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[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Latest pages read like welcome to the carnival of stupid. Can't help but wonder how it'll look in a week if no numbers come out.

 

[test_account]

Famitsu.com has posted the Top 10 now. Monster Hunter 3 is at 3rd place :\ That Gundam game (the PS2 version) is at 1st place and Tales VS is at 2nd place. I wonder if Famitsu overtrack MH3 in the 1st week, since the Famitsu numbers were higher than the Media Create Numbers and the Dengeki numbers.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/sokuho/1226642_1796.html

 

[schuelma]

Famitsu.com has posted the Top 10 now. Monster Hunter 3 is at 3rd place :\ That Gundam game (the PS2 version) is at 1st place and Tales VS is at 2nd place. I wonder if Famitsu overtrack MH3 in the 1st week, since the Famitsu numbers were higher than the Media Create Numbers and the Dengeki numbers.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/sokuho/1226642_1796.html

Hmm...that most likely equals a sub 200K week for Tri. Not especially great.

 

[Spiegel]

01. [PS2] SD Gundam Generation Wars (Bandai Namco)
02. [PSP] Tales of Versus (Bandai Namco)
03. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) (Capcom)
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix)
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07. [PS2] Kamen Rider (Bandai Namco)
08. [360] Magna Carta 2 (Bandai Namco)
09. [PS2] Winning Eleven (Konami)
10. [NDS] Tingle (Nintendo)

Bold = NEW

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Could be a sizeable drop-off for Tri, then.

For ref, here are the first-day figures for the games in positions 1 and 2:

G Generation Wars - 136k
Tales of VS - 89k

I'm guessing Tri is going to come in at around 120k if those figures are accurate - unless both G Generation Wars and Tales have had a huge increase over day 1. That would put it at around 700k using Famitsu's numbers, which is a nice figure for the game but it does suggest that the million is going to be tougher to achieve unless it holds well.

 

[Captain Smoker]

Famitsu sales: 08/03 - 08/09/2009

01. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco)
02. [PSP] Tales of VS. (Bandai Namco)
03. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) (Capcom)
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix)
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07. [PS2] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (Bandai Namco)
08. [360] MagnaCarta II (Bandai Namco)
09. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2009: Club Championship (Konami)
10. [NDS] Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip (Nintendo)


Edit:
damn you Spiegel. xD

 

[schuelma]

Could be a sizeable drop-off for Tri, then.

For ref, here are the first-day figures for the games in positions 1 and 2:

G Generation Wars - 136k
Tales of VS - 89k
.

Yeah unless VS had great legs Tri is probably sub 150K.

 

[[Nintex]]

Woah, a PS2 game takes the top spot once again that sucker just won't die :lol

 

[test_account]

we got the first week sales? it was just for 2 days

"First week sales" are usually referred to as the first week's reported number, even if the first week period cover 2 or 4 days

Hmm...that most likely equals a sub 200K week for Tri. Not especially great.

Ye, i guess that MH3 2nd week's sales might be under 200k indeed. I hope that we get the Famitsu numbers soon.

 

[gtj1092]

Woah, a PS2 game takes the top spot once again that sucker just won't die :lol

I bet if the Ps2 still had regular releases it would still rule Japan as far as home consoles are concerned.

*Must resist urge to steal your avi*

 

[Grampasso]

I don't know how much people are expecting MH3 to sell in its second week. Even the most anticipated games like DQIX have a 70-80% sales drop in their second week (and like MH3 DQIX had a 2 days week launch), excluding the ones showing legs as soon as they get released, but there aren't many and they're mainly on portables.

So getting straight to numbers something between 104k and 156k is to be expected for MH3. <104k would be worrying, >156k would be surprisingly good for me.

 

[Captain Smoker]

omg @ Tomodachi Collection, it has probably ~70,000 units again, would be 584,000 LTD. xD

 

[Cosmonaut X]

To put things in some perspective, here are the first week/second week sales for Monster Hunter main releases (not Best versions):

Monster Hunter 120k / 54k
Monster Hunter G 128k / 30k
Monster Hunter Freedom 118k / 53k
Monster Hunter 2 368k / 95k
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 746k / 156k
Monster Hunter Portable 2G 823k / 552k
Monster Hunter G Wii 142k / 34k
Monster Hunter Tri 583k / ???k

All numbers are Famitsu, courtesy of Garaph.

 

[schuelma]

To put things in some perspective, here are the first week/second week sales for Monster Hunter main releases (not Best versions):

Monster Hunter 120k / 54k
Monster Hunter G 128k / 30k
Monster Hunter Freedom 118k / 53k
Monster Hunter 2 368k / 95k
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 746k / 156k
Monster Hunter Portable 2G 823k / 552k
Monster Hunter G Wii 142k / 34k
Monster Hunter Tri 583k / ???k

All numbers are Famitsu, courtesy of Garaph.

Going by the MH G Wii ratio, it would sell about 142K. However, I expected more because of the 2 day opening week that Tri had.

 

[the thoroughbred]

To put things in some perspective, here are the first week/second week sales for Monster Hunter main releases (not Best versions):

Monster Hunter 120k / 54k
Monster Hunter G 128k / 30k
Monster Hunter Freedom 118k / 53k
Monster Hunter 2 368k / 95k
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 746k / 156k
Monster Hunter Portable 2G 823k / 552k
Monster Hunter G Wii 142k / 34k
Monster Hunter Tri 583k / ???k

All numbers are Famitsu, courtesy of Garaph.

What a tease. Come on lift the skirt a little higher, show us the LTD's

 

[Cosmonaut X]

What a tease. Come on lift the skirt a little higher, show us the LTD's

LOL :lol

Hang on a moment...

EDIT: Here you go. I think the MHG Wii number is out of date, but everything else should be correct:

Monster Hunter 120k / 54k (288k LTD)
Monster Hunter G 128k / 30k (232k LTD)
Monster Hunter Freedom 118k / 53k (668k LTD)
Monster Hunter 2 368k / 95k (570k LTD)
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 746k / 156k (1,720k LTD)
Monster Hunter Portable 2G 823k / 552k (2,452k LTD)
Monster Hunter G Wii 142k / 34k (224k LTD)
Monster Hunter Tri 583k / 138k (721k LTD)

With the second week numbers in, that makes it the best-selling console installment by a mile, although there's no hope of it challenging the two PSP versions for second-best or best-selling member of the series!

Not as impressive as I'd expected, and I think it may take a bit longer to reach the million. I still reckon it will do it though...

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

You guys are all weeping for the wrong game!

TINGLE ARE YOU OKAY

KOOLOO LIMPAH IF YOU'RE OKAY

 

[Spiegel]

SD Gundam G = 196k (ps2) - 33k (wii)
Tales of Versus = 153k
MH3 = 138k
Kamen Rider = 53k
Magna Carta 2 = 38k
J-League Winning Eleven 2009 = 35k
Tingle DS = 33k
Blood of Bahamut = 32k

 

[Cosmonaut X]

SD Gundam G = 196k (ps2) - 33k (wii)
MH3 = 138k
Tales of Versus = 153k

Not far off with my 120k guess then. Wonder if it will be tracked higher in the MC/Dengeki numbers. I've added that figure into my comparison above...

 

[Kenka]

SD Gundam G = 196k (ps2) - 33k (wii)
MH3 = 138k
Tales of Versus = 153k

OK. Good numbers all around. By Famitsu counts, MH3 is around 710k after two weeks.

Funny how Bahamut and Gundam Wii just narrowly missed the top 10.

 

[schuelma]

SD Gundam G = 196k (ps2) - 33k (wii)
MH3 = 138k
Tales of Versus = 153k

Weak MH Tri number. It had a worse hold than MH G even though it should have been boosted by the 2 day first week. Unless next week shows a good hold I doubt it makes it to a million by the end of 2009.

Edit- Will be interesting to see the Media Create numbers though. Famitsu might have overtracked this week..

 

[Captain Smoker]

Famitsu sales: 08/03 - 08/09/2009

01. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) - 196,000 / NEW
02. [PSP] Tales of VS. (Bandai Namco) - 153,000 / NEW
03. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) (Capcom) - 138,000 / 721,000
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix)
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07. [PS2] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (Bandai Namco) - 53,000 / NEW
08. [360] MagnaCarta II (Bandai Namco) - 38,000 / NEW
09. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2009: Club Championship (Konami) - 35,000 / NEW
10. [NDS] Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip (Nintendo) - 33,000 / NEW

xx. [WII] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) - 33,000 / NEW
xx. [NDS] Blood of Bahamut (Square Enix) - 32,000 / NEW

 

[onken]

Famitsu sales: 08/03 - 08/09/2009

01. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) - 196,000 / NEW
02. [PSP] Tales of VS. (Bandai Namco) - 153,000 / NEW
03. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) (Capcom) - 138,000 / 721,000
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix)
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07. [PS2] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (Bandai Namco)
08. [360] MagnaCarta II (Bandai Namco)
09. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2009: Club Championship (Konami)
10. [NDS] Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip (Nintendo)

xx. [WII] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) - 33,000 / NEW

Lower than I thought for MH3 considering a 2-day first week.

 

[Nirolak]

Famitsu sales: 08/03 - 08/09/2009
03. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) (Capcom) - 138,000 / 721,000
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix)
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07. [PS2] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (Bandai Namco) - 53,000 / NEW

Any last minute guesses on how the three missing titles did? We've got a pretty narrow range to guess from.

This could either be a very good position holding for Dragon Quest IX or a fairly average one.

 

[Kenka]

Famitsu sales: 08/03 - 08/09/2009

01. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) - 196,000 / NEW
02. [PSP] Tales of VS. (Bandai Namco) - 153,000 / NEW
03. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (tri~) (Capcom) - 138,000 / 721,000
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix)
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07. [PS2] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (Bandai Namco) - 53,000 / NEW
08. [360] MagnaCarta II (Bandai Namco) - 38,000 / NEW
09. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2009: Club Championship (Konami) - 35,000 / NEW
10. [NDS] Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip (Nintendo) - 33,000 / NEW

xx. [WII] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) - 33,000 / NEW
xx. [NDS] Blood of Bahamut (Square Enix) - 32,000 / NEW

Finally.

edit : wait a moment, it's not complete ?

 

[Nirolak]

Finally.

edit : wait a moment, it's not complete ?

It usually trickles out a bit oddly.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Any last minute guesses on how the three missing titles did? We've got a pretty narrow range to guess from.

I'm gonna guess 120k, 75k, 60k.

 

[faridmon]

Poor Bleach 4th

 

[Cosmonaut X]

It usually trickles out a bit oddly.

That's what she said.

Spoiler

I'm so, so sorry - that was just begging for a comment...

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

SD Gundam G = 196k (ps2) - 33k (wii)
Tales of Versus = 153k
MH3 = 138k
Kamen Rider = 53k
Magna Carta 2 = 38k
J-League Winning Eleven 2009 = 35k
Tingle DS = 33k
Blood of Bahamut = 32k

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16957613&postcount=409

Prediction (Actual outcome)

Title                                               1st Day            1st Week
[PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars                  [B]140k (136k)        195k (196k)[/B]
[PSP] Tales of VS                                  110k (89k)         170k (153k)
[360] MagnaCarta II                                 60k (22k)          80k (38k)
[PS2] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes                    40k (25k)          [B]60k (53k)[/B]
[NDS] Irodzuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip        [B]20k (18k)          [/B]50k (33k)
[PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2009                  [B]20k (19k)          40k (35k)[/B]
[NDS] Blood of Bahamut                              20k (25k)          [B]30k (32k)[/B]
[WII] SD Gundam G Generation Wars                   [B]20k (21k)          30k (33k)[/B]

Where the hell is the ifuckingcalledit.gif when I need it. Oh well, Gundam nailed anyway.

EDIT: Theeere:

 

[Captain Smoker]

Finally.

edit : wait a moment, it's not complete ?

No. ^^

All numbers should be releaesd tomorrow or in one/two hours if we have luck. ^^

 

[D.Lo]

Maybe Famitsu overtracked last week, so this week is a correction. Add the 63k difference to 138k and you get 520k/201k week 1/2.

 

[Kenka]

No. ^^

All numbers should be releaesd tomorrow or in one/two hours if we have luck. ^^

How many weeks did DQ VII hold above the 100k bar ? Could it be possible for DQIX to beat it ?

 

[schuelma]

Maybe Famitsu overtracked last week, so this week is a correction. Add the 63k difference to 138k and you get 520k/201k week 1/2.

Yeah. For once I'm actually interested in a Media Create software number!

 

[markatisu]

Maybe Famitsu overtracked last week, so this week is a correction. Add the 63k difference to 138k and you get 520k/201k week 1/2.

That makes the most sense

 

[Vagabundo]

It will easily do the million, folks.

 

[jj984jj]

That's a big difference for MH3 from sinobi's Famitsu number. I guess we'll find out who's over tracking or under tracking next week...

Yeah, it looks like Famitsu probably over tracked. /crazypersontalkingtohimself

Hopefully the standalone SKU "bombing" will tell Nintendo that they need to ship more controller bundles for Sengoku Musou 3, and maybe Koei should be conservative about their first week shipment. It's weird calling the best selling third party game on home consoles this gen a bomb in any way.

 

[botticus]

How many weeks did DQ VII hold above the 100k bar ? Could it be possible for DQIX to beat it ?

Very possible. Quoting bttb:

After 4 weeks, DQ9 is ahead of DQ8 by 277,061 units and behind DQ7 by 28,235 units.
DQ7 and DQ8 were in the top 30 for 16 consecutive weeks.

         |     DQ7                 |    DQ8                  |    DQ9
Week 1   |  1,862,065              |  2,236,881              |  2,343,440   
Week 2   |  1,072,286 (2,934,351)  |    559,524 (2,796,405)  |    602,856 (2,946,296)
Week 3   |    329,317 (3,263,668)  |    200,033 (2,996,438)  |    271,206 (3,217,502)
Week 4   |    154,797 (3,418,465)  |    116,731 (3,113,169)  |    172,728 (3,390,230)
Week 5   |     83,918 (3,502,383)  |    118,119 (3,231,288)  |
Week 6   |     64,351 (3,566,734)  |     95,879 (3,327,167)  |
Week 7   |     43,717 (3,610,451)  |     56,945 (3,384,112)  |
Week 8   |     33,852 (3,644,302)  |     22,175 (3,406,287)  |
Week 9   |     21,429 (3,665,731)  |     11,611 (3,417,898)  |
Week 10  |     18,191 (3,683,923)  |     11,293 (3,429,191)  |
Week 11  |     18,360 (3,702,283)  |      9,892 (3,439,083)  |
Week 12  |     13,941 (3,716,224)  |      9,389 (3,448,472)  |
Week 13  |     10,541 (3,726,765)  |      7,403 (3,455,875)  |
Week 14  |      8,841 (3,735,606)  |      6,698 (3,462,573)  |
Week 15  |      9,147 (3,744,754)  |      6,490 (3,469,063)  |
Week 16  |      8,903 (3,753,657)  |      5,103 (3,474,166)  |
---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------
CY1 LTD  |  3,784,682              |  3,231,288              |
CY2 LTD  |  3,892,735              |  3,538,860              |

DQ7 figures from YSO (1). DQ8 figures from Garaph (1). DQ9 figures from Famitsu (1, 2, 3, 4).

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I've previously brought up the few games to have a first week over 500K and still fail to reach a million. Obviously this takes a bit of a monster dropoff past the first week. Here's how they did the first few weeks; Famitsu version of reality.

World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 PS2
552K, (two weeks combined of 226K), 37K, 21K... eventual LTD of 923K

Dynasty Warriors 5 PS2
561K, 128K, 71K, 39K, 29K... eventual LTD of 918K

Dissidia: Final Fantasy PSP
504K, 157K, 97K, 44K, 29K... 890K LTD so far

Going by the Famitsu numbers recently showing up in this thread for MH3's second week, it seems to be like a slightly beefier Dynasty Warriors 5 so far, doing about 20K more the first week and 10K more the second.

It's still sixty percent. In its second week.

Isn't it the middle of its third sales week by now?

Sengoku Basara 3 just got announced for Wii.

Just for Wii, or another sent-to-die multiplatform release with PS2?

But they didn't start out white though. The Japan just doesn't like white.

DS lite

It was all about the toothpaste blue.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

I'm surprised that MH3 had such a fast drop off. The coming weeks will be interesting.

 

[Grampasso]

Maybe Famitsu overtracked last week, so this week is a correction. Add the 63k difference to 138k and you get 520k/201k week 1/2.

That would be quite good IMHO

 

[donny2112]

The best selling Wii third party game (not to mention the second best selling third party game of all systems) is a bomba.

This is an awesome post.

I wager that it'll be interesting to pull this thread out again after FFXIII's first week.

Should sell over 1 million first week. That series has an established hardcore base already on PlayStation systems. Maybe even as high as 1.5 million. That's definitely going to be a downturn for the series for what will probably be the most expensive Final Fantasy to date, though.

Good chance we aren't getting Famitsu numbers this week,

We are. The leaked numbers still come out.

You guys are all weeping for the wrong game!

TINGLE ARE YOU OKAY

KOOLOO LIMPAH IF YOU'RE OKAY

:lol

Yeah. For once I'm actually interested in a Media Create software number!

:lol

 

[Tenbatsu]

Maybe Famitsu overtracked last week, so this week is a correction. Add the 63k difference to 138k and you get 520k/201k week 1/2.

Perfect sense. So MH3 is No.1 for both weeks.

 

[schuelma]

Just for Wii, or another sent-to-die multiplatform release with PS2?

.

The way the report came out seems to indicate Wii exclusive, but Capcom has denied the report and there is nothing official.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

To put things in some perspective, here are the first week/second week sales for Monster Hunter main releases (not Best versions):

Monster Hunter 120k / 54k
Monster Hunter G 128k / 30k
Monster Hunter Freedom 118k / 53k
Monster Hunter 2 368k / 95k
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 746k / 156k
Monster Hunter Portable 2G 823k / 552k
Monster Hunter G Wii 142k / 34k
Monster Hunter Tri 583k / ???k

All numbers are Famitsu, courtesy of Garaph.

Holy Shit! I didn't realize how front loaded this series is.

 

[AnimeTheme]

Something for sure is that Capcom has overestimated/overshipped MH3.

 

[donny2112]

I didn't realize how front loaded this series is.

Eh? These are all pretty normal dropoffs.

Edit:
Maybe you were confused into thinking that the way the PSP version sells was normal for the series on consoles. Different markets and what not.

By the way, this pretty much confirms that the main base for the PSP versions decided not to come over to Wii, to this point.

 

[Magicpaint]

Holy Shit! I didn't realize how front loaded this series is.

Except for the MHP games, that is.

 

[Captain Smoker]

Game				week 1	   week 2		LTD (incl. Best, etc.)

Monster Hunter 			120,000    54,000  (- 55%)	289,000
Monster Hunter G		128,000    30,000  (- 77%)	237,000
Monster Hunter Freedom		118,000    53,000  (- 55%)	1,117,000
Monster Hunter 2		368,000    95,000  (- 74%)	698,000
Monster Hunter Freedom 2	746,000    156,000 (- 79%)	1,723,000
Monster Hunter Portable 2G	823,000    552,000 (- 33%)	3,323,000
Monster Hunter G Wii		142,000    34,000  (- 76%)	225,000
Monster Hunter Tri		583,000    138,000 (- 76%)	721,000

 

[Magicpaint]

By the way, this pretty much confirms that the main base for the PSP versions decided not to come over to Wii, to this point.

Definitely, and it's to be expected, since the local multiplayer option, which is a key draw for the MHP games is essentially missing in the Wii version.