Claude Augario
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YW4 will probably have a mobile version.
This franchise is done if it has to go through the Layton 7 and Fantasy Life 2 cycle.
YW4 will probably have a mobile version.
I'd say that the current age of 3DS can foster a weaker software environment overall, but I wouldn't say it's the only factor impacting specific titles' sales. For example, Joker 3 was also affected by the low priority given by Square-Enix itself to the game, while Yokai Watch 3's decrese can be attributed to the franchise falling from last years' craze.
Hino also noted that children play with smartphones more frequently in Japan nowadays:
I imagine there's an extent to which it's harder to sell a 4800+ yen product when kids are preoccupied playing Dragon Quest of the Stars, Monster Strike, and Rune Story.
I don't think 3DS active user base is that bad though. I just feel YW is finally dropping from its craze period and now stabilizing in very popular position...... the gigantic drop does not makes sense though.T_T
Maybe mobile is killing everybody in Japan faster than we thought.
Splatoon LIVE in Makuhari sales: 10 345 units during launch week (8th best-selling album)
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2016-07-25/
As comparison, Splatune sold 43 000 units during first week. Pretty impressive result for a live album, especially one with only two new tracks (and multiple versions of other tracks). It's not often you see VG music charting.
Puzzle & Dragons X will be the next bomba. Pre-orders are horrible, below P&D Super Mario Edition.
Monster Hunter Stories doesn't feel good either. Year of bombas indeed.
Yokai Watch 3 sales http://www.famitsu.com/news/201607/20111307.html
Series over 10 million.
Yokai Watch 3 listed as 58.1 million so I guess that is 581,000?
So you're telling me XV has a chance to outsell Yokai 3? lol
I think that Yokai can do at least 2 million, so no, FFXV won't beat it.
Ok, and what was the cause for AA6? And Kirby? And Taiko? And Culdcept? I'm not saying is the only factor but it's a factor and I think an important one too. We could spend several pages listing other causes like low budget, recycled monsters, series declining... etc. but there are other reasons for these declines.
I hope EOV can buck this year's trend somewhat and outdo EOIV.
I'm not certain about 2m. Busters got there, but with incredible legs. YW3's more modest opening makes me wonder if it can sustain good sales like Busters did.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough, I'll try to explain better.
I'm not saying there is no age factor, that the active user base is in no way decreasing, thus there's no effect on the whole software environment. Actually, I said that, due to 3DS's age (almost 5 years and a half old), there is an age factor that affects the whole software environment, weakening it. However, I also said that, given this as a basis, some titles are getting more affected than others due to other factors.
For example, Kirby has surely declined from Triple Deluxe, but it's keeping on selling, and the drop is not that bad compared to TD; Harvest Moon is around 30,000 copies behind its predecessor and Mario & Sonic could actually sell better than London 2012 in the long run.
Other titles suffered bigger declines, because there were also other factors, stacking on each other. As already said, for example, Joker 3 had SE not giving to it enough promotion (also, I'd say the huge amount of Dragon Quest releases in the past few months impacted its overall potential), Yokai Watch 3 has the craze that ended (it's still huge now, but no "Pokémon killer" anymore).
Taiko results could be also explained by how the series tend to sell less as time goes by on the same platform, which one major exception: the last Taiko released on Wii is the second best selling one, and one of the best selling Taikos overall. However, it's undoubtful Taiko results are low even when you factor in this trend. Culdcept...I seriously don't know, unless the pre-release demo attached to the pre-loading made the game sell to well digitally that it eroded retail sales, but I doubt it's what actually happened (even if I am expecting digital sales to make up a bit for teh Culdcept-to-CR's drop, but not entirely).
I hope it's clear what I meant (more or less) earlier.
Didn't YW2 had better legs than Busters? I expect YW3 to have better legs than Busters but we'll see.
I hope EOV can buck this year's trend somewhat and outdo EOIV.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough, I'll try to explain better.
I'm not saying there is no age factor, that the active user base is in no way decreasing, thus there's no effect on the whole software environment. Actually, I said that, due to 3DS's age (almost 5 years and a half old), there is an age factor that affects the whole software environment, weakening it. However, I also said that, given this as a basis, some titles are getting more affected than others due to other factors.
For example, Kirby has surely declined from Triple Deluxe, but it's keeping on selling, and the drop is not that bad compared to TD; Harvest Moon is around 30,000 copies behind its predecessor and Mario & Sonic could actually sell better than London 2012 in the long run.
Other titles suffered bigger declines, because there were also other factors, stacking on each other. As already said, for example, Joker 3 had SE not giving to it enough promotion (also, I'd say the huge amount of Dragon Quest releases in the past few months impacted its overall potential), Yokai Watch 3 has the craze that ended (it's still huge now, but no "Pokémon killer" anymore).
Taiko results could be also explained by how the series tend to sell less as time goes by on the same platform, which one major exception: the last Taiko released on Wii is the second best selling one, and one of the best selling Taikos overall. However, it's undoubtful Taiko results are low even when you factor in this trend. Culdcept...I seriously don't know, unless the pre-release demo attached to the pre-loading made the game sell to well digitally that it eroded retail sales, but I doubt it's what actually happened (even if I am expecting digital sales to make up a bit for teh Culdcept-to-CR's drop, but not entirely).
I hope it's clear what I meant (more or less) earlier.
I think the blog is hinting that YW3 shipment is one million.
Didn't YW2 had better legs than Busters? I expect YW3 to have better legs than Busters but we'll see.
632k for YW3!