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Media Create Sales 4/16 - 4/22
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Dragona Akehi
Retired
Jonnyram said:
And we originally thought that 500K carts wouldn't be enough. Oh the hilarity.
First_Blood
Member
100k is a bit underwhelming I expected more for FFXII, still I expect it'll probably hold pretty strong over Golden Week.
Version 3.0
Member
Gekkonidae said:
I'll say over...but I'd love to see how long the thread gets if it isn't.
OnWarmerMusic
Member
Over; I'll guess between 10.5k - 11k. A bit of a drop from last week, but still above that magic number.Gekkonidae said:
Miniboss1232
Member
Gekkonidae said:
I'm still going to be safe by saying "over". It would be quite a legendary thread indeed if it were under. 20+ pages at least.
Gekkonidae
Member
I'm going to take the leap and say under. There is just no wind in the PS3's sails right now.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Diablos54 said:
And was outsold by a DS Lite with kiddy FFXII characters on it that comes with a spinoff FF DS RTS game.
Haunted
Member
Knocking 100k sold units in the first week just shows how much the DS has spoiled us concerning sales numbers in Japan. 
But I didn't knew DQ was so much bigger in Japan than FF (comparing the spin-off sales on the DS, I mean (Joker vs RW)).
Or could that actually be because RW didn't turn out to be as good as expected? I dunno.
But I didn't knew DQ was so much bigger in Japan than FF (comparing the spin-off sales on the DS, I mean (Joker vs RW)).
Or could that actually be because RW didn't turn out to be as good as expected? I dunno.
TheKingsCrown
Banned
Perhaps because they knew the quality of their title?Chumly said:
Gekkonidae
Member
Well, it's also Golden Week, higher sales expected in general.
test_account
XP-39C²
Alot of PS2 games comming next week And finaly when 1 PS3 game come its NFL hehe :\ Probly very popular in USA, but how is it in Japan? Dont think it will sell much console there because of this game.
And finaly when 1 PS3 game come its NFL hehe :\ Probly very popular in USA, but how is it in Japan? Dont think it will sell much console there because of this game.elektrotal
Member
ff2 didn't even chart? take that, squeenix.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Kafel said:
Still, FF sales are always tremendously front loaded. I don't think it'll sell out of its shipment this week. (Watch me be wrong.)
What were DQMJ's first day sales again? I think they were much higher.
bgassassin
Member
Gekkonidae said:
Barely over
Phife Dawg
Member
Golden week doesn't start until the 29th though. I thinkRW will pull some decent numbers over the weekend.Gekkonidae said:
Rocksteady33
Junior Member
Can someone explain something about Golden Week to me?
People always compare Golden Week to Christmas, but I don't understand that comparison at all. It's not like a billion people go out and buy presents for Christmas *the week of* Christmas, they do it typically in November, and early December, which is why most big budget games are released in that time frame. So why for Golden Week do we expect a billion people to go out and buy presents the week of the holiday? I don't know what Golden Week is celebrating or what they do with, which might help explain this situation, but seriously it just doesn't make sense to me.
People always compare Golden Week to Christmas, but I don't understand that comparison at all. It's not like a billion people go out and buy presents for Christmas *the week of* Christmas, they do it typically in November, and early December, which is why most big budget games are released in that time frame. So why for Golden Week do we expect a billion people to go out and buy presents the week of the holiday? I don't know what Golden Week is celebrating or what they do with, which might help explain this situation, but seriously it just doesn't make sense to me.
It's not like Christmas at all. It's more like if (assuming you're American) Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving all happened within eight days of each other. Everyone takes a week vacation, kids are home bored, young adults and college students have more time on their hands than usual, so they buy entertainment products.Rocksteady33 said:
You know how Memorial Day is one of the biggest weekends of the year for movies because everyone has an extra day off? Golden Week is like that, but a whole week.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
But then, neither did Super Mario Galaxy.elektrotal said:
jj984jj said:
Actually I'd attribute the lower sales entirely to the genre being RTS.
Look how bad HoM bombed and Grim Grimore bombed.
Japanese gamers don't want console RTS! They don't want A-RPGs either (unless they have Disney in them)! They also don't want S-RPGS all that much (just a little)! They just want TURN-BASED RPGS.
Yet, the heads of these companies are like "hey, why don't we NOT make a turn-based rpg with our rpg franchise!"
...
Miniboss1232
Member
The Sphinx said:
I'm really glad they got wise about this. DQ is starting to become the last bastion of turn-based RPG-ness in the world.
For some reason the western audience don't Turn-Based RPGs in very good light anymore, even console gamers here in the west. With the changes going on in the game industry over the past 2-3 years obviously the developers want their games to have more worldwide appeal, so they've been making aRPGs as of late. I think we'll see a good mix of both this generation, my personal hope is that we'll see more Grandia-like battle systems this generation.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
The Sphinx said:
We all saw the pics, but was there more that I missed that would lead you to say such a confidently assertive statement?
I want to believe...but are you just going off of the pics or something more concrete?
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
The Sphinx said:
So how is it "COMPLETELY TURN BASED?"
Chris Michael
Banned
It sucks so bad that RW is just an RTS. I was led to believe that it was a full fledged RPG all along.
**** you and your false propaganda SE.
**** you and your false propaganda SE.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
The Sphinx said:
Sorry Sphinx. I just saw everyone jump on the bandwagon of "ITS TURNBASED!" without really hearing from the developers at all. The pictures are certainly convincing, though, I'll give you that.
I'm just setting my expectations low.