Recent Koei Tecmo sales figures
Koei Tecmo has revealed sales numbers for its recent titles includingDead or Alive Xtreme 3. The saucy stew from which the latter was borne,Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, tops the KTfinancial reports(translated byGematsu) at 600,000 downloads, which makes sense as it’s the only game listed released wider than in Japan and Asia.
Next up isAttack on Titan(PS4, PS3, Vita) at 280,000 sales; followed byDead or Alive Xtreme 3(PS4, PS Vita) at 190,000 sales; followed byRomance of the Three Kingdoms XIII(PS4, PS3, Xbox One, PC) at 180,000 sales; followed byAtelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book(PS4, PS3, PS Vita) at 170,000 sales. The Vita-exclusiveKiniro no Corda 4, which was only released in Japan, moved 30,000 units.
Atelier Sophie,Attack on Titan, andRomance of the Three Kingdoms XIIIare all expected to come to North America and Europe this year, butDead or Alive Xtreme 3was infamously not planned for Western release.
It seems like that decision by Koei Tecmo drummed up a lot of interest, however.
According to physical-only sales numbers,Dead or Alive Xtreme 3sold 44,723 on PS4 and 21,959 on Vita, good for the 4th best selling new game of the week its first week on the market. The next week, however, the Vita version disappeared from the top-sellers list and the PS4 version moved 4,765 units, good for 17th-best. Being generous in suggesting each console moved a thousand or so units in subsequent weeks they fell off the charts, that’s close to 75,000 total physical sales in Japan, or almost half ofThe DivisionJapanese sales. But KT’s 190,000 figure either means: 1) it sold a lot digitally in Japan or 2) over half its sales came from “Asia,” or the Asian version being imported by westerners. Which isn’t to say it would’ve sold much better had it gotten a full release here, given that those who really wanted it likely imported it, saving Koei Tecmo a bunch of money on releasing it in an additional market.
