Media Create Sales 1/21 - 1/27
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Darji said:
I like Wii Fit and Wii Sports, so 2/3 ain't bad.
AnimeTheme
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apujanata said:
The bump is somewhat disappointing considering DMC4's record-breaking sales, but seriously, what can we expect from a series that only sold like 250k LTD in its last installment?
Why do you use the MC figure to compare when this is a Fami figure?
Using all Fami figures, Wii boost is just 26%, while PS3 is 24%. Both are disappointing. Maybe MC figures will be more interesting.
WOW @ Brawl! 
Amazing numbers, great to see it selling so well. And a good opening for DMC4 and Disgaea 3. Plenty of variety in the top 10, everyone should be happy..., but that's obviously not going to happen :lol
I think the hw sales are as expected. SSBB and DMC4 are well known games so awareness is going to be out there and hardware will have been bought in anticipation. And PS3 has seen several higher than seemed reasonable weeks, with the sw releases, this year, obviously people were buying in readiness for upcoming titles. The same thing happened with Wii and SMG. The majority of big hw weeks this year are going to come from new titles, like Wii Fit imo.
Looking to future releases, Sony needs something for the Golden Week holiday, maybe MGS4? In-between there's Lost Planet which might do okay-ish, and Yakuza 3, which should do well, but the system definitely needs more big games.
Nintendo has MK Wii, which isn't going to push a huge amount of hw, like SSBB, but being around Golden Week and adding to Wii's line-up of Wii Sports, Wii Fit and SSBB, we should see good sales for a while, and it should be another really big title for the system.
Amazing numbers, great to see it selling so well. And a good opening for DMC4 and Disgaea 3. Plenty of variety in the top 10, everyone should be happy..., but that's obviously not going to happen :lol
I think the hw sales are as expected. SSBB and DMC4 are well known games so awareness is going to be out there and hardware will have been bought in anticipation. And PS3 has seen several higher than seemed reasonable weeks, with the sw releases, this year, obviously people were buying in readiness for upcoming titles. The same thing happened with Wii and SMG. The majority of big hw weeks this year are going to come from new titles, like Wii Fit imo.
Looking to future releases, Sony needs something for the Golden Week holiday, maybe MGS4? In-between there's Lost Planet which might do okay-ish, and Yakuza 3, which should do well, but the system definitely needs more big games.
Nintendo has MK Wii, which isn't going to push a huge amount of hw, like SSBB, but being around Golden Week and adding to Wii's line-up of Wii Sports, Wii Fit and SSBB, we should see good sales for a while, and it should be another really big title for the system.
iidesuyo said:
Super Smash Bros Melee came out within a couple months of the Gamecube's launch in Japan, and was the first AAA title for the system (beforehand you had pikmin and Luigi's mansion). Brawl came out over a year into the Wii's lifetime, with the system seeing several big releases previously.
It makes sense that SSBM would move more systems than Brawl. Melee was the game that got a lot of Nintendo fans to jump on board the Gamecube. Wii has already had Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, Warioware, Mario Party 8, as well as new IPs like Wii sports, Wii Fit and Wii Play to entice people to the system.
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iidesuyo said:
GameCube was still fairly new though.
edit - beaten with a much better explanation.
800k. Not bad, not bad at all 
And 95% sell-through is just awesome, the game deserves it's succes. And, maybe more importantly, a little hardware boost indicates that a whole fucking lot of hardcore gamers already had the system. I wonder what 3rd party's will use now as their excuse for failing. Ah who am I kidding, it'll just be only first party titles sell!
And 95% sell-through is just awesome, the game deserves it's succes. And, maybe more importantly, a little hardware boost indicates that a whole fucking lot of hardcore gamers already had the system. I wonder what 3rd party's will use now as their excuse for failing. Ah who am I kidding, it'll just be only first party titles sell!
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ziran said:
You missed "Valkyrie of the Battlefield" in April. Although this is a new IP, I still expect this one to do at least 100k LTD.
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Jokeropia said:
LOL stupid typo of mine, I intended to say 250K.
slaughterking
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Brawl won't ever be released in PAL territories.Arde5643 said:95% sell through rate is insane.
That just shows how many hardcore followers of the game are there in JP.
Watch as the game slaughters any game released during the same week worldwide.
BishopLamont
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Well done SSBB, you've done good.
DeaconKnowledge
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Culex said:
Maybe it's just me, but I think the PS3 and 360 share a similar attribute in a super aware fanbase that picks up systems at a constant rate. Meaning, people who were/are looking forward to big titles on the PS3 and 360 in Japan purchase them before the fact.
Don't you agree with my statement? I only said it should be "easier" to sell 300k software on a 1+M userbase than to get 1M software sales on a 1+M userbase, NOT that it would be a rule.jarrod said:Funny then that VF5, AC4 and other ~300k selling brands couldn't manage it.
If 1M selling brands only manage to sell 300k, why would 300k selling brands sell 300k on the PS3?
That's why I said the DMC4 sales were nice, considering DMC3 sold 300+k on the PS2
If a game doesn't sell, it doesn't, maybe the gamers are sick of the franchise?
Happens all the time in Japan.
Who knows.
Musou, WE has been in decline on the PS2 too.
(VF5? Fighting game sales has been in decline since Tekken 3 on the PSone and VF2 on the Saturn. They've sold millions versus the meager 200k+ sales of nowadays.)
?jarrod said:
Whoever said it wasn't?
That much goes without saying - it's the first franchize that looks like it can outsell it's PS2 predecessor. And on a much smaller userbase to boot.jarrod said:
As for hw bumps, hasn't recent times conclusively shown that in Japan permament hw bumps only come from swanky redesigns with new pricepoint or mind numbing non-games that never stop selling?
No other sw seems to do the trick, regardless of platforms.
Why would DMC4 be one of the biggest titles of the year?*Guaraná said:why the PS3 HW bump were so low?
I was expecting at least ~60.... come on DMCX4 is one of the biggest PS3 titles of the year...
It's a 300k selling franchise in Japan.
MGS4, FFXIII, Ryu Ga Gotoku, GT5 are the biggest PS3 titles this year.
300k selling franchise sells 210k first week on PS3, with no huge HW bump.
Conclusion: (Most) DMC fans already got their PS3.
Fafalada said:As for hw bumps, hasn't recent times conclusively shown that in Japan permament hw bumps only come from swanky redesigns with new pricepoint or mind numbing non-games that never stop selling?
No other sw seems to do the trick, regardless of platforms.
The standard was much lower than a permanent one but rather a temporary one week bump.
Moor-Angol
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Brawl eclypsed DMC4 excellent sales, if it was released as the original date, today all the people were talking about DMC4 results...
smart move, Nintendo...
smart move, Nintendo...
SSBB is a non-gamer's game. No need for overreaction.Neomoto said:800k. Not bad, not bad at all
And 95% sell-through is just awesome, the game deserves it's succes. And, maybe more importantly, a little hardware boost indicates that a whole fucking lot of hardcore gamers already had the system. I wonder what 3rd party's will use now as their excuse for failing. Ah who am I kidding, it'll just be only first party titles sell!
On the contrary, it makes perfect sense.jarrod said:
It strengthens my statement that most DMC fans already have a PS3.
DMC fans who already have a PS3 buys the game.
DMC fans who don't have a PS3 buys the PS3-DMC4 bundle and not the stand alone PS3 console.
Sales-wise, not as big as the other games I mentioned, but considering it was released quite late during the PS2 era, it sold very well, over 550k-600 per title, very consistent sales.xaosslug said:
When was it ever any different? I have said numerous times in these threads that Nomura/Kitase are the key for the PS3 in Japan. DMC4 done well yet people now bash because it's not the massive system seller that the franchise has never been in ANY region...jarrod said:
Seriously, some of you are so fixed on the hatorade that you need to get a clue.
CitizenCope
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gogogow said:
Wow pretty impressive that a new IP had the biggest opening day.
Or is that usually the case with franchises?
jarrod said:
The bundles could have sold without total sales increasing much (they did go up some). If someone is buying a PS3, why not get the version with a game? I bought my PS2 for Final Fantasy X in 2001, but picked up the GT3 bundle pack because it was a better value. I would have bought a PS2 that week regardless though. Bundled GT3 didn't cause me to buy the system. Maybe the same thing happened with the majority of the DMC4 bundles.
I expected something in the 55k region including bundles (I have no idea how many bundles they actually put on shelves though). No bump at all is just weird, but then these are Famitsu numbers, and when compared to last week's Famitsu numbers, there is actually a 24% increase. I still want to see how that (non-)bump looks from the MC-vs-MC perspective. In any case, it's good to see that DMC4 itself sold so well, both in the context of the franchise and the small userbase.Lightning said:
Kurosaki Ichigo
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RGG Kenzan bundle will be 10.000 units. I doubt DMC4 was much bigger. Probably just like Bladestorm and Gundam Musou. We do have Gundam Musou PS3 bundle sales (weekly):
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Having that said, PS3 doesn't 'need' bumps when its 1 or 2 big titles each year hit. It needs consistent sales week over week. (Of course big bumps would be gladly appreciated by PS3 but its shouldn't be the focus). Its quite more healthy to stay over 30k as much as it can than going to 150k when FFXIII releases and the rest of the year flirting with 10k.
Look at PSP, consistent sales over 50k since PSP Slim, doesn't matter if there are 0 new games that week or a few big names.
I'm not saying PS3 HW sales this week are good, but its certainly better for PS3 to stay over 30k for all January and February, than going to 10k, bump with DMC4 to 100k, then down again to 10k until the next big game arrives.
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379 (9399)
Having that said, PS3 doesn't 'need' bumps when its 1 or 2 big titles each year hit. It needs consistent sales week over week. (Of course big bumps would be gladly appreciated by PS3 but its shouldn't be the focus). Its quite more healthy to stay over 30k as much as it can than going to 150k when FFXIII releases and the rest of the year flirting with 10k.
Look at PSP, consistent sales over 50k since PSP Slim, doesn't matter if there are 0 new games that week or a few big names.
I'm not saying PS3 HW sales this week are good, but its certainly better for PS3 to stay over 30k for all January and February, than going to 10k, bump with DMC4 to 100k, then down again to 10k until the next big game arrives.
True... it's the same problem Nintendo had the past two generations, tentpole releases alone can drive sales enough, you really need the catalog filler to sustain momentum.Kurosaki Ichigo said:
It's impressive given the circumstances... I mean, DMC4's basically the first HD game *not* to dramatically fall from it's predecessor's sales, in fact it somehow gained on them. If this continues, then there might actually be some hope for HD games in Japan.sphinx said:
And really, it's 250k 1st week (PS3+360).
Phife Dawg
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Is this confirmed for a 2008 release? If not I'd highly doubt it'll appear this year - even if it was announced there'd be a good chance it'll get delayed.gogogow said:
DMC4 was one of the "You just wait for..." titles iirc. Dunno where people got the idea it'd be a big system seller but I guess they were desperate. That being said I think DMC4 had a really nice opening week.Lightning said:
Liabe Brave
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But PS3 hardware sales weren't constant, they went up about 25%. Given that Wii hardware increased about the same percentage in a week its best title sold 800k, I'd say there's nothing to be surprised by. The longer systems are on the market, the smaller the hardware bumps become even from strongly successful software. Only mainstream giants like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Wii [blank] are likely to impel otherwise.jarrod said:
The Hermit
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I entered this thread to see how smash sold and found this avatar:
Damn its too hypnotizing... O_O
Damn its too hypnotizing... O_O