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New copies of Square Enix’s “Elliot the Adventurer’s Thousand-Year Tale,” released for Switch 2 and PS5, have already dropped to roughly half price on major online retailers just days after launch — sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board. Weekly sales figures posted in the thread showed 29,818 units for the Switch 2 version and 16,240 for the PS5 version, suggesting both platforms are struggling. The board’s old standby jab, “third-party crusher” (slang mocking a platform for supposedly killing off third-party support), made another appearance, while posters debated everything from the game’s content and pricing to the enduring brand strength of HD-2D titles in general.
[Bonus] Elliot the Adventurer’s Thousand-Year Tale, Switch 2 Edition ([Early-Purchase Bundled Bonus] Elliot’s Departure Pack)
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Source: books.rakuten.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Elliot the Adventurer's Thousand-Year Tale
Switch 2: 29,818 — PS5: 16,240 ←
Unfortunately that doesn't apply — PlayStation crushes its own first-party titles too
Then why did past HD-2D titles sell reasonably well at similar price points?
Probably never gonna happen though lol
'It wasn't boring, but not something I'd really recommend to people'
Though for some reason only the Square Enix faithful believed it was selling well
Wanted it and went to buy it, but it was already sold out
I've got a huge backlog anyway, and since it's Square Enix the digital version will probably go on sale eventually, so guess I'll wait
Amazon ('Ama') is still dumping it at half price
Though once the Rakuten sale ends, Amazon's price might automatically bounce back too
but they only fixed the easy stuff and ignored the important issues, so I didn't buy it
As always, Square Enix loyalists retreat into fabricating console-fanboy wars whenever things get inconvenient for them
Switch Version Wins:
Football Manager 2024, Prince of Persia, Ace Attorney 4-6, Touhou Luna Nights, Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash, Gunvolt Record, Genjitsu no Yohane, Seifuku Kanojo, BAR Stella Abyss, Unicorn Overlord, Irem Collection Vol. 1, MACROSS -Shooting Insight-, Dragon Quest X Online, DQX Ver. 1-7
Winning Post 10 2024, Doukyuusei Remake (console ver.), Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, SaGa Emerald Beyond, Library of Ruina, Chibi Earth Defense Force 2, Kiri no Senjou no Verdina, Tokyo Psychodemic, Kyukon no Kuon, Wise Man's World Retry, Touhou Spell Carnival, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Mushoku Tensei
PS Version Wins:
None
Switch: 27 wins — PS: 0 wins
(*PS4/PS5 sales combined)
(*Judged by cumulative sales)
If it wasn't popular it wouldn't be a steady 'slow-burn' seller like this (lol)
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1790249482/
This thread is so salty it's crying 'Switch third-party crusher' about a game whose own PS5 version sold worse — hilarious
And on top of that, this one's even cheaper, lol
Probably also got some inexplicably favorable treatment in the Nintendo Direct
The title alone is painfully lame — who's supposed to get interested in that?
Exactly. The title alone is a loss. Everyone's reaction is basically 'who the heck is Elliot the Adventurer, never heard of him'
No way a half-assed project like that sells anymore lol
But both Octopath Traveler and Dragon Quest sold like crazy though?
Background and Key Points of Debate
“Third-party crusher” is a long-running bit of slang on the Hardware/Industry (Geha) board, used to mock a platform or title whose poor performance is said to be sapping the will of domestic third-party developers to keep making games for it. In this case, though, the Switch 2 version’s weekly sales actually outpaced the PS5 version’s, and some posters in the thread pointed out that this doesn’t quite fit the term’s usual meaning (see comment 8). HD-2D is the technique combining pixel art with 3D effects that Square Enix originally developed for the “Octopath Traveler” series, later also used in the “Dragon Quest III” remake. Some posters attributed the price drop to inventory clearance ahead of the fiscal closing period (see comment 27), so a discount alone shouldn’t be read as definitive proof of poor performance. It’s also worth noting that the figures cited in the article are weekly sales, not cumulative totals, so they don’t tell us on their own whether the game will end up a long-term seller.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “Switch 2’s ‘Elliot the Adventurer’s Thousand-Year Tale’ New Copies Dumped at Half Price! HD-2D Game Successfully Triggers Third-Party Crusher Too.”
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