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[Takao]

Probably too much work for SCE to care to add retail card support.

 

[rpmurphy]

Probably too much work for SCE to care to add retail card support.

I remember Nintendo adding in that DS game user rating system via the Wii. Now that was weird.

 

[muu]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201206/26016963.html

Pokemon BW2 first week sales (or, 6/23 & 6/24) ~1.619m

 

[zroid]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201206/26016963.html

Pokemon BW2 ~1.619m sales first week

hail to the... deity?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201206/26016963.html

Pokemon BW2 first week sales (or, 6/23 & 6/24) ~1.619m

wtf? when will this fad end?

 

[Takao]

lol LBX Baku Boost is so fucked. Kids will still be buying Pokemon when that comes out.

 

[Truth101]

For those curious

B/W opened at

2,637,285

Platinum at

967,675

Diamond/Pearl at

1,586,360


4m+ should easily be attainable

 

[cws]

lol LBX Baku Boost is so fucked. Kids will still be buying Pokemon when that comes out.

It would. E screwed even without any other release, since it's the second re-packaging of the same game in less than 18 months.

@B/W2 Sales
Not bad I guess ;-)
But I expected a + 2 million opening. Though this release should be pure profit for them.

 

[DGRE]

For those curious

B/W opened at

2,637,285-2 days of sales

BW2 was also 2 days of sales, right?

 

[Kazerei]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201206/26016963.html

Pokemon BW2 first week sales (or, 6/23 & 6/24) ~1.619m

3DS LTD is now 6,288,334, which means 56k units were sold last week I think

Edit: nevermind, that is the sum up to June 17, Famitsu is just being confusing :S

 

[udivision]

wtf? when will this fad end?

when the fad of video games ends

 

[Busaiku]

I doubt it's gonna have the legs of Diamond/Pearl or even Black/White, but still super impressive.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

3DS LTD is now 6,288,334, which means 56k units were sold last week I think

That would be a pretty poor number for this week, really.

 

[Takao]

It would. E screwed even without any other release, since it's the second re-packaging of the same game in less than 18 months.

Well yeah, I said that on the last page. It's part of the reason it's why I have no clue what Level-5 is doing. Baku Boost shouldn't be released in Japan, and LBX W shouldn't be PSP/Vita but PSP/3DS.

 

[Truth101]

BW2 was also 2 days of sales, right?

Not sure honestly.

Edit:

Duh says right in the article it only had 2 days of sales.

 

[cws]

3DS LTD is now 6,288,334, which means 56k units were sold last week I think

Wow, so Pokemon sold none additional consoles. DAT 3DS XL Announcement !!!

 

[Jonnyram]

Looking through JPSN just confuses me. That Ciel No Surge game has like 1.5k ratings, and I swear I saw that New Little King's Story actually had more than Gundam.

That's because they've been out longer and had low retail shipments. Also, didn't NLKS have a sale on PSN recently? Can't remember.

 

[Anth0ny]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201206/26016963.html

Pokemon BW2 first week sales (or, 6/23 & 6/24) ~1.619m

Jesus.

 

[zroid]

3DS LTD is now 6,288,334, which means 56k units were sold last week I think

Edit: nevermind, that is the sum up to June 17

whew, scared me for a sec! :O

 

[Takao]

That's because they've been out longer and had low retail shipments. Also, didn't NLKS have a sale on PSN recently? Can't remember.

Konami putting a game on sale shortly after release seems very un-Konami to me.

 

[Truth101]

Wow, so Pokemon sold none additional consoles. DAT 3DS XL Announcement !!!

Yeah they don't give the new LTD, just up to that week.

 

[DGRE]

Need first week sales of pokemon titles...

 

[Sandfox]

BW2 had a pretty awesome two days for a sequel. Is this the best opening of the year so far?

 

[Man God]

Need first week sales of pokemon titles...

Pokemon Diamond / Pearl	(Pokemon Co.)	-	1,586,360	 /	5,767,283
Pokemon Heart Gold / SS	(Pokemon Co.)	-       1,408,980	/	3,755,731
Pokemon Platinum	(Pokemon Co.)	-	967,675	       /	2,539,431

 

[Kazerei]

The best opening weeks in the garaph database

DS	10-09-18	Pokémon White/Black	2637285
DS	09-07-11	Dragon Quest IX		2343440
PS2	04-11-27	Dragon Quest VIII	2236881
PSP	10-12-01	Monster Hunter Portable 3rd	2146467
PS2	06-03-16	Final Fantasy XII	1840397
PS2	01-07-19	Final Fantasy X		1749737
DS	06-09-28	Pokémon Diamond / Pearl	1586360
PS3	09-12-17	Final Fantasy XIII	1516532
PS2	03-03-13	Final Fantasy X-2	1472914
DS	09-09-12	Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver	1408980
GBA	02-11-21	Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire	1245003
PS2	04-03-25	Dragon Quest V		1048925

 

[Man God]

It's the second best first week in the franchise history.

 

[DGRE]

It's the second best first week in the franchise history.

Pretty fantastic considering all the unique circumstances surrounding it.

 

[Dalthien]

BW2 had a pretty awesome two days for a sequel. Is this the best opening of the year so far?

It has already doubled the best YTD of any title so far.

 

[Thoraxes]

Alright, i'm going to take a crazy guess here, but I predict Pokemon B/W 2 will be the best selling game of next week...

 

[Man God]

Alright, i'm going to take a crazy guess here, but I predict Pokemon B/W 2 will be the best selling game of next week...

Good guess but no. Clearly these are all people who went out to buy Tokyo Jungle and decided to get another "animal based game" to go along with it, but because some people couldn't buy both more of them clearly picked up TJ.

 

[Thoraxes]

Good guess but no. Clearly these are all people who went out to buy Tokyo Jungle and decided to get another "animal based game" to go along with it, but because some people couldn't buy both more of them clearly picked up TJ.

Man, the Sillky Terrier and Saber Tiger must've really helped. Truly, not even Pokemon can stop the mighty Saber Tiger.

 

[C_H_T]

Alright, i'm going to take a crazy guess here, but I predict Pokemon B/W 2 will be the best selling game of next week...

Nope, It will be the best-selling game of the year in Japan, besides NSMB2.

 

[Truth101]

Nope, It will be the best-selling game of the year in Japan, besides NSMB2.

It will be a battle between NSMB2 and Pokemon

 

[KillerTravis]

It will be a battle between NSMB2 and Pokemon

In Prof. Kawashima I Trust!

There's also Dragon Quest X though, I expect that to do pretty good.

 

[muu]

Also depends on MH4. New info coming out end of this month, winter 2012 release is still possible.

 

[zroid]

DQX will be an interesting one...

 

[Bruno MB]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201206/26016963.html

Pokemon BW2 first week sales (or, 6/23 & 6/24) ~1.619m

So the second biggest opening for the series, not bad at all.

I expected a higher figure since I predicted that it would sell 2,650,000 units during its first two weeks, it will probably sell around 2.0 or 2.2 million.

It will be interesting to see how many units were shipped.

 

[donny2112]

First week Pokemon sales (Famitsu)

GBOY Pokemon Green/Red - 109K
GBOY Pokemon Gold/Silver - 1.43m

GBA Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire - 1.25m
GBA Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen - 955K

NDS Pokemon Diamand/Pearl - 1.59m
NDS Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - 1.41m
NDS Pokemon Black/White - 2.64m
NDS Pokemon Black 2/White 2 - 1.62m

 

[Boss Doggie]

Deserving, BW really is good and BW2 is a good followup.

 

[Takao]

Deserving, BW really is good and BW2 is a good followup.

I don't think Digimon World Re: Digitize will sell well. I'm sorry bro.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I don't think Digimon World Re: Digitize will sell well. I'm sorry bro.

Eh, I know its fate.

And I sorta hate it for not including Xros Wars stuff. Adds ammo to the haters. Fuck them.

And one of my favorite characters in Kamen Rider Fourze loves Pokemon and bought BW2

 

[walking fiend]

In Prof. Kawashima I Trust!

There's also Dragon Quest X though, I expect that to do pretty good.

Pokemon will most probably reach 4m; DQ 9 wasn't MMO and didn't reach 5m.

If DQX even passes 2 days sales of Pokemon, that is even over 1.5m, it'll be a crazy success for SE.

 

[fabricated backlash]

Hey Capcom...

Monster Hunter x Pokemon

Thank me later^^

 

[Takao]

Eh, I know its fate.

And I sorta hate it for not including Xros Wars stuff. Adds ammo to the haters. Fuck them.

And one of my favorite characters in Kamen Rider Fourze loves Pokemon and bought BW2

It's a shame because Reigitize looks cool, but recent Digimon games haven't exactly been best sellers. They also haven't been localized. : /

Hey Capcom...

Monster Hunter x Pokemon

Thank me later^^

Since Nintendo are so chummy with Tecmo Koei where's that Pokemonster Rancher game.

 

[Bruno MB]

Pokémon Black & White was so brutal, 2,637,285 units sold in just two days, that figure will never be topped.

Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Monster Hunter at their respective peaks:

[PS1] Final Fantasy VIII (Square) {1999.02.11} - 2,504,044

[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) {2009.07.11} - 2,343,440
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Square Enix) {2004.11.27} - 2,236,881

[PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 2,146,467

 

[StreetsAhead]

Pokémon Black & White was so brutal, 2,637,285 units sold in just two days, that figure will never be topped.

I dunno...first 3D pokemon battles on a handheld might excite a lot of people.

 

[Izayoi]

I dunno...first 3D pokemon battles on a handheld might excite a lot of people.

I already have five copies pre-ordered.

 

[michaelius]

Hmm with such a drop in sales compared to B&W 1 (and sequels usually being more front loaded) I think they wouldn't lose much if they went for 3DS exclusively.

 

[ffdgh]

I dunno...first 3D pokemon battles on a handheld might excite a lot of people.

may as well use those pokedex 3d models for something lol

 

[Izayoi]

Hmm with such a drop in sales compared to B&W 1 (and sequels usually being more front loaded) I think they wouldn't lose much if they went for 3DS exclusively.

They will be with the RSE remakes. They'll probably be testing their 3DS engine with them, and we'll see the first Gen VI games later on.