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Media Create Sales: 02/23 - 03/02

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donny2112

Member
But Schofield added that it was good for health of the whole industry to have three successful home consoles in the market. "I love having the three major machines like that."
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Translation: I don't want my only option to be Nintendo, amirite! LOL.

The 360 alone doesn't have a lot of justifiability as an exclusive platform to develop for, at this point. As long as the PS3 is at least semi-viable as a porting platform from the 360, it allows them to ram their head in the sand longer until Sony can save them from this Wii nightmare for next generation.
 
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Rolf NB

Member
Y2Kev said:
If you look at Microsoft's strategy, which was to cultivate a larger userbase through the consistent "priming" of the RPG pump, this has to be a pretty resounding thump.

Huge initial investment with BD for 205k or so, then the big thump that LO made, then Eternal Sonata, Tales, IU, TLR, and now SO4...which will probably sell about 220k. So after all that, marginal increase.

So given all those additional consoles sold since BD launched, what are they buying?
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Paging icecream ...
 
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test_account

XP-39C²
Regarding about which games that will come out for the PS3 for the rest of the year, have anyone here mentioned Bayonetta yet? I think this game could come out in 2009. Maybe the game itself isnt directly a hardware seller, but i do think the game itself can sell relatively ok/well. I think it should be interesting to see how it sells :)

EDIT: I added some text.
 
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donny2112

Member
Famitsu Feb 16-22

01./00. [360] Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (Square Enix) - 166,027 / NEW
02./00. [PSP] The Idolm@ster SP: Perfect Sun/Missing Moon/Wandering Star (Namco Bandai Games) - 121,271 / NEW
03./01. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 58,609 / 278,664
04./00. [NDS] Shining Force Feather (SEGA) - 30,231 / NEW
05./09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 19,038 / 429,531
06./13. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 17,954 / 3,179,099
07./02. [PS3] Street Fighter IV (Capcom) - 17,866 / 102,803
08./00. [PS2] Sacred Blaze (Flight-Plan) - 17,213 / NEW
09./14. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai Games) - 13,136 / 407,090
10./15. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) - 12,902 / 1,584,499
11./07. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 12: PES 2009 (Konami) - 12,756 / 177,399
12./12. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCEI) - 12,640 / 68,146
13./03. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui V (Namco Bandai Games) - 12,623 / 51,789
14./06. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 12: PES 2009 (Konami) - 12,173 / 177,147
15./10. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 12,159 / 170,595
16./08. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - 10,581 / 288,860
17./00. [360] DoDonPachi Dai-Oujou Black Label Extra (5pb) - 10,526 / NEW
18./00. [WII] Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (Capcom) - 9,200 / NEW
19./11. [PSP] Tenchu 4 (From Software) - 8,933 / 28,522
20./05. [PS2] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui V (Namco Bandai Games) - 8,670 / 40,208
21./18. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 8,100 / 2,162,919
22./19. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo) - 7,301 / 752,374
23./29. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (A Penguin's Troubles: Strongest Penguin Legend) (Konami) - 7,276 / 222,818
24./20. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 7,058 / 2,341,512
25./00. [NDS] Chou-Gekijou-Ban Keroro Gunsou: Gekishin Dragon Warriors de Arimasu! (Namco Bandai Games) - 7,018 / NEW
26./17. [WII] Play on Wii: Mario Tennis GC (Nintendo) - 6,840 / 137,233
27./00. [360] Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (BEST) (Namco Bandai Games) - 6,555 / 80,608
28./00. [360] Beautiful Katamari (BEST) (Namco Bandai Games) - 6,511 / 79,334
29./21. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 6,509 / 1,076,781
30./22. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra Deluxe (Nintendo) - 6,194 / 1,032,002

*. [WII] Play on Wii: Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 5,200 / NEW
*. [PS2] Clear: Atarashii Kaze no Fuku Oka de (The New Wind Blowing Through the Hills) (Sweets) - 3,300 / NEW
*. [360] Shooting Love, 200X (Triangle Service) - 3,200 / NEW
*. [PS3] Sonic Unleashed (SEGA) - 2,800 / NEW
*. [PS2] Shinjuku no Ookami (Wolf of Shinjuku) (Spike) - 2,400 / NEW
*. [NDS] The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Uta Dekichatte Kei (AQ Interactive) - 2,000 / NEW
*. [360] Sonic Unleashed (SEGA) - 1,700 / NEW
*. [NDS] Machi no Pet-Ya-San DS 2: Wannyan 333-Hiki Daishuugou! (City Pet Shop DS 2: 333 Dogs and Cats Gather!) (e-Frontier) - 1,000 / NEW
*. [NDS] Sim Animals (Electronic Arts Victor) - 960 / NEW
*. [NDS] Saru Saru DS (D3 Publisher) - 760 / NEW
*. [NDS] Lock's Quest: New Archineer's 100 Day War (THQ) - 610 / NEW
*. [NDS] Simple DS Series Vol. 46: The Hikyou Tankentai: Choutoko Special (The Explorers: Paranormal Special) (D3 Publisher) - 500 / NEW


Bar Chart Feb 16-22 (thanks to JoshuaJSlone/garaph.info)

2009-02-16

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Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Jan 19-25, 2009
Jan 26-Feb 1, 2009
Feb 2-8, 2009
Feb 9-15, 2009
 
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donny2112

Member
dolemite said:
Beautiful Katamari is still on the list, are these due to bundles or something?
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A combo disk of Ace Combat 6 and Beautiful Katamari (BEST editions) are included with some new 360s. Famitsu has decided to track them separately, so, yes, both of those are due to bundles.
 
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Lightning

Banned
Y2Kev said:
If you look at Microsoft's strategy, which was to cultivate a larger userbase through the consistent "priming" of the RPG pump, this has to be a pretty resounding thump.

Huge initial investment with BD for 205k or so, then the big thump that LO made, then Eternal Sonata, Tales, IU, TLR, and now SO4...which will probably sell about 220k. So after all that, marginal increase.

So given all those additional consoles sold since BD launched, what are they buying?
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The main thing that I notice is that Microsoft only seem interested in going after the niche JRPG audience of Japan. What about the Yakuza audience? What about the MGS audience? Why haven't Microsoft done more to secure franchises outside of JRPG genre since if they can get tri-Ace to basically go exclusive for an entire gen on their absolute small niche console in the region then they could have surely secured more from other genres that the Japanese like as well.
 
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schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
PS3 36,513
DSi 35,827
PSP 35,588
Wii 17,876
Xbox 360 11,795
DS Lite 11,774
PS2 5,099
 
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d+pad

Member
schuelma said:
PS3 36,513
DSi 35,827
PSP 35,588
Wii 17,876
Xbox 360 11,795
DS Lite 11,774
PS2 5,099
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I'm actually more shocked at the DSi and PSP numbers than the Wii number. Seems weird that the biggest seller last week sold 36,000 units - and it was the PS3 :eek:
 
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schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
d+pad said:
I'm actually more shocked at the DSi and PSP numbers than the Wii number. Seems weird that the biggest seller last week sold 36,000 units - and it was the PS3 :eek:
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Well DS still sold more overall.

But yeah, I think the Wii slowdown has disguised the fact that nothing is looking that great this year.
 
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DMeisterJ

Banned
neojubei said:
So true. The game would have sold more than 500,000 combined.
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I just don't get SE. You have three relative 'tanks' (TLR, IU [I know MS owns the IP], and now this) and none of them are multi-plat. Yet you decide to Multi-plat FFXIII. I mean, why isn't everything multi? Make every game PS360 like Capcom, so that TLR, SO4 and FFvsXIII can achieve nice worldwide sales. But alas, I guess wada needs to learn his lesson on his own.
 
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Kagari

Crystal Bearer
DMeisterJ said:
I just don't get SE. You have three relative 'tanks' (TLR, IU [I know MS owns the IP], and now this) and none of them are multi-plat. Yet you decide to Multi-plat FFXIII. I mean, why isn't everything multi? Make every game PS360 like Capcom, so that TLR, SO4 and FFvsXIII can achieve nice worldwide sales. But alas, I guess wada needs to learn his lesson on his own.
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He's too busy buying Eidos shares.
 
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Jonnyram

Member
DMeisterJ said:
I just don't get SE. You have three relative 'tanks' (TLR, IU [I know MS owns the IP], and now this) and none of them are multi-plat. Yet you decide to Multi-plat FFXIII. I mean, why isn't everything multi? Make every game PS360 like Capcom, so that TLR, SO4 and FFvsXIII can achieve nice worldwide sales. But alas, I guess wada needs to learn his lesson on his own.
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Buy a 360?
 
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cvxfreak

Member
DMeisterJ said:
I just don't get SE. You have three relative 'tanks' (TLR, IU [I know MS owns the IP], and now this) and none of them are multi-plat. Yet you decide to Multi-plat FFXIII. I mean, why isn't everything multi? Make every game PS360 like Capcom, so that TLR, SO4 and FFvsXIII can achieve nice worldwide sales. But alas, I guess wada needs to learn his lesson on his own.
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That's not the tragic part. The sad part is how FFXIII isn't Japan-bound for 360. :lol
 
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Takuhi

Member
DMeisterJ said:
I just don't get SE. You have three relative 'tanks' (TLR, IU [I know MS owns the IP], and now this) and none of them are multi-plat. Yet you decide to Multi-plat FFXIII. I mean, why isn't everything multi? Make every game PS360 like Capcom, so that TLR, SO4 and FFvsXIII can achieve nice worldwide sales. But alas, I guess wada needs to learn his lesson on his own.
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Why are you so sure that TLR and SO4 will never come out for PS3? If you had the 360 versions of your games ready early (because of UE3 problems on the PS3 and tri-Ace's past experience with the 360, presumably) wouldn't you take MS up on a deal to release those versions first in exchange for MS footing the multi-million dollar marketing bills? You'll still get those PS3 sales later.

If SO4 isn't out on PS3 within a year, you can call Wada an idiot then. But based on what we know, Squeni seems to have acted pretty rationally. I don't see them losing a ton of PS3 sales because they released the 360 versions first, and they would have to lose a LOT of sales to make up for the free marketing campaigns (and who knows what other support) that they got from MS.
 
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Y2Kev

TLG Fan Caretaker Est. 2009
Square-enix will balance these sales with sales of tomb raider: pulse raider

If SO4 isn't out on PS3 within a year, you can call Wada an idiot then.
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I, for whatever reason, have this feeling it will not be. And TLR should really be out soon. Or at least talked about.
 
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SolidSnakex

Member
Takuhi said:
Why are you so sure that TLR and SO4 will never come out for PS3?
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It won't matter if TLR is ever released on the PS3. They've already blown their chances of it selling. SO4 on the other hand might be able to have the success that the Director's Cut of SO3 had though.
 
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AranhaHunter

Banned
Kagari said:
He's too busy buying Eidos shares.
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That man is gonna be responsible for driving SE straight into mediocrity.

Jonnyram said:
Buy a 360?
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I don't think that's the point of his post.

cvxfreak said:
That's not the tragic part. The sad part is how FFXIII isn't Japan-bound for 360. :lol
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Yeah that is confusing, there are a couple of possibilities why, maybe it would've been too expensive to buy out the exclusivity contract between Sony/SE for Japan.
 
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Takuhi

Member
Y2Kev said:
I, for whatever reason, have this feeling it will not be. And TLR should really be out soon. Or at least talked about.
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If SO4 was an Xbox 360 exclusive, MS and Squeni sure missed a huge opportunity to boast about that fact when marketing the game.

Also, remember tri-Ace's help-wanted ads for people to handle PS3 ports? And the way the game was clearly multiplatform (being featured in Famitsu PlayStation and whatnot) before it was announced as 360 only?

That would be really, really odd if it didn't come out for PS3 eventually.
 
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DMeisterJ

Banned
Jonnyram said:
Buy a 360?
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Me? I have one, I'm more concerned with how horribly SE is doing financially, and how they're sinking and seemingly not caring to get as much money as humanly possible.

cvxfreak said:
That's not the tragic part. The sad part is how FFXIII isn't Japan-bound for 360.
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That's weird to me too. I guess if they put it on 360 it may take longer to get the game out since they only were supposed to come out on PS3? It's not like it'd sell terribly well in Japan anyway, but it's a weird decision nonetheless. I just think that the way things are going, there really shouldn't be any third-party exclusives aside from Gears and Metal gear Solid, since they mean so much to the respective systems.
 
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Ether_Snake

安安安安安安安安安安安安安安安
Time to lower the price Sony and stay in the momentum. Go for it!
 
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AranhaHunter

Banned
Takuhi said:
Why are you so sure that TLR and SO4 will never come out for PS3? If you had the 360 versions of your games ready early (because of UE3 problems on the PS3 and tri-Ace's past experience with the 360, presumably) wouldn't you take MS up on a deal to release those versions first in exchange for MS footing the multi-million dollar marketing bills? You'll still get those PS3 sales later.

If SO4 isn't out on PS3 within a year, you can call Wada an idiot then. But based on what we know, Squeni seems to have acted pretty rationally. I don't see them losing a ton of PS3 sales because they released the 360 versions first, and they would have to lose a LOT of sales to make up for the free marketing campaigns (and who knows what other support) that they got from MS.
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I agree but I don't know if SO4 will have big sales on PS3 if it comes a year later, how did Eternal Sonata sell on PS3 compared to the 360?

I still expect both SO4 and TOV to come out on PS3, at least in Japan.
 
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Parmenides

Banned
Wii sales collapse in Japan

Media Create Sales

Code: 
Wii 64,535 (2008/02/25---2008/03/02)

Wii 17,876 (2009/02/23---2009/03/01)


What's going on? Why is Wii selling so poorly?

Number of Software Titles Released(Japan)

Code: 
FY3/2009 (Apr.-Dec.'08)

DS    332

Wii   91


Source:Nintendo


Software Titles(Japan)***

Code: 
FY3/2009 (Apr.-Dec.'08)

PS2   329

PS3   239

PSP   217

***Figures for Japan include shipments to Asian countries and regions including South Korea


Source:Sony



Famitsu Sales(Comparison)

Code: 
PS2          Week

630,552  (2000/02/28---2000/03/05)

38,586   (2001/02/26---2001/03/04)

70,553   (2002/02/25---2002/03/03)

52,738   (2003/02/24---2003/03/02)

50,925   (2004/02/23---2004/02/29)

43,073   (2005/02/28---2005/03/06)

25,722   (2006/02/27---2006/03/05)

15,389   (2007/02/26---2007/03/04)

9,931    (2008/02/25---2008/03/02)

5,700    (2009/02/23---2009/03/01)


Wii          Week

61,359   (2007/02/26---2007/03/04)

65,157   (2008/02/25---2008/03/02)

22,000   (2009/02/23---2009/03/01)




When the PS2 was at its prime...


Week of (2002/02/25---2002/03/03)

Xenosaga Episod I	(PS2)    301K
Itadaki Street 	(PS2)    67K
Kanon 	         (PS2)    29K
Kanaru 	         (PS2)    27K
Samurai	         (PS2)    24K
Dead or Alive 3	(Xbox)   22K
Dynasty Tactics	(PS2)    20K
Cubivore	         (GC)     19K
Animal Crossing	(GC)     12K
Virtua Fighter 4	(PS2)	11K


Hardware sales

PS2	70,553
GC	10,471





Week of (2003/02/24---2003/03/02)

Shin Sangoku Mus.3(PS2)	723K
Star Ocean 3	(PS2)	386K
Sakura Wars 	(PS2)	177K
Battle the sun	(PS2)	58K
DB Z: Budokai	(PS2)	50K
SMegami Tensei III	(PS2)	41K
Metroid Prime	(GC)	40K
Pokémon Ruby/Sapp	(GBA)	31K
Final Fantasy Tac 	(GBA)	30K
The train GO! 	(PS2)	21K


Hardware sales

PS2	52,738
GC	6,879


By the way, The venerable PS2 Turns 9


Code: 
Release Date:2000/03/04  Price: ¥39,800

Estimated hardware sales: 21.6 (million)

Estimated software sales: 193.2 (million)


Source:Famitsu

PS2 sales in 2008

Code: 
Price: ¥16,000

Estimated hardware sales: 480K

Estimated software sales: 7.1 (million)Source:Famitsu


PS2 Million sellers

Code: 
Release Date     Title        Sales(million)  PS2 Price

2001/04/28   Gran Turismo 3          1.5      ¥39,800

2001/07/19   Final Fantasy X         2.3      ¥35,000                           

2001/09/20   Shin Sangoku Musou 2    1.0      ¥35,000                           

2002/03/07   Onimusha 2              1.0      ¥29,800                           

2002/04/25   Winning Eleven 6        1.1      ¥29,800                           

2003/02/27   Shin Sangoku Musou 3    1.2      ¥29,800                           

2003/03/13   Final Fantasy X-2       1.9      ¥29,800                           

2003/08/07   Winning Eleven 7        1.1      ¥25,000                           

2003/11/27   Everybody Golf 4        1.1      ¥19,800                           

2004/02/11   Sengoku Musou           1.0      ¥19,800   

2004/03/25   Dragon Quest V          1.6      ¥19,800   

2004/08/05   Winning Eleven 8        1.0      ¥19,800   

2004/11/27   Dragon Quest VIII       3.6      ¥19,800   

2004/12/28   Gran Turismo 4          1.1      ¥19,800   

2005/12/22   Kingdom Hearts II       1.1      ¥19,800   

2006/03/16   Final Fantasy XII       2.3      ¥19,800   

2006/04/27   Winning Eleven 10       1.1      ¥19,800   


Source:Sony,Famitsu


Breakdown

Code: 
Price                Hardware Sales (million)

¥39,800                           4.4

¥35,000                           2.0

¥29,800                           5.7

¥25,000                           0.9

¥19,800                           6.8

¥16,000                           1.8 


LTD                               21.6

Source:Sony,Famitsu
 
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Kagari

Crystal Bearer
Takuhi said:
If SO4 was an Xbox 360 exclusive, MS and Squeni sure missed a huge opportunity to boast about that fact when marketing the game.

Also, remember tri-Ace's help-wanted ads for people to handle PS3 ports? And the way the game was clearly multiplatform (being featured in Famitsu PlayStation and whatnot) before it was announced as 360 only?

That would be really, really odd if it didn't come out for PS3 eventually.
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I don't remember it being in any PS specific magazines.
 
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Defuser

Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
Uh...



So a game needs to be moderately heavy in plot to be considered a spin-off?

So you'd agree with me that Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS and Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party for the Wii aren't spin-off's of those series?
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MHP2 is a port from MH2 with some changes therefore it isn't a spinoff.
Kagari said:
I don't remember it being in any PS specific magazines.
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It appear on SO:First Departure.
 
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