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Media Create Sales: Week 9, 2013 (Feb 25 - Mar 03)
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DragonSworne
Banned
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I'm not really following this logic here. If somebody was interesting in buying a Vita for SS why exactly would they buy a Vita the week before the game they wanted came out? You just said it yourself thats exactly what -didn't- happen with P4G and Miku, there wasn't any kind of bump the week before in anticipation of the game. Because that doesn't make any sense.
Father_Brain
Banned
There wasn't a price cut, a new bundle, another major software release, or anything else that would have driven short-term hardware demand up significantly the weeks before those two titles were released.
It makes sense to me, at least as a possible scenario. As for who's actually correct, well, we'll find out tomorrow.
Hero of Legend
Member
So Little Battlers Wars and W Chou Custom as well as Inazuma Eleven Galaxy were all announced for 3DS today.
Sales talk, what can we expect?
Here's LBX sales from Garaph (oddly lacking the original on PSP):
http://garaph.info/softwaregroup.php?grid=274
Sales talk, what can we expect?
Here's LBX sales from Garaph (oddly lacking the original on PSP):
http://garaph.info/softwaregroup.php?grid=274
So Little Battlers Wars and W Chou Custom as well as Inazuma Eleven Galaxy were all announced for 3DS today.
Sales talk, what can we expect?
Here's LBX sales from Garaph (oddly lacking the original on PSP):
http://garaph.info/softwaregroup.php?grid=274
I think that IEGo could still do a solid 350K considering that both the latest titles did over 400k.
About LBX I think that the series is declining but the result of the third iteration of the same game on 3DS sold pretty well, so probably a 150K for the CC porting and a over 200k for the third brand new episode.
grimshawish
Banned
Vita will sell approximately 1 or more units.
No lower.
No lower.
^^^^^^^lol
Modest prediction.
This is my predictions also.
I'm predicting 20 000 000 000 000 Vita sales and 30 000 000 000 000 SS sales.
Modest prediction.
This is my predictions also.
Hero of Legend
Member
No, it'll sell 1/2 a unit; someone bought a disembodied Vita.
3DS will sell 100,000 and 1/2 units, the 100,000th one will have an extra DS duck-taped to it.
Takamura-San
Member
Prediction:
Vita: 150K +
SS: 350K +
Vita: 150K +
SS: 350K +
So Little Battlers Wars and W Chou Custom as well as Inazuma Eleven Galaxy were all announced for 3DS today.
Sales talk, what can we expect?
Here's LBX sales from Garaph (oddly lacking the original on PSP):
http://garaph.info/softwaregroup.php?grid=274
The original sold about 300k I think (or more? I can't find the numbers anymore :/). Baku Boost, oddly enough, sold better than either Boost or LBX W(both platform combined), so the move to 3DS is a sensible one.
I honestly have no idea how Chou Custom will perform but it should do decently enough (100-150k).
Until we know more about Wars, it's going to be hard to give any informed guesses for its sales.
IE Go Galaxy is probably going to do about 400k when all is said and done, similar to the previous IE Go games. That series seems to have stabilized.
Father_Brain
Banned
Roughly what I'd predict, though I'd peg SS a bit higher. Maybe 80K.
Moral Panic
Member
If Senran Kagura can sell 95K I think SS can sell at least that much.
Vita: 49K
SS: 110K
Vita: 49K
SS: 110K
Those are very low expectations.
Anything less than 50k will be slightly disappointing.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
That's bullish...
MeBecomingI
Member
Vita ~ 50,000
Soul Sacrifice ~ 75,000
Those are mine. I hope my predictions are so incredibly inaccurate and they are much, much higher.
Soul Sacrifice ~ 75,000
Those are mine. I hope my predictions are so incredibly inaccurate and they are much, much higher.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Predictions:
SS: 154,681
Vita: 59,237
SS: 154,681
Vita: 59,237
Father_Brain
Banned
SK isn't a new IP, though. But it's certainly possible that SS could debut that high, or higher.
Overall, it's pretty damn tough to predict either SS or Vita HW for tomorrow. There are a bunch of factors at play (the push Sony is giving SS vs. the small userbase vs. new IP challenges; the decline from the price cut week vs. whatever boost SS might give hardware in isolation vs. the question of how much SS will sell beyond the existing userbase).
Hey we are talking about Vita....you know?
Father_Brain
Banned
All right, sticking with this until tomorrow:
Vita HW: ~35K
SS: ~85K
But not enormously confident in either number. Only prediction I am reasonably certain about is that there won't be any significant lasting impact on Vita's weekly HW baseline, given the release schedule from here on out, but it may or may not take a bit longer to revert than I had expected (<15K by end of the month, <10K by mid-April).
Vita HW: ~35K
SS: ~85K
But not enormously confident in either number. Only prediction I am reasonably certain about is that there won't be any significant lasting impact on Vita's weekly HW baseline, given the release schedule from here on out, but it may or may not take a bit longer to revert than I had expected (<15K by end of the month, <10K by mid-April).
I think that if Vita was able to do around 50K for Miku with higher price and less global buzz around it, we could see at least similar result with the actual lower price point, the release of two "interesting" titles that received (at least SS) great promotional push and the fresh word of mouth around the console due to last week "incentives".
PSV: 60k
SS: 130k
There have been many games that did over 100k with no early report, for example last weeks Layton. I think there wasn´t any early report for P4G and Hatsune Miku as well.
SS: 130k
There have been many games that did over 100k with no early report, for example last weeks Layton. I think there wasn´t any early report for P4G and Hatsune Miku as well.
last week i was in Tokyo and Akiba looked like SONY land, also in Narita airport i met:
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/135309/
which was amazing since i covered a couple of E3's and never had the chance to meet him although i really wanted to.
http://www.true-gaming.net/home/135309/
which was amazing since i covered a couple of E3's and never had the chance to meet him although i really wanted to.
strangedopamine
Member
My Prediction:
Soul Sacrifice: 76,500
Vita: 49,500
Soul Sacrifice: 76,500
Vita: 49,500
That would be uncaracteristically high for an anime adaption in the current market.
gundamkyoukai
Member
SAO has a huge fan base the DVD\Blu Rays sell huge amount for a TV series so i can see the game doing very good .
strangedopamine
Member
Sword Art Online is far more popular than the majority of anime airing nowadays. It will easily surpass 200k LTD.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Prediction:
Vita: 58K
Soul Sacrifice: 137K
Project Diva F: 114K
Vita: 58K
Soul Sacrifice: 137K
Project Diva F: 114K
michaelius
Banned
How much was hack series selling ?
I could see SAO as spiritual successor to it.
I could see SAO as spiritual successor to it.
SOA is pretty big in Japan with magna,blu-ray and DVDs selling a lot.
the androgyne
Member
Predictions:
Soul Sacrifice 105k
Vita: 50k
I don't think Soul Sacrifice will go below 100k, there's been too much promotion and word of mouth plus the bundle to help things along. Hardware though, hard to tell who wouldn't have just gotten it last week, though the bundle would be a good reason not to. I'm thinking it'll hold it's ground fairly well given almost all of this month's releases should be inspiring some confidence.
Soul Sacrifice 105k
Vita: 50k
I don't think Soul Sacrifice will go below 100k, there's been too much promotion and word of mouth plus the bundle to help things along. Hardware though, hard to tell who wouldn't have just gotten it last week, though the bundle would be a good reason not to. I'm thinking it'll hold it's ground fairly well given almost all of this month's releases should be inspiring some confidence.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Vita 45k
SS 110k
SS 110k
Plenty of "huge" manga/animes have had adaptations that sold okay-to-mediocre numbers. Madoka sold really well and its game still didn't break 100k. I know that SAO is a really big hit, I just don't expecting to pull the kind of numbers you're talking about.
Magicpaint
Member
Wow...nice. Lucky you
Wait what...?
Sure... maybe even 500k...
No way! The game maybe can sell >100k but not this kind of numbers.
InsaneZero
Member
SAO is nowhere near the phenomenon that Madoka is, if their anime volume unit sales are any indication.
Father_Brain
Banned
The lineup past 3/7 consists of late ports, niche titles, and the One Piece port, so I'm not sure how much confidence those releases could inspire.
If you're only talking about hardware sales for this week, though, than quite possibly.
Yeah going by DVD+Blu Ray sales, Madoka sold nearly twice as much by volume than SAO. That 300k week one prediction is even more preposterous than I thought.
I should be betting real money here......