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[L.O.R.D]

Sexy girls sells... not sex. There's 0 sex in Senran Kagura.

girls with big boobs and get naked = sex and ecchi ( there is also add something to dress it become more sex reference )

 

[Hero of Legend]

So what's the LTD of MH3G with all releases together?

Edit: Seemingly 1,815,496.

 

[Lexxism]

Do Sony was quite disappointed with the sales bump? Or they take this sales bump good start seeing there's still life in vita?

 

[AranhaHunter]

One of the good things Sony can take out from the numbers this week is that perv games like SK seem like they will sell rather well on Vita. Should reach out to Konami and NB and get a main entry of Love Plus and Idolmaster on PSV pronto.

Considering NB is kind of in bed with SCEJ (GE2 on PSP/PSV and not 3DS, One Piece, Jump) it should be easy enough to convince them. Konami might be harder. Maybe they can work out an enhanced port of some of old Idolmaster and LovePlus game and have them out this year.

 

[saichi]

I thought the DS game sold >500k (I'm on my phone)?

It did (569,443 according to Garaph) but it doesn't mean a sequel will sell as much. It doesn't seem to have a demand for it.

EDIT:

Good god... now I remember why this thread is so depressing... people here are really negative as fuck. I mean, no ones doesn't really think that SS can be sucessfull and move Vita??

There is no sign showing it is gonna be any kind of breakout hit right now. People are just being fucking real about it instead of clinging on a miracle.

 

[test_account]

This is the first week since launch that WiiU got a bump. I'm wondering how Dragon Quest X and Game & Wario will affect the WiiU hardware sales.

Good god... now I remember why this thread is so depressing... people here are really negative as fuck. I mean, no ones doesn't really think that SS can be sucessfull and move Vita??

I do, but i have no idea how much though. Being a darker themed game might have some limit on it regarding sales, but we've seen games like Demon Souls and Dark Souls sold pretty good.

 

[Afrit]

Those vita numbers would be good if it was the 2nd week after the price drop, as is, it's not too impressive and doesn't really bode well for the future IMO.

at least it's 3 times what you predicted on last thread ;P

As others said, stores already dropped the price so the price drop won't have as big an impact. I predicted 25K, but now I'm going down to 20K for vita HW next week and sub 10k by April.

 

[cw_sasuke]

14./08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) - 9.177 / 244.642 (+12%)

14./08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) # <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) - 7.225 / 230.003 (+10%)

And it just keeps on going.

Funny seeing how Capcom pretty much has the whole plattform for itself why the competition is fighting for scraps on the "dead" plattform. When keeping it real goes wrong...

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Inafune Sacrifice already sold out on Amazon, wtf. :lol

New stock on Mar 10.

So what's the LTD of MH3G with all releases together?

1,586,333 (3G) + 230,003 (3G Best Price) = 1,816,336

+ 195,213 (3G HD) = 2,011,549

Funny seeing how Capcom pretty much has the whole plattform for itself why the competition is fighting for scraps on the "dead" plattform. When keeping it real goes wrong...

God Eater should have been a 3DS game.

Vita can keep Valhalla Knights.

Let's see what Sega has in store for the Phantasy Star series. (Victory canceled?)

 

[metalslimer]

Good god... now I remember why this thread is so depressing... people here are really negative as fuck. I mean, no ones doesn't really think that SS can be sucessfull and move Vita??

Of course it will move Vitas it has a hardware bundle. It's just probably isn't going to be the savior it needs right now.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Oh shit man this graph. Still tracking below the dreamcast, and it doesn't seem like this increase will be consistent.

Wow. I didn't realize PS3 was doing so poorly in Japan. Better than the other current consoles but when you look at it historically...

 

[Mr Swine]

This is the first week since launch that WiiU got a bump. I'm wondering how Dragon Quest X and Game & Wario will affect the WiiU hardware sales.



I do, but i have no idea how much though. Being a darker themed game might have some limit on it regarding sales, but we've seen games like Demon Souls and Dark Souls sold pretty good.

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

 

[ShockingAlberto]

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

Soul Sacrifice at one million LTD seems really, really optimistic.

 

[schuelma]

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

That would be pretty crazy. Anything is possible I suppose.

 

[djplaeskool]

Soul Sacrifice at one million LTD seems really, really optimistic.

Needs some more "really"s
It will do well, but 1MM is just pie in the sky...pie beyond the sky... space pie, even.

...mmm, space pie.

 

[watershed]

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

This seems like an extremely optimistic prediction.

 

[metalslimer]

Soul Sacrifice at one million LTD seems really, really optimistic.

300k seems really really optimistic.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I'll rather they devote their resources to creating something new and creative. With declining sales on the franchise they have no reason to keep milking it. I don't want to see the franchise eventually die because it starts to sell <50k and each release is more painful than the last. It'll be better for everyone if they can reinvent Layton into something lots of people can enjoy again.

That Layton brothers thingy for iOS looked interesting, I wonder if it's good...never read anyone's impressions over here.

 

[schuelma]

I'll make a 75k first week prediction for Soul Sacrifice.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Those COMG comparisons paint a bleak picture. Is One Piece really going to Hokuto no Ken on us? And lol @ Hearts demake.

 

[saichi]

Soul Sacrifice at one million LTD seems really, really optimistic.

I thought 300K was already really optimistic.

EDIT: beaten

 

[duckroll]

I'm not sure if 500k is plausible for a struggling platform with a userbase of just 1.2 million at the moment. It would take a game with a lot of appeal to generate even that, much less 1 million. Soul Sacrifice doesn't strike me as such a game, but I guess we'll see.

 

[Father_Brain]

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

250K is at least plausible, but very optimistic for a new IP on a platform with a tiny userbase. 300K is really optimistic.

380K, let alone 500K, is "insanely optimistic" territory.

 

[yellowjacket25]

Good god... now I remember why this thread is so depressing... people here are really negative as fuck. I mean, no ones doesn't really think that SS can be sucessfull and move Vita??

Sales threads in general are pretty depressing. Even if something sells great, it will be talked about for 10-15 posts while something that sells poorly will be lashed at for weeks or months. It almost seems like no one is really interested in sales at all unless something is bombing and they can rag on it.

 

[michaelius]

God Eater should have been a 3DS game.

Like Senran Kagura ?

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

250k is possible for a number of copies total but with double packs and DD it will be lucky to reach 200k LTD in retail.

 

[SmokyDave]

I'll make a 75k first week prediction for Soul Sacrifice.

Switch those digits around and I agree.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Like Senran Kagura ?

Like Monster Hunter 4.

 

[AranhaHunter]

at least it's 3 times what you predicted on last thread ;P

True, still not good enough though. I admitted my prediction was too low after the lines started appearing and Kawano said sales had quadrupled.

1,586,333 (3G) + 230,003 (3G Best Price) = 1,816,336

+ 195,213 (3G HD) = 2,011,549

Should reach ~2.5 million before MH4 kills it.

God Eater should have been a 3DS game.

Vita can keep Valhalla Knights.

Let's see what Sega has in store for the Phantasy Star series. (Victory canceled?)

Big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big pond? Which is better?

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

I'll be surprised if it breaks 250K. 1 million is a pipe dream.

 

[MoogleWizard]

Aren't Vita numbers pretty bad for a handheld in Japan one week after a big price cut?

I know they aren't directly comparable, but what numbers did 3DS do in the week they dropped the price?

 

[Yawnier]

DW8 is just dominating software-wise right now, it's funny seeing the discrepancy in the number of fans there are in Japan for the series and other Musou titles compared to the US/Europe.

Still absolutely dreadful numbers for the Wii U and the Vita is brought back to life; very temporarily though.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big pond? Which is better?

One small fish in a big pond or one of many big fishes in a small pond?

How well do clones usually do on systems without the genre king?

DW8 is just dominating software-wise right now, it's funny seeing the discrepancy in the number of fans there are in Japan for the series and other Musou titles compared to the US/Europe.

Still absolutely dreadful numbers for the Wii U and the Vita is brought back to life; very temporarily though.

DW8 is a 50k drop from DW7. Not exactly a great result for it.

 

[erpg]

Inafune Sacrifice already sold out on Amazon, wtf. :lol

New stock on Mar 10.

The Soul Sacrifice double bundle, system bundle and regular edition are sold out at Rakuten as well.

Amazon will be out of stock for those in the next hour (1 left for system and 6 for double).

 

[zroid]

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

wat

 

[AranhaHunter]

One small fish in a big pond or one of many big fishes in a small pond?

How well do clones usually do on systems without the genre king?

Guess we'll see, but GE2 should easily reach GE and GE burst numbers due to it also being on PSP, if PSV doesn't get at least 20-30% of total sales, I can see NB jumping ship to 3DS.

 

[Mpl90]

Guess we'll see, but GE2 should easily reach GE and GE burst numbers due to it also being on PSP, if PSV doesn't get at least 20-30% of total sales, I can see NB jumping ship to 3DS.

Did you see Shining Ark sales this week?

 

[djplaeskool]

God Eater should have been a 3DS game.

Vita can keep Valhalla Knights.

Let's see what Sega has in store for the Phantasy Star series. (Victory canceled?)

Wasn't GE just behind the Phantasy Star Portable 2/Infinity for MonHun clone of choice (sales-wise)?
Anyways, Bamco was pleased with the performance.

Valhalla Knights is the very definition of mediocre. Don't have high hopes for 3, but maybe I'll be surprised (probably not).

I'm of the mindset that Victory was PSO2 Vita version's codename

Did you see Shining Ark sales this week?

That's proof that Sega and Tony Taka need to stop.
Shining Series had decent momentum when they were mixing up genres and artstyles.
Recently, it's stagnated from both design and gameplay perspectives.

To be honest, I'd kill for Shining Force Cross home adaptation.

 

[duckroll]

Did you see Shining Ark sales this week?

Did you see Magi sales on the 3DS? Oh no!!!

 

[Yawnier]

DW8 is a 50k drop from DW7. Not exactly a great result for it.

That is to be expected when DW7: Empires just launched under 4 months ago over in Japan.

 

[Nekki]

Vita got some stim packs this week, but it wasn't as high as I hoped (tho within my expectations). We'll see how long it takes for it to plummet down again.

Animal crossing just keeps on beasting, my god!

 

[Mpl90]

Still, not understanding why some people is saying PSO2 did bad on Vita. It's the retail version of a title that can be downloaded for FREE on Vita. An online only title, without local multiplayer. It did very well, seriously. Both PSO2 and Senran Kagura did very well this week.

 

[Afrit]

The Soul Sacrifice double bundle, system bundle and regular edition are sold out at Rakuten as well.

Amazon will be out of stock for those in the next hour (1 left for system and 6 for double).

Interesting!

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

.I'm of the mindset that Victory was PSO2 Vita version's codename

That doesn't work with what the rumors of what Victory actually was (Portable 3 by Alfasystem, moved from PSP to Vita).

I think Sega should follow MH4's coattails with Phantasy Star Portable 3D in late 2013.

 

[Takao]

Vita numbers could be better, could be worse.

Dragon Ball Heroes 3DS sold way too much.

Also, how crazy do you have to be to think Soul Sacrifice will sell 1 million copies? My expectation would be around 300k (LTD), and I'd consider that a good result given it's a new IP on Vita from SCE.

 

[michaelius]

Guess we'll see, but GE2 should easily reach GE and GE burst numbers due to it also being on PSP, if PSV doesn't get at least 20-30% of total sales, I can see NB jumping ship to 3DS.

I know AKB is completly diffrent game but it's closest analogy of late PSP+PSV game vs older PSP only entries.

And that lost around 50% of sales.

At the moment i'm expecting 175-200k on psp and 50k+ on PSV for GE2. Maybe 300k PSP, 100k PSV if Namco manages to release it before Golden week (and MH4 doesn't release at the same time).

 

[Currygan]

lol, those gifs are ace

pretty underwhelming results for the Vita. But, since it was a dead console, one would say "at least it moved" and it's not on rigor mortis anymore, so I suppose it's a good thing

WiiU steady in its terrible numbers


3DS still king

 

[DaBoss]

Aren't Vita numbers pretty bad for a handheld in Japan one week after a big price cut?

I know they aren't directly comparable, but what numbers did 3DS do in the week they dropped the price?

196,077

 

[djplaeskool]

That doesn't work with what the rumors of what Victory actually was (Portable 3 by Alfasystem, moved from PSP to Vita).

I think Sega should follow MH4's coattails with Phantasy Star Portable 3D in late 2013.

Didn't know this.
Hmm...

 

[Dragon]

1 million LTD would be rather insane for SS!

 

[test_account]

SS will easily break the 250k and 300k barrier. It may reach close to 380k but I think Sony is hoping and putting all their eggs on this game that it will do 500k and probably 1m ltd

I dont think that they expect as much as one million, especially concidering the darker theme of the game. My guess is that they know this will limit the appeal some. An expectation from Sony at around 500k LTD in Japan only seems plausible though, i could see that.

 

[gamergirly]

Vita is really alive this week and Wii U went up just a little