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Media Create Sales: Week 52, 2013 (Dec 23 - Dec 29)
- Thread starter hiska-kun
- Start date
32GB Wii U (black/white) + NSMBU + Wii Party U + Wii Remote = ￥32,800
32GB Wii U (black/white) + NSMBU + Wii Party U + Wii Fit U + Wii Remote = ￥ 34,800
Other Wii U SKUs:
32GB Wii U (black/white) = ￥ 31,500
8GB Wii U (white) = ￥ 26,250
Those are MSRPs btw.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
They plan to make Bravely yearly and have already trademarked Bravely third, so they do seem to be bothering to support the platform more.
djplaeskool
Member
Whoa.
Am I seeing that right? Despite the crazy amount of top flight software the 3DS got in 2013, it still shed 700k units compared to 2012?
Also, cool seeing Drakengard 3 still sell.
Just got my copy and will be rocking it hard these upcoming weeks.
Am I seeing that right? Despite the crazy amount of top flight software the 3DS got in 2013, it still shed 700k units compared to 2012?
Also, cool seeing Drakengard 3 still sell.
Just got my copy and will be rocking it hard these upcoming weeks.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Yup likely due to saturation and the XL launch, which probably sold to original 3DS owners also.
Animal crossing happened.
Glass Rebel
Member
Time to make Final Fantasy Crystal Hunters for 3DS.
edit: although that quote sounds like Valkyrie Profile. "By the powers of the Nintendo 3DS! Divine Assault! Nibelung Valesti!"
Lord_Byron28
Member
XL+NSMB2+AC:NL. I expected 3DS to outsell its prior year as well given software releases but then again last year had a new hardware launch and AC was a much bigger hit than expected.
djplaeskool
Member
okay, that's makes perfect sense.
Though, the massive one-two punch of XL+Animal Crossing that might also be part of why Nintendo's projections for this FY were sort of bloated.
Though, the massive one-two punch of XL+Animal Crossing that might also be part of why Nintendo's projections for this FY were sort of bloated.
Wii U software support confirmed.
I think some of the Vita's software sales are pretty swell (mostly new IPs), but they aren't even near the PSP, but stating that the userbase is rising every week as a reason is just....yeah...
I like the cut of your jib son.
I don't get why they didn't make a CC Hunting Action. Crystal Bearers bombed(even though I loved it) but even Echoes of Time did over 300K and they even set up a cross platform engine for it!
It would be an easy transition for the franchise and now on 3DS they can even reuse assets from the original Crystal Chronicles and Crystal Bearers. Crystal Bearers in particular has a lot of monster assets that are perfect for Mon Hun style bosses.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
They weren't that bad for the 3DS in Japan actually. They predicted 5 million and the 3DS is pretty much there.
I imagine the biggest boost for next year will be the 2DS, so they'll try to line up software to take advantage of the fact. If they can get DQXI exclusive they with Pokémon Z and around 10K yen 2DS they can make a fine good stab at beating this years YTD
Southernfried Pimpin
Banned
Wii U outsold PS3 this year!
You couldn't wait to post this. Probably bust a nut when you hit submit.
I don't see anyone gloating about less shitty WiiU sales.
I love any quote that makes it sound like SE is gonna work on the 3ds more. I'd love for it to get a real final fantasy game of some sort. Not a mainline game but at least something substantial.
opticalmace
Member
Take it easy, just a funny gif.
It already has, they just named it Bravely Default instead.
"We're proud to announce... Puzzles and Dragons: Final Fantasy Edition for 3DS for the low, low price of just 7500 yen!"
When they realize that's impossible, they'll add more insane microtransactions to try and squeeze out that revenue.
Devilgunman
Member
Wow, FFX on the Vita did really well. Hopefully these cross-platform titles continue to PS4 generation. If the Vita keeps getting PS3/PS4 games it can stabilize as Sony console companion in Japan. I know Sony is trying to push Vita remote play but that is not comparable to a true port with a cross-save feature.
SQE is going to SQE.
SQE is going to SQE.
opticalmace
Member
So I think I heard we will be getting digital sales numbers this year. Is that correct? Will it be weekly or only monthly? And will it include the LTD digital sales (e.g. pre-2014) also?
And to put final nail to the coffin, they cancelled Bravely Third as they dubbed Bravely Second as a failure.
You left out part of the quote.
Wait
"A game system within smart deivce"
What he mean is smartphone and tablet yes? Nothing changed then.
The second part of that quote seems to be referring to both mobile and the 3DS.You left out part of the quote.
Glass Rebel
Member
You left out part of the quote.
Nah, we just know that Kawazu can't launch a project out of the janitorial office anyway.
BishopLamont
Banned
Might not be straight up mainline FF but FFX/FFX-2 was also outsourced, guess which one was more profitable?
We'll know everything by the end of the month.
Now I'm depressed, thank you very much D:I hope to god Kawazu is bringing 3DS content. Maybe se can get a new hunting action Crystal Chronicles game and Romancing Saga 4 obviously.
I am glad the HD remaster is selling well. I hope they end up making a remaster of 12 after all. I never got a chance to play 12 back when it was originally released. Now that I am an adult and can actually wrap my head around the changes they made to the battle system, I feel like I would be able to fully enjoy the story.
As main as X-2 and XIII-2.
Because it's definetely not a spin-off.
edit: Oh wait, you are the one who tried to convince everyone Lighting Returns is a success in Japan at duckroll's thread.
Did you miss the joke? Or maybe I'm just confused about your anger. The gif shows that even though the Wii U scored a touchdown against the PS3, it's still getting it's butt kicked and will lose the game.
If you are a Wii U fan you should be happy because at least this is a sign of life.
If you are a PS3 fan well, not sure why you would care so much to be offended about sales of a past generation console which were great.
This is still available in Japan?
Southernfried Pimpin
Banned
Yep. I'm raging over here. lol at being angry.
I guess I misinterpreted the joke. I'm not putting a cape on for any corporation.
Enough of you do that without me adding to the bullshit.
Good. This could lead to a trend of outsourcing the SE HD remasters. Hope XII is being made as we speak.
dragonfart28
Banned
Wii U did better this week than during their launch period for same.
This is a bit of proof that Nintendo is banking on holiday sales while selling like shit the rest of the year.
This is a bit of proof that Nintendo is banking on holiday sales while selling like shit the rest of the year.
The Horror the horror
Banned
Make way for the new tough guy, folks.
Huh? I did not. I just said LR was profitable and SE should be pleased (but not ecstatic). As for LR, it is called LR, not FFXIII-3. It's as close to a spinoff as Dirge of Cerberus was.
BishopLamont
Banned
You realise the only reason its called LR: FFXIII rather than FFXIII-3 is because of FFXIII-2's poor sales right?
Meccanical
Member
kayos won an avatar bet...
Maybe Lightning really is a goddess and this is one of her miracles
I don't know. LR's PS3 version still outsold both FFX's PS3 and Vita sales individually.
Goli posted this in the Hitman tablet game thread and I thought I should share it here:
It seems they're getting rather health iOS performance in Japan this year.That's because Ace Attourney isn't really a very popular series, but SE has huge success on iOS (and the other mobile platforms as well, it seems). In most bigger iOS markets besides Japan their games usually reach high spots on the sale charts on release and subsequently they get small boosts on sales. For the western market in particular Deus Ex The Fall has been one of their biggest sellers so far IIRC, however, in Japan is where SE really dominates
Look at the current top 10 best selling paid games in Japan:
Since its release in 12/12 DQVIII had been the best selling game despite its 2800 JPY (around 27 USD) price, and it was only now taken off the first spot by Final Fantasy V (because of SE's holiday sale), though FFV itself had also held the best selling app top spot for a while at the time of its release last year. Nearly all of their other releases have the same phenomenon as FFV where they get released and hold the top spot for a while, then they drop off a bit in the charts (while still being around the top 100) with huge boosts during sales. That's why they're focusing on mobiles, I think. They want to have the same success they have in Japan with games like FFV, or FFT in the west with games like Deus Ex The Fall or a mobile Hitman title.
AranhaHunter
Banned
I think I won an avatar bet against someone. Or maybe I lost, I don't remember the terms, but IIRC I said that the 3DS would sell less this year than last year and the guy said it would sell more, not sure who it was though lol
Do we have any kind of numbers for the top 10 paid games (only games I presume, not apps on a whole)? What were the numbers we had for Square games on iOS?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
It makes sense why they are so interested in mobile. I don't mind them putting their older titles on SE, in fact thats a good thing and other companies should follow.
Well with paid apps it's not uncommon for the top to be filling with games judging by looking at my phone.
We don't have numbers yet to my knowledge, though maybe Aquamarine or a data firm will have some as we proceed later into the year and things are collated.
Given their mobile focus, I'm kind of hoping Square Enix might share some in their fiscal reports, since they're pretty good about their retail products.
When I get a chance I can try and dig out how their revenue splits between phones/smart devices and consumer devices however.