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[cja]

With apologies to CVXFREAK, you take too long to post the info!

1 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2 PS2 Dragon Quest VIII
3 NDS Sawaru Made in Wario
4 NGC Mario Party 6
5 PS2 Tales of Rebirth
6 NDS Super Mario 64 DS
7 GBA Yoshi no Banyuu Inryoku
8 GBA Rockman EXE 5 Team of Blues
9 GBA Pokemon Emerald
10 NGC Naruto 3

http://news.yahoo.co.jp/ranking/ori/game/game_d.html

 

[Idiot Member]

In general I wonder why DQ8 dropped so fast.

 

[GDGF]

Very Nice. Wario Ware Touched seems to be doing well

 

[Smiles and Cries]

so where are the PSP games?

 

[Cold Shadow]

In general I wonder why DQ8 dropped so fast.

You call THIS dropping? From the first to second place, AFTER the game already sold a gazillion copies.

 

[Idiot Member]

Cold Shadow I refer not to it's place in sales, rather it's actual sales numbers.

 

[GDGF]

so where are the PSP games?

They sold so fast that they couldn't be charted!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

lies! :lol

 

[Idiot Member]

so where are the PSP games?

With such limited hardware, software sales have also been limited.

I believe there is around 250k PSP units in Japan. I wish there were a chart for the 17th though. Oh well.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I pity the PSP

 

[Idiot Member]

I pity the PSP

I bet you do

 

[Broshnat]

Go Nintendo!!

Kicking ass once more.

Before long, MGS3 and DQVIII will have dropped below the xmas threesome of Sawaru, Mario Party 6 and Mario 64.

Nice to see Yoshi and Naturo doing so well also, we may even see DK: Jungle Beat climb into the chart before long.

It is Xmas time afterall, so this is to be expected.

 

[Broshnat]

Cold Shadow I refer not to it's place in sales, rather it's actual sales numbers.

Explain:

2.1m week 1
500k week 2
200k week 3
120k ish week 4

This is about as expected. The same as every other DQ game ever released.

So what is there to be suprised about?....

 

[Idiot Member]

Initial sales of DQ8 were greater than DQ7's, but the likelihood of the game outselling DQ7 at this rate is slim. The game dropped at a much larger pace than most thought.

 

[CrisKre]

I still am baffled after seeing Pokemon games creep back to the charts year after year. Good, that franchise is really a pot of gold for Nintendo.

 

[DarienA]

PSP am doom3d!

 

[DDayton]

I still am baffled after seeing Pokemon games creep back to the charts year after year. Good, that franchise is really a pot of gold for Nintendo.

But I thought old whats-his-face said that the Pokemon games were a dying fad?

Drat. If you can't trust the GAF idiot, who can you trust?

 

[jiggle]

so where are the PSP games?

Same place as the 3rd party DS games I'd wager.

 

[Broshnat]

Initial sales of DQ8 were greater than DQ7's, but the likelihood of the game outselling DQ7 at this rate is slim. The game dropped at a much larger pace than most thought.

Well, i said all along that it wouldn't sell as well. First week sales were slightly higher, yes, but this was mainly due to shortages when DQVII was released (which went onto sell another million week 2).

For comparison:

DQVIII
W1 2150
W2 500k
W3 200k
W4 125k

Total 2925k

DQVII
W1 1950k
W2 1000k
W3 350k
W4 150k

Total 3450k
Sold 4.11 m in all.

Suggests that despite Xmas rush (DQVIII will sell 100k+ for the next 3 weeks then drop off to 40k ish and keep dropping) it will "only" sell about 3.6m, which is definitely down on both DQ VII and also DQ III which did 3.77m back in the 80s.

But it has still outsold all other DQ games in Japan, as well as all FF games, so hardly a flop!

 

[jarrod]

Same place as the 3rd party DS games I'd wager.

Top 20 hopefully?

 

[cja]

Top 20 hopefully?

Last daily chart update with the full top 20 was for the 18th:
http://game.goo.ne.jp/ranking/index.html

8 Dynasty Warriors
16 Everybody's Golf
18 Ridge Racers

4 Wario Touch
5 Mario 64 DS
10 Pokemon Dash

22nd should see a big jump in PSP game sales, Sony have promised the next big shipment of PSPs then. Note, Pokemon Emerald at 11 and Naruto at 13, so they didn't just suddenly pop out of nowhere.

 

[Idiot Member]

Well, i said all along that it wouldn't sell as well. First week sales were slightly higher, yes, but this was mainly due to shortages when DQVII was released (which went onto sell another million week 2).

For comparison:

DQVIII
W1 2150
W2 500k
W3 200k
W4 125k

Total 2925k

DQVII
W1 1950k
W2 1000k
W3 350k
W4 150k

Total 3450k
Sold 4.11 m in all.

Suggests that despite Xmas rush (DQVIII will sell 100k+ for the next 3 weeks then drop off to 40k ish and keep dropping) it will "only" sell about 3.6m, which is definitely down on both DQ VII and also DQ III which did 3.77m back in the 80s.

But it has still outsold all other DQ games in Japan, as well as all FF games, so hardly a flop!

Never called it a flop, simply said I didn't know why it wasn't selling better.

 

[Unison]

Very Nice. Wario Ware Touched seems to be doing well

Good to see... The game rules, imo.

 

[cvxfreak]

This is the day where Mario Party 6 begins to terrorize the charts. :O

 

[king zell]

Nintendo is owning the charts

nice to see

 

[Unison]

This is the day where Mario Party 6 begins to terrorize the charts. :O

Good. Mario Party 6 rules. The variations between the boards really mix up the main game and 95% of the minigames are a lot of fun (only a few stinkers, such as one random one where you have to pick a rope to swing on).

 

[Shig]

1 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2 PS2 Dragon Quest VIII

Wow, so there is justice in the world!

2 PS2 Dragon Quest VIII
3 NDS Sawaru Made in Wario

Oh, nevermind.

 

[cvxfreak]

Wow, so there is justice in the world!

Oh, nevermind.

:lol

 

[michael000]

I pity myself for waiting till it's released stateside to pickup a PSP.

 

[Odnetnin]

With apologies to CVXFREAK, you take too long to post the info!

1 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2 PS2 Dragon Quest VIII
3 NDS Sawaru Made in Wario
4 NGC Mario Party 6
5 PS2 Tales of Rebirth
6 NDS Super Mario 64 DS
7 GBA Yoshi no Banyuu Inryoku
8 GBA Rockman EXE 5 Team of Blues
9 GBA Pokemon Emerald
10 NGC Naruto 3

http://news.yahoo.co.jp/ranking/ori/game/game_d.html

3 PS2 sony

7 DS/GBA/GC Nintendo

I don't know about you buy who put the hotsauce in my food!

and Glad to see Kojima's brilliant work being enjoyed accordingly. Goddamn US really let the ball drop by allowing MGS3 to bomb!

 

[Mama Smurf]

Didn't Jungle Beat even touch the chart? I probably missed threads, but I don't recall seeing it.

 

[Odnetnin]

Didn't Jungle Beat even touch the chart? I probably missed threads, but I don't recall seeing it.

its meant to have bombed hard. I think it was 3000 copies sold on launch.

 

[evilromero]

It's a crime Jungle Beat didn't sell well. A fucking goddamn crime.

 

[Mama Smurf]

I don't get it. It's a famous name that has always sold well in Japan, it got good reviews, it's sort of a music game which is pretty popular over there, and the Japanese GC line up towards the end of this year has been awful. It should have sold.

Keep lapping up the Mario Parties you damn sheep. Hope you choke.

I'm not bitter.

 

[neptunes]

holy crap, DQVIII is still selling well?

 

[Broshnat]

The full top 20 for those who are interested.

1 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2 PS2 Dragon Quest VIII
3 DS Sawaru Made in Wario
4 GC Mario Party 6
5 PS2 Tales of Rebirth
6 DS Super Mario 64 DS
7 GBA Yoshi no Banyuu Inryoku
8 GBA Rockman EXE 5 Team of Blues
9 GBA Pokemon Emerald
10 GC Naruto 3
11 DS Pokemon Dash
12 PS2 Taikou no Tatsjuin 5
13 PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam vs Z Gundam
14 GBA Mawaru Made In Wario
15 GC Mario Tennis GC
16 PS2 Ratchet & Clank 3
17 GC Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
18 PSP Dynasty Warriors
19 PS2 Daito Pachislot
20 PS2 Powerful Pro Baseball 11 Final Edition


When the dates fall as they do this year, then this week is the one that has the largest holiday push, so expect MP6 to be topping the chart over the next couple of days as it does 20k+ per day on route to 150k for the week. Expect a large surge in all other Nintendo-related games...

 

[mumu]

Even with only ~200k PSPs being out there i'd expect more games in the TOP20. What are people doing with their PSPs? Or are 50% of them still being shipped to foreigners who paid 500$ for it?

 

[Solid]

You can always trust Japanese gamers. Nice to see Snake up there

 

[Amir0x]

Even with only ~200k PSPs being out there i'd expect more games in the TOP20. What are people doing with their PSPs? Or are 50% of them still being shipped to foreigners who paid 500$ for it?

They're doing nothing. The initial batch of PSP owners are already game saturated. The numbers pretty clearly follow the trend. There's an initial rush of PSP owners buying one or two games and then bam it's a super decline.

There is nothing surprising about these numbers when you consider the facts.

 

[Broshnat]

Early weekly sales for handhelds last week look like:

01 NDS Sawaru Made In Wario
02 NDS Mario64DS
03 GBA Pokemon Emerald
04 GBA Yoshi: Universal Gravitation
05 PSP Dynasty Warriors
06 GBA Rockman EXE 5
07 PSP Ridge Racers
08 PSP Everybody's Golf Portable
09 PSP 英雄伝説 ガガーブトリロジー 白き魔女 バンダイ
10 NDS Pokemon Dash
11 GBA Mawaru MAde In Wario
12 PSP Metal Gear Acid
13 PSP Doko Domo Issho
14 PSP ことばのパズルもじぴったん大辞典 ナムコ
15 GBA Powerful Pro Kun Pocket 7
16 GBA Zelda: Minish Cap
17 GBA Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
18 GBA ふたりはプリキュア ありえなーい! 夢の園は大迷宮 バンダイ
19 GBA Dragonball Z
20 GBA ハリーポッターと秘密の部屋 エレクトロニック・アーツ

 

[Catchpenny]

How many days was Acid out for in that time period?

 

[cja]

1 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2 NDS Sawaru Made in Wario
3 NGC Mario Party 6
4 PS2 Dragon Quest VIII
5 NDS Super Mario 64 DS
6 GBA Yoshi no Banyuu Inryoku
7 PS2 Tales of Rebirth
8 GBA Rockman EXE 5 Team of Blues
9 NGC Naruto 3
10 GBA Pokemon Emerald

Don't worry PSP fans, new stock has been confirmed to be on store shelves for the 22nd so we should see a PSP game invasion tomorrow.

http://ranking.livedoor.com/amusement/oricon_game_daily

 

[Shig]

You can always trust Japanese gamers.

This news is lacking in believability.

 

[CrisKre]

OMG, that is 'nintendo domination TM' on the 21st!

 

[Broshnat]

Don't worry PSP fans, new stock has been confirmed to be on store shelves for the 22nd so we should see a PSP game invasion tomorrow.

Are you serious???

Dynasty Warriors and Everybody's Golf will linger around 15-20 for the next few weeks upto Xmas and do about 30-40k a week at best.

 

[cja]

We'll see in a few hours, but yes I was serious, going on what a couple of the Japanese retail bloggers said they did get new PSPs in on the 22nd. I've since read DCharlie's comments in the PSP JP launch thread about not seeing new PSPs though.

If 100,000 hardware units were put on the market in one day and the demand is what is alleged then I'd expect a couple of PSP games will make the top 10, if not more, even at this time of year and with other launch games.

These two should lead the way on the daily since they're new releases: