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[viciouskillersquirrel]

Heh. The Wii just hit 4 million and the PSP just hit 7 million.

 

[Raw64life]

The DS should pass PS2 and Wii should pass Gamecube by the end of the year.

And 360 has now officially passed Xbox 1 according if you go strictly by Media Create numbers.

 

[Jiggy]

Hardware is up:



DSL 168,255
Wii 115,057
PS3 38,123
Xbox360 8,876

Even with Wii's enormous jump, DS still outsells all three current-gen home consoles combined. Good stuff. Good, good stuff.

 

[Nutter]

<500k! Come on DS, you can do it before the year is over!

With 3 more weeks left, I think the DS will do 1mill+.

 

[corez]

The DS should pass PS2 and Wii should pass Gamecube by the end of the year.

And 360 has now officially passed Xbox 1 according if you go strictly by Media Create numbers.

Thats when the Wii numbers should start declining, after all GCN owners grabbed one.

 

[Gaborn]

With 3 more weeks left, I think the DS will do 1mill+.

I think jj984jj was referring to the gap between the DS and the PS2, which is now less than 500k, and hoping (and I'd expect it to) that it will pass the PS2 LTD before the year is done.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Wow @ PSP. Making some very good percentage gains on the DS over the past couple months.

 

[donny2112]

Famitsu Nov 26-Dec 2

1. NDS Prof. Layton and the Devil's Box 307771 / NEW
2. WII Wii Fit 254009 / NEW
3. PS2 SD Gundam G Generation Spirits 231088 / NEW
4. NDS Dragon Quest IV 131901 / 733638
5. PS2 Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes 93513 / NEW
6. PS2 Winning Eleven 11: PES 2008 89395 / 394629
7. NDS Mario Party DS 67344 / 521005
8. WII Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 42418 / 109472
9. NDS Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters: World Championship 2008 38563 / NEW
10. WII Super Mario Galaxy 36354 / 451845
11. 360 Assassin's Creed 34054 / NEW
12. PS3 Winning Eleven 11: PES 2008 30856 / 175695
13. NDS Mega Man Star Force 2: Beserk x Shinobi/Dinosaur 28646 / 112390
14. WII Wii Sports 26718 / 2152373
15. WII Wii Play 25915 / 1707132
16. WII Naruto: Shippuuden Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX 2 20042 / NEW
17. PSP Disgaea Portable: Tsuushin Taisen Hajime Mashita 16517 / NEW
18. PS3 Shin Sangoku Musou 5 14575 / 295134
19. NDS My Housekeeping Diary 13552 / 309544
20. PS2 Pachitte Chonmage Tatsujin 13: Pachinko Hissatsu Shigotojin III 13372 / 55730
21. WII Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles 13092 / 146925
22. NDS Mario Kart DS 13020 / 2565728
23. NDS Dinosaur King - 7 Pieces 12306 / 65664
24. NDS Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village 12271 / 695586
25. NDS Yes! PreCure 5 11841 / NEW
26. NDS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Darkness/Time 11561 / 1076386
27. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 10852 / 1386758
28. NDS Wantame Music Channel: Doko Demo Style 10311 / 43866
29. NDS Kanji Brain 2 + Dictionary 10062 / 56762
30. NDS Observation Training 8878 / 675446

*. WII Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Double Pack) 8600 / NEW
*. PS2 Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Gensoukyoku 7800 / NEW
*. NDS Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja 2 6500 / NEW
*. WII Swing Golf Pangya 2nd Shot! 6500 / NEW
*. NDS IQ Training 2 6100 / NEW
*. 360 Guilty Gear 2 Overture 5300 / NEW
*. NDS Simple DS Series Vol. 27: The Misshitsu kara no Dasshutsu: The Suiri Bangai-hen 5200 / NEW
*. PS2 Another Century's Episode 2 (Special Vocal Version) 4900 / NEW
*. NDS Kabushiki Baibai Trainer Kabutore! Next 3400 / NEW
*. NDS Simple DS Series Vol. 23: The Puzzle Quest: Agaria no Kishi 2000 / NEW
*. PS3 Tony Hawk's Project 8 1800 / NEW
*. 360 Tony Hawk's Project 8 1100 / NEW


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Oct 29-Nov 4, 2007
Nov 5-11, 2007
Nov 12-18, 2007
Nov 19-25, 2007

 

[Stumpokapow]

The DS should pass PS2 and Wii should pass Gamecube by the end of the year.

By Famitsu numbers, both have already happened.

 

[Nutter]

I think jj984jj was referring to the gap between the DS and the PS2, which is now less than 500k, and hoping (and I'd expect it to) that it will pass the PS2 LTD before the year is done.

And i was refering to his gap, and saying that the DS should do another million before the year is up which will put it way ahead of the PS2

 

[Gaborn]

And i was refering to his gap, and saying that the DS should do another million before the year is up which will put it way ahead of the PS2

That seems... a little high in Japan. Still, if any system can do it it'd be the DS.

 

[reilo]

Hey JJ, how can I access top 10 software sales on your website for each platform LTD?

 

[Jasoncheng]

last year 12/4~12/10

Hardware
DSL 309,630
Wii 85,439
PS3 50,171
Xbox360 35,343
PS2 30,460
PSP 28,930
GBASP 1,896
GBM 1,555
GC 569
DS 167
GBA 17
Xbox 6

 

[schuelma]

Expectations for first day sales tomorrow? NiGHTS? GT5 Prologue? Chocobo?

 

[Sharp]

Expectations for first day sales tomorrow? NiGHTS? GT5 Prologue? Chocobo?

20k, 80k, 35k. Don't hold me to that.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Expectations for first day sales tomorrow? NiGHTS? GT5 Prologue? Chocobo?

first day?

20k
50k
70k

 

[Zerodoppler]

Expectations for first day sales tomorrow? NiGHTS? GT5 Prologue? Chocobo?

NiGHTS - 2k
GT5P - 100k
Chocobo - 35k

 

[Xisiqomelir]

I love you, NPD day MC thread.

 

[Y2Kev]

I've heard nights already has some second hand copies floating around.

 

[schuelma]

first day?

20k
50k
70k

Also We Love Golf if you can (my prediction..20K/40K)

Myself..I think NiGHTS will do better than that- maybe 45K first day, 65K first week

Chocobo..no idea- maybe 65K/115K

GT5 Prologue...100K/150K

 

[evilromero]

The GameCube is seeing some healthy growth.

 

[jj984jj]

I've heard nights already has some second hand copies floating around.

 

[donny2112]

As requested last week, click on the graph for a larger image. Hopefully it helps, some.

Edit: Yeah! I fixed it.

 

[schuelma]

Thanks donny..so this week is the Wii's highest week since last holiday?

 

[donny2112]

Thanks donny..so this week is the Wii's highest week since last holiday?

It's the biggest since January 1-7, 2007. DQ:Swords week got to 110K.

 

[Ydahs]

First Day Predictions
NiGHTS - 15k
GT5 - 75k
We Love Golf - 25k
Chocobo - 30k

First Week Predictions
NiGHTS - 40k
GT5 - 125k
We Love Golf - 50k
Chocobo - 60k

 

[icecream]

360 Guilty Gear 2 Overture 5300 / NEW

That's disappointing. I had hoped it would at least get ~8K.

 

[Link]

How did the first NiGHTS sell in Japan?

 

[thestopsign]

First Day
NiGHTS - 15k
GT5 - 75k
We Love Golf - 25k
Chocobo - 30k

First Week
NiGHTS - 40k
GT5 - 125k
We Love Golf - 50k
Chocobo - 60k

Fucking be careful with what you post. Say "Predictions" or something like that.

Also, nothing really surprising or amazing with the hardware figures. The one thing I find odd is that Wario Ware: Smooth Moves is still up high. I'm betting it ends around 700k LTD.

 

[Chumly]

Expectations for first day sales tomorrow? NiGHTS? GT5 Prologue? Chocobo?

NIGHTS - 20K
GT5 PRO - 100K
Chocobo - 60K
WE Love Gold - 20k

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

How did the first NiGHTS sell in Japan?

~395k

 

[ethelred]

Wouldn't it be pretty fucking hilarious if Chocobo's Mysterious Dudgeon 3 became the new best selling next-gen RPG?

 

[reilo]

Wouldn't it be pretty fucking hilarious if Chocobo's Mysterious Dudgeon 3 became the new best selling next-gen RPG?

If hilarity is a synonym for sadness, then yes.

 

[donny2112]

~395k

209K first week according to the Points-derived data.

 

[wsippel]

Wouldn't it be pretty fucking hilarious if Chocobo's Mysterious Dudgeon 3 became the new best selling next-gen RPG?

The first two were million sellers, no? But that was about a decade ago, and Fables bombed, if I remember correctly. We'll see...

 

[apujanata]

So Wii is back and DS reigns as the beastly king once again.

PS3 goes back to regular sales, which is a bad sign since we're a couple of weeks away from holidays - wait, do game sales go up in Japan in December?

Compare Dec Week 2 (03-09), 2007 :

NDS	PSP	GBA	PS3	Wii	XBOX 360	PS2	GC
 168,267 	 91,481 	 114 	 38,123 	 115,057 	 8,876 	 11,987 	 46

and Dec Week 2 (04-10), 2006 :

NDS	PSP	GBA	PS3	Wii	XBOX 360	PS2	GC	XBOX
 309,797 	 28,930 	 3,468 	 50,171 	 85,439 	 35,343 	 30,460 	 569 	 6

PSP is doing much better this year (because of the new model ?), while X360 was doing much better last year (since Blue Dragon was released on Dec 7, 2006)

 

[tanod]

Do we get first day numbers tomorrow or do we have to wait until next week?

 

[Souldriver]

I can't believe how the PSP got such a big sales rise in it's third year. Remarkable.

 

[Bishman]

What is the LTD for RE: UC aka Biohazard: UC?

 

[ethelred]

If hilarity is a synonym for sadness, then yes.

Weelllllll, in all seriousness, it should rank #3 at the very least. I really don't think it'll beat Dragon Quest Swords, so the only question is if it'll also top Blue Dragon's 200k. I'd be pretty shocked if it didn't surge past the rest of the underperforming field -- Lost Odyssey, Oblivion, Enchanted Arms, Eternal Sonata, Folklore, Phantasy Star Universe, Wings of the Goddess and the rest aren't offering much in the way of competition.

If it makes you feel any better, it shouldn't lead to a substantive increase in support from Square Enix!

Unrelatedly, I'm a bit disappointed about the DS's impending conquest of the PS2's lifetime sales. Software-wise, the system clearly hasn't earned that, though I can console myself with the whole "one household = one console, many handhelds" rationalization.

 

[reilo]

Weelllllll, in all seriousness, it should rank #3 at the very least. I really don't think it'll beat Dragon Quest Swords, so the only question is if it'll also top Blue Dragon's 200k. I'd be pretty shocked if it didn't surge past the rest of the underperforming field -- Lost Odyssey, Oblivion, Enchanted Arms, Eternal Sonata, Folklore, Phantasy Star Universe, Wings of the Goddess and the rest aren't offering much in the way of competition.

If it makes you feel any better, it shouldn't lead to a substantive increase in support from Square Enix!

Unrelatedly, I'm a bit disappointed about the DS's impending conquest of the PS2's lifetime sales. Software-wise, the system clearly hasn't earned that, though I can console myself with the whole "one household = one console, many handhelds" rationalization.

This has been a disappointing year for jRPGs, hasn't it?

 

[jj984jj]

This has been a disappointing year for jRPGs, hasn't it?

Yes, next gen console RPGs sales-wise.

 

[John Harker]

argh, my heart is broken

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Wii comparisons/PS3 comparisons: What should I do here? Since I already did the comparisons with the early leaked Famitsu numbers yesterday, this would be a bit superfluous. I suppose if I did a Famitsu-to-Famitsu-to-Famitsu comparison I could drop the old Famitsu ones and only do MC-to-MC comparisons here.

DS vs PSP: Weekly shares of 64.8 / 35.2, bringing total shares to 74.3 / 25.7. If DS stopped selling and PSP continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 146.1 weeks (September 27, 2010).

PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares of 24.9 / 75.1, the first week Wii has tripled PS3 since mid-August. This brings total shares to 26.5 / 73.5. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 68.0 weeks (March 30, 2009).

PSP vs Wii: At this week's rates, Wii catches up to PSP in 128.2 weeks (May 25, 2010).

PS2 vs DS: At this week's rates, DS catches up to PS2 in 2.6 weeks (December 27, 2007) at ~20.9 million units apiece.

At week 49, total hardware sales for the year passed 14 million. Not done last year, or presumably ever before.



Famitsu Software Pie data, week of 2007-11-26

DS: 43.7
PS2: 24.7
Wii: 22.3
PS3: 3.2
PSP: 3.1
X360: 2.7
Other: 0.2

Wii Fit isn't enough for Wii to take second place from PS2 this week. However, it does make another off the rare weeks where home console software outsold portable software.

That seems... a little high in Japan. Still, if any system can do it it'd be the DS.

Last year DS either did 1.3 or 1.5 million in December depending on whether you look at a 4 or 5 week December. Of course, it's recently been way down this year from last year.

Hey JJ, how can I access top 10 software sales on your website for each platform LTD?

http://joshuajamesslone.name/testsoftware.php?platform=
and fill in GCN/Wii/GBA/DS/PS2/PS3/PSP/Xbox/X360 for the platform. Currently has Famitsu data through the week of November 19-25. Due to a combination of my connection acting shitty tonight and other priorities, I won't be putting the latest Famitsu software data into my database tonight. Tomorrow maybe.

The GameCube is seeing some healthy growth.

Don't forget the GBASP. It dectupled from last week!

The first two were million sellers, no?

First one, yes. Second one, no.

 

[reilo]

http://joshuajamesslone.name/testsoftware.php?platform=
and fill in GCN/Wii/GBA/DS/PS2/PS3/PSP/Xbox/X360 for the platform. Currently has Famitsu data through the week of November 19-25. Due to a combination of my connection acting shitty tonight and other priorities, I won't be putting the latest Famitsu software data into my database tonight. Tomorrow maybe.

Thanks, but your link was wrong! Had to go through your folder structure to find it.

http://joshuajamesslone.name/gamecharting/testsoftware.php?platform=

 

[king zell]

DQ IV one million shipped in Japan

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1212503_1124.html

 

[starship]

DQ IV one million shipped in Japan

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1212503_1124.html

So there's no shortage?

 

[PantherLotus]

 

[djtiesto]

This has been a disappointing year for jRPGs, hasn't it?

Sure, if you care about sales... but to those who actually play the games it's been a rather great year, Blue Dragon in particular was a favorite of mine (maybe the best RPG I've played since DQ8?), Persona 3 got some great reviews although I haven't played it, Etrian Odyssey on the DS, etc.

 

[jj984jj]

DQ IV one million shipped in Japan

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1212503_1124.html

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