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Japanese retailers say Fire Emblem: Awakening selling well

by rawmeatcowboy
24 April 2012
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- some retailers are nearly sold out
- some retailers are worried they won't get a stock replenishment by the Golden Week holiday

“We’ve heard that others have been experiencing a scarcity of units, so we’ve added more, but still 90% of it was sold out.”

“60% sold out and it’s looking good.”
- selling even better at other retailers, for a total of 80% sellthrough

“Because of rain, sales weren’t too great. But of the new games, Fire Emblem sold the best. Although, most of the people who bought it were old guys, lol. Personally, I was expecting great things of Code of Princess, but it got completely eaten up by Fire Emblem, so I thought that was a bit of a shame. Why are Nintendo games so cheap despite being high quality? It’s no wonder the others don’t sell when Nintendo’s games are 1,000 yen cheaper. However, it’s a game directed at core gamers, so who knows how long it’ll sell for. I don’t think it’ll be a game with lots of stamina like the Mario games, so I can only hope that the numbers will continue to grow for at least next week or the week after that.”

“First thing in the morning, it’s 3DS Fire Emblem on parade. I feel like nothing else was sold at all. It’s all Fire Emblem. Rare for a Nintendo title, they released commercials and everything, so a crowd of people came in on the release date. “The customers’ ages dropped, so from dusk onward it was middle/high school students on their way back from school. I completely thought that the only people buying this would be those in their mid-thirties, so I was let down, but in a good way.”

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