Densha Otoko
Member
santouras said:
It's going to be really crazy this Christmas. The DS Lite was gone from retail shelves for a long period last year. I don't see how they'd even fair as well with supply of the Wii.
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Media Create Sales 8/27 - 9/2 2007
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It's going to be really crazy this Christmas. The DS Lite was gone from retail shelves for a long period last year. I don't see how they'd even fair as well with supply of the Wii.
A Black Falcon
Member
botticus said:
True, but they DID just release Summon Night 2 in November or so of 2006, right at the end of the GBA's new-releases life and six months after Summon Night 1, so... well, six months after that, a new GBA game in May 2007? Atlus evidently agreed with everyone else that the GBA market was dead, all evidence (such as the great lineup that was released in 2006 on the platform) to the contrary. The DS isn't dead. Thus it's still possible... though I have no idea how well the two GBA games released here sold. I still see copies of them around, so it wasn't a sellout clearly... not surprising that late in the GBA's cycle, but for games this good it'd have been nice to see them get more recognition. And US releases in the series.
Oh well... even if it's unlikely, it's not totally hopeless. There are plenty of DS and Wii games coming out here I wouldn't have expected to see released in the US... (though on another note it's sad that Goemon DS isn't one of them)
(hah! complete the little minigame on the DS game's site and it gives you some wallpaper links...
)BishopLamont
Banned
Never thought I'd see the day Wii Sports getting beaten by Wii Play. Good Bladestorm numbers, relatively speaking. Oh and the less DS handhelds are sold now, the more are going to be sold come Christmas season, every single DS will be sold during that time.
muramura said:
I'll have to agree. i didn't go this week yet to check, but last week if I wanted too I could get a Wii pretty easy. Some stores were sold ount but the ones that had them had a few of them. Much more than usual.
Same with the DS. There is not the starving demand for it right now. Not that 100k a week is poor sales by any means.
botticus said:
The third GBA Summon Night was released in December 2005 in Japan... we got the first one in the US in late 2006, the second one end of 2006. Would've taken till mid 2007 (at the earliest) to get the third one out in the US. Doesn't seem feasible. I think it's far more likely we'll see the DS game released, but we'll see.
BishopLamont
Banned
castle007 said:
Let's not resort to this, sounds too much like "Wii isn't next-gen so it doesn't count, and if you take out the 360, then PS3 is the best selling next-gen console." :lol
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Famitsu has things about 7K above Wii's lowest this year; I doubt it will be much different on MC side.sphinx said:
Looks like the good times are over for Nintendo in Japan then. Can't just beat Sony by upping the shipments anymore guys!
A console's not being sold out isn't really the same as a country not being excited for a console. For awhile now the Wii has been doing phenomenally in PAL regions while being readily available. That it is still at all supply constrained in the US is testimony to just how crazy it is over here; by this point consoles should be available.sphinx said:
The Faceless Master
Member
fad over, confirmed!Jibber Hack said:
more proof that acwii needs to be released.
A Black Falcon
Member
ethelred said:
As I said. Even so though, it's too bad, because I heard that the third game was the best of the three... I liked the first one a bit more than the second, though both were great, but I'd have loved to play the third one. I blame it all on NCL deciding to kill the GBA in the US at the end of 2006... oh well. Maybe we wouldn't have gotten the third one either way. There's no such excuses for this one, though... it's a different kind of game, of course, but looks good as well.
sphinx said:
Nothing big has been released recently (Mario Party was weeks ago) and this is the normal time when console sales go down.
But this is just a lull. I think the Wii will once again be supply contrained when Smash Bros and Galaxy hit. It's the calm before the storm.
But yeah, the "oh my God! t's a Wii! I better buy it before someone else does" feeling is kinda over.
Sharp said:
True, but if it sells 50K being readily available after going months selling out at higher numbers..I think its safe to say demand has lessened a bit.
Japanese GAFers- any insight on why this may be?
MasterMFauli
Banned
It makes me feel warm inside seeing Animal Crossing on that top30 list
Defuser said:
Not like we can't predict easily enough. Look for Crisis Core to be number one, but to drop rapidly in its second week. PMD will be in a solid number 2 and will retain most of its sales the following week -- though Crisis Core will start out stronger, PMD will have a much higher LTD.
For what it's worth, YSO (a huge Japanese sales tracking group) has a list of upcoming games they expect to go platinum (1 million +). Crisis Core doesn't make the list, but PMD does.
Edit: Oh, guess I might as well post their list of expectant million-sellers:
Code:
Wii Mario Party 8 Nintendo 07.07.26
NDS Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2 Pokemon 07.09.13
Wii Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo 07.xx.xx
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl Nintendo 07.xx.xx
NDS Dragon Quest IX Square Enix 07.xx.xx
NDS Dragon Quest IV Square Enix xx.xx.xx
NDS Dragon Quest V Square Enix xx.xx.xx
NDS Dragon Quest VI Square Enix xx.xx.xx
Wii WiiFit Nintendo xx.xx.xx
PS3 Final Fantasy XIII Square Enix xx.xx.xxNot to say nothing else will hit that, but their list is a good starting point.
laserbeam said:
That's what I'm thinking. Japan is now Nintendoland with the Wii and DS, so they don't have to "make such a show" there as they do in the US or Europe, especially in the lead up to the holiday season.
As long as enough sell there to keep the Wii solidly in first place - and keep 3rd party software coming it way - that's fine with me
AdmiralViscen
Banned
Nice to see a non high profile PS3 title actually performing.
What the hell is Hitman doing there?
What the hell is Hitman doing there?
I think this week will have more and more Sony fans participating. Some of them might even try to bring out the amuzing trolling sentence "Wii will only sell up to GC LTD, and drop to zero after that, since only Nintendo fans buy Wii".
So far, the DS craziness has not abated yet, one and a half year (since March 2007) after it started. I think it take at least 2 years (or perhaps even 3 years) before DS weekly sales stabilize at 50K /week.
d+pad said:
So far, the DS craziness has not abated yet, one and a half year (since March 2007) after it started. I think it take at least 2 years (or perhaps even 3 years) before DS weekly sales stabilize at 50K /week.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Games almost NEVER come out for the PS3. It's sheer existence means that it sold ok.AdmiralViscen said:
Grampa Simpson
Banned
They've been conspicuously absent for the past couple of months. I think most of the got banned or wised up. Of course with 2500 new juniors, their re-emergence wouldn't surprise me. I wonder if they'll wait for the weekend for the more likely to be delayed banstick....reilo said:
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
No Wii games in the top 5 and only 3 in the top 30? The predicted fall has begun.
d+pad said:
DS proves craziness can last forever.
I'd say selling more than 100k per week of your videogame system ( DS ) is crazy but the fact that the Wii can't keep the same level of craziness of the DS is nothing to be ashamed of.
after all, you can't share a handheld but you can share the Wii with 3 other people.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Only 70% on Nintendo Consoles? Damn. What's happening to this place.Cheesemeister said:
Maybe we can make it up on the 50. Maybe not. Can Nintendo do 19/20 in the 31-50 range?
AdventureRacing
Member
Hopefully crisis core does well, it looks like a really good game.
It'll be interesting to see how many wii's were actually sold this week, maybe soon we will see a situation where wii sports no longer correlates with wii sales in general.
I also find it amazing that we're talking about a slowdown period and the DS is selling 100K per week, i know a lot of people have said it but that is just phenomenal.
It'll be interesting to see how many wii's were actually sold this week, maybe soon we will see a situation where wii sports no longer correlates with wii sales in general.
I also find it amazing that we're talking about a slowdown period and the DS is selling 100K per week, i know a lot of people have said it but that is just phenomenal.