Media Create Sales: 08/18 - 08/24

wackojackosnose said:
Technical mislabel on the actual bar charts (825k > 3.151k =/= 3.151m > .825m)
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you know most of the rest of the world uses "." to denote thousands...

... although PantherLotus is American, so it's like a double reversal.
 
Captain Rainbow sales # does not surprise me. As a gamer who enjoyed (and were excited with) Chibi Robo, I am not planning to buy this game. I am more excited toward Giftpia than Captain Rainbow.
 
PantherLotus said:
:lol :lol :lol


:(

there's not an unhappy face big enough for this moment
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There's this one:

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Stumpokapow said:
you know most of the rest of the world uses "." to denote thousands...
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Why? I'm from the UK and very rarely see this. I think the confusion over this chart shows why it shouldn't be done. 3.152k is 3,152. I don't think there is any logic in using '.' for both a decimal point and a divider between 1000s.
 
milanbaros said:
Why? I'm from the UK and very rarely see this. I think the confusion over this chart shows why it shouldn't be done. 3.152k is 3,152. I don't think there is any logic in using '.' for both a decimal point and a divider between 1000s.
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Actually, except UK and US, most people use .'s and ,'s switched.
3k --> 3.152
32/10 ---> 3,2
 
Xbox 360 ain't doing bad, considering the drought.

Shame about Sigma Harmonics, though. Square Enix deserves a new IP doing well. Here's hoping Last Remnant is that IP...
 
PantherLotus said:
MK Chart: I Americanized it for consistency.

Sigma Harmonics: why is it a shame? is it a great game?
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I think people in general want any new SE IP to succeed, you know to motivate them in creating more new IP's instead of their usual FFs and DQs.
 
PantherLotus said:
Sigma Harmonics: why is it a shame? is it a great game?
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It's certainly not a bad one. From the short time I've spent with it it's got impressive graphics, a really decent soundtrack and lots of speech. The early card battling could get repetitive, but I've only just started so presume it picks up further in.
 
BishopLamont said:
I think people in general want any new SE IP to succeed, you know to motivate them in creating more new IP's instead of their usual FFs and DQs.
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Oh, no doubt. I'm just wondering if its a shame because its such a great game or because we believe that SE will create no new games unless these meager new IPs are taken up on the first go round.
 
Speaking of SE RPG's, The Last Remnant is now available for preorder on Amazon.jp Top 100. I think it went up yesterday and it's holding the #1 spot. I can't remember the last time that was the case for a 360 game.

Unfotunatelly the same can't be said about IU, which is not even in the top 10 with less than 2 weeks from release. Amazon isn't exactly the best indicator of sales, but I believe ToV was hovering higher prior to its release.

Could TLR be the biggest of the 3?


Edit: Nevermind about IU. It seems there are 2 sku's for it, one at #11 and one at #33. I don't understand what that's all about because they both look the same to me. Maybe that's what's throwing off its ranking.
 
jimbo said:
Amazon isn't exactly the best indicator of sales
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It's not an indicator..... AT ALL. Seriously, I don't know why people even bring up Amazon rankings anymore, they're meaningless. Amazon isn't even tracked by Media Create or Enterbrain. :P
 
Byakuya769 said:
Wow a DQ game bumping the DS back over the psp.. I remember some idiot telling me that wouldn't happen. Interesting.
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Uhhh. The week DQV sold nearly 700,000, DS didn't outsell PSP. Nor the next week. Nor the one after that.
PSP
 
jimbo said:
Reason they are an estimate is because I had to average out the first 3 days of August. from the week of 7/28-8/03.
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For Famitsu's month, August is 5 weeks.

July 28-Aug 3
Aug 4-10
Aug 11-17
Aug 18-24
Aug 25-31

I usually try to pick the closest days to match NPD's months, though, so that'll just be the last four of those weeks.

HK-47 said:
Why is Pokemon Yellow not on the top 50 famitsu list...
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It is but anonymously. Yellow is included in the Red/Green/Blue total and Crystal is included in the Gold/Silver total.
 
Mithos Yggdrasill said:
What a disappointment for Afrika and Captain Rainbow. I'm not surprised by the latter anyway.
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What did u expect from Afrika ? iirc forever blue on wii sold even less copies on it`s first day...
 
cw_sasuke said:
What did u expect from Afrika ? iirc forever blue on wii sold even less copies on it`s first day...
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I'm sure Afrika and Endless Ocean had the exact same budget. Regardless, they said Afrika met expectations
 
donny2112 said:
For Famitsu's month, August is 5 weeks.

July 28-Aug 3
Aug 4-10
Aug 11-17
Aug 18-24
Aug 25-31

I usually try to pick the closest days to match NPD's months, though, so that'll just be the last four of those weeks.



It is but anonymously. Yellow is included in the Red/Green/Blue total and Crystal is included in the Gold/Silver total.
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Somehow I doubt that...then the Pokemon number would be way too low. R/B/G sold like 30 million WW

http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml

Same number with Yellow independent of it...same with G/S and Crystal
 
duckroll said:
It's not an indicator..... AT ALL. Seriously, I don't know why people even bring up Amazon rankings anymore, they're meaningless. Amazon isn't even tracked by Media Create or Enterbrain. :P
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Makes no since not to, they should. And I wouldn't say it's not an indicator at all. Typically games on preorder that consistently hold a top spot months in advance and stay there until release have pretty big first day in sales. AC6 was one I remember tracking.


Anyway, it's still interesting top 20 to look at right now. Looks like the price drop is having an effect on their site.
 
Hey everybody. I'll be out of town this week visiting family, and I won't be able to post charts or the next MC thread until I get back on Sunday. I would expect donny or jjs or cvx to take over for the week if they're willing.

I will update w/e thread is available with appropriate charts when I get back.
 
HK-47 said:
Somehow I doubt that...then the Pokemon number would be way too low. R/B/G sold like 30 million WW

http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml

Same number with Yellow independent of it...same with G/S and Crystal
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Then you doubt Famitsu. I'm just telling you what Famitsu says.


Famitsu Aug 4-17

1. NDS Rhythm Tengoku Gold 273883 / 501601
2. NDS Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light 180697 / NEW
3. PSP Phantasy Star Portable 180301 / 509756
4. 360 Tales of Vesperia 120176 / NEW
5. NDS Dragon Quest V 107502 / 1076915
6. WII Wii Fit 72379 / 2463750
7. NDS Sangokushi Taisen Ten 47576 / NEW
8. WII Mario Kart Wii 44408 / 1663227
9. PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 43268 / 170150
10. NDS Daigasso! Band Brothers DX 35635 / 269435
11. NDS Summon Night 2 35453 / NEW
12. WII Wario Land: Shake It! 32807 / 75203
13. NDS Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure 32154 / 294063
14. PS3 Soul Calibur IV 29744 / 104146
15. WII Wii Sports 27547 / 3094658
16. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 G 24551 / 2387510
17. NDS Mario Kart DS 23298 / 3174347
18. NDS Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 - Banjou no Geass Gekijou 22599 / NEW
19. WII Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse 19442 / 49311
20. NDS Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan 19030 / 98305
21. PSP Gundam Battle Universe 18899 / 229782
22. NDS Monster Farm DS 2: Yomigaeru! Master Breeder Densetsu 18065 / NEW
23. WII Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball 17299 / 159927
24. NDS New Super Mario Bros. 16994 / 5259341
25. WII Wii Play 16529 / 2455053
26. NDS Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 15818 / 5559758
27. WII Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 14617 / 44294
28. NDS Mame Goma 2: Uchi no Ko ga Ichiban! (My Kid is Number One!) 14280 / 24563
29. NDS Bokura wa Kaseki Holder (We are Fossil Diggers) 13879 / 189655
30. NDS Mario Party DS 13550 / 1763496

*. PSP Memories Off Sorekara 3400 / NEW
*. PSP Omoide ni Kawaru-Kun: Memories Off 2900 / NEW


Bar Chart Aug 4-17 (thanks to JoshuaJSlone/garaph.info)

2008-08-11

Note: Image may be delayed from the time of this post, but will automatically show once the data is ready.


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Jul 14-20, 2008
Jul 21-27, 2008
Jul 28-Aug 3, 2008
 
cw_sasuke said:
What did u expect from Afrika ? iirc forever blue on wii sold even less copies on it`s first day...
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At TGS 2006 two games were featured in Ken Kutaragi's keynote (well others were featured in short clips in a montage video). The games were FFXIII and Africa. The big titles coming to the PS3. I remember sitting there and being very impressed with the title. There was obviously a LOT of money put into it early on and it was indeed a flagship title. Sony was billing it as such. But when Kutaragi left the hype for this game seemed to go with him. It pretty much fell off the map until about 2 months ago. I wonder what happened.

Yeah it outsold Endless Ocean but that game looks to have been made with a tiny fraction of the budget and has never touted as "the next big thing". I'm guessing Akira was very please with FBs sales but I can't imagine this is how Sony thought Afrika would go down when they originally announced it.

I still want to get it though.
 
HK-47 said:
Somehow I doubt that...then the Pokemon number would be way too low. R/B/G sold like 30 million WW

http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml

Same number with Yellow independent of it...same with G/S and Crystal
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Famitsu really made a confusion about Pokemon Yellow sales, at first they started to track it independently from Red/Blue, but the latest numers we have, around 2001 or 2000 top500 chart (now i don't remember correctly), they included Yellow in R/B/G with 10mln units sold.
It's very strange, cause usually Famitsu includes sales only for same games released on same day (Pokemon, Megaman EXE), meanwhile R/G/B/Y had 3 different release dates...

it's like they should start to track Emerald with Ruby and Zapphire sales or Diamond and Pearl with the upcoming Platinum...
 
donny2112 said:
Then you doubt Famitsu. I'm just telling you what Famitsu says.


Famitsu Aug 4-17

1. NDS Rhythm Tengoku Gold 273883 / 501601
2. NDS Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light 180697 / NEW
3. PSP Phantasy Star Portable 180301 / 509756
4. 360 Tales of Vesperia 120176 / NEW
5. NDS Dragon Quest V 107502 / 1076915
6. WII Wii Fit 72379 / 2463750
7. NDS Sangokushi Taisen Ten 47576 / NEW
8. WII Mario Kart Wii 44408 / 1663227
9. PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 43268 / 170150
10. NDS Daigasso! Band Brothers DX 35635 / 269435
11. NDS Summon Night 2 35453 / NEW
12. WII Wario Land: Shake It! 32807 / 75203
13. NDS Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure 32154 / 294063
14. PS3 Soul Calibur IV 29744 / 104146
15. WII Wii Sports 27547 / 3094658
16. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 G 24551 / 2387510
17. NDS Mario Kart DS 23298 / 3174347
18. NDS Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 - Banjou no Geass Gekijou 22599 / NEW
19. WII Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse 19442 / 49311
20. NDS Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan 19030 / 98305
21. PSP Gundam Battle Universe 18899 / 229782
22. NDS Monster Farm DS 2: Yomigaeru! Master Breeder Densetsu 18065 / NEW
23. WII Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball 17299 / 159927
24. NDS New Super Mario Bros. 16994 / 5259341
25. WII Wii Play 16529 / 2455053
26. NDS Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 15818 / 5559758
27. WII Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 14617 / 44294
28. NDS Mame Goma 2: Uchi no Ko ga Ichiban! (My Kid is Number One!) 14280 / 24563
29. NDS Bokura wa Kaseki Holder (We are Fossil Diggers) 13879 / 189655
30. NDS Mario Party DS 13550 / 1763496

*. PSP Memories Off Sorekara 3400 / NEW
*. PSP Omoide ni Kawaru-Kun: Memories Off 2900 / NEW


Bar Chart Aug 4-17 (thanks to JoshuaJSlone/garaph.info)

2008-08-11

Note: Image may be delayed from the time of this post, but will automatically show once the data is ready.


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Jul 14-20, 2008
Jul 21-27, 2008
Jul 28-Aug 3, 2008
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I definitely doubt famitsu is what I'm saying, yes
 
PantherLotus said:
Hey everybody. I'll be out of town this week visiting family, and I won't be able to post charts or the next MC thread until I get back on Sunday. I would expect donny or jjs or cvx to take over for the week if they're willing.
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New MC data isn't really compatible with my schedule, I'm afraid; my thread would come like half a day late.
 
I just realized I have become a sales-ager again. I am currently more excited about the release of Media Create(multiplatform) for the week of 9/8, than anything else really, IU included.

We should keep track of the views, and posts for MC weeks, kind of like the sales for games. Maybe we could even do predictions on them, like the NPD threads. I predict 20 pages for that week. Then the charts could come. And instead of sales spikes, we have meltdown spikes.

[MC 9/8-9/14] 20 :D

JoshuaJSlone said:
New MC data isn't really compatible with my schedule, I'm afraid; my thread would come like half a day late.
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Dammit, if only I knew how to format the software list, and where to actually get them, I would. But I don't :(
 
HK-47 said:
I definitely doubt famitsu is what I'm saying, yes
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If you doubt Famitsu's Enterbrain numbers, then you have to doubt the numbers listed on Magic Box as well, since those are from Enterbrain numbers. :P
 
duckroll said:
If you doubt Famitsu's Enterbrain numbers, then you have to doubt the numbers listed on Magic Box as well, since those are from Enterbrain numbers. :P
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I always did wonder. Does MC and Famitsu estimate as well as NPD? Are their sample size as large?
 
duckroll said:
How "well" does NPD estimate sales? It's a pretty loaded question. :P
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Well last time I remember seeing something on it, it was more than half of all retailers and estimating for Wal-Mart and the mom and pop shops.
 
cw_sasuke said:
What did u expect from Afrika ? iirc forever blue on wii sold even less copies on it`s first day...
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I thought that the game was pretty anticipated. In addition, considering the hardcore fanbase of PS3, I expected better sales. But this is only the first day, so we'll see.
 
jimbo said:
Well last time I remember seeing something on it, it was more than half of all retailers and estimating for Wal-Mart and the mom and pop shops.
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Media Create tracks around 57% of retailers from point of sales, and they also track and monitor pre-orders, shipment figures, as well as used game sales trends and feedback from stores regarding sales trends, etc. It's pretty much the same kind of tracking NPD does. Both Media Create and Enterbrain actually sell this information, just like NPD does. They're also compiled in books that are sold for quite a high price annually.
 
duckroll said:
It's pretty much the same kind of tracking NPD does. Both Media Create and Enterbrain actually sell this information, just like NPD does. They're also compiled in books that are sold for quite a high price annually.
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It's worth noting that when ducky says "quite a high price", he doesn't mean tens of thousands of dollars "quite a high price", he means 30000円.
 
duckroll said:
Media Create tracks around 57% of retailers from point of sales, and they also track and monitor pre-orders, shipment figures, as well as used game sales trends and feedback from stores regarding sales trends, etc. It's pretty much the same kind of tracking NPD does. Both Media Create and Enterbrain actually sell this information, just like NPD does. They're also compiled in books that are sold for quite a high price annually.
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Thank you. Same for Enterbrain/Famitsu?
 
jimbo said:
Thank you. Same for Enterbrain/Famitsu?
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Enterbrain tracks less than Media Create, since they're a large publisher as opposed to a specialized tracking agency. I can't remember the exact % they track, but it's still a good amount. They're not pulling stuff out of their ass.

And yes, when I say a high price I mean a few hundred bucks, not 49535643986594363 dollars. :)
 
donny2112 said:
For Famitsu's month, August is 5 weeks.

July 28-Aug 3
Aug 4-10
Aug 11-17
Aug 18-24
Aug 25-31

I usually try to pick the closest days to match NPD's months, though, so that'll just be the last four of those weeks.



It is but anonymously. Yellow is included in the Red/Green/Blue total and Crystal is included in the Gold/Silver total.
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Well since we normally respect MC, I think your are right. As a matter of fact, I think whoever does the OP, should start adding up the months,(matched up to NPD) on top of the LTD. It actually matches up quite nicely since MC week hardware numbers and NPD typically come out on the same day. Which means we can have a thread of NPD monthly and MC monthly sales. And we'll have a super sales day.

Then, in the NPD thread have a NPD + Japan sales, or make a super sales thread and call it the official NAJA Sales-Age thread and sticky the SOB. Maybe that will inspire someone to get us some official European hardware numbers too.

For example. For July 08:

NPD

DS 608k
Wii 555k
PS3 225k
PSP 222k
X360 205k
PS2 155k

MC

PSP 266k
DS 217.5k
Wii 165k
PS3 44k
PS2 38.5k
X360 18.5k

NPDMC

DS 825.5k
Wii 720k
PSP 488k
PS3 269k
X360 223.5k
PS2 193.5k
 
I think super sales just sounds cheap? Like it's the thread to come to if you wanna find a bargain. We don't want sales-age to have that impression do we?
 
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