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[Moor-Angol]

Any word about first shipment or retailer demand numbers for SSBB yet?

 

[donny2112]

Famitsu is having a two-hour radio show to celebrate publishing their 1000th issue on February 1st. It looks like they'll be giving away free consoles. You can sign up here.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1213136_1124.html

This might be interesting for the Japanese residents on the boards, if they didn't already know about it.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Famitsu numbers

DSL　91000
PSP　65000
PS2　13000
PS3　32000
Wii　76000
360　4400

1.Wii Fit　108000（1114000）
2.Mario & Sonic DS　91000
3.Mario Party DS　38000（1531000）
4.Wii Sports 　31000（2664000）
5.Wii Play　19000（2139000）
6.Monster Hunter Portable 2　18000（1569000）
7.Layton 2　17000（714000）
8.Mario & Sonic Wii　17000（474000）
9.Mario Galaxy　17000（844000）
10.Mario Party 8　15000（1154000）

Other new titles
13.School Days　11000
...Drift Nights PS2　3900
...Sonic Riders　3700
...Trauma Center 2　3100
...Drift Nights 360　1400
...From the Abyss　1200

Other titles
11.Mario Kart　14000（2796000）
12.Final Fantasy IV　11000（559000）
14.Dragon Quest IV　10000（1150000）
15.Layton 1　10000（813000）
16.New Super Mario Bros　10000（5061000）
17.Animal Crossing　10000（4564000）
18.Winning Eleven 2008 PS2　9600（605000）
20.Rune Factory 2　8800（83000）
21.Minna no Golf Portable 2　8000（202000）
23.Call Of Duty 4 PS3　7800（58000）
24.Star Ocean First Departure　7700（183000）
25.Pawapoke10　7700（215000）
26.Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (The Best!)　7500（103000）
27.More Brain Training　7200（4823000）
29.Household Diary　6600（403000）
30.Literature Collection　6600（182000）

 

[cvxfreak]

Great start for Mario & Sonic DS, and great legs for the other Mario games on the chart.

 

[Pureauthor]

Half of the top ten has Mario.

Nice legs, layton.

Bye bye, FFIV.

 

[creamsugar]

11.Mario Kart DS　14000（2796000）
12.FF4　11000（559000）
14.DQ4　10000（1150000）
15.Layton 1　10000（813000）
16.New SMB　10000（5061000）
17.ACWW　10000（4564000）
18.WEPS2　9600（605000）
20.Rune Factor 2　8800（83000）
21.Golf PSP2　8000（202000）
23.COD4PS3　7800（58000）
24.SO1　7700（183000）
25.Power Pocket 10　7700（215000）
26.龍2　7500（103000）
27.Brain Age 2　7200（4823000）
29.家計　6600（403000）
30.文学　6600（182000）

 

[speedpop]

LAAYYYYTTTOONNN!!!!!

Only a few more weeks till we get to play it in English.

 

[kay]

Mario is whored out like no other, forget Final Fantasy. There has been a countless amount of games featuring him lately.

 

[Magicpaint]

Galaxy!

Bye bye, FFIV.

And thus, Bye bye FFV and VI DS. Not that I'm complaining there. Enough with the remakes already.

 

[cvxfreak]

Yeah, it's safe to say FFIV will end up considerably lower than FFIII.

I have this feeling it'll do much better than FFIII in the U.S. and Europe, though.

 

[Parl]

All within my expectation except for a bigger drop for PSP than I expected. I'm interested to see how it does in the following weeks.

I'm also interested as to how DS will do in the following weeks to get a good idea of how it will do in 2008 with/without a price drop/new model.

I think PS3/360/PSP may see a bit more dropping before sales stabilise.

 

[gkryhewy]

And thus, Bye bye FFV and VI DS.

:lol :lol

Come on.

 

[Dascu]

Galaxy!


And thus, Bye bye FFV and VI DS. Not that I'm complaining there. Enough with the remakes already.

No no no no no no no. I will cry if FFV doesn't see a remake.

 

[jj984jj]

Oh look spwolf, the streams have crossed! Wii > PSP.

 

[Kenka]

DSL　91000


1.Wii Fit　108000（1114000）

Wha- ?

 

[Pureauthor]

Oh look spwolf, the streams have crossed! Wii > PSP.

Silence your tongue, stupid member! You know nothing! A mere statistical happenschance!

 

[Magicpaint]

:lol :lol

Come on.

I know. I'm just angry the game isn't selling well, it's a very well done remake. And I blame the FF fatigue effect. So in that sense, I don't want a FFV/VI DS.

 

[Culex]

I fully expected the Wii to nosedive under 50k during January. It seems to be holding off that note for now.

 

[Diablos54]

And thus, Bye bye FFV and VI DS. Not that I'm complaining there. Enough with the remakes already.

Hey, it's better than most of the crap Square put out these days...

 

[Psychotext]

DS / Wii / Wii Fit. Monsters.

 

[jesusraz]

FFIV's holding on quite well, I thought. If it can keep a decent pace during this slower sales period, it could make it to ~750,000 eventually. Rune Factory 2 took a big hit this week, though, sadly.

29.家計　6600（403000）
30.文学　6600（182000）

What are these? I'm guessing 'My Housekeeping Diary' for No.29, but not sure about No.30...

 

[slaughterking]

7.Layton 2　17000(714000)
15.Layton 1　10000(813000)

Layton 1 selling more than half of what Layton 2 is doing. <:

 

[Pureauthor]

What are these? I'm guessing 'My Housekeeping Diary' for No.29, but not sure about No.30...

Some sort of language thing.

Edit: Apparently it's literature. :/

 

[norinrad21]

Galaxy is back

PS3 is kind of dead in Japan isn't it?

 

[TTP]

Galaxy is back

PS3 is kind of dead in Japan isn't it?

I recall u were a nice poster. What happened to you?

 

[Defuser]

Galaxy is back

PS3 is kind of dead in Japan isn't it?

Why are you asking the obvious,do you see any releases for the past few weeks?

 

[Pureauthor]

The long years of Gamecube failure slowly drove him crazy?

Why are you asking the obvious,do you see any releases for the past few weeks?

Do you ever have an avatar that doesn't feature whoever that girl is? :lol

 

[jesusraz]

Some sort of language thing.

Edit: Apparently it's literature. :/

It'll be Nintendo's Book Collection then, thanks

 

[schuelma]

PS3 is kind of dead in Japan isn't it?

Well, it's actually retaining hardware numbers better than I thought it would.

 

[SovanJedi]

Not that I would like to question such things (since I like Mario games and consider Galaxy to be the best game I played in years) but I wonder why Mario hasn't suffered the same fatigue that Final Fantasy has?

It could be the perceived quality value, but I imagine that for all its rehashing Final Fantasy still holds a strong perception of quality assurance, almost as well as Mario does... So could it be that despite the similarity of certain releases (i.e. the Mario Parties, Mario sports titles and Galaxy to Mario 64/Sunshine) they are at least perceived as new entries over a very wide spectrum of gaming genres, whereas Final Fantasy is focused mostly on porting and remaking previous entries in its almost entirely standard RPG-only back catalogue?

 

[Paracelsus]

Why are you asking the obvious,do you see any releases for the past few weeks?

It's not like people buy consoles only out of mere trust. Like, it happens for a short period, but now there's need of games.

 

[PuppetMaster]

Galaxy is back

PS3 is kind of dead in Japan isn't it?

30k a week is still 120k a month.

The PS3 was lucky to muster that much through much of 2007 in the USA.

120k+ in JP with no new games to speak of is impressive and exceeds expectations.

 

[Minsc]

Yet another week of Wii Fit sales > Wii hardware sales. Impressive, it's stayed above 100K a lot longer than I imagined.

 

[kay]

PS3 won't stabilize until the SKU issue is fixed, as you should know, the 20 and 60 units are gone and they still haven't packaged the DS3 in. There needs to be a definitive unit because right now it's just a mess. I wonder what is taking them so long, although I know they won't announce it too early because then everybody would just wait for it.

I was expecting the DMC4 package to have DS3 but it doesn't.. guess that means at least 2 more months or so without it bundled

 

[Pureauthor]

120k+ in JP with no new games to speak of is impressive and exceeds expectations.

120K in Japan per month is not impressive in any stretch of the term.

Why something sells bad doesn't change that it's selling bad.

 

[apujanata]

Famitsu numbers

DSL&#12288;91000
PSP&#12288;65000
PS2&#12288;13000
PS3&#12288;32000
Wii&#12288;76000
360&#12288;4400

1.Wii Fit&#12288;108000&#65288;1114000&#65289;
2.Mario & Sonic DS&#12288;91000
3.Mario Party DS&#12288;38000&#65288;1531000&#65289;
4.Wii Sports &#12288;31000&#65288;2664000&#65289;
5.Wii Play&#12288;19000&#65288;2139000&#65289;
6.Monster Hunter Portable 2&#12288;18000&#65288;1569000&#65289;
7.Layton 2&#12288;17000&#65288;714000&#65289;
8.Mario & Sonic Wii&#12288;17000&#65288;474000&#65289;
9.Mario Galaxy&#12288;17000&#65288;844000&#65289;
10.Mario Party 8&#12288;15000&#65288;1154000&#65289;

Other titles
11.Mario Kart&#12288;14000&#65288;2796000&#65289;
12.Final Fantasy IV&#12288;11000&#65288;559000&#65289;
14.Dragon Quest IV&#12288;10000&#65288;1150000&#65289;
15.Layton 1&#12288;10000&#65288;813000&#65289;
16.New Super Mario Bros&#12288;10000&#65288;5061000&#65289;
17.Animal Crossing&#12288;10000&#65288;4564000&#65289;
18.Winning Eleven 2008 PS2&#12288;9600&#65288;605000&#65289;
20.Rune Factory 2&#12288;8800&#65288;83000&#65289;
21.Minna no Golf Portable 2&#12288;8000&#65288;202000&#65289;
23.Call Of Duty 4 PS3&#12288;7800&#65288;58000&#65289;
24.Star Ocean First Departure&#12288;7700&#65288;183000&#65289;
25.Pawapoke10&#12288;7700&#65288;215000&#65289;
26.Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (The Best!)&#12288;7500&#65288;103000&#65289;
27.More Brain Training&#12288;7200&#65288;4823000&#65289;
29.Household Diary&#12288;6600&#65288;403000&#65289;
30.Literature Collection&#12288;6600&#65288;182000&#65289;

Nice Wii & PS3 sales. Hope this is the baseline for Feb & March week, or at most 20% to 30% drop from this week's figure.
Wii Fit to remain in Top 10 througout Year 2008 ?
No We love Golf (Wii) # ? Is this game advertised in Japan ? I was hoping that it can creep back (ala SMG).

 

[Magicpaint]

Hey, it's better than most of the crap Square put out these days...

Well yeah, but that's part of the problem. FFIV is a very well done remake, but this remake would probably have sold a lot better had there not been so many FF branded titles between FFIII and its release that likely diluted its impact.

Layton 1 selling more than half of what Layton 2 is doing. <:

I think given how close their releases were and the possibility that a lot of people would feel compelled to play the first game before or after jumping into the second works in the favour of the first game.

 

[schuelma]

120K in Japan per month is not impressive in any stretch of the term.

Why something sells bad doesn't change that it's selling bad.

I don't think its that horrible, if they can actually maintain that.

Far more worrying IMO is the total lack of PS3 software selling.

 

[ksamedi]

Amazing DSLite numbers. Even after surpassing the PS2 and without a price cut. Mariokart DS, New Super Mario Bros, More Brain Training, Animal Crossing still poping up in the charts. Amazing indeed.

Layton 1 selling more than half of what Layton 2 is doing.

Would be amazing if they both ended up as million sellers.

 

[botticus]

I think given how close their releases were and the possibility that a lot of people would feel compelled to play the first game before or after jumping into the second works in the favour of the first game.

Messing around with Joshua's charting, Layton 2 is a bit past the number Layton 1 reached before its resurrection. Lots of audience expansion going on, most likely.

 

[kay]

I don't think its that horrible, if they can actually maintain that.

Far more worrying IMO is the total lack of PS3 software selling.

Call of Duty 4 (of all games) appearing in the charts for a month isn't good? Most games don't have Wii <title> or Mario <title> or DS casual game legs you know.

 

[Magicpaint]

Messing around with Joshua's charting, Layton 2 is now at about the number Layton 1 reached before its resurrection. Lots of audience expansion going on, most likely.

Yeah, I agree.

 

[ksamedi]

Level 5 could become a big publisher if they keep releasing stuff like this. They somehow know what sells, would be wonderfull if they could become as big as Square Enix.

 

[schuelma]

Call of Duty 4 (of all games) appearing in the charts for a month isn't good? Most games don't have Wii <title> or Mario <title> or DS casual game legs you know.

Having one or two games chart in the top 30 is good?

 

[justjohn]

square needs to ease up on the final fantasies. seems like fatigue is setting in

 

[Dascu]

Level 5 could become a big publisher if they keep releasing stuff like this. They somehow know what sells, would be wonderfull if they could become as big as Square Enix.

Layton Chronicles XII: The Pandora Crystal
Layton versus Doctor
Layton 1 - Remix
Super Layton Tactics Advance

 

[Nocebo]

I don't think its that horrible, if they can actually maintain that.

Far more worrying IMO is the total lack of PS3 software selling.

Is it just me or is it, at first glance, starting to look like:
ps3 = psp?
wii = ds?

 

[Frillen]

What system is Power Pocket 10 for?

 

[Magicpaint]

What system is Power Pocket 10 for?

DS.

 

[ksamedi]

Is it just me or is it, at first glance, starting to look like:
ps3 = psp?
wii = ds?

Wii follows the same strategy as DS and PS3 follows the same strategy as PSP so yeah.