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[Chumly]

Does anyone have the shipment data for Zak and Wiki? Im interested in how many Capcom shipped. Theres no copies in my area at all right now so im not expecting Japan to be much better.

 

[Mar]

Wait... Seaman is a real game? All this time people joking about it on GAF, I had no idea.

 

[marvelharvey]

no.1 spot with 33,000 sales? Quite a feat to drop so low. Interesting to see what Zack and Wiki will do next week, although to be honest, when next week's numbers are released, Galaxy will have been out for 2 hours, I doubt I'll be reading the internet at that time.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Even though it's #17, Crisis Core kinda died. it's at about 700k and under 10k a week. It'll need to maintain this if it's going to reach a million. I always figured it would, but now i'm really not so sure.

And the new tamagotchi game, i'm amazed at how badly it did compared to the first two. It'll just break 100k, when the first one broke a million and the second one cleared 800k. Or is this the 4th one? I know there was a random tamagotchi RPG thrown somewhere in there.

Wait... Seaman is a real game? All this time people joking about it on GAF, I had no idea.

You're kidding right? Leonard Nemoy is crying, now... Because of you.

 

[Soule]

can't wait to see some big numbers in the upcoming weeks

 

[Phife Dawg]

Slow, slow week. Good to see some Seaman 2 love though, really liked the first one. The novel collection boxart seems to feature that cat from the news channel, strange.

A 360 game in the top 10 but no Wii or PS3.

360 debuts of big games are usually quite high, they just drop like a rock after the first week. 360 userbase in Japan seems very hardcore, pretty much everyone who is interested buys the games in the first week (Blue Dragon being the big exception).

beautiful katamari did alright

You think so? Considering it'll leave the charts very soon (it won't be in next weeks Top10 for sure) I'd guess it'll make something like 50-60k LTD.

 

[test_account]

Is Beautiful Katamari planned on coming to PS3?

Nope, but i read that another Katamari is comming for it. Apparently Wii will also get a Katamari game.

 

[Lupin3]

The PS3 20GB dropped to 44,980 yen on Oct 17th. The PS3 60GB also dropped to 54,980 yen on Oct 17th.

ehm, yes?

 

[Brak]

Does anyone have the shipment data for Zak and Wiki? Im interested in how many Capcom shipped. Theres no copies in my area at all right now so im not expecting Japan to be much better.

We'll probably get shipment data with first day sales later this week.

 

[legend166]

This whole situation is quite strange.

It's like the entire market was like "You know what, I think we might take a couple of months off. See you in November!"

 

[Lobster]

Wii Sports at 12.

 

[Chumly]

We'll probably get shipment data with first day sales later this week.

Yea but sometimes we know how much they are planning to ship beforehand but it doesnt look like it for Zak and Wiki

 

[Jokeropia]

Despite slow numbers, DBZ has surprising legs. Have all the Budokai Tenkaichi games been this succesful in Japan?

The previous ones did better than this.

Yeah, just speaking in terms of software, it's fairly clear that hardware numbers aren't out yet.

This is the second week in a row without any new games released for Wii. It will change next week.

Last week Famitsu also said Wii rose in sales a few thousand units. When MC came out we find out that the Wii actually dropped in sales by a few hundred units. I lost most of my trust in Famitsu

Why not lose faith in Media Create? It's not like that's the 'real' data and Famitsu's/Enterbrain's is just guesses. They're simply two independent trackers.

 

[AniHawk]

Wow. These are pre-DS levels of sales. Like mid-2004 or 2003.

 

[Stop It]

Wow. These are pre-DS levels of sales. Like mid-2004 or 2003.

Indeed, is everyone in Japan asleep or something? truly pitiful sales this week, for all platforms.

On a lighter note, Seaman 2 wins! Great stuff, it's annoying though, because whenever I see the title I think of Sea-Man from South Park. :lol

 

[Frillen]

Wow. These are pre-DS levels of sales. Like mid-2004 or 2003.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it was this bad after the DS came out to. I remember there was a week when Jump! SuperStars entered the top 10 with 9k.

 

[Blue Geezer]

Wait... Seaman is a real game? All this time people joking about it on GAF, I had no idea.

i had the exact same thought when i opened this thread.

 

[ki/oon]

Don't think it's been posted, but according to Shinobi :

DS : 77K
PSP : 63K
Wii slightly up at 30K
PS3 slighlty up at 11K
X360 : 5K

 

[Pureauthor]

Even though it's #17, Crisis Core kinda died. it's at about 700k and under 10k a week. It'll need to maintain this if it's going to reach a million. I always figured it would, but now i'm really not so sure.

It was pretty much in the cards that it wouldn't break 1 million in Japan by the time we got the second week of FF7CC sales.

 

[jj984jj]

You know you're a low week when SEAMAN is #1....

True, but Seaman is #1!

 

[iidesuyo]

Don't think it's been posted, but according to Shinobi :

DS : 77K
PSP : 63K
Wii slightly up at 30K
PS3 slighlty up at 11K
X360 : 5K

PSP is doing strong once again... now those happy new owners should go out and give Castlevania some love

 

[justjohn]

so eye of judjement comes out this week. i'm very interested to see how it does.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

PSP is doing strong once again... now those happy new owners should go out and give Castlevania some love

This is JAPAN we are talking about.

Castlevania doesn't sell in Japan.

 

[arab]

sales are low to prepare for the galaxy

 

[Mr Killemgood]

Any reason everyone thinks Katamari will drop like a rock, despite the pricedrop, and hardware-moving software coming up for the X360?

I'm sure it'll drop out of the top-10 quickly, but over Christmas, it could get decent sales.

 

[Doc Evils]

Any reason everyone thinks Katamari will drop like a rock, despite the pricedrop, and hardware-moving software coming up for the X360?

I'm sure it'll drop out of the top-10 quickly, but over Christmas, it could get decent sales.

Because Lair outsold it on its debut?

 

[plagiarize]

Because Lair outsold it on its debut?

yes, but Lair is a crappy game that only a minority will like. exactly the sort of game that's going to drop like a rock. i don't see how you can make any claims about BK based on Lair.

halo 3 would have been a better thing to compare it to.

 

[Frillen]

Any reason everyone thinks Katamari will drop like a rock, despite the pricedrop, and hardware-moving software coming up for the X360?

I'm sure it'll drop out of the top-10 quickly, but over Christmas, it could get decent sales.

Look at Halo 3. It was first with 58k the week it came out, but what happened in its second week? It was out of the top 30. It happens to every single 360 title. Why? The userbase is to low.

 

[Pureauthor]

Also too hardcore - they all get the game 'Day One'.

 

[solid2snake]

Aw yea

SEGA's back on top, bitches

/GAF

 

[Haunted]

low low low numbers all around. Either it's the calm before the storm, or Nintendo has destroyed the industry quicker than anyone expected.

Spoiler

lol

 

[Xavien]

Pretty slow and boring week this week, only interested in hardware numbers to see if Wii sales have gone up following Famitsu's show of a rise.

Oh and, software numbers are a day late? recount or something?

 

[jarrod]

Yeah actually, a surprisingly high amount of people know of Seaman. The ads are pretty funny too, so this week's sales might be disappointing to Vivarium.

Shoulda been on Wii!

Seaman 1 did amazingly well on Dreamcast (like 600k+ iirc... better than heavyweights like Sonic Adventure, VF3tb or Sakura Taisen 3) and decent well on PS2 (can't remember exactly how much, but probably 300-400k). This is a really steep drop actually... maybe the change in "pet" turned people off?

 

[jj984jj]

Seaman 1 did amazingly well on Dreamcast (like 600k+ iirc... better than heavyweights like Sonic Adventure, VF3tb or Sakura Taisen 3) and decent well on PS2 (can't remember exactly how much, but probably 300-400k). This is a really steep drop actually... maybe the change in "pet" turned people off?

They should have called Caveman.

 

[Frillen]

Pretty slow and boring week this week, only interested in hardware numbers to see if Wii sales have gone up following Famitsu's show of a rise.

Oh and, software numbers are a day late? recount or something?

Software numbers came out exactly when it usually comes out.

 

[Xavien]

Software numbers came out exactly when it usually comes out.

really? cause i could have sworn they used to come out on a wednesday not a thursday and that hardware numbers came out on a thursday.

 

[BrodiemanTTR]

hay guys wut if galaxy bombs

 

[tanod]

really? cause i could have sworn they used to come out on a wednesday not a thursday and that hardware numbers came out on a thursday.

Wat? Time warp? Today is Thursday. Yesterday was Wednesday. :\

 

[Moor-Angol]

Look at Halo 3. It was first with 58k the week it came out, but what happened in its second week? It was out of the top 30. It happens to every single 360 title. Why? The userbase is to low.

Halo 3 appeared on Famitsu top30 on its second week

 

[Xeke]

really? cause i could have sworn they used to come out on a wednesday not a thursday and that hardware numbers came out on a thursday.

Have you been doing acid?

Yesterday was wednesday and they came out at the right time. Today is thursday and hardware numbers will come out.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

hay guys wut if galaxy bombs

Is this even possible? :lol

 

[Rolf NB]

What a disgusting week for games.

 

[ethelred]

What a disgusting week for games.

how so

 

[Xavien]

Have you been doing acid?

Yesterday was wednesday and they came out at the right time. Today is thursday and hardware numbers will come out.

Strange the OP is showing as being posted Today. Today is Thursday for me.

and no i don't do acid.

 

[Jiggy]

hay guys wut if galaxy bombs

New Super Mario Bros. 2 would happen that much faster, I suppose.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Wii Sports is rising back up again (Strangly, Wii Play isn't!) and Flash Focus just came back out of fucking nowhere!

Edit: Looks like Wii (and console gaming as a whole) may be making a comeback if those numbers are real

 

[BishopLamont]

Wii Sports is rising back up again (Strangly, Wii Play isn't!) and Flash Focus just came back out of fucking nowhere!

Edit: Looks like Wii (and console gaming as a whole) may be making a comeback if those numbers are real

Actually Wii Play rose 5 spots and Flash Focus has been selling around 15k consistently, so no surprise there.

 

[davepoobond]

shitty sales everywhere. my eyes!

 

[Culex]

hay guys wut if galaxy bombs

It's garunteed 500k first day sales, worst case scenario.

 

[Jcgamer60]

Extremely low software sales this week. Nothing interesting to talk about sadly...