Why would I buy 3DS now in Japan, when the new one is coming in 3 weeks?
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Media Create Sales: Week 37, 2014 (Sep 08 - Sep 14)
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Why would I buy 3DS now in Japan, when the new one is coming in 3 weeks?
Actually that's pretty normal for them, weird would be to make a good call these days :/
metalslimer
Member
More like anyone with a brain who was going to buy a 3DS for this is waiting for the new systems.
Right, the new one, forgot about that. Well I wouldn't know, it wasn't announced for my region now was it! D:<
*cries*
Nightengale
Member
Red PS4 bundle with Bloodborne
Do it, Sony.
Do it, Sony.
I think the bump is more because of the fact that a white SKU got released, and not Destiny.
Or better yet a price drop, like the one they timed for Vita and Soul Sacrifice.
Thanks for the laugh.
OT - Wow I thought it would drop to below 10k not 5k. So next week sub 1k it seems. Is there anything coming soon for XB1 to give it a small boost?
It's like saying, 2 years ago, after Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f released and Vita went up to 50,000, that the console was destined to be not that distant from 3DS from that time. The following week, we all know how things went. This kind of increases is mostly concentrated in the first week (thanks also to bundles), while the Mario Kart 8's positive influence didn't stop in its first week, but it went on for weeks and weeks (at least, positive effect compared to the past Wii U numbers XD ).
However, I have to admit Destiny did more than what I've thought in its debut week for PS4's hardware sales, I was expecting more like 2x last week, not 3x and something more, and hopefully PS4, while probably going back to awful numbers, will start doing less awful numbers, like 8-10,000 instead of the 5,000-6,000 zone it was in for a while.
Nightengale
Member
Too early. Price drops have the biggest impacts, but also limited uses.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
So did the PS4 receive a bigger one-week bump for Destiny than Wii U did for other big name games (on a non-holiday week)?
MK8 managed a WiiU bump for 5 weeks above 10k in weekly sales. Do you think this bump will last this long?
FullMetaltech
Member
Good to see the PS4 hit the 700k mark. But those XB1 sale took a huge drop.
I don't know. If there was a Wii U bundle with a new color we would find out.
Nightengale
Member
Yeah, PS4 will drop like a rock soon,but the hope is to gain a higher baseline.
Slowly and slowly with each major release...
True, though at the same time Sony can't really drag their feet in the region where console gaming seems to be on its last legs.
not unless there is a PS4 bundle for every title released in 2015.and a new color.
Maybe there will be a MK8 Bundel in Japan around the Season to drive sales with SSB WiiU.
You are right, but we knoe that PS4 games will be released with better pace compared to the Wii U.
This is the thread where PS4 rised only because of anticipation for a western game, one illusion is enough.
Fixed.
Bruno MB
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| XB1 | 3.574 | 23.562 | | 27.136 | | 27.136 |
A moment of silence for poor Xbox One.
| WIU | 5.473 | 5.551 | 4.842 | 386.089 | 422.256 | 1.904.516 |
10./15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 4.859 / 669.100 <80-100%> (-16%)
Mario Kart 8 run out of fuel, what a disappointing performance in these last weeks after a good August. Now it is evident that Wii U won't be able to match last year's sales unless it has some very aggressive promotions for December holidays. Time for more Wii U family hardware bundles?
A moment of silence for poor Xbox One.
| WIU | 5.473 | 5.551 | 4.842 | 386.089 | 422.256 | 1.904.516 |
10./15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 4.859 / 669.100 <80-100%> (-16%)
Mario Kart 8 run out of fuel, what a disappointing performance in these last weeks after a good August. Now it is evident that Wii U won't be able to match last year's sales unless it has some very aggressive promotions for December holidays. Time for more Wii U family hardware bundles?
Yep, I think the White SKU is more responsible for the bump than the game. But if you bundle an anticipated game with a new SKU good numbers are expected (Tales GC comes to mind: Anticipated game + Green SKU = GC > PS2 (IIRC)).
Let's see the legs of Smash 3DS before expecting it to surpass Brawl in Japan... but it seems that it'll pass 2 million with no problems. Now to see if Smash 3DS + Wii U could end up selling more than Brawl WW (12 million).
Does the n3DS come out the same day than MH4G?
SDCowboy
Member
Does Type-0 come out in the US in march also?
LegendofLex
Member
3DS has already sold 16m+ systems in Japan. I don't know that we can expect that many more people are still waiting to buy a New 3DS for this game (except maybe as a replacement for their current 3DS, and then probably mostly for MH4G). Most who are interested probably already have one.
SerTapTap
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Smells like real blood!
Lol 700k user base compared to 28k?
Is 23k actually a good thing? Seems abyssmal still. Consoles are dead innjapan
The Last One
Member
Yes, March 17th.
small44
Member
Maybe FF Type 0 too
Iff Sony is smart they should make a MGS 5 bundle like they do with MGS4
Thats for sure, and we know that before the 2 consoles where released. A price reduction will do more effect than alle the announced TGS Titels for all PS Systems.
We saw in the Past that PS Systems since PS3 released never had long legs from release/bundel bumps.
Vita is the best example.
Wow. Bungie game helps Sony console sales in Japan. Too odd.
Did the title not even release on XB1?
Looks like fresh games and of course nice custom colours can lift PS4 sales well enough.
I figure once library grows, and expands in number of locally appealing games, PS4 will pick up fine.
XB1 is shaping up to be a disaster though in Japan - can't imagine any way it'll deliver 360 level numbers.
Did the title not even release on XB1?
Looks like fresh games and of course nice custom colours can lift PS4 sales well enough.
I figure once library grows, and expands in number of locally appealing games, PS4 will pick up fine.
XB1 is shaping up to be a disaster though in Japan - can't imagine any way it'll deliver 360 level numbers.
SDCowboy
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Nice. Thanks.
Agreed. Save that big price cut for holiday 2015 with FFXV and a new model
Yes, it will help for a good release push.
it's less than 40K off last year's pace... I don't think it's definite.
with a possible MK8 bundel and SSB, everythink is possible. Should do better than last Season.
Trust me. I'm a PhD
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Activision does not publish in Japan (Square Enix does COD), so Sony did it for them; effectively making it a Sony exclusive.
Xbone release chart according to gamefaqs is
9-23 Xbox Fitness
10-02 Forza Horizon 2 (day one edition)
10-9 Fifa 15 and Project Spark starter pack
10-23 Psycho Break
10-30 Sunset Overdrive (day one edition)
Looking at the overall list they have listed, not looking kind to any hopes for the Xbox One of staying above 1-2k, MCC might give them a boost to something small for the week, I think Halo has a small following for its games, will be interesting to see how it does for Xbox One
There aren't download cards for Youkai Watch 2.
06./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.09.04} (¥4.104) - 22.977 / 75.351 (-56%)
06./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.09.04} (¥4.104) - 25.440 / 84.493 <60-80%> (-57%)
Despite all the talk about the game being not as functional as it should be, copies being not shipped for some days, and considering the genre, that's a...VERY low second week's drop for DQX on 3DS. It has to be said that it started having supply problems right at the release, so that means having a lower debut, but better following sales since the supply starts being available. Still, I thought it would've dropped far more given what happened.
06./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.09.04} (¥4.104) - 25.440 / 84.493 <60-80%> (-57%)
Despite all the talk about the game being not as functional as it should be, copies being not shipped for some days, and considering the genre, that's a...VERY low second week's drop for DQX on 3DS. It has to be said that it started having supply problems right at the release, so that means having a lower debut, but better following sales since the supply starts being available. Still, I thought it would've dropped far more given what happened.
The problem with your hypothesis is that the PS4 has thus far sold worse than the Wii U launch aligned.
After 205 days on the market(that's how long the PS4 has been out):
PS4: 709,000
Wii U: 960,000
PS4 will be getting a lot of new games in 2015 however most of those will be multiplatform so they won't have a dramatic effect on sales.
The one major exclusive PS4 game, Bloodborne, typically does 300k in Japan.
Meanwhile Nintendo is releasing at least 8 exclusive Wii U games. PS4 probably won't overtake Wii U in Japan in 2015. However, it will live longer than the Wii U and will be able to catch up in 2016.
That's been the case for most western games though, Watch Dogs was similar.
3DS didn't drop last week though
Its sales have been quite mediocre this year even when big titles like Yo-kai Watch 2 released before the n3DS was announced.
The problem with announcing a unit right before it goes on sale is that it will be leaked everywhere. You can see this with the iPhone 6. No pictures of the Apple Watch ever leaked.
Edit:
Like everywhere else. It's a next gen title with a last gen port so people want it for the PS4 like we've seen with previous next gen games like MGS and Watch Dogs. Install base has got to be the most over valued thing in SalesGAF