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[Castef]

The game has sold less than 1000 copies, according to this Kotaku article. Did not manage to enter the top 50 either.

I'd call it an announced bombing...

Mod Abuse Edit:

Earth to Kotaku - Devil's Third is an Amazon Japan exclusive for Japanese retail and is not tracked by the major sales trackers.

 

[Aramiyo]

Devil's Turd.

 

[rrvv]

...is out in japan?

 

[Loudninja]

It an Amazon exclusive, pretty hard to sell much that way.

 

[kuroneko0509]

Dengeki tracks Amazon JP?

 

[L~A]

Pretty sure neither Media Create or Famitsu track Amazon.co.jp sales, so I'm not sure where Kotaku got any number?

 

[delSai]

Less than 1000? Ouch.

 

[sprsk]

Had no idea it was even out lol

 

[OléGunner]

This game had bomba tattooed on it's forehead.

 

[Carl]

Had no idea it was even close to release

 

[Drencrom]

I'm shocked

 

[Acquiescence]

It'll do better elsewhere.

 

[NotLiquid]

Amazon exclusive with next to no advertising and bad word of mouth bombed? What a surprise.

This game had bomba tattooed on it's forehead.

Or all over it's body really.

Get it? The protag has tattoos over his body.

.. I got nothing.

 

[hamchan]

...is out in japan?

My reaction too.

 

[Tempy]

The game has sold less than 1000 copies, according to this Kotaku article. Did not manage to enter the top 50 either.

I'd call it an announced bombing...

Since it's an Amazon exclusive I doubt it was tracked, I'm sure it bombed, but I wouldn't take it not charting to be proof of that.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Brian Ashcraft flops hard in doing any research.

 

[z0m3le]

Pretty sure the fail here is Kotaku's for thinking that the chart they use to reference tracks Amazon of japan.

Also the game likely bombed but had a "sold out" on amazon japan, though I assume that was because of the low quantity that was made.

 

[CrispyGoomba]

I can't believe a game sold worst than W101

 

[Kouriozan]

To the surprise of no one.
Nintendo must regret that collaboration so much.

 

[Card Boy]

 

[kuroneko0509]

Brian Ashcraft flops hard in doing any research.

.

 

[NeoFaff]

Thread title should be "Kotaku pulls numbers out of ass".

 

[struggler_guts]

Like others I also had no idea this was near release, much less already out.

 

[TheMoon]

I can't believe a game sold worst than W101

Read the thread. Context. Understand.

A game only sold physically through amazon (and otherwise digital only) can't really move many units.

 

[Bluth54]

Does Amazon Japan share it's sales numbers? I don't think Amazon US does with NPD.

 

[tolkir]

Journalism.

Why doesn't Kotaku ask Dengeki if they track Amazon?

 

[Thickstone]

Isn't the game actually sold out on amazon.jp? I mean if it sold the first shipment then more power to them, doesn't sound bad considering the presumably low expectations.

 

[gogogow]

It's a case of

Lowest number in the charts is 1006 copies and since it didn't enter they assumed it sold less than that, without knowing that m-c/famitsu doesn't track Amazon sales. It could've sold just 1 copy, but also 2000 copies. Kotaku is gonna Kotaku.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Kotaku knows Amazon sales? They aren't made public

 

[AniHawk]

To the surprise of no one.
Nintendo must regret that collaboration so much.

they must especially regret having built it up last year and did that thing where american nintendo fans desperately want it only because it's exclusive.

 

[kurahador]

Kotaku is wrong.

 

[test_account]

Pretty sure neither Media Create or Famitsu track Amazon.co.jp sales, so I'm not sure where Kotaku got any number?

It says on their site how they got it They looked at Dengeki top 50 and made the conclusion from that.

 

[KingSnake]

Stupid undocumented article by Kotaku and schadenfreude. The best combination.

 

[Atolm]

It's out in Japan since the 4th iirc.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Journalism.

Why doesn't Kotaku ask Dengeki if they track Amazon?

They do they make up 5% of the market or something like that.

 

[TheMoon]

Close thread please.

Major jurnalizm fail.

 

[cleveridea]

what the

 

[ZeroX03]

Brian Ashcraft flops hard in doing any research.

Bashcraft is about as unreliable as it gets with Japanese news.

 

[SporeCrawler]

Well they shipped a really small number then. Its sold out on Amazon.co.jp the only source to get the game outside of download.

 

[iidesuyo]

It's a Wii U game

 

[Ushojax]

Nintendo knew this was going to flop, it was exclusive to one online retailer.

 

[Nightbird]

Geniuly curious where that Number came from

 

[SporeCrawler]

Isn't the game actually sold out on amazon.jp? I mean if it sold the first shipment then more power to them, doesn't sound bad considering the presumably low expectations.

Second shipment actually

It's a Wii U game

So? Splatoon managed to sell pretty good numbers in japan

 

[KingBroly]

It's a Wii U game

That didn't stop Splatoon from doing well.

This was Amazon exclusive in Japan, and released to little to no fan fair.

 

[Kouriozan]

Second shipment actually

Hmm, so maybe they can get some money out of it somehow, if they play it carefully.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

It's a case of

Lowest number in the charts is 1006 copies and since it didn't enter they assumed it sold less than that, without knowing that m-c/famitsu doesn't track Amazon sales. It could've sold just 1 copy, but also 2000 copies. Kotaku is gonna Kotaku.

But it's Amazon exclusive. So if it didn't enter the charts, I think its safe to assume it did sell less than 1006 copies. Certainly wouldn't be 2000 going by what you're saying since Amazon is the only place it can be bought.

 

[CrispyGoomba]

Read the thread. Context. Understand.

A game only sold physically through amazon (and otherwise digital only) can't really move many units.

I read. I posted. You replied

I was really just saying that it's crazy that a game can sell so low.

 

[Tempy]

But it's Amazon exclusive. So if it didn't enter the charts, I think its safe to assume it did sell less than 1006 copies. Certainly wouldn't be 2000 going by what you're saying since Amazon is the only place it can be bought.

The charts don't track amazon sales at all. Devils Third sales numbers cannot be derived from said charts.

 

[L~A]

Hmm, so maybe they can get some money out of it somehow, if they play it carefully.

I doubt it... then again, we have no idea just how much money Nintendo spent on the game. But I guess it'd have to be pretty successful for Nintendo to fully recoup their investment, and I don't see that happening (despite the positive Amazon reviews, which are slightly more reliable than Famitsu score when it comes to gauging quality ).

 

[Recall]

Click bait knee jerk.

Amazon sales aren't tracked externally.