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[mclem]

PSP 39,293
Wii 37,501
DSi LL 27,586
PS3 24,811
DSi 18,082
DS Lite 5,659
Xbox 360 3,428
PS2 1,869

I notice that this lists the various DS forms separately.

I mention this because I don't see the PSP Go.

Tracking too low?

 

[Spiegel]

I notice that this lists the various DS forms separately.

I mention this because I don't see the PSP Go.

Tracking too low?

PSP 39,293
Wii 37,501
DSi LL 27,586
PS3 24,811
DSi 18,082
DS Lite 5,659
Xbox 360 3,428
PS2 1,869
PSP go 1,394

 

[schuelma]

Ahem. Why is there that 25K limit / filter ? Why not 20K, so Reginleiv count as one ?

Personally, I like Reginleiv, so I am thinking real hard to play it by importing it, if there is no announcement by NOA to release it in US by August 2010.

Do you have DS, or do you only have Wii ? If you have DS, you can let your Wii gathering dust, and play DS games. Once a Wii game you like show up, you can dust up your Wii, and play it.

Me, I still multi-play SSBB and NSMBW and MKW with my family, so I don't really mind the Wii game drought. Heck, I am happy that I don't have to spent too much many to buy games, and having those backlog staring at me, just like it did in the good old PS2 days.

Of course, if you are someone who doesn't more work / study 9 to 5, and have lots of free time, you may hate the drought. Since I don't have lots of free time, I don't mind the drought.

I'm not complaining for myself- as far as the U.S goes, I think 2010 is going to be a very good year for the Wii. I'm strictly talking about Japanese sales stuff. (and my work day is usually 7-6 so I don't have much free time anyways).

 

[Nirolak]

PS2 1,869

*Plays Taps*

 

[schuelma]

Is the Slim bump over for good?

Its still tracking positively compared to last year- about 7K more. That said, the "bump" in terms of doing a steady 30-35K a week seems over.

 

[Road]

PS3 still hasn't outsold the Wii so far this year. Not looking good on Sony's part, and even more shocking on Nintendo's. With no blockbuster releases in the immediate future, it's quite surprising to see the Wii sell over the PS3 week after week.

There isn't much secret to it:

NSMBW + WFP + WSR = 1,400k
FFXIII + EOE + AT3 + SO4 = 540K

(In 2010.)

As much as we discus about 3rd party software, what matters is what sells.

Is the Slim bump over for good?

PS3 is still up 82% YOY and actually went up from the week before without any big new release, so no?

EDIT: Err... Forget the "went up" part. I thought I'd seen "27,586". PS3 is doomed. Slim bump is over.

 

[Busaiku]

PSP 39,293
Wii 37,501
DSi LL 27,586
PS3 24,811
DSi 18,082
DS Lite 5,659
Xbox 360 3,428
PS2 1,869

Wii actually went up...
Maybe New Super Mario Bros Wii can hold it until Golden Week.

 

[schuelma]

PS3 is still up 82% YOY and actually went up from the week before without any big new release, so no?

I think it actually went down a bit from last week.


On a somewhat related note, last year for this week the Wii was ahead of the PS3 by 3K.

 

[Road]

I think it actually went down a bit from last week.

Yeah, I noticed it and corrected myself.

Thanks.

 

[Souldriver]

All hardware seem pretty stagnant. Wii reversed it downward trend, the PS3 has been going up and down around the 25k, and give or take some bumps due to game releases, the DS seems to sell about 10k more than the PSP on a weekly basis.

 

[Culex]

For comparison:

[B][U]Hardware Feb 2 - Feb 8, 2009 [/U][/B]
NDS      |    62,013 |    
PSP      |    34,969 |    
WII      |    20,412 |    
PS3      |    16,082 |    
360      |     8,311 |     
PS2      |     5,089 |     
----------------------
DSi      |    49,529 |    
DSL      |    12,484 |

[B][U]Hardware Feb 9 - Feb 15, 2009[/U][/B]
NDS      |    68,293 |    
PSP      |    34,256 |    
WII      |    21,016 |    
PS3      |    18,656 |    
360      |     9,833 |     
PS2      |     5,332 |     
----------------------
DSi      |    53,483 |    
DSL      |    14,810 |

 

[jeremy1456]

PS3 still hasn't outsold the Wii so far this year. Not looking good on Sony's part, and even more shocking on Nintendo's. With no blockbuster releases in the immediate future, it's quite surprising to see the Wii sell over the PS3 week after week.

Is the Slim bump over for good?

It's not really that surprising. It was obvious that New Super Mario Bros. Wii was going to have tremendous legs.

I think the Slim bump made people a little hasty in their predictions.

 

[The_lascar]

(http://www.nintendojofr.com/redacti...op_Media_Create_Japon_du_8_au_14_février.html, with the top 50 Media Create)

 

[Xeke]

NSMB is going to keep it propped up for eternity. It's better than a new release every week.

 

[donny2112]

So the bump for Wii this week was due to Reginleiv, right?

Spoiler

statistical noise

 

[charlequin]

yeah that's probably the best one since the thread last month where charlequin, who owns a DS, a Wii, a 360, and no functional Sony consoles, was accused of being a rabid sony fan and derailing the thread.

Lies! I have a PS2! :lol

Is the Slim bump over for good?

The PS3 is in a noticeably superior market position overall compared to last year, but I think the specific bump in interest driven by the Slim and pricedrop is now effectively over, yes.

 

[AniHawk]

Wiis are on the what now.

 

[jakncoke]

I notice that this lists the various DS forms separately.

I mention this because I don't see the PSP Go.

Tracking too low?

Long ways till that, I remember Xbox was still getting tracked in 07ish when it was doing single digits

 

[Chris1964]

31. / 25. [WII] PokePark Wii: Picachu's Great Adventure (Pokemon Co.)
32. / 28. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix)
33. / 00. [WII] Madworld (Spike)
34. / 34. [PSP] Machi-Ing Maker 3 x Tousouchuu (D3 Publisher)
35. / 32. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami)
36. / 00. [NDS] Everybody’s Convenience (Taito Corporation)
37. / 00. [NDS] Kunio-kun Nekketsu! Daiundoukai (Arc System Works)
38. / 36. [PS3] Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3 the Best) (Sega)
39. / 00. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami)
40. / 49. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
41. / 37. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
42. / 33. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5)
43. / 27. [PSP] Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces (Namco Bandai)
44. / 43. [NDS] Stitch! DS Rhythm and Ohana Adventure (Disney Interactive)
45. / 29. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega)
46. / 24. [PSP] Shiren the Wanderer 3 Portable (Spike)
47. / 40. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami)
48. / 00. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
49. / 22. [360] Resonance of Fate (Sega)
50. / 41. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Legendary Hits) (Activision)

00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 976.672 / 10.474.333 (-20%)


NDS - 16
WII - 12
PSP - 11
PS3 - 9
360 - 2
PS2 - 0



HARDWARE

__________________________________________________________________
|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|  NDS  |     51.327  |     52.606  |    570.030  |  29.668.618  |
|  PSP  |     40.687  |     44.901  |    548.339  |  14.154.613  |
|  WII  |     37.501  |     36.149  |    459.102  |   9.900.446  |
|  PS3  |     24.811  |     25.450  |    322.773  |   4.709.772  |
|  360  |      3.428  |      3.651  |     31.472  |   1.234.266  |
|  PS2  |      1.869  |      2.047  |     17.881  |  21.624.035  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
| DSiLL |     27.586  |     28.080  |    260.870  |     697.134  |
|  DSi  |     18.082  |     19.116  |    252.285  |   4.498.770  |
|  DSL  |      5.659  |      5.410  |     56.875  |  17.887.243  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|  PSP  |     39.293  |     43.163  |    533.019  |  14.067.441  |
| PSPgo |      1.394  |      1.738  |     15.320  |      87.172  |
------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Chris1964]

When is the next Nintendo’s retailer meeting? As Duckroll explained, the Golden Week deadline is near and Xenoblade is the only game we know that Nintendo could launch.

As you said, Q3 and Q4 are strong AGAIN so this might be a strategy. On the other hand, I'm not sure that Wii will enter Q3 at (significant) better position. If nothing else is released, Wii could be selling at 2009 rates by then.

I guess next retailer meeting will be close to Europe and America events so that they date whatever they have.

This isn't a strategy, Iwata admitted that first half of 2009 was very bad and they would try to correct the situation this year. But something must have gone really wrong with the launching windows of their titles. There is no way Wii does again the pathetic numbers of 2009 H1.

 

[vicissitudes]

Wii HW stops its slide the same week NSMB holds steady, coincidence?

 

[Chris1964]

First half of 2010 is on track to outsell 2009 by a good margin

Media Create until week 7:
2009 [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 1.167.144 / 9.504.711
2010 [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 976.672 / 10.474.333

and Golden Week this year is way stronger than last's. Second half remains a question as the only confirmed big title so far is Pokemon 5.

 

[Kenka]

No Wii releases for the rest of the remaining two months till Golden Week.

 

[Baki]

NSMB is going to keep it propped up for eternity. It's better than a new release every week.

No it won't.

But its damn impressive for what it has done for H/W sales so far.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Voice up what to choose for next week predictions. I can see everything bombing, so choosing is hard. Would like to narrow it to 8 or so. Here's a shorter version of Chris1964 list, taking out budget titles and others that aren't interesting to predict at all.

Next week releases (25/02/10) - week of bombs and budget releases

[NDS] Super Robot Wars OG: Saga Endless Frontier Exceed (Namco Bandai)
[NDS] Shiren the Wanderer 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso (Spike)
[NDS] Estpolis: The Lands Cursed by the Gods (Square Enix)
[NDS] Higurashi no Nakukoru ni Kizuna: 4th Chapter - Kizuna (Alchemist)
[NDS] Otona no Renai Shousetsu: Harlequin Selection (Nintendo)

[PSP] Hot Shots Tennis Portable (SCE)
[PSP] Kenka Bancho 4: Ichinen Sensou (Spike)
[PSP] Kiniro no Corda 3 (Koei)
[PSP] BlazBlue Portable (Arc System Works)
[PSP] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Kizuna no Tag Battle (Marvelous Entertainment)
[PSP] Power Pro Success Legends (Konami)

[WII] Super Monkey Ball: Athletic (Sega)
[WII] Daikaijuu Battle: Ultra Coliseum DX - Ultra Senshi Daishuuketsu (Namco Bandai)

[360] Espgaluda II: Black Label (Cave)
[360] Borderlands (Microsoft Game Studios)

I'd like 8 so I would go with: SRW, Shiren, Lufia, Higurashi, Mintennis, Kenka4, Pawapuro, Espgaluda

 

[jj984jj]

I'd like 8 so I would go with: SRW, Shiren, Lufia, Higurashi, Mintennis, Kenka4, Pawapuro, Espgaluda

I think BlazBlue Portable should be included, it'll probably outsell Lufia.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Voice up what to choose for next week predictions. I can see everything bombing, so choosing is hard. Would like to narrow it to 8 or so. Here's a shorter version of Chris1964 list, taking out budget titles and others that aren't interesting to predict at all.

Actually, would the Everyone's Recommendation line not be quite interesting to predict? It's the first official budget series on a Nintendo system in what seems like yonks, and there are a few relatively high-profile titles in there.

Perhaps up the count a little and throw in:

428
Tales of Symphonia: KoR
Arc Rise Fantasia

??

 

[Koren]

Wii HW stops its slide the same week NSMB holds steady, coincidence?

I'd say no, but I think you're stating it backwards.

The sales for NSMBWii to people already having a Wii must be pretty stable now. There's no reason people already owning the console buy it this week instead of the previous or next one.

But I'd say a fixed percentage of people buying a Wii will buy NSMBWii at the same time. So this part of NSMBWii sales is directly tied to the Wii sales.

So indeed, if Wii sales are steady, so are NSMBWii ones.

 

[schuelma]

Actually, would the Everyone's Recommendation line not be quite interesting to predict? It's the first official budget series on a Nintendo system in what seems like yonks, and there are a few relatively high-profile titles in there.

Perhaps up the count a little and throw in:

428
Tales of Symphonia: KoR
Arc Rise Fantasia

??

Hmm..I'm skeptical that any of them will even chart, honestly. Maybe Muramasa.

 

[donny2112]

Hmm..I'm skeptical that any of them will even chart, honestly.

I think they're only being sold at certain retailers, too.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Actually, would the Everyone's Recommendation line not be quite interesting to predict? It's the first official budget series on a Nintendo system in what seems like yonks, and there are a few relatively high-profile titles in there.

They are just budget re-releases. Launch 7 at the same time, 6 miss top30, the one that doesn't sells 3000, you predicted 6000, you're already off 100% in the percentage ranking. Really, not a good choice, this week even more since we aren't lacking in number of candidates.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Also those budget titles not charting doesn't mean anything; budget titles almost always have a soft launch (IE week one is not bigger than week two, three, four, five, etc). That's the point though; have steady inventory such that a customer who goes in has access to key titles.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Fair points, all

 

[Spiegel]

God Eater

Famitsu:
FW - 276k
SW - 105k
LTD - 381k
Shipped - 414k

M-C:
FW - 295k
SW - 110k
LTD - 406k

Dengeki:
FW - 302k
SW - 122k
LTD - 424k

:lol

:/

 

[mclem]

Out of interest, are Nintendo doing much to promote the *line*? A campaign based around the 'hidden gems of the Wii' concept might be very good for business.

I want this setup to do well, it's a great idea for a budget range and I'd like to see it continue.

 

[slaughterking]

God Eater

Famitsu:
FW - 276k
SW - 105k
LTD - 381k
Shipped - 414k

M-C:
FW - 295k
SW - 110k
LTD - 406k

Dengeki:
FW - 302k
SW - 122k
LTD - 424k

:lol

:/

I think this new 'trend' of trackers tracking significantly different is great. Now we can choose to believe whatever numbers please our bias the most!

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Or to combine some of those multi-SKU ones:

 

[Hero of Legend]

I hope I'm just misunderstanding this, but Nintendo Dream's website shows the newest cover and the cover is about Pokemon 5:

http://www.nindori.com/

http://i45.tinypic.com/2s81vyg.jpg

I hope Pokemon 5 wasn't their surprise unveiling, surely they would've had half a brain to know this game would've been unveiled long before now? :/

Or is it possible that the secret game is being quietly unveiled in the issue? Did the magazine already cover Pokemon 5 at all yet?

 

[wrowa]

I hope I'm just misunderstanding this, but Nintendo Dream's website shows the newest cover and the cover is about Pokemon 5:

http://www.nindori.com/

I hope Pokemon 5 wasn't their surprise unveiling, surely they would've had half a brain to know this game would've been unveiled long before now? :/

Or is it possible that the secret game is being quietly unveiled in the issue? Did the magazine already cover Pokemon 5 at all yet?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19841787&postcount=794

 

[Hero of Legend]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19841787&postcount=794

How'd I miss that post?

Anyway, at least Xenoblade's in it.

 

[gerg]

I think there's a difference in unveiling a game by way of saying "Hi guys! We're pleased to announce that that game that you all knew was coming sooner of later is now coming sooner rather than later!" and unveiling it by actually providing concrete details about it.

 

[Road]

Dengeki Sales, Feb. 8 - 14

01 / 01 [PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco Games) - 121.834 / 424.129
02 / 02 [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie (Square Enix) - 82.800 / 1.179.502
03 / 04 [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 60.903 / 3.327.533
04 / 00 [NDS] The Prince of Tennis: Motto Gakuensai no Oujisama - More Sweet Edition (Konami) - 43.667 / NEW
05 / 05 [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 37.371 / 2.760.611
06 / 00 [NDS] Quiz Magic Academy DS: 2 Futatsu no Jikuu Koku (Konami) - 31.035 / NEW
07 / 07 [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 28.219 / 1.639.028
08 / 03 [PS3] Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope - International (Square Enix) - 23.490 / 97.961
09 / 00 [WII] Zangeki no Reginleiv (Nintendo) - 21.055 / NEW
10 / 00 [PS3] Sacred 2 (Spike) - 20.882 / NEW
11 / 00 [NDS] Dragon Ball DS 2: Totsugeki! Red Ribbon Gun (Bandai Namco Games) - 17.494 / NEW
12 / 06 [PS3] End of Eternity (Sega) - 13.806 / 157.419
13 / 11 [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 13.632 / 1.765.839
14 / 10 [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best Reprint) (Capcom) - 12.953 / 151.496
15 / 00 [NDS] Lupin the 3rd: Shijousaidai no Zunou Sen (Bandai Namco Games) - 12.731 / NEW
16 / 00 [360 Sacred 2 (Spike) - 10.303 / NEW
17 / 09 [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (Square Enix) - 9.562 / 800.551
18 / 14 [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 9.234 / 5.450.000
19 / 00 [PSP] SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Portable (SCE) - 8.245 / NEW
20 / 12 [PS3] MAG: Massive Action Game (SCE) - 6.919 / 36.992

Outside top 20:
[PSP] Pop 'n Music Portable (Konami) - 6,168 / 24,384
[PSP] Valkyria Chronicles 2 (Sega) - 4,456 / 126,047
[PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PlayStation 3 the Best) (Konami) - ? / 100,836
[PSP] Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces (Bandai Namco Games) - ? / 102,276

Other software (FW / LTD):
[PS2] The Prince of Tennis: Gakuensai no Oujisama (Konami) - 24.000 / 48.000

Total software: 1.007 million (-20.2% from last week).

Sell-through:
- God Eater ~90%;
- Prince of Tennis ~75%.

Next week Wii will pass 10 million units sold 169 weeks after launch;
- DS - 88 weeks;
- PS2 - 134;
- PSP - 193.

LTD:
- DSi - 4,500k
- DSi LL - 710k
- DS + DSL - 24,310k

Hardware |  This Week |  Last Week |    YTD     |    LTD
------------------------------------------------------------
NDS      |     50.511 |     50.447 |    558.871 | 29.523.576
PSP      |     41.679 |     42.238 |    530.062 | 13.919.454
WII      |     33.186 |     32.728 |    446.044 |  9.991.480
PS3      |     23.823 |     24.011 |    302.617 |  4.787.765
360      |     	4.033 |      3.191 |     37.728 |  1.246.383
PS2      |     	1.814 |      1.991 |     16.836 | 	
------------------------------------------------------------
Total    |    155.046 |    154.606 |  1.892.158

http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/500/500791/
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/238/238714/
http://research.ascii.jp/elem/000/000/037/37458/index.html
http://dps.dengeki.com/2010/02/22/p13026/

Feb 1 - 7

 

[duckroll]

Famitsu BbS - 698,900
Dengeki BbS - 800,551

:lol

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Famitsu BbS - 698,900
Dengeki BbS - 800,551

:lol

Media Create has it in the 700,000s, so that means that each tracker has its total starting with a different digit.:lol

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

I'd like 8 so I would go with: SRW, Shiren, Lufia, Higurashi, Mintennis, Kenka4, Pawapuro, Espgaluda

I think BlazBlue Portable should be included, it'll probably outsell Lufia.

Anymore suggestions anyone? Wondering if going with a 4vs4 DS-PSP clash taking out Espgaluda for BlazBlue, or going with 9, or 10 including Borderlands or Kiniro 3. Retailers not helping much, most titles aren't on comgnet top20, in amazon the highest one is Demon Souls re-release...

 

[onken]

Considering nothing is probably going to top 50k, I kinda wonder if there's any point doing one at all :/

 

[C.T.]

I think they're only being sold at certain retailers, too.

what should be noted is that they did a tv commercial.

 

[The_lascar]

Heavy Rain is apparently sold out in some places.

http://jin115.com/archives/51637823.html
http://blog.livedoor.jp/htmk73/archives/2681202.html

 

[Brazil]

That's interesting. Can't wait for this week's numbers.

 

[OceansAndEarth]

What is the 'golden week'? Can anyone explain?