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Media Create Sales: Sep 14 - 20, 2009
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JoshuaJSlone
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Yeah, pretty much. PS2 supply didn't look so bad for most of the year, but when they finally needed to start supplying regions outside of Japan they couldn't really keep up and there wasn't much of a holiday bump. Here's September 2000 - January 2001.Blablurn said:
Dolla Dolla
Member
Not counting the slim launch, it's the third week of 50k, as DMJ says.DarkMehm said:
(MC) 8/31 - 9/6 - 151k (slim launch)
(MC) 9/7 - 9/13 - 55k
(MC) 9/14 - 9/20 - 51k (Vesperia)
(Fam) 9/21 - 9/27 - 50k
Eteric Rice
Member
gerg said:
Err, I wouldn't say they're screwed if NSMB doesn't work out, they're still a few million units ahead of the PS3 as far as I know.
I'm thinking if NSMB Wii doesn't pan out, they may need to consider a relaunch with better features/design.
gerg said:
If we are talking about hardware sales how could a mario game which is more or less a remake of existing mario game increase the hardware sales? How this game good be the messiah and attract more people then galaxy did? It will be a multimillion seller without question but not a system seller this late in the life cycle.
Eteric Rice
Member
obaidr said:
Uh, it's not a remake. And 3D and 2D mario are two different beasts according to the DS.
How that will work on a console, I don't know.
JoshuaJSlone said:Yeah, pretty much. PS2 supply didn't look so bad for most of the year, but when they finally needed to start supplying regions outside of Japan they couldn't really keep up and there wasn't much of a holiday bump. Here's September 2000 - January 2001.
wow, didn't know that! thank you for the information, dude!
Eteric Rice said:
NSMB is Nintendo's biggest bet this holiday season. They really want it to succeed.
Of course, underlying this whole discussion is the increasing irrelevance of console gaming in Japan.
obaidr said:
NSMB Wii mixes the values that seem to be popular with Nintendo's target audience, along with a theme that has not yet appeared on the Wii. You underestimate the difference in appeal between 2D and 3D Mario.
Impressive hold for PS3. Way higher than I predicted. I didn't expect it but next week we may see a fight between PS3 and Wii. Even if we assume that Silver Week helped PS3 a bit this time there will be no excuse next week if it manages to hold high again. So far the pattern doesn't continue.
famitsu:
Dragon Quest IX becomes this week (at least from the tracked sales we have) the best selling Dragon Quest. And it has many hundreds of thousands to sell yet.
Famitsu data:
famitsu:
Code:
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| System | week 1 | week 2 | week 3 | week 4 | week 5 | week 6 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|Black WII| 92.790| 46.000| 46.000| 25.540| 22.707| 18.087|
| Slim PS3| 150.832| 54.289| 55.000| 50.000| | |
-----------------------------------------------------------------Dragon Quest IX becomes this week (at least from the tracked sales we have) the best selling Dragon Quest. And it has many hundreds of thousands to sell yet.
Famitsu data:
Code:
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| | Dragon Quest VII | Dragon Quest VIII | Dragon Quest IX | difference |
|--|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|
| #| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD |DQIX-DQVII|DQIX-DQVIII|
|--|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|
| 1|1.862.065|1.862.065|2.236.881|2.236.881|2.343.440|2.343.440| 481.375| 106.559|
| 2|1.072.286|2.934.351| 559.524|2.796.405| 602.856|2.946.296| 11.945| 149.891|
| 3| 329.317|3.263.668| 200.033|2.996.438| 271.206|3.217.502| -46.166| 221.064|
| 4| 154.797|3.418.465| 116.731|3.113.169| 172.728|3.390.230| -28.235| 277.061|
| 5| 83.918|3.502.383| 118.119|3.231.288| 106.514|3.496.744| -5.639| 265.456|
| 6| 64.351|3.566.734| 95.879|3.327.167| 121.139|3.617.883| 51.149| 290.716|
| 7| 43.717|3.610.451| 56.945|3.384.112| 79.452|3.697.335| 86.884| 313.223|
| 8| 33.852|3.644.302| 22.175|3.406.287| 68.125|3.765.460| 120.158| 359.173|
| 9| 21.429|3.665.731| 11.611|3.417.898| 52.135|3.817.595| 151.864| 399.697|
|10| 18.191|3.683.923| 11.293|3.429.191| 38.293|3.855.888| 171.965| 426.697|
|11| 18.360|3.702.283| 9.892|3.439.083| 36.000|3.892.000| 189.717| 452.917|
|12| 13.941|3.716.224| 9.389|3.448.472| 34.000|3.925.000| 208.776| 476.528|
|13| 10.541|3.726.765| 7.403|3.455.875| | | | |
|14| 8.841|3.735.606| 6.698|3.462.573| | | | |
|15| 9.147|3.744.754| 6.490|3.469.063| | | | |
|16| 8.903|3.753.657| 5.103|3.474.166| | | | |
|17| -| -| -| -| | | | |
|18| -| -| -| -| | | | |
|19| 10.769|3.784.682| -| -| | | | |
|20| 15.632|3.800.315| -| -| | | | |
|21| 5.634|3.805.949| -| -| | | | |
|22| 5.643|3.811.591| -| -| | | | |
|23| 6.190|3.817.781| -| -| | | | |
|24| 4.184|3.821.965| -| -| | | | |
|25| 4.406|3.826.371| -| -| | | | |
|26| 5.227|3.831.598| -| -| | | | |
|27| 3.848|3.835.446| -| -| | | | |
|28| 5.083|3.840.529| -| -| | | | |
|29| 4.859|3.845.388| -| -| | | | |
|--|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|
| -| LTD |3.893.293| LTD |3.538.860| LTD |3.925.000| 31.707| 386.140|
| -| LTD 2 |3.893.293| LTD 2 |3.677.560| LTD 2 |3.925.000| 31.707| 247.440|
| -|shipments|4.150.000|shipments|3.700.000|shipments|4.000.000| -150.000| 300.000|
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*LTD 2 includes BEST releases
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Ultimate Hits) (Square Enix) (20/07/06) - 138.700
[PS1] Dragon Quest VII (PSOne Books) (Square Enix) (02/03/05) (didn't chart)
[PS1] Dragon Quest VII (Ultimate Hits) (Square Enix) (20/07/06) (didn't chart)slaughterking
Member
Yay, DQXI. Now on the way to 4 million!
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Note on Dragon Quest IX: Though there are games that it won't outsell, I was wondering if it was the quickest to reach its current heights, since most of the games we see at 4+ million are there thanks to loooong legs. However, it seems like Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire and Diamond/Pearl are just a bit quicker to 4 million.
Since these are using final Famitsu numbers DQ IX is a bit behind what we see in Chris1964's posts, but it's looking like DQ IX will hit 4 million around week 15, compared to 12 for RuSa and 13 or 14 for DiaPear (there was a combined week).
Quickest to 3.5 million... I think so.
Since these are using final Famitsu numbers DQ IX is a bit behind what we see in Chris1964's posts, but it's looking like DQ IX will hit 4 million around week 15, compared to 12 for RuSa and 13 or 14 for DiaPear (there was a combined week).
Quickest to 3.5 million... I think so.
slaughterking
Member
One milestone at a time. ;0Chris1964 said:Fixed
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
slaughterking said:
Next battle: Dragon Quest IX vs. Final Fantasy VII!
Dragona Akehi
Retired
zero_suit said:
I'm pretty sure at this point that five million shipped is pretty possible.
slaughterking
Member
Hm? It would have to do negative numbers to compete with FFVII.Regulus Tera said:
The last three weeks DQ IX has sold almost the same amount of units. If it holds over 30K and the next week (the week after Silver Week) and the holidays boost its sales by a respectable margin, 5M are still a possibility. Don't forget many people didn't expect it to make even 4M. As of now it doesn't follow the sales trend of previous Dragon Quests, so there is still some hope.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
slaughterking said:
Didn't the multiple re-releases of FFVII put it ahead of DQVII?
slaughterking
Member
You're right according to Captain Smoker.Regulus Tera said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17763119&postcount=203
gkrykewy said:
Hard to say. Lots of used fat PS3s coming in at my local shops so some people are upgrading but not nearly enough for those numbers so Sony is bringing in new people for sure. And with some good titles on the way, might just keep them. However outside of the "hardcore" gaming circles, I don't here a lot about the PS3. A few of my non-gamer friends (who know I like games) mentioned the Wii price drop. And it has been on the news. Still there doesn't seem to be much hype at the gaming shops. Maybe it would be better to check the department stores, as that seems to be where a lot of Wii are purchased.
To tell the truth, I have a hard time making any prediction now. These last 3 years have been crazy...
slaughterking
Member
That's merely a matter of one week.Kenka said:It's not quite a battle. But seeing it rush past FF VII will be a nice show in the forthcoming weeks
thestopsign
Member
Looking at the PS3 numbers, I'm not too surprised. This week is the so-called Silver Week, so that probably helped to sustain numbers. It even increased numbers for certain games like Tomodachi and Monster Hunter. I'm betting for a large dropoff next week.
Graphics Horse
Member
Stopsign said:
I've seen Silver week mentioned before, but it doesn't seem to have had any noticable effect on sales of other consoles.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Chris1964 said:Fixed
Wada redeemed.
A month ago I wasn't sure if it was possible, but now I really do think that Dragon Quest IX should reach 5 million sold in Japan. It's not going to happen overnight, but it will happen eventually.
thestopsign
Member
Graphics Horse said:
Hmmm... it looks like you're right. It could be having a more pronounced effect on the PS3 because it does have a new model out. Even without the holiday I bet the PS3 would have been around 45k anyways, so it really probably is negligible.
Graphics Horse
Member
markatisu said:
Yeah that's what I mean, the other consoles stayed the same, and so the PS3 probably wasn't affected much either.
thestopsign
Member
spwolf said:
I bet it drops to below 40k next week. In fact, I'd be very surprised if it didn't. I guess we'll just have to wait and see though.
BlazingDarkness
Member
would it be silly to suggest that the PS3 is taking away from PSP numbers?
The PSP has been really low numbers since around the time the Slim released
Perhaps many Japanese decided to buy a PSP in favor of PS3 because it was a less expensive option?
The PSP has been really low numbers since around the time the Slim released
Perhaps many Japanese decided to buy a PSP in favor of PS3 because it was a less expensive option?
Liabe Brave
Member
Well, the possibility I mentioned in another thread has come to pass: the PS3 has sold more this month than 360 has all year. (Yes, I know that says more about Microsoft's utter failure in Japan than Sony's success; that was the original context I mentioned it in.)
Seriously, 50k for PS3 this week is too high. Unless we buy the shaky argument about Silver Week, it seems somewhat at odds with standard decay patterns. I certainly expect PS3 to fall off heavily next week, but then I expected it this week too.
Stuff like this makes me question the possibility of ever developing strong prediction tools for sales. It seems like more of an art than even meteorology. Props to the people who are actually good at it (though pretty much all of them seem surprised this week, too!).
Seriously, 50k for PS3 this week is too high. Unless we buy the shaky argument about Silver Week, it seems somewhat at odds with standard decay patterns. I certainly expect PS3 to fall off heavily next week, but then I expected it this week too.
Stuff like this makes me question the possibility of ever developing strong prediction tools for sales. It seems like more of an art than even meteorology. Props to the people who are actually good at it (though pretty much all of them seem surprised this week, too!).
Dragona Akehi
Retired
spwolf said:
You really aren't very good at sales analysis are you?