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Media-Create Dec 22-28

01./00. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCEI) - 206,954 / NEW
02./01. [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 176,385 / 666,000
03./04. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 144,179 / 876,000
04./03. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra Deluxe (Nintendo) - 140,934 / 920,000
05./06. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo) - 105,225 / 547,000
06./13. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) - 84,515 / 1,445,000
07./00. [NDS] Phantasy Star Zero (SEGA) - 84,055 / NEW
08./08. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.) - 78,653 / 2,231,000
09./17. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 71,347 / 3,051,000
10./19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 69,913 / 2,066,000

11./10. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson)
12./18. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5)
13./20. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Little Magician's Magic Adventure) (Konami)
14./14. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami)
15./07. [PS2] Gundam Musou 2 (Namco Bandai)
16./26. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom)
17./11. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai)
18./00. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin (Nintendo)
19./21. [NDS] Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi (Namco Bandai)
20./02. [PS3] Gundam Musou 2 (Namco Bandai)
21./12. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson)
22./28. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
23./27. [WII] Wii Music (Nintendo)
24./30. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (SCEI)
25./25. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
26./32. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
27./29. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 12: PES 2009 (Konami)
28./05. [NDS] Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition (Namco Bandai)
29./16. [NDS] Genso Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami)
30./33. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
31./35. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
32./00. [PS2] Pachitte Chonmage Tatsujin 15: Pachinko Fuyu no Sonata 2 (Hack Berry)
33./15. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (A Penguin's Troubles: Strongest Penguin Legend) (Konami)
34./36. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
35./00. [WII] Resident Evil (Capcom)
36./24. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar (Marvelous)
37./34. [WII] Play on Wii: Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (Nintendo)
38./38. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
39./45. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
40./42. [PSP] Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin (Koei)
41./37. [NDS] Chrono Trigger (Square Enix)
42./47. [PSP] Kenka Banchou 3: Conquer the Entire Nation (Spike)
43./00. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 (Konami)
44./09. [PS2] Fate/Unlimited Codes (Capcom)
45./46. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (Namco Bandai)
46./00. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
47./40. [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World (Namco Bandai)
48./50. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
49./49. [NDS] Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace (Capcom)
50./00. [WII] Family Ski & Snowboard (Namco Bandai)

NDS - 22
WII - 14
PSP - 6
PS2 - 4
PS3 - 4

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |    245,150  |    254,452  |  3,946,585  |  25,119,635  |
|  WII  |    134,958  |    131,054  |  2,862,818  |   7,478,977  |
|  PSP  |    118,765  |    145,957  |  3,693,026  |  11,358,103  |
|  PS3  |     45,989  |     39,136  |    980,797  |   2,622,468  |
|  360  |     13,011  |     12,914  |    322,097  |     829,437  |
|  PS2  |     10,404  |      8,662  |    472,489  |  21,399,529  |
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|  DSi  |    188,697  |    204,144  |  1,231,359  |   1,231,359  |
|  DSL  |     56,453  |     50,308  |  2,715,226  |  17,302,805  |
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Media-Create Dec 15-21, 2008 (thanks to PantherLotus)




Famitsu Dec 22-28, 2008

01./00. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCEI) - 203,000 / NEW
02./03. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 168,000 / 895,000
03./05. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra Deluxe (Nintendo) - 159,000 / 855,000
04./01. [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 157,000 / 660,000
05./09. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo) - 120,000 / 549,000
06./08. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 94,000 / 2,187,000
07./13. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) - 93,000 / 1,351,000
08./00. [NDS] Phantasy Star Zero (SEGA) - 86,000 / NEW
09./11. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 80,000 / 2,967,000
10./19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 74,000 / 2,003,000

11./14. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson) - 58,000 / 122,000
12./17. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) - 57,000 / 628,000
13./26. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 54,000 / 199,000
14./21. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Little Magician's Magic Adventure) (Konami) - 53,000 / 233,000
15./22. [WII] Wii Music (Nintendo) - 53,000 / 324,000
16./16. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson) - 52,000 / 115,000
17./25. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 52,000 / 3,306,000
18./10. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai Games) - 51,000 / 251,000
19./20. [NDS] Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi (Namco Bandai Games) (probably)
20./00. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin (Nintendo) - 48,000 / NEW
21./18. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami) - 45,000 / 99,000
22./02. [PS3] Gundam Musou 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - 45,000 / 206,000
23./27. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (SCEI) - 41,000 / 224,000
24./07. [PS2] Gundam Musou 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - 41,000 / 132,000
25./04. [NDS] Tales of Hearts: CG Movie/Anime Movie Editions (Namco Bandai Games) - 35,000 / 177,000
26./00. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 34,000 / 4,852,000
27./00. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 30,000 / 2,593,000
28./00. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5) - 29,000 / 229,000
29./12. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (A Penguin's Troubles: Strongest Penguin Legend) (Konami) - 28,000 / 155,000
30./15. [NDS] Genso Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami) - 27,000 / 90,000

*. [PS2] Pachitte Chonmage Tatsujin 15: Pachinko Fuyu no Sonata 2 (Hack Berry) - 27,000 / NEW
*. [WII] Resident Evil (Capcom) - 24,000 / NEW
*. [NDS] Akaiito DS (Alchemist) - 9,300 / NEW
*. [NDS] Uchi no 3 Shimai DS (The 3 Sisters in My Family) (Culture Brain) - 6,900 / NEW
*. [PS3] Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (CyberFront) - 6,300 / NEW
*. [PSP] Oretachi no Survival Game Portable (Best Media) - 4,800 / NEW
*. [PS3] Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) - 4,600 / NEW
*. [NDS] Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (NEW BEST) (Capcom) - 3,500 / NEW
*. [360] Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (CyberFront) - 3,000 / NEW
*. [NDS] RIZ-ZOAWD (Wizard of Oz RPG) (D3 Publisher) - 2,500 / NEW
*. [PS3] Alone in the Dark (Electronic Arts Victor) - 2,200 / NEW
*. [NDS] Magical Zunou Power!! (Brain Power) (D3 Publisher) - 1,600 / NEW
*. [PS3] Bioshock (Spike) - 1,500 / NEW
*. [NDS] The Glorious Team Batista: Shinjitsu o Tsumugu 4-tsu no Chart (Hudson) - 970 / NEW
*. [360] Alone in the Dark (Electronic Arts Victor) - 850 / NEW
*. [NDS] Happy My Sweets (Global A) - 600 / NEW

DSi - 218,000 (Total: 276,000)
Wii - 162,000
PSP - 120,000
DSL - 58,000
PS3 - 48,000
PS2 - 13,000
360 - 13,000


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Nov 24-30, 2008
Dec 1-7, 2008
Dec 8-14, 2008
Dec 15-21, 2008 (thanks to bttb)

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Nice PSZ numbers I suppose. Pikmin ain't bad for a mostly-untouched last-gen port, and the AC figures are pretty good.

HFS @ Platinum, that game keeps selling.

I really hope Nintendo's paying attention to the incredible Kirby numbers though, and actually decide to, you know, finish that console game they showed off like six years ago.

 

[Drkirby]

Nice PSZ numbers I suppose. Pikmin ain't bad for a mostly-untouched last-gen port, and the AC figures are pretty good.

HFS @ Platinum, that game keeps selling.

I really hope Nintendo's paying attention to the incredible Kirby numbers though, and actually decide to, you know, finish that console game they showed off like six years ago.

Feels much longer, but its was only 3 1/2 years ago they last showed Kirby GCN. Lets hope we see it this year.

 

[-WindYoshi-]

HOORAY FOR WKC!

 

[HK-47]

Feels much longer, but its was only 3 1/2 years ago they last showed Kirby GCN. Lets hope we see it this year.

lol only

 

[jakncoke]

PS3 badly needs a pricecut and a revision to the console to make it smaller

 

[Puck]

PS3 badly needs a pricecut and a revision to the console to make it smaller

Could you possibly be anymore offtopic?

Gogo WKC. Let's see some decent US sales.

 

[Oblivion]

Wow @ both AC and WKC.

 

[jrricky]

If PSZ and WKC keeps it up, I will not consider them a bomb. Theyve got to make it past 300k and 500k respectively.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Feels much longer, but its was only 3 1/2 years ago they last showed Kirby GCN. Lets hope we see it this year.

...FF13 was shown less than three years ago. :/ Seems like so much longer, yeah.

In the meantime, I have yet to download anything other than Kirby's Adventure from the VC, so I have those titles to hold me over in the meantime.

 

[jakncoke]

Could you possibly be anymore offtopic?

Gogo WKC. Let's see some decent US sales.

So guys thinking of an heroing later is this win y/n?

that is OT

Seeing the PS3 sales perform the way they are because of price and possibly it being to big for JPN is not

 

[Tailzo]

How does WKC compare to other first week ps3 gamesales?

 

[perfectchaos007]

Feels much longer, but its was only 3 1/2 years ago they last showed Kirby GCN. Lets hope we see it this year.

Holy Crap. E3 is exactly 5 months away!!! This is the year Nintendo doesn't let us down!!!

 

[jakncoke]

How does WKC compare to other first week ps3 gamesales?

3rd best ever behind MGS4 and DMC4. MGS4 did 476.334 and DMC4 did 212.373, WKC became the 21st 100k seller

 

[KR3W]

Ouch @ Bioshock (PS3) sales.

 

[Tailzo]

3rd best ever behind MGS4 and DMC4. MGS4 did 476.334 and DMC4 did 212.373, WKC became the 21st 100k seller

Thanks. I guess that's not too bad then. It does seem like a weak number compared to psp / wii / ds games.

 

[Azelover]

So guys thinking of an heroing later is this win y/n?

that is OT

Seeing the PS3 sales perform the way they are because of price and possibly it being to big for JPN is not

Yeah, it's totally in topic...

I guess some people just don't like hearing about it.

Holy Crap. E3 is exactly 5 months away!!! This is the year Nintendo doesn't let us down!!!

Ahem... I'm going to tell you a secret. Remember how the NES was filled with hate and negative propaganda from the "adult segment" the further into its life it got? It's the same thing with the Wii but not with the same audiences.

This year there will be another big split. To put it simply, what is probably gonna happen is this: They show their classic games and you don't like them, you definitely don't like them. I'm sorry but E3 2009 will be an even bigger split actually, after that I expect it to stop but right now it's not even close to over.

 

[Rpgmonkey]

Pretty decent for WKC.

I'm curious to see how long it lasts.

 

[Lightning]

Impressive WKC sales, imo.

PS3 hardware is disappointing as I was expecting a bit of a boost that didn't happen.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Yeah, it's totally in topic...

I guess some people just don't like hearing about it.



Ahem... I'm going to tell you a secret. Remember how the NES was filled with hate and negative propaganda from the "adult segment" the further into its life it got? It's the same thing with the Wii but not with the same audiences.

This year there will be another big split. To put it simply, what is probably gonna happen is this: They show their classic games and you don't like them, you definitely don't like them. I'm sorry but E3 2009 will be an even bigger split actually, after that I expect it to stop but right now it's not even close to over.

IDK. I think even Reggie felt bad when he was asked "Where are the hardcore games for Wii" and all he could answer was "The new Animal Crossing!" He knows we got screwed over last year, I think after all the hate mail that Nintendo got as a result will get them to at least show us at least a couple of REAL hardcore first party titles.

 

[HK-47]

IDK. I think even Reggie felt bad when he was asked "Where are the hardcore games for Wii" and all he could answer was "The new Animal Crossing!" He knows we got screwed over last year, I think after all the hate mail that Nintendo got as a result will get them to at least show us at least a couple of REAL hardcore first party titles.

If you say so...

 

[jett]

Decent showing by WKC...then again it will undoubtedly drop like a rock next week.

 

[markatisu]

Lookey at Wii Music climb back up the charts, not dead yet!

 

[jakncoke]

IDK. I think even Reggie felt bad when he was asked "Where are the hardcore games for Wii" and all he could answer was "The new Animal Crossing!" He knows we got screwed over last year, I think after all the hate mail that Nintendo got as a result will get them to at least show us at least a couple of REAL hardcore first party titles.

:lol doubtful, as long as sales are high and net profit is great I'm sure he doesn't give 2 shits what a small segment thinks

 

[The M.O.B]

[NDS] RIZ-ZOAWD (Wizard of Oz RPG) (D3 Publisher) - 2,500 / NEW

Game looked awesome, anyone pick this up?

 

[WinFonda]

IDK. I think even Reggie felt bad when he was asked "Where are the hardcore games for Wii" and all he could answer was "The new Animal Crossing!" He knows we got screwed over last year, I think after all the hate mail that Nintendo got as a result will get them to at least show us at least a couple of REAL hardcore first party titles.

Reggie posed that question to himself :lol

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

WAGAMAMA!!!1111

OK, I'm done.

 

[Chemo]

IDK. I think even Reggie felt bad when he was asked "Where are the hardcore games for Wii" and all he could answer was "The new Animal Crossing!" He knows we got screwed over last year, I think after all the hate mail that Nintendo got as a result will get them to at least show us at least a couple of REAL hardcore first party titles.

Reggie feeling bad about disappointing "hardcore gamers?" Get a clue, Nintendo only gives a shit about money. And hate mail is actually hilarious when you know the person writing it is spending money on your products anyway.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Reggie did actually apologize for the poor E3 showing. I know it's probably not a big consolation, but there it is.

In addition, I'm hoping this year's E3 will be a return to form (for the expo itself and Nintendo's conferences for it), but I have to stay grounded in reality.

The upside is that the worse Nintendo's E3 blows, the more its October conference delivers.

 

[jeremy1456]

Reggie did actually apologize for the poor E3 showing. I know it's probably not a big consolation, but there it is.

In addition, I'm hoping this year's E3 will be a return to form (for the expo itself and Nintendo's conferences for it), but I have to stay grounded in reality.

The upside is that the worse Nintendo's E3 blows, the more its October conference delivers.

Two years in a row their oct. conferences rocked our faces.

 

[Rlan]

Reggie feeling bad about disappointing "hardcore gamers?" Get a clue, Nintendo only gives a shit about money. And hate mail is actually hilarious when you know the person writing it is spending money on your products anyway.

Reggie's done some stuff for more "gamer" gamers. He was at the very least trying to get GTA on Gamecube for a period of time.

It's more that, right now I don't think Nintendo of America has much to do about anything at all. With Wii Play, Music, Sports selling boatloads NOA doesn't have much clout to say "lets make more "gamer" games.

I don't think NOJ has anything to do with Punchout Wii, nor Mario Soccer, which were both by Next Level games.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Reggie's done some stuff for more "gamer" gamers. He was at the very least trying to get GTA on Gamecube for a period of time.

It's more that, right now I don't think Nintendo of America has much to do about anything at all. With Wii Play, Music, Sports selling boatloads NOA doesn't have much clout to say "lets make more "gamer" games.

I don't think NOJ has anything to do with Punchout Wii, nor Mario Soccer, which were both by Next Level games.

Spoiler

NOJ doesn't exist, it's NCL (Nintendo Co Ltd)...

The more you know.

He was also trying to get GTA on the Wii for a little bit as well.

I do think that he was a good deal of authority on what Retro does, I just hope we see what they're up to soon.

 

[Ello]

Um, isn't that only 3 days for White Knight?

 

[starsky]

I'm glad WiiMusic is still charting gloriously!

 

[lupinko]

Um, isn't that only 3 days for White Knight?

Yep, 12/25-28.

 

[HK-47]

Reggie's done some stuff for more "gamer" gamers. He was at the very least trying to get GTA on Gamecube for a period of time.

It's more that, right now I don't think Nintendo of America has much to do about anything at all. With Wii Play, Music, Sports selling boatloads NOA doesn't have much clout to say "lets make more "gamer" games.

I don't think NOJ has anything to do with Punchout Wii, nor Mario Soccer, which were both by Next Level games.

Yeah NoA is totally not to blame for our current lack of Disaster and Fatal Frame

 

[jakncoke]

So j-gaf is the word of mouth good or bad for WKC?

 

[Parl]

Um, isn't that only 3 days for White Knight?

Indeed, like nearly all new games. This gets mentioned a lot.

 

[cakeman19]

Damn, if Riz Zoawd did that bad, it probably won't get localized. Dammit, I was looking forward to it.

 

[Azzwanker]

Wohooo.......Go PS3, Go White Knight! Go Go Go

 

[ksamedi]

Capcom is sure making a lot of money out of those Resident Evil rereleases. All those sales are pure profit.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Capcom is sure making a lot of money out of those Resident Evil rereleases. All those sales are pure profit.

Not even a million dollar in revenue, so much money.

 

[ksamedi]

Not even a million dollar in revenue, so much money.

Well, Resident evil Zero sold 50K right? This one is probably going to sell 50K. That does add up to make a couple of million in revenue.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

REmake better outsell RE0. I don't want the Japanese making me think they have bad taste in games or something.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Well, Resident evil Zero sold 50K right? This one is probably going to sell 50K. That does add up to make a couple of million in revenue.

It'd be more, my figure was RE this week only. Lets say 200k total at around 4000Y each, ~8.7$m in revenue. Its pure profit for what Capcom gets from there sure, but it sure isn't going to a main driver in Capcom financials, they are budget re-releases after all.

 

[ksamedi]

It'd be more, my figure was RE this week only. Lets say 200k total at around 4000Y each, ~8.7$m in revenue. Its pure profit for what Capcom gets from there sure, but it sure isn't going to a main driver in Capcom financials, they are budget re-releases after all.

Yeah, I never meant to say it was the main driver in Capcom profits. Still pretty much risk free money.

 

[cvxfreak]

These RE re-releases are clearly an investment in brand building. They'll make Capcom a small chunk of cash, but in the end the reward of building the RE identity on the Wii will bring in the bigger reward in the future.

 

[jesusraz]

Game looked awesome, anyone pick this up?

Yup, not played much yet due to various festivities, but the graphics are some of the best on DS, the music's really catchy and the battle mechanic is...well, it seems quite run-of-the-mill just now. Fun on the whole, though, and the trackball control is quite interesting. D3 will definitely bring this to the US as it may well have more of a chance there.

 

[SlipperSleaze]

01./00. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCEI) - 203,000 / NEW

Grreeeeat. Now make DC3/revive TFLO

And wow they're still making Phantasy Star? for shame.

 

[Phife Dawg]

Seeing the PS3 sales perform the way they are because of price and possibly it being to big for JPN is not

You need a lot more space for using the balance board. Size is not really an issue as such. Of course making the PS3 smaller and sleeker could add to its attractiveness and will surely provide for a small boost. It won't catapult it forward though.

*cue PSP comparisson*

As for price: PS2 launched at 40k yen (GC 25k yen iirc), the same pricepoint the PS3 now sits at. PS3 was launched at 48k yen (they lowered it right before launch). PS2 launched well before the GC and had lots of different and compelling software over the course of that time, both things which the PS3 lacked and which hurt coupled with the relatively high launch price (although not that much over what PS2 debuted at).

Imo it's too late to achieve anything really significant with price cuts or redesigns, the 40G (internal redesign) with new colours and price cut alongside the release of one of the biggest franchises new iteration did not achieve anything in the long term either.

Not even a million dollar in revenue, so much money.

How many have they shipped? And apparently it's enough money for Capcom or else they wouldn't be porting all these games. Is it a lot of money like ksamedi said? Dunno, compared to revenue from other games apparently not, factoring the very low dev costs in probably yes. Doesn't matter all that much in the end I think.