Nintendo Switch Still Leads in Japan as Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 Makes Debut

Atlus can't be happy with that debut for Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2. Good Switch sales. The Switch supply issues have been sorted in Japan. Just America left to fix. Splatoon 2 is still going strong.

Even the Japanese knew Crapcom needs to improve, why would they pay full price to buy the same game they already have just with minor added contents? If Crapcom wants the bucks they need to port Monster Hunter World for Switch cause a better version of Monster Hunter Generations ain't gonna cut it.

Good week for the XBox One!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Do you have any proof of the supply issues being sorted? Because I have proof of the opposite: https://gamewith.jp/gamedb/article/show/43620?from=ios

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Why are your comments always so negative? Oh wait... nevermind. 😀

Quite impressive that Splatoon is selling more weekly than both DQX versions combined. Goes to show that it's bound to have ridiculously long legs.

Capcom completely miscalculated with double cross. They re-released a game that was already on a mobile device and had already saturated yhe market. There was no reason for anyone who had already purchased the 3DS version to double dip. Capcom needs to start porting more of their PS4 library on to the switch if they expect people to double dip.

I'm starting to wonder if that lady in the pic above is a meme now.

Nights of Azure 2...ouch. To think I had to hunt to get the first game.

@retro_player_22 even CAPCOM didn't expect much--they only shipped about 150k copies, total, to retail.

More interestingly, it seems Arms might have found some legs--after several weeks running, it's stable at ~5k/week, every week, on a userbase of >1.75-million or so. It'll never be the next Splatoon (it's a fighting game, it was never going to manage that) but it can be a solid series worthy of sequels if it can hold that number for the next year (or grows with the userbase).

@gokev13 I said Switch sales are good, as are Splatoon 2 sales, so.......ya.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE America actually seems to be in pretty good standings at the moment, at least where I live. Most of the stores I've visited in the past month have had 1-5 switches on the shelf, and that includes Gamestop, Walmart, Target and Best Buy. Considering I didn't even see one in the wild prior to the Gamestop restock last month, that's a huge improvement, though I don't doubt there are regions still lacking systems.

Ouch XB1, Wii U still outsells you. Why couldn't we live in a world where XB had to face the adversities of our ill-fated wonder machine? #crieverytiem.

Atlus will suffer from sticking with the 3DS longer than they should.

Otherwise, great Switch and Splatoon 2 sales.

@link3710

Not where I live and still selling out online too. I really hope the fix the supply issue

@ricklongo "Quite impressive that Splatoon is selling more weekly than both DQX versions combined."

Well it makes sense mathematically. Splatoon 2 sells as many each week as they sell Switch, b/c there are 1.5m Switch in Japan and 1m copies of Spaltoon 2, so a lot of people buy Spaltoon 2 as they get their hands on a Swtich. Why buy S2 if you can't even find a Switch?

Meanwhile DQ11 has sold 3m copies, 3x as many as S2, on a robust 3DS install base and about 5m PS4, so many of the people who wanted DQ11 already bought it. So yeah, for the foreseable future, weeks if not months maybe, S2 will outsell DQ11 as Switch becomes available in Japan. Hardcore Spaltoon players must be dieing if they can't find a Switch to buy, game is huge over there. I actually feel bad for them. Spaltoon 2 on Wii U would have outsold Zelda on Wii U in Japan just b/c of the Switch supply issues.

OK, sorry, that was much shorter in my head. I'm glad S2 is selling so well, but I'd only be impressed if it can outsell DQ11 overall, not on a weekly basis. And it might, and then I'll be impressed.

MHXX's situation is both frustrating and funny. The 3DS version should've been JPN exclusive and the Switch version should've been localized for everywhere else.

That way, neither territories would've been hit by identical releases too close to one another.

And now they're using RERevelations1+2 to gauge NS sales potential......absolutely bonkers.

@westman98 to be fair, they made the right call, biz-wise, to stick with the known quantity instead of risking it on Switch. Now, hindsight being 20-20...

wow, Nights of Azure 2 bomb. Regardless of install base those numbers are awful on the Switch. Nintendo needs a big 3rd party win.

Wow, Splatoon 2 already sold over a million copies.

I'm actually quite suprised to see MK8 Deluxe not selling as much as Splatoon.

@rjejr I don't think it will outsell DQ overall, and especially not if the Switch version does happen after all. I mean, DQ is pretty much Japan's Call of Duty when it comes to ridiculous sales numbers.

If Nintendo keeps nurturing the Splatoon franchise, however, it could definitely reach DQ status a couple entries down the line.

@ricklongo keep in mind that it just sold a third of what DQX sold.

@rjejr that's it.

In other news:
[NSW] Monster Hunter XX (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 27,120 (111,396)
The floppest flop in the floptown

@BraveFencerZan
Well ya, they already released a 4th gen game- Monster Hunter 4. And then released an ultimate edition- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Then released another 4th gen game- Monster Hunter X, and then released an ultimate version- MHXX.

And then they bring a port to Switch of a 6 month old expansion of a 2 year old game- the 3rd attempt to sell the same game and the 5th one released in the 4th MH generation, and on a fledgling platform with only 1.5 million total potential customers... And did so after revealing a much prettier, shinier, newer 5th gen MH title... I'd say these results were to be expected.

Even so I think it did ok. It'll hit 150-200k in Japan lifetime sales. It'd do a million in the west if they'd release it here though, and it's already 3/4 translated. Because in the west it'd only be the 2nd time it's released, and a single finished translation would mean 2 versions releasing here- both 3DS and Switch. There s a much larger appetite for MHXX in the west.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE yup that's pretty dreadful. The last one opened at 60,000 in Japan.

Monster Hunter is a series that needs a vital shot of something new to the series it is to much of the same ole same ole thing, the same exact thing over and over again Capcom have milked their cash cow about dry , good news I believe this means the West will get MH xx as they will try to squeeze more out of it since it's not doing so well in the Land of the Rising Sun and I have to say it really surprises me the Switch is still selling so well with no internet browser or streaming apps in a sense the 6 to 7 year old 3DS is more modern than Switch in terms of user interface mind boggling to me .

@ricklongo DQ status

I kind of feel like it's already there - amiibo sales, tv shows, manga, cartoons - Spaltoon is practically an industry unto itself over there, treading on Pokemon territory, whereas DQ I still see as more of a videogame phenomena (keeping in mind I've never been to Japan and can just go by what I read on the interwebs). So I think if Splatoon 2 released simultaneously on Switch, Wii U and 3DS it may have outsold DQ, it's just the install base that is holding it back. I don't care how swell, or well, Switch is selling, it's still less than half the install base of Wii U in Japan.

Personally I dont' think S2 should have even released on Switch until 2018, they could have released it on Wii U this year, then a port on Switch next year when the install base is there. Or simultaneously. As I said before, I feel bad for the Japanese people who want to play it but literally can't.

So no, S2 will never outsell DQ11 in Japan, but I think that's b/c by the time the Switch install base gets large enough there will be other games to play. PS4 may not be huge in Japan, but it's been out for 3 or 4 years already. 3DS is huge enough.

Oh, I'm more of a JRPG fan than shooter fan, so this isn't just me being a Spaltoon fanyboy, I prefer DQ11, but it's what I think is happening. In gaming circles DQ may still reign supreme, but I feel like Spaltoon has moved into the mainstream.

1.5 million Switches sold in Japan and 1 million copies of Splatoon sold in Japan. 2 out of 3 Japanese Switch owners also own Splatoon...(unless this does NOT include digital in which case maybe a little higher) That bodes well for Splatoon!

I like the look of that Jake Hunter game. Seems it's coming to NA in 2018. I hope it makes it over to PAL too. Region locking + software updates do not make a good combination! No 3DS freeloader for me

Xbox one is completely a Clown / Cheerleader for Competition between Nintendo vs. Sony.

@Anti-Matter lol yeah. Wii u and Xbox one are both clowns

Pretty sure Etrian Odyssey is due to saturation. There's a ton of entries on the 3DS and the Mystery Dungeon spin off probably didn't need a sequel.

There's already another Etrian Odyssey confirmed to be in development for the 3DS, but it'll be the last. Probably Untold 3.

Nintendo is slowing getting the supply issues resolved for the Switch and plenty of people are happily buying them up. Mixed results for a couple of games to be sure, but I would say still much more positive than negative.

@MariOnline
Nope. Wrong.
Xbox one is just a clown in Japan.
At least some Japanese people still care Wii U more than xbox one.

@Agramonte I'd imagine a lot of the anime-style JRPG crowd are deep into collecting for the PS4 and Vita as this genre of games has been strong on both platforms. Also, the first game in the series released on those platforms in Japan (West never got the Vita version) so Collector's Consistancy played a part.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I don't think the supply issues have been 'sorted' in Japan.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE , switches stay in stock on most major retail websites in north america for around 5 to 10 hours depending on various factors of course. id say demand is being met for the most part. there arent a lot of switches on store shelves, but nintendo wants it that way, just like all of their products, they want it sold out before they ship more. i get that business strategy but it isnt very customer friendly. i wish they could find the right balance, like directly taking pre/orders from its fans/customers. they could even charge a premium to have first shot at new products etc.. if they felt it added costs to the 'bottom line'

@retro_player_22 Might as well write them off entirely then, since they seem hell-bent on not giving a F about the Switch.

@Si2k78 We'd need to fill their carecup with more money than Sony is dropping in their face first.

@BraveFencerZan Can't have a release everywhere though, gotta think of poor ol' World and the wind in it's sails. It's honestly pathetic that Capcom is afraid XX would do anything more then a slight scratch on the surface of World. An expansion of a 3DS port, or a whole new next-gen game...

Not surprising numbers. Switch is still doing fairly well, and the momentum will likely continue in the land of the rising sun. People bow there to show respect, I like that. We need more of that in America.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Maybe, maybe not. Atlus always has had a habit of not printing a huge mass of games up front and then they stamp out more runs as the existing stuff sells through so they don't end up eating an inventory loss. We don't know what they really figured they'd get out of it to be sure. It's not their main line EO game but a spinoff/knockoff in the mystery dungeon rogue style which is a totally different beast.

At least you're being up about the supply issues for Japan, it's a good start. I almost suspect Nintendo is withholding a lot of inventory so they can have the stuff everywhere for Black Friday week through the new year in the US. That's when so much hardware and games get poached they want to be able to have good stock for good demand.

man no one is saying it so I will "ehum" NINTENDO IS DOOMED!!

Strong Switch sales, but looks like really bad debuts for new games not named Everybody's Golf, which incidentally looks like a very cute game. Might be grabbing that one later on especially since local multiplayer could be fun for some relaxing friendly gatherings.

Wow! Splatoon 2 sold nearly twice as many copies as Zelda: BOTW in lifetime sales? I don't think it's the same for the rest of the world, is it?

Disapointing sales for EMD2 but I wouldn't quite call it a bomb. After all the first game sold better than expected at a 65K debut. Given that a sequel that seems fairly expansion pack esque(kinda like what EO2 was to EO1) they will probably still make a small profit given this likely cost less to make than the first with the engine, and general gameplay already there and likely some models and textures refused.

The fact that Animal Crossing is still in the top 20 is pretty crazy

@dings
An Animal Crossing + Grand Theft Auto crossover would never leave the charts ever. 😁

These companies need to stop with the ludicrous overgeneralisations.

"Everyone's Golf"

I mean really! I for one am not golf. Several of my friends are also not golf. Video game companies need to get a better grip on their audience if they don't want to alienate large numbers of people with such sweeping statements.

New Flash: It's 2017, and not everyone is golf.

@westman98 well no one is stopping Atlus for releasing Persona 5 on switch! (unless its got an agreement with Sony)

@Agramonte Night of Azure 2 can't have been considered anymore successfull on the PS4 though? I mean the install base for that console has to be way higher than the Switch? So the 18k can't be considered alot in comparison either?

@JamesR yes indeed but they're fighting stiff competition in the face of the PS3 and Wii U in the Japanese charts. Losing mind you, but they soldier on.

@bignrules I would have stepped up to the plate, but I was on a plane. The writing's on the wall for Nintendo now.

@Arngrim I didn't say it was successful on the PS4 Or Vita. The article mentioned The switch Install base, i added that regardless of the switch base it still an awful number. Not commenting on the ps4

@Agramonte Ah right, i wasn't sure about the numbers myself, which is why i asked. But i get what you mean.

@Arngrim gotcha, no Looks like it was bad all around. I would say maybe the US launch will help but this is out right before Mario.