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[Dragon]

I'm not getting worked up here?

That's just how I type. I'm an abrasive guy. :lol

 

[gerg]

Nevermind.

 

[test_account]

Then he shouldn't have used dollars to describe the price then.

I was the first one who wrote "$299" in this discussion. I thought it was easier to write $299 throughout the conversation/discussion instead of "29,980 Yen". I think that a quick (but maybe a bit rough?) currency conversion is to say that 100 Yen is $1, so 29,980 Yen becomes about $299. Gerg and i was talking about the japanese market as Stumpokapow said, so i was referring to the japanese market when i said $299. I didnt mean to mix up the japanese and the US market, i am sorry :\ But i will try to remember to write the prices in Yen as well the next time

EDIT: I see now that Gerg has already replied to this

 

[donny2112]

Do we have numbers for this week or NPD numbers for September that I'm unaware of?

Sony showed PS3 Slim launch week sales of 600K worldwide, and it sold 1 million in the first three weeks of Slim's launch worldwide. That's a freaking huge drop after the launch week, but maybe Sony was rounding down that 1 million number by a lot.

 

[spwolf]

spwolf's posts always come with lol emoticons

its hard not to when reading how PS3 Slim is doing so bad in the market... :lol ... and there you go

 

[donny2112]

Nevermind. :/

 

[boiled goose]

even if 15k is a 50% improvement, the increase is so small it doesnt matter... 5k is within normal weekly fluctuations.

It is like saying the DS phat sold 600 instead of 300 units. It is pretty meaningless.


no trying to come down specifically on PS3, but the entire console market in japan is quite depressing.

 

[spwolf]

even if 15k is a 50% improvement, the increase is so small it doesnt matter... 5k is within normal weekly fluctuations.

It is like saying the DS phat sold 600 instead of 300 units. It is pretty meaningless.


no trying to come down specifically on PS3, but the entire console market in japan is quite depressing.

i would guess that if PS3 sold 50% better than what it did, it definetly would have been doing a lot better than it is, wouldnt it? :lol

i mean that would be 10 million extra sales or whatever LTD is these days. 10 million might be pocket change for you, but certainly isnt for sony.

 

[jman2050]

spwolf is quietly approaching Monorojo territory.

 

[spwolf]

spwolf is quietly approaching Monorojo territory.

saying it 500 times does not make it true...


... right? :lol

 

[Hcoregamer00]

spwolf is quietly approaching Monorojo territory.

"Quietly" is not the right word.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I've been curious about any possible legit LTDs of Klonoa Wii, Muramasa, Arc Rise, Rune Factory Frontier, etc in Japan, or better yet, worldwide?

Shame that Chartz is infamously inaccurate, seems like the only way we get totals, is either from the horses' mouths, or from that Famitsu top 500 or something each year for Japan right?

 

[jman2050]

saying it 500 times does not make it true...


... right? :lol

Well at least I know you're paying close attention to these threads.

"Quietly" is not the right word.

I'm trying to find a word that means the opposite of "hyperbole" to explain this but I can't quite find one that works.

 

[Jonnyram]

So there was a new magazine released this month, Dengeki Games. It's a monthly publication and it contains Top 500 sales for the month of August. Pretty impressive detail for such a cheap mag.

Anyway, I was actually surprised to find a GBA title in the top 500. Anyone fancy taking a stab at what it was (and how many units it sold)? Teehee. It is definitely interesting to see how many "forgotten" titles are still selling 3-4000 a month, though.

 

[cvxfreak]

So there was a new magazine released this month, Dengeki Games. It's a monthly publication and it contains Top 500 sales for the month of August. Pretty impressive detail for such a cheap mag.

Anyway, I was actually surprised to find a GBA title in the top 500. Anyone fancy taking a stab at what it was (and how many units it sold)? Teehee. It is definitely interesting to see how many "forgotten" titles are still selling 3-4000 a month, though.

Really? Where is it available? My conbini has a shitty selection of game mags. Bic or Yodo maybe?

I'd bet on it being either Pokemon FRLG or Emerald, but it could have been Rhythm Tengoku too.

 

[iifu]

I'd bet on it being either Pokemon FRLG or Emerald, but it could have been Rhythm Tengoku too.

Yeah I would say probably Rhythm Tengoku. Didn't it get a reprint shortly after Gold was released?

 

[Hero of Legend]

Think you can post up the list? No rush, just get it up! Oh, and does each game have the LTD total as well?

 

[Pureauthor]

I'm trying to find a word that means the opposite of "hyperbole" to explain this but I can't quite find one that works.

Steadily?

 

[gerg]

I'm trying to find a word that means the opposite of "hyperbole" to explain this but I can't quite find one that works.

Understatement?

 

[test_account]

even if 15k is a 50% improvement, the increase is so small it doesnt matter... 5k is within normal weekly fluctuations.

It is like saying the DS phat sold 600 instead of 300 units. It is pretty meaningless.


no trying to come down specifically on PS3, but the entire console market in japan is quite depressing.

I think that i know what you mean, but i think that i would say that there is a difference between 300 (the DS phat example) and 5,000. Both are 50% increase and both a small increases indeed, i agree, but there is still a small difference between 300 and 5,000, at least in my opinion. The 5,000 number requires 4,700 more people to be interested in buying something compared to the 300 number.

But what i wanted to say earlier is that if the PS3 baseline increases, even with just 5k, and if the lowest PS3 weekly hardware sales we will see about 1 year or so from now is 15k, it should show that more people are interested in buying a PS3 now compared to how the situations was before. It would be the same with the DS phat example. If that baseline increased with just 300 units, then it would show that more people are interested in buying it.

When Wii Sports Resort was released there wasnt a huge bump in the Wii hardware sales. It was then speculated if we would see a baseline increase with the Wii hardware. Instead of seeing a big bump in the Wii hardware sales in the first 1-2 weeks or so, the weekly baseline would increase instead. And this seemed to be the case, eventhough that the weekly Wii hardware sales didnt increase a lot, there was still an increase The Wii hardware sales has gone a bit down the last 2 weeks though, but i dont what the reason for this is.

You might say that it is rather meaningless with a small increase in the hardware sales (generally speaking about every gaming system, not just about the Wii hardware sales that i just mentioned) in the way that Microsoft, Nintendo and/or Sony wont see a huge increase in income because the hardware sales increase is too small, i agree (any increase income, even if the increased income is small, is probably highly welcomed at any company though, but i know what you mean), but if a console baseline increases, it should show that more people are interested in buying a console, even if the increase is relatively small, at least in my opinion. That is what i wanted to say Only time will show if the PS3 baseline increases though, but i think it shall be interesting to see what happends at least

EDIT: I added some text.

EDIT 2: I fixed some typos.

 

[mbnmac]

The Wii hardware sales has gone a bit down the last 2 weeks though, but i dont what the reason for this is.

Word of the price drop has possibly got around/interest in WSR dropping slightly outside of those who don't own the console

 

[test_account]

Word of the price drop has possibly got around/interest in WSR dropping slightly outside of those who don't own the console

Ye, that might be why the Wii hardware sales has dropped a bit in the last 2 weeks indeed. I am curious about how the Wii sales will be after the pricedrop.

 

[Road]

Think you can post up the list? No rush, just get it up! Oh, and does each game have the LTD total as well?

I think it has LTD. I went looking on 2ch and some guy posted LTDs for Wii, PS3, PSP and 360 from a Dengeki Games magazine (couldn't find if he posted the rest because the threads have been purged).

However, he mentioned it as top 200, not 500. So, that's why I'm not 100%.

 

[Parl]

Word of the price drop has possibly got around/interest in WSR dropping slightly outside of those who don't own the console

And there is a bit of overlap in the market for PS3 and for Wii. Pokémon may have made a very minor difference too. Strong price drop rumours probably had a hand as well though.

 

[cvxfreak]

I think it has LTD. I went looking on 2ch and some guy posted LTDs for Wii, PS3, PSP and 360 from a Dengeki Games magazine (couldn't find if he posted the rest because the threads have been purged).

However, he mentioned it as top 200, not 500. So, that's why I'm not 100%.

URL?

 

[Hero of Legend]

URL?

2ch has porn. so it's banned. :/

 

[Jonnyram]

I'd bet on it being either Pokemon FRLG or Emerald, but it could have been Rhythm Tengoku too.

Tee hee. No, it's a third party title. More clues? Capcom. That's probably enough to get you on the right trail. Yeah, I got mine at Yodobashi.

 

[bttb]

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[Road]

URL?

Sorry for the delayed reply (I'm at work.)

Here's the list he posted. I assumed it's only the LTD from the numbers of some titles. I'm also not sure if he posted every game. Maybe Jonnyram can check the numbers to see the legitimacy of these? I see bttb is onto it too so I'm sure he'll find the full list. Haha

PS2:
Gジェネウォ－ズ　282,878本
仮面ライダー　84,117本
ウイイレ2009クラブチャンピオンシップ　61,745本
メルティブラッド　54,160本
プロスピ6　109,918本
パチスロエヴァ　51,511本
桜薄鬼　15,048本
メモリーズオフ6　8,362本
新説西遊記　7,355本
つよきす　17,676本
パワプロ2009　155,692本
BASARA2英雄列伝ベスト　59,187本
モンハン2ベスト　164,521本
ぬがせる　8,798本
龍が如く2ベスト　312,493本
メタルスラッグ　11.344本
DQ8ベスト　160,056本
KH2ベスト　69,656本
BASARA2ベスト　29,633本
バイオ4ベスト　92,292本
スパロボZスペシャルディスク　56,211本
ウイイレ2009　253,217本
ぷよぷよ！ベスト　29,191本
桃鉄16ベスト　30,111本
GTAサンアンドレアスベスト　3,352本

PSP:
TOVS 190,808本
MHP2G 930,210本
AC3P　73,986本
ぼく夏4　162,138本
ソウルキャリバー　27,354本
おおかみかくし　23,097本
初音ミク　174,952本
CCFF7ベスト　12,459本
薄桜鬼　9,200本
金色のコルダ2fアンコール　8,497本
戦国BASARA　215,147本
ToHeart2通常＋Wパック　37,312本
ブリーチ6　91,583本
ぷよぷよ！ベスト　60,433本
GTAバイスベスト　47,392本
みんごる2Pベスト　34,734本
ウイイレ2009　279,856本
GTAリバティベスト　96,662本
とともの２　70,174本
太鼓の達人ぽーたぶる2　203,567本
MGSPO+　441,735本
パワポタ3　406,595本
麻雀倶楽部ベスト　51,358本
機動戦士ガンダム戦場の絆　198,021本
塊魂ベスト　94,870本
バルハラナイツ2バトルスタンス　33,184本
イース1＆2　25,504本
なりそこない英雄譚　8,923本
MGSPOベスト　94,134本
無双オロチ魔王再臨　239,451本
GジェネPベスト　24,431本

Wii:
モンハン3　833,418本
wiiスポリゾート　1,076,195本
Gジェネウォーズ　48,255本
アクティブパーソナルトレーナー　27,354本
Wii Fit 3,450,792本
マリカWii　2,355,369本
太鼓の達人wii　596,930本
鋼の錬金術師　9,512本
ドラゴンボール　24,306本
Wiiスポ　3,406,670本
スマブラＸ　1,946,297本
動物の森　1,096,800本
呪恩　11,245本
デカスポルタ2　67,039本
はじwii　2,779,953本
ピクミン2　126,663本
マリパ8　1,453,404本
ちびロボ！　34,321本
カラオケジョイサウンド　260,132本
ぷよぷよ！ベスト　37,786本
マリオテニス　197,649本
パワプロNEXT　76,563本
ポップンミュージック　3,069本
ワンピース2　105,165本
EAスポーツ　14,828本
ウイイレ2009　45,087本
パンチアウト　8,820本
パワフルメジャー　42,942本

PS3:
レッドファクションゲリラ　20,900本
プロスピ６　130,669本
塊魂　49,329本
KOF12　18,970本
みんゴル５ベスト　66,493本
MGS4ベスト　22,834本
F.E.A.R2　4,888本
戦ヴァルベスト　57,403本
DMC4ベスト　6,819本
無双５エンパイア　153,882本
ACアンサーベスト　28,060本
GTA4ベスト　3,074本
ウイイレ2009　439,263本
ロロナ　66,497本
ベガス２ベスト　3,811本
アサクリベスト　26,679本
TtT　6,727本

360:
マグナカルタ２　44,804本
ドりクラ　42,375本
GoW2　53,585本
レッドファクションゲリラ　7,406本
F.E.A.R2　3,653本
メモリーズオフ６　2,685本

Is 2ch really bannable?!

 

[cvxfreak]

Oh, right. Makes sense now why no one links it. Cut and paste is fine too.

Too bad no Biohazard games on the list... (yet).

EDIT: Wait, I see Bio 4 Best on there.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

spwolf is quietly approaching Tabris territory.

There we go. And we all know what that means!

 

[the thoroughbred]

I'll take a stab and say it's Capcom Classics: Mini Mix (GBA) that is selling a few thousoand every month.

Right or Wrong?

 

[cvxfreak]

I'll take a stab and say it's Capcom Classics: Mini Mix (GBA) that is selling a few thousoand every month.

Right or Wrong?

...

According to a random 2ch post, the only GBA game on the list is a title released 6 years ago.

#160 [GBA] RockMan EXE Battle Chip GP (Capcom) (2003.08.08) 2,975 / 60,633

 

[Road]

Famitsu top 10 09/21 - 09/27

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 167,000 / 2,068,000
02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo)
03. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai)
04. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Portable 4 (Konami)
05. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix)
07. [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
08. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix)
09. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (Konami)
10. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (Square Enix)

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/sokuho/1228044_1796.html

 

[donny2112]

2ch has porn. so it's banned. :/

The ghard section is text only, and I've linked to it before. Are you sure you're not thinking of 4chan?

If this Top 200/500 is going to be released monthly ... Another tracker to keep track of? Didn't Dengeki used to do Top 50 per week and then dropped numbers altogether for a while?

 

[gkryhewy]

Looks like nice legs for ToV

 

[dolemite]

Tomodachi collection :lol

 

[cvxfreak]

Wii Sports Resort > DQIX :O

And what the hell is up with COD4. Talk about two years LTTP.

 

[Road]

The ghard section is text only, and I've linked to it before. Are you sure you're not thinking of 4chan?

If this Top 200/500 is going to be released monthly ... Another tracker to keep track of? Didn't Dengeki used to do Top 50 per week and then dropped numbers altogether for a while?

Considering it's a new magazine from them, it wouldn't be unexpected indeed if it were just a temporary thing to lure people.

 

[Dra-Q]

Famitsu top 10 09/21 - 09/27

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 167,000 / 2,068,000
02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo)
03. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai)
04. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Portable 4 (Konami)
05. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix)
07. [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
08. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix)
09. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (Konami)
10. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (Square Enix)

Well, Gears 2 also charted in its opening week.

 

[jcm]

I'm trying to find a word that means the opposite of "hyperbole" to explain this but I can't quite find one that works.

Meiosis is the fifty cent Greek derived word you're looking for.

 

[Frillen]

Wasn't Halo 3 #1 when it launched in Japan?

 

[cvxfreak]

Wasn't Halo 3 #1 when it launched in Japan?

Technically, but I would argue against it.

 

[Frillen]

Technically, but I would argue against it.

So it would've been #3 if it released this week most likely. Halo 3 ODST in the 25k-30k area?

 

[dolemite]

Wasn't Halo 3 #1 when it launched in Japan?

Which means there was nothing casual released at the time.

 

[donny2112]

When are we going to stop expressing surprise when a big Western F/TPS makes the Top 10 its first week in Japan?

XBX Halo - #7
XBX Halo 2 - #4
360 Halo 3 - #2
360 Halo 3: ODST - #7

360 Gears of War - #8
360 Gears of War 2 - #6

N64 Perfect Dark - #1 (Goldeneye debuted at #13 way back in 1997)

 

[cvxfreak]

When are we going to stop expressing surprise when a big Western F/TPS makes the Top 10 its first week in Japan?

Probably when it happens frequently enough.

 

[dolemite]

Probably when it happens frequently enough.

Well, only the biggest western titles make the list so it's not going to be frequent any time soon.

 

[lowlylowlycook]

Wii Sports Resort > DQIX :O

Wasn't this inevitable?

 

[test_account]

Well, Gears 2 also charted in its opening week.

I think that Halo 3: ODST is bolded just to show that it is the only new game that was released last week (at least among the games within the Top 10), if you were thinking about why only Halo 3: ODST is bolded?