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[ethelred]

300k for the first week isnt half bad

Yeah... it's about 4/5ths of the way to bad.

Better luck next time, guys!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

updates during Golden Week from anyone was so unexpected

 

[wonderfuldays]

According to sinobi:

this week sales data:

FFXII RW : around 300 000
Panel de Pon: around 30 000
Phoenir wright 4: 40 000
Maro vs donkey kong 2: 30 000


DS lite exceeds 200 000

WTF?
It means RW make more PS2 users go buy DS?

 

[Parl]

Maybe Nintendo just shipped more. Must've been an important week or something.

 

[Clever Pun]

Just to put things into some perspective, FFIII sold 500,000 in its first week, and just barely reached 1,000,000. 500-600k lifetime seems pretty reasonable for FFXII:RW

 

[Parl]

This week: PS3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything else

Spoiler

In how much GAF cares for the numbers

 

[polluar]

Maybe Nintendo just shipped more. Must've been an important week or something.

yep that's it they increased their shippements (according to sinobi)

 

[Hcoregamer00]

According to sinobi:

this week sales data:

FFXII RW : around 300 000
Panel de Pon: around 30 000
Phoenir wright 4: 40 000
Maro vs donkey kong 2: 30 000


DS lite exceeds 200 000

Seems like Ace Attorney 4 didn't sell through its initial shipment like I expected.

 

[Bo130]

Any other numbers yet?

 

[Gamecocks625]

Will we get Sinobi first day sales/leaks during Golden Week?

What is Golden Week?

 

[Pureauthor]

Seems like Ace Attorney 4 didn't sell through its initial shipment like I expected.

The day's still young.

Believe.

 

[farnham]

Yeah... it's about 4/5ths of the way to bad.

Better luck next time, guys!

what...? :lol :lol :lol

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

According to sinobi:

this week sales data:

FFXII RW : around 300 000
Panel de Pon: around 30 000
Phoenir wright 4: 40 000
Maro vs donkey kong 2: 30 000


DS lite exceeds 200 000

200k for the DS Lite means only that stocks are still low.

 

[farnham]

Layton over 500k

YAY!

 

[dkeane]

What is Golden Week?

It's a week that Nintendo makes insane profits. So it's like most weeks but multiplied.

also...
Many Japanese take paid time off on the intervening work days, but some companies also close down completely and give their employees time off. Golden week is the longest vacation period of the year for many Japanese jobs. Two other holidays may also be observed for most or all of a week: Oshōgatsu in January and Obon in August. Golden Week is an extremely popular time to travel. Flights, trains, and hotels are often fully booked despite significantly higher rates at this time. Popular foreign destinations in Asia, Guam, Saipan, Hawaii, and major cities in the U.S. west coast such as Los Angeles, Seattle, and San Francisco), as well as in Europe, are affected during these seasons by large numbers of Japanese tourists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_(Japan)

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

What is Golden Week?

Wikipedia

 

[Parl]

100,000 per week is was insane for a gaming console. 200,000 in a week (unless with new big software) is impossible. Don't believe.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Ace Attorney 4 has done pretty well, though. I doubt anyone at Capcom is terribly upset. FFXIIRW did alright for a game that not many are too thrilled with. I mean hey, it topped LanceStern's line in one week.

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

100,000 per week is was insane for a gaming console. 200,000 in a week (unless with new big software) is impossible. Don't believe.

200k is low for the DS. Period.

 

[Parl]

200k is low for the DS. Period.

I wouldn't go that far. I imagine that if Nintendo continuously shipped 200,000 per week and adjusted for the holidays by shipping much much more, they'd balance the demand backlog out within several months and will no longer be selling out.

It'd still be selling with insane numbers, however. Likely with a higher amount sold per week on average than we've seen before.

 

[bananabread]

Any anecdotal reports of increased Wii supply? We've all been assuming they've been preparing a Golden Week bombshell for months.

 

[Magicpaint]

Ace Attorney 4 has done pretty well, though. I doubt anyone at Capcom is terribly upset. FFXIIRW did alright for a game that not many are too thrilled with. I mean hey, it topped LanceStern's line in one week.

You stole my line!

But yeah, that's rather good for RW, but thankfully it hasn't eclipsed FFIII or DQM:J like I feared it would.

200k is low for the DS. Period.

Are you kidding me?

 

[Taurus]

100,000 per week is was insane for a gaming console. 200,000 in a week (unless with new big software) is impossible. Don't believe.

Propably sold out, so there's a reason why only 200k.

 

[Error]

200k is low now?

I remember MC threads back when I was a junior member and the best selling system at that time barely did more than 70k

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

200k is low now?

I remember MC threads back when I was a junior member and the best selling system at that time barely did more than 70k

I remember that era very well. That's why I have said "for the DS".

 

[Taurus]

200k is low now?

I remember MC threads back when I was a junior member and the best selling system at that time barely did more than 70k

There are few things you are missing here.

Non-game systems and fads are targeted for bigger audiences, so basically their audience is about 6 billions.

Real gaming systems etc are targeted for hardcore, which is a lot more smaller audience, let's say about 50 millions.

So yes, 200k is very low for a non-gaming system and less than 100k is actually catastrophic for a fad. Anything over 10k is good for a hardcore targeted system.

Stop being reasonable and think it like GAF does.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Are you kidding me?

I think he means in relation to this being Golden Week.

 

[speedpop]

A shame we'll probably never see those 400-500K numbers again for the DS.

Sigh.

Two weeks of MC-thread beauty.

 

[Eteric Rice]

DS numbers fell?

Everyone check your obituaries, how many old people died?

 

[Hcoregamer00]

The day's still young.

Believe.

Yeah, but if the reports are true they are only 60,000 away from selling the first shipment.

 

[Pureauthor]

Yeah, but if the reports are true they are only 60,000 away from selling the first shipment.

I hear many people felt disappointed with the game. Specifically,

Spoiler

the disproportionate role Phoenix played in it

.

Still, it shouldn't affect sales too much. And Capcom probably isn't anything but glad at these numbers.

 

[Magicpaint]

I think he means in relation to this being Golden Week.

Did people expect the number to be three time as much as a normal week? This is a decent bump from what the DS has been pushing for most of 2007 already and we all know the system is supply constrained in Japan, so what numbers were people expecting?

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Did people expect the number to be three time as much as a normal week? This is a decent bump from what the DS has been pushing for most of 2007 already and we all know the system is supply constrained in Japan, so what numbers were people expecting?

Well that's the thing; I think people really overestimate the power of "Golden Week". The thinking is if the DS can sell 120k in a week, it will sell 3 times as many, regardless of shipment numbers.

Could it happen? Almost assuredly, if the stock is there. There were a lot of people speculating that Nintendo was saving units for this week specifically too. It's a number of extenuating factors.

I personally expected about 180k. But i'm notorious for supremely lowballing numbers anyway.

 

[apotema]

I hear many people felt disappointed with the game. Specifically,

Spoiler

the disproportionate role Phoenix played in it

.

Still, it shouldn't affect sales too much. And Capcom probably isn't anything but glad at these numbers.

Quick Capcom, shift focus to PSP

 

[farnham]

last week 150k of Super paper mario (wowzah)
40k of big brain age
one piece sold out (50k first shipment)

Wii sold about 75k

 

[Evlar]

Dateline: May 2, 2007

DS Sells Out, GAF Panics.
Up Next: Sun Sets, Vatican Declares "The End Is Nigh".

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Quick Capcom, shift focus to PSP

What does the PSP have to do with Gyakuten Saiban?

 

[Grecco]

Quick Capcom, shift focus to PSP

Joke Post?

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

last week 150k of Super paper mario (wowzah)
40k of big brain age
one piece sold out (50k first shipment)

Wii sold about 75k

WOW at Super Paper Mario. Big Brain Academy has had a low start, but it is recovering. Expected for a "Brain game". Wii shortages on the other hand still persist and I doubt that in the short/medium term something will change.

 

[Magicpaint]

Well that's the thing; I think people really overestimate the power of "Golden Week".

That might be it. I can't remember the last time Golden Week provided hardware sales boost on par with the end of the year holiday period, so maybe that's why the numbers don't seem low to me, they're higher than last week's by around 30k.

 

[Oblivion]

No new SPM numbers?

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

No new SPM numbers?

If SPM = Super Paper Mario => SPM (Golden Week) = 150k;
else: 0.

 

[ksamedi]

If SPM = Super Paper Mario => SPM (Golden Week) = 150k;
else: 0.

count = 0;
While (SPM == Super Paper Mario && count < 150 000)
{
count ++;
}
:lol

 

[Smiles and Cries]

last week 150k of Super paper mario (wowzah)
40k of big brain age
one piece sold out (50k first shipment)

Wii sold about 75k

Guess they had no confidence on the damn game or have a larger second shipment in mind for this week's holiday week

 

[DarkMehm]

last week 150k of Super paper mario (wowzah)
40k of big brain age
one piece sold out (50k first shipment)

Wii sold about 75k

SPM is 75k (50% of last sales), not 150k.

 

[Kafel]

If SPM = Super Paper Mario => SPM (Golden Week) = 150k;
else: 0.

No, it is last week figures.

 

[chibcicylist]

WOW at Super Paper Mario. Big Brain Academy has had a low start, but it is recovering. Expected for a "Brain game". Wii shortages on the other hand still persist and I doubt that in the short/medium term something will change.

Actually, there is a marked increase in Wii shipments if that 75k figure holds out. Remember the Wii shipment cycle of 70k-50k-70k-50k or 70k-70k-50k-50k? The past three weeks, the Wii hasn't dipped below 70k. We might be seeing a pattern of 50k more units each month.

 

[Evlar]

No, it is last week figures.

One Piece sold out last week? That's amazing, it wasn't out yet.

 

[Magicpaint]

One Piece sold out last week? That's amazing, it wasn't out yet.

He was talking about the SPM numbers.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

It's like a Heracles myth. We love his strength when he has a task to do, but when he has no way to channel his rage-a-hol, he ends up killing his wife.

That's the answer to our problems, Nintendo must be purified of their miasma from murdering Sony. Hopefully Nintendo's punishment will be to make an online Advance Wars game.

Really, the murder of his family was Hera's fault, not his own.