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Resident Evil: Revelations Sold 75% Of Its First Shipment In Japan

By Ishaan . February 3, 2012 . 10:00am

Resident Evil: Revelations Sold 75% Of Its First Shipment In Japan

While Media-Create gave us a very good idea of how Armored Core V sold in Japan, they weren’t as specific in the case of Resident Evil: Revelations or Tales of Innocence R. For those games, we’ll have to turn to ASCII Media Works.

 

ASCII Media Works report Revelations numbers that are a little higher than Media-Create’s, and they add that the game sold through 75% of its initial shipment in the first week. According to ASCII, Revelations sold 158,012 copies in its first week.

 

Meanwhile, in the case of Tales of Innocence R, ASCII Media Works say the game sold through 70% of its shipment. According to their numbers, Innocence R sold 53,000 copies.


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  • aoihana

    That’s great. Hopefully, this will pave the way for another Resident Evil on the 3DS. I’ve yet to play the full game, but the demo was awesome. I’ll have to get it sometime, probably in a couple months. （＾ｖ＾）

    New Love Plus will diminish my existence. (⌒‿⌒; ✿)

    • PoweredByHentai

      On the contrary, New Love Plus would make your existence (in)famous.

      That and provide my camera and crew with yuri goodness.  :P

      • aoihana

        Please, no cameras! (*≧m≦*)

        My love life with Rinko is private! (。＞ω＜ 。)

        • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

          Private…? You’ve been sending me Swapnote messages with pictures of Rinko for a month!

          • aoihana

            Yeah, but then there’s the private stuff… (ц｀ω´ц*)

          • MagDX

            Ooooooooh My, my ,my Aoi.

          • PoweredByHentai

            If I have a 3DS, I’d like you to share those images.  XD

          • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

            They’re pretty tame, haha. I haven’t seen any NSFW ones…yet. 

          • PoweredByHentai

            @Ishaan:disqus :
            But you know that aoihana will send you a NSFW image eventually, right?  XD

        • PoweredByHentai

          When you’re a famous person, you have no privacy.  :P

        • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

          @PoweredByHentai:disqus He/she’s refrained so far! But who knows what will happen once New LovePlus arrives…

          • PoweredByHentai

            @Ishaan:disqus :
            It just means Yuri Yuri+.  :D

        • MagDX

          Thats what you think

  • gatotsu911

    Looks like Capcom’s gamble on making a big-budget handheld game is paying off. Which, to people who like playing on handhelds (e.g. me) is a very, very good thing. Can’t wait to get RE:R too, the demo was fun and the majority of impressions I’ve read from importers and European players have been quite positive. I could use a real 3D action game on a handheld

    • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

      Mmm. I would say it’s a little soon to say if it’s “paying off”. 150k isn’t a bad number, but it isn’t fantastic either. Maybe it’ll surprise us and keep growing alongside the 3DS. I could definitely see it reaching 250k, but that isn’t terribly high either.

      Perhaps, if we see more of these kinds of games on 3DS, their sales will begin to improve as more and more people get accustomed to the idea of playing these sorts of games on the device. 2013 should be a very telling year.

      • gatotsu911

        I mean, 150K ain’t exactly Monster Hunter numbers, for sure, but it seems pretty respectable for a handheld entry in a series that, to my knowledge, has traditionally performed less strongly in Japan than abroad; in addition, I recall reading that the game managed to crack the top sales charts in Europe, and it hasn’t even been released in the US yet. Seems pretty promising for what could be characterized as a gamble (a big-budget handheld game in a Western-oriented franchise).

        • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

          I agree it’s a very respectable number. I think I actually used the same word myself in the sales column this week. It’s just, I think it’s a little early to say it’s doing “well,” because we have no idea what Capcom’s expectations were for this particular game.

          I certainly do hope Revelations does well. If it does, it means other publishers will be more comfortable developing games targeted at a similar audience on 3DS, which in turn means more great games for us.

  • PoweredByHentai

    Hey Ishaan,

    Do Media-Create and ASCII Media Works cover the same periods and retailers?

    • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

      They cover the same periods every week, yes. For example, this week’s chart on both M-C and ASCII is Jan 23rd – 29th. Enterbrain (Famitsu’s publishing company), too.

      As for what sources the three companies use to draw their sales estimates, that I’m afraid I don’t know. Given the discrepancy in their numbers, I would imagine the sources are different, and perhaps the formulae they use to make their estimates are different, too.

      • PoweredByHentai

        Yeah, this sort of lack of transparency and standards is what kills me.

        /software-engineer-bitching-about-clueless-clients

  • James Beatty

    Capcom’s efforts should pay off soon. The game would have probably sold better if they waited to announce RE 6 next month (or maybe even e3), but thanks to the price drop and the really well made demo i’m sure it will sell pretty well. I would like to see other developers make games like this on the 3DS. Also, bring more fighting games to the 3DS. :D

    • gatotsu911

      I dunno, I would think the much-publicized RE6 announcement might actually help this game. It means the franchise is on people’s minds, and those who are anticipating RE6 at the end of the year might see RE:R as both a preview of sorts and a way to tide them over.

  • Rupedgo

    People that said exclusive gaming devices were doomed and people that are always saying you need “different, funny, casual” experiences on handhelds, I’d love to hear your thoughts on these news… 

  • theworldofnoboundries

    While the sells is not as good as how Mon Hun sells, however i believe selling more than 60% of the original shipment is not a bad number.

    ……. I wonder why? Whenever i am talking about MonHun or Resident Evil, i am supporting Capcom but however the moment i am talking about Megaman,……. I always said “Crapcom”

  • PrinceHeir

    congrats :P

    and yes more RE games on 3DS would be good :P

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Colin-Tosh/1662494377 Colin Tosh

    I think Nintendo has the core covered with 3DS. Third party games seem to be selling fine. Now can we talk about Dino Crisis possibly coming in 3D or would that be cancelled as well?

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