|January| 359.838| 179.915| -| 93.296| 95.633| -| 728.682|
| Feb. | 158.188| 77.994| 374.839| 32.573| 43.604| -| 687.198|
| March | 174.150| 141.999| 118.499| 38.435| 58.839| -| 531.925|
| April | 149.153| 119.383| 65.029| 32.467| 40.622| -| 406.654|
| May | 106.500| 61.528| 29.323| 42.665| 29.510| -| 269.526|
| June | 117.040| 65.678| 32.929| 47.383| 26.944| -| 289.974|
| July | 203.875| 133.293| 32.758| 45.903| 36.443| -| 452.272|
| August| 166.056| 77.905| 24.808| 49.328| 23.017| -| 341.114|
| Sept. | 143.155| 57.072| 47.894| 32.757| 24.326| 31.116| 336.320|
|October| 563.864| 57.552| 44.941| 28.376| 25.302| 3.811| 723.846|
| Nov. | 339.588| 70.605| 51.534| 40.900| 19.061| 4.771| 526.459|
| Dec. | 695.148| 125.646| 148.113| 134.067| 36.016| 3.569| 1.142.559|
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Total | 3.176.525| 1.168.570| 970.667| 618.150| 459.317| 43.267| 6.436.496|
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Sakura
Member
?
US has about 2.5x the population of Japan.
80k in a month in Japan would be similar to 200k in the US.
Moor-Angol
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Moor-Angol
Banned
don't worry, it won't happen anymore (or at least until Scalebound release)
and I wonder why a XB1 game inside top 30 can terrify you...
Well, as I far I agree with you about the population statistics, I think you should mention that Japanese people is much more turned on videogames than their western counterparts. So maybe that multiplier doesn't fit pretty well.
1st Course
Member
20M 3DS this year will be very tough.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
And 200k in a month in the US would be similar to 800k in India!
There will be a Yokai Watch promotion on McDonalds starting on November 6.
Including Yokai figurines of Jinbanyan, USAPyon and what not there will be all sorts of other goodies only available at McDonals, such as an unique medal and a 2016 calendar.
No mention on how long will it last.
That only works in comparison to the PS2 era, but that hasn't been the case since last gen.
The PS4 had plently of 200k-250k months on NPD, it even had <200k months. It's very unrealistic to expect Japan to be the #1 per capita console market in the world in this day and age, right now it's more in line with other markets, which is still very good.
If the baseline remains at 22k, I'd say the PS4 has more to worry about in the US than Japan, it's been pulling mediocre numbers on NPD all year. While the PS4 had very good months in February, March, & April in Japan, it has yet to have a good month in the US this year.
I think it's not likely to happen. My bet about it, is around the end of the fiscal year, so by that time having 20 million sold only would require about 32k on a weekly basis. So I think this is more likely to occurr.
And 1% of that will win everything
Well, I wasn't talking about strict numbers. What I meant is about being more interested in videogames, something that not always is related to sales I think. Maybe, your numbers are well, I don't know, but my point was a little bit different from raw numbers.
kuroneko0509
Member
it's a free update, not 3rd version... 12 dec is the date
Ah, I thought there was clarification that it was also getting a retail release or something. That makes more sense.
It's not related to your question, but I found an interesting data about Busters.
It has sold, according to MC numbers, exactly one million after its first week numbers (1.000.813, one million, anyway)
Jon Carter
Member
I would too, but the argument is that 20k might not actually be its baseline. The price drop is still very recent, there was a new release, and the holidays are coming. If it still consistently stays at 20k or above next year then yes, I agree that would be pretty good for a home console. I just don't think that that will happen. People also had unrealistic expectations of the Vita's baseline whenever it showed a sales increase lasting longer than two weeks. For a product's sales to drop like a rock right after a price drop or other impactful event, it'd have to be a really undesirable product - like the Xbox One.
I could see it staying above 20k for the rest of the year.
About next year, I don't own a PS4 so don't care enough to know the lineup lol. I assume uncharted and street fighter are within the first few months? It'll probably drop under 20k unless something happens.
Unrealistic is Vita's middle name.
have you seen the trailers?
No. Why?
If the game misses the holiday season, it will bomb, not matter what.
Jon Carter
Member
Yeah I think that's likely. The holiday effect starts soon, I don't remember which week in November, but only a couple of weeks to go.
Heh, I was agreeing with you.
You said, "So they want the game to bomb heh."
The trailers are showing they definitely aren't trying with this game lol.
Holiday season in Japan starts from November 23rd (week 48).
PS4 will be ok with Call of Duty and Star Wars until it starts.
Well, even a bad game can sell decently if it's released during holiday season. That was my point.
The_lascar
Member
What a shitty holiday season.
I get your point, Japan is culturally more into video games than any other market. It still is actually, just no on consoles.
It's no longer "dead" like the 7k baseline last Summer indicated either, nor is it as vibrant as the mid 2000s, right now it's doing as well as PS3 (slightly better as of late actually), which is very good, it's foolish to expect PS2 numbers.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Yep. Wii U at 2.6 million, PS4 at 1.9 million. All this information is in the op btw
kuroneko0509
Member
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
I just noticed the Xbox 1 crossed 60K LTD on Famitsu. Yay lol. Very small snail steps...
Yes, 2.6 vs 1.9
I was wrong last year, around this period, in seeing the PS4 being able to catch it within 1 year. Splatoon effect and PS4 spare lineup had a role in this. At this point, btw, with nothing significant coming out next year for the Wii U, the price cut being effective for PS4 and its strong lineup for next year, will probably help the support to happen within the next 9 months, depending on the PS4 actual release schedule
Moor-Angol
Banned
already passed Bandai Pippin (40k) and Jaguar (20-25k)
Possumowner
Member
A nice hold for Ps4,completely forgot about God Eater coming out.Splatoon STILL in the top 10,Mario Maker hanging in there to
That's not how is work lol