It would probably have split a similar number across 3 platforms, but maybe the Switch version could have brought in some extra sales. Not much of a difference overall
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It would probably have split a similar number across 3 platforms, but maybe the Switch version could have brought in some extra sales. Not much of a difference overall
Yes. It is.
The PSP did over 300k when MHP3rd launched, 6 years into the life if the system.
Granted that was in December but I believe that's the highest single week for a system that old
Why not? It still has at least one holiday and a Pokemon coming up. I would think it should be able to cross 24 million pretty easily.
Smiles and Cries
Member
Man there is a lot of faith in SE for DQXI Switch, so when do you guys expect to see this title?
Yeah saw the NicoNice press thing when we all heard it was coming but it does not count if we never seen it 
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Switch would have eaten into PS4 version if it was the same version ish but portable. No doubt about that.
Given the attach rate of DQ, its no wonder why so many big publishers have jumped ship.
Eolz
Member
24M is happening I think, but past that...
Skullwaker
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I would be surprised if 3DS never crossed 24m in the remainder of its life.
Sorry, meant to say 25M.
Actual footage of the Switch version? Hopefully before the year endsMan there is a lot of faith in SE for DQXI Switch, so when do you guys expect to see this title?
Yeah saw the NicoNice press thing when we all heard it was coming but it does not count if we never seen it
If SE plans correctly, having the Switch version launch with the rest in the west should make for some nice returns.
The 3DS has at least 18 more months in it in Japan. It's probably crossing 26 million
Eolz
Member
Man there is a lot of faith in SE for DQXI Switch, so when do you guys expect to see this title?
Yeah saw the NicoNice press thing when we all heard it was coming but it does not count if we never seen it
Sometime this fall whenever they talk about the western release plans.
VGX at worst. Some random time in october otherwise.
Did any publisher jump ship today (or even at all)?
KillerMan91
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Even if you by your own definition discount GB Color (by same definition you shouldn't count New 3DS either) GB is second best selling hardware in Japan. GB Color sold about 5.66 million units in Japan so that still leaves about 26 million for GB.
Edit. It seems Famitsu doesn't match with Nintendo shipment data (5.66 million for Color by famitsu while Nintendo shipped 9 million units to Japan). Well I guess by your own weird definition that would make 3DS second best selling hardware.
Yeah, I don't see 25m as impossible for the 3DS now that it's at 23m, with still one major holiday left. That will all depend on how hard it drops next year though, and how early Nintendo discontinues it. Sometime in 2019 is my guess.
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New Nintendo New 3DS XL Pro. Bring it on!
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New Nintendo New 3DS XL Pro. Bring it on!
Indeed but it was also a bigger series than FF.
As others have said (which explains the great but not insane PS4 numbers this week actually), DQ fans already had multiple games on the PS4, a previous hardware bundle and the game wasn't exclusive.
MHW will be exclusive to PS4 and the first MH game on it (I don't think they ever put Frontier on it? It wouldn't really count anyway), so I expect more fans to be buying a PS4 for the first time at that moment.
The 800k is a total shot in the dark, it might do less or more than that depending on circumstances (mostly related to content imo, if the game doesn't have a lot of monster like Tri it might hurt it).
How ? The only major release left is Pokemon and it's not even a new title.
D.Lo
Member
That's... a bit bullish.
i wonder if the 3ds has another million left in the tank. it's already the #3 best-selling platform in japan, but i'm wondering if it can make 24m. i think i guessed 22m overall a couple years ago. sales have been low, but fairly steady.
edit: 24m is probably easy with another pokemon and one more major holiday. 25m is the real test i suppose.
edit2: i see this is a conversation thoroughly covered. well i'll just see myself out then.
edit: 24m is probably easy with another pokemon and one more major holiday. 25m is the real test i suppose.
edit2: i see this is a conversation thoroughly covered. well i'll just see myself out then.
higgsboson1997
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If Splatoon 2 has anywhere near the kind of legs Splatoon 1 had, it will probably be much more leggy.
JRPGs are usually a lot more front-loaded compared to other types of games, and Splatoon 2 will be one of the first things all future Switch buyers, of which there will be a lot, will look at.
frankie_baby
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Its at 23 million and tracking above last year, should hit 25 million easily first half of next year and i could see it eeking out another couple of million eventually, its got a huge library that there's no other way to play
I honestly think the only difference would have been the amount of copies triple dipped, depending on what the Switch version actually is.
Anyway, completely unrelated, but Mario x Rabbids is a 2018 title in Japan... I am so fucking curious to see how that performs. It'll obviously trounce the abysmal 20.8k Colour Splash debuted at, but where do you guys see it shaking out overall?
Man there is a lot of faith in SE for DQXI Switch, so when do you guys expect to see this title?
Yeah saw the NicoNice press thing when we all heard it was coming but it does not count if we never seen it
I can tell you when we aren't going to see it. Now, while they are trying to sell DQXI on PS4 and 3DS. That would be a Capcom level mistake.
I still don't know what HD cost means. Nearly every game produced outside of 3DS is in HD and their budgets vary greatly. You do realize FF7 and FF8 were some of the most expensive games ever without a single HD asset. This isn't the Wii era anymore Nintendo also makes HD games.
I would buy ten of them. Just for the name.
The 3DS world won't stop with the release of PUS and PUM, the hardware is up yoy, Nintendo has already stated several times that they have unnanounced games for it well into 2018. I don't see it drop like a rock since the Switch isn't 3DSable, so doing 3 million units between now and mid 2019 isn't really a stretch
D.Lo
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How many exclusive games does New 3DS have? One? Or DSi for that matter? GBC had over 400 exclusive retail releases and another similar number of Color enhanced cross gen games! To me it's ultra clear they were separate generations, while N3DS/DSi were positioned and marketed only as revisions, more like PS4 Pro.
And what is your source on GBC/GB Japanese numbers? The only one I have is Nintendo and they are combined.
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It's a sarcastic port about "people" or "MC thread" downplaying DQXI PS4 sales.
Yeah no, 3DS will end several 100ks below last year in the end and if ti will hit 25m it won't be earlier than the end of 2018/start of 2019.
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They did but I'm not seeing it. MH isn't as big on consoles and home console version while it'll be big isn't going to top 90k ish consoles sold in one week. the 3DS releases of those games was in that ball park when it was new and 3DS was far cheaper and more popular than the PS4 currently is.
No no no Zedark. I see you're unfamiliar with the way MC thread works... See, if you start making charts and all, you have to keep doing it until you draw your last breath. No break for "vacations" or anything silly like that. It's that, or insta-ban. I wouldn't risk my account over some well deserved rest, if I were you.
I'm just kidding around, just ignore me
Moor-Angol
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maybe he doesn't have time to follow the topic day by day, hour by hour as you do
The thirst for Dragon Quest was real in Japan.
Surprised with all those 3DS sold. I thought everyone in Japan already had one. And the Switch sold really well too. I was worried of going back to 20.000 per week.
Disappointed with Splatoon 2 sales. From nearly 700.000 to 100.000 is too much.
Surprised with all those 3DS sold. I thought everyone in Japan already had one. And the Switch sold really well too. I was worried of going back to 20.000 per week.
Disappointed with Splatoon 2 sales. From nearly 700.000 to 100.000 is too much.
TheLegendaryN
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We don't know what it is though.
If it's similar to the 3DS version but in HD, it might be a reason for DQXI PS4 owners to pick it up.
If it's similar to the PS4 version but portable, it might be a reason for DQXI 3DS owners to pick it up.
thestopsign
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Most in that thread still predicted low 1+ million LTD for it, which isn't unreasonable. All I'm saying is, it's a weird post to go back and ask for crow on considering he wasn't even technically right. The PS4 version definitely did well and exceeded many predictions from earlier this year.
Smiles and Cries
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wait you are saying Switch DQ will not sell because people already got it on other platforms and 3DS did not sell enough?
wouldn't the reason 3DS did not sell enough be because there was another platform to choose from?
900K is a lot of software SE did the right thing although Vita should have gotten some love too lol
Well the 3DS had MH3G to build up the userbase before hand. As it released during the holidays it's a bit hard to assess how much it helped sales though.
Guess we'll see.
On that kind of install base?
Gotdatmoney
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Until we see what it is no point even speculating.
The only way to know how long I follow the topic is you follow it too.
Apparently you suffer from the same syndrome.
I think Monster Hunter World will sell more PS4 consoles in its OW than DQXI did. Why? Because like I said already, DQ has had multiple titles with console bundles to attract DQ fans already. This is the first time Monster Hunter is making a big splash on the system. There will be MH fans wanting to play this game, so I wouldn't be surprised to see higher PS4 units sold in its opening week.
i kinda think it could be all three.
If only...
I wouldn't expect it in August, September at the earliest (so PS4 and 3DS can sell their all before SE comes for your triple dip money).
D.Lo
Member
Exactly, the guy who 'owned' everyone was literally wrong, and the responses were mostly tempered and reasonable.
thestopsign
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The PSP also had a weird lifespan. So did the PS3 for that matter. MHP3rd was the culmination of everything the system was building towards through hardware revisions and games released.
TheLegendaryN
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Spring 2018, with a release in Fall 2018, is my guess.