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Media Create Sales: 01/26 - 02/01
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HyperZone<3 said:
What kind of legs were you looking for with roughly 10k available and no sign of a 2nd shipment. At least nobody has reported it price collapsing yet
And what is with the sky is falling attitude around Crystal Chronicles? From all interviews FFCC MLAAK sold well, FFCC ROF sold well enough to get a sequel
Nobody here is willing to admit that the game just could be shit and people did not want it? I mean they did not fix anything wrong with RoF and added problems with laggy online and not even doing anything extra for the Wii version besides allowing you to play the DS game
We have had 4 FFCC releases since the Gamecube and this is the first one to not do well (for justified reasons) and that apparently tanks the brand and makes it Epic Fail?
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
wow, if Polyphony data is as of December end, all trackers would be way overestimating its sales.bttb said:
Even if it isn't, I'm pretty sure all of them would show over 500k LTD sales right now.
Famitsu (519k)
288k for GT5P Spec III as of January 18
231k for GT5P (from the geocities site)
Dengeki
305k for GT5P Spec III as of January 25
Unknown for GT5P, but count on similar numbers (help?)
Media-Create
292k for GT5P Spec III as of January 11
Unknown for GT5P, but count on similar numbers (help?)
Spec III isn't charting on Famitsu since week ending on January 4, but it IS still charting on both Dengeki and MC charts at positions 11-20 with easily over 10k weekly numbers.
Wtf moment here.
pseudocaesar said:
PS3 has a really solid month coming up. Demon's Souls hit yesterday, Street Fighter IV next week, about a week and a half later is Yakuza 3, and then Resident Evil 5 like a week after that.
If Amazon JP is any indicator, #1 most pre-ordered video game is FFVII:AC with 13 demo(don't know why its under video games). Dragon Quest, Yakuza, and Demon's Souls are all in the top 5. Resident Evil 5 and Killzone 2 are in the top 10, and Star Ocean 4 is either just barely in top 10 or at the low teens.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Is Street Fighter IV really expected to make a big splash on consoles? All PS2/PSP/GBA Street Fighters summed up come to far less than Virtua Fighter 4 PS2.
test_account
XP-39C²
Was Demon's Souls released yesterday on Wedensday on the 4th of February?EXGN said:
EDIT: Or maybe you live in a timezone where "tomorrow" is Thursday on the 5th of February?
test_account
XP-39C²
Ah ok, thanks for the info!Kagari said:
Hcoregamer00 said:
I really dislike pretty much all the outsourced Tales games (the only one I ever really liked was Legendia, which isn't saying much when it's pretty weak in comparison to some other entries imo), so if it happens, in-house please.
Spiegel said:
While I don't think it's the sole reason, I do think there are reasons why RM does better than main entries, and the huge amount of fanservice to general fans of the series, or even those that have lost interest in the series by now (something a mainline game probably won't get to, of course) is definitely one of them if you ask me, as that's always been the TotW series' biggest appeal. I wouldn't be surprised if the series has reached a point where the TotW audience stretches out further than the mainline games of today do, regardless of the platform the mainline game is on.
Rpgmonkey said:
My theory is that the psp fanbase is simply more receptive to Tales games, this mixed with a huge userbase = good sales.
The best selling Tales on psp is still the Tales of Eternia port (TotW2 will outsell it in two/three more weeks), so a mainline Tales on psp should sell better than this because the TotW games are a joke.
I suppose we will have to wait and see
And I think nobody was (realistically) expecting TotW2 to outsell the main entries (so soon). I said it would be hilarious
Spiegel said:
There have been two more ports of mainline games since Eternia PSP (and at least one of them came after RM1 iirc) though, neither of which have gotten anywhere near what Eternia PSP did, or even did anything that impressive at all really.
Maybe a mainline PSP Tales would do something significant, but I also think the gameplay style and fanservice beyond what any mainline game provides (and also how that fanservice caters to a fan of basically any mainline Tales game, as opposed to how other spinoffs are for just one or two games) of the TotW games are what help them to get a broader appeal and more sales than recent mainline games do.
A PSP release of a mainline game probably might outdo recent ones like Hearts and Vesperia (not that outdoing Vesperia is hard for any mid or high-tier Tales project it seems...), and TotW may have helped to build a better fanbase for the series on the PSP, but if it didn't even reach RM1 or 2's numbers I wouldn't find it too unexpected.
Though the only way to know for sure is if they actually make one I guess.
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Square Enix is supposed to start publishing the Ubisoft games in Japan (currently it's Capcom) and one of the first to be published will be the PS3 version of PoP. I wonder how it will do. Probably no better than the 360 version.
This week MC numbers:
DSi 55,613
PSP 44,135
Wii 23,278
PS3 17,405
DS Lite 15,147
Xbox 360 8,107
PS2 5,334
Last week:
NDS | 65,294
PSP | 38,280
WII | 26,770
PS3 | 17,708
360 | 7,663
PS2 | 5,007
Down: Wii (by 3k)
~the same: PS2,360, PS3
Up: PSP (by 6k), NDS (by 5k)
Okay, now I'm seriously thinking that PS3 can outsell Wii this month (mid-February/mid-March) with SF4, Yakuza, RE5. And 360 has SO4 :/
DSi 55,613
PSP 44,135
Wii 23,278
PS3 17,405
DS Lite 15,147
Xbox 360 8,107
PS2 5,334
Last week:
NDS | 65,294
PSP | 38,280
WII | 26,770
PS3 | 17,708
360 | 7,663
PS2 | 5,007
Down: Wii (by 3k)
~the same: PS2,360, PS3
Up: PSP (by 6k), NDS (by 5k)
Okay, now I'm seriously thinking that PS3 can outsell Wii this month (mid-February/mid-March) with SF4, Yakuza, RE5. And 360 has SO4 :/
pseudocaesar
Member
You might also see a bump in PS3 titles, WKC etc, when Yakuza 3 hits. Thats a system seller if there ever was one, and you'd think they would want some different games to play aswell.
schuelma said:
I meant 3/4/5 consecutive weeks
And I thought the SFIV release was more close to Yakuza 3 and not next week :/ so realistically it's going to be two/three weeks (Yakuza week, RE5 week and the week after the RE5 week )
Not that it matters because Wii is going to easily outsell PS3 this year but it's surprising to see Wii so close to PS3 (and 360) now.
Spiegel said:
Absolutely, and Nintendo really doesn't have anything until Wii Sports, whenever that comes up. The 2nd half of the year should be better, but the first half of the year is going to be way behind.
pseudocaesar
Member
Jonnyram said:
Haha ok sure! Thanks! YEAH!
perfectchaos007
Member
schuelma said:
It's time for new colors.
perfectchaos007
Member
Link said:
that would help too. But Nintendo would never believe that their games would be hindering Wii sales. So they will take the easy way out and make new colors. It's cheaper.
I believe it was about this time last year though that the PS3 sales dropped considerably, straight after DMC4 if I am not mistaken, with the games due for the PS3 in Japan over the next few weeks should delay the big drop for the PS3 until April at least. I'm hoping anyway. :lolschuelma said:
Konami seem to have it all figured out. PES09 PS3/360 drive their profits Q4 2008 and PES09 (PS2/PSP) drive their profits Q1 2009. Nice strategy from a profit point of view but I don't like it personally as it screws gamers because of waiting.
Jaded Alyx
Member
:lolpseudocaesar said:
perfectchaos007 said:
They won't make new colors until they can float the excess into the US and EU where sales are not suffering in the least.
I fully expect Nintendo to change nothing about their sales till Wii Sports Resort, Iwata just gave an Q&A where he acknowledges pretty much they botched the last few months in JP, but I doubt that will spur any significant changes as long as they are still above the PS3 by a healthy margin
Jonnyram said:
perfectchaos007 said:
Iwata noted that Japan console sales are not what Nintendo wants them to be and understands that Animal Crossing and Wii Music were not sufficient last Fall. He also noted that Wii Music is not the hit they hoped it would be, and that they'll be examining the reasons as to why. They know they need to take action in Japan.
markatisu said:
Which means they must be being spurred to some significant changes now. :lol
The_lascar
Member
(http://www.nintendojofr.com/redaction/nouvelles/?id=ewRw)
Weeks 2 to 5.
Blue : first week
Red : other weeks
Black : LTD PS3
Weeks 2 to 5.
Blue : first week
Red : other weeks
Black : LTD PS3
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
31. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
32. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
33. [NDS] Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (CyberFront)
34. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami)
35. [NDS] DS Uranai Seikatsu (Nintendo)
36. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami)
37. [PS3] Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
38. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson)
39. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
40. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
41. [PSP] Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin (KOEI)
42. [PS2] Gundam Musou 2 (Limted Edition) (Namco Bandai)
43. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Playstation 2 The Best) (SEGA)
44. [360] Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)
45. [WII] Fragile (Namco Bandai)
46. [NDS] Hirameki Action: Chibikko Wagyan no Daiki na Bouken (Namco Bandai)
47. [WII] Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Nintendo)
48. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
49. [PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3 the Best) (SEGA)
50. [PS2] DanceDance Revolution X (Konami)
System Count
[WII] - 10
[NDS] - 20
[PSP] - 7
[PS3] - 6
[360] - 2
[PS2] - 5
(links to ChartGet.com)
32. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
33. [NDS] Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (CyberFront)
34. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami)
35. [NDS] DS Uranai Seikatsu (Nintendo)
36. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami)
37. [PS3] Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
38. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson)
39. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
40. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
41. [PSP] Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin (KOEI)
42. [PS2] Gundam Musou 2 (Limted Edition) (Namco Bandai)
43. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Playstation 2 The Best) (SEGA)
44. [360] Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)
45. [WII] Fragile (Namco Bandai)
46. [NDS] Hirameki Action: Chibikko Wagyan no Daiki na Bouken (Namco Bandai)
47. [WII] Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Nintendo)
48. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
49. [PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3 the Best) (SEGA)
50. [PS2] DanceDance Revolution X (Konami)
System Count
[WII] - 10
[NDS] - 20
[PSP] - 7
[PS3] - 6
[360] - 2
[PS2] - 5
Code:
[B][U]Hardware | This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD [/U][/B]
NDS | 70,760 | 65,294 | 555,162 | 25,674,805
PSP | 44,135 | 38,280 | 348,412 | 11,706,576
WII | 23,278 | 26,770 | 243,589 | 7,722,490
PS3 | 17,405 | 17,708 | 144,601 | 2,767,029
360 | 8,107 | 7,663 | 55,594 | 886,134
PS2 | 5,334 | 5,007 | 35,347 | 21,434,871
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DSi | 55,613 | 51,618 | 430,475 | 1,661,842
DSL | 15,147 | 13,676 | 119,221 |(links to ChartGet.com)
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
PantherLotus said:
IT LIVES (barely)!
favouriteflavour
Member
I would guess Wii sales are down and PS3 sales steady because of the recession. The hardcore audience will still buy during tough times.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
favouriteflavour said:
Going with the hardcore versus casual dilemma, entertain me, how does this explain DSi's sales?
markatisu said:
This.
It seems Namco wants to forget they had anything to do with this game. After not compleatly tanking its first week Namco seemed to get frightened that they might have a tiny bit of sucess on Wii and set out to make sure that didn't happen. They sent no second shipment (or if they did it was not enough to make it out of the big cities). And took out no ads that could have possibly given it legs (or at least let people know it was out).
There is no price collapse on this title and I don't expect one because there is no surplus of copies. If Namco never ship any more copies of this game I wouldn't be shocked if 5 years from now it will be one of those hard to get games that people pay high prices for on ebay.
The weird thing is that for an RPG (a very front-loaded genre we all know), no used copies have turned up in my town yet (or if they have they were rebought before I saw them).
Fragile is weird. I mean can you have a (nearly) "sold-out flop"?
markatisu said:
Bundle? Possibly with Wii Sports Resort. Japan's never had a bundle, remember. Games would be the biggest spurring influence, though (see 360 last year). For that, I'm hoping/expecting something to be done (at least announcements) with whenever the Motion+ conference is.
favouriteflavour said:
Totally explains U.S. sales. Thanks for clearing it up for us!