That fact that they decided to never follow up Rune Factory 4 despite it's pretty big success for the series is still baffling to me.
The game itself is apparently a very mediocre Musou Clone.
I see. Doesnt sound like the game is really trash in that case Maybe not the best, but not a complete waste.No no, the port is fine, it's the game itself that is bad.
Yeah, week 2 i can see a more wide sale happening.Maybe not day 2, but it definitely began week 2 and only got worse from there.
As Chris stated you can easily find it for less than 4k yens sealed in Tokyo currently, third party seller have it for 3.450y currently at Amazon
As for Nier I was checking sofmap, traders, book-off etc. last week, didn't see any discount for new copies and even used ones were sold at a rather high price.
That fact that they decided to never follow up Rune Factory 4 despite it's pretty big success for the series is still baffling to me.
Amazon had a restock today but no Bomberman bundles this time.
I think the low end for what they will have in stock this week is 75k. Even if they don't have a huge surge like everyone wants, I hope they can get a higher consistent baseline around 40k in the weeks following.
How is that baffling? The developers went bankrupt the following year, though most of the staff seems to have landed at Marvelous. After that, I remember that interview about the developers giving the choice between RF and a new project, and they chose the latter (which is why Lord of Magna came to be).
It's not like Marvelous just sat there and said "wow, we have the best-selling RF game, let's just sit there and do nothing with the series now".
If they have the developers, that's exactly what they did. As soon as they hired people after Neverland closed, they could've started work on a sequel or as soon as they finished developing Magna, they could've started working on a sequel.
I'm thinking about going to Bic Camera tomorrow.
The problem is when they announce the winners I am already in the place where I work, so I should come back (you only have from 11:00 to 15:00 to get and pay your Switch), 45 minutes on train, get the Switch, other 45 minutes by train, start working late.
don't @ at me and help me to find an excuse to justify my late arrive at work
I'm thinking about going to Bic Camera tomorrow.
The problem is when they announce the winners I am already in the place where I work, so I should come back (you only have from 11:00 to 15:00 to get and pay your Switch), 45 minutes on train, get the Switch, other 45 minutes by train, start working late.
don't @ at me and help me to find an excuse to justify my late arrive at work
So it looks like Arzest (Yoshi's New Island) has a new game coming out on the eShop for Switch today:
Information about tomorrow's restock at retail stores (from the usual site).
[店頭販売店舗一覧]
店舗名 (shop name) - 販売方法 (sales method) - 販売時間 (selling time)
ビックカメラ (Bic Camera) - 抽選 (lottery) - 抽選受付9:00〜10:00 (lottery apply time)
ソフマップ (Sofmap) - 抽選 (lottery) - 詳細不明 (details unknown)
トイザらス (Toys R Us) - 抽選 (lottery) - 店舗ごとに異なる (different in each store)
ゲオ (Geo) - 不明 (unknown) - 店舗ごとに異なる (different in each store)
ヨドバシカメラ (Yodobashi Camera) - 不明 (unknown) - 未発表 (not yet announced)
ヤマダ電機 (Yamada Denki) - 不明 (unknown) - 未発表 - (not yet announced)
https://gamewith.jp/gamedb/article/show/43620?from=ios
Pikmin 3DS is also from them.
Nintendo knows the Splatoon 2 thirst is real and strong, and so Splatoon 2 is already available for purchase (and download) on the Nintendo eShop (a full hour before the usual release time for Nintendo games - 10PM JST).
I'm thinking about going to Bic Camera tomorrow.
The problem is when they announce the winners I am already in the place where I work, so I should come back (you only have from 11:00 to 15:00 to get and pay your Switch), 45 minutes on train, get the Switch, other 45 minutes by train, start working late.
don't @ at me and help me to find an excuse to justify my late arrive at work
Nintendo knows the Splatoon 2 thirst is real and strong, and so Splatoon 2 is already available for purchase (and download) on the Nintendo eShop (a full hour before the usual release time for Nintendo games - 10PM JST).
Got nothing scheduled tomorrow I could pick up that Switch for you ahah
The lack of "and then go give it to you after work" in this post is rather concerning, smells fishy to me!
The Splatoon crazyness is about to begin.... Can't wait for the numbers, hopefully they arrive earlier then next wednesday tho.
Ok I will edit that
I already got one since launch and I'm no scalper so zero risk!
How long til it hits number 1 on the eshop i wonder
Ha ha, I was just kidding around.
But yeah, those lotteries are a massive pain for people who work... even those who don't, I guess, as I'm sure they'd rather spend their free days doing something else than line up for the right to buy something (as desired as that something may be).
If Friday shipments match the hints from some blogs Switch is heading for 6 digit figures.
3 restocks and 1 bundle will help.
Ha ha, I was just kidding around.
But yeah, those lotteries are a massive pain for people who work... even those who don't, I guess, as I'm sure they'd rather spend their free days doing something else than line up for the right to buy something (as desired as that something may be).
Counting on mpl90 for giving us timely and relevant updates
How many Switch consoles do you think Nintendo would sell this week if there was unlimited stock?
How many Switch consoles do you think Nintendo would sell this week if there was unlimited stock?
Depends how well advertised. And what kind of throughput the system can handle. They could do a second launch and sell at least half a million in a day based on the lottery lines, if people knew they were available.How many Switch consoles do you think Nintendo would sell this week if there was unlimited stock?
200k at least
How many Switch consoles do you think Nintendo would sell this week if there was unlimited stock?
How many Switch consoles do you think Nintendo would sell this week if there was unlimited stock?
[Nirolak's Note: This is the current performance.]
5 Thousand Installs and Half-a-Million of Dollars a Day
Source: https://www.deconstructoroffun.com/blog/2017/6/20/fire-emblem-heroes-its-gacha-a-hand-on-your-walletDespite Global featuring on both Apple and Google Play Stores, Fire Emblem Heroes has only had around 10M downloads worldwide, suggesting a lack of User Acquisition and niche appeal. Despite a lack of installs, revenue for the game hasn't slowed down.
120 million
In case people wanted some hard mobile numbers:
Source: https://www.deconstructoroffun.com/blog/2017/6/20/fire-emblem-heroes-its-gacha-a-hand-on-your-wallet
The Wii is shaking.
To Japan? 500k.
why not go even bigger, 160m
/s
You sure about that? Last time I checked none of Neverland joined Marvelous, and Lord of Magna was all Marvelous, staff that worked on Rune Factory from Marvelous' side.How is that baffling? The developers went bankrupt the following year, though most of the staff seems to have landed at Marvelous. After that, I remember that interview about the developers giving the choice between RF and a new project, and they chose the latter (which is why Lord of Magna came to be).
You sure about that? Last time I checked none of Neverland joined Marvelous, and Lord of Magna was all Marvelous, staff that worked on Rune Factory from Marvelous' side.
"It's human nature that when you work on the same thing over and over, you want to branch out and do something different. We asked the Rune Factory team if they wanted to create another Rune Factory or if they wanted to branch out and create something else. They said they wanted to challenge themselves with something else and that was the beginning of Forbidden Magna," producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto said to Siliconera when we talked about how the game got started.
Forbidden Magna began its life inside Neverland, the same studio that makes the Rune Factory games and Lufia series. After the studio closed, some of the Neverland staff moved into Marvelous AQL to finish Forbidden Magna.
As of now, it'll still remain a secret as to what kind of title we'll be releasing next, but I can say that the staff members are still doing great.