People were a bit shocked to see that Resident Evil Revelations didn't make the top 10 selling games last month in NPD, the NPD has told Joystiq that not only did RE:R make the top 25 (but doesn't say where exactly or how many sales) but that a number of other 3DS titles made the top 25 Also, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 sold 100k plus last month. Joystiq says "The NPD told Joystiq that "some examples" of the 3DS titles that made the list include Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, FIFA Soccer, Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, Resident Evil: Revelations, and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games -- the last two on that list being February releases." Check it out on Joystiq here WTF at Lego Pirates crackign top 25 one year later!
That's not good. That game must have pretty low sales.
I have a feeling people are going to call for a Vita port.
nintendoboy16
Well, early estimates put it at out selling Resident Evil: Mercs 3D within one month so I wouldn't say that's bad. Worldwide numbers are pegging it near half a million already. Could be better of course, to be fair it could be 99k or 40k for all we know. Also, it looks amazing in 3D. I wouldn't want it any other way
That's not good. That game must have pretty low sales.
I have a feeling people are going to call for a Vita port.
bonesawisready5
Well, early estimates put it at out selling Resident Evil: Mercs 3D within one month so I wouldn't say that's bad. Worldwide numbers are pegging it near half a million already. Could be better of course, to be fair it could be 99k or 40k for all we know. Also, it looks amazing in 3D. I wouldn't want it any other way
Beating Mercs 3D isn't saying much lol. Below 100k is still not good especially when it was release early last month.
That's not good. That game must have pretty low sales.
I have a feeling people are going to call for a Vita port.
Wanderer5
Well, early estimates put it at out selling Resident Evil: Mercs 3D within one month so I wouldn't say that's bad. Worldwide numbers are pegging it near half a million already. Could be better of course, to be fair it could be 99k or 40k for all we know. Also, it looks amazing in 3D. I wouldn't want it any other way
Beating Mercs 3D isn't saying much lol. Below 100k is still not good especially when it was release early last month.
Ok, cool. None of us know the budget, and considering both were developed at the same time intentionally (which probably reduced costs) I wouldn't call it bad yet. If estimates are true and it's sitting at 500k worldwide that would be $20 million earned at retail from the game. I know that's not net profit or whatever, I know a whole mess of stuff goes into the sales so I know Capcom isn't actually seeing 500k times $40 but by all means since most 3DS games cost $1-$2 million I'm sure it's more than made up its costs. Once again, I'm not claiming it be a success yet but the bar is much lower to have a sales success on the 3DS than most people think. Super Street Fighter IV 3D shipped over 1 million and sold like 700k I think and Capcom said it was very successful for them. I'd imagine RE: R will get to near SSFIV numbers in no time. But again, no expert and simply wild guesses.
It was a huge turn-off for me even buying a 3DS to see $40 games lining the shelves (which this was one of)
Even my friends, who are much bigger fans of RE than me, were turned off by the price.
I was assuming it wouldn't sell all too well over here.
SW__Troll
You were turned off by $5 price hike over DS software/GBA prices? I felt it more than earned my $40. Great story mode with about 12 hours on first playthrough and I've gotten nearly the same amount of time out of Raid Mode.
Wasn't RE:R shipment pretty low everywhere? Atleast that's the impression I got when it came out with many people saying how retailers only had a handful of copies. Couple that with the fact that advertising seemed pretty nonexistent(don't remember seeing much ad on TV for it). Well atleast it did good in Japan(above Capcom's expectation).
[QUOTE="laus_basic"]Wasn't RE:R shipment pretty low everywhere? Atleast that's the impression I got when it came out with many people saying how retailers only had a handful of copies. Couple that with the fact that advertising seemed pretty nonexistent(don't remember seeing much ad on TV for it). Well atleast it did good in Japan(above Capcom's expectation). Yea, estimates peg it at 500k worldwide right now. Also, there has to be something said for all Circle Pad Pro's selling out and still being out of stock. The attach rate between RE and CPP must be 99%
[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"][QUOTE="laus_basic"]Wasn't RE:R shipment pretty low everywhere? Atleast that's the impression I got when it came out with many people saying how retailers only had a handful of copies. Couple that with the fact that advertising seemed pretty nonexistent(don't remember seeing much ad on TV for it). Well atleast it did good in Japan(above Capcom's expectation). Yea, estimates peg it at 500k worldwide right now. Also, there has to be something said for all Circle Pad Pro's selling out and still being out of stock. The attach rate between RE and CPP must be 99% I played it without the circle pad pro and it was very frustrating but still good, although I haven't finished it. I'm not even going to attempt to play metal gear without the circle pad pro. I will gladly re-buy a 3DS if they would release one with 2 circle pads. Until then, I'm gonna shy away from games like these on the system. I will stick to the Mario karts and other games that dont need that ugly circle pad pro.
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