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>>26107889
Nostalgia goes a long way
>>26107889
>Vitrual Console
G A M E S J O U R N A L I S M
>>26107889
Thats pretty weak sales
>>26107895
>1.5 Million in free money
>literally zero work
>>26107895
Not bad for a game near 20 years old that probably took them 30 mins to port.
>>26107919
>1.5 Million in free money
I know right.
>>26107895
>1.5 million sales
>In two months
>For a twenty-year-old game
Seems like a lot of easy money to me. Most brand new 3DS games never sell 1.5 million in their lifetime.
>>26107919
So? Doesnt change the fact that the sales are weak. I remember when the re-release was announced people were sure it'll sell like hotcakes because "muh nostalgia" and "normies love gen 1".
In reality it didnt even reach 10% of XY and ORAS sales.
Sure its easy money for GF byt the result is still rather laughable.
Hey guys! What's going on ITT?
>>26107931
How are they weak? They're amazing considering anyone can emulate RBY on their phone. I was expecting much less sales.
>>26107930
Coupled with the fact that a lot of these would've been purchased with the red/blue 2DS systems
>>26107961
Considering they're the first original games, hyped up, released on the 20th annivesary day, being always regarded as iconic and special then 1.5 m copies sales is weak.
>>26107980
It's a 20 year old rom that runs on a toaster. Only hardcore autists/moralfags are going to buy it.
>>26107895
>>26107931
>literally putting ROMs of a game from 20 years ago on sale
>it sells over 1 million copies
>"weak sales"
>"it doesn't even come close to the sales of these brand new games and these long-awaited remakes with exclusive features, guys"
Are you fucking retarded?
>>26107930
>most new 3DS games don't sell 1.5 million
What?
>>26107889
Because people are retards who prefer to pay for a 20 year old game and play it at the original speed.
>>26107919
x9.99 per copy = 10.5 mill for a re-release.
>>26108193
>>most new 3DS games don't sell 1.5 million
>What?
what?
>>26107980
Considering anyone can emulate it for free, 1.5m sales is amazing and you're a retard
>>26108193
Yes. Outside the first-party titles such as Mario, Pokémon, Zelda, etc., most games do not sell 1.5 million units on the 3DS. Or do you think all the third party shit like "The Smurfs" sold anything?
to put these numbers into a bit of perspective,
the most recent mystery dungeon sold 1.2 million
for the ranger series it was 1.53 million
XY sold 14.7 million
ORAS 11.8 million
>>26107931
It's the amount of money they made compared to rhe little effort they put it
>>26108251
Oh, I didn't think you included shovelware
>>26107998
Cry me a river underage
I wonder if they can track how much it has actual been played. I'm foreseeing a lot of excitement followed by the realization that it doesn't really hold up over time. Mostly this will come from the early game pacing.
>>26108251
>most games do not sell 1.5 million units on the 3DS
That holds true for pretty much every console you know.
In any case it seems like you think there's a set amount for success and that no third party games on the 3DS have broken that amount even though the mon hun games alone have crossed 2m each.
>>26107889
It sold 1.5 million copies, which means 15 million dollars worth
>>26108653
He's just saying that 1.5 million isn't weak sales by any means. Especially for a rerelease.
>>26107998
This desu
>>26107895
1.5 million people bought a game you can emulate for free on any device
that's a lot
>all these anti-genwunners itt trying to pretend it's not good sales
>>26108274
X and Y are the highest selling 3ds games iirc
>>26108858
It's not though. Outside of ridiculously biased conditions.
>>26108919
Yes it is.
"More than most 3DS games" isn't ridiculously biased conditions mr. antigenwunner.
>>26107889
Well they ARE only 10 bucks, a third of what a modern Pokemon games cost.
And the promise of transferring your team to Sun and Moon.
>>26107931
They're good sales considering you actually need a ds to buy it, meaning nostalgiafags who didn't bother buying a ds either had to buy one or the sale came from someone who wasnt even buying it for nostalgia sake
Does this mean GSC has a decent chance for a VC release?
>>26109191
If it means more money for Nintendo, then it's very possible we'll get those
Not gonna lie, I bought Red because I haven't played it in years and I needed something to hold me over until S&M leaks.
>>26109199
:^D
>>26107933
Fucking kill yourself.
>>26107919
>>literally zero work
I think they had to make them compatible with Poke Transfer or whatever.
>>26107889
By people going to the Eshop and buying them.
Are you fucking retarded?
>>26107894
Well yeah, RGBY's 3DS rerelease was VC only.
>>26107931
> It didn't pass my arbitrary, armchair theorizing standards!
It always amuses me when fags do this.
>>26107889
Ask a silly question...
1.5m is fine. These games are 20 years old, haven't aged well and can be easily emulated and they have still sold more than MOST spin off games
>>26107931
Do you realize how much money they made on this compared to how much they spent?
Any retard with a computer can emulate this shit right now and spend nothing more than their time. They didn't even have to make any physical copies.
Do the math you imbecile. And while you're at it, realize that you are not the arbitrary final arbiter of all things monetary.
