wow that blows. at least there's not too many next-gen games out yet lol. glad you're able to play endwalker on release, worst case scenario

spent 45 min on shiva and lost when they had a sliver of hp

I'm 20 hours in and still haven't change my essence affinities since giving nahobino pixies

done with my first ending. apparently missed the cutoff for the true one, so i guess i'm going back to farming/fusing

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Atlus incompetence showing again. 3 remaster did 50k on PS4 first week, this probably would've done at least 150-200k given Arise did similar numbers. PC port could've padded an extra 50k or so. Their games are too universal to be kept on a single console now they'll go full panic mode again like they did when Apocalypse flopped

It's only a few units behind IV without digital sales. Maybe they will release those numbers like they did with p5 strikers.

believe it's not taking digital sales into account

Guess releasing the week before pokemon didn't help either

I feel like Japanese culture surrounding games in general is still really trash, they put way too much value in physical media still which is why the game has like 20 f***ing deluxe versions there. You're right though, with digital it could at least be 200k, but they'll still see it as a blow for not being able to push as many phys as they probably wanted.

This too

True. They probably don't even see people who cop digital as real owners in Japan.

real smt v fall of man premium edition owners rise up

im thinking of getting the Famitsu DX Japanese version but the s***s like 300

what level yall was at when yall beat the first boss?

tried to go at him at like level 12 or 13 but it wasn't really workin, figure i'll have to grind to 14 or 15

gotta support the devs if you want new games...

that edition is clean as hell. need that shirt it comes with lol

think i was about 15 or so?

Chill we dont know digital, its legs, how it's performing overseas lol, it was never gonna be a persona 5 level success

Also smt v costs like 90$ in japan, the normal version

I did it at 13 with mermaid bullshitting the boss with like 3 evades

Not really an excuse, SMT IV was 70 bucks in Japan at launch for a 3DS game and sold 190k, got a better reviews and that was only counting the physicals as well. No matter how you look at it, it underperformed, and I never expected it to do Persona numbers but keeping it relative to SMT it even did worse than Nocturne, superficially, which was considered a failure even with 150k first week.

With the money they put into the game and time, I'm sure they had higher expectations. Doesn't change the game being great as it is, but I expected better sales than IV bare minimum especially given the switch has more units sold than 3DS already. + Games are expensive in Japan in general, that doesn't really factor into anything it's an economical nuance of the region. Even kusoges go for like 90 bucks

mad man

edit: even crazier. no phys repel

took me way too long to realize charge and concentrate are pretty useless in this game lol

Wait, I have been holding on to those skills?

Why are they useless here?

Like i said its still too early, and i can 100% guarantee its gonna be the best selling smt game easily. Also a game being expensive can factor in sales, not by much, but it still can. Its the 3rd best opening without counting digital sales and deluxe edition sales, which would bring it closer. Lets just wait for the full picture, they didnt make it a simultaneous release for nothing. I also expected a bit more considering smt iv's opening, but its still early