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Media Create Sales 5/21 - 5/27
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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GreenNight
Member
X360 bumped cause of Blue Dragon, then were all returned when nothing else was released. High sales dont happen because of one or two games but a steady stream of releases.
Smiles and Cries
Member
Does anyone here know of Nintendo's next Training game after this eye thing?
Huh? I'm trying to understand how are discussions seeking the underlying reasons something does not sell (as it should have) in a sales thread OT?
What else should we talk about? It gets kind of boring just to say "WOW @ DS!" every week gottah find something to talk about
Sharp said:
Huh? I'm trying to understand how are discussions seeking the underlying reasons something does not sell (as it should have) in a sales thread OT?
What else should we talk about? It gets kind of boring just to say "WOW @ DS!" every week gottah find something to talk about
GreenNight
Member
MattXG said:
Anything new here or all rehashed sequels? I see three. Big deal.
Xisiqomelir
Member
Smiles and Cries said:
They have no use/desire for the product?
if you're a jrpg fan, buying a 360 now still requires a certain amount of faith in microsoft's ability/will to continue to pursue this market in the face of current sales in japan.
just because the 360 is the current next gen jrpg champ doesn't necessarily make it a good investment for jrpg fans (barring folk who are likely to end up with three consoles anyway, of course).
just because the 360 is the current next gen jrpg champ doesn't necessarily make it a good investment for jrpg fans (barring folk who are likely to end up with three consoles anyway, of course).
More is coming....and coming relatively soon.GreenNight said:
Culdcept Concept before Blue Dragon.
There was EDF just after Blue Dragon.
Forza a week ago.
Trusty Bell next week.
Lost Odyssey , DMC4, Virtua Fighter 5, and Katamari all before the end of the year.
That is certainly light years ahead of the lackluster games out on Wii and the non-exsistant line-up of Japanese games that are on PS3 and yet 360 continues to sell below both of those...
Chibbi Brady
Member
Great to see Ouendan back in the top ten. Lets hope they can maintain stock levels and the game grows some enormous legs.
plagiarize
Banned
nice sales for RE4 so far. hopefully it doesn't just fall off the charts tomorrow.
it's great to see a proper hardcore mature game selling on the system... because the system lends itself well to those games and it'd be a shame for it to just have casual titles E and T rated titles..
it's great to see a proper hardcore mature game selling on the system... because the system lends itself well to those games and it'd be a shame for it to just have casual titles E and T rated titles..
MattXG said:
How many copies did the last Culdcept sell? Not many, I'd wager.
MattXG said:
And how many copies do the Simple series games sell on other consoles?
MattXG said:
And that's a Japanese-tailored game?
MattXG said:
Uh huh... and you know that tri-Crescendo's last game sold 20k total, right? Was that because the Japanese people were racist against the GameCube?
There are a bunch of games that appeal to you. Congrats, the 360 has a nice lineup for certain types of hardcore gamers. Attributing to racism the failure to move hardware of the games you highlighted, however, requires that you first establish these games would have sold more on other consoles. And that has not been done, so your claims are pretty baseless. Unfortunately, you're pointing out a bunch of niche, hardcore games that have (in earlier series iterations or in comparable games) performed poorly in other situations, on other consoles.
Version 3.0
Member
The 360 is failing because of racism.
The PS3 is failing because...Nintendo is more Japanese than Sony.
The iPod isn't failing because...there are no Japanese Mp3 players.
This is logic.
**NO, WAIT!**
It's the size! Remember, Japanese people don't like large consoles! They like them small, and flat (no cubes).
The PS3 is failing because...Nintendo is more Japanese than Sony.
The iPod isn't failing because...there are no Japanese Mp3 players.
This is logic.
**NO, WAIT!**
It's the size! Remember, Japanese people don't like large consoles! They like them small, and flat (no cubes).
BrodiemanTTR
Member
WTF @ Mario Kart. Did that just surge ~10 spots for no reason at all?
Japan (still) hates America because 360 isn't selling? wow, thats grotesque. Ever heard of brand recognation, marketing, hardware durability, backward compatiblity? Even japanese 360 developer say microsofts japanese marketing sucks balls. If I'm not mistaken 360 games still sell better than ps3 games, with a 1/3 of it userbase.
Sony knows how to do marketing in japan and ps3 sells still are lacking. Ps3 basically sells on backwardcompatiblity, its brand and blu-ray alone. sure 360 has a far better gameslibrary, but most of them don't appeal to japanese. The situation with xbox 1 was a disaster; delayed releases, no localisation, scratched cds...
Sony knows how to do marketing in japan and ps3 sells still are lacking. Ps3 basically sells on backwardcompatiblity, its brand and blu-ray alone. sure 360 has a far better gameslibrary, but most of them don't appeal to japanese. The situation with xbox 1 was a disaster; delayed releases, no localisation, scratched cds...
PS3 and 360 (in Japan) problem
1. expensive machines
2. software support
3. bad image (otaku image to public, Sony as bad evil empire that sets the bar to entry way to high, Microsoft as the Gaijin company that knows nothing about the japanese market and keeps spending money until they win within the industry)
N64, GC problem
1. bad image (kiddie image to public, Nintendo as the bad evil empire that tortures the poor thirdparties within the industry..)
2. software support
so yeah
1. expensive machines
2. software support
3. bad image (otaku image to public, Sony as bad evil empire that sets the bar to entry way to high, Microsoft as the Gaijin company that knows nothing about the japanese market and keeps spending money until they win within the industry)
N64, GC problem
1. bad image (kiddie image to public, Nintendo as the bad evil empire that tortures the poor thirdparties within the industry..)
2. software support
so yeah
Cheesemeister
Member
CorwinB said:
http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/entry-10035880939.html
More numbers from Sinobi:
[PS2] Guilty Gear XX - 35k
[PS2] Metal Slug Complete - 7k
[PSP] Bleach 4 - LTD ~50k
[PSP] Everybody's Golf vol.1 - 7k
[Wii] Wii Sports - LTD 1.55m
[Wii] Wii Play - LTD 1.25m
More numbers from Sinobi:
[PS2] Guilty Gear XX - 35k
[PS2] Metal Slug Complete - 7k
[PSP] Bleach 4 - LTD ~50k
[PSP] Everybody's Golf vol.1 - 7k
[Wii] Wii Sports - LTD 1.55m
[Wii] Wii Play - LTD 1.25m
Pureauthor
Member
MattXG said:
Like this:
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DeaconKnowledge
Member
MattXG said:
The system it's on. It essentially costs Whatever the 360 costs plus the price of the game. Certainly not worth the price of admission.
BrodiemanTTR
Member
MattXG said:
I don't know, check the top 10.
plagiarize
Banned
that's funny. in america when someone supports american companies and products they call it 'patriotism' and not 'racism'.
Pureauthor
Member
MattXG said:
Not if you see it as a USD 250 game (which a lot of Japanese buyers would've).
The, um, biggest games developer in Japan is developing exclusively for the Wii. Well, and the DS, but that's not part of equation.
Because the PS3 is performing spectacularly there, yes?
DeaconKnowledge
Member
MattXG said:
Let me see if I can explain this to you.
The XBOX 360 has a small handful of games that can be presented to the Japanese public. Now, even an uninformed Japanese gamer will know that games that are catered to them will be few and far between on this system.
Meanwhile, The Wii debuts. Now it is a system that not only had a game that everybody wanted out of the gate, but it also appeals more to the Japanese, by way of form factor, philosophy of the company, and precedent. Why would they abandon this system for the 360?
Microsoft had to prove that they had the titles that the Japanese wanted. They had an entire year, and the best they could come up with was Blue Dragon. One game. Take that in for a minute.
plagiarize
Banned
matt, can we at least change the cries of 'racism' to 'patriotism'?MattXG said:
i had no idea it was a bad thing to support home based companies over foreign ones.
Pureauthor
Member
MattXG said:
There are two primary reasons why the PS3 is performing better than the X360. (If you'd read the thread you'd have seen me saying this already.)
However, in order to let you understand, allow me to summarize:
1st Reason: The PS2
2nd Reason: The XBox
There.
MattXG said:
The way you are talking it would seem that the PS3 was selling like hotcakes and the 360 was stagnant. None of them are selling particularly well, especially compared to the DS. This "racism" bullshit is just that - bullshit. Japanese people are not pre-programmed robots that will just go out and invest in an unknown system just because there are a couple Japanese games on it. Please, PLEASE stop with this ignorant "racism" crap. You are really making yourself look stupid.