eroge sales- 2016/08

[erogamesales]

TOP 10:

1- Hana Hime＊Absolute (~31326 copies)

2- Gin'iro, Haruka (~23506 copies) (Increase of 51% from previous game)

3- BALDR HEART (~11086 copies) (Drop of 13% from previous game)

4- Koi Suru Ojou-sama wa Ecchi na Hanayome (~8119 copies) (Increase of 76% from previous game)

5- Soku Iki Bishonure Athlete! ~Shiofuki Zetchou Suru Athlete Heroine-tachi~ (~6969 copies) (Increase of 137% from previous game)

6- Senren＊Banka (~+6256 copies) (previous month)

7- Yuuwaku Scramble (~6210 copies) (Increase of 30% from previous game)

8- Midare Setsugetsuka ~Tsukiyo no Inbu, Kyouki no Chigiri~ (~5451 copies) (Increase of 91% from previous game)

9- Inochi no Spare (~5060 copies) (Increase of 29% from previous game)

10- Ane Ane W Saimin ~Saimin Souchi de Kyonyuu Anedomo ni Kyousei Nakadashi, Kichiku Netori de Haramasete yaru!~ (~4416 copies) (Increase of 41% from previous game)

 

 

 

Source: http://blog.livedoor.jp/twode_perf/archives/65968101.html

 

Edited December 29, 2016 by erogamesales

[RedK]

WTF? And I thought that Senren sold well...

[Hayashi]

Gin'iro FTW

[Tamaki Sakura]

2 hours ago, RedK said:

WTF? And I thought that Senren sold well...

That's on top of 44k copies last month, making 50k copies total.

[Clephas]

1 hour ago, Tamaki Sakura said:

That's on top of 44k copies last month, making 50k copies total.

five thousand copies breaks even with most VNs.  If you sell ten thousand, your VN is a hit.  If you sell fifty thousand, it is a smash hit, lol.

[Yuuko]

1 hour ago, Clephas said:

five thousand copies breaks even with most VNs.  If you sell ten thousand, your VN is a hit.  If you sell fifty thousand, it is a smash hit, lol.

These sales are not even from all shops  

[Clephas]

21 minutes ago, Kiriririri said:

These sales are not even from all shops  

Generally speaking, after the first production run, they release  a second one if the sales are high enough (the first run varies, depending on expected sales... smaller companies tend to stick to something between five and ten thousand on the first run).  Yuzusoft has a really solid fanbase, so they probably put out between thirty and forty thousand on the first run, with a second run put out and shipped fast to the shops after they hit twenty-five thousand or so in sales.  With hits, it isn't unusual for a company to produce and ship three runs in a matter of a week if they get enough sales to justify it. 

[Narcosis]

Inochi no Spare on 9th place with a mere 5k copies, which means they might have barely covered the production costs, if they were lucky enough. We can't possibly expect good games from the creators at the moment, when they don't even sell.

[granit]

28 minutes ago, Narcosis said:

Inochi no Spare on 9th place with a mere 5k copies, which means they might have barely covered the production costs, if they were lucky enough. We can't possibly expect good games from the creators at the moment, when they don't even sell.

Someone once told me here that chuuni sells more over time but moe doesn't. I know that Inospare is not a chuuni but maybe it is true in this case too (because of the good story)

[Narcosis]

Inospare is a depressing game, talking about serious issues; nothing japanese gamers are actually really fond of. When they get back from school or work (more like school, lol), they want to boot up their pc's and play something fun or enjoyable, or watch some porn. They don't want to think about their lives or the world around them. It's a form of egoistic, escapist fullfillment and nothing really that different from what we do, although it's especially prevalent in their modern society, with all the pressure put on them.

TL&DR

It's obvious such games won't ever sell well, but the sole fact people don't want to get involved with them (i.e. undergo through a catharsis) is somewhat saddening and doesn't bode well for the developers, who actually want to create more meaningful stories, instead of >just< happy stories.

[EcchiOujisama]

10 hours ago, erogamesales said:

 

3- BALDR HEART (~11086 copies) (Drop of 13% from previous game)

 

 

Wait a minute...Kan'u Unchou and Kawakami Momoyo show up in the same game?!?!?  Make that 11087!

[Infernoplex]

I like this kind of threads, it's insightful, I always learn something new from these lists and discussions xD I checked all of these titles on VNDB and some seem to be just pure nukige (5th and 10th on this list gave me those nukige vibes) ... Other titles are interesting and the mentioned Inochi no Spare would probably be the first title that I would read (if only I knew Japanese xD) ... I am more into dark or depressing stories. Utsuge is my cup of tea definitively.

[RedK]

19 hours ago, Tamaki Sakura said:

That's on top of 44k copies last month, making 50k copies total.

Didn't know that , thanks for the clarification ^^

[Tyr]

On 23.9.2016 at 0:04 PM, Narcosis said:

Inochi no Spare on 9th place with a mere 5k copies, which means they might have barely covered the production costs, if they were lucky enough. We can't possibly expect good games from the creators at the moment, when they don't even sell.

Why is Inochi no Spare associated with good story?

On 23.9.2016 at 0:54 PM, Narcosis said:

Inospare is a depressing game, talking about serious issues.

Why is it called a depressing game? What's up with "talking about serious issues"?

Have you even read the game?

[Kawasumi]

I feel like Im the only person that finds escapism through imaginary characters misery

[Tyr]

3 hours ago, Kawasumi said:

I feel like Im the only person that finds escapism through imaginary characters misery

You shouldn't say that out loud. People with no life are known for acting very extreme when they are confronted with what they tried to repress.

[Tyr]

Thank you for proving my point.

[Nier]

On 2016/9/24 at 1:44 PM, Tyrosyn said:

Why is it called a depressing game?

Because it is an Onion Cutting Simulator.

[Vorathiel]

Slighlty related - anybody knows how well Steins;Gate 0 sales went?

[Kawasumi]

1 hour ago, Palas said:

What is better, I wonder - escapism through fictional characters or through feeling like you've proven points on a forum?

ill just stick to my fictional characters thank you.

[iamnoob]

Frogot to ask but about Gin'iro, Haruka.

Is it hyped or something? When I was in Japan Akihabara was spamming adds for that. Only knew what it was after I saw like 99999 Billboard sized ads.