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[Moor-Angol]

WKC2 could do decent numbers this summer

Sengoku Basara 3 too

 

[donny2112]

Hmmm, then I'm not convinced we'll see Cooking Navi pass a million, unfortunately.

It shan't. Famitsu is even lower than MC's total for it. It wouldn't surprise me if it's actually stopped being tracked now.

 

[bttb]

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[Stumpokapow]

Dare I say that Wii Sports Resort has underperformed in Japan relative to its performance elsewhere? I mean, obviously, 1.8 million is a huge number, but...

 

[cw_sasuke]

Dare I say that Wii Sports Resort has underperformed in Japan relative to its performance elsewhere? I mean, obviously, 1.8 million is a huge number, but...

Deca Sports 2 effect.....

 

[[Nintex]]

Dare I say that Wii Sports Resort has underperformed in Japan relative to its performance elsewhere? I mean, obviously, 1.8 million is a huge number, but...

Between Wii Sports Resort, Animal Crossing Wii and Wii Music it's best not to be Katsuya Eguchi right now.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Deca Sports 2 effect.....

and Deca Sports 3 has been announced :lol

 

[Road]

Famitsu top 10, Apr. 12~18:

1. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010
3. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection
4. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Path of Light
5. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010
6. [WII] Wii Fit Plus
7. [PS3] Hokuto Musou
8. [PS3] No More Heroes
9. [360] No More Heroes
10. [WII] Mario Kart Wii

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/sokuho/1234406_1796.html?ref=rss

 

[wrowa]

8. [PS3] No More Heroes
9. [360] No More Heroes

So, combined probably about 20-30k? That's not too bad, I guess. At least bette than the original release and probably even higher than its LTD (if you combine the SKUs).

 

[duckroll]

So, combined probably about 20-30k? That's not too bad, I guess. At least bette than the original release and probably even higher than its LTD (if you combine the SKUs).

30k is not likely. Last week Mario Kart Wii sold less than 9k, and Wii Fit Plus sold about 15k. I'll say 15-20k is about what we should expect.

 

[schuelma]

NSMB Wii is just insane

 

[donny2112]

NSMB Wii is just insane

Two consecutive weeks @ #1. It's terrible. It's like seeing a one-hit wonder artist hit #1 during a lull months after they did anything worthwhile.

Spoiler

Still hoping Reginliev comes to the U.S., though.

I guess somebody has to be #1, though.

From this month's Nintendo Dream magazine.

Thanks, bttb!

 

[duckroll]

Hey donny, remember some time late last year when I was discussing how I felt certain major titles in the future would do, and you said that you didn't believe that a majority of MGS fans would believe or see Peace Walker as "MGS5" and hence there is no reason for you to believe that it will sell as well as a mainline MGS game? Just curious, do you still feel that way?

 

[donny2112]

Hey donny, remember some time late last year when I was discussing how I felt certain major titles in the future would do, and you said that you didn't believe that a majority of MGS fans would believe or see Peace Walker as "MGS5" and hence there is no reason for you to believe that it will sell as well as a mainline MGS game? Just curious, do you still feel that way?

I believe I said that they would have to convince the MGS buyers that MGSW was actually MGS5 to get the first week sales that you were saying. I didn't think it likely that that would be the case. They've certainly done a lot toward that now, though. I don't know if I'd change my mind on the likeliness of your first week sales prediction, but I am very interested in seeing how it does first week.

 

[cvxfreak]

lol @ MK Wii at #10. It'd be funny if this were the beginning of somethting akin to that revival MKDS experienced sometime in 2008.

 

[duckroll]

I believe I said that they would have to convince the MGS buyers that MGSW was actually MGS5 to get the first week sales that you were saying. I didn't think it likely that that would be the case. They've certainly done a lot toward that now, though. I don't know if I'd change my mind on the likeliness of your first week sales prediction, but I am very interested in seeing how it does first week.

I don't even remember what I predicted for the first week. Was it 350k? 400k? I still feel pretty good about it, and I think it could be even higher now, since the game is coming out later than expected, and on golden week.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I don't even remember what I predicted for the first week. Was it 350k? 400k? I still feel pretty good about it, and I think it could be even higher now, since the game is coming out later than expected, and on golden week.

DQM J2 vs. PW will be interesting.

 

[donny2112]

Was it 350k? 400k?

460K

 

[cvxfreak]

DQMJ2 should win that one.

I remember mentioning my disdain for predicting hard numbers when PW's potential sales were discussed. PW ended up being an example of why I feel that way, funny enough. We could reasonably predict a release period, but who the hell saw the MH tie in coming? That changed everything, IMO. PW could sell a million if the MH tie up were exploited at max.

 

[duckroll]

460K

Wow, I really bombed out on EoE and Valkyria 2! The rest look pretty good though. Peace Walker will definitely do over 400-500k in the first week imo. That EoE 360 prediction is soooooooooooo off.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Famitsu top 10, Apr. 12~18:

2. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010
...
5. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010

Damn the PSP version is showing itself. Quite surprised how well its done being the first one (guess they got it very right quality-wise?). Now that Konami has seen that good pawapuro signals on PSP also applied to PYS, I wonder if they will finally try pawapuro on PS3. Still have to do the yearly comparison, bad month illness after illness, so sick (pun intended) of it :/

 

[Spiegel]

Damn the PSP version is showing itself. Quite surprised how well its done being the first one (guess they got it very right quality-wise?).

Yeah, the psp version scored one point higher in Famitsu.

The PES team could learn some things from the PYS team about doing good portable versions

 

[Datschge]

01 [BWS] Final Fantasy (Square) - 147.173 / 377.366
02 [BWS] Final Fantasy II (Square) - 146.765 / 241.691
10 [BWS] Romancing SaGa (Square) - 37.031 / 77.072
12 [BWS] BeatMania for WonderSwan (Konami) - 21.921 / 67.589
14 [BWS] Final Fantasy IV (Square) - 19.928 / 64.226
31 [BWS] Makai Toushi SaGa (Square) - 14.129 / 29.567
32 [BWS] Wild Card (Square) - 15.340 / 29.520
35 [BWS] Hanjuku Eiyuu (Square) - 13.643 / 26.526
46 [BWS] Front Mission (Square) - 7.989 / 16.227
53 [BWS] Densha de Go! (Taito Corporation) - 12.215 / 12.215
57 [BWS] Mr. Driller (Namco) - / 10.937
59 [BWS] Guilty Gear: Petit (Sammy) - 10.400 / 10.400
61 [BWS] Tokyo Majin Gakuen (Asmik Ace Entertainment) - 9.573 / 9.573
64 [BWS] Hataraku Chocobo (Square) - 8.930 / 8.930
68 [BWS] With You: Mistume Teitai (Cocktail Soft) - 7.331 / 7.331
70 [BWS] Atelier Marie / Elie (E3 Staff) - 5.106 / 5.106
72 [BWS] Memories Off: Festa (Kid) - 4.895 / 4.895
75 [BWS] Blue Wing Blitz (Square) - 4.090 / 4.090

xx [BWS] Total Software Sales (All Publishers) - / 3.312.234

xx [BWS] Total Software Sales (3rd Party) - / 992.861
xx [BWS] Total Software Sales (Square) - / 875.215
xx [BWS] Total Software Sales (Non-Square 3rd Party) - / 117.646

Ouch...

 

[Chris1964]

Wii Sports Resort isn't underperforming. The proper comparison is with Wii Sports.

Media Create after 41 weeks:

[WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 2.083.000
[WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 1.833.231

A LTD of at least 2,5-3M when it finally stops selling is nothing but disappointing.

Same goes for Wii Fit Plus.

Media Create after 28 weeks:

[WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 2.189.779
[WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 1.817.855

DQM J2 vs. PW will be interesting.

Nah, Joker 2 will win easily first week and especially LTD. After all we will do predictions for Golden Week and these two games.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Wii Sports Resort isn't underperforming. The proper comparison is with Wii Sports.

Media Create after 41 weeks:

[WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 2.083.000
[WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 1.833.231

I am surprised that the LTDs are so close at the same number of weeks. What would happen if we pulled the weekly sales from 31-41 to compare trajectory?

A LTD of at least 2,5-3M when it finally stops selling is nothing but disappointing.

Obviously I wouldn't argue that the number itself is disappointing, just the relative performance to other regions. WSR really took off in North America and it seems like it's much less of a thing in Japan, that's all.

 

[Chris1964]

I am surprised that the LTDs are so close at the same number of weeks. What would happen if we pulled the weekly sales from 31-41 to compare trajectory?

We don't have Media Create numbers for Wii Sports Resort for all these weeks (outside top 10) but going by Famitsu they are very close and after week 42 Wii Sports starts dropping in sales rapidly.

 

[gerg]

Obviously I wouldn't argue that the number itself is disappointing, just the relative performance to other regions. WSR really took off in North America and it seems like it's much less of a thing in Japan, that's all.

I said a similar thing about NSMB Wii's performance in the UK. Apparently the absolute numbers are quite respectable, but it's still underselling Wii Fit Plus and WSR week after week (whereas the reverse is true in Japan and America). And then there's Just Dance, which is an absolute monster. :lol

 

[Jokeropia]

A LTD of at least 2,5-3M when it finally stops selling is nothing but disappointing.

Just so you know, this statement implies that it would be disappointing. If you want to convey the opposite, replace "nothing" with "anything".

 

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

lol @ MK Wii at #10. It'd be funny if this were the beginning of something akin to that revival MKDS experienced sometime in 2008.

Nintendo's starting running new commercials for it, Nintendo's business model is just so bloody intriguing this business cycle. treating games as something that last the life-time of a system like DVDS, that can be sold at any time. ahh how life should be.

 

[donny2112]

Famitsu Apr 5-11

01./05. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 38,684 / 3,675,893 (-22%)
02./02. [PS3] Hokuto no Ken: Musou (Koei-Tecmo) - 31,399 / 502,554 (-63%)
03./04. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 26,406 / 88,433 (-57%)
04./03. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 26,141 / 109,343 (-69%)
05./06. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) - 25,274 / 3,147,714 (-31%)
06./09. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki (Path of Light) (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 20,751 / 382,465 (-33%)
07./10. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 17,612 / 1,828,529 (-24%)
08./01. [NDS] Etrian Odyssey 3: Visitors in Star Ocean (Atlus Co.) - 17,601 / 112,063 (-81%)
09./07. [PS3] Yakuza 4: Heir to the Legend (SEGA) - 13,407 / 526,093 (-58%)
10./00. [PSP] Judie no Atelier: Guramnat no Renkinjutsu - Toraware no Morito (Gust) - 11,278 / NEW

11./11. [PS2] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 9,745 / 32,800 (-58%)
12./18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST Reprint) (Capcom) - 8,949 / 251,940 (-12%)
13./16. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 8,871 / 3,683,751 (-21%)
14./17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 8,781 / 2,627,750 (-21%)
15./12. [NDS] Nicola Kanshuu: Model * Oshare Audition (Alchemist) - 8,394 / 25,689 (-51%)
16./08. [PSP] Dead or Alive Paradise (Koei-Tecmo) - 7,972 / 39,701 (-75%)
17./13. [PS3] God of War III (SCEI) - 7,775 / 68,380 (-51%)
18./19. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 7,422 / 1,839,944 (-24%)
19./15. [PSP] Gundam Assault Survive (Namco Bandai Games) - 6,708 / 143,288 (-46%)
20./20. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (ULTIMATE) (Square Enix) - 6,577 / 104,233 (-31%)
21./22. [NDS] Famista DS 2010 (Namco Bandai Games) - 6,260 / 32,893 (-23%)
22./24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 6,099 / 5,789,019 (-22%)
23./21. [PSP] God Eater (Namco Bandai Games) - 5,799 / 586,745 (-32%)
24./23. [NDS] Crayon Shin-Chan: Obaka Daininden - Susume! Kasukabe Ninja Tai! (Namco Bandai Games) - 5,656 / 38,543 (-29%)
25./26. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 4,856 / 651,403 (-32%)
26./27. [PSP] Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida: 3D (SCEI) - 4,175 / 76,145 (-35%)
27./28. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid 2 (Koei-Tecmo) - 4,063 / 78,469 (-32%)
28./29. [PS3] Winning Post 2010 (Koei-Tecmo) - 3,556 / 9,436 (-40%)
29./14. [NDS] Hudson x GReeeeN Live!? DeeeeS!? (Hudson) - 3,467 / 17,291 (-75%)
30./00. [PSP] Saki Portable (Alchemist) - 3,409 / 23,649



Bar Chart Apr 5-11 (thanks to JoshuaJSlone/garaph.info)

Note: Image may be delayed from the time of this post, but will automatically show once the data is ready.

217,400 until New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the best-selling console game released in the last 15 years in Japan.


Misc. LTD Updates
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 1,883,828


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Mar 8-14, 2010
Mar 15-21, 2010
Mar 22-28, 2010
Mar 29-Apr 4, 2010

 

[Vilix]

217,400 until New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the best-selling console game released in the last 15 years in Japan.

Quite a comeback. Not really my cup of tea, but kudos anyway. ^.^

 

[cvxfreak]

There are still plenty of advertisements for NSMB Wii in Japan. Train videos, CMs, billboards, etc. Hopefully Nintendo can find a way to work SMG2 into this effort.

Also still wondering if NSMB DS can hit 6 Million.

 

[Road]

Media-Create, No More Heroes:

PS3 - 16,000
360 - 15,000

 

[cw_sasuke]

Media-Create, No More Heroes:

PS3 - 16,000
360 - 15,000

So it matched the LTD sales of the wii version in the first week ?

 

[GameplayWhore]

So it matched the LTD sales of the wii version in the first week ?

How does this stack up against other Suda first weeks?

Ah, wait... http://garaph.info/softwaregroup.php?grid=80

So "Michigan" started off around 15K, as well (keeping in mind that this number is Fam but the link above is MC, would that be right?). It would be kind of funny if this week marked Suda 51's first and second highest release weeks. Are there any titles that garaph is missing above?

 

[Stumpokapow]

So "Michigan" started off around 15K, as well (keeping in mind that this number is Fam but the link above is MC, would that be right?). It would be kind of funny if this week marked Suda 51's first and second highest release weeks. Are there any titles that garaph is missing above?

Garaph numbers are complete from when they start until about a month ago, Josh is a little behind *nudge*