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[Exterminieren]

I expected a lot more from Luigi's Mansion.

Why? Short of the (likely erroneous) shipping reports, this is still an excellent result for a franchise that hasn't been on the scene for over a decade with an installment developed in the West.

What released last year on 3DS that it sold 90k+?

I imagine Kid Icarus sold more new 3DSs than Luigi did.

Vita saved by the recent Sony decisions (price drop and constant release of software) despite someone will still deny it.)

It would be "saved" if these constant releases were continuing. Is there anything remotely significant coming out before, ooh, Valhalla Knights in May?

 

[tkscz]

Luigi almost hit 300,000. Whats with all the Sony system's getting the same game?

 

[test_account]

Which holiday are people referring to by the way? I know there was something special since games were released on a Wedensday instead of a Thursday, but how did this mean that the stores were closed on Thursday? And how long did this holiday last?

 

[Lexxism]

So can people stop saying 'we need to wait until next week to see how Vita does' now, then?

Let wait again another few weeks to see how Vita will do.

Spoiler

 

[schuelma]

I don't think you can just put the Vita hold on the holiday. That's a significant hold that a minor holiday wouldn't prop up IMO.

 

[Nekki]

My prediction was right.

PSV: 100k
SS: 150K
OPV: 300K

Sure.

Kid Icarus Uprising.

Ohhh.. right!! So I'm guessing from now on I'll take Famitsu over MC, since they at least count download cards.

 

[Hero of Legend]

On the Famitsu chart, Dragon Ball Heroes did almost 9k this week passing 130k and is officially above Raging Blast PS3, Shin Budokai on PSP is next to be topped.

 

[Devilgunman]

Nice One Piece Vita sales, only 4 times less than PS3 regardless of significantly smaller install base.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Which holiday are people referring to by the way? I know there was something special since games were released on a Wedensday instead of a Thursday, but how did this mean that the stores were closed on Thursday? And how long did this holiday last?

Last Wednesday was a public holiday, Luigi and a few others launched that day.

 

[Nibel]

Solid numbers all around, especially Vita and Luigi

Dat bUmp

 

[Magicpaint]

I don't think you can just put the Vita hold on the holiday. That's a significant hold that a minor holiday wouldn't prop up IMO.

It had quite a few releases this week as well, that's always good for any platform.

 

[Father_Brain]

Completely surprised by that Vita number, but not changing my prediction that it'll soon be below 10K. The software to sustain an improved baseline is just not there.

 

[test_account]

Last Wednesday was a public holiday, Luigi and a few others launched that day.

Oh ok, so it was only one day and no stores were closed?

 

[marrec]

So the Vita outsold the LL this week, and all 3DS sku's a few weeks ago.

Interesting turn of events.

 

[NotLiquid]

Luigi almost hit 300,000. Whats with all the Sony system's getting the same game?

Ports for the Vita is all they can come out with right now I suppose. Surprisingly doing well for itself.

Wonder how the numbers will sustain post-holiday.

 

[DaBoss]

I don't think you can just put the Vita hold on the holiday. That's a significant hold that a minor holiday wouldn't prop up IMO.

Yea, this is how I see it too. You can use that reasoning for the Wii U's sales though.

 

[slaughterking]

Really solid Vita numbers. Very encouraging.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Good bump for Wii. 30% up on last week.

 

[duckroll]

Totally forgot that KH was released.

I wonder if FFX will do similar numbers...

Aka not that impressive.

FFX will do better because both FFX and FFX-2 are more popular titles compared to KH, and it's a two-in-one release. KH 2.5 should also do better than KH 1.5, if it does include KH2 and BbS.

I don't think KH 1.5 sales are bad at all anyway. It's the best selling HD Remaster in Japan isn't it? I'm not sure why there would be a higher expectation. The Final Mix releases for the PS2 KH games sold over 300k, with opening sales of under 200k. So a number of people have already bought re-releases of the games before. KH 1.5 will likely clear 200k, and that's really good for a HD Remaster. I expect FFX|X-2 to do better, but I don't expect it to sell 500k or anything like that either.

 

[schuelma]

Predictions for Wii U's first significant releases since launch?

I'll say DQX 50k, Game & Wario 40k. Hardware bumped to 20-25k (basically all because of the DQX bundle).

 

[crinale]

Which holiday are people referring to by the way? I know there was something special since games were released on a Wednesday instead of a Thursday, but how did this mean that the stores were closed on Thursday? And how long did this holiday last?

At usual week games are release at Thursday. However, last week it was release at Wednesday and it was a holiday. This alone should have given a little bump to basically everything.

 

[Lexxism]

SS is slowly fading away from top 20. Maybe next week, it won't be on top 20 anymore.

 

[Madao]

what are the sale sof the first Luigi's Mansion in japan? iirc, it didn't sell nearly as good as in the international markets.

 

[Sadist]

Cool for Luigi.

Vita numbers are nice.

Animal Crossing hitting the big three next week or in two weeks?

 

[Kenka]

I don't think you can just put the Vita hold on the holiday. That's a significant hold that a minor holiday wouldn't prop up IMO.

I tend to agree, Sony smoothed that sales spike by distributing releases over a longer period of time to make them coincide with a holiday at the end. The result is that Vita held in the headlines for a longer period of time, which may lead people to think it's a relevant and hyped platform. And I hope it worked.

 

[Earthpainting]

Kind of amazed Luigi's Mansion 2 managed to trump One Piece in the end. I was fairly sure irate Warriors 2 was going to nab the top spot this week.

 

[wrowa]

Luigi's Mansion clearly got overhyped in last week's thread, but nevertheless nice numbers.

One Piece Vita is probably the biggest surprise to me. I didn't expect it to do as good as it did and to move quite a few Vitas to boot. Pretty impressive and it seems that Vita might be able to sell decent numbers from now on even with relatively low-key/multiplat releases. Things can change quickly, of course, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised if it's able to stabilize at 20k.

Not sure about Soul Sacrifice yet.

Terrible numbers for Castlevania. I'm certain that game is going to bomb worldwide.

It's actually pretty much in line with the DS and GBA games. Castlevania has never been a great seller in Japan, at least not in recent years.

 

[Celestial]

I don't think you can just put the Vita hold on the holiday. That's a significant hold that a minor holiday wouldn't prop up IMO.

The same people they were telling that Vita will sell bad after the price-cut week are telling now things about holidays etc.....

 

[Aquamarine]

Oh ok, so it was only one day and no stores were closed?

It was Vernal Equinox day (春分の&#26085. No shops were closed.

 

[NotLiquid]

Predictions for Wii U's first significant releases since launch?

I'll say DQX 50k, Game & Wario 40k. Hardware bumped to 20-25k (basically all because of the DQX bundle).

I'd say that's a reasonable guess, yeah.

 

[shinra-bansho]

I don't think you can just put the Vita hold on the holiday. That's a significant hold that a minor holiday wouldn't prop up IMO.

I'd say the Wii U rise can probably be attributed to whatever holiday this was.

The Vita rise, I'd attribute to both a combination of this holiday and the various releases as well.

I still think the Vita is too far-gone to see a substantial turn-around after this respite; but if it does somehow end up sustaining ~20K numbers it begs the question:

Can a system be viable with just a series of smaller scale releases and no mega-releases?

 

[Plinko]

Wow at Luigi's Mansion and Vita. Good news.

Also, Animal Crossing never ceases to amaze me.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Oh ok, so it was only one day and no stores were closed?

Yep. People are overstating it a bit, I think.

 

[schuelma]

I'd say the Wii U rise can probably be attributed to whatever holiday this was.

The Vita rise, I'd attribute to both a combination of this holiday and the various releases as well.

I still think the Vita is too far-gone to see a substantial turn-around after this respite; but if it does somehow end up sustaining ~20K numbers it begs the question:

Can a system be viable with just a series of smaller scale releases and no mega-releases?

I tend to agree, but it's held on a lot better than I thought it would so far.

 

[bakedpony]

It's highly unlikely Vita will go sub 10k again, even if there are no new releases in a given week. Word of mouth will just keep helping Vita's numbers.

 

[Pooya]

SAO was very front loaded, no surprise there, everyone who wanted it couldn't resist.

 

[serplux]

I tend to agree, but it's held on a lot better than I thought it would so far.

I'm still concerned/predicting that two months of no relevant software will bring it crashing back down.

 

[DaBoss]

NSMB2 rose by 20%. New colors + LM2 crowd?

So the Vita outsold the LL this week, and all 3DS sku's a few weeks ago.

Interesting turn of events.

I don't see anything significant about this. You are trying to make some sort of relation when there isn't one.

 

[Nekki]

The same people they were telling that Vita will sell bad after the price-cut week are telling now things about holidays etc.....

This back and forth between "Vita is saved" and "No it's not" is getting stupid already.

The numbers have been very positive since the price drop, but not enough time went by to make any sort of statement.

 

[thehypocrite]

Vita doing good, somebody is going to be pissed about this, however SmokyDave will be ecstatic so it all balance out.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Question, so the Vita got tore apart for the Tales remake opening to 50k in Japan, and people were saying the series is done on the Vita, however, Castlevanie MoF does around 10k and is an original entry, but will the same hyperbole apply?

I am not saying either should have sold more than they did, both seemed destined to poor sales, but I thought it was a funny observation. Really I hope a return to SOTN style Castlevania is in order and all platforms could enjoy it.

Edit: I see that Castlevania is not a big seller on handhelds in Japan, but still there are people on this forum that like to believe the 3DS equates to automatic sales when it certainly is not true. My point is that the Tales remake just like Castlevania wouldn't have done very well on 3DS either.

 

[liger05]

Good numbers for Vita and its holding better than I thought it would.

So the Vita outsold the LL this week, and all 3DS sku's a few weeks ago.

Interesting turn of events.

Not sure of the point your trying to make here?

 

[shinra-bansho]

It's highly unlikely Vita will go sub 10k again, even if there are no new releases in a given week. Word of mouth will just keep helping Vita's numbers.

Such statements aren't really warranted yet, there's a major lull in software releases after this period iirc.

 

[mothball]

Meruru+ numbers are toe-to-toe with Totori+ numbers. Hopefully it gets localized as well.

 

[DragonSworne]

The vita didn't hold. It rose by 5k which is significant.

Seems like Vita is back! Sony is doing something right and Nintendo obviously doesn't know what it is, otherwise Wii U would be doing better.

 

[test_account]

At usual week games are release at Thursday. However, last week it was release at Wednesday and it was a holiday. This alone should have given a little bump to basically everything.

It was Vernal Equinox day (春分&#12398. No shops were closed.

Yep. People are overstating it a bit, I think.

Thanks for the info Yeah, it should have affected every system, so i think that the Vita hold is mostly due to general interest in the system. The small increase from last week could have been due to the holiday though, but i think it would have had a good chance to sell above 30k even without the holiday.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I am more confident that when the next Vita drought soon hits it will still be able to pull much better weekly numbers (15+k) than what it did before. While certainly not great numbers it should provide additional boost to new Vita projects especially PS3+PSV since they seem to be doing quite well and more niche titles too.

I don't think Vita is going away in a long time. Now to see if Sonys ''indie push'' does anything in the west but it needs a pricecut over here asap.

 

[Foshy]

GoW:J 360 > GoW:A PS3 first week

wat

 

[Mpl90]

Yeah, MK7, NSMB2 and MH3U on 3DS all saw a rise compared to last week. Holidays indeed. However, not bad One Piece on Vita compared to PS3. Not bad at all.

 

[grimshawish]

Seems like Vita is back! Sony is doing something right and Nintendo obviously doesn't know what it is, otherwise Wii U would be doing better.

Wut?