why does this keep happening
Same reason why nintendo adults also line up to see shit like Marvel movies or Avatar 2.
tendies are just complete suckers
Gamefreak's ROI must be insane99% of companies out there must be jealous as fuck of Gamefreak's """"ability"""" to transform like 100k dollars into billions
>>724324754Seethe and cope :)
>>724324753the MCU is dead. Avatar 3 might actually bomb or do significantly worse than the last two films. less and less westerners are going to the theaters year after year.
NEVER bet against Pokemon. Not sure how some retards still try
It kills me how/v/ acts superior to Nintendo fans when you fags literally pay for ROMs and half-assed console ports on Steam where you're essentially renting digital games.
Ghost of Yotei, Astro Bot, Assassins Creed Shadows, Death Stranding 2 all probably sold more when you combine their physical + digital
>>724324682Pokémon Center completely sold out from Z-A copies for both editions, something pretty insane
A couple of GameStop stores near me has ZA sold out a day after release
>>724324682Sony and Microsoft really fell off and there's no real competition with Pokemon. Pokemon is like a huge fortress with dragons at this point. If you try to attack it your entire army is gonna end up in flames. But I don't think this is surprising at all, NS1 has sold 153+ million, Switch 2 has sold 6+ million something, so a lot of families want their Pokemon for the holidays and as presents etc.
>>724324682It has Pokemon in the name; of course it’s still going to sell millions.
>>724324682And yet it sold worse than Legends of arceus
>>724325116>And yet it sold worse than Legends of arceusin the UK lol
>>724325028Sure thing boss
>>724325028>GoY came out nearly a month ago>not a single peep about salesDidn't even sell a million copies.
>>724325116Don't you have a Spain sales thread to po-- oh...that's right. Sorry.
>>724325215>Didn't even sell a million copies.It's been charting weekly since release. It has incredibly strong legs for a game that people thought was going to flop. It's likely sitting at 4-5 million sales including digital.
>>724324682I always read "pokemom ZA" as "pokemon pizza"
>>724325315lmao sure man
>>724325325Same. It’s PLZA so I just call it pizza
Literally Nintendo and Pokemon adults. We cannot win against that.
Its Pokemon.
GTA VI for PS5 can't come soon enough.
>>724324682>Xbox players just play whatever is on gamepass>PC players only buy games digitally on Steam>Playstation players don't buy games>Nintendo players buy physical copiesMakes sense to me.
>>724324682Real fan buy games
>>724325315https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ghost-of-tsushima-sells-2-4-million-in-three-daysNot a peep.
>>724325142>>724325282Shill are you ok? Are you ok shill?
>>724324682Because Christmas is in 8 weeks and people are fucking morons.Same as it ever was.
>Consistently put out games in the same franchise for 30 years>Don't turn them into movies about lesbians >??????>Profit
>>724324682I don't doubt it sold a lot, but I don't trust Piscatella
This is why Nintendo will never go third party.
>>724324682>blueskygo back
>>724325716>This is why Nintendo will never go third party.lol? nintendo are literally corned right now. you best believe they will be releasing their games on PS6/Steam next gen
>>724324682>why does this keep happeningwomen
I don’t doubt the sale number of Pokemon but anon this is a fakeass source
>>724325796>corned
>>724325315>It's likely sitting at 4-5 million sales including digital....if it was that much they obviously would have told everyone about it.
Pokemon fans are loyalist. Its like sonic fans, dee[ deep inside they know its bad but sometimes it sucks less than the last one so that keeps em going. Plus strong sense of community>>724324753Avatar 2 at least had years in the making. The idea of seeing a marvel movie in theaters every 3 months is pretty dead. In the past 5 years the only marvel movie I saw in theaters was fantastic 4
>>724325116>>724325564Everyone knows the Switch 2 version is best and many are holding off to buy a Switch 2. The amount of kids getting the Pokemon ZA Switch 2 bundle will be crazy this Christmas. I walked past a huge que of them at Walmart a few weeks ago.
>>724325796Of course, Anon. Of course.Keep saying it and it might come true one day.
>>724324682I don't know how my fellow tendies are tolerating this shit. Pokémon red was literally my first video game, I bought a switch 2 day one and bought mkw, bananza, and star crossed world day one as well. ZA is just too shitty even for me.
>>724324682But /v/ said it was a flop because of physical sales metrics from UK.
>>724324682Hell yeah the series will go on being absolute trash slop, can't wait for gen 10 to look like shit, run like garbage and cost $80 + $40 DLC
>>724324868>salty smileu mad?
>>724325796>nintendo are literally corned right now.lmao wut?
>>724325028Circana includes sony digital, not Nintendo....
>>724325796
>>724325564>IT SOLD A GORILLIAN DOLLARS BUT NOT AS MUCH AS A LITTLE MORE GORILLIAN DOLLARS. FLOP FLOP FLOPThat's you.
>>724324682What else is there even for people to buy? Ghost of Yotei? Lol
>>724325940>u mad?He says this, while seething in a Pokemon thread.
>>724325796Reality: https://xboxera.com/2025/07/26/sony-job-listing-suggests-an-increasing-focus-on-playstation-multiplatform-releases/
>>724325961They're tortillad, nachod, Coronad
>>724325881>>724325894Theres always a new generation of kids coming in who don't care about quality and will keep it selling, undeserved as it may be.>>724325796>corned
>>724325882NTA but that's still a thing though >>724325564 Mat Piscatella just loves to flower and twist his words to paint a different picture.But I agree with anon that a lot of families are probably waiting to just buy on christmas.
>>724326084the "kids" you're talking about are almost 30. the actual kids aren't even playing switch 2 games unless their dad is firstly.
>>724324682It has themes that will become prophetic
>>724324682>why does this keep happeningAutism. It's the same reason the Sonic franchise is still going.
>>724326084damn I love corn
Like the Switch 2 itself, it's all incredibly front loaded. Sales have fallen off a cliff since launch week as evident by the UK and Europe sales for this last week.
>>724325983It's funny how snoys are saying that playstation won the console war because halo is gonna be on ps5 when half their output is on pc, switch and xbox.
>>724326210No, they definitely are. Its a kid's franchise.
children want new pokeymau game, so parents buy new pokeymau game
I bought it.I had fun.You are mad.
>>724326298Most kids are playing Fortnite and Roblox on PS5 though.
>>724325325A lot of people joke about this kek
>>724324682the game is just that good
>>724324682>Make a good, fun game>People want to play it>Make a shit GAAS like Marathon>No one wants to touch it with a 10 foot poleIt's that simple.Sorry boycott trannies.>>724324753Is this really what you want to push when Playstation is capeshit central with Spider-Man, Wolverine and Marvel Tokon?
>>724326084Fuck corn. It's because of fucking corn that these nigger farmers grow s oybeans that fucking ruin the soil, cost a bazillion gallons of water and cause cancer. Corn fucking sucks and is for niggers.Also, I don't know why people here expected that this game would do anything but succeed massively.
>>724324682You are just a jaded old faggot that is out of touch with reality.Its just a video and its pokemon. What more do you want? what needs to happen so you understand that for most people, how good or bad a video game is a non issue?You all live in a fantasy world.
>>724326469This nigga hates the antichrist
>>724324682the good news is all nintards are childless freaks in their late 30s and 40s who are getting replaced by nigs, spics and jeets
>>724325028>thread about Pokemon sales>snoy feels threatened and pulls claims with his ass as a sourceLike clockwork.
>>724326053>he's SO mad
>>724324682gameplay >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> graphics
>>724325869>>724325993>>724326185
>>724326478>What more do you want? what needs to happen so you understand that for most people, how good or bad a video game is a non issue?I want companies to make good games again. And they can get away with not doing that when there's a whole world of thirdies eating slop right out of Nintendo's gaping asshole.
>>724326465>Is this really what you want to push when Playstation is capeshit central with Spider-Man, Wolverine and Marvel Tokon?You say that like those franchises aren't young adult focused? There is nothing wrong with grown people playing those games. Marvel has been around longer than your grand parents where as Pokemon is literal baby shit.
>>724326283Last week was the launch week. There's no recent "UK and Europe" sales numbers yet, so your supposed "falling off a cliff" is complete bullshit.It's still #1 in Spain for the 2nd week in a row.
>Okay so this game doesn't have any online discussion, nobody knows anyone playing it, it doesn't have many people playing the online multiplayer, doesn't have a good reception even amongst the places that discuss pokemon>But okay hear me out, it's actually the world's best selling game>How do I know? This company said so>No, not the retailers, and not the middlemen, okay it wasn't the developers or the publishers either, and okay searching for this story will only bring you back to my own post on twitter making the claim>But it's totally true and accurate, trust meI hate social media so much.
>>724324945Betting against Pokémon is like betting against the idiocy of your fellow man. Never works out.
>>724325687this is the only real post ITT btw
>>724324682It's fun. Cute mons, cute characters, a pleasant story and a genuinely spirited second half, it's just a good time and people like to talk about it.For some reason this makes people who have molded their identity around acting like they're too good to have fun shit their pants online, so that's a bonus.
>>724326664I'm not saying anything of the sort. Marvelfags are on Playstation. His post was retarded. That's all.
>>724326695https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/pokemon-legends-z-a-captures-no1here are this weeks numbersSMALLEST POKEMON LAUNCH SINCE 2018 10 YEARS AGOSALES ARE 28% LOWER THAN ARCEUS 1DID NOT PUSH SWITCH 2 HARDWARE SALES
at this point pokefags are just cultists.
>>724326812You said Marvel games are for children. i called you out on this and you backed down.
>Snoy's back with CP because Pokemon didn't flop
>>724326659>lying again
>>724326638Pokeshit has neither
I WANT TO BETHE VERY BEST
>>724326913>DID NOT PUSH SWITCH 2 HARDWARE SALESlol retard
>>724326913>You will see Nintendo and Pokemon die in your timeline
>>724327000stop being a disingenuous cunt. this spammer has been visiting multiple thread just spamming cheese all across the board for quite the time now.
>>724325993True, the game was made on a shoestring budget, even it sold 30 copies it wouldn't be a flop
Corn Chowder>Bacon>Corn, fresh canned or frozen>Onion>Celery>Carrot>Garlic>Potatoes>Milk or cream>Chicken stockCook the bacon in a dutch oven or stock pot without pre-heating. Remove bacon from heat at desired crisp, reserve any rendered fat. Cook onion, carrot and celery in the rendered fat until softened then add garlic until fragrant. Add chicken stock, milk, corn, corn cobs if using fresh corn and potatoes and bring to a simmer. Cook until potatoes are fork tender and remove corn cobs. Optionally blend portions of the solids and add back to the soup to desired thickness. Add cooked bacon back in or use as toping.
>>724327263>Actually defending CP spammersSnoys are unbelievable
>>724327263It's too late, the fuckers think it's a sony fanboy when CP spam has been a problem on /v/ for months to the point even rapeape has admitted to having practically beg the feds to do something or literally anything
>>724324682>a great game is doing wellFantastic news! Hear, hear!
>>724325682Every "gamer" girl I know bought it no questions asked as well. Like the same look in the eye when my mom and older sister were buying something in the 90s.
>>724327353How did i defend CP spammers you stupid fuck?
>>724324682Pokemon was their childhood. Their lives suck shit and they delude themselves that Pokemon is still good so they don't snap.I'm glad I realized Pokemon sucked back when X and Y came out.
>>724327452the game is that good like those old avon products your mom used to buy
>>724325796>Corned
>>724327191I can't wait for these cancers to die out
>>724327289The budget was somewhere around 13 million dollars. So it wouldn't need more than 200k units to break even.
>>724327665So it already did.
>>724327191nothing short of total economic collapse will kill pokemon.
>>724326992>You said Marvel games are for children.Correction, manchildren.If you enjoy watching adults in spandex fighting, you need to grow up.
>>724327365>rapeape has admitted to having practically beg the feds to do somethingLooks like things are really getting out hand. At least the mods are forced to do their jobs for a change.
>>724327976And yet here you are buying games about collecting animals and Mario saving princesses from dragonsAnd you think Marvel is that one that's for "manchildren"? Fuck off.
>>724325028>sonyfag has to pull 4 games (one being a third party also on SW2) to even come close to beat a shovelware that released in less than a week ago.Sad.
Boy, imagine how Christmas will go.>>724328171What the hell is that essex thing?
>>724324682Grim as fuck.
>>724324682/v/'s gonna be seething about this game for months
>hate pokeslop, always have done even back when it was "good">/v/ snoys are so psychotic i end up rooting for it to win anyway
>>724328148>And yet here you are buying games about collecting animals and Mario saving princesses from dragonsAm I?>>724328148>And you think Marvel is that one that's for "manchildren"? Fuck off.marvelbaby feeling caught. Go to the bathroom and take a shit, you failed adult. I can smell you.
>>724324682>>519943601Almost all external internet got blocked today in Russia, they just unblocked him for a bit. Please, ask our elite to stop blocking internet.
>>724326469WELL FUCK YOU TOO, STEVE!
OP, the anti-Nintendo seethe thread you made and defended for hours just died...
France is just too powerful
Talent always wins
>>724328517>It's a success......BUT.....Why does Chris Dring always do this with Nintendo games?
>>724328612Why it can't be me, it's not fair........
>Pokemon is doing great>Sony's Marathon is shitting itself again>This makes OP seethe in a very predictable manner
>>724328676He's just the average brit. Massive hateboner for Nintendo right from day one. It's why it's funny when the retard here keeps posting UK/Europe sales and pretending that these are regions where Nintendo normally does well. They aren't.
>>724324945Never bet against Pokemon Sales.FTFYPokemon has been dead for years.
>>724324682>Tendies and amerigolems will buy and eat literal shitI'm surprised that people are surprised by this
>>724328723>Sony's Marathon is shitting itself againI thought it was shelved after whole "stolen assets" thing.
>>724325564Tendies already seething in the replies lmao
>>724329000They're doing another alpha and it's just as shitty, if not worse, than the previous one.
>>724325028https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_5_video_games
Pochemonstre.... Je m'agenouille....
>>724328517You guys told me it wasn't a mainline game.
>>724324753Normies have checked out of Marvel.You haven't been paying attention to culture lately.
>>724328612>Pokeslop>TalentLmao. Nope, it's called having hordes of cattle consumers who will buy anything you shit out just like Apple.
>>724325796>nintendo are literally corned right now
>>724325028Circana has access to Sony's digital numbers. Nintendo doesn't give them theirs.
>>724329363>Circana has access to Sony's digital numbers.False. They are all exstimates and guessed. Only Sony knows the real digital numbers.
>>724329342Yeah, everyone knows Sony's been copying Apple's designs and the color white.
>>724325796>CorneredAs in they are the only ones left standing as their enemies keep shooting themselves in the dick?
>>724324682>Pokemon ZA has supposedly largest physical launch in US since Zeldalmao NDSfags can't catch a break
>>724329436>They are all exstimates and guessed.
>>724325028>probably>allegedly>experts say>analysts believe>studies suggest
>>724329150>best selling game is Spiderman bullshit >didn't even beat Splatoon 3Holy fuck they're so ass
>>724329464>Sony out of nowhereMindbroken
>>724329545You forgot>Source: Wikipedia, VGchartz, and ChatGPT
>>724325028>slop, soulless plagiarism slop, nigger slop and walking simulator slop.WWWWWWOOOOOOWWWWWWW
>>724324682Its the most popular ip in the world, its just a numbers game at this point
>>724325564>>724324682I guess everywhere but the US and JP has caught up some pokemon fatigue if it still sold less overall but more on those two regions.It was expected of Nips to worship pokemon and GF, but burgers...i am disappointed in you, truly a cattle nation.
>>724325796i know you are crying.
>>724325741Performative attempt to fit in
>>724324682Pokemon millennials are braindead addicts.
>>724324682It’s not fair bros, it’s not fucking fair. This was supposed to be our new TORtanic…
>>724325796>you best believe they will be releasing their games on PS6/Steam next genif you keep coping hard enough, it will come true someday I guess
>>724330075>This was supposed to be our new TORtanic…That will be the Kibry racing game
>>724329857I bet in those regions PLZA will have a slower start but a longer tail. More people are waiting on the Switch 2 version for 60hz gameplay.
>>724327191>>724327658>samefagging this badly
>>724326913>SwSh, PLA and BDSP all sold about 6 million in the launch week>ZA sells 5.8 million while people wait to get the new console>IT'S OVER POKEMON IS FINISHEDlol
>>724330280It's a bundle game, I expect it to have longer legs than Arceus for that reason alone.
>>724330009This
>>724330009>the game is bad because I insult anybody that isn't in my tribe
>>724330623he isn't wrong though
Be carfeful, guys.'caco is getting pretty bad right now. He will start posting the 'P.
>>724330382He wishes GoY would sell half as much
>>724329340>Normies have checked out of Marvel.>You haven't been paying attention to culture lately.They should have just stopped at Endgame and move on to something brand new
So when this ends up selling 15m+ like every other modern Pokémon game are you guys just gonna kill yourselves?
>>724324753No one’s lining up to see Marvel movies anymore. Their last two films bombed
>>724330769>you better obey OR ELSEyeah you said that shit already. actually it's the only thing you ever say. label 1: murder the enemy tribe, obey your tribe. goto 1
>>724325028When you add them all together, maybe.
>>72432485713M in dev costs5.8M salesRoughly 30% go to retailers. They get roughly 1/3rd of that, so5,800,000 * 70 = 406M(406 * .7) / 3 = ~95MThey made $82M in profit so far.
>>724324753Except Snoys are the biggest consoomers or marvelslop. There's a reason Spiderman is on ps4/5 and not switch.
>>724331658>They made $82M in profit so far.
First Yotei, now this.Why Asmongold boycott campaigns keep failing?
>>724324857I would shut them out of my mind.Those lazy fucks.
>>724331935Thirdworlders don't buy games. So it doesn't matter if you boycott something, it's like African kids going on a hunger strike.
>>724331658It's actually less because Nintendo is publishing outside Japan.
>>724331935Jeets don't actually buy games and thus have no influence over sales.
>>724332196But enough about yourself.
yeah, such is how it goes.anyone pretending a pokemon game would flop is delusional. a shame too, arceus is the superior game
>>724330958As long as we don't discuss the possibility of a certain game coming to the switch 2
>>724331935No no no, you do not get to attach yourselves to this, gcjtranny.
>>724332329Which one?
>>724326084They do care about quality, though. When my son was five I let him play Platinum on my old DS. He had fun and beat the game and so that Christmas I got him a Switch Lite and Shield (this was during Gen 8). He didn't even finish it. He got bored half way through and moved on. Game Freak targets children with their games but then make them so bad and so boring, not even children will like them. Meanwhile the older games that were targeted at all ages, fun for kids and adults, beginners and veterans, were and still are fun. Masuda may have been a slave driver, but the results speak for themselves.
>>724324682>Dollar SalesThis is why I hate these fuckers. Yeah, it's going to be higher if the game is $70 on Switch 2. Its the same reason why ToTK was the highest too. Because the other Nintendo games were $60. Just give the actual numbers fat fuck
>>724332362GTA VI
>>724331658Yep, Pokemon was always a good scam that stayed good. The only difference back then was that the Gamefreak actually cared about the product.
>>724324754tendies =/= poketards
>>724332454short of rockstar optimizing the hell out of it, I don't see that happening
>>724324682>Pokemon Legends: Z-A had a massive US launch at retailHow will niggerdeen cope?
>>724332548Yeah I really don't care for the rest of Shartendo's library except Fire Emblem.
>>724324682It's because of Emma's ass, strictly.>>724325031They were selling the Switch 2 bundle for $425 dollars, less then at retail.
>>724332373It says right there it's both dollar and unit sales. And we know the worldwide data already.
>>724332142It could be 1/4th of that $82M and they'd still have made an obscene profit. Video games have razor thin profit margins these days. If you spend $20M in dev costs and make $21M that's a great success. The takeaway here is Game Freak could easily up their production costs by even $5M and make a substantially better game. It's telling that in the leaks Nintendo, the jewiest of jews, told Game Freak to subcontract out dev work to Bandai and Square. Imagine being so unwilling to spend money jews call you stingy.
The US is full of low iq brownoids, only they buy the latest pokeslop without thinking.
>>724332242Should've bought more Yotei copies, Anon.
>>724333215Sorry, I refuse to buy woke slop.I'll gladly buy more copies of Tsushima if it means anything.
>>724324682no idea how this shit sold but this bitch is all over my twitter
>>724333317>Tsushima>not wokeAre you having a giggle m8?
>>724327550That is 100% fake, Hex Maniac and Serina are proof that X and Y are great games.>>724330473That post is fake by the way.>>724333027No jews work for Nintendo however, its strictly a Shinto company.
>>7243246821. Kids2. 90 IQ Normies who need le pokemon fix and can't figure out the 2 steps of how to patch a rom with a romhack3. Deluded trannies/furries saying "it's not that bad" like a mantra
>>724331228Pokemon defies logic in that the worse and more expensive the games get, the better they sell. I think it's because they have a set number of lifelong customers, as well as more children who are getting into the franchise every year.
>>724333627The last three games are all better than the previous two. SwSh/BDSP were the lowest point.
>>724333613
>>724330009I and all my friends are millennials and I know of only 1 guy who still plays the latest pokemon games, and we constantly shit on him until he spazzes out
Notice the language>MASSIVE LAUNCH>BIGGEST EVER>SINCE (2 years ago lmao)And no actual numbers citedalso >blueskyyou know just the type of stuck-in-the-past mid/halfwit who gets excited reading headlines like this and they run to the store to get 5 copies of their favorite tendie game just because Nintendo-sama validates their opinions
>>724334654>
>>724334654circana sucks ass. they do not have numbers.
>>724324682Digifags and Palshitters must be seething so hard, kek
>>724325028>Ghost of Yotei>Astro BotKinda odd you gotta bring up Sony games to combat the claim of ZA's successes, but I can give some crede->Assassin's Creed ShadowsOh so you're just nuts and asshurt, then.
>>724332917>And we know the worldwide data alreadyTrue which does make why he even came out with this odd. Circana manipulates data all the time and doesn't report actual numbers so I wouldn't be surprised if they gave extra days to Legends Z-A in order to make this claim. I know a lot of people are calling bullshit on GoY since he's trying to say that did good too. Matt Pizzatella is basically a cheerleader for the industry. Every other region can release numbers. Why the fuck can't the US?
>>724326913>SMALLEST POKEMON LAUNCH SINCE 2018 10 YEARS AGOBut it's 2025?
>>724324682the game is fun
Pokefag genocide.
>>724334932he's crying and seething with rage. pls understand.
>>724324902Yep movies are dying annnnny minute nowyep just waitingI doomposted during covid about it surely this time movies are dyingYepAnnnnnny minute now
>>724334919"Launch week" always means from the day it launched to the next Sunday. TotK launched on May 12th 2023 which was a Friday while Legends ZA launched on a Thursday so yeah, it's one additional day, three vs four.>Every other region can release numbersEurope doesn't have region-wide numbers, only a few countries release them. Only Japan gives somewhat "reliable" physical data, and even then it's just estimates.
>>724326913>Digital data for Nintendo-published games are not in this chart, so this is purely based on physical sales
>>724333613This. Pokeadults are fucking pathetic
>>724332891>Fire EmblemAt least we got something in common
>>724333465Attractive character don't fix problems for games. It masks them. Some of the hottest characters in video games are in the shittiest games.
Black Ops 6 was the biggest US launch since TotK. By July of this year, Black Ops 6 was the 5th best-selling Playstation game ever in revenue. Both according to Circana. Make of that what you will.
>>724325028the absolute mental collapse of those tribal faggots lmao
>>724335728>>724335656>>724332891Not true.
>>724326084It's not a masterpiece but it's a decent game, you millennial faggots (I am one too) need to get over your retarded manchild standards
not a good week for Nintendeen huh
also wtf is this new captcha
>>724336701can't wait for the christmas numbers.the switch 2 could sell like 15 millions in 3 months, but the grifters would try to spin it as something bad like always.Just imagining it makes me laugh.
Unless you're an investor, why the fuck do you care about sales numbers?
>>724337295>this cope again
>>724337295validation, it's always about validation, I made a purchase, I want people to tell me I made a good choice, I can't make decisions unless people praise me for it
>OP fails to realize a good game can sell well>All he can do is make the same arguments on loop
>>724324682is zelda your mom's name lol
>>724337408what makes it a "cope", elaborate, shit-for-brains
>Nintendo forecasted 15m Switch 2s in its first yearThey had to have been hedging their bets against tariffs causing a complete economic collapse or something, because they're going to be past that forecast before even Q3 of their fiscal year is over.
>>724337295Because trash shouldn’t be fucking rewarded, it should crash, it should burn, it should’ve driven this anti-consumer company to the bankruptcy, but of course braindead normies can’t help themselves. There is no justice in this world
>>724325796For people who hate Nintendo games, S0nyponies sure love "subtly" portbegging for them.
>>724337295I don't know anon, if every time you wanted to talk about a game you had people come in and shit up a thread yelling about how their epic youtuber boycott was working and the game was totally dying, would you not want a way to prove they were objectively wrong and retarded?
>>724337556It's better to be somewhat conservative and perform over estimates than the opposite. 15M in effectively nine months is a pretty high estimate anyway, Furukawa mentioned he's aware the higher price point could slow sales down specifically by pricing kids out.
>>724337509Corporations care about sales, and they're responsible for making the games. If you like a game or game series the only way for it to be sustainable is for it to have good sales. So if a game you like has good sales it's good for you as a fan. There you go 12 year old, maybe when you grow up and get a job you will truly understand.
>>724337556Well, there's still plenty of time for that to happen but there's no company better prepared to ride it out than Nintendo
>Xbox is done for>Playstation is irrelevant in Japan>Even in the US Nintendo dominatesThis is just Nintendo vs Valve at this point desu
>>724337556I think they thought only having 2 games would deter people.
>>724337690>would you not want a way to prove they were objectively wrongNo, because why would that matter at all?How is your enjoyment of something tarnished when someone else says that it flopped?Are you an elementary-schooler or what the fuck?
>>724337839Good. As should be.
>>724337839>ValveDo they even make games anymore? Seems like all they do is sit on their ass and skim off the top of Steam sales
>>724325796CORNED
>>724337668>Snoys: "I only play mature games for mature gamers such as myself">Also Snoys:
>>724324753I don't even know why you're grouping marvelshit with avatar
>>724329857The US is where European countries like England sent all their serfs, third sons, unemployable retards, and alcoholic layabouts. It's like they thought to themselves "we didn't fuck up hard enough with australia, let's really fuck it up this time by inviting our cousins to join us as well" and they succeeded way beyond expectations. Literally a nation built by serfs for serfs.
How are the Palworld and Digimon snoys coping with this?
>>724338067but sony went third party already.Nintendo already won.
>>724336341perhaps when the poketards are willing to admit how bad the games truly are ill respect em
>>724325796https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzITvqTbdjM
>>724338125They're playing good games instead of shitposting here, I'd assume.
>>724337804And you're not the corporation, so you shouldn't care about the sales.Once the game is out, sustainability means fuckall for the consumer, the game is out, you can already play it, whether it sells well is of no consequence.>if a game you like has good sales it's good for you as a fanoh yeah, and history has certainly shown this to be the case with watered down sequels and eventual live service slopholy fuck are you the brownest lifeform ITT
>>724338168why would I want a pedophile's respect?
>>724338125By winning against Shitendo’s fraudulent lawsuit
>>724324682nintendo adults are a real thing. just mentally ill people who want to consoom bing bings and will pay any price for it.
>>724337839>This is just Nintendo vs Valve at this point desuNot at all, they both have their own turfs, Nintendo and PC gaming don't clash with each other at all because if you're buying a Nintendo console, it's to buy Nintendo first party games, while PC gaming has always been for the more enthusiast who wants a long-term machine that can play any multiplatform available and can last more than one generation.
>>724337789People think the Switch 2 is pricey right now, but wait until you see how much Sony and especially Microsoft try to charge for their next gen consoles. The PS5 Pro is already fucking $700.Meanwhile Nintendo is guaranteed to launch a Switch 2 lite that will only cost like $350.
>>724338261how is it fraudulent?
>>724338229You're a fucking retard. Kill yourself nigger.
>>724337867I think annoying and ignorant people should be mocked and humiliated for their ignorance. I think that there is a social duty to shame people for being loudmouthed and stupid, and I personally enjoy doing it.
>>724338139I know, but they're pretending that playstation is winning (while also claiming that PS killed sega and xbox) and the switch 2 was a massive flop. Snoys and NDSfags live in a different reality
>>724338364>no refutationconcession accepted, brownoid
>>724324682Yet it didn't outsell SV or Legends Arceus, when Legends Arceus outsold its mainline game.>>724324868Yes, we're actually seething and coping when we laugh at you.
>>724338168you are only focusing in the visuals.can you admit games are more than that?Don't get me wrong, i fucking despise GF, but you mentally ill grifters are desperate for some kind of "win".Sony already lost.xbox already lost.Nintendo fucking won. Deal with it.
>>724338506>number must always go up forever and ever or else it's a flop regardless of if it sells eight figures or not
>>724338506>Legends Arceus outsold its mainline game.No it didn't lol
>>724325687>>724326784
>>724338192This
>>724338261>>724338192Delusional snoy.
>>724338320>The PS5 Pro is already fucking $700.Yes and it's worth that price for what it offers. Swtich 2 is a fucking childrens tablet that plays the same Mario games from 10 years ago and they are charging half a thousnad for it. It's not the same thing whatsoever.
>>724338685This movie about lesbians and a based Gengar wingman is separate from the games.
>>724338497You should show all of those things happening to Nintendo games.
>>724338786>Excuses excuses excusesJust take the L, tendie.
>>724338685At least Nintendo's lesbians are cute instead of bulldykes
>>724338229>Wii U flopped>no games>Switch 2's launch was a massive success, becoming the fastest selling console ever>exclusives every monthSales matter
>>724338756It's not Palworld's or Digimon's fault that Gamefreak had a decent looking game in Legends Arceus and self-sabotaged it by making more ugly queer clunky shit.
I absolutely love how people are still claiming the Switch 2 is a massive succes despite it fucoijsfilerjpmo fqeopifewopfjwaeomfijaerwmo[fewceweweseFUCK OFFFF
>Yes and it's worth that price for what it offersCUT MY LIFE INTO PIECESTHIS IS MY LAST RESORT
>>724338425you're not mocking or humiliating anyone on an anonymous websitethe people you mock and humiliate will have forgotten everything within ~2 minutes of leaving the thread while you still ruminate in your hollow "victories"you are wasting your breath here, go do it at a more public forum where the mocking and humiliation STICKS, if you don't even know who you're talking with, what the fuck do they care whatever you say to them?I guess the placebo keeps you entertained, the belief that the guy on the other end of the screen MUST be seething and fuming from your snappy and smug remarks, but then again, so what? So what if they are seething and fuming? It doesn't change the world in any way. Imagine if you were to channel this energy to something genuinely constructive.
>>724338776>Yes and it's worth that price for what it offersI can find humidifiers way cheaper than that, so no, thank you.
>>724324682So.. why is every so goddamn salty about this game? Are people really that mad that pokemon games have weak graphics? It's not a buggy mess like S/V or anything.
>>724324857are you a game dev? i dont know how else you could know how much it cost to make ZA...
>>724324682I haven't played this one but I hate it because of the way california faggots use 'za' as a replacement for saying pizza.
>>724339046>you're not mocking or humiliating anyone on an anonymous websiteObviously I am when I keep getting seething replies like this
Fuck pokemon
>>724338168Incredible how bad GF areThey couldn't even get a stable framerate for the trailer of their next non Pokemon UE5slop game too
>>724339154There was a huge leak of internal Game Freak documents about a year ago which revealed some of the budgeting, although it was misreported by the usual retards on twitter and now people are convinced Pokémon games take $15-$20 million dollars to develop while that figure actually referred only to the initial prototyping.
>>724338710>Used a screenshot from the palworld trailer and not the gameplay itselfWhy are NDSfags so dishonest?
>>724339230Seething replies like this? >>724338997
>>724338807watered down sequels fits pretty aptlyand what are online-only subscription based games if not live-service? If you don't pay for their service, you have no access to certain games.I've played nintendo games and their third-parties starting from the NES and Wii was the last time they made anything of value
>>724339131>Are people really that mad that pokemonYes
>>724338662>HAHAHAHAH!! A new record.>Uh!!! NO!!! SALES DON'T MATTER!!!! IT SOLD WELL!! STOP!!5.8 million isn't 8 figures, btw. Idiot."We’re hearing that the game’s launch sales are 28 percent lower than Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Z-A had the lowest debut for a mainline entry since Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Eveee in 2018."https://nintendoeverything.com/pokemon-legends-z-a-has-series-weakest-mainline-launch-since-pokemon-lets-go-in-europe/
>>724339230read the rest of the post, loser
>>724339027kek
And this game is only gonna be an appetizer compared to the feast that gen 10 is gonna be next year to celebrate the 30th anniversary.
>>724339131>>724339325>No!!! Stop criticizing it!! You're mad!! You're mad!!! AAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *boom*
honestly if they'd revved up production values to AAA levels they would have only grown their audience by like 25% and every game would be do or die and lose tons of the inherent charm of the IP. The Japs had it right; even if the company gets so far behind it kills the IP overloading it with employees and middle managers would have done it faster
>>724339131It's because in Gen 8 they removed the ability to use every Pokemon in every game, so there's been a big push to try and "make the games fail to send a message"
>>724337295Because Nintendo games selling well makes people angry and it's funny to look at the shitshow.
>>724339131It's a sales thread, people go batshit ballistic over meaningless numbers in these threads. It's proof the "console war" is still going on, these people are the equivalent of McNamara's Morons.
>>724339343>in Europe (irrelevant third-world market)>>724339394Why would I waste my time doing that
>>724339343It will definitely be at eight figures by this time next year.
>>724339319>More gay coping >Online game is free but you need online for it so it's liveservice Just kill yourself and hope for a better spawn.
>>724339246Okay, snoy.
>fun|:>fun, japan):<
>>724339669Not your boogeyman
>>724339527I'm not just talking about this thread. retards on social media are especially uppity about ZA for some reason. Of course, I don't care about their retarded onions, I just don't even get why they're so pissy about this one in particular.
>>724337295Because sales have a positive corelation with quality
>>724339046Can we discuss sales or are you going to cry?
Do you think a tear trickles down this guy's face every time he types out the word "snoy" in response to a post he doesn't like?
>>724339409Scarlet and Violet have sold 27 million copies and are the second-best-selling games in the series despite getting the worst launch publicity of any major titleIf Gen 10 doesn't have any obvious major issues it could easily break 30 million, and even go further and surpass Red & Blue
>>724339815One trickles down yours for certain.
you faggots play video games and still can't understand pokemon sales, the games are FUN, simple as, nobody really care about playing dark souls shit, sure, it should be optional, but games are fun and that's enough
>>724339609>copingno refutationconcession.accepted.And you can't even speak properly>Online game is free but you need online for it so it's liveserviceOnline games is free, what the fuck is this sentence, it makes no senseYou need to PAY A SUBSCRIPTION to even access many of the games, are you genuinely fucking retarded?Getting a reaction by pretending to be retarded is not the same as "baiting" someone
>NOOO YOU HAVE TO EAT THE SLOPIf you're such a fucking retard to not see that pokemon has been criticized for years. There's no saving you.Not even worth a (you)
>>724339696>retards on social media are especially uppity about ZA for some reasonRetards on social media are uppity about Nintendo as a whole, it was already bad before the Switch 2 was released, but once we finally got the console they have gone into full overdrive with constant misinformation campaigns and rage baiting. Legends Z-A doing good as expected for a Pokemon game, not being a buggy piece of shit like SV and people who actually bought the game genuinely enjoying it destroyed their narrative about how Nintendo and Pokemon are evil for sueing the poor Palworld devs.It doesn't help that Digimon also got caught on the crossfire. Digifags got an actual solid Digimon game after a long time, yet NDSfags only used it as console war fuel the same way they did with Sonic Crossworlds.
>>724324682This kind of deceptive bullshit is just there to sound good for shills. It's the worst selling pokemon game in a long while and physical is all but dead and irrelevant.
>>724339696There was a big leak beforehand that showed off how bad the graphics are and it became a meme to shit on the game. But then the game sold like hotcakes because the gigantic casual audience is different from the tiny enthusiast audience following leaks. The cognitive dissonance between the negative opinion they formed from the leak, and the majority opinion which is positive, causes immense butthurt. This is because social media retards are trained into an addiction that rewards being part of the majority, "correct" opinion on everything.
>still seething about legend ZA salesNDSfags are not going to make it during the holidays
>>724339720I see we have a comedian amongst ourselves
Pokemon was obviously going to sell decently but the real laughs will come when the Kirby Racer comes out. People are literally predicting it to sell millions during the first week.
>>724339798Are you an investor of Nintendo stocks?
>>724339875Switch 2 will definitely help Game Freak if how well ZA runs is any indication. I'm not really sure how much of a correlation a game's technical performance will have with its sales considering how well SV did anyway. I think gen 10 just needs to make its open world seem (even) more appealing, it doesn't need to look phenomenal.
>>724340114>you can't discuss sale because you don't have stocks.you can't tell me what to do, niggerfaggot.
>>724339131Yeah, it's just a shitty game.
>>724339925You say watered down but give zero examples because you are a gay nigger retard. How is BotW watered down? How is Odyssey watered down? Wonder is watered down how exactly? Splatoon 3? Pikmin 4? Give a real fucking argument rather than some sweeping generalization like a fucking coping faggot.The game is ONLY online, how the fuck would you access it if you weren't going to be on NSO? It's like disconnecting your wifi and then crying about it not working. Yes, thank Xbox for introducing paid online. It still doesn't mean it's liveservice you dumb nigger.
All pokemanchildren should be publically humiliated
>>724339696>Of course, I don't care about their retarded onionslol, yeah you do.Tendies were so used to people gargling nintendo's balls on their precious social medias and now everybody thinks nintendo is fucking shit, retarded and gay
>>724340561what a feminine way of thinking, motherfucker.
>>724339478But Champions will bring all of them back.
>>724325796hehbtw where's the GoY PR? Literally the only game Sony put out this year and it just came and went lol.
>>724340561>I have no HRT and I must dilate
>>724340646Uh oh is the pokemanchild gonna cry?
>>724340615If everyone thinks nintendo is fucking shit, retarded and gay, how come millions of people are buying a switch 2 and legends Z-A?
>>724340763>btw where's the GoY PR? Literally the only game Sony put out this year and it just came and went lol.It's still selling bucket amounts. Only when sales slow down will Sony post PR about it. Why would they comment on sales when it's still flying off the shelv?
>>724340809i laugh at you every day for almost a decade.
>>724340921popcorn buckets don't count as game sales
>>724340901Because they're stupid.
>>724340921>when it's still flying off the shelv?And into the bargain bin.
Pokemonadults are genuine subhumans kek
>>724340965Nah you piss your diaper every day while playing Nintendo games made for children
>>724324902>Avatar 3 might actually bomb or do significantly worse than the last two filmsGood, that shit was gay alien propaganda and the humans should have won.
>>724340615>now everybodythe social media bubble is not everyone. Retards screaming loudly clearly don't represent the real opinions of people
>>724341032>I'm right and everyone is stupidOh, you're one of those niggas...
I wish lived in the alternate universe where things that were bad failed and things that were good succeeded.
>>724340486Watered down enough for me to stop being their customer after the Wii, I don't have to pick apart their games to tell you simply that they all look like shit compared to what they made a decade prior.You can make an objective argument as to why something is, but you disregard any humanity in that statement.If Nintendo is truly such an exceptional corporation, why haven't they won me back with their sweet deals, groundbreaking console releases and cutting edge exclusives?You're not being a good salesman here, buddy.
>>724340118Yeah, the Switch games seem like they've hit market saturation but if Gen 10 can just lay down a solid foundation with no performance issues and looking decent that would go a long way toward appealing to even more people.Everyone knows what Pokémon is but there's definitely still millions of people who didn't come back with the Switch games (and normies who never gave them a chance). I haven't payed attention to any of the leaks, but it's not hard to imagine that with good presentation and just a few tweaks you could easily see it getting the "Breath of the Wild effect" or "Pokémon is back/good again" treatment and capturing a whole new wave of people.
bedasue youre a fuckign cuck whole play Nintendo games everty day. Mario and mARIO ANDF zELDA AND pOKEMON every day for weeks on end. How about actually playing someyinhgn ot towards a kid . MARIO WAHOOOO!!
>>724338606>can you admit games are more than that?No, I cannot. It's a boring RPG. This time in real time. No challenge, just use super effective moves and you'll win. The only things pokemon has going for it is its completive scene that isn't reflected in the actual game at all and the team building. I love RPGs where I can chose my party and customize them and pokemon does nail that. But at this point if I wanna play pokemon I am not touching any modern game. I am either playing showdown, older games or fangames/rom hacks. I dont respect pokemon anymore, I stopped playing the games after Lets Go and I have no plans to return to the series.
>>724341202Is that why sales of the s2 cratered.
>>724341149no, i fucking laugh at your pathetic meltdowns every single day. I laugh at your mental illnesses, i laugh when you melt after the things you hate explode in popularity. I laugh when you post CP because you are seething with rage and, i laugh when you start hallucinating and i laugh when you reply to me with nonsense.Please keep entertaining me until you die from a stroke because a toy company from japan raped your imaginary expectations.
>>724341425any proof of that?
>>724324682>why does this keep happening
>>724341356>I haven't payed attention to any of the leaksGen 10 is supposed to be lush forests and marine/underwater exploration with coral reefs and the like.
>>724341149Your hourly seething about nintendo makes me laugh every time. Keep it going
>>724331658>13M in dev costsThis piece of shit didn't take two nickels to make. It's more like 1M budget and 12M goes to Yakuza
>>724341149You should find a career as a clown. You're a natural at making people laugh at you.
The anti-pokemon campaign was bought and paid by Palworld and Sony marketers.
>>724341579Nah these niggas are doing it for free lol
>>724324868It's not my $100 going down the toilet for nothing.
>>724341431Then why do you sound extremely upset.
>>724341579>sony keeps wasting money on everything BUT making video games
>>724332364It's the funniest shit that old Pokemon had a total of two tutorials that didn't even need reading to understand. You could play all of Pokemon without being able to read and still beat the game.Meanwhile Z-A traps you in tutorials for 13 hours and still doesn't tell you the parts of the game that people would want to spend time with.
>>724341634>no u
>>724340615>nowkekPeople online will be seething at Nintendo long after we're all gone.
>>724326289Half of zero is zero so SONY ALWAYS WINS BABY.
>>724324682>the worst launch numbers for a pokemon game in like a decade is actually le goodShills spinning for shills.
>>724341579>>724341623It was bought and paid for by Gamefreak and Nintendo
>>724341649Because when they do it's movie shit or dogshit like Concord or Marathon.
>>724341431cool meltdown, why can't pokefags stop telling on themselves?
>>724341579No, the games are shit and you refuse to see it due to blind brand loyalty and toxic positivity.
>>724341634>I-I'm not mad, you're mad!!!!Here, take this. This should help your anger issues.
>>724340901Because the target market are literal toddlers and retards. That's why the sales have dipped so violently in recent years.Arceus, the last game with any soul put into it, crushed this game in sales
>>724341823yep, keep dancing.>>724341856do nor forget these.
>>724341431>>724341497>>724341549>Wall of seethe>SamefaggingPokedrones can't stop losing
>>724324682Wasnt every aaa release in recent years "biggest ever"?
>>724341823>>724341847>>724341902>>724341918Keep going. Your antics amuse me.
>>724341856>greentext meltie>nintendopename a more iconic duo
>>724341856I don't even know what that is but it looks about as gay as nintendo does.
>>724337295It makes the anti-nintendo schizos seethe.
>>724341975snoys and CP.
>Keep going. Your antics amuse me.
>>724341649>Sony making toddler blocks and picturebooks instead of gamesIt's crazy how the playstation fanbase are full of massive dickriders but their lord and savior refuses to make games for them
>>724342058Bro you can't just dox pokemon fans like that
Aw, he really is crying.
>>724342052This was pretty sweet until I realized it wasn't pokemon.It's probably some mobile game made for $25 in Unity and the sad thing is, it look way better than this game ever could.
Don't you "people" have a general for this?
>>724342052NINDINDU!SHIT YOUR PANTS AND SUE!
>>724342058>>724342136obvious samefag kek
>>724341913>The perfect amount of brown you can't tell if it's a nigger or a jeet>Painted nailsThe perfect snoy.
>>724341356Depends on timing. Once every real life generation always heralds a rise of underaged faggots getting really vocally annoying about how the things they grew up with are now cringe and gay. The youngest of zoomers are currently barely adults, or still literally teenagers. Brands like Nintendo or Pokemon are just currently in the "uncool" era of this perpetual cycle. (In fact, you can literally trace this trend as far back as the NES/SNES era) Unless Gen 10 is just unobjectionable good (it wont be) you're probably just going to read more threads like this until these little twinks have some sex, mellow out, and get old enough to start having nostalgia for things from their childhood and simpler times after getting grinded down by working society.
>>724342078they made speakersisn't that enough?
>>724342154>This was pretty sweet until I realized it wasn't pokemonWhy are so many pokefags mentally ill like this?
>>724341492That could do it. Diverse environments and exploration, instead of everywhere being a basically flat trail through wide open spaces. Legends Arceus and SV experimented with that but it was still very "video gamey" and jank.If they can pull off a genuine "Nintendo hired that man" and get normalfags to go "this is what I always imagined Pokémon games should be like" that's the best-selling Generation ever easily.
>>724342302and the shoes.
>>724341902>sales have dipped so violently in recent years.Still making shit up, huh?
>>724342407>shoeswhy would they make shoes instead of video games? sounds like bait
>>724342407and a picture book
>Can't cope with Japan sales no more>Can't cope with Spain either>Or the US nowSo what happens now? Are anti Nintendo fags gonna do Weekly Brazilian Sales Threads? Implying the Switch 2 doesn't dominate there too lmao
Why won't the rest of the industry learn from Gamefreak?The people aren't asking for these high budget games with insane graphics that just end up flopping.
>>724340114No I'm an investor in Nintendo entertainment, which yields many returns, including consolewarring on the intetnet.
>>724324682>has to compare it to zelda>not the previous pokemon gameHmmm... what a mystery...
>>724342547uk is still sonyland
>>724342586Because the rest of the industry doesn't have the Pokemon IP which instantly turns shit to gold
>>724342547India sales
>>724342683INDIA HERO PROJECT WILL BE SUPER SUCCESSFUL SAAAAAAR.
>>724337295Nigger killing, thats why
>>724341967I own a Switch OLED and I would not touch a modern Pokemon game with a 10 foot pole.
>>724324682>>724325564>>724327154>>724328517>>724330382OK and how many of those copies(physical and digital) got refunded hours/days later?
>>724341364I love when someone is seething so hard you can tell they made an impulsive rage post full of non typical typing errors
game's fun cry about it niggers
Terminally online trannies who don't play games but gossip about them online think they're important
>>724342802>console visibly gathering dust>pikachu on box in pickek
>>724342284There's always going to be (actual or mental) teenagers who are afraid of being "cringe," but more importantly Pokémon will be 30 years old at this point, and there are a lot more adults who grew up with Pokémon and who still buy and play video games.
>>724341579>sony also loses when Pokemon winsThat's good news.
>>724342802>literally 80% nintendo first parties>last 20% are just indiesyeah your taste in video games is very shit
>>724342586Being forced to reckon with the fact that >$200 million price tags and >5-year dev cycles are unsustainable will genuinely cause the industry to collapseThey can't just switch gears and scale back, even if they slam the brakes now they're still going to hit the brick wall
>>724342514Because the PS5 era is exclusively targeting the nigger cattle audience, why do you think they made Travis Scott their platform mascot for the PS5?
>>724342802Nintendo already won the palworld lawsuit. It's over.
Switch was the worst fucking thing to ever happen to this industry. it comopletely ruined everything and
>>724342650The Pokemon IP is still shit but Nintendo has indoctrinated enough cattle that will buy said shit with a smile on their faces
>>724342586it's too late. pretty much everyone who isn't a Nintendo fan has been conditioned to want high-end graphics. that's why Astro Bot flopped
>>724343130they recently changed the marketing with LISA
>>724343078>literally 80% nintendo first partiesWhat else would I own a switch for? Janky ports of PC games (that I can play on my Steam Deck)?
>>724324682It's crazy how easy it is to go on the internet and lie
>>724343182and? ANON COME BACK ANON!
>>724343078>literally 80% nintendo first partiesYes, and?
>>724343140No they didn't. In fact experts are saying Nintendo's recent moves suggest that Palworld called their bluff and now Nintendo is attempting a hail mary pass because a lot of their patents are going to fall under tighter scrutiny if they lose the lawsuit, which will benefit everyone.
>>724343182nah, that's playstation and xbox and now they are fucking dead. As should be.
>>724342284if being "cool" actually made money Sega would still be around at the console market Xbox wouldn't be in its current state and Nintendo would have gona third party in the Wii/DS era lol.
>>724343182You're so mad even a 60 second timer mogs you.
>>724324682>the biggest physical launch in 2 yearsNot exactly a high bar. Especially since Nintendo is the only platform where a physical purchase even makes sense, given that it's the only one you don't have to install the game.
>>724343385>Playstation>deadThey are doing better than ever. Insane revenue and profits all around and a steady flow of games coming out for it. Ghosts of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, Wolverine, GTA VIBut yeah, enjoy Pokemon 239 and next weeks Mario game.
>>724343374Looks like the experts will be wrong then.
>>724343481>flop>flop>will flop>multiplatnice lineup
>>724343182>Switch was the worst fucking thing to ever happen to this industry. it comopletely ruined everything and
>game freak didn't abandon their existing fanbase of tens of millions of paying customers to pander to retarded third worlders and chuuni man children. How are they still successful? It doesn't make sense. Guys I think we need to meet in the discord and discuss new strategies because our spam isn't working
>>724342547>So what happens now?They'll continue hallucinating as they always do because reality is on nintendo's side
>>724343374ah yes, the experts that aren't from Japan. those experts?
>>724324682Rising cases of autism. Literally the only conceivable reason.
>>724343267Post your steam history if your game taste isn't shit bro.
>>724343481Ok enjoy Revenge Story Action Game #5882 and next weeks totally not mario game
>>724343547>>flop4 million is a flop?>>flopIt's a Kojima game. Kojima doesn't flop>>will flopNow I know you're shitposting because there is no way on earth Wolverine will flop. It's the most anticipated game outside of GTA VI>>multiplatLiterally no one cares about Xbox and it's never coming to PC.
>>724343481>revenueLMAO>profitslower than Nintendo.and they went third party. they lost. cope.
>>724343743>4 million is a flop?no numbers have been posted>It's a Kojima game. Kojima doesn't flopthis one did>Now I know you're shitposting because there is no way on earth Wolverine will flop. It's the most anticipated game outside of GTA VIcapeshit is dying>Literally no one cares about Xbox and it's never coming to PC.sure bud. Rockstar is totally not going to double dip releases.
>>724343743>GTA6 isn't coming to PC!Are people genuinely retarded enough to believe this?
>>724343903>no numbers have been postedI have insider knowledge and I know those who know about sales. I can assure you that Yotei has sold in the millions so far.>this one didSee above. >capeshit is dyingWrong. People are waiting for the Avengers films to drop next year and fandom for superheroes is at an all time high. >sure bud. Rockstar is totally not going to double dip releases.PS6 re-release probably.
>>724343743>4 million is a flop?NDSfags called legends ZA a flop even though it sold around 6 million copies in one week>It's a Kojima game. Kojima doesn't flopfamitsu sales says otherwise>Literally no one cares about Xbox and it's never coming to PC.It's coming to PC AND the switch 2
>>724343720Even the worst "story action" game is better than another bing bing wahoo for childrenLike how the fuck are you bitches still playing pokemon in 2025 lmao
>>724324682pokemon z-a? more like pokemon g-ay lmao
>>724344029>NDSfags called legends ZA a flop even though it sold around 6 million copies in one weekTheres a difference in calling 6 million sales a flop when it shouild be reaching numbers to conter act its series known for selling 35 million per entry compared to a series that is not only new but konwn to sell around 7 million so far in the previous genertation. There is a clear difference between these and if you cant see it then you are a stupoid fuck.
>>724344019>I have insider knowledge and I know those who know about sales
>>724344093>its series known for selling 35 million per entrywhat series is that?
I wonder if, like, other game devs seethe at Pokemon 24/7. You put your heart into something then this low effort low quality slop is just going to outsell it anyway.
>>724344093GOOD MORNING SAAR
>>724344093>its series known for selling 35 million per entry
>>724344019>I have insider knowledge and I know those who know about sales. I can assure you that Yotei has sold in the millions so far.my sources say that it hasn't even cracked 3 million
>>724344179>modern western devs>putting their "heart" into anything
>>724343542Yeah just like how adults are wrong that pokemon ZA is shit and you got ripped off by buying the most expensive pokemon cartridge ever made (which was made for so cheap that there are kickstarter games with bigger budget). Pay more, get less, and then insult everyone who laughs at you, that is the Pokemon fan creed. And of course, if Nintendo gets any criticism from a Nintendo fan, start pinning red string to the wall to prove that they're actually a crypto-snoy and that none of their opinions count because they're "loyal".
>>724325687>Don't turn them into movies about lesbiansYeah, just make 50% of npcs niggers instead
>>724343078There is literally no reason to own a nintendo shitbox for anything other than nintendo games. Everything else is better everywhere else.
non zero chance that Deen is here right now lmao
>>724344081I wouldn't worry about what I do. It seems to cause you problems.
>>724344093>he's hallucinating again.
>>724344198>Gen 5 is the be-ACK
>>724344280>Everything else is better everywhere else.Nah
>>724344282I thought his bloated obese corpse was hung already
>>724344262that's an awful lot of ESL-babble
>>724344262You'll survive.
>>724344248hold the fuck upHades 2 is pretty fucking good
>>724342886Wonder how Katie feels about Pokemon now.
>>724342586I think it's a hierarchical problem. A lot of these execs don't understand games, so they say yes to every consultant that tells them what needs to be in a game (and, notably, recently what needs to NOT be in a game) to succeed. They look out at the broader market and shrug their shoulders when they see the same decisions being made elsewhere. Creatives are told no in favor of 'game experts'. Budgets bloat, more money is poured into marketing to catch eyeballs to recoup the cost, and for a while that and coasting on IPs goodwill kinda works - all while the rot sets in.Astro Bot is a good example of this kind of rot. Cash in on goodwill, pump money into rigged awards, and pray it actually sells, because you've got nothing left you can think to do.
>>724328372>I want Pokemon to not only continue its decline in quality but I also root for it to ruin the hobby as a whole with its patent trolling to spite a ragtag handful of the last remaining tendies with standards.Did some entertainment media come out in the last couple of years that made a bootlicking useful idiot character look cool and appealing? If so, that would be a highly impressive talent on the writers' part.
Do kids even play pokemon nowadaysMy 15 year old nephew had a period where he and his schoolmates got some pokemon cards some and figurines a few years ago but I can't ever recall him watching or playing ANY pokemon game
>>724324682>2023Does that mean they are good or that Mario Kart World didn't sell?
>>724344375You're right, nintendo games are also better on pc, my bad.
>>724344248I never said Western.
>>724344446No, its bad now that its a Steam and Switch gameIts good once it releases on PS5
>>724344490Most kids are playing Roblox and F2P shit on PS5
>>724344518He's talking about physical as if physical is still relevant. Nearly all MKW's sales were digital.
>>724344524Enjoy those amazing Nintendo games, PC vegan!
>>724325564People are waiting for the bundle to go on sale for Holiday shopping. Why would you buy it so soon given how close it is to Christmas?
>>724344483Caring about the budget of a game is a hilarious angle to push in this context btw
>>724344490Oh, they game.
>>724344646I won't because they suck now, but their 25 year old stiff is still good.
>>724344635That's because the pack in is digital
>>724324682real talk tho, I think this says more about the decline of physical games sales than anything elseIt's no coincidence that the previous record holder was also a Nintendo gameSo hey, maybe gkc wont be too much of a problem for the Switch 2 if most people buy games digitally nowadays
>>724343386I wasn't trying to imply that being "cool" is what's important, more just presenting a thesis as to what is fueling the current "public" perception towards a brand like Nintendo, despite all forms of fiscal data suggesting the contrary.To entertain your thought however, Sega fell thanks to the double-whammy of profound corporate mismanagement leading to significant brand damage on top of just basically getting financed out of the manufacturing business once bigger corporate entities like Sony and Microsoft entered the industry (it should never be understated how the market dynamics of the console market changed when big corps showed up like that and injected near infinite amounts of money into it.) Nintendo would have been in a similar spot if the eggheads didn't make sure to keep their company debt free and if they didn't have a thriving handheld market to keep them afloat until they eventually found their footing after the shockwave caused by such massive financial heavy weights entering the industry subsided. As for Xbox, well that's just a generational fall-off. Microsoft failed to release an appealing product for too long and now it's just too little too late for their console business.
>>724344635Shame, I still buy physical. Well I don't have anything current gen but I still buy ps4 and switch 1 physical.
>>724344280Nope.
>>724344715I prefer OG hardware and physical ownership for my retro games.
>>724344403Alright Apu, let's see your hand color. Prove how white the average Pokemon fan is.
>>724344262Nigga why you wasting time in this shit thread when you could just be playing PSO1 on your gamecube right NOW
>>724344730Yes, and also because physical is irrelevant.
>>724325862>Pokemon fans are loyalist. Its like sonic fansLast sonic games prove you wrong.
>>724325564>posts AI-generated misinformation
>>724345045It's a shame too since physical is better than digital in every way.
>>724345054anon there are sonic fags who compare Sonic Forces with Mario Odyssey unironically, I dont think you realize how severely autistic they are.
>>724345228Except load times, convenience, and cost.
Pokedrones lost yet another thread. Sad!
>Pokedrones lost yet another thread. Sad!
>>724345319Nobody hates Pokemon fans more than Gamefreak and nobody hates Nintendo fans more than Nintendo.
>>724345302>costI remember when companies spun digital as being "less expensive" to us when it first started and then they charged us the same amount for the digital downloads anyway
>>724345054Sonicfags have been dickriding sega more than ever since the frontiers game. They even went as far as defend superstars being $60+$10 for digital deluxe shit and claim that it's a better game than sonic mania.
>>724345302Not a problem for me
>>724344447She still plays it, she's made comics up to SV.
>>724325564>Swicth 1: 114M consoles sold by Legend Arceus debut in january, AFTER christmas>Switch 2: 25M consoles sold by Legends ZA debut BEFORE christmas.I know you want too hard to label it like a flop, but I doubt there is someone at nintendo who is not optimistic for this christmas season.
>>724345319>has a meltie the entire thread>pretends he's winningWhy do you always do this?
>>724345458The savings materialize in the discounts and sales over time, but it mostly only benefits pc with how cheap the games can get. Digital definitely does not benefit nintendo fans since nintendo does not believe in sales or discounts and the loss of physical just removes consumer control and hands it all over to nintendo.
>>724345604Bummer, she should be smarter than that.
>>724345685>Mmmm please let me lick your boot even harder Nintendo!Kek keep seething
Whats so "mature" about snoy games anyway?
>>724346245
>>724346306There's nothing more mature than playing as a miserable lesbian that wants to kill all men, forgive all women, and raise children with the women who killed said lesbian's entire family. Alternatively, being gaming's ultimate cuck, Kratos.
>>724345298>>724345497My point is thy aren't loyalistic as pokemon fans, they really buy pokemon games. Most sonic fans just make noise here and there but they don't buy the games.
>>724345390They'll just go back to lebbit and cry about it and then circlejerk other over how much money the game is gonna made because Nintendo kept the budget so low, not caring at all that none of Nintendo's thriftiness gets passed down to the customer in the form of lower prices. Gamefreak will, as always, unzip its trousers, yoink out its dangly little yellow trouser snake, and tell the fans to get to work and respect the value.
>>724346306Pokemon fans are basically like North Korea. Everything outside of Pokemon-land is the post-apocalyptic snoy wasteland, so always be sure to praise dear leader Game Freak for protecting their precious game series and always pay your debt to the developer with a smile.
>All of this immediate seethingSo that's how a lolcow acts like!
>>724345319>25M consoles in less than a year>biggest launch of 2025>pokedrones lost yet another thread. Sad!The salt and cope matsuri has begun baka sempai.
>>724325564No wonder Pokemon stans immediately started begging daddy Nintendo to sue Pocketpair over Palworld.
>>724346306
It will be one hell of a day watching Pokemon fanboys wretch and seethe when Palworld games start releasing on the Nintendo shop, because after Nintendo Nintendo loses the lawsuit they will have to allow them on their console (if Pocketpair wishes to) or they face punitive action by the FTC for anti-competitive and retaliatory business conduct.
>>724347662>because after Nintendo Nintendo loses the lawsuit they will have to allow them on their console (if Pocketpair wishes to) or they face punitive action by the FTC for anti-competitive and retaliatory business conduct.
>>724347662Sure bud.
