Topic: Official Sales Thread

[BranDonk Kong]

Donkey Kong Country Returns sold almost twice as well as Skyward Sword. 50% more sales in North America.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

Well if it makes a difference I will offset Brandogg not buying as Hyrule Warriors will be the first game I buy whenever I do get a Wii U.

[BranDonk Kong]

Obviously I'm not saying that I have any influence on game sales, or am any kind of standard to go buy (I even have Black Ops 2 for Wii U), but Super Mario 3D World has barely sold 2 million. Here's my prediction - 80,000 in the US by the end of the year, 50,000 in the Europe.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

Obviously I'm not saying that I have any influence on game sales, or am any kind of standard to go buy (I even have Black Ops 2 for Wii U), but Super Mario 3D World has barely sold 2 million. Here's my prediction - 80,000 in the US by the end of the year, 50,000 in the Europe.

I get that, I don't mean total sales but just among this community. I don't think last years sales amount to much in this discussion because Mario Kart 8 is pushing things forward and by the time Hyrule Warriors launches in the US the install base should be higher than it was when 3D World launched giving it a potential to pick up bigger numbers. Also I am curious what Mario 3D world numbers will be like after the holiday season once more people have the console and need games to play.

[NWR_insanolord]

I predict Hyrule Warriors will easily surpass a million sales and achieve a 99.99999% attach rate, selling to every person who owns a Wii U except Brandogg.

[BranDonk Kong]

And marvel_moviefan_2012 will buy one out of spite, even though he doesn't have a Wii U, putting it at an effective 100% attach rate.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

HW is already at 100,000 in Japan 2 weeks in. I can't remember the last time a WiiU game sold more in Japan than in the US.  This type of showing lends itself to the 200,000 YTD, which would only be about 5k a week till the end of the year.

What I can see hurting the title in the us is if all the goodies are already known about the game by launch and some folks seem to be underwhelmed.

The lack of awesome scarf action pre orders also hurts.

[Ian Sane]

I have a feeling that Hyrule Warriors will sell well at first because of the Zelda name but because it's, you know, a Dynasty Warriors game, I expect that it won't be all that good and then sales will drop like a rock as word spreads.  Zelda is associated with a very high standard of quality and Dynasty Warriors doesn't have even near that reputation.  I predict another Other M (hey, look at what useless turds are working on this game) and we'll have the rare first party Nintendo title that shows up in bargain bins.

[Khushrenada]

Another optimistic prediction from Ian Sane. This is why it is hard to take you seriously. You need to inject some realism and negativity into your hyper-utopian fantasy predictions.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

Ian Sane has a point, however the fact that Nintendo is overseeing the development gives me more hope than if team ninja was left to their own devices. Plus never underestimate the American Zelda Fan. Hyrule Historia was in the top 10 books on Amazon.com for the year and that's all  genres.

Our voice will be heard. I'm buying Zelda monopoly just because its Zelda.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

And marvel_moviefan_2012 will buy one out of spite, even though he doesn't have a Wii U, putting it at an effective 100% attach rate.

Read my posts again, I am getting a Wii U just for this game, but it isn't out yet.

[BranDonk Kong]

Read all of my posts again, I'm typically not very serious.

[Khushrenada]

Read my posts again. Because they are worth it.

[Soren]

Don't read my posts, though.

[Mop it up]

I just assume everything Brandogg says is sarcasm. It's safer that way.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

its equally safe to assume I am a jerk, I work hard at it damn it.

[Mop it up]

No you're not, you're the nicest, most respectful person on these forums.

[Ceric]

its equally safe to assume I am a jerk, I work hard at it damn it.

No you're not, you're the nicest, most respectful person on these forums.

Thus proved my Laziness makes me a Jerk.

[Enner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6nYz1HHPJU#t=433

Business momentum graphs! Looks like individual monthly sales of the first half of this year and last year. The whole Unity presentation is interesting and worth a watch.

[BranDonk Kong]

I want to become a Wii U developer. No money to buy a devkit right now though...maybe when school is out.

[Enner]

Japan numbers!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=887873

Top-seller: [PS3] Persona 4: Arena Ultimax  - 89.468 / NEW

Nintendo 3DS/3DS XL sales:    37.515 /  16.096.690

PlayStation Vita/Vita TV sales:  20.734 /   3.213.052

Wii U sales: 8.584 /   1.907.480

PlayStation 4 sales : 6.502 /     678.185

Media Create Sales: Week 35, 2014 (Aug 25 - Aug 31)

01./00. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena Ultimax # <FTG> (Atlus) {2014.08.28} (Â¥7.538) - 89.468 / NEW
02./00. [PSV] Toukiden: The Age of Demons Extreme # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.08.28} (Â¥6.264) - 79.384 / NEW
03./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke <RPG> (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (Â¥4.937) - 68.762 / 2.358.745 (-11%)
04./00. [PSV] Love Live! School Idol Paradise Vol.1: Printemps / Vol.2: BiBi / Vol.3: Lily White # <ADV> (Kadokawa Games) {2014.08.28} (Â¥6.998) - 59.710 / NEW
05./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Action Neptunia U # <ACT> (Compile Heart) {2014.08.28} (Â¥6.458) - 34.980 / NEW
06./00. [3DS] Medarot 8: Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. <RPG> (Rocket Company) {2014.08.28} (Â¥6.264) - 33.326 / NEW
07./00. [PS3] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin F - Coffin of the End # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.08.28} (Â¥7.690) - 28.807 / NEW
08./08. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (Â¥6.156) - 11.148 / 650.858 (-8%)
09./00. [PSP] Toukiden: The Age of Demons Extreme # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.08.28} (Â¥5.184) - 11.026 / NEW
10./03. [PSV] Bullet Girls <ACT> (D3 Publisher) {2014.08.21} (Â¥6.799) - 10.030 / 39.720 (-66%)
11./07. [3DS] Yoshi's New Island <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.07.24} (Â¥4.936) - 9.968 / 167.061 (-23%)
12./02. [PS4] The Last of Us Remastered <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.08.21} (Â¥6.372) - 8.782 / 39.368 (-71%)
13./09. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 <TBL> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.08.07} (Â¥6.145) - 8.361 / 128.050 (-23%)
14./06. [WIU] Hyrule Warriors # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.08.14} (Â¥7.980) - 7.648 / 91.880 (-49%)
15./12. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch <RPG> (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (Â¥4.800) - 6.912 / 1.259.144 (-4%)
16./11. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.06.26} (Â¥5.119) - 6.653 / 152.620 (-8%)
17./05. [PS3] Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.08.21} (Â¥5.184) - 6.486 / 22.301 (-59%)
18./04. [PS4] Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.08.21} (Â¥8.424) - 6.131 / 23.962 (-66%)
19./00. [PS3] Sacred 3 <ACT> (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.08.28} (Â¥7.992) - 5.083 / NEW
20./00. [PSV] KissBell # <ACT> (Technical Group Laboratory) {2014.08.28} (Â¥6.458) - 4.530 / NEW

Top 20

3DS - 6
PSV - 5
PS3 - 4
PS4 - 2
WIU - 2
PSP - 1

HARDWARE

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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| 3DS # |     37.515 |     35.702 |     67.022 |  1.434.770 |  2.457.480 |  16.096.690 |
| PSV # |     20.734 |     16.427 |      8.405 |    857.695 |    685.578 |   3.213.052 |
|  WIU  |      8.584 |      8.985 |      6.741 |    382.050 |    434.910 |   1.907.480 |
|  PS3  |      7.895 |      2.376 |     20.090 |    354.612 |    592.074 |  10.064.286 |
|  PS4  |      6.502 |      5.923 |            |    678.185 |            |     678.185 |
| PSP # |        187 |        324 |      6.218 |     96.649 |    352.624 |  20.165.058 |
|  360  |         86 |        177 |        177 |      7.968 |     17.980 |   1.647.284 |
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|  ALL  |     81.503 |     69.914 |    109.794 |  3.811.929 |  4.597.783 |  53.772.035 |
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| PSVTV |      1.156 |      1.118 |            |     59.482 |            |     135.726 |
|  PSV  |     19.578 |     15.309 |      8.405 |    798.213 |    685.578 |   3.077.326 |
| 3DSLL |     30.111 |     28.788 |     49.149 |  1.080.451 |  1.602.645 |   6.506.337 |
|  3DS  |      7.404 |      6.914 |     17.873 |    354.319 |    854.835 |   9.590.353 |
|  PSP  |        187 |        324 |      6.218 |     96.649 |    352.624 |  19.989.071 |
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Yo-kai Watch 2 has been dethroned by personas fighting and demon hunting. Hyrule Warriors nears 100k (and has passed it according to Famitsu numbers).

[BranDonk Kong]

Yeah that million Hyrule Wariors sales isn't going to happen. Not this year at least.

[Louieturkey]

It'll happen this year for sure.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

It'll happen this year for sure.

Everyone has to buy two copies and give one to a friend. Then that friend will have to either get a Wii U or sell the game on ebay. Wow now I am having flash backs to those desperate days during the middle of the GameCubes life when there were discussions of how many family members to buy Game Cubes as Christmas presents just to get more systems sold.

[Mop it up]

I'll be your friend if you give me a copy.