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[Segata Sanshiro]

Jeez M&S is a machine. Can't believe how its sales are going after selling a meager 15k on the first day.

 

[jgwhiteus]

Wow, Nintendomination.

Yeah, DSL outsold PSP+PS3+PS2+360...but that's nothing new.

 

[Dascu]

1. Mario Party DS　208000(1441000)
2. Wii Sports　127000(2592000)
3. Wii Play　103000(2093000)
4. Wii Fit　94000(912000)
5. Final Fantasy IV　80000(527000)
6. Mario & Sonic　74000(438000)
7. Dragon Quest IV　70000(1123000)
8. Mario Kart DS　68000(2764000)
9. No More Heroes　68000(1122000)
10. Super Mario Galaxy　62000(810000)

Great legs!

Spoiler

 

[Jokeropia]

good lord.

That was my reaction as well. :lol

Japan sure loves Mario and Wii.

 

[schuelma]

Wow, RE:UC looking very good.

Galaxy starting to taper off a bit.

 

[ksamedi]

This is wrong on so many levels. More like they ran away from PSP's crappy software sales.

It really isn't wrong. The same happened to the DS where almost no third party game was selling because of crappy games. Now that the userbase has grown developers feel confident to put some quality teams behind the DS. The same must happen to the PSP as well but I guess it will be much harder to think up an interesting PSP game without it being a big budget title.

 

[Lobster]

Famitsu 12/31 - 1/6

DSL 312000
Wii 243000
PSP 189000
PS3 70000
PS2 35000
360 13000

1. Mario Party DS　208000(1441000)
2. Wii Sports　127000(2592000)
3. Wii Play　103000(2093000)
4. Wii Fit　94000(912000)
5. Final Fantasy IV　80000(527000)
6. Mario & Sonic　74000(438000)
7. Dragon Quest IV　70000(1123000)
8. Mario Kart DS　68000(2764000)
9. Mario Party 8　68000(1122000)
10. Super Mario Galaxy　62000(810000)

11. Layton 2　59000(674000)
12. Rune Factory 2　56000 (NEW)
13. Star Ocean First Departure　46000(161000)
14. Pokemon MD2　46000(1302000)
15. SRT OG Gaiden　43000(242000)
16. New Super Marios Bros　43000(5038000)
17. Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10　42000(200000)
18. Monster Hunter Portable 2　42000(1532000)
19. Winning Eleven PS2　37000(582000)
20. ....
21. Animal Crossing　29000(4542000)
22. Layton 1　26000(792000)
23. ....
24. Taiko Drum Master DS　24000(303000)
25. More Brain Training　24000(4807000)
26. Flash Focus Vision Training　23000(752000)
27. IE Institute's Kanji Training 2　23000(134000)
28. Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (The Best!)　23000(88000)
29. Resident Evil UC　21000(234000)
30. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue　21000(179000)

Holy shit go UC!

Mario Galaxy mini-bump :\

 

[Stumpokapow]

With Mario & Sonic's sales this week, it knocks off MinGol5 as the 10th best selling next-gen game. The top ten next-gen games are now the top-ten Wii games.

In order:
1. Wii Sports (Wii)
2. Wii Play (Wii)
3. MP8 (Wii)
4. Wii Fit (Wii)
5. Galaxy (Wii)
6. Zelda (Wii)
7. WarioWare (Wii)
8. Super Paper Mario (Wii)
9. DQS (Wii)
10. Mario and Sonic (Wii)

11. MinGol 5 (PS3)
12. Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii)
13. Gundam Musou (PS3)
14. DW6 PS3 (PS3)
15. RE:UC (Wii)
16. Big Brain Academy Wii (Wii)
17. PES 2008 (PS3)
18. Blue Dragon (X360)
19. DBZ: BT2 (Wii)
20. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Wii)

Below this point the data starts getting kind of murky to the point that without a top500 yearly chart we won't be able to stratify properly past here, but I'm reasonably certain that the top 20 list is dead on minus a few potential order switches from 15th-20th place.

 

[Lobster]

With Mario & Sonic's sales this week, it knocks off MinGol5 as the 10th best selling next-gen game. The top ten next-gen games are now the top-ten Wii games.

In order:
1. Wii Sports
2. Wii Play
3. MP8
4. Wii Fit
5. Galaxy
6. Zelda
7. WarioWare
8. Super Paper Mario
9. DQS
10. Mario and Sonic

11. MinGol 5
12. Pokemon Battle Revolution
13. Gundam Musou
14. DW6 PS3
15. RE:UC
16. Big Brain Academy Wii
17. PES 2008
18. Blue Dragon
19. DBZ: BT2 Wii
20. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Mario and Sonic should surpass DQS next week aswell.

 

[Grecco]

I get the feeling we will see a real Resident Evil game announced for the Wii by May of this year.

 

[Vinnk]

I'm so happy for Layton. It's sales are both great and fully deserved.

So, anything you guys want me to look for tomorrow?

 

[jarrod]

And funny how Mario Kart DS invaded the Top 10 again selling nearly 70k units. :lol

MKDS is on track to become the best selling racer ever... it's going to unseat GT3 even.


REUC is doing pretty amazingly to considering it's circumstances. DQ Swords, REUC... too bad Musou Katana didn't quite make it. :lol

 

[Stumpokapow]

Also, including the DS and the PSP, the top 10 looks like this:

1. Pokemon DP (DS)
2. NSMB (DS)
3. BT2 (DS)
4. Animal Crossing: WW (DS)
5. BT (DS)
6. MKDS (DS)
7. Wii Sports (Wii)
8. Wii Play (Wii)
9. English Training (DS)
10. Nintendogs (DS)

Also, we can now be entirely positive that the DS has more million sellers than the PS2. The DS has 18 confirmed tracked million sellers (combining Pokemon DP and Pokemon MD2. If you split those, you're down to 17 million sellers), and two games above 975k that have shipped a million and almost certainly broken 1mln off charts. The PS2 has 17 million sellers.

 

[jarrod]

It really isn't wrong. The same happened to the DS where almost no third party game was selling because of crappy games. Now that the userbase has grown developers feel confident to put some quality teams behind the DS. The same must happen to the PSP as well but I guess it will be much harder to think up an interesting PSP game without it being a big budget title.

Uh, 3rd parties started out delivering their best on PSP... I mean all the super biggies have already hit or been announced (MGS, FF, KH, RR, Silent Hill, Tekken, Musou, Monster Hunter, etc), what else do you want?

 

[Lobster]

I get the feeling we will see a real Resident Evil game announced for the Wii by May of this year.

We better..

 

[Zerodoppler]

I get the feeling we will see a real Resident Evil game announced for the Wii by May of this year.

Yep, Capcom would be fools if they didn't put out a RE: Survivor compilation after the UC sales.

 

[ksamedi]

Uh, 3rd parties started out delivering their best on PSP... I mean all the super biggies have already hit or been announced (MGS, FF, KH, RR, Silent Hill, Tekken, Musou, Monster Hunter, etc), what else do you want?

They did well no? Its not that I think the PSP is a monster in software sales but I do think that big budget games like these do have a market on the PSP. The DS just has more creative titles that can also sell well (and a much bigger userbase). With the PSP selling so well recently I think Japanese publishers will continue to give some big title support even if the software sales are crappy at the moment.

 

[jarrod]

Yep, Capcom would be fools if they didn't put out a RE: Survivor compilation after the UC sales.

Yeah, because not killing a hungry new fanbase would be totally foolish.

I wouldn't rule out a RE4-2 or something, but Survivor Collection's likely NEVER happening.

 

[jarrod]

They did well no? Its not that I think the PSP is a monster in software sales but I do think that big budget games like these do have a market on the PSP. The DS just has more creative titles that can also sell well (and a much bigger userbase). With the PSP selling so well recently I think Japanese publishers will continue to give some big title support even if the software sales are crappy at the moment.

PSP's problem is that even big bidget games tend to cost near what they would to make on PS2, and sell about half what they would on PS2. Obviously there's some exceptions, but really, unless a developer has some interest in specifically pushing PSP as a platform, there's almost no incentive to do a ground up PSP game.

I think people are overestimating the slim's 2nd wind here...

 

[Grecco]

They did well no? Its not that I think the PSP is a monster in software sales but I do think that big budget games like these do have a market on the PSP. The DS just has more creative titles that can also sell well (and a much bigger userbase). With the PSP selling so well recently I think Japanese publishers will continue to give some big title support even if the software sales are crappy at the moment.

These games would sell well anywhere. They will cost maybe less and sell more on other consoles to boot.

 

[ksamedi]

PSP's problem is that even big bidget games tend to cost near what they would to make on PS2, and sell about half what they would on PS2. Obviously there's some exceptions, but really, unless a developer has some interest in specifically pushing PSP as a platform, there's almost no incentive to do a ground up PSP game.

I think people are overestimating the slim's 2nd wind here...

Its still good buisness to have titles on both DS and PSP even if you support the DS more. There is profit to be made on both platforms. I think its time for a lot of Japanese publishers to expand there operations and hire new people. You got the Wii, PSP, DS and PS3/360 combo to think about this generation, all could prove to be profitable with the right titles. The main support should go to Wii and DS ofcourse but there should be quality teams for the rest as well if they want to maximize profits.

 

[Stumpokapow]

These games would sell well anywhere. They will cost maybe less and sell more on other consoles to boot.

That's not necessarily true. I genuinely believe that certain titles (notably the big three; the two MHP games and FF7:CC) are honestly best positioned on the PSP and really would not have sold more copies anywhere else.

 

[DefectiveReject]

i know not to heed too much to Famitsu numbers, but still looks good.
Japans' rejection of next gen continues.

 

[Stumpokapow]

i know not to heed too much to Famitsu numbers, but still looks good. Japans' rejection of next gen continues.

Famitsu numbers are as valid or more valid than Media-Create numbers... and both are substantially more representative of Japan than NPD numbers are in the US.

 

[Moor-Angol]

So, anything you guys want me to look for tomorrow?

Check the situation for DMC4 and Smash Bros Brawl regarding shop advertising and sell estimates

 

[fresquito]

That's not necessarily true. I genuinely believe that certain titles (notably the big three; the two MHP games and FF7:CC) are honestly best positioned on the PSP and really would not have sold more copies anywhere else.

Well, PSP has some factors inherent to itself. One of them is that there's virtually no competition when a big game launches, as opposed to other systems. For istance, that's one of the reason why Shymponia is the best Tales sales-wise, because there was no other game to go for at the moment it was released.

 

[ksamedi]

vinnk, could you check the Wii supply situation again, I want to see if it sold out.

 

[Loudninja]

DSL 312000
Wii 243000
PSP 189000
PS3 70000
PS2 35000
360 1300

Ps3 went back up again , i wonder why?

 

[cvxfreak]

GREAT !!!! RE:UC > RE4 GC !!!!!!!!!11

At this point it'll surpass the REmake too.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Ps3 went back up again , i wonder why?

Otoshidama

 

[ksamedi]

Looks like the PS3 will dip below 10k again after DMC.

 

[Scum]

Yeah, because not killing a hungry new fanbase would be totally foolish.

I wouldn't rule out a RE4-2 or something, but Survivor Collection's likely NEVER happening.

Perhaps a remake of RE2... Make it happen, CapGod!

 

[Loudninja]

Looks like the PS3 will dip below 10k again after DMC.

What are you talking about?

 

[DefectiveReject]

Ps3 went back up again , i wonder why?

Because its usually the biggest selling week in the Japanese calendar...... hence everything going up, not just PS3?!?!?!?!

And Famitsu numbers are usually off from Media Create

 

[ksamedi]

What are you talking about?

They really had a bad December.

 

[Stumpokapow]

What are you talking about?

It may well drop substantially after DMC4. I highly doubt that 10k will happen again, but <20k per week would not at all surprise me.

And Famitsu numbers are usually off from Media Create

That's not true and even if it were, Famitsu is not any less reliable than Media Create and it would be wrong to assume that in the event of a difference, Media Create is closer to the absolutely correct figure.

 

[Loudninja]

Because its usually the biggest selling week in the Japanese calendar...... hence everything going up, not just PS3?!?!?!?!

And Famitsu numbers are usually off from Media Create

Yeah also

28. Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (The Best!)&#12288;23000&#65288;88000&#65289;

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It may well drop substantially after DMC4. I highly doubt that 10k will happen again, but <20k per week would not at all surprise me.

It could but people being saying that after every game.

 

[Frillen]

I can't f***ing believe Mario Kart is in the top 10! Ubelievable!

 

[swerve]

DMC4 has heavy in-store presence, with dedicated monitors showing trailers (with cardboard display-borders of Nero and Dante), and very big stand-up 'plinths'. No idea about demand or pre-orders, which reminds me I should go put one down...

Smash Brothers has high billing on the Wii video reel that runs on Wii stations, but isn't being pushed much around here because all pre-orders have been stopped due to demand. Sofmap (one of the biggest chains) doesn't have any more pre-orders and the indie stores stopped a few weeks back.

 

[jarrod]

That's not necessarily true. I genuinely believe that certain titles (notably the big three; the two MHP games and FF7:CC) are honestly best positioned on the PSP and really would not have sold more copies anywhere else.

I dunno... I bet Crisis Core would've done notably better on PS2.

 

[John Harker]

Great legs!

Spoiler

NICE!

You were suppose to PM me when sales reached that mark

 

[Grecco]

That's not necessarily true. I genuinely believe that certain titles (notably the big three; the two MHP games and FF7:CC) are honestly best positioned on the PSP and really would not have sold more copies anywhere else.

I agree with MH but not FF7, a prequel to the most popular FF would have sold well anywhere.

 

[plagiarize]

At this point it'll surpass the REmake too.

obligatory joining in the celebrations post.

come on Capcom, give us more and we'll buy it.

 

[Frillen]

What are you talking about?

Numbers are going to dip BIG TIME this week, which you will see in next week's set of numbers.

 

[Vinnk]

Check the situation for DMC4 and Smash Bros Brawl regarding shop advertising and sell estimates

Sure. If there is anything noteworthy I'll try to snap a picture.

vinnk, could you check the Wii supply situation again, I want to see if it sold out.

Sure. I don't think it sold out, but with those numbers I could be wrong.

 

[DefectiveReject]

Yeah also



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It could but people being saying that after every game.

Or it could just be the biggest week of sales in the entire year and everything goes up...

 

[Vinnk]

DMC4 has heavy in-store presence, with dedicated monitors showing trailers (with cardboard display-borders of Nero and Dante), and very big stand-up 'plinths'. No idea about demand or pre-orders, which reminds me I should go put one down...

Smash Brothers has high billing on the Wii video reel that runs on Wii stations, but isn't being pushed much around here because all pre-orders have been stopped due to demand. Sofmap (one of the biggest chains) doesn't have any more pre-orders and the indie stores stopped a few weeks back.

Yeah, as of last week there was almost no in-store advertising. I'd like to say I found that surprising but with Nintendo nothing surprises me anymore.

 

[SovanJedi]

NICE!

You were suppose to PM me when sales reached that mark

And someone will when it reaches that high, don't worry.

 

[Bo130]

Wow, amazing NSMB. Does anyone have a complete list of games that has passed 5M in Japan? Super Mario Bros.? Super Mario Bros. 3?

 

[norinrad21]

Jeez M&S is a machine. Can't believe how its sales are going after selling a meager 15k on the first day.

It's amazing. who would have thought Sega would make such a comeback