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Media Create Sales: Week 8, 2015 (Feb 16 - Feb 22)
- Thread starter hiska-kun
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Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
In Japan yes. The Vita isnt going anywhere here thats for sure. Since its not treated like some leper by devs unlike the West.
Exactly, thats the other reason too why they went with a PS4 version compounded by the fact the West got the first GE game from the GE:B expansion.
Know for a fact that BanNam has been a lot more aggressive with SE Asia and the West too. So am sure they will be bringing this out also, just the question of when this year.
bigmit3737
Member
Wanted God Eater to do a little better on the Vita...at least It helped with Vita sales.
Next game to break 100k on the Vita will be ?
Next game to break 100k on the Vita will be ?
maybe, but those 150k could easily be covered by obviously better Western sales, imho.
SE just announced that they are not going to localize PS3 version of DQH and PSP/Vita's Western status is waaaaaaaaay worse than PS3 one
Yeah, between PSP being dead (see Toukiden: Kiwami's result) and this being an expansion I don't think Namco Bandai threw 150,000 copies (compared to the original) out of the window. I'd say that PS4 underperforming heavily in Japan made its contribution lower than what (maybe) Namco hoped for, so they lost some sales, but not 150,000.
ThatStupidLion
Member
happy to see those numbers for vita. good on you little one!
Well, if they go west I'd expect the opposite sales figures, so if that's their plan then no, not at all.
Nope. Just PS4 version.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
i hope you are not right about this. add 1 unit sold to that (though it will be digitally)
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
You can;t expect an expansion to do similar numbers to a new mainline entry. GERB had an ltd of 460k iirc and opened with 270k. I don't see where they have lost 150k sales.
There's also the question of releasing it outside Japan.
How soon are we expecting GE3 then? Vita's hardware sales have barely been above 10k recently and software hasn't been too spectacular either. If GE3 is more than two years away(somewhat likely) then I'm not at all convinced Vita will be in a healthy position.
Good points all round regarding GE2RB. There's definitely the western plans to consider, as well as the future of the franchise both in Japan and outside of Japan. The PSP being in the retirement home is also a factor, since it is unlikely it would have sold 100k+ on PSP in today's market.
Nightengale
Member
And there'd be no western sales for a PSP version either whereas most of the probable western sales would come from the PS4 version I'd imagine.
As far as I'm aware, Koei have shipped less than 100k units (80k is the official number for 2+ months of sales) in the west for Toukiden PS Vita.
Seeing as how Kiwami is an expansion and on PS Vita and PS4 I'm not exactly expecting Koei to beat the first game sales in the west.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
GE - 2010
GE2 - 2013
GE3 - I'm guessing 2016/2017 (2017 due to RB version coming out this year)
126k in two weeks across two platforms is good..?
I'm genuinely asking, I have no idea what the DBZ games usually sell these days.
Pankratous
Member
Can someone tell me the difference between Famitsu and Media Create? Do they cover different regions?
05./00. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.23} (¥7.480) - 30.192 / NEW
06./00. [PSV] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.23} (¥6.480) - 22.901 / NEW
I think it's an advancement. Someone may prove me wrong.
test_account
XP-39C²
Without knowing any details around the acquisition, our guesses are just as good =) Do we know if TriAce reached out to Nepro first, or was it the other way around? Did TriAce offer themself for sale? I guess these are things that we wont know the answers to.
Its also possible that TriAce could perhaps be accuired even if their situation was better. For example, Microsoft required Mojang/Minecraft eventhough that Mojang was doing great. It depends much on who reached out to who and what the agreements/terms were. It could have been a coincidence that it happened when it happened, but i dont know much about Nepro to say much about it. Maybe Duckroll or someone else knows more about it.
Sure, what you say definitelly seems plausible, i agree, i havnt said anything against that, but i also think it sounds plausible that PSN's outcome wasnt the main reason for the acquisition, concidering that they hadnt been in the best shape for years. Since we dont know who reached out first, Nepro or TriAce, its hard to say. But who knows, its anyone's guess
EDIT: I added some text.
Pankratous
Member
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
For the West with GE2:RB Id most def see them tying it in with the Anime which will be their main platform to market the series / game building hype then dropping it on the public.
My mind cannot comprehend all that information. I need a Polygon pie chart right now.
So yeah a Q4 2016 release would pretty much be two years away and I'm definitely not convinced the Vita will be in a particularly healthy state, especially when we're talking about a 500k+ release.
If it takes longer than that it's going to be an even more precarious situation.
Moor-Angol
Banned
GE2BR did not help Vita sales, 3 different Value Pack bundles did the job
likely :
Sword Art Online - Lost Song
maybe :
Digimon
Super Robot Taisen Z
Persona 4 Dancing All night long
Vita had 3 type of different bundle this week? May i know what does it consist there? As it must be a very generous bundle here if it can triple Vita sales here.^_^
Welfare
Member
It's already outsold the past 3 DB games.
From last weeks thread (post shows more DB games and their LTD)
Hexa
Member
This past week is where the PS4 push began right?
God Eater Rage Burst last week.
DQ:Heroes (February 26) and Revelations (February 25) this week.
Yakuza 0 (March 12) the week after next week.
Type-0 (March 19) the week after that.
Bloodborne, Senran Kagura: Estival Versus, Disgaea 5, and One Piece 3 (all March 26) the week after that.
Hope it does well.
God Eater Rage Burst last week.
DQ:Heroes (February 26) and Revelations (February 25) this week.
Yakuza 0 (March 12) the week after next week.
Type-0 (March 19) the week after that.
Bloodborne, Senran Kagura: Estival Versus, Disgaea 5, and One Piece 3 (all March 26) the week after that.
Hope it does well.
Moor-Angol
Banned
afaik a 16Gb card and 3 games preinstalled on it (Chain Chronicle, MHF and another F2P game)
there was a GE2BR bundle for Vita and Vita TV but was only available on the Sony Store
ok, I'll say better : PSP users and 3 Value Pack bundles did the job
small44
Member
I don't see werstern sale replace the lost Japan sales.
i think vita version can even outsold ps4 version in West
1st Course
Member
Tales already out of MC top 20 and ~ 2000 on Famitsu.
The serise sales always been frontloaded yes but not like this, Zestiria legs are just new type of awful.
The serise sales always been frontloaded yes but not like this, Zestiria legs are just new type of awful.
afaik a 16Gb card and 3 games preinstalled on it (Chain Chronicle, MHF and another F2P game)
there was a GE2BR bundle for Vita and Vita TV but was only available on the Sony Store
ok, I'll say better : PSP users and 3 Value Pack bundles did the job
The first bundle does not sounds really nice lol if u ask me.T_T
The second one, i believe is the better one as it can attract many PSP owner who wanted to upgrade for GE series.^_^
GJ for Vita there. At least Sony is not throwing away this chance lol. After how they kinda forget about Vita for some time but not bundling anything.T_T
However, it was the first kind of bundle that generated the bump.
Nightengale
Member
Let's see how much it drops next week first, considering the pre-order discount.
Some Famitsu digital numberzzz from Dec 22 - 25 January. Hopefully Road can translate them fully in a few hours:-
Minecraft Vita 83,054
Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force Special 79,958
Minecraft PS4 49,479
Minecraft PS3 32,397
some Vita sequel 10,666
Smash Bros. Wii U 8,052
Yokai Watch 2 Shinuchi 7,807
Smash BroS. 3DS 7,437
Mario Kart 8 6,831
I think Final Fantasy Explorers 6,028
Bike Rider DX3 isn't featured so obviously only eShop titles with retail cards.
Minecraft Vita 83,054
Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force Special 79,958
Minecraft PS4 49,479
Minecraft PS3 32,397
some Vita sequel 10,666
Smash Bros. Wii U 8,052
Yokai Watch 2 Shinuchi 7,807
Smash BroS. 3DS 7,437
Mario Kart 8 6,831
I think Final Fantasy Explorers 6,028
Bike Rider DX3 isn't featured so obviously only eShop titles with retail cards.
Pennywise83
Banned
The Seven Deadly Sins completely sold-out misses both charts. Namco Bandai should have shipped at least 50k units.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
damn, how many copies do they need to sell when they do this kind of re-releases/ports to say they did good? (10K, 30K?)
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Depends on what kind of sales they will get in the West on PS4 as Vita/PSP are both dead platforms outside of Japan.