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Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
:lol :lol holy shit Japanese people read GAF CVXFREAK a star now in Japan.
 
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BorkBork

The Legend of BorkBork: BorkBorkity Borking
Actually that was me quoting CVXFreak :lol :lol
Looks like I'm getting some genuine Japanese hate woohoo!

I wanted 400k plus sales! 375k = BOMB!
kidding
 
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Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
BorkBork said:
Actually that was me quoting CVXFreak :lol :lol
Looks like I'm getting some genuine Japanese hate woohoo!

I wanted 400k plus sales! 375k = BOMB!
kidding
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:lol yeah they quoted you. Japan is DS land, no one can badmouth the DS there.
 
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TurtleSnatcher

Member
Just curious, it seems like gaming as a culture in japan is so completly different then it is here.

I mean, when you walk the streets do you see like tons of people playing a DS/PSP? Or is it like the US, where you see like 1 person every month..

Cause they literally sell butt loads of games compared to what our whole country does, and doesnt our population smurf theres beyond belief.. hell I thought our gaming sales were insane, but lately I'm just like "WTF I wanna live in Japan" =[
 
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Hurricane_Chris

DDK
PezRadar said:
Just curious, it seems like gaming as a culture in japan is so completly different then it is here.

I mean, when you walk the streets do you see like tons of people playing a DS/PSP? Or is it like the US, where you see like 1 person every month..

Cause they literally sell butt loads of games compared to what our whole country does, and doesnt our population smurf theres beyond belief.. hell I thought our gaming sales were insane, but lately I'm just like "WTF I wanna live in Japan" =[
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On the train you see various editions of the Gameboy, DSes, and PSPs all he time. I ride what I think is the busiest line in Tokyo (Yamanote) and in each train car I'd say I can usually spot on average at least 1 person with a portable game system out.

US population is like ~280M and Japan is like ~127M right? If those numbers are right not so huge a difference..
 
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Jonnyram

Member
PezRadar said:
I mean, when you walk the streets do you see like tons of people playing a DS/PSP? Or is it like the US, where you see like 1 person every month..
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At the moment, people playing DS on the train is pretty commonplace actually. Most of them playing Animal Crossing. You see lots of PSPs too.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
California's Population: 33,871,648
Tokyo Metropolitan Area: 36,510,000

I saw quite a few portables myself. Was surprised to see a guy playing Advance Wars 1 + 2 on the train line to Shibuya last summer.
 
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Amir0x

Banned
CVXFREAK said:
Xbox 360: 13,500
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I just dunno how badly to read this. Can I system that does this astonishingly bad just weeks after launch ever really have a successful future in that territory?

DoA4 will definitely be interesting to watch. And the reaction to LO and BD.
 
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Jonnyram

Member
I was asked to relay this:
http://game10.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1135225782/775

Animal Crossing's success is because it's popular with adult females who have a lot of disposable income... apparently. The thread's become pretty hilarious now anyway, and lots of discussion about which country's people are better at Mario Kart DS.

2chの人＞
書き込みたいけど、会社から書けないよ。スマソ
 
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Ark-AMN

Banned
Damn, those DS numbers are WOW

I guess thats why Iwata's so spacy after all
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No wonder he's so hopeful with the Revolution:
Revolution-controller-Iwata.jpg

"You will say WOW again!"
 
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ioi

Banned
I think the biggest success story here is Animal Crossing. Both Brain Trainings were on to break a million a while ago, same with Nintendogs but as everyone is saying AC will be crossing that mark NEXT WEEK with two more big weeks to follow !!

Tamogotchi has a very real chance as well yet.

It cannot be stated enough that the big three weeks start next week (ending the 25th) and although Kingdom Hearts will probably do about 600k or so, the DS games are only going to increase even more...

Fantastic numbers all round, Mario Kart is another one that will surely break a million before it's done.

It's true that Nintendo hasn't had a non-pokemon million seller since Smash Bros Melee in 2001, but this year it's had:

Famicom Mini: Mario Bros
Nintendogs
Brain Training
Gentle Brain Training
Animal Crossing

+Mario Kart, Brain Training 2 most likely and Tamogotchi has a very good shot.

Nintendo is emphatically back- it's almost like looking back to 1994 or something and the SNES, and as we have been saying for the last few weeks this is SURE to be the best holiday period for a console EVER in Japan and 600k next week for DS, 250k+ for AC is very probable...
 
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AniHawk

Member
Abso-fucking-lutely amazing.

Even Tales numbers. Really, that series has been on the downward spiral for a while now. For once sales were bumped UP a bit.

I doubt MKDS breaks a million in Japan. Animal Crossing should be Nintendo's biggest international DS success until Pokemon.

Brain Training sales continue to amaze me. It should hit a million right around the time Animal Crossing does, with Gentle Brain Training on its tail and the new Brain Training coming out very soon. The amount of software moving on this thing is astounding.

Xbox 360 sales... well it will be interesting to see what happens with DoA4.
 
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Deleted member 1235

Unconfirmed Member
Jonnyram said:
I was asked to relay this:
The thread's become pretty hilarious now anyway, and lots of discussion about which country's people are better at Mario Kart DS.
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What I've seen, America has the most highly tuned snakers, hence probably the best, but they also have the worst manners. Seriously, penis/nazi avatars abound and it's rare if I get a win that the person doesn't drop right before it shows the trophy, or 1 second after I cross the finish line. The japanese seem to actually finish the game even if you are kicking their ass and don't really drop as much.

Europe seems to be a mix between the 2. although I played a 4 person match continental from europe last night and I won the first 3 races. Everybody dropped except me :lol

MKDS needs a function like animal crossing where that resetti dude shows up and takes away some of your wins for drops/disconnects. It should also be a trackable stat.
 
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Drakken

Member
Jonnyram said:
The thread's become pretty hilarious now anyway, and lots of discussion about which country's people are better at Mario Kart DS.
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:lol

Can you elaborate a bit more on their Mario Kart discussion? I'm interested.
 
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ioi

Banned
Right, in an attempt put some backing behind these claims of "record DS sales" I've assembled these lists from the last few years for various consoles.

They all take the first week in December and then track the next 6 weeks into mid-Jan.

Code: 
[b]2001[/b]
Week	GBA		PS2		GC
1	 38,887 		 103,141 		 52,806 
2	 120,771 		 184,179 		 100,882 
3	 264,849 		 221,978 		 168,268 
4	 215,739 		 248,912 		 130,719 
5	 286,481 		 314,724 		 138,531 
6	 88,366 		 114,167 		 38,938 
			
Total	 1,015,093 	 1,187,101 	 630,144 


[b]2002[/b]
Week	GBA		 PS2		 GC
1	 135,273 		 78,970	 	 39,849 
2	 197,084 	 	 108,747 		 44,902 
3	 303,834	 	 157,759 		 66,410 
4	 262,503 		 152,833 		 60,290 
5	 316,675 		 193,758 		 71,945 
6	 85,227 		 89,428 		 13,526 

Total	 1,300,596 	 781,495 		 296,922 


[b]2003[/b]
Week	GBA		 PS2		 GC
1	 46,200 		 105,500	 	 38,000 
2	 61,400 		 116,400	 	 53,600 
3	 155,400 		 160,100	 	 95,100 
4	 196,800 		 189,600 		 154,500 
5	 276,500 		 244,800 		 164,500 
6	 81,400 		 87,200 		 36,900 
			
Total	 817,700 	 	903,600 	 	 542,600 


[b]2004[/b]
Week	GBA		 PS2		 GC		 DS		PSP
1	 28,135	 	 93,829 		 5,465 		 468,883 	
2	 49,809 		 98,323 		 25,359 		 198,892 	 	160,019 
3	 81,541 		 112,970 		 29,991 		 221,265 	 	85,059 
4	 194,145 		 188,134 		 108,331	 	 396,674 	 	107,217 
5	 119,454 		 207,108 		 29,802 		 209,522 	 	129,957 
6	 72,570 		 124,401 		 19,703 		 108,561 	 	62,052 
					
Total	 545,654 		 824,765 		 218,651 		 1,603,797 	 544,304 

[b]2005[/b]
Week	GBA	PS2	GC	DS	PSP
1	 15,094 	 32,042 	 6,494 	 176,958 	 92,121 
2	 19,178 	 45,893 	 12,212 	 299,328 	 86,403 
3	 33,946 	 55,342 	 17,849 	 408,770 	 95,689 
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6					
					
Total	 68,218 	 133,277 	 36,555 	 885,056 	 274,213

The previous best was DS last year, but that includes launch so isn't really fair so you have to go back to 2002 and GBA + Pokemon for the next best, which did 1.3m in the 6 weeks.
 
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marvelharvey

Member
catfish said:
What I've seen, America has the most highly tuned snakers, hence probably the best, but they also have the worst manners. Seriously, penis/nazi avatars abound and it's rare if I get a win that the person doesn't drop right before it shows the trophy, or 1 second after I cross the finish line. The japanese seem to actually finish the game even if you are kicking their ass and don't really drop as much.

Europe seems to be a mix between the 2. although I played a 4 person match continental from europe last night and I won the first 3 races. Everybody dropped except me :lol

MKDS needs a function like animal crossing where that resetti dude shows up and takes away some of your wins for drops/disconnects. It should also be a trackable stat.
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Gotta agree with you on everything there. The Japanese guys I race with stick to their game and don't quit out at the first sign of trouble... they don't snake anywhere near as much. And YES, how many dropouts you've committed should be viewable so everyone can see just how wussy some people are!
 
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ioi

Banned
AniHawk said:
I doubt MKDS breaks a million in Japan.
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I reckon it will, another 200k next week puts it within touching distance of 600k. It should do 150k week after, 100k then drop back to around 30k. That's 850k, 150k in 2006 is quite possible...
 
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marvelharvey

Member
ioi said:
I reckon it will, another 200k next week puts it within touching distance of 600k. It should do 150k week after, 100k then drop back to around 30k. That's 850k, 150k in 2006 is quite possible...
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Indeed, it will have great legs. Oh by the way, I know those charts are a bastard to format, but your 2005 section is all over the place ;)
 
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ioi

Banned
marvelharvey said:
Indeed, it will have great legs. Oh by the way, I know those charts are a bastard to format, but your 2005 section is all over the place ;)
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It's looking fine on my computer :-S

Is everyone else having problems with it?
 
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cvxfreak

Member
ioi said:
It's looking fine on my computer :-S

Is everyone else having problems with it?
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Yeah, I'm having problems with it.

BTW, if you can send me any 2001 Media Create stuff, that'd be great. :)
 
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ioi

Banned
And you can see from that chart that ALL hardware increases next week, especially Nintendo hardware (Gamecube jumped 30k to 100K, GBA and DS doubled last year which is the closest comparison) so next weeks numbers really are going to be something.

600k (1m in two weeks) is almost a cert at the moment. GBA's 1.3m will be demolished, maybe even doubled, and PS2 is nowhere in sight.

Incredibly impressive stuff indeed. 6m in about 13 months in Japan alone?
 
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Bebpo

Banned
Grrr...why does every sales thread have to become about charts of DS sales and stuff. Yes, the DS is selling awesome and is getting better every month...rock on.

Now someone answer my question about Ryu Ga Gotoku, since the game sales take importance over the hardware sales (which just spark stupid console sales bickering).

Btw, Abyss did fantastic and totally deserves the sales. It'll probably hit 600k lifetime which should be plenty nice for Namco. I wonder why Legendia tanked so much compared to the others? Sure the battle system is the worst of the series but people would have to buy it and play it to figure that out. Something about the pre-release hype just didn't click I guess...
 
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