NeonZ Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Link to the place where I saw the information: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=492256 3DS Country-wide connection rate = 75%Paid DLC download number = 1,200,000 Paid DLC sales = Roughly 380,000,000 yen 380m yen converted, via Google: £2,998,652 $4,858,718 http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs...20_560989.html If there was any doubt, it seems like the DLC is doing pretty well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Nice, I wasn't sure if they were going to ever reveal these figures. Yikes, no wonder they made a second series of DLC. I hope some of this money is going to fund the Wii U FE or something : P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 That's crazy numbers right there, makes me proud to remember the days of the very first FE on the NES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onestep Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 IS seem to be raking in some pretty serious money with Awakening. They're at what? 350,000 sales of the game proper now in Japan alone? More? Once you factor in the DLC, that's a lot. I really hope they can at least match that in the West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeiji Koishi Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'm pretty sure that there are enoigh FE fans in the West to match it. You did see that petition to bring it to the west right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I know for one I'm buying every single freaking thing that has anything to do with the game! They better release ALL the DLC in West, I'll be seriously sad if they didn't bring it all here. I'm pretty sure with as well as it is doing that they'll definitely bring some of it over to the West, question is will they do it all... That's what I'm worried about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnal YL Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) I heard that FE13 itself sold more than 500,000 copies. Multiply that with 4800 yen per copy and you get 2.4 billion. Meaning the sales of FE13 with its DLC being at least 2.78 billion yen. EDIT - Oh right, it's from the same page. 『ファイアーエムブレム 覚醒』の販売は50万本ほどだと思う And in other words, this means it has outsold FE4 and became the second best-selling FE. http://forum.gamer.com.tw/C.php?bsn=00553&snA=2608&tnum=12 Edited September 20, 2012 by nocturnal YL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 So that's a pretty good reason to bring the DLC to NA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book of Ereshkigal Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 So, FE is doing well. yay. But what does this mean for the future of FE DLC? Moar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ema Skye Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I'm doubting the West's ability to match these figures, but I hope we can. Those are some very nice figures. Hopefully this means more DLC maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon98 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 what is awakenings current sales numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Over 500,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momo Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Wow. That's fucking insane. This makes me wonder how well it compares to a Sony or Microsoft game though. I was always under the impression DLC was a way to get a bit more money for their efforts, not... this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) Excellent, as it deserves. I don't think it's much of a stretch to hope that Nintendo will catch on to the value of this fantastic business model as a standard for the future. Edited September 20, 2012 by Othin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunlord Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Here's another statistic that's been posted a lot on /vg/: "from nintendo- 75% of 3ds have connected to the network in japan, fire-emblem had 15% dlc incremental revenues higher than company av. 6% " I'm not an economist, so I'd be indebted to anyone who could correct me, but I think he's saying that FE13's DLC is doing very well even compared to nintendo's other DLCs. Food for thought :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 That's exactly what he's saying. Although he words it a bit weird to me anyways. The average of other game DLC is 6% and Fire Emblem is doing 15% now that's just amazing to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunlord Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Ho-ho, good to hear. Now, as to the question of how it'll do in America...hmm. I doubt it'll do as well, since SRPGs are generally not as popular in the West as they are in the East. There are exceptions, though. Specifically, FE 9 and 10--VGchartz says American sales of those games blew the Japanese ones out of the water. If FE13 shares that pattern, or even has its American sales *approaching* that of its Japanese ones, it will be the most successful Fire Emblem game ever released, hands-down. I'd say it has a good shot at doing so. Again, I may be wrong about this, so someone more well-versed than I in vidya economic history should feel free to correct me, but going off of what I know, 'flagship' entries for a given system released early in that system's life cycle tend to be the best-performing. Too look at VGchartz another time (http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=fire+emblem) Fire Emblem 3 sold the most out of all the FEs released for the SNES, and it was released earlier on the system's lifespan than 4 and 5 (the latter was released at the waning days of the SNES and did relatively poorly). FE7 did slightly worse than FE8 in Japan, but in America, it did a little better and indeed remains the best-selling Western-released FE we have so far. Since FE13 is also being released early--it's only been a bit over a year since the 3DS was released in the US, IIRC--I think it stands a good chance of piggybacking on the "minty-fresh new system smell" the 3DS still has in the West. Though, of course, the longer Nintendo takes to localize it, the less effective the phenomena will be. :Kappa: However, Fire Emblem 13 was also heavily advertised in Japan. In America, on the other hand, it didn't even get mentioned during Nintendo's (utterly execrable) big industry presentation; Reggie only acknowledged it after the presentation was over. Without advertisement, it might be difficult for FE13 to get even respectable sales numbers, not to mention sales anywhere near where it got in Japan. Overall, judging from its strong sales in Japan and the 3DS' position in the market right now, I think FE13 has a decent shot of being successful in the US. However, given the drawbacks of the Western market--lack of advertising (so far) and the general apathy of Westerners to SRPGs, at least compared to Easterners--I would not expect it to be more than moderately or relatively successful, and could see it flopping. Only time will tell, I suppose. :Kappa: :Kappa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnal YL Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 "from nintendo- 75% of 3ds have connected to the network in japan, fire-emblem had 15% dlc incremental revenues higher than company av. 6% " I'm not an economist, so I'd be indebted to anyone who could correct me, but I think he's saying that FE13's DLC is doing very well even compared to nintendo's other DLCs. Food for thought :o I'm not sure what is this actually comparing to. What other of Nintendo's games offer paid DLC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvilino Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I'm not sure what is this actually comparing to. What other of Nintendo's games offer paid DLC? There's New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Theatrythm: Final Fantasy. So it's actually extremely impressive for Fire Emblems DLC to have done better than those two games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Mario hasn't had any DLC released yet, so there is no comparison there. They did release a photo taking app for the 3DS, and it did have paid-DLC, so it is possible that is what they are referring to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunlord Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 It's doing better than Theatrhythm, though, so thats pretty good :D Or maybe I should email the twitter guy and ask what he meant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Just as a correction. The 15% figure quoted earlier is actually stating that DLC has added 15% more revenue for the game. Retail revenue is $30.6 million US, and DLC adds another $4.59 million dollars in revenue. Remember that this does not take expenses into account, so profitability is going to be lower than these figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinBlade Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 @Hardin, ah thanks. The tweet was none too clear about what he was talking about. Thanks for clearing that up, but still I'm impressed that FE has that much of a percentage advantage over others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtSmilies Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The fact that FE13 is doing very well makes me very happy. I hope it's sales compare for the oversea releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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