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Media Create Sales 10/29 - 11/4 2007
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
ksamedi said:
and that was for DS.
and the follow up to an actually relevant title, Zelda: Twilight Princess is Link's Crossbow Training.
RiskyChris
Banned
Lightning said:
I'm just going to cherry pick one of your posts from this thread.
Your bias is sickening. In the NPD bomba thread, you said you are glad it's gone and now we can talk more about games, but here you are ignoring anything but sales numbers.
Hmm?
Mario fans I'm sure will be just fine when they pop in Mario Galaxy.
Dragona Akehi said:
I'm just using bold "key" to makes easier to me to find my post in the page. But i couldn't find anything specific about using or not bold "key" in this board here: http://www.neogaf.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=37
Dragona Akehi
Retired
e-gamer said:
It's basic internet etiquette.
If you desperately require a method to find your post, use CTRL+F.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
One of the essential rules of thumb at GAF is this, e-gamer:e-gamer said:
The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
Cheesemeister
Member
To put things in perspective, here are some first-week numbers for Wii titles thus far. Galaxy far outperformed Super Paper Mario, for one...
What are your predictions for Wii Fit first week numbers?
Media Create said:
What are your predictions for Wii Fit first week numbers?
RiskyChris
Banned
Cheesemeister said:
Whatever the Wii userbase is times 2.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
I predict 325k.
Cheesemeister
Member
RiskyChris said:
As of 10/28, it was 3,707,910.
RiskyChris
Banned
Cheesemeister said:
Let's go with 8 million.
(No, I really expect, supply willing, to see something like 300k).
Cheesemeister
Member
Tristam said:
Games in Japan are released on Thursdays, and Media Create counts until Sundays. So, four days.
It should be noted, however, that Wii Fit will be released on Saturday, December 1st. MC will count two days for its first week.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Wii Fit's going to be huge worldwide, but I caution everyone to temper their predictions somewhat; big chunky peripherals and Japan are rarely happy bedfellows.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Like I said in the last sales thread, if MS is smart, then they would be throwing money at Namco to get exclusivity dibs on future Ace Combat games, and probably a little on the side to get a 360 version of that upcoming Namco game with the number 6 in the title... ahem... 
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
Weights as much as a 40GB PS3! I don't know if Wii Fit will be more dependent on supply or retailers space to stock it...Segata Sanshiro said:
Btw, Musou 5 (and Ratchet) launches on Sunday so don't expect first day numbers for it.
Well, expect them next week when Famitsu and MC numbers for the week arrive, since they will only count 1 day of sales for them.
charlequin
Banned
Frillen said:
For people hoping for legs on SMG, keep in mind that it had a better day one than Mario Party 8, but a worse week one. (Also, this is a place where JJS' hypothetical magical numbers hut would be great to check some things -- like how well the day1:week1 ratio correlates to legs in general.)
Re: Wii Fit, I guess 326k so I can beat Segata in the closest-without-going-over.
Phife Dawg
Member
OK, thx for the info or speculation. It's really strange that they would cripple the potential userbase when the series has been on a downward slope. But nothing seems impossible nowadays with business decisions.Pristine_Condition said:
This could very well be true but if it manages to sell to a good portion of new Wii users it could still manage to sell well. I think it'll top 1M LTD but it'll never reach WiiSport numbers.davepoobond said:
It did better than WiiSports - 3M seller confirmed!Cheesemeister said:
Predicting WiiFit first week sales is kind of hard. For one it's a casual game so not a huge mass of people will buy it the first week (at least if it follows the usual trend). The interest of the genral public could be huge though because Nintendo will likely push this thing hard. Then again it involves a big peripheral and a juicy price-tag.
Hmmm I just go out on a limb and say 300k.
Hang on a minute, Nintendo releases their flagship 2007 title, which has been lauded as the best 3D Mario game, and it is outsold on it's first week by Mario Party 8.....
Mario fucking Party 8 Japan, what the fucking fuck were you collectively thinking? If SMG doesn't have uber legs over there and ends up easily outselling MP8 by the end of the year, I will personally go to Japan to end your pathetic existences, first you let Zack & Wiki (Treasure Island Z or whatever its called there) Bomb, and now this? you're on notice Japan.
*storms off in a huff*
Mario fucking Party 8 Japan, what the fucking fuck were you collectively thinking? If SMG doesn't have uber legs over there and ends up easily outselling MP8 by the end of the year, I will personally go to Japan to end your pathetic existences, first you let Zack & Wiki (Treasure Island Z or whatever its called there) Bomb, and now this? you're on notice Japan.
*storms off in a huff*
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
mepaco said:
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
We know, we won't get first day sales for it. It is released on a Saturday (12/1) rather than a Thrusday, so that week we will get first day for other titles like Layton 2. In the end, we will see Wii Fit in the weekly chart but only 2 days of sales will be on it (still 1 more than Musou 5 though).taconinja said:
Great Rumbler
Member
Cheesemeister said:
I think the most important number from that list is Twilight Princess. It started at about 140k and ended up at about 500-550k. If SMG's legs are the same as TP's, and I don't see any reason why theywouldn't be LONGER, then SMG's is looking to break at least a million.
A Black Falcon
Member
Great Rumbler said:
Still, if it were a DS game it'd have sold four times what it did, minimum.
How many NPD threads have you seen me post in or defend? Not many. I happen to care about PS3 Japan and EU sale figures a lot more though, hence I post in those threads.RiskyChris said:
I also hardly ever enter into threads if it's not a PS3/PSP game. Nothing wrong with that, I am a PS3/PSP fan... I hardly ever post negative against the Wii despite the Wii fans lovely desire to put the PS3 down every chance.
People aren't allowed to change their view? I am also picking up other 360 ports.... given the state of the PS3 I don't have much option other then to only play Sony games......Nolan. said:
And you can nitpik and find contadictions for practically every user if you want to be that much of an asshole.
Great Rumbler
Member
A Black Falcon said:
How many systems can you count where the games have sold as well as DS games have in the past two years? And you're wrong anyway, because most of the huge DS games started out really slow, about 200-400k or less on their first week. They just have insanely long legs.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Why now and not in 2002 when Mario Party 4 beat Super Mario Sunshine?Stop It said:
Though actually, that situation could give you hope. SMS released in July. Mario Party 8 released in November, sold less the first week, but thanks to legs and holiday proximity ended up ahead in the end.
That would be good. If anyone else wants to search back through past MC threads or the Sinobi archives to get us a vat of first-day sales to consider, that would be a Good Thing, but I've got other stuff on my plate at the moment.charlequin said:
A Black Falcon
Member
Great Rumbler said:
I was thinking of NSMB and its 899,000 first week... but yes, nothing sells like DS games these days in Japan, that much is certainly true. SMG sold worse its first week by percentage of console owners that bought the game than NSMB did in its first week, as I think a post in this thread showed.
Great Rumbler
Member
A Black Falcon said:
If anything, NSMB and Pokemon are the exceptions. Even so, NSMB is STILL selling, so it's not like it had an enormous opening week and then fell off after that. The same thing could happen with SMG, but at this point nobody really knows.
Cheesemeister said:
Wii Fit first week numbers- 180k. Wii Sports and Wii Play weren't first week heavy hitter eithers.
Hmm going by your chart there. Games that start off around 140-150k usually end up near the 500K mark.
Super Mario Galaxy will have heaps long legs. People are forgetting that the holidays are coming up and Super Mario Galaxy will sell more in the holidays then it did in its first month.
Lightning said:
Wait you need to calm yourself. Does it hurt you that much seriously.? I pointed that out as a bit of a poke in collaboration with what the other guy posted, then you're going on about assholery and nit picking. If you can't handle someone making a joke out of something you've said then seriously shut up. Or better yet have a better idea about what you're talking about. I'm by no means claiming to know so much that I don't need to change my opinions (quite the contrary), though i'm open to people pointing stuff out from my posts I usually learn from it.
What I personally find most interesting about the SMG numbers is that Nintendo is finding most of its success with its so-called "hardcore" titles outside of Japan. SMG may not sell like NSMB in Japan, but I expect it to sell very well in North America and Europe.
Japan's tastes have undoubtably changed. But Nintendo, as the seeming creator of this change, has positioned itself pretty well to meet the needs of consumers in all markets.
Japan's tastes have undoubtably changed. But Nintendo, as the seeming creator of this change, has positioned itself pretty well to meet the needs of consumers in all markets.