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[Vena]

But Nirolak said it was a success!

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I totally called it! ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

Anyway, for a more in depth post... of brevity. FE:if performs well as we have come to expect thanks to Niro's big post on "expanding a brand" and franchise care that Nintendo has really put into the series after Awakening's success. (Does Nintendo fund the concerts, or does IS pay for that themselves?)

I do hope we some more ventures from IS given their successes here even if they are STEAMbombas! Time to revive AW, and give it a refresh for modern times I'd say.

Splatoon continues to be unsINKable, and it has made it such that I wonder just how much of a catch up game the WiiU will play on its last year LTD and even the PS4's current LTD come the holidays if Nintendo makes some wise bundle choices.

Also I contineu to be surprised by how damage Final Fantasy is as a brand.

Spoiler

And wonder why DQHeroes didn't release on the WiiU... >.>

 

[vareon]

It's really good to see Fire Emblem, who only got remakes during the DS generation, awakened itself into a beast. I appreciate more of Nirolak's post on how FE:if was not a simple "more of the same, but better" approach like Bravely Default or Tales of Xillia 2.

 

[hiska-kun]

Media Create have an English site....?

I did not know this!

http://www.m-create.com/english/index.html

 

[ZhugeEX]

http://www.m-create.com/english/index.html

Thanks bro.

At the top of that page it says "Since 1994 Media Create gather and analyse data"

I think that website was built in 1994 and hasn't been updated since lol.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Good to see Fire Emblem will be sticking around for a long time.

Also Splatoon has got some serious legs.

 

[Yasumi]

Squid Emblem will be the ultimate system/software seller
Do it Nintendo.

Honestly, I could see Nintendo repackaging Project STEAM with the Splatoon IP. They'd should be able to salvage *something* out of STEAM.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Monster Hunter 4G Best Price release is coming on July 30th for 3490 yen, and the download version is cheaper at 3,231 yen, I'd assume the latter's just a digital price drop.

http://gonintendo.com/stories/237567-monster-hunter-4-ultimate-best-price-edition-boxart

This will be interesting. Did the OG version get a Best Price release?

 

[vinnygambini]

Also I contineu to be surprised by how damage Final Fantasy is as a brand.

Spoiler

And wonder why DQHeroes didn't release on the WiiU... >.>

Sony provided incentives to SE (branding, marketing, budget, etc.)

It's going to be interesting to see which platform DQXI launches

Spoiler

N3DS/NX

 

[ßig]

Monster Hunter 4G Best Price release is coming on July 30th for 3490 yen, and the download version is cheaper at 3,231 yen, I'd assume the latter's just a digital price drop.



http://gonintendo.com/stories/237567-monster-hunter-4-ultimate-best-price-edition-boxart

This will be interesting. Did the OG version get a Best Price release?

Monster Hunter 4 got a price drop instead.

 

[Vena]

Sony provided incentives to SE (branding, marketing, budget, etc.)

It's going to be interesting to see which platform DQXI launches

Spoiler

N3DS/NX

I figure our jokes about DQXI will come to an end somewhere around TGS. I wonder if we won't get official (finally) confirmation on MHF2 for the PS4 as well.

If we don't hear about it then, then I will be confused. I'm assuming that the only reason it wasn't included in the E3 "coming sometime this decade" Sony reel was because they're saving it for TGS (as the franchise is Japan-centric), presuming that it is for the PS4 or consoles in general. (It would fill in the blank on Level-5s missing RPG for the PS4.)

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Pull through!

 

[Jigorath]

I figure our jokes about DQXI will come to an end somewhere around TGS. I wonder if we won't get official (finally) confirmation on MHF2 for the PS4 as well.

If we don't hear about it then, then I will be confused. I'm assuming that the only reason it wasn't included in the E3 "coming sometime this decade" Sony reel was because they're saving it for TGS (as the franchise is Japan-centric), presuming that it is for the PS4 or consoles in general. (It would fill in the blank on Level-5s missing RPG for the PS4.)

DQXI will get it's own event.

 

[Vena]

DQXI will get it's own event.

Or that.

 

[casiopao]

Pull through!

Finally, it seems no one can resist the ultimate charm of Watson chan.^_^

 

[random25]

Pull through!

It also is at 51pt combined at comgnet. Rise some more

Spoiler

and dammit Capcom localize this soon please

!

 

[hiska-kun]

Again with Splatoon comparisons.

The Battle is between Smash and Splatoon. Which one will be the best seller LTD?
From next week, Splatoon will start outpacing Smash weekly. (Christmas was over for Smash)

------------------------------------------------------------- 
|    | Super Smash Wii U |      Splatoon     |  Difference  |
|    | [WIU] (2014/12/06)| [WIU] (2015/05/28)|              | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   | SSBWU – Splt | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|  1 |  227.527|  227.527|  144.818|  144.818|        82.709| 
|  2 |   79.005|  306.533|   68.913|  213.731|        92.802| 
|  3 |   78.927|  385.460|   53.198|  266.929|       118.531|  
|  4 |   85.776|  471.236|   43.653|  310.582|       160.654| 
|  5 |   58.008|  529.244|   37.458|  348.040|       181.204|
|  6 |   18.884|  548.128|         |         |              |
|  7 |   12.858|  560.986|         |         |              |
|  8 |    8.728|  569.714|         |         |              |
|  9 |    6.398|  576.112|         |         |              |
| 10 |    5.683|  581.796|         |         |              |
| 11 |    6.118|  587.913|         |         |              |
| 12 |    4.881|  592.794|         |         |              |
| 13 |    4.936|  597.730|         |         |              |
| 14 |    4.829|  602.560|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Total        -|  646.705|        -|  348.040|       298.665|      
-------------------------------------------------------------

Second comparison is with Mario Kart 8.
This is not a LTD battle, but a "Legs" battle.
So I excluded first week sales and I started the comparison from week 2.
Also, both games were released the same time of the year. That makes easier to read trends.

------------------------------------------------------------- 
|    |   Mario Kart 8    |      Splatoon     |  Difference  | 
|    | [WIU] (2014/05/29)| [WIU] (2015/05/28)|              | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   | MK8 – SPLTN  | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|  2 |   73.051|   73.051|   68.913|   68.913|         4.138| 
|  3 |   42.261|  115.312|   53.198|  122.111|        -6.799|  
|  4 |   28.112|  143.424|   43.653|  165.764|       -22.340| 
|  5 |   23.520|  166.944|   37.458|  203.222|       -36.278|  
|  6 |   19.386|  186.330|         |         |              |  
|  7 |   15.143|  201.473|         |         |              |  
|  8 |   14.992|  216.465|         |         |              |  
|  9 |   18.129|  234.594|         |         |              | 
| 10 |   18.067|  252.661|         |         |              | 
| 11 |   20.860|  273.521|         |         |              | 
| 12 |   28.221|  301.742|         |         |              | 
| 13 |   12.075|  313.817|         |         |              | 
| 14 |   11.148|  324.965|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|

First week sales for reference:
[WIU] Mario Kart 8 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 325.892 / NEW <80,90%>
[WIU] Splatoon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) - 144.818 / NEW <97,33%>

 

[Mpl90]

Pull through!

Slightly unrelated, but

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0107QAYIE/

I believe The Great Ace Attorney is the first third party title on a Nintendo console with the digital version available on Amazon.co.jp (which is something that Nintendo started a few months ago, and that's why we see digital SKUs, or even DLCs in top 100). It seems it appeared suddenly today.

...actually, searching a bit more, it's not the only one

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00VWQJIHW/

Super Run for the Money has the digital version on Amazon as well. It seems now digital Nintendo plans are expanding. If I have to guess, digital third party SKUs appear exactly one week before the release. Thus, we'll probably see Yokai Watch Busters getting it in the next two days. Hopefully, the next phase is pre-loading.

P.S. I fear SRFM will have such a loooow debut.

 

[Orgen]

Again with Splatoon comparisons.

The Battle is between Smash and Splatoon. Which one will be the best seller LTD?
From next week, Splatoon will start outpacing Smash weekly. (Christmas was over for Smash)

------------------------------------------------------------- 
|    | Super Smash Wii U |      Splatoon     |  Difference  |
|    | [WIU] (2014/12/06)| [WIU] (2015/05/28)|              | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   | SSBWU – Splt | 
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------| 
|  1 |  227.527|  227.527|  144.818|  144.818|        82.709| 
|  2 |   79.005|  306.533|   68.913|  213.731|        92.802| 
|  3 |   78.927|  385.460|   53.198|  266.929|       118.531|  
|  4 |   85.776|  471.236|   43.653|  310.582|       160.654| 
|  5 |   58.008|  529.244|   37.458|  348.040|       181.204|
|  6 |   18.884|  548.128|         |         |              |
|  7 |   12.858|  560.986|         |         |              |
|  8 |    8.728|  569.714|         |         |              |
|  9 |    6.398|  576.112|         |         |              |
| 10 |    5.683|  581.796|         |         |              |
| 11 |    6.118|  587.913|         |         |              |
| 12 |    4.881|  592.794|         |         |              |
| 13 |    4.936|  597.730|         |         |              |
| 14 |    4.829|  602.560|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Total        -|  646.705|        -|  348.040|       298.665|      
-------------------------------------------------------------

This will be a close one. If Smash is included in October bundles then Splatoon will lose but if Smash is not included I see both titles at 800.000 LTD approx.

 

[Chris1964]

It had okay results for what appears to be a really low effort game, but it's a pretty low performer for the genre, and given it had the FF brand attached, that's probably extra poor in some ways.

Final Fantasy is not a healthy brand.

Explorers sold more from what it deserved and expected, at least from retailers' part. I can't say the same for the other 2, they stayed will unsold copies from the initial shipment.

 

[Nirolak]

But Nirolak said it was a success!

( &#865;° &#860;&#662; &#865;°)

Hey it *was*!

 

[hiska-kun]

This will be a close one. If Smash is included in October bundles then Splatoon will lose but if Smash is not included I see both titles at 800.000 LTD approx.

If Nintendo is intelligent enough (I doubt it, nowadays) Fall bundle should be Splatoon, not Smash.

 

[LOCK]

If Nintendo is intelligent enough (I doubt it, nowadays) Fall bundle should be Splatoon, not Smash.

Or both!

 

[uceenk]

pretty decent number for FE : Fates, even the special edition has decent number as well

 

[hiska-kun]

Media Create answered my email about the english site.
They said that they're too busy writing the Emerging Countries Game Report, that's why they couldn't update the english site.
They'll try to update at least the rankings (without comment).

 

[Orgen]

If Nintendo is intelligent enough (I doubt it, nowadays) Fall bundle should be Splatoon, not Smash.

That's a tricky one. What if Splatoon is still selling good numbers in October? (like 7-10.000 units a week). If you make a good bundle in price is money that you're loosing for selling Splatoon separately.

I don't know, maybe if Splatoon is still selling well it would be better to bundle Wii U with an old title that is not selling well anymore (Pikmin 3, Mario 3D World, Smash...) and still getting money from Splatoon sold separately.

 

[hiska-kun]

Dengeki

01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom <SLG> (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) - 148.186 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom <SLG> (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) - 103.725 / NEW
05./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition {Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom} <SLG> (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥9.990) - 41.253 / NEW

Dengeki's comment, talking about Special Edition as two copies:

&#12288;2&#12496;&#12540;&#12472;&#12519;&#12531;&#12364;&#12381;&#12428;&#12382;&#12428;&#30064;&#12394;&#12427;&#12471;&#12490;&#12522;&#12458;&#12392;&#32080;&#26411;&#12434;&#25345;&#12388;&#20170;&#20316;&#12290;&#12302;&#30333;&#22812;&#29579;&#22269;&#12303;&#12392;&#12302;&#26263;&#22812;&#29579;&#22269;&#12303;&#12364;&#12475;&#12483;&#12488;&#12395;&#12394;&#12387;&#12383;&#12302;SPECIAL EDITION&#12303;&#12434;&#21547;&#12435;&#12384;&#36009;&#22770;&#23455;&#32318;&#12399;&#25512;&#23450;33.4&#19975;&#26412;&#65288;&#12302;&#30333;&#22812;&#12303;……18.9&#19975;&#26412;/&#12302;&#26263;&#22812;&#12303;……14.5&#19975;&#26412;&#65289;&#12392;&#12289;

Sales counted as two copies for Special Edition:

01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom # <SLG> (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) - 189.439 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom # <SLG> (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) - 144.978 / NEW

Total Sales:

[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom / White Kingdom # <SLG> (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) - 334.417 / NEW <90%>

Source:
http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/081/1081202/

 

[noshten]

snip

Awesome info
Keep those tentacles going Splatoon

 

[Zalman]

Hard to believe we're actually comparing Splatoon to Smash and Mario Kart sales. Those two games were probably hurt by the fact that they both have 3DS counterparts.

 

[Gotdatmoney]

Hard to believe we're actually comparing Splatoon to Smash and Mario Kart sales. Those two games were probably hurt by the fact that they both have 3DS counterparts.

Smash bros for sure but Mario Kart has had handheld iterations for a while. I think the general poor performance for the WiiU is more relevant than anything really. Splatoon was suppose to be Nintendo's next big franchise so if it approaches Smash than it has done its job. Really though, if WiiU even did gamecube numbers I wonder how much bigger Splatoon could have been.

 

[Magicpaint]

Hard to believe we're actually comparing Splatoon to Smash and Mario Kart sales. Those two games were probably hurt by the fact that they both have 3DS counterparts.

I can see this being a strong case for Smash, since the 3DS version came shortly before and they were marketed as the same game, essentially. But it's different with Mario Kart as handheld Mario Kart has co-existed with console Mario Kart since the release of Super Circuit on GBA, and MK7 and MK8 were released nearly three years apart. I think the WiiU's userbase, in this case, is a stronger limiting factor for MK8. Although selling a million (and counting) puts it ahead of Super Circuit and Double Dash!!, which is a great result anyway.

Edit: beaten, basically.

 

[Sandfox]

If Nintendo is intelligent enough (I doubt it, nowadays) Fall bundle should be Splatoon, not Smash.

But if they expect Wii U owners to pick up Splatoon anyways wouldn't Smash make more sense?

 

[hiska-kun]

That's a tricky one. What if Splatoon is still selling good numbers in October? (like 7-10.000 units a week). If you make a good bundle in price is money that you're loosing for selling Splatoon separately.

I don't know, maybe if Splatoon is still selling well it would be better to bundle Wii U with an old title that is not selling well anymore (Pikmin 3, Mario 3D World, Smash...) and still getting money from Splatoon sold separately.

Wii U needs a price cut (still the same from launch).
They could reduce the price to 25.000¥ and then, Bundle Splatoon for 30.000¥ (the same price that costs now the console without game).

That would be enough, I think.

 

[Kouriozan]

P.S. I fear SRFM will have such a loooow debut.

Wasn't the previous one the incredibly leggy game that kept coming back?

 

[Felessan]

Dragon Quest X must have a lot more subscribers than Final Fantasy XIV in Japan. Like, A LOT more.

There around 1 mil of FF14 active subscribers estimated, half of them dedicated to JP servers. Looking at disc sales numbers for PS3/PS4, it seems that they do not play on consoles.

I wonder which one is more profitable. Domestic sales usually make more money for the company.

Things are different for MMO. And also FF14 have cash shop that increase average paid amount per player. Even judging from active players numbers from more than year ago - FF14 should have more revenue. Costs on the other hand I expect also be higher for FF14.

There's clearly a much higher level of sustained interest for DQX across multiple platforms, than there is for FFXIV. Especially taking into account FFXIV's troubled history.

On consoles. I would expect that 80+% of FF14 players to be on PC, as PS3 version is vastly inferior to the point of beeing unbearable at certain situation, and PS4 version was launched half an year later of FF14 ARR release.
And you actually need to re-buy ff14 to play on different platform (you'll retain access to your characters) that significantly limits number of people who'll switch over.

 

[random25]

If Nintendo is intelligent enough (I doubt it, nowadays) Fall bundle should be Splatoon, not Smash.

I inclined to that idea as well. Smash has been proven to continuously sell in trickles even if unbundled, and Splatoon is the hotter game right now, so might as well ride the momentum created by Splatoon.

 

[1st Course]

Dengeki Sales: Week 26, 2015 (Jun 22 - Jun 28)

01./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} - 148.186 / NEW <90%>
02./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom  (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} - 103.725 / NEW <90%>
03./00. [PSV] Persona 4: Dancing All Night (Atlus) {2015.06.25} - 86.019 / NEW <60%>
04./01. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} - 45.515 / 276.795 (-35%)
05./00. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition {Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom \ Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom}  (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} - 41.253 / NEW
06./03. [WIU] Splatoon (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} - 38.806 / 357.373 (-16%)
07./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (Square Enix) {2015.06.23} - 30.146 / NEW
08./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol.2 (Namco Bandai Entertainment) {2015.06.25} - 11.288 / NEW
09./02. [3DS] Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale  (Marvelous) {2015.06.18} - 10.171 / 59.706 (-79%)
10./05. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butouden (Namco Bandai Entertainment) {2015.06.11} - 9.994 / 99.557 (-43%)
11./06. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} - 9.870 / 229.291 (+9%)
12./00. [PSV] Chaos;Child (5pb.) {2015.06.25} - 9.152 / NEW
13./04. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (Capcom) {2015.06.18} - 8.406 / 42.189 (-75%)
14./00. [PSV] Shinobi, Koi Utsutsu: Setsugetsuka Koi Emaki  (Idea Factory) {2015.06.25} - 8.219 / NEW
15./07. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} - 7.288 / 1.018.777 (+2%)
16./00. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (Square Enix) {2015.06.23} - 6.862 / NEW
17./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV: The Complete Experience {Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn \ Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward} (Square Enix) {2015.06.23} - 4.638 / NEW
18./00. [3DS] Kaitou Joker: Toki o Koeru Kaitou to Ushinawareta Houseki  (Namco Bandai Entertainment) {2015.06.25} - 4.471 / NEW
19./00. [PS4] Chaos;Child (5pb.) {2015.06.25} - 4.461 / NEW
20./00. [PSV] Harvest OverRay (Technical Group Laboratory) {2015.06.25} - 4.267 / NEW
21./08. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.05.21} - 3.744 / 116.523 (-30%)
22./00. [PSV] 5-nin no Koi Prince: Himitsu no Keiyaku Kekkon  (Asgard) {2015.06.25} - 3.562 / NEW
23./11. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} - 3.394 / 170.155 (-13%)
24./00. [PS3] Ride (Inter glow) {2015.06.25} - 3.393 / NEW
25./10. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (Gung Ho Online Entertainment) {2015.04.29} - 3.361 / 283.503 (-17%)
26./00. [PS3] Chaos;Child (5pb.) {2015.06.25} - 2.940 / NEW
27./00. [PS4] Ride (Inter glow) {2015.06.25} - 2.917 / NEW
28./18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} - 2.906 / 3.860.336 (+33%)
29./12. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} - 2.789 / 2.254.890 (-5%)
30./00. [PSV] Grisaia no Kajitsu Spinout!? Idol Mahou Shoujo ChiruChiru Michiru (Prototype) {2015.06.25} - 2.747 / NEW
31./17. [3DS] Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (Pokémon) {2014.11.21} - 2.706 / 1.497.431 (+20%)
32./15. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} - 2.472 / 660.693 (+1%)
33./09. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Evolution (Kadokawa Games) {2015.06.11} - 2.328 / 30.308 (-52%)
34./22. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby (Pokémon) {2014.11.21} - 2.117 / 1.304.353 (+16%)
35./16. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} - 1.972 / 2.656.359 (-13%)
36./00. [PSV] Hotline Miami: Collected Edition (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.06.25} - 1.920 / NEW
37./21. [3DS] Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korosensei Daihouimou!! (Namco Bandai Entertainment) {2015.03.12} - 1.844 / 81.092 (+0%)
38./14. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Deluxe (Sega) {2015.05.28} - 1.767 / 53.767 (-30%)
39./13. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus: Fortune Tower and the Dice of Fate (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.06.04} - 1.655 / 23.877 (-40%)
40./23. [WIU] Mario Party 10 (Nintendo) {2015.03.12} - 1.500 / 158.289 (-7%)
41./00. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIV: The Complete Experience {Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn \ Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward} (Square Enix) {2015.06.23} - 1.393 / NEW
42./29. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} - 1.389 / 2.410.465 (+15%)
43./25. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4G (Capcom) {2014.10.11} - 1.344 / 2.561.641 (-7%)
44./00. [PS4] Hotline Miami: Collected Edition (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.06.25} - 1.244 / NEW
45./62. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Namco Bandai Entertainment) {2014.08.07} - 1.239 / 217.474
46./30. [PS4] Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster (Square Enix) {2015.05.14} - 1.172 / 31.772 (-2%)
47./44. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst (Namco Bandai Entertainment) {2015.02.19} - 1.150 / 328.773 (+27%)
48./19. [PS4] Alien: Isolation (Sega) {2015.06.11} - 1.112 / 9.582 (-49%)
49./20. [3DS] Stella Glow (Sega) {2015.06.04} - 1.067 / 22.220 (-47%)
50./28. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 2025.1: The Shadow of New Despair  (D3 Publisher) {2015.04.02} - 1.006 / 47.404 (-20%)

TOP50

3DS 20
Vita 11
PS4 10
PS3 5
Wii U 4

SOFTWARE

------------------------------------------------------
| Model | This Week | Week (%) |  FY 2015  | FY (%)  |
------------------------------------------------------
| 3DS   | 426.322   | 55.80%   | 2.562.940 | 41.80%  |
| Vita  | 151.045   | 19.80%   | 1.056.209 | 17.20%  |
| PS4   | 74.626    | 9.80%    | 837.378   | 13.70%  |
| Wii U | 57.847    | 7.60%    | 863.845   | 14.10%  |
| PS3   | 50.052    | 6.50%    | 743.273   | 12.10%  |
| PSP   | 3.437     | 0.40%    | 51.531    | 0.80%   |
| XB1   | 1.161     | 0.20%    | 18.012    | 0.30%   |
------------------------------------------------------
| Total | 764.490   | 100.00%  | 6.133.188 | 100.00% |
------------------------------------------------------

HARDWARE

----------------------------------------------------
| Model | This Week | Week (%) | FY 2015 | FY (%)  |
----------------------------------------------------
| 3DS   | 30.609    | 38.90%   | 299.007 | 34.20%  |
| Vita  | 18.609    | 23.70%   | 174.050 | 19.90%  |
| Wii U | 13.737    | 17.50%   | 148.110 | 16.90%  |
| PS4   | 12.892    | 16.40%   | 207.911 | 23.80%  |
| PS3   | 2.580     | 3.30%    | 43.052  | 4.90%   |
| XB1   | 204       | 0.30%    | 3.130   | 0.40%   |
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| Total | 78.631    | 100.00%  | 875.260 | 100.00% |
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*FY 2015 refers to the period from March 30, 2015 through March 31, 2016

Dengeki Sales: Week 25, 2015 (Jun 15 - Jun 21)

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[Busaiku]

Pretty big sellthrough difference for Persona between Dengeki and Famitsu.

 

[Kanann]

There around 1 mil of FF14 active subscribers estimated, half of them dedicated to JP servers. Looking at disc sales numbers for PS3/PS4, it seems that they do not play on consoles.

1. DQX also has PC version and people who play on PC tend to have multiple ID for farming and doing quest, half of my friend play 2-4 ID at the same time daily.

Things are different for MMO. And also FF14 have cash shop that increase average paid amount per player. Even judging from active players numbers from more than year ago - FF14 should have more revenue. Costs on the other hand I expect also be higher for FF14.

2. DQX also has real money items, and trust me players love to spend on cosmetic items so much in DQX

On consoles. I would expect that 80+% of FF14 players to be on PC, as PS3 version is vastly inferior to the point of beeing unbearable at certain situation, and PS4 version was launched half an year later of FF14 ARR release.
And you actually need to re-buy ff14 to play on different platform (you'll retain access to your characters) that significantly limits number of people who'll switch over.

3. same case on DQX, even I have all Wii WiiU 3DS and PC version

 

[Nirolak]

Chapter 2 starting to roll out:

 

[duckroll]

2. DQX also has real money items, and trust me players love to spend on cosmetic items so much in DQX

To add to this, a while back I remember talking with Nirolak about a DQX mobile app that they rolled out. It's a companion app which offers premium services to players on their phone like quick access to the marketplace and other convenience features which are chargable via microtransactions. He was pointing out how the app was doing very well in terms of revenue.

 

[Nirolak]

To add to this, a while back I remember talking with Nirolak about a DQX mobile app that they rolled out. It's a companion app which offers premium services to players on their phone like quick access to the marketplace and other convenience features which are chargable via microtransactions. He was pointing out how the app was doing very well in terms of revenue.

Yes, they continually cite it in their fiscal reports to boot, which is reserved for a small handful of mobile games (the others being DQM:SL, FFRK, School Girl Strikers, and Kai-Rei-Sei Million Arthur).

Here's the revenue chart. Not pictured is it going up 44 spots today to hit #35 at the moment.

It's not a constant top 20 presence, but it's making a very large amount of money for a value added services app for an MMO.

 

[Nirolak]

Nintendo has explained their mobile monetization strategy: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1074044

To avoid embedding eight gazillion words in this thread, here's my summary:

Notes:

• They're not ruling out paid apps, but they sound vastly more interested in f2p apps (which they prefer to call "free-to-start") because paid apps don't do very well on mobile and sell for a very small prices.
• Their monetization strategy for f2p games appears to be aiming for a high monetization rate (as in the percentage of people spending money), but getting less per individual user. This is a more common strategy you see on PC with games like Hearthstone, where the goal is to get 10%+ of your audience to buy an expansion for $25 every 4-6 months instead of 0.5% of your audience to spend $800 a month. I use Hearthstone as an example since it's also successful on mobile. MOBAs are another example of how this is done in a different genre.
• Like most successful mobile games, Nintendo's games will be continually updated services that get new content every so often.

And here's a link to the question text in full: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stock/meeting/150626qa/03.html

 

[Shengar]

Media Create answered my email about the english site.
They said that they're too busy writing the Emerging Countries Game Report, that's why they couldn't update the english site.
They'll try to update at least the rankings (without comment).

Emerging Countries Game Report? Interesting, do you have any clue what country that might be covered in that report?

 

[L~A]

Media Create answered my email about the english site.
They said that they're too busy writing the Emerging Countries Game Report, that's why they couldn't update the english site.
They'll try to update at least the rankings (without comment).

So that rumour about you trying to poison the English writer in a desperate attempt to get a free copy of the 2015 White Book was false?! Damn.

Seriously, thanks for the info (missed it earlier). Was wondering what the deal was with their website, it's cool to know it's only temporary.

 

[BKK]

Media Create Sales: Week 26, 2015 (Jun 22 - Jun 28)
18./00. [PS4] Chaos;Child # <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.06.25} (¥8.424) - 4.860 / NEW

Dengeki Sales: Week 26, 2015 (Jun 22 - Jun 28)
19./00. [PS4] Chaos;Child (5pb.) {2015.06.25} - 4.461 / NEW

Famitsu Sales: Week 26, 2015 (Jun 22 - Jun 28)
13./00. [PS4] Chaos;Child # <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.06.25} (¥8.424) - 8.261 / NEW <60-80%>

Famitsu 70% higher than Media Create, 85% higher than Dengeki. That's a really high margin of error.

 

[Aaronrules380]

FE's sellthrough is pretty amazing. It's at a level where it's pretty much sold out. Looks like we might have another Nintendo game (or rather two) with long legs

 

[Vena]

Nintendo has explained their mobile monetization strategy: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1074044

To avoid embedding eight gazillion words in this thread, here's my summary:

And here's a link to the question text in full: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stock/meeting/150626qa/03.html

This is good to hear, and I a promising start from Iwata. He seems to be well aware of the caustic environment into which he is taking the company and the pitfalls of F2P therein.

Still the PCo changes to the 3DS game going to mobile (name has left my memory), seems... less good. But that may be outside of Iwata's control.

Also is it alright if we keep the discussion to here? I fear that everytime you/we start a thread for mobile it turns into something other than a discussion. If we'd prefer to keep it from here, though, I will move my discussion to the thread itself.

 

[ThatRandomCliff]

Splatoon is doing well, that is good.

 

[casiopao]

Nintendo has explained their mobile monetization strategy: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1074044

To avoid embedding eight gazillion words in this thread, here's my summary:



And here's a link to the question text in full: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stock/meeting/150626qa/03.html

Hmmm..... i don't really understand there. Does that mean their monetization will not be kinda like Hortensia Saga or Chain Chronicle there which depend a lot on gacha and the whales to keep throwing their money? But more on making all if not most fans to spend money to keep playing the game? But on cheaper rate?

 

[Mpl90]

This is good to hear, and I a promising start from Iwata. He seems to be well aware of the caustic environment into which he is taking the company and the pitfalls of F2P therein.

Still the PCo changes to the 3DS game going to mobile (name has left my memory), seems... less good. But that may be outside of Iwata's control.

Also is it alright if we keep the discussion to here? I fear that everytime you/we start a thread for mobile it turns into something other than a discussion. If we'd prefer to keep it from here, though, I will move my discussion to the thread itself.

Indeed. I want their mobile efforts (which should have a good basis, going by the recent Q&A) to succeed, not to possibly falter after the initial success, like Mobius.

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