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[Dalthien]

I'm surprised Halo 3 didn't bounce back.

I'm not. It might crawl to 100k eventually, but not much more.

I have to say again that the big surprise for me is how well Kyotaro Nishimura Mystety launched. Compared not only to Tecmo's other franchises (even the top flagship ones), but also compared to other text/graphical adventure games... it's really damned impressive.

I completely agree. I wasn't expecting anywhere near this level of sales for this title. Very pleasant surprise.

 

[ethelred]

:lol @ NIGHTS

I can't wait.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

:lol @ ASH

I'll be waiting...

:lol @ NiGHTS

 

[Cruceh]

Isn't 22k bad? What are the chances it reaches 100k?

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

I predict NiGHTS will outsell ASH easily.

Nintendo fucked up bad.

 

[d[-_-]b]

Isn't 22k bad? What are the chances it reaches 100k?

beyond slim.

 

[schuelma]

Japanese GAFers- Any hype building for Galaxy yet?

 

[ethelred]

I predict NiGHTS will outsell ASH easily.

Nintendo fucked up bad.

And if anyone has the capacity to fuck up even more, it's our old friend Sega.

 

[noonche]

Not my mistake.

It's also apparently an adventure game too! Someone's on the ball over there.

 

[Jcgamer60]

I wish more of the Japanese text adventures would make their way over to North America.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

And if anyone has the capacity to fuck up even more, it's our old friend Sega.

I'll have you know SEGA is in the best financial shape they've been in years!

 

[Jonnyram]

When was God of War 2 released?

October 25.

Interesting to see ASH selling less than Blue Dragon on a system with a far bigger userbase. I wonder how the Blue Dragon DS game will sell. Though, in all honesty, ASH doesn't have a remotely interesting character design. The ads for this game didn't make me interested in the story either... so I guess there is some fundamental reason why ASH is not taking off.

 

[Dalthien]

Wii version of DBZ drops like a rock.

Not really. It fell from ~40k to ~15k. Percentage-wise, it actually held up quite a bit better than the PS2 version (~205k to ~47k). Although it clearly is miles behind in absolute numbers.

In any case, the drop for Wii DBZ isn't anything out of the ordinary for any system.

 

[ethelred]

I'll have you know SEGA is in the best financial shape they've been in years!

As far as pachinko machines operations go, sure.

October 25.

Interesting to see ASH selling less than Blue Dragon on a system with a far bigger userbase. I wonder how the Blue Dragon DS game will sell. Though, in all honesty, ASH doesn't have a remotely interesting character design. The ads for this game didn't make me interested in the story either... so I guess there is some fundamental reason why ASH is not taking off.

Err... Really? I find Minaba's designs better by far than Toriyama's. And they're infinitely more interesting, too (in the same way that Inoue's Lost Odyssey designs are). Oh well.

 

[pilonv1]

Nintendo fucked up bad.

How so?

 

[Lightning]

Week is too slow and Lairs sales suck...

 

[Saitou]

October 25.

Interesting to see ASH selling less than Blue Dragon on a system with a far bigger userbase. I wonder how the Blue Dragon DS game will sell. Though, in all honesty, ASH doesn't have a remotely interesting character design. The ads for this game didn't make me interested in the story either... so I guess there is some fundamental reason why ASH is not taking off.

Yes, someone who also dislikes the design!

Just to repeat myself, character design for ASH is awful and fills me with an uncanny valley feeling.

I wish more of the Japanese text adventures would make their way over to North America.

So true
Ethelred's post reminded me of Project Hacker, whose concept I always found interesting but never actually played due to lack of japonnaise skills.

 

[methane47]

LAIR LOL

 

[Zoe]

Wow, Halo's gone already?

 

[rakka]

How so?

they were responsible for marketing ash?

 

[Innotech]

I can't wait.

yall are mean

 

[methane47]

Wow, Halo's gone already?

It would be hillarious if LAIR ultimately outsells Halo 3

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

How so?

ASH is nothing short of a marketing disaster. It's a good game by an extremely well-known designer on the hottest system in Japan, and it's going to choke and sputter past 100k.

HAY WE'RE WORKING ON A GAME CALLED ASH, HERE'S A SCREENSHOT. ENJOY YOU WON'T SEE ANYMORE FOR A COUPLE YEARS

a couple years later

HAY REMEMBER ASH WELL IT'S OUT TOMORROW ENJOY

 

[pilonv1]

If only SEGA had been behind it...

 

[ComputerNerd]

what is ash?

Edit - nvmd. A DS game. I hate acronyms.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

If only SEGA had been behind it...

Virtually anyone would have handled it better. It's hard to imagine it being handled worse. Hell, Microsoft sold more Blue Dragon on the 360 than ASH is going to reach on the DS.

 

[Evlar]

what is ash?

Archaic Sealed Heat. Tactical RPG by Mistwalker, produced by the Gooch.

 

[Meier]

It's also apparently an adventure game too! Someone's on the ball over there.

And it came out in November of 05 to boot!

 

[MisterHero]

I'll have you know SEGA is in the best financial shape they've been in years!

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Tyrannical]

Wii sales are starting to look like PS3 sales now. Yup, console gaming in JP is dead, it's all handheld now.

 

[AceBandage]

Wii sales are starting to look like PS3 sales now. Yup, console gaming in JP is dead, it's all handheld now.

This is the future of our fast paced, always on the move world, really.
It won't completely take over for a while, but console gaming's days are numbered.

 

[Jiggy]

Was ASH ever announced for English localization? Because if not (and possibly even if so), well... I'm certainly not expecting that to happen at this point.

 

[rakka]

Was ASH ever announced for English localization?

sadly no.

 

[Brak]

Wii version of DBZ drops like a rock.

Actually it probably dropped the same percentage as the PS2 game.

 

[Mermandala]

When Archaic Sealed Heat was 1st announced I said it sounded like "old man farts in a jar". Looking at the sales, somebody opened the lid.

 

[Dante]

WTF @ LAIR @_O

 

[Dalthien]

I hate using Amazon as a barometer for anything, especially for Japan, where X360 games are routinely near the top of the bestseller list, but having said that...

It looks like WiiFit just might have a very positive effect on Wii sales after all. WiiFit is currently #1, but more interesting is the fact that it has helped to pull the Wii itself back up to #3. I don't check Amazon all that frequently, but I don't think the Wii has been anywhere near the Top 25 for a couple months now.

It will be interesting to see just what effect WiiFit really does have on the Wii.

 

[Vinnk]

They had a big advertising push for Lair and as far as I know the kiosks did not have a playable demo, they just showed this video. A lot of people were impressed by that. I know at least a few of my friends bought that games based on the video alone. I also know that used copies are already available. I don't expect this one to have any legs.

 

[Evlar]

They had a big advertising push for Lair and as far as I know the kiosks did not have a playable demo, they just showed this video. A lot of people were impressed by that. I know at least a few of my friends bought that games based on the video alone. I also know that used copies are already available. I don't expect this one to have any legs.

Do your friends have any comments on the game?

 

[donny2112]

They had a big advertising push for Lair and as far as I know the kiosks did not have a playable demo, they just showed this video. A lot of people were impressed by that. I know at least a few of my friends bought that games based on the video alone. I also know that used copies are already available. I don't expect this one to have any legs.

Halo 3 supply or lack thereof?

 

[Vinnk]

I only got feedback from one guy and actually he really likes it. Then again he is a fan of anything with dragons. I'll see if I can get some more feedback for you later.

 

[Vinnk]

Halo 3 supply or lack thereof?

I have not been to all my stores recently, but I do know one store was sold out of it a few days ago. They also sold out of 360s. That sounds more impressive than it should though, they only had 2.

Edit: Sorry for the double post, I usually in media create threads someone would have posted inbetween my two posts. Thread is slow today.

 

[davepoobond]

LAIR IN THE TOP TEN??!?

Wow... Japanese PS3 owners must be really desperate to try and justify their purchase.

well, Wii owners are so desperate to justify their purchase they bought 2 copies of Wii Sports just so they'd have another game on their shelf

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Yay, arcana heart is on the top ten.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Wii sales under 20k this week would be MADNESS

 

[donny2112]

I have not been to all my stores recently, but I do know one store was sold out of it a few days ago. They also sold out of 360s. That sounds more impressive than it should though, they only had 2.

Seen many used copies around? From your observations, it seems like it may still be in shortage, so a bounce back may still occur in later weeks. We'll know more about how it's selling when januswon posts the Famitsu 360 software totals in November through mid-October.

Edit: Sorry for the double post, I usually in media create threads someone would have posted inbetween my two posts. Thread is slow today.

MC threads have been slowish for weeks, but they're still a blazing pace compared to a year ago.

Edit:
For reference, last year's thread for this week had less than 250 posts. We're almost at 100 without any hardware! :lol

Wii sales under 20k this week would be MADNESS

Famitsu had it going up to 24K. It also had PS3 and 360 getting perilously close. I hope MC will have the streams cross, but it's unlikely.

 

[jj984jj]

Oh wow that's awesome for Tecmo, they got Nintendo to help them out a bit with the marketing a bit but putting the creator's voice on touch.jp and it looks like it payed off... unless they shipped a lot more than that.

ASH is nothing short of a marketing disaster. It's a good game by an extremely well-known designer on the hottest system in Japan, and it's going to choke and sputter past 100k.

HAY WE'RE WORKING ON A GAME CALLED ASH, HERE'S A SCREENSHOT. ENJOY YOU WON'T SEE ANYMORE FOR A COUPLE YEARS

a couple years later

HAY REMEMBER ASH WELL IT'S OUT TOMORROW ENJOY

That's Nintendo's marketing tactic for all games now.

This is horrible for new or unestablished IPs.

 

[Taurus]

well, Wii owners are so desperate to justify their purchase they bought 2 copies of Wii Sports just so they'd have another game on their shelf

:lol :lol

Good one.

 

[cbjars]

Blah, another not so interesting Week, but Nice to see some more next-gen consoles on top 30

 

[perfectchaos007]

well, Wii owners are so desperate to justify their purchase they bought 2 copies of Wii Sports just so they'd have another game on their shelf

Well I guess PS3 owners would need 4 and a half copies of Resistance to justify their 599 USD PS3. Oh man