CyberConnect2 will be having a booth (No.3243) at the Comic Market 95 this winter, showcasing the new release of their Complete Guide for .hack//G.U. Last Recode among other new goodies!
> .hack//G.U. Last Recode Archives_06
- 3,000 yen
- B5 size with paper cover, 179 pages (color: 128 pages, black and white: 48 pages)
This is a complete collection of illustrations and designs that were used to create the game. These additional pages might help you get a better idea for what to expect inside the book.
> .hack//G.U. Last Recode Archives_06 Set
.hack//G.U. Last Recode Archives_06 Set
- 7,000yen
- After Recording Script (reproduction version) – B5 size, black and white, 164 pages
- Acrylic Plate (A5 size)
- 6-piece Pin Set (three 44mm pins, three 32mm pins)
.hack//G.U. Last Recode Post-Recording Script
Acrylic Plate
6-piece Pin Set
> Haseo’s 5th Form Acrylic Stand
- 3,000 yen
- 185mm x 190mm (pre-assembly)
- 100mm x 115 (post assembly)
> Assorted Keychains
- 600 yen (4 designs; random)
- 60mm x 60mm
Buy 5,000 yen worth of goods or more and receive 1 mini-shikishi of Haseo, illustrated by Hosokawa Seiichiro! (while supplies last)
> CyberConnect 2 Winter Campaign 2019
Also, if you’re not able to make it to the Comic Market, these items will be available at Kotobukiya and Gamers for the CC2 Winter Campaign 2019!
With this campaign, however, if you purchase 5,000 yen or more, you will be given a mini-shikishi or Ovan illustrated by Hoshi Itsuki! (while supplies last)
Source: CyberConnect2 Comic Market 95 | CyberConnect2 Winter Campaign 2019
▲ Quick company stats with photos from the Fukuoka, Tokyo, and maybe Montreal offices?
▲ Here’s one of the few smartphone applications that they produced, 
▲ The offices are literally littered with more than 60 different magazines every month for employees to browse!
▲ There are also all kinds of movie and anime DVD/Blu-rays, individual manga books, and various video game titles freely available to employees.
▲ The company also provides many opportunities for employees to “skill up” their abilities in various areas such as C++, UnrealEngine4, Python scripts, and more.
▲ With the basic introduction out of the way, this was the “meat” of the seminar:
▲ First, we were asked to think of the average number of games sold in a single year. Numbers ranged from 200 to 1000.
▲ This chart breaks down the number of game titles released every year.
▲ Next, we were asked to think how many games a person buys in the course of a year.
▲ Generally speaking, the average number of games a “game fan” purchases in a year is 8.8. A soft-core gamer buys about 4 games a year.
▲ Next, we were asked to think of what titles sold over 1,000,000 copies in 2017. I was stupid with the numbers (Japanese “man” is a bit difficult to calculate in your brain) and suggested NieR:Automata did…even though I knew it only sold a bit over 300,000 copies. lol
▲ And this was our answer, a list of top selling titles in 2017!
▲ Basically, if titles don’t sell over 100,000 copies, they’re losing money…
▲ If we imagine the sales of the top 40 games are positive, then anything 41 to 424 is losing money. 1/10 is in positive figures, whereas 9/10 is in the red.
▲ Among the gaming industry, 1/5 of titles is in positive numbers whereas 4/5s are in the red; which means, 20% have to be MASSIVE HITS!
▲ So it’s very important to know what sort of interesting things will sell. It’s best to avoid talking with people who cannot answer this question.
▲ It’s also vitally important for copies to connect with fans to hear their opinions on a multitude of topics. How/what do people play, read, watch, experience.
▲ This shows the trends of various platforms. The top represents smartphone and PC online games, the middle represents home gaming games, and the last represents home gaming hardware.
▲ Global Market Size: 5,400,000,000,000yen; Japan is just 1/14 of this figure.
▲ Global sales for the PS4 is around 60,000,000 units, where as within Japan alone, it’s around 5,000,000.
▲ Titles that sold well overseas:
▲ The market for home gaming is WORLDWIDE, with a focus on gamers all over the world.
▲ The very last bit of Matsuyama’s talk touched briefly on his non-fiction novel, detailing the true events that occurred with “Hiroshi-kun” just prior to the release of 『.hack//G.U. Vol.3』in 2009.