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Media Create Sales: Week 36, 2013 (Sep 02 - Sep 08)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Capcom will certainly put a PR for 2 million copies, as soon as next week even. The question is whether they'll include download sales or not. If they do, then we might have an idea of how many were downloads based on the first week sell-through.
Came to post this but I see deathcobra has the news already covered. At this pace it might soon outsell TC digitally. Good chance for it overtaking NL at some point too.
Don't eShop sales include those from download cards? If this is true I doubt any title will overtake Animal Crossing.
We don't know and it is still too early to call but given the rapid pace of eShop sales of MH it definitely is a possibility. This is the first day with just hours of sales, we need to wait for the next days and weeks.
I'll actually contact NOE and see if they can answer this (it should be the same for each region).
AND It's now number nine above Tomodachi Collection.
Glass Rebel
Member
I think this wasn't posted: Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy will be released on December 5 in Japan. Will this be the main-entry to drop below what IE1 did (~400k)?
re: Square-Enix
With FFXIV fixed and re-released I could see them allocating people to other projects. They probably won't keep a team of 300 working on expansions. Maybe Kawazu will finally get another game to work on.
re: Square-Enix
With FFXIV fixed and re-released I could see them allocating people to other projects. They probably won't keep a team of 300 working on expansions. Maybe Kawazu will finally get another game to work on.
Again, came to post this, lol. Pretty sure now it can reach #2 by the end of the week end.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Games with 2m+ opening
Oh FF how ye have fallen.
Appropriate, given it's the first sighting in ages of something that *was* extinct...
they will relocate staff to existing big projects like XV, KH3 to get them out as fast as they can probably next DQ game even if it's in house. From what the new CEO has said, they will keep making a few big AAA games and everything else will be online, social mobile oriented, so I'm not really seeing them going back to making more console/handheld games like before.
Do you have a suspicion why SE stopped making FF remakes on handhelds? The DS remakes sold rather well and since they haven't been developed internally to begin with, it's a little surprising that SE outright stopped making those.
It's even stranger when taking into account that the mobile remake of FFV was done half-heartedly at best. Trying to find a bigger market for remakes on iOS/Android makes a lot of sense, but I don't think that a full-fledged remake and a HD-fied SNES port really compete with each other. Sounds like it would be easy money SE for some reason isn't interested in.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Eh seriously Pokémon is coming out this year you know the franchise that is bigger than AC. If your talking about e shop only then maybe.
Glass Rebel
Member
FFXV will be a return to glory
surely
Could be but there's a limit on how many people you can put on these projects and their 1st Production Department is rather big. It's not like their games are pulling in Assassin's Creed numbers to justify huge teams. And I also don't see the point in developing a ton of competing mobile/social/online games at the same time.
Then again, I am no CEO.
Square-Enix Logic
I've never played any of the WiiWare FFCC. I heard it was good though.
tbh only reason why ive never played it because i couldn't get it physically
Square-Enix Logic™
mang, people just got tired of FFIV. Squeenix has ported/remade that game like what, 10 times already? They'd prolly port it to a toaster if they could
pieatorium
Member
it was pretty obvious he is talking eshop only, and handheld animal crossing is right up there with pokemon
What s doing Matrix these days?This is a more likely reason why Bravely Default got rebranded as a new IP, and why they selected a new development partner instead:
Now they would be lucky to hit 2M in total sales.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I wouldn't say that. FF13 was 1.9 iirc. FFXV could if the PS4 has a big enough install base by the time it arrives and if it's actually a good game.
But unlikely much more than 2M.
MH for Smash confirmed!
Kinda agree but still entertaining to see how high it can go.
1st Course
Member
Are there downloadable cards like AC?
Aquamarine
Member
I believe there are.
This is a more likely reason why Bravely Default got rebranded as a new IP, and why they selected a new development partner instead:
Yeah, Asano wanted to do a new game but he's not a game designer, so he had to find a more capable developer. Wish they would get Matrix to remake FFV with Ito though.
FFXIV is still hardly a finished product even though it is at official release. the content past early game is extremely limited. even a lot of the "launch" features were pushed back to get the game out early. i imagine now that they've seen the strong sales they would keep working at it just as hard as ever to retain those subscriptions especially looking at how lucrative these games can be. i don't know if they need 300 but i bet they'd keep the majority of whatever team was making content for it at least until they get that first expansion out. it is going to be vital to set momentum for the game because otherwise we're looking at a huge cliff drop off for that game.
Bruno MB
Member
Talking about Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, I wonder if it has finally been restocked.
That's apparently the same amount they gave two weeks ago. I don't know how many download cards have been shipped, but I guess the combined number of physical copies won't be too far from 1,5 million units. They'd better have a big second shipment ready for next week.
That's apparently the same amount they gave two weeks ago. I don't know how many download cards have been shipped, but I guess the combined number of physical copies won't be too far from 1,5 million units. They'd better have a big second shipment ready for next week.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I'm sure MHP3rd would win considering that games opening week sales.
KillerTravis
Banned
Sakurai went all out. Why would he buy 3 copies?
For a possible comparison
MH4: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201309/14040057.html
MH3G: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201012/01036376.html
But they're not the only articles about both launches.
deathcobra/extralite: Is MH4 even higher in the eShop All-Time Charts now?
MH4: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201309/14040057.html
MH3G: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201012/01036376.html
But they're not the only articles about both launches.
deathcobra/extralite: Is MH4 even higher in the eShop All-Time Charts now?
It's only #8 at the moment. Puyo Puyo Mini Version is next in line.
So it looks like this now?
Animal Crossing
Pokémon AR Searcher
Denpa 1
Charisou DX
Denpa 2
3D Kirby
Puyo Puyo Mini
Monster Hunter 4
Pokédex
Shaun Sheep video
Have you seen the Limited Edition XL? It looks really good. I would buy that in a heartbeat.
Animal Crossing
Pokémon AR Searcher
Denpa 1
Charisou DX
Denpa 2
3D Kirby
Puyo Puyo Mini
Monster Hunter 4
Pokédex
Shaun Sheep video
Have you seen the Limited Edition XL? It looks really good. I would buy that in a heartbeat.
Yes. Including Virtual Console and DSi titles then it is #11 with SMB between Pokemon AR and Denpa 1, 10 Second Run between Denpa 1 and Charisou, and SMB3 between Puyo Puyo and MonHun 4.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Glass Rebel
Member
This is a more likely reason why Bravely Default got rebranded as a new IP, and why they selected a new development partner instead:
Not saying you're wrong but I'd like to question how sales of a spinoff title are indicative of sales of a potential FFV or FFVI remake. I remember Hashimoto saying that they'd consider remaking FFV for the 3DS depending on how the latter performs so I guess it wasn't pushing the numbers they wanted when they decided on the iOS "remake".
Ah, thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression that in a more finished state. I also forgot that they're doing Dragon Quest X internally as well... Looks dire for internally developed handheld games
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Is SE banking more on FFXIV than DQX?
FFXIV is a game available worldwide, so I imagine they want more from that than DQX.
How much production can they get right now with pokemon right around the corner? Does MC track download cards as well as Famitsu, would be interesting to see how big of an impact they have.
Probably, the market for MMOs is huge and DQ doesn't have nearly the pull that FF does outside of Japan.
FFXIV no doubt and it always was like that hence RR.
MC doesn't track download cards, Famitsu does.
and then some!
Rathalos in. Ridley still absent.
I agree that It seems a little far-fetched to me to make 4 Heroes of Lights sales responsible for the lack of FFV or FFVI remakes on handhelds. For one I'm sure that everyone involved in the project knew that it was a rather weird and experimental project (... and in the end a rather flawed one), but more importantly: If 4HoL sales were so disappointing that SE lost confidence in their FF handheld efforts, then why is their one (non-DQ) 3DS RPG a (spiritual) successor to that one game in particular? That doesn't really make a lot of sense to me.
Even with the sharp drop in sales, FFIV still sold a lot better than most other games in Japan -- and I can't imagine that Matrix' services are particularly expensive...
They are still working together with SE (and various other companies), but they shifted their focus to iOS/Android. FF Dimensions was by them, so was the FFV "remake."
Matrix has developed/helped on the development of about a dozen DS games, but so far they haven't worked on a single 3DS game. It's one of these things that show how reluctant Japanese publishers support the 3DS, despite its great sales.
Though, it might also be possible that Matrix is not available for bigger-scale (relatively speaking) handheld developments anymore for whatever reason.