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Media Create Sales 11/19 - 11/25 2007
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Pai Pai Master said:
I never said it was weak. It's just you'd think the Playstation brand name coupled with a price drop would at least beat the Wii for a good while.
If Nintendo would've dropped the price, and released a big game like Sony did, Sony would've gotten crushed.
CitizenCope
Member
Those are good PS3 numbers even if they are 2nd place numbers.
Is it a big shopping week in Japan like the US? Surprised by the jump up with ALL the "next gen" consoles.
Is it a big shopping week in Japan like the US? Surprised by the jump up with ALL the "next gen" consoles.
AceBandage
Banned
schuelma said:
Probably a combination of recent and upcoming titles, plus holidays.
Satter said:
Ummm, what?
isnt famitsu steadily higher for the ps3 and 360 and lower for the wii in comparison to MC? Where it is always lower for the 360 and PS3 and higher for the Wii? Is there any reason for this? Do people just choose to use what numbers suit their argument better? I remember the graph from last week showing MC vs Famitsu numbers, and the LTD discrepency is getting bigger
Cheesemeister
Member
At this rate, the DS passes the PS2 LTD on January 10th.
AceBandage
Banned
gcubed said:
I always thought MC was more reliable, which is why the topic was always about them, and not Famitsu.
jasonbay said:
There really isn't all that much besides GT5 Prologue. Time Crisis 4 seems to be the only other notable release until January.
That's one of the reasons I expect Wii to still handily beat PS3 this holiday in Japan- a lot better lineup.
Another question- Is there a particular reason companies are releasing a ton of big Wii titles on the 13th? NiGHTS, Chocobo, We Love Golf, all on the 13th. Seems like they would space things out a bit. Or is that week the real holiday kick off?
Cheesemeister
Member
Fuzzy said:
Yeah, we're really only days/weeks away.
Elfforkusu
Member
Japan only likes non-games and same-old RPGs confirmed?
slaughterking
Member
And isn't GTP5 a PSN only game? :Ijasonbay said:
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Wii comparisons, ONE FULL YEAR sortof EDITION: At 52 weeks, Wii is where GCN was at 222.4 weeks (December 13, 2005), where GBA was at 39.5 weeks (December 19, 2001), where DS was at 52.5 weeks (November 30, 2005), where PS2 was at 61.3 weeks (May 1, 2001), and where PSP was at 88.7 weeks (August 18, 2006).
PS3 comparisons: At 55 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 7.8 weeks (April 21, 2000), where PSP was at 25.8 weeks (June 3, 2005), where GCN was at 40.4 weeks (June 18, 2002), and where Wii was at 9.2 weeks (January 29, 2007).
As you can see, PS3's recent decent weeks have seen it chewing through GCN's poor mid-2002 weeks in that particular comparison.
DS vs PSP: Weekly shares of 60.9 / 39.1, the most DS-heavy since before Crisis Core. This brings the total shares to 74.5 / 25.5. If DS stopped selling and PSP continuedat this week's rate, it would catch up in 176.5 weeks (April 14, 2011).
PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares of 48.2 / 51.8. That's even slightly closer than last week, though tilted in the opposite direction. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 49.0 weeks (November 3, 2008).
PS2 vs DS: At this week's rates, DS catches up to PS2 in 6.7 weeks (January 10, 2008) at ~20.9 million units apiece.
At week 47, Nintendo's yearly hardware sales passed 9 million. Last year this happened on week 51.
At week 47, Sony's yearly hardware sales passed 4 million. Last year this happened on week... well, actually it didn't happen last year.
At week 47, Microsoft's yearly hardware sales passed 200 thousand. This is a new record, beating out the one set last year.
PS3 comparisons: At 55 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 7.8 weeks (April 21, 2000), where PSP was at 25.8 weeks (June 3, 2005), where GCN was at 40.4 weeks (June 18, 2002), and where Wii was at 9.2 weeks (January 29, 2007).
As you can see, PS3's recent decent weeks have seen it chewing through GCN's poor mid-2002 weeks in that particular comparison.
DS vs PSP: Weekly shares of 60.9 / 39.1, the most DS-heavy since before Crisis Core. This brings the total shares to 74.5 / 25.5. If DS stopped selling and PSP continuedat this week's rate, it would catch up in 176.5 weeks (April 14, 2011).
PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares of 48.2 / 51.8. That's even slightly closer than last week, though tilted in the opposite direction. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 49.0 weeks (November 3, 2008).
PS2 vs DS: At this week's rates, DS catches up to PS2 in 6.7 weeks (January 10, 2008) at ~20.9 million units apiece.
At week 47, Nintendo's yearly hardware sales passed 9 million. Last year this happened on week 51.
At week 47, Sony's yearly hardware sales passed 4 million. Last year this happened on week... well, actually it didn't happen last year.
At week 47, Microsoft's yearly hardware sales passed 200 thousand. This is a new record, beating out the one set last year.
Sort of. Through 52 weeks (Media Create), Wii's userbase is about 74% greater than PSP's. If we were to multiply PSP's software to compensate, its #1 game (Hot Shots) would become 630K, placing it above Twilight Princess and below Mario Party 8. Its #2 game (Dynasty Warriors) would be 400K, putting it below Twilight Princess, WarioWare, Dragon Quest Swords, Super Paper Mario, and Super Mario Galaxy. Compensating for the hardware does make it more of a mixed comparison.PantherLotus said:
I'd guess the first. Pretty much everything is up.schuelma said:
Past 2001, I think the only time GCN ever beat 50K was December/early January. Actually, looking a bit closer it didn't even beat 40K outside of those times. It never had anything like this recent PS3 bump.schuelma said:
ComputerNerd
Banned
The streams crossed again?
And what the hell is up with Media Create and Famitsu? They're both on crack.
And what the hell is up with Media Create and Famitsu? They're both on crack.
the thoroughbred
Member
You know, I would really love for SMG to be the saving grace of quality gaming in Japan. Whatever that means. But I have this feeling it will fizzle out at 500k. Just like Zelda. The only reason it has had little drop of, is because it is the weeks leading up to new year, take that upward trend out of the equation and your left with a game that would be around 15k-25k this week. And within 5 weeks out of the top50. Not that anything below 3rd actually matters in sales.
Regarding the sudden drop in Wii sales? I don't know. What the hell happened there. It was all rosy then all of a sudden it starts going down hill. Maybe they are shifting stock elsewhere, but people have confirmed there was enough stock, right?
I really wanted Zelda to be the swan song of a game, and it was in game, but didn't really translate into sales. Even ww sales at this point are under 5million, which is good, but nothing like OoT sales. And Nintendo seem to be more popular than ever right now.
Remember GB's were never advertised and they sold so many. DS advertisement is mad these days, so is Wii, but it seems very holiday season-ish sales. And the audience will never appreciate the like of Zelda and Metroid. A cousin of mine recently gave back MP3:corruption. He didn't like it. And he is a casual that plays MoH and stuff like that. I tried to tell him he has done a big mistake, and needs to persevere a little longer and should fall in love with it. But with no knowledge of its history or who made it, he just randomly picked it up. What can one expect.
Regarding the sudden drop in Wii sales? I don't know. What the hell happened there. It was all rosy then all of a sudden it starts going down hill. Maybe they are shifting stock elsewhere, but people have confirmed there was enough stock, right?
I really wanted Zelda to be the swan song of a game, and it was in game, but didn't really translate into sales. Even ww sales at this point are under 5million, which is good, but nothing like OoT sales. And Nintendo seem to be more popular than ever right now.
Remember GB's were never advertised and they sold so many. DS advertisement is mad these days, so is Wii, but it seems very holiday season-ish sales. And the audience will never appreciate the like of Zelda and Metroid. A cousin of mine recently gave back MP3:corruption. He didn't like it. And he is a casual that plays MoH and stuff like that. I tried to tell him he has done a big mistake, and needs to persevere a little longer and should fall in love with it. But with no knowledge of its history or who made it, he just randomly picked it up. What can one expect.
VultureDude
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what explains the 360 bump? people finally realizing the 360 has a pretty decent library?