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Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2015 (Feb 23 - Mar 01)
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KillerMan91
Member
DQ:H had bundles with digital vouchers during christmas and PS4 was higher than normal during the weeks before the game. The effect just was more split across the weeks.
Going by Media Create, it sold 7,405 this week, and its total is now 45,229. Eh.
FFX/X-2 remaster in May
Maintenance
Member
Expected much more from the PS4, only 46k is troubling. At least it is doing well outside of Japan.
This is available on PS3 and Vita for more than a year, so is not a big launch.
but but its a spin off
A non exclusive Warrior spinoff, even if it is Dragon Quest, won't make people rush to buy the console. Still, it sold pretty good to existing owners and will probably encourage more to buy it in the future.
Aquamarine
Member
A console exclusivity publishing agreement with Nintendo is the only thing I can think of.
True but I think it'll sell well and give some boost
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Dat PS4/3 split is very encouraging especially if you include the probable 50k bundles.
320k PS4 + 325k PS3 = 645k (without digital as well).
Higher debut than OP.
The bundles are included in that number.
I think bundles were included in the number.
That's also what makes the 46k hardware not so worrying imo, the hw effect of DQ started on december
Pennywise83
Banned
Great debut for DQ (also great split across platforms); it's DQ after all, so sort of expected.
Severe drop for GE2:RB, and The 7 Deadly Sins making a comeback!
Severe drop for GE2:RB, and The 7 Deadly Sins making a comeback!
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Oh really....so its around a 600k debut. Also, just a correction, OP debuted at 655k on MC.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
And when the Metal Slime hardware released. Overall the boost for this one game is very good, just spread over 3 or 4 weeks.
Media Create:
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Week | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Change 2014 -> 2015 |
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Week 1| 279,259 | 176,555 | 153,166 | Down 13.2% |
Week 2| 92,661 | 60,154 | 57,674 | Down 4.1% |
Week 3| 81,855 | 47,438 | 44,229 | Down 6.8% |
Week 4| 75,124 | 38,229 | 35,262 | Down 7.8% |
Week 5| 77,682 | 37,462 | 36,408 | Down 2.8% |
Week 6| 127,695 | 48,308 | 35,292 | Down 26.9% |
Week 7| 97,971 | 39,716 | 58,745 | Up 47.9% |
Week 8| 74,729 | 32,151 | 38,173 | Up 18.6% |
Week 9| 77,439 | 38,013 | 36,596 | Down 3.7% |SnowFlakeCake
Member
I love the spirit which XB1 sales represent, the working mans console.
Majora's Mask VS Link Between Worlds
[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} (¥4.800) - 576.896
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| | Majora's Mask |Link Between Worlds| Difference |
| | [3DS] (2015/02/14)| [3DS] (2013/12/26)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | MM – LBW |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 1 | 230.065| 230.065| 224.143| 224.143| 5.922|
| 2 | 72.181| 302.246| 73.072| 297.216| 5.030|
| 3 | 39.751| 341.997| 26.286| 323.502| 18.495|
| 4 | | | 17.897| 341.398| |
| 5 | | | 15.095| 356.494| |
| 6 | | | 10.048| 366.541| |
| 7 | | | 6.105| 372.647| |
| 8 | | | 4.785| 377.432| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Year| YTD | LTD | YTD | LTD | Difference |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| LTD| -| 341.997| -| 430.000| |
-------------------------------------------------------------[3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} (¥4.800) - 576.896
Just a question. I saw that week 9, last year, had Harvest Moon and Fossil Fighters, but...I don't know, sales increased from 32,000 to 38,000. Did 3DS get a special SKU/bundle that week?
cardinalmind
Member
As an anime game, how bad / good is that new FuRyu game selling? I admit I don't follow these threads for a while now so forgive my noob question.
Since the PC version (which was around one year after the Wii version) there has been a new DQX release, port or expansion at least every 6 months (version 2, Docomo, Yahoo, 3DS, version 3 in late April). It's probably too soon for a PS announcement just yet.
The game also had great legs on Wii thanks to the free Tsutaya demo and also on Wii U even now. PS has FFXIV, which isn't doing half as well as DQX, I think they want to maximize each game's potential on the platforms they're already on before turning them into competitors on the same system(s).
Whoa, this is a super strong result for DQH. 600k first week, 270k for the PS4. Amazing result. If these numbers do not include the PS4 bundles sold previously, it means that the ratio between PS3 and PS4 is pretty much 1:1 which is honestly a result I did not think is possible at this point. Very promising.
They do, according to Media Create. Given the 530,000 "leaked" first week, it should also result in 64,000 bundles sold since December.
The Last One
Member
It seens the bundles are included so the ratio is something like 1.2:1
It's pretty much S-E's best first week sales on consoles since FFXIII isn't it?
Bring on DQXI!
What did you expect? I expected something in the 40k-60k range, not only because the fanbase migrated to Nintendo systems but also because of the bundles which were sold last year, I guess the biggest DQ fans already bought that bundle.
The PS4 is still a 40000¥ system with a sparse selection of Japanese games, one game won't change its situation in the long term.
I too thought this game would give the PS4 a gigantic boost but seeing how the playground for games has changed in Japan I'm fairly sure both Sony and Square Enix are satisfied with the results, it lays a good foundation for future DQ and Japanese games and I hope the game reaches the 800k mark.
can't wait for the PS4 versions to take over the Ps3 versions.
Pennywise83
Banned
FFXIII-2 sold also more than 600k units FW; 605k according to Famitsu.
Is that confirmed? MC says it includes bundles, but are they including bundles sold in this week, or all the previously tracked bundle sales? Famitsu has PS3 at 311,277 and PS4 at 255,292, so the numbers are pretty similar. Is Famitsu including the previously sold bundles too?
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
46K hardware for PS4 on the week of DQH. I was really hoping for a higher, perhaps twice its number but it seems that was delusional on my part...
A few thousand shy of 600K is a solid number for DQH. It will likely do around 800K in Japan at this rate, maybe a bit more if it has a lot of legs. It looks like this game will definitely hit 1 million once it hits worldwide however. Was hoping for a higher PS4 software numbers than 235K but solid numbers nonetheless. It would be nice if PS4 numbers start to equal and then eventually beat PS3 numbers by the end of the year but it needs to sell more hardware. Which again brings me to 46K hardware on DQH release. :\
A few thousand shy of 600K is a solid number for DQH. It will likely do around 800K in Japan at this rate, maybe a bit more if it has a lot of legs. It looks like this game will definitely hit 1 million once it hits worldwide however. Was hoping for a higher PS4 software numbers than 235K but solid numbers nonetheless. It would be nice if PS4 numbers start to equal and then eventually beat PS3 numbers by the end of the year but it needs to sell more hardware. Which again brings me to 46K hardware on DQH release. :\
DarkLordMalik
Member
DQXI for PS3/PS4 is basically a given at this point. Hori and SE must be happy.
clay_ghost
Member
DQH ps4 performs better than i expected :0
Chû Totoro
Member
I do t think Xenoblade won't do a damn thing for Wii U and that is really sad
PS4 numbers are really good and 3DS is good too! Vita is holding on for dear life!
Yeah it seems everyone agrees to say that Xenoblade won't do miracles. Nintendo output is quite strong imo but alone they'll never be able to offer equivalent offering as other systems (PS3 levels.. PS4 is just starting to have a great Japanese output.
imo again of course
Do you think Splatoon may be a surprise sucess? If not at least decent sales since it rely a lot on online it may die too soon :/
I really hope not. I'm playing on EU Wii U but still a dead franchise is dead for everyone... if no sequel. But before that we have to see if the game keeps its promises ^^
FalsettoVibe
Member
This should put Japanese developers on notice. Time to really support the PS4. I want PS2 level support Japan.....DO IT.
Anyway, I think this is going to be a great year for Sony Japan. Bloodborne around the corner, FF Type-O HD, Metal Gear V, Persona 5......and those are just the big titles. Things are looking up.
Stinkdeken
Neo Member
A bump down into it's Japanse grave?
I think its likely but i doubt DQ Heroes performance has anything to do with it - they decided the DQ 11 platforms a while ago and DQ Heroes is probably a result of that decision and not the other way around.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Once they unleash DX12 Japanese gamers won't be able to resist!