J.T.
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Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2023 (Mar 06 - Mar 12)
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That's really cool and I hope it can actually make somewhat of a splash, if only to urge Nintendo with Switch 2 a little ;>
Himura Kenshin
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If they can track 97 3DSs I don't see why they can't track Steamdeck and PSVR2 while they're at it.
how do you urge someone with a couple hundred units?
Lelouch0612
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It is a pleasure
NediarPT88
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Pretty much.
When demand is met I'm expecting PS5 to be in the 20s-30s k range, with some boosts whenever popular games get released.
Martin
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Wow, I didn't expect to still see OT2 in the charts and I am really glad it is still charting!
But why did Fatal Frame 4 remake/port chart so much lower than 5 port? Fells like that everyone online says that 5 is the worst in the series.
PS5 numbers are kind of low... but we will how much RE4 will bump the numbers and for how long.
But why did Fatal Frame 4 remake/port chart so much lower than 5 port? Fells like that everyone online says that 5 is the worst in the series.
PS5 numbers are kind of low... but we will how much RE4 will bump the numbers and for how long.
KillerMan
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Just going by sw performance it should go under 10k weekly. Hard to predict because so far sw sales have not matched hw sales at all so does that continue or not is the question.
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Will Scarlet and Violet beat New Horizon as the best selling game in Japan of all time?
Jimmy Joe
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I feel like we're somewhere between "it's very unlikely" and "absolutely no shot"
Aostia82
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PSVR2 sold less rhan 97 units, that's it!!!!!11!!1
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Maybe 5th was help back more, being Wii U exclusive, while 4th episode has already been played by many in Japan (unlike the West where it was not distributed)?
But no data here to back up this opinion/theory
Astrogamer
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FF4 isn't viewed much better. Also likely that people mostly got their fill from 5 and aren't willing to spend full price on a middling entry. I'd guess it's aiming for the Western market for the people who haven't played yet as otherwise, I'd go for FF2 as it's the one that most people praise.
Fatal Nutritionist
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Wasn't answered in the last thread which is locked, but does anyone know if we got updates on PS VR 2 sales in Japan or possibly the Call mountain bundle? Including in todays report?
it's not the only explanation of course, but one of many factors that add up. i mean, the reality is that you can buy a ps5 and have plenty of options to play games without having to buy them at retail and i just feel that the question "but what are ps5 owners even playing" is disingenous at this point. it could be any combination of retail games, digital full price games, digital games bought on (very frequent) sale, f2p, back compat or ps+ freebies.
now, of course retail sales shrinking is not great and has its set of consequences, but the more time passes the less i see the top 30 retail sales as a true reflection of actual player behavior.
rainbowblight
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But most of those explanations are true of the Switch + Switch owners, too, yet Switch SW sales are beyond healthy...
SquidEnthusiast
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It's painful that we won't have a clear picture for MPR sales until the next quarterly report
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That's only about a month out, isn't it? Six weeks, maybe?
switch does not have
- a subscription service for modern games (ps+ extra)
- monthly free games (ps+ essential)
- 20 free games for every ps5 buyer (ps+ collection)
- the ability to play backwards compatible titles at a much better quality than on the previous console
- big, frequent & significant sales on the online shop for popular games (especially not on first party titles)
also, switch titles bought at retail have the huge benefit of not using the (small) system memory. the console is also significantly cheaper than the ps5. when dropping money on a fairly expensive console + subscription service already gives you access to a lot of titles to play there might be some customers who are going to skip a full priced retail game for the time being.
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It's certainly a possible factor to consider and probably is contributing something to the decline of physical software sales for PlayStation, but I don't see a reason to believe that this would uniquely impact the Japanese market to the degree that we are currently. Game sales on PS5, even just physical games, are not seeing this decline in any other market which have the exact same factors in place.
It's on May 9th. The report is always a bit over a month after the quarter ends. Almost 8 weeks.
Aostia82
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Speaking about Japan, we have actual data pointing out at digital ratio for some first party nintendo games (due to voucher) even higher than PS5 games (like Astral Chain Vs Resident Evil 8) and pointing out at decreasing performance for ps4 software (retail and digital) going against the "play ps4 games on ps5 hardware" notion
So speaking about Japan only the f2p + scalpers factors seem possible explanations, aside the "non-japan-centric" software offer on PS5 that everybody agrees upon
tentacle-tropes
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None of these preclude PS from having a healthy software ecosystem. None of these really explain why software continues to be abysmal both on the PS4 & 5. If this is the explanation people are going with then it paints an even dire picture.
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All of those things are available worldwide and are not peculiar to Japan.
PS4 new software sales are decreasing, and the used PS4 market is not increasing.
The abysmal software sales also predate the new PS+ tiers.
Stars Wars Jedi The Fallen Order sold 26.7k first week in Japan so I wouldn't look at Survivor to make a splash.
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The hell is taking Famitsu so long with the Top 30?
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Unless it was a mistype on Famitsu's end, on Monday I assume
【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】『星のカービィ Wii デラックス』が3週連続で首位に！ 新作では『零 ～月蝕の仮面～』『Ib』がトップ10入り【3/6～3/12】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
ファミ通発表の売上ランキング。今回は2023年3月6日～3月12日のゲームソフト＆ハード週間推定販売数まとめをお届け。
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EDIT: Yeah, I randomly decided to re-check the Top 10 report to see if there was anything different than usual given the lack of the Top 30 yet.
Wait until Monday? You can't do this to me...Unless it was a mistype on Famitsu's end, on Monday I assume
【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】『星のカービィ Wii デラックス』が3週連続で首位に！ 新作では『零 ～月蝕の仮面～』『Ib』がトップ10入り【3/6～3/12】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
ファミ通発表の売上ランキング。今回は2023年3月6日～3月12日のゲームソフト＆ハード週間推定販売数まとめをお届け。
EDIT: Yeah, I randomly decided to re-check the Top 10 report to see if there was anything different than usual given the lack of the Top 30 yet.
Meanwhile, on other news:
- The latest Neptunia will be announced soon. I think "this may finally be the one that gets a Switch version", but I really doubt it.
- A Persona 5 mobile game by Perfect World Games (Chinese dev) was announced. They really refuse to let it die.
Multiple Neptunia games are on Switch already, I assume you mean a same day release as other platforms.
And a Persona gacha isn't unexpected considering SMT has one, but I'm committed to never playing any other gachas except Master Duel for the rest of my life.
And a Persona gacha isn't unexpected considering SMT has one, but I'm committed to never playing any other gachas except Master Duel for the rest of my life.
Oh yeah, I mean same day release. And as far as I remember, the only mainline one on Switch is Neptunia VII.
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The Persona 5 game looks huge effort but apparently is not even releasing in Japan, only China.
Switch has vouchers that actually hurt the sales potential of big nintendo first party retail sales and we actually had data on them.
Eshop got significant sales on most of its popular third party title.(Literally currently running. Cheap Capcom, SE and Ubisoft game) Voucher is already significant discount on first party titles so it means nintendo first party title is always available on heavy discount.
NSO brought free games that target nostalgia and even added online play for those game which means it is competing with current brand new title that nintendo is releasing.
If just those thing above lead to very weak software performance for PS5 in japan. That means there is a very heavy shift for the system purchase ecosystem and it paint far bleaker picture for PS5 software selling power in Japan.
saintsflow20
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Atelier Ryza 1 & 2 Sell 1.6 Million Units Worldwide Combined - Noisy Pixel
Developer Gust has announced that the first two games in the Atelier Ryza sub-series, Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout...
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One last update before Ryza 3. Wonder how that one's gonna do, I will be honest my jaw kinda dropped when they showed gameplay for it and how open world it is. It even had the NA Direct reveal, when they revealed Ryza 2 on a Direct it was JP Direct only.
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On the topic of Persona 5's mobile game. You would think after the success of games like Gennshin Impact and Fortnite, massively budget AAA games that are on both mobile and console. Something like Persona's mobile game carrying the visual quality of a mainline game, would be on console as well.
saintsflow20
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Tokyo Xanadu eX+ for Switch announced. June 29th.
Lite_Agent
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Ib (Limited Edition) is getting a new shipment. Reservations now live for this second shipment, which is expected to arrive in June.
No word on regular edition, but I assume it won't take nearly as long for new copies to hit shelves.
No word on regular edition, but I assume it won't take nearly as long for new copies to hit shelves.
SquidEnthusiast
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A second shipment for a years old RPGmaker game is a huge success, good to see.
cw_sasuke
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They already have enough console Persona games lined up and just released a bunch of classics from th series across all systems.
Also you listed one success story while failing the dozens of mobile and service games that fail and shut down every week. You don't just casually develop something like Genshin unless it's the bread and butter if your company and there is a lot of experience with this type of game.
Remember_spinal
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Insane reception for Resident Evil 4, lets see if it gives the consoles a boost next week
Baki
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All we know is that 82% of PS5 owners subscribe to PS+. That’s a global number.
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ArkhamFantasy
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Sounds like RE4R might be an all time great.
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I really hope that Tsunako handles the art for this game, Neptunia seems to sell worse when other artists are in charge.
Zaimokuza
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Please sell me on this game. I got it last month in a Fanatical bundle but I’m kind of regretting it already
fiendcode
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Wish it was Xanadu Next EX+ instead.
D.Lo
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This isn't the baseline, just wait a bit for the dust to settle, it is some kind of normalization of the offer after a huge shortage, sales from early platform life have been moved in time.
PS5 won't go down to 4 digits again but it won't stay at these current heights.
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Falcom's Switch trails continues...
Don't expect this to do anything special since it's a super late port, but I'm happy TX is getting a new spotlight.