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1 PS2 Momotarou Densetsu USA 49,000 26%
2 GC Mario Party 6 31,000 12%
3 PS2 J-League Winning Eleven 8 22,000 55%
4 GBA DragonBall Advance 15,000 25%
5 PS2 Pop'n Music 10 10,000, 43%
6 PS2 Beatmania IIDX 8th Style 5,700, 35%
7 PS2 Zoids 5,200 29%
8 PS2 Meitantei Conan: Daiei Teikoku no Isan 4,700 18%

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ipod_mini

 

[Memles]

2 GC Mario Party 6 31,000 12%

Uh...ouch?

 

[Jonnyram]

Uh...ouch?

Not really. It pissed on Winning Eleven, and you know the kind of numbers that usually sells. I think they'll both be long term sellers.

 

[jett]

J-League is different from the regular WE series. They don't sell anywhere nearly as well as the main series.

Seems like a boring day.

 

[king zell]

wow thats really bad ...

 

[dog$]

Seems like a boring day.

The day of any IIDX release is never boring

Hope it sells more than 20K before fading away...

 

[john tv]

I think Mario Party came out a bit early, too. It's usually a big holiday seller in Japan, so I suspect sales will pick up and remain steady through the New Year.

That, or everyone finally realized that it's practically the same game every 12 months...

 

[sprsk]

new popn and new beatmania == win!

 

[funcojoe]

Japan more like who gives a fuck.

 

[dog$]

Japan more like who gives a fuck.

?
Who gives a fuck about Japan's sales?
I do.

Thanks for bumping the thread, though, good job on that. *applause*

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

That's not that bad a number for Mario Party on it's first day. If it was the first WEEK, I'd be very concerned..

 

[Baron Aloha]

more like who gives a fuck.

The same can be said of your opinion on the matter.

 

[Mrbob]

The only ouch part is that Mario Party 6 only sold 12 percent of stock. Most titles I notice usually sell 40-50 or higher. But this is only first day sales. How much have the previous Party gams sold in Japan? I thought they all sold around 700-900K. But Mario Party games have always been a more casual purchase so sales will probably stay steady.

 

[borghe]

That, or everyone finally realized that it's practically the same game every 12 months...

You know, I used to think the same thing, and then I started thinking about why I kjeep buying it.. and you know what? despite the mechanics being virtually identical every year, they're not completely identical.. the mini games change enough and the board mechanics change enough that buying Mario Party every year is NO different than buying Madden every year. They update it enough to give you and your friends 5000000 new and fresh matches over the next 12 months waiting for next years copy to change it up again.

/fanyboy off

 

[cvxfreak]

I wouldn't worry about Mario Party 6's sales. It'll probably sell 600K or in that neighborhood like it usually does.

 

[Mrbob]

Nintendo should change the title of Mario Party games to include the year. Especially if they are going to update the game every year.

Mario Party 2005
Mario Party 2006
Mario Party 2007

Etc, etc.

 

[NWO]

Japan more like who gives a fuck.

Well you do since you bothered to click on the thread and make a post.

 

[bobbyconover]

the mini games change enough and the board mechanics change enough that buying Mario Party every year is NO different than buying Madden every year.

Or buying multiple games in a series (say, Gradius) where the only change is new levels to play through in the exact same way as the previous time.

Mario Party has consistently kicked ass since 1998 and keeps on doing so, both sales and quality-wise. Releasing a new sequel every year is a great thing when developers actually pull it off. Mario Party is just "cool to hate" for some idiotic reason, and I'm guessing 90% of the people doing the hating have never even played it.

 

[Jonnyram]

The only ouch part is that Mario Party 6 only sold 12 percent of stock. Most titles I notice usually sell 40-50 or higher. But this is only first day sales. How much have the previous Party gams sold in Japan? I thought they all sold around 700-900K. But Mario Party games have always been a more casual purchase so sales will probably stay steady.

They do get high numbers eventually, but even last year's game only sold 80k in the first week and ended up over 600k by the time the year was out. The major sales are over the year end holidays usually.

 

[Broshnat]

MP6 will pick up over Xmas time don't worry.

I do think it's a bit low though, but hey. Will probably be around 60-70k first week.

Plenty of time for it to sell 500k before Xmas though.

I think Naruto 3 sales will be more important

 

[puck1337]

Mario Party sales are only going to go up until about a week into the new year.

 

[Wario64]

Since when is 31k on first day a bad number?

 

[Broshnat]

Since time began.

As I say, it's not the end of the world though for a game like MP6 which is obviously a holiday game. If it does 200k in it's first month it'll be ok as it will do 300k+ over the main xmas period.

The same kind of pattern should hopefully help Mario Tennis and Zelda do some good numbers by early Jan as well...

 

[SantaC]

Since when is 31k on first day a bad number?

since Mario Party 4 sold over a million in Japan...

 

[Doogdogg]

Since when is 31k on first day a bad number?

Since now. And for a Mario Party title...... thats underperformed.

 

[B E N K E]

Isn't 12% the worst part about it?

 

[Miburou]

I guess adding other Asian league teams didn't help J-League's sales much.

 

[jiggle]

:lol wtf

Momotarou Densetsu USA.

I want this game.