According to the publisher, the sequel surpassed the original in terms of «engagement» and digital
sales during its launch week.
Not exact matches
While this may seem disappointing at first glance, one must keep in mind that Pokémon Sun and Moon had one extra day for
launch week, so it was expected that
sales would be lower
during the second
week.
Another game that saw a noticeable increase in
sales this
week is Animal Crossing: New Leaf — Welcome amiibo, which saw yet another increase: +21 % (that follows a 204 % increase
during the
launch week of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp)!
During the 3DS's
launch week in Japan, the glasses - free 3D handheld easily topped the hardware
sales charts, but found its best - selling title peaking at third place, behind a pair of newly released games for Sony's systems.
Since the total since
launch is already at 492 230 units, that means the 500 000 units milestone will be reached within the next couple of
weeks (most likely
during Week 21, since
sales are not going back up any time soon).
Sales always drop
during the
week following
launch, but the latest Nintendo 3DS variant had a better second
week than expected.
Interview (Starts at 26:24)-- Jeff Belle, Vice President of Amazon Publishing, reports the
sale of 10,000 Kindle Serials
during the first
week since the program was
launched and describes what he hopes will take place between authors and readers in «virtual - watercooler» discussions as the serials unfold.
And
during your
launch week if you're running any event and you're trying to crack one of the major print bestseller lists, be sure to partner with a bookseller whose
sales numbers will contribute to your overall
sales data.
At the panel, ANN reported that «In fact, Tokyopop has found that, after it
launched an online promotion that made each volume of Loveless available to read online for one day
during the
week leading up to Valentine's Day earlier this year, bookstore
sales increased for all of the volumes in the series.»
Launch offers include a Rs. 2,000 discount for buyers using SBI credit and debit cards (available only
during the first
week of the
sale), as well as no cost EMI options.
Kindle Launchpad is about creating huge
sales volumes
during the first
week following the
launch of a new book on Kindle.
If you've got a hankering to check out London before,
during or after the Olympics, get this: British Airways
launched a
sale last
week with fares of just $ 2012 ROUND TRIP (all in) on nonstops between ATL (plus all other US gateways) and London Heathrow.
The Age reports that the PSPgo isn't doing so well south of the equator, with Gfk
sales figures stating that Sony's newest handheld device barely sold 1,000 units in Australia
during its first
week launch.
- Nintendo is selling three physical Switch games for every console sold in the UK and Spain - this matches the performance of Wii - Nintendo says the Switch's global tie - ratio is 3.6 - 78 % of Nintendo Switch games are sold in boxes, by comparison only 47 % of PS4 games are sold physically - the only blips in Switch
sales have occurred
during moments of stock shortages - there was a significant spike in hardware
sales around the
launch of Super Mario Odyssey - across Spain and the UK, 469,000 Switch consoles have been sold for the first 36
weeks of its life - this is about 49 % of what the Wii managed to do over the same period (which
launched over Christmas)- this is 300 % of what the Wii U managed to achieve - Switch may grow significantly again if Nintendo continues its trend of updating the hardware with new iterations - there is currently enough stock to satisfy demand at the moment - if demand increases for the holiday season, GAME says «we don't have a warehouse full of stock ready to go.»
Although Xbox One
sales nearly doubled in the UK
during Titanfall's
launch week, there is still huge ground to make up if Microsoft hopes to catch up to Sony.
Microsoft has clarified, stating that the doubling of Xbox One
sales during August were for «the last
week of the month after Madden
launched».
As you can see, despite having had more days on the market
during its first
week than all its predecessors, the Xbox One managed to sell under half of the second worst performing home console in recorded history, the Xbox 360, and under one third of the
sales of the PS3, which didn't have a stellar
launch as well.
Nintendo expected a boost in its DSi
sales with the simultaneously timed
launch of the red DSi in Japan, [21] and reports show an increase of 152 % in Nintendo DS
sales during the first
weeks of Dragon Quest IX.
Death Road To Canada will be available for $ 14.99 USD with a 20 %
launch discount
during its first two
weeks of
sale.
During the first
week of
launch, Omensight will be on
sale at 10 % off on Steam.
Final Fantasy XIII had a very front loaded
launch with more than 1.5 million units sold on PlayStation 3 in Japan
during the games first
week but
sales dropped off very quickly with only around 2 million being sold in total.
This graph compares weekly
sales during the first 130
weeks of the DS and 3DS (aligned to their
launch dates).5
During the
launch week of the game the
sales didn't do so well compared to the second
week even though it hit number 6 on the...
Sales numbers leaked to NeoGAF - which Eurogamer understands to be accurate - list Destiny 2 as having sold 175k physical copies
during its UK
launch week, compared to Destiny 1's total of 417k.
Interestingly, the data shows that the PlayStation Vita sold over 200,000 units
during its
launch week, but
sales quickly dropped after that.
While Mama Bear
sales have spiked before — such as
during Amazon's
sales holiday, Prime
Week — the launch of the new private label diapers led to the largest sales spike the brand has ever seen last week, says One Click Retail CEO Spencer Millerb
Week — the
launch of the new private label diapers led to the largest
sales spike the brand has ever seen last
week, says One Click Retail CEO Spencer Millerb
week, says One Click Retail CEO Spencer Millerberg.
SAN MATEO, CA, March 16, 2017 — Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced global
sales of Horizon Zero Dawn exceeded 2.6 million units
during its two
weeks of
launch * 1.
The ability to swap tokens is available to ICOS owners thanks to a new platform soft -
launched during token
sale; s final
week: an Interproject Token Swap (IpTS).