eXistor
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Yeah that was very misleading, but thankfully it went up at the right time anyway.
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Limited Run Games |OT2| Sweet XOXO for Digital to Physical Media
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That must be a psychosomatic thing ^^
I knew that would confuse a bunch of people. :lol
Banjo-Kazooie
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Gut my order for PS4 CE
FinaruDensetsu
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Wow 5 minutes still available!
Carnby
Member
Bush league web store strikes again.
Marty Chinn
Member
Didn't think the bundles would last so long; I wish I got that instead of them individually.
Bad news : LRG seems disappointed by the preorder figures so far
https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/901204017795268613
https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/901204017795268613
In the past I've noticed any CE or more than 2x any game increases the shipping. Maybe they actually code the per item weight into the Shopify cart?
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
I think some people on GAF oversold Ys Origins potential demand haha
DaBargainHunta
Member
Thanks for the confirmation!
That sucks.
Really hope things pick up after the CEs sell out, as I suspect people were waiting for the 6 p.m. batch first.Also, anyone who thought Ys Origin would be hotter than Wonder Boy or Night Trap...well, I always questioned that belief, because those two are far higher-profile games IMO.
LRG, if you're reading this, please don't abandon the preorder system just yet.
Marty Chinn
Member
10 minutes after the second batch:
PS4 - 3552 (329 sold)
Vita - 2860 (253 sold)
PS4 - 3552 (329 sold)
Vita - 2860 (253 sold)
Vita CE is down to 2%, PS4 5%. It'll sell out within minutes.
Olengie
Member
And what about Standard? The Pre-orders might not even reach the amount LRG would've done if they did their usual release
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Man that sucks. I predicted this would happen though.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I just wanted to say "Thank You" to LRG for doing Ys Origins as a "Pre order now and we'll build to order" game. Even though I know it's going to take a lot longer to arrive, I prefer this method (even with a short ordering window) to their previous reseller-friendly way of doing business. After missing out on both Oceanhorn and Night Trap, I had basically given up on this service.
I genuinely hope this method works out for them and look forward to hopefully picking up other games that utilize this method in the future.
I genuinely hope this method works out for them and look forward to hopefully picking up other games that utilize this method in the future.
Seconded!
They already have though.
I'm not sure why think say it's below. They've sold over 12 thousand copies of the game.
foobarry81
Member
I think the result would've been similar.
Amen to this. Picked up Ys CE on PS4, actually amazed I got through even if demand wasn't as great.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Both CEs are gone!
Both bundles still there if people still want the CE
Both bundles still there if people still want the CE
We're below 4k each, that may be the target. PS4 will reach it soon, unsure about Vita though.
Phoenix944
Member
I don't really understand, how is "below expecation" for the CE a bad thing here since the stock always sold out eventually?
i how they wait until monday to determine if it was a sucess.
foobarry81
Member
How can you tell how much has been preordered?
Right-click and view page source
Ctrl+F "Quantity"
PS4 standard currently shows "inventory_quantity":-1639. It started at 2000 so that means it's currently at 3639.
EDIT: Forgot to refresh that page, fixed the numbers.
They also raised the CE from 2K per platform to 3K which pulled from that pool of standard edition customers.
Their original high number was 12k copies which they've surpassed.
Look at the source code of the page. CTRL+f "quantity"
Works on all shopify pages.
The target was actually 7k for standard ps4 and 2k for the standard Vita, if this tweet is to be believed ? Or does it bot include the CE ? That's hard to keep track.
https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/901184595600834561
Yeah but with all the recent hype and all, they may have raised their expectations :x
foobarry81
Member
So the Vita SE was supposed to be more rare than the CE?
I don't know what pie in the sky number they had in mind, but those totals and pre-order numbers for Y's seem well in-line with the high profile releases they've done. I mean, no one expected it to be like Night Trap, did they?
But what about the stall on Asdivine Hearts?! It was gone so fast this morning. Now, just sitting there, causing the bundles to lag... did everyone hit YouTube after the morning set and realize the game is abject garbage?
But what about the stall on Asdivine Hearts?! It was gone so fast this morning. Now, just sitting there, causing the bundles to lag... did everyone hit YouTube after the morning set and realize the game is abject garbage?
I don't know, maybe it was 10k ps4 and 5k Vita but that seems too large to be true
So they went from originally 10k-12k copies initially to 15k?
Well that's ambitious.
Vita has already outsold their 5K number then.
Good luck PS4.
Probably. I only bought it to keep my collection complete.
Maybe LRG should refuse games below a certain review score threshold...
It's unfortunate if LRG are disappointed by the pre-order numbers. I'm personally really pleased they decided to test pre-orders with Ys because I love the series and despite having the Asian-English version ordered, I also ordered the LRG version because I didn't have to camp at my PC to get it and wanted to support the initiative.
Hopefully they'll continue to use pre-orders on higher profile games where they can for casual purchasers rather than reverting to making everything a battle against zealous collectors by using scarcity as a sales tactic.
Hopefully they'll continue to use pre-orders on higher profile games where they can for casual purchasers rather than reverting to making everything a battle against zealous collectors by using scarcity as a sales tactic.
bmcphail2008
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No, their Target was what they already ordered which was 7500 PS4 and 6500 Vita (both inclusive of Standard and CEs) plus the 1500 PAX variants for a total of 15,500. Not really ambitious for a series with the long history of Ys.
I think it's a good testing ground, regardless. It's required to test just how many copies of SEs people would want, when there is no limit to the number.
The positive: A good majority of happy customers!
The negative: As I had figured, due to little urgency, less copies than anticipated have been ordered (so far). The final number can still be much higher, if stores buy crates, but we shall see! (Regardless, I believed that the SEs would take a little bit of yime to sell out, ifvthey kept their initial 4000-5000 copies each).
The positive: A good majority of happy customers!
The negative: As I had figured, due to little urgency, less copies than anticipated have been ordered (so far). The final number can still be much higher, if stores buy crates, but we shall see! (Regardless, I believed that the SEs would take a little bit of yime to sell out, ifvthey kept their initial 4000-5000 copies each).
It's not that well known outside of Japan.
I mean, I'd argue it's way more well known in the West than Night Trap is at this point in time.