Dead or Alive 6 vs Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet (JAPAN SALES)

[Red]

First week sales in Japan:

[PS4] Dead or Alive 6 (Koei Tecmo, 03/01/19) – 26,442
[PS4] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/19) – 12,958
[NSW] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/19) – 7,075

Can't remember all clickbailt website or youtuber attention ♥♥♥♥♥s that keep saying Xtreme 3 Scarlet has more preorder than DOA6, Xtreme 3 Scarlet has a better rank in Amazon or COMG Preorder, The TRUE fanbase wants beachvolley, who care about fighting games?, Rip DOA6, balablabla...

Well, there it is, these numbers speak for themselves.

[Providence 777]

meanwhile, on steam.

DOA6 is becoming a ghost town, while people are playing the censored version of DOAXVV

[Art Vandelay]

This is an update to DOAX3 though. Here are the sales for the original version:

[PS4] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 44,723 (New)
[PSV] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Venus (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 21,959 (New)

[hostilehalfing]

https://steamcharts.com/cmp/838380,958260#48h

Ahaha, so lets see right now, doa 6 active users 491. Venus Vacation? 6,452. Doa has never had even half that many people playing....

[Kuriishi]

lol, thanks for sharing

Source[gematsu.com] for anyone interested

[Blue Eyes White Coffee]

?

I don't know who or where people saying "Xtreme 3 Scarlet has more preorder than DOA6, Xtreme 3 Scarlet has a better rank in Amazon or COMG Pre-order"

Unless you really want to play Misaki and leifang ASAP (or some other random reason) , There is no reason to buy scarlet if you already have either fortune or venus
I haven't bought it either (and I guess never will)

Though, the switch vs PS4 sales kinda shocking
I thought people will buy the switch version because it is the "uncensored" one

[Kuriishi]

Okay, let's do a little trip through memory lane and look at the past first week sales:

Dead or Alive Series

[PS3] Dead or Alive 5 (Tecmo Koei, 09/27/12) – 66,586
[360] Dead or Alive 5 (Tecmo Koei, 09/27/12) – 14,811

[PS3] Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (Tecmo Koei, 09/05/13) – 18,625
[360] Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (Tecmo Koei, 09/05/13) – 4,862

[PS4] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Koei Tecmo, 02/19/15) – 24,457
[PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (Koei Tecmo, 02/19/15) – 11,271

[PS4] Dead or Alive 6 (Koei Tecmo, 03/01/19) – 26,442

5 Source[gematsu.com]
Ultimate Source[gematsu.com]
Last Round Source[gematsu.com]
6 Source[gematsu.com]

Xtreme Series

[PS4] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 44,723
[PSV] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Venus (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 21,959

[NSW] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/19) – 7,075
[PS4] Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/19) – 12,958

Xtreme 3 Source[gematsu.com]
Scarlet Source[gematsu.com]

Make of that what you will

[Jyu Viole Grace]

Originally posted by Providence 777:

meanwhile, on steam.

DOA6 is becoming a ghost town, while people are playing the censored version of DOAXVV

Well, after seeing how TN is managing DOA 6 post launch I think it makes sense.

They even gave more free costumes in the last update to DOAX3 Scarlet users meanwhile they can't give us the promised lobbies so I can see why Xtreme users are happier to keep spending money.

I wonder how much will take to Koei treat Xtreme series as the main series seeing how they are treating both audiences.

[Kuriishi]

Originally posted by Blue Eyes White Coffee:

?

I don't know who or where people saying "Xtreme 3 Scarlet has more preorder than DOA6, Xtreme 3 Scarlet has a better rank in Amazon or COMG Pre-order"

Unless you really want to play Misaki and leifang ASAP (or some other random reason) , There is no reason to buy scarlet if you already have either fortune or venus
I haven't bought it either (and I guess never will)

Though, the switch vs PS4 sales kinda shocking
I thought people will buy the switch version because it is the "uncensored" one

The Switch performance is quite interesting. The only metric I could think of as a comparison would be Senran Kagura:

[NSW] Senran Kagura: Peach Ball & Reflexions Double Pack (Marvelous, 12/13/18) – 10,321

This wasn't even a new release, but granted, it does bundle 2 games so maybe might be unfair. Xtreme is supposedly a from a AAA publisher so you'd expect it to do well, especially on Switch. The hardware sales for that platform have been consistently high.

If you look at the re-releases of DoA 5 they did considerably well in comparison to the re-release of Xtreme 3 so that's something of note

[Juihau]

Originally posted by Kurisu:

Xtreme is supposedly a from a AAA publisher so you'd expect it to do well, especially on Switch. The hardware sales for that platform have been consistently high.

I don't think I'd categorize KT as a AAA publisher. Like, they'd certainly like to think they are, and they have devs who can put out some really high quality stuff when given the proper time and resources, but very few of their games can really be called AAA releases...

[Kuriishi]

Originally posted by Juihau:

I don't think I'd categorize KT as a AAA publisher. Like, they'd certainly like to think they are, and they have devs who can put out some really high quality stuff when given the proper time and resources, but very few of their games can really be called AAA releases...

AAA in terms of marketing but not much else XD. Really though, they have way bigger budgets than SK series is all I'm saying

[Jyu Viole Grace]

I would say Nioh was an AAA game, at least it was as big as any Dark Soul games.

Both Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive were AAA games in Itagaki era as well. You could find amazing technology on them.

[Kuriishi]

Originally posted by Jyu Viole Grace:

I would say Nioh was an AAA game, at least it was as big as any Dark Soul games.

Both Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive were AAA games in Itagaki era as well. You could find amazing technology on them.

On that note, I feel like they have most of Team Ninja working on Nioh 2 and perhaps that Marvel game they're also working on O_o. It would explain a lot. It's pure speculation but the fact the credits had so many other outsourced companies working on the game, it gives that impression to me

[Blue Eyes White Coffee]

Originally posted by Kurisu:

The Switch performance is quite interesting. The only metric I could think of as a comparison would be Senran Kagura:

[NSW] Senran Kagura: Peach Ball & Reflexions Double Pack (Marvelous, 12/13/18) – 10,321

This wasn't even a new release, but granted, it does bundle 2 games so maybe might be unfair. Xtreme is supposedly a from a AAA publisher so you'd expect it to do well, especially on Switch. The hardware sales for that platform have been consistently high.

If you look at the re-releases of DoA 5 they did considerably well in comparison to the re-release of Xtreme 3 so that's something of note

yeah the switch version is supposed to be the "real" update of Fortune. well, minus the reduced graphic resolution, 30 fps, and VR mode.

people has been shouting "I'M GOING TO BUY THE SWITCH VERSION, ♥♥♥♥ SONY" since the trailer comes out but guess what, sony still get more scarlet sales even though we already have Fortune and F2P Fortune. guess people just want to see their new waifus in the best resolution possible ;;

[Jyu Viole Grace]

Originally posted by Kurisu:

On that note, I feel like they have most of Team Ninja working on Nioh 2 and perhaps that Marvel game they're also working on O_o. It would explain a lot. It's pure speculation but the fact the credits had so many other outsourced companies working on the game, it gives that impression to me

The thing is, this should be a top priority game over most other games but we're seeing how little they care about Dead or Alive 6 quality.

As time goes I appreciate Itagaki more and more and I never was a big fan of him ...

[Kuriishi]

Originally posted by Blue Eyes White Coffee:

yeah the switch version is supposed to be the "real" update of Fortune. well, minus the reduced graphic resolution, 30 fps, and VR mode.

people has been shouting "I'M GOING TO BUY THE SWITCH VERSION, ♥♥♥♥ SONY" since the trailer comes out but guess what, sony still get more scarlet sales even though we already have Fortune and F2P Fortune. guess people just want to see their new waifus in the best resolution possible ;;

As I understand it though, it's better to just by the OG PS4 version and wait for the free update? And get the characters etc. in that uncensored version. Or, is there any benefit/exclusive feature that Scarlet has that Fortune doesn't?