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Kotaku flops hard on Japanese sales comprehension
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Yeah right, lke on another planet...
SporeCrawler
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So this is a thread about a kotaku article that says devils third bombed based on a chart that doesnt include amazon.co.jp sales. Yet the game is amazon.co.jp exclusive meaning that dengenki cant track it at all
What is this thread?
What is this thread?
I propose turning it into a kotaku gif thread.
DodgyTaZombie
Member
Didn't it also sell out on Amazon ?
I knew Nintendo was sending this thing out to die but...
Sure hope Itagaki bonuses back from this.
I knew Nintendo was sending this thing out to die but...
Sure hope Itagaki bonuses back from this.
XDD
There is no "source". Ashcraft thought he could deduce the upper limit of sales by looking at chart numbers.
Let's be clear. It's perfectly fine to laugh at an outlet when they're straight up wrong about something. Lol.
TheMoon
Member
Read thread please. There's nothing to compare.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Lol that title change.
So yeah, a lesson for any aspiring journalist out there. Check your article fact before you publish it.
So yeah, a lesson for any aspiring journalist out there. Check your article fact before you publish it.
Because they're completely wrong and didn't do any of the research they're supposed to do. They get paid for this stuff.
D
Deleted member 125677
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Great article, Brian Ashcraft!
To be fair, they do themselves no favours whatsoever. It's either wrong, hyperbolic, or just Stephen Totillo posting his favourite hentai.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Wait Media Create and Famitsu don't track Amazon (I know they track different retailers). I just find it a little strange since chart-track in the UK does (what does NPD do...).
I expect another Kotaku article on a digital only game "flopping hard" although ironically that would actually be tracked eventually (I forget Japan sales age but I seem to remember digital being tracked monthly).
Also I'm reminded of the Greenpeace reports that Nintendo got a F grade due to submitting no data.
*pulls out old spreadsheet* But when it comes to Nintendo bomba you have thinkgs like
Ando Kensaku (an odd quiz game based on google search results)
Bit Generations: Boundish
Bit Generations: Dialhex
Of course you have to look at costs rather than sales numbers and Devil's Tird sure had development hell and flashy big name director. Of course I'm saying that without any sales numbers...
I expect another Kotaku article on a digital only game "flopping hard" although ironically that would actually be tracked eventually (I forget Japan sales age but I seem to remember digital being tracked monthly).
Also I'm reminded of the Greenpeace reports that Nintendo got a F grade due to submitting no data.
W101 was a smash hit compared to Code name STEAM (about 1500 week 1 Japan, 30k month 1 USA, unknown in Europe but Amazon UK robot putting games price into auto free-fall and currently at £13.10 is not a good sign).
*pulls out old spreadsheet* But when it comes to Nintendo bomba you have thinkgs like
Ando Kensaku (an odd quiz game based on google search results)
Bit Generations: Boundish
Bit Generations: Dialhex
Of course you have to look at costs rather than sales numbers and Devil's Tird sure had development hell and flashy big name director. Of course I'm saying that without any sales numbers...
zeopower6
Member
Hm... well, the story is on Japanese sites now so the blunder is at least immortalized ~_~
Alcoholikaust
Member
Thread title change:amazing
plasmawave
Banned
Keyser Soze
Member
Still speclative nonsense, but it is all the way down in 95th place on the Top Games listing on Amazon.jp
DryvBy
Member
That isn't an answer.
I read through the thread. I remember W101 being called a flop as far as sales and wanted to get an idea if this did worse than W101 in it's first week in Japan.
title update: lol! ok, well there we go. I couldn't read the article because of work.
SinCityAssassin
Member
W101 sold over 5k their first week, so based on Kotaku's shit research it did worse than that.
zeopower6
Member
https://twitter.com/Devils_Third
They made an official Twitter in the last 20 mins or so in case anyone is interested
Also some sales ranking trajectories for the last four months.
(psst the digital version never charted all that well)
They made an official Twitter in the last 20 mins or so in case anyone is interested
Also some sales ranking trajectories for the last four months.
(psst the digital version never charted all that well)
All that needs to be said.
DragonSworne
Banned
https://twitter.com/Devils_Third
They made an official Twitter in the last 20 mins or so in case anyone is interested
What does it say?
Opus Angelorum
Member
W101 sold over 5k their first week, so based on Kotaku's shit research it did worse than that.
What research?
They are saying the account was made due to popular demand. And that Itagaki is drinking.
not much according to google translate
created it because fans wanted it
a reply to a tweet
drinking with someone
that's basically the 3 tweets they've done
Cosmonaut X
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Big question is how much of the development bill Nintendo ended up footing. It was in development hell for ages, but a good chunk of that must have been funded by THQ and then Valhalla themselves. I wonder if Nintendo simply snapped it up and gave them the minimum funding to get it out of the door, in which case - though it's likely still a bomb - it's not quite as expensive for Nintendo as it might look.
bloodyroarxx
Member
Doesn't Brian live in Japan for some time now to know stuff like this?
If you look at his posts if its not regurgitating a press release its about weird Japan stuff. Gaming seems like not what he covers so.
Cosmonaut X
Member
They won't be, unless Nintendo or Valhalla make some kind of announcement - which, given the likely LTD (I'd be surprised if it cracked 10k) is not something I can see...
Keyser Soze
Member
SWERY posted he was drinking today too...
https://instagram.com/p/6W6lj2AU9M/
This all points to a news story... Let's report a collaboration!