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Media Create Sales 11/26 - 12/2 2007

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schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
Kyoufu said:
GT5 Prologue is number 1 in terms of software on Amazon chart.

What are the predictions for first week sales?
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Seems like a real wildcard considering we don't really know how many will download it as opposed to buying a physical copy. 150k? I really have no idea.
 
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the thoroughbred

Member
Moor-Angol said:
SMG is still raising on amazon.jp chart, honestly i never saw a game which gained positions after positions (it was around #30-35 some week ago, now it's around #18-20) one month and a half since its release...
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It can't have been out for 6 weeks (1.5 months), Isn't it on its 4/5th week tomorrow.
 
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the thoroughbred

Member
cvxfreak said:
If people care for anecdotal evidence (and from what I gather, people at least care to read it), then I can say that this couple at Ginza Bic Camera had a kid holding the SMG case. Then the kid put it back and the parents took MP8 instead (they had Wii Sports and Wii Play in their hands already).

T'was a sad moment. :(
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I was at Tesco (dunno if you have them), in North London, England. It was a huge kinda like a Walmart. This couple, had a baby, so they must be buying the game for a kid who wasn't there. They wanted a Mario game, the man was like "uhhh, wot we need, right,... is super mario. That's the one" there was a chart and he pointed to Mario Party 8. Then he realized there was a "Super Paper Mario", he goes, "uhh there it is, that's the one, its actually super paper mario". He didn't notice that SMG was number 5 or 6, while MP8 was 20, and SPM was 13 or so. Luckily they didn't have any stock left of SMG. And I don't think the couple were planning to buy it at that moment. So they went of after a while. But I almost felt like telling them, "don't buy SPM, you would never understand it, and your little kid probably would never play a mario game again." I still feel, they are going to buy some trash, over what they really want.

While I don't mind them buying a good RPG like SPM, I don't think they knew exactly what they were getting into.

I think at this time of the year large stores should employ someone who can help give advice on sales and on presents. Like you can do in a game store or clothes shop. Or in a restaurant you have a waiter.
 
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nli10

Member
the thoroughbred said:
I think at this time of the year large stores should employ someone who can help give advice on sales and on presents. Like you can do in a game store or clothes shop. Or in a restaurant you have a waiter.
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People who buy games from supermarkets deserve to get cheap crap games if they don't know what they are buying.

Thats like buying pokemon branded sweets from a games shop and expecting them to not taste like sugar coated crap.

We have specialist retailers for a reason, but I agree that it's Nintendo's own fault for having every game with either Mario or Training in the title.
 
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The Innocent X

Banned
schuelma said:
Seems like a real wildcard considering we don't really know how many will download it as opposed to buying a physical copy. 150k? I really have no idea.
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I thought I saw 250K shipment numbers somewhere.
 
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Frillen

Member
Innotech said:
I was just pointing it out, since people seem to be using amazon.jp as a guage of sales.
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People are only using Amazon if it puts their console in a good light. If it doesn't, then the site is suddenly unreliable.
 
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Jokeropia

Member
justjohn said:
is wiifit that expensive or has the price been jacked up on amazon?
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Price is jacked up like hell right now. (Since Amazon has run out of stock and are selling through a third party site.) MSRP is 8800 yen.
the thoroughbred said:
It can't have been out for 6 weeks (1.5 months), Isn't it on its 4/5th week tomorrow.
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It released November 1. That's almost 1.5 months ago today. (The Media-Create report is obviously one week behind, but the Amazon chart updates every few hours.)
 
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Vinnk

Member
I wasn't going to make GT5P expectations really high, but Sony has put out a really brilliant ad for it. In the ad a family is considering getting a high-def TV and the day can't believe what he is seeing on the screen is a game, he thinks it's real TV.

THAT is going to show the differance between the PS3 and the Wii. I guees the jury is still out on if people actually care or not, but I was impressed. Sony ads are usually vague and odd. This one was clear and focused.

No idea how much airtime this is getting though. I'm guessing less than WiiFit which seems to air constantly.
 
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zeroshiki

Member
Vinnk said:
I wasn't going to make GT5P expectations really high, but Sony has put out a really brilliant ad for it. In the ad a family is considering getting a high-def TV and the day can't believe what he is seeing on the screen is a game, he thinks it's real TV.

THAT is going to show the differance between the PS3 and the Wii. I guees the jury is still out on if people actually care or not, but I was impressed. Sony ads are usually vague and odd. This one was clear and focused.

No idea how much airtime this is getting though. I'm guessing less than WiiFit which seems to air constantly.
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I only saw the commercial of the real car transitioning into the game.

The one you saw sounds much more awesome.
 
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Segata Sanshiro

Member
Frillen said:
People are only using Amazon if it puts their console in a good light. If it doesn't, then the site is suddenly unreliable.
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Of course, there are also those like myself who consistently call Amazon a lousy indicator.

And actually, in spwolf's defence, he knows the score about Amazon and will call it what it is even if it's being used to prop up Sony and the PS3.
 
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Lobster

Banned
schuelma said:
It's what we call in the biz a "spin off"
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Which comes after ToS..most retarded use of the word spin off ever imo. Namco will be hitting themselves when it doesn't sell because they're calling it a spin off.
 
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ethelred

Member
Lobster said:
Which comes after ToS..most retarded use of the word spin off ever imo. Namco will be hitting themselves when it doesn't sell because they're calling it a spin off.
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They're calling it a spinoff because it is a spinoff. It is not Tales of Symphonia 2 and Wii fanboys should stop deluding themselves that it is.
 
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Phife Dawg

Member
Segata Sanshiro said:
Of course, there are also those like myself who consistently call Amazon a lousy indicator.

And actually, in spwolf's defence, he knows the score about Amazon and will call it what it is even if it's being used to prop up Sony and the PS3.
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I remember him using Amazon.de as an indicator of PS3 sales in Germany. Might have been some other batshit insane poster but somehow I have this Homer image in my mind.

That was back in the days when he first posted though.

Yoboman said:
Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoNANK5EWNU

Basically the daughter says "we should buy this with our Bravia" and the dad thinks she means the car and she has to explain it's a game. It's cute, I still don't think it's as sleek as the other GT5 ad
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Good idea but the awful acting kind of ruins it.
 
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Fuu

Formerly Alaluef (not Aladuf)
ethelred said:
It's not called that and that's not what it is. Stop using that name.
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ethelred said:
They're calling it a spinoff because it is a spinoff. It is not Tales of Symphonia 2 and Wii fanboys should stop deluding themselves that it is.
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I only knew the game by its name and didn't really know it was a spin-off, thanks for the clarification. This actually got me more interested in it than if it was a sequel.
 
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BishopLamont

Banned
donny2112 said:
Very soon.

Famitsu Top 10 Dec 3-9

1. WII Wii Fit
2. NDS Tales of Innocence
3. NDS Layton 2
4. PSP Minna no Golf Portable 2
5. NDS Mario Party DS
6. 360 Lost Odyssey
7. PS2 SD Gundam G-Generation Spirits
8. WII Super Mario Galaxy
9. NDS Power Pro Pocket 10
10. PS2 WE11: PES 2008

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1212447_1124.html
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SMG climbing! Hurrah! Oh and ToI looks like it's probably sold out of it's initial 150k shipment.

Is the Famitsu page pay only? I'm getting a 403 forbidden.
 
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