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Media Create Sales 5/14 - 5/20

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StevieP

Banned
Vinnk said:
Wow.. looks like I missed the "fun".

I would complain that the thread got totally derailed by Halo 3 talk but that would be hypocritical since I derailed it a few days ago myself.
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As junkwaffle proved, your derailment was fantastic news (and congrats to it!), but semantics about the Wii vs 360... I mean, really... the Wii's poised to take worldwide market leadership by the end of summer. Is it really worth arguing semantics about lineups and Halo and shit? :lol
 
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Scum

Junior Member
Vinnk said:
Wow.. looks like I missed the "fun".

I would complain that the thread got totally derailed by Halo 3 talk but that would be hypocritical since I derailed it a few days ago myself.
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I'll take your thread derailment anyday over whatever the hell is going on in here. 8'(
 
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schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
Vinnk-

First off, congrats- I'm going to be popping the question within the next few weeks myself.

Second, and this is probably more for next week, but I'm very interested in RE:4 Wii and any buzz surrounding it.
 
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Vinnk

Member
schuelma said:
Vinnk-

First off, congrats- I'm going to be popping the question within the next few weeks myself.

Second, and this is probably more for next week, but I'm very interested in RE:4 Wii and any buzz surrounding it.
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There is a fair amount of advertising (store flyers, posters, etc) for it. Not as much as for the original release, but way more than a re-release usually gets.
 
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donny2112

Member
nli10 said:
But it's all US data in a Jp based thread??!!
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Dragona told us a few weeks ago that we could discuss general sales topics in these threads. That way we don't have to devolve into discussing how many posts this thread is going to be.


Nice graph, Square2005! Did NPD really do official tracking of video game sales before 1995?
 
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Phife Dawg

Member
ethelred said:
Jimbo is a fascinating fellow. One minute he's telling us it's impossible to foresee the Wii overtaking the 360 in worldwide hardware sales, despite the trendlines indicating that this will happen in a span of months, because he just quite simply will not get sucked into a hypothetical. The next minute he's predicting that Wii games will never ever ever be more popular than the most popular 360 game.
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Yeah he gets called on it a lot but always fails to respond. He only likes his predicitions of the future, even if they are not based on actual trends.

Vinnk said:
Wow.. looks like I missed the "fun".

I would complain that the thread got totally derailed by Halo 3 talk but that would be hypocritical since I derailed it a few days ago myself.
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Well we all know how important Halo 3 is for the japanese market...

Seeing that GoW made it into the charts I can see Halo 3 do that as well, it'll just die the next week.
 
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Vyer

Member
BrodiemanTTR said:
Banned for identifying Killzone PS2 as a terrible game in another thread. :/
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I read your statement. Odd that it would get you banned. People call games shitty all the time around here. :D
 
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TJ Spyke

Member
I guess you missed my post Vinnk (although I posted it about 2 minutes after yours), could you check for that Fist of the North Star Star pachinko game Sega is releasing for the Wii? It's supposed to be released this week according to the first post in the thread.
 
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Vinnk

Member
Deku said:
PS3 supply situation and pricing.
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Ample and excessive.




But seriously they recently released a "PS3 with Casino Royal Bundle", so I can check to see if those are selling. They sure are pushing them. When I went into Best Denki the other day James Bond was looking at me from behind every corner.
 
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Hcoregamer00

The 'H' stands for hentai.
Scalemail Ted said:
How can these threads be 30 pages every week?
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That is because we love Japan, and talking about Vinnk's adventures.

Next Episode will be a dramatic tear jerker as he goes all over to find town to find a PS3 and give it a home who wont abuse it verbally.
 
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Vinnk

Member
Hcoregamer00 said:
That is because we love Japan, and talking about Vinnk's adventures.

Next Episode will be a dramatic tear jerker as he goes all over to find town to find a PS3 and give it a home who wont abuse it verbally.
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Vinnk: it's ok PS3, no one will harm you here.
PS3: But after all I've been through, how can I ever trust anyone again?
Vinnk: Come here! We are all we need!
PS3: I never had a real life before, but this is living.

[Hugs] [Music swells]
[credits roll]

Yeah, I will add Ouendan 2. I have seen it in stores earlier this week but it might just mean they are shipping more.
 
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nli10

Member
donny2112 said:
Dragona told us a few weeks ago that we could discuss general sales topics in these threads. That way we don't have to devolve into discussing how many posts this thread is going to be.
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Ooh - OK then :) I guess USA data is fair game as you only get 1 thread a month. Still maintain that cumulative sales would illustrate that original point better... :p

JP's data is most fun anyway - might prepare something myself for next Thur :D
 
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Stop It

Perfectly able to grasp the inherent value of the fishing game.
Vinnk said:
Ample and excessive.




But seriously they recently released a "PS3 with Casino Royal Bundle", so I can check to see if those are selling. They sure are pushing them. When I went into Best Denki the other day James Bond was looking at me from behind every corner.
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Hey it could be worse, it could be Bish :)

Anyway, just out of interest, could you see how Forza is doing over there? I know 360 is dead and all, but hey, it should be selling at least a bit.
 
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The Innocent X

Banned
Stop It said:
Hey it could be worse, it could be Bish :)

Anyway, just out of interest, could you see how Forza is doing over there? I know 360 is dead and all, but hey, it should be selling at least a bit.
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Apparently there are over 12K entries on the leaderboards, so sales can`t be that bad.

Anecdotal evidence FTW!
 
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Kurosaki Ichigo

Member
I was looking at the amazon charts and man, it really has to be a slow week, #1 in these last days is this weird 1800 DS game released in August last year :lol

And its not a special offer or anything...I wonder what happened to see such a bump for a 10-months-old game.

Oh and I fear what this 'Medikara' game is and how it'll will do since its Nintendo...
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donny2112

Member
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
I was looking at the amazon charts and man, it really has to be a slow week, #1 in these last days is this weird 1800 DS game released in August last year :lol
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Right now (link), there are two Wii games (RE4 @ 6, DQ:S @ 14) and two 360 games (Trusty Bell @ 8, Vampire Rain (?) @ 13) in the top 25. No PS3 games. Also, Ouendan 2 is #2, and Ouendan 1 is #19. :)
 
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JoshuaJSlone

Member
Square2005 said:
Let's talk about more important things like my graph and how much more successful the Wii has become in comparison with ALL of Nintendo's previous consoles...!
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Well, we occasionally talk about how Wii is more successful than all previous consoles, so that it's more successful than a subset of all previous consoles is not a big surprise. Nice graph, though.
 
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Moor-Angol

Banned
donny2112 said:
Right now (link), there are two Wii games (RE4 @ 6, DQ:S @ 14) and two 360 games (Trusty Bell @ 8, Vampire Rain (?) @ 13) in the top 25. No PS3 games. Also, Ouendan 2 is #2, and Ouendan 1 is #19. :)
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Vampire Rain is on top25 cause it has 70% discount. I wonder why that strange game for DS is on the top too, probably it's an english training, there are also TOEIC test and the classical english training made by Nintendo.
Ouendan 2 still at #2, probably it's selling well cause it's difficult to see games on top positions after their releases...
 
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Vinnk

Member
Moor-Angol said:
Vampire Rain is on top25 cause it has 70% discount. I wonder why that strange game for DS is on the top too, probably it's an english training, there are also TOEIC test and the classical english training made by Nintendo.
Ouendan 2 still at #2, probably it's selling well cause it's difficult to see games on top positions after their releases...
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Amazon usually gives you a pretty good picture of what the dedicated gamers are playing. The casuals will buy their DS games at department stores. And Hardcore gamers in Japan do play.. and LOVE the 360. The "gamers" in my city can't stop talking about it. But to the casuals it is avoided like the plague. It shows how niche the "otaku gamer" has become.

Thus... the fact that ther is a causual game on the top of the charts, and a relatively unknown one, makes no sense to me. Perhaps smeone discovered a nude patch that can be activeted by the Konami code or something...
 
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donny2112

Member
Hot Shots Golf PS3 is at #44. Three 360 games are in front of it (Oblivion @ 35, Vampire Rain @ 17, Trusty Bell @ 7).

If FFXIII does get announced for the 360 and advertised that it's coming (it doesn't matter how far in advance; the earlier, the better for the 360), the 360 might actually catch up to the PS3. That's assuming that the PS3 continues its moribund existence, as far as sales go, though.
 
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Epiphyte

Member
donny2112 said:
Hot Shots Golf PS3 is at #44. Three 360 games are in front of it (Oblivion @ 35, Vampire Rain @ 17, Trusty Bell @ 7).
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That's surprising. I had been led to believe that the Hot Shots brand was pretty powerful over in Japan.
 
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Deku

Banned
donny2112 said:
If FFXIII does get announced for the 360 and advertised that it's coming (it doesn't matter how far in advance; the earlier, the better for the 360), the 360 might actually catch up to the PS3. That's assuming that the PS3 continues its moribund existence, as far as sales go, though.
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I don't think that's likely at this point. If it does come out on 360, it will be after the PS3 release.
 
Eteric Rice

Eteric Rice

Member
Epiphyte said:
That's surprising. I had been led to believe that the Hot Shots brand was pretty powerful over in Japan.
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$599 US dollers, etc.

Well, in Japan it's like $499 US dollars.

Still expensive, though.
 
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Vinnk

Member
Vinnk's Village will look for:

Wii
DS lit
PS3
Ouendan 2
Forza 2
Biohazard 4

I can tell everyone right now that Forza and PS3 are not sold out, but I will see if there is a change in the amount of stock various stores have.
 
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Vic

Please help me with my bad english
I'm definitively interested in the RE4 numbers in the coming weeks. Will it sell more than 100k?
 
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TJ Spyke

Member
Vinnk said:
Vinnk's Village will look for:

Wii
DS lit
PS3
Ouendan 2
Forza 2
Biohazard 4

I can tell everyone right now that Forza and PS3 are not sold out, but I will see if there is a change in the amount of stock various stores have.
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No Fist of the North Star pachinko game? I was even the first person to reply to requests. :(
 
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