Well, I think these sales are fine for the series to continue. They just don't inspire any confidence in Capcom as a company.
I have more on that note later, but not enough time to write up a big post.
To be fair, I think it's a little early to predict how RE7 will sell, but man if it underperforms like SFV Capcom might be in serious trouble.But I don't think a Revelations game or a FP-horror Resident Evil 7 are going to sell RE5/6 numbers. Regardless of the quality and appeal of the game it seems like an insane risk to take with your flagship brand.
There is no need to wait here, if we are talking about Japan. The Resident Evil name won't save it this time around. Resident Evil 5 to 6 was a big increase in sales and Resident Evil 6 also belongs in the Top 10 best selling games on PS3. I doubt if Resident Evil 7 even gets half of the Resident Evil 6 sales in Japan.To be fair, I think it's a little early to predict how RE7 will sell, but man if it underperforms like SFV Capcom might be in serious trouble.
Ace Attorney is underperforming, so you shouldn't be surprised.
01./00. [NDS] Ace Attorney 4 - Apollo Justice (Capcom) - 250.186 / NEW
01./00. [3DS] Ace Attorney 5 - Dual Destinies <ADV> (Capcom) {2013.07.25} (¥5.990) - 250.216 / NEW
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week 1 - 6,15% (N/A)
week 2 - 8,99% (+2,84%)
week 3 - 11,15% (+2,16%)
week 4 - 12,90% (+1,75%)
week 5 - 14,38% (+1,48%)
week 6 - 15,70% (+1,32%)
week 7 - 16,70% (+1,00%)
week 8 - 17,55% (+0,85%)
week 9 - 18,45% (+0,90%)
week 10 - 19,50% (+0,95%)
week 11 - 20,83% (+1,33%)
week 12 - 22,34% (+1,51%)
week 13 - 23,19% (+0,85%)
week 14 - 24,01% (+0,82%)
week 15 - 24,65% (+0,64%)
week 16 - 25,13% (+0,48%)
week 17 - 25,63% (+0,50%)
week 18 - 26,25% (+0,62%)
week 19 - 26,69% (+0,44%)
week 20 - 27,07% (+0,38%)
week 21 - 27,51% (+0,44%)
week 22 - 27,91% (+0,40%)
week 23 - 28,26% (+0,35%)
week 24 - 28,68% (+0,42%)
week 25 - 29,27% (+0,59%)
week 26 - 29,77% (+0,50%)
week 27 - 30,43% (+0,66%)
week 28 - 31,35% (+0,92%)
week 29 - 32,64% (+1,29%)
week 30 - 34,74% (+2,10%)
week 31 - 36,86% (+2,12%)
week 32 - 38,20% (+1,34%)
week 33 - 38,84% (+0,64%)
week 34 - 39,25% (+0,41%)
week 35 - 39,55% (+0,30%)
week 36 - 39,87% (+0,32%)
week 37 - 40,20% (+0,33%)
week 38 - 40,51% (+0,31%)
week 39 - 40,76% (+0,25%)
week 40 - 41,00% (+0,24%)
week 41 - 41,25% (+0,25%)
week 42 - 41,52% (+0,27%)
week 43 - 41,67% (+0,15%)
week 44 - 41,90% (+0,23%)
week 45 - 42,11% (+0,21%)
week 46 - 42,27% (+0,16%)
week 47 - 42,40% (+0,13%)
week 48 - 42,52% (+0,12%)
week 49 - 42,67% (+0,15%)
week 50 - 42,87% (+0,20%)
week 51 - 42,98% (+0,11%)
week 52 - 43,09% (+0,11%)
week 53 - 43,19% (+0,10%)
week 54 - 43,30% (+0,11%)
week 55 - 43,41% (+0,11%)
>48,15% including +151.000 digital sales
How long until Capcom messes up Monster Hunter? It's the only thing still going well for them.
And in the wider market, NX needs to be a top-tier system with top-tier support, because the 3DS doesn't seem to be able to sustain itself any longer.
I'm thinking Capcom will go for a big budget console Monster Hunter which western enthusiasts will love but the market probably won't be so positive about, especially in Japan.
As to your second paragraph absolutely. If Nintendo can't gather robust support it will be disaster for the market.
Already there with those numbers I'd say. Hard to imagine anyone actually stealing one in Japan though.At what point could all Xbox One sales be written off as store thefts.
I'm thinking Capcom will go for a big budget console Monster Hunter which western enthusiasts will love but the market probably won't be so positive about, especially in Japan.
As to your second paragraph absolutely. If Nintendo can't gather robust support it will be disaster for the market.
Dragon Quest Heroes week 3 comparison
And in the wider market, NX needs to be a top-tier system with top-tier support, because the 3DS doesn't seem to be able to sustain itself any longer.
Aside from Week 2's slightly smaller drop, aren't the legs pretty much identical?
Well.... on second thoughts, it is barely a marginal difference in the grand scheme of things, lol.Aside from Week 2's slightly smaller drop, aren't the legs pretty much identical?
Already there with those numbers I'd say. Hard to imagine anyone actually stealing one in Japan though.
Well.... on second thoughts, it is barely a marginal difference in the grand scheme of things, lol.
After 3 weeks the gap has one from 184.641 to 189.410 at Famitsu and from 220.889 to 217.398 to Media Create. LTD will be somewhere 200k behind if digital reamins steady.
There is no need to wait here, if we are talking about Japan. The Resident Evil name won't save it this time around. Resident Evil 5 to 6 was a big increase in sales and Resident Evil 6 also belongs in the Top 10 best selling games on PS3. I doubt if Resident Evil 7 even gets half of the Resident Evil 6 sales in Japan.
Some will call it a bold move, sure. But this move was unnecessary for Capcom who are on the verge of a financial failure. They don't have that many franchise left to save their ass and they just likely killed their big one.
Good to see the legs of DQH2 and Kirby are strong. AA6 is doing fine. Many franchises drop sale from DS to 3DS. Also AA5's poor quality might have something to do with it.
No way. The main audieance of MH is Japanese 3DS users. You can't just leave them there and go out to chase a new audience.
If anything, the collapse of SFV and the weird-ass PT-exploitation of RE7 (which seems to have completely lost its identity), makes me expect a super-safe and by the numbers MH as its all that they have left that hasn't seemingly either hardened into a slowly melting iceberg or collapsed entirely in on itself.
Honestly I have no idea what the idea with RE7 is at this point. When the rumors were circling of a reboot/return to horror roots, I didn't expect the game to turn into Silent Hills.
I guess Nintendo decided to make their own Fantasy Life game.
Wow, the ps4 is bombing so hard.
They could go with a safe MonHun but they're in a weird place. Unless Nintendo releases another handheld soon then there options are an exceptionally aged 3DS or the PS4 and even if they do release a new handheld it means a jump in production values either way. They might decide to go as big as possible and they're clearly open to taking outside funding so if Sony is willing to chip in they might go for it.
Unless NX comes roaring out the gate and Kimishima is more open with Nintendo's wallet.
Capcom has to break tradition in order to gain more interest in a new Ace Attorney.
Here comes a female Phoenix.
And next week is Taiko's time. A
3DS VS Vita version comparison will be fun.
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| | Famitsu | Famitsu | Famitsu |
| | 1* | 2* | 3* |
|Wk|2012.07.12|2014.06.26|2015.07.09|
| | to | to | to |
| |2013.07.28|2015.07.12|2016.07.24|
+--+----------+----------+----------+
| 1| 63.388| 62.247| 41.400|
| 2| 31.885| 27.878| 12.511|
| 3| 21.594| 17.921| 7.742|
| 4| 16.394| 11.156| 6.645|
| 5| 17.515| 11.366| 4.838|
| 6| 21.215| 10.348| 5.642|
| 7| 11.409| 10.105| 3.269|
| 8| 10.860| 13.897| 2.681|
| 9| 8.668| 7.884| 1.892|
|10| 8.381| 6.049| 1.513|
|11| 9.322| 4.124| |
|12| 7.834| 3.612| |
|13| 6.942| 3.100| |
|14| 6.454| 2.649| |
|15| 6.051| 2.593| |
|16| 6.076| 2.459| |
|17| 5.461| 2.034| |
|18| 5.061| 1.634| |
|19| 4.957| 1.566| |
|20| 5.197| 1.848| |
|21| 6.306| 1.794| |
|22| 9.638| | |
|23| 16.156| | |
|24| 27.718| | |
|25| 17.541| | |
|26| 27.906| 6.610| |
|27| 8.642| 11.286| |
|28| 6.801| 7.653| |
|29| 6.181| 3.213| |
|30| 5.581| 2.105| |
|31| 5.004| | |
|32| 4.674| | |
|33| 3.489| | |
|34| 3.661| | |
|35| 2.983| | |
|36| 3.334| | |
|37| 3.860| | |
|38| 4.234| | |
|39| 4.185| | |
|40| 2.999| | |
|41| 2.476| | |
|42| 2.852| | |
|43| 5.539| | |
|44| 3.046| | |
|45| 2.133| | |
|46| 2.004| | |
|47| 2.039| | |
|48| 2.036| | |
|49| 2.245| | |
|50| 1.842| | |
|51| 2.228| | |
|52| 2.358| | |
|53| 2.131| | |
|54| 2.537| | |
|55| 2.899| | |
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I think a lot of the issues come from a place of complacency. Well, I guess I don't know how the feeling was in Japan but, for English audiences, the announcement of the setting being another Kurain wasn't met with open arms. Despite it being a way to force Phoenix into a different setting, it didn't seem very interesting, and all of the returning characters just don't lend the game its own identity. It really looked like a retread.
I think Ace Attorney fansvisual novel fans interested in a story and character-driven experience revolving around mystery solvingseek freshness and something new.
vert fun comparing sales between a 20mln system and a 5mln system
let me guess: the game in the 20mln system will sell better??
vert fun comparing sales between a 20mln system and a 5mln system
let me guess: the game in the 20mln system will sell better??
Ōkami;207278949 said:Obviously without knowing anything about the NX line up for 2017 this is all moot, but as it stands right now the 2017 could be the first time a home console moves the most software since 2005.
vert fun comparing sales between a 20mln system and a 5mln system
let me guess: the game in the 20mln system will sell better??
vert fun comparing sales between a 20mln system and a 5mln system
let me guess: the game in the 20mln system will sell better??
Ōkami;207278949 said:Retail software sales have already seen a big decline from last year, mainly due to the 3DS, which is the one who moves most software anyway, playing devil's advocate, let's say the 3DS moves around 15m games this year, down from the 18m last year, how much will it drop next year?
Wow, that post history.
Doesn't Change the fact, that the sales of the ps4 are embarrassing.
About Taiko, not expecting pretty things. Annualised handheld entries isn't a good fit for the series (especially since it got two last year, on PSV).
Taiko's been annualized on consoles since 2002, skipping only one year so far. It's success tends to vary but burnout doesn't seem to last.Agreed. Taiko feels like one of those series they put out so much output that the audience is currently burned out of it. They should have spaced releases quite a bit more.