No, they're not. Iwata stated they shifted their Q1 & Q2 marketing budget to Q3 & Q4 so they can go all-out
No, I get that. It's them saying that Nintendo needs to sort it out, or acting like it was meant to have a big jump.
Media Create Sales: Week 25, 2013 (Jun 17 - Jun 23)
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No, they're not. Iwata stated they shifted their Q1 & Q2 marketing budget to Q3 & Q4 so they can go all-out
No, I get that. It's them saying that Nintendo needs to sort it out, or acting like it was meant to have a big jump.
Lego City. Soon. j/k??
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
... or by advertising the games you already have, and touting other features like Off-TV play and show off the games that are coming?
I guess I just think letting it flounder now is a worse strategy because as a result people have already passed judgment. I just don't think this strategy will work well. I could be wrong, and that would be grand.
illmatic22
Banned
Hooray for The Last of Us!
Magicpaint
Member
Very nice and well deserved for TLOU.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Wow at TLOU. I never thought that a new western IP at the end of generation in the middle of the summer release, would be number one in Japan.
Luigi and Last of us have destroyed the perception that all western games sell like crap over there in Japan so far this year .
And at this point it seems clear that PS3 has pretty much hit saturation point.
I imagine those weekly 10.000 sales are for the most part people who buy the console to play a game and then return it .
And at this point it seems clear that PS3 has pretty much hit saturation point.
I imagine those weekly 10.000 sales are for the most part people who buy the console to play a game and then return it .
The Last of Us was expected. I blame Road because it wasn't included in the prediction league.
Joking, thanks for doing this every month
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| |[B]Donkey Kong Returns[/B]| [B]Luigis Mansion 2[/B] | [B]Difference[/B] |
| | [WII] (2010/12/09)| [3DS] (2013/03/20)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | DKR LM2 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 1 | 163.310| 163.310| 280.151| 280.151| 116.841|
| 2 | 152.990| 316.300| 110.840| 390.991| 74.691|
| 3 | 214.518| 530.818| 68.423| 459.413| -71.405|
| 4 | 107.487| 638.305| 56.562| 515.975| -122.330|
| 5 | 66.551| 704.856| 41.296| 557.271| -147.585|
| 6 | 29.412| 734.268| 38.884| 596.155| -138.113|
| 7 | 20.411| 754.679| 64.420| 660.575| -94.104|
| 8 | 19.214| 773.893| 31.345| 691.921| -81.972|
| 9 | 16.493| 790.386| 20.304| 712.225| -78.161|
| 10 | 15.971| 806.357| 19.079| 731.304| -75.053|
| 11 | 10.824| 817.181| 19.649| 750.953| -66.228|
| 12 | 9.913| 827.094| 15.759| 766.712| -60.382|
| 13 | 8.836| 835.930| 14.949| 781.660| -54.270|
| 14 | 7.919| 843.848| 11.859| 793.519| -50.329|
| 15 | 7.490| 851.339| | | |
| 16 | 8.526| 859.865| | | |
| 17 | 6.260| 866.125| | | |
| 18 | 5.120| 871.245| | | |
| 19 | -| -| | | |
| 20 | -| -| | | |
| 21 | -| 884.002| | | |
| 22 | 8.944| 892.946| | | |
| 23 | 3.356| 896.302| | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Year| YTD | LTD | YTD | LTD | Difference |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| 1 | 638.305| 638.305| 793.519| 793.519| 155.214|
| 2 | 314.399| 952.704| -| -| -|
| 3 | 17.517| 970.221| -| -| -|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| LTD| -| 970.221| -| 793.519| -176.702|
-------------------------------------------------------------Sony may be able to squeeze another 1 or 2 million units out of the PS3 with a heavy price cut but i think 10-12 million is just about the maximum for console sales in Japan at the moment.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Rather surprised to see The Last of Us on top. Gotta give ND some good vibes for that. Imagine if this was a big AAA Jak and Daxter like production with more mass appeal for young/old. They could break even further into the Japanese market like they did with Crash.
slaughterking
Member
Then they would lose the western market. That's not gonna happen.
The winners of the TLOU sales prediction :
both where only 2000 off the mark.
both where only 2000 off the mark.
I'm new to these threads so please excuse the ignorant question, but is that just sales of the standard edition (¥6,090) or does it include the LE (¥10,290) in the total also?
EDIT: Looking at the website for last week (http://www.m-create.com/ranking/) I guess it probably always includes LEs.
Those Vita similarities.
Have a Nice Day
Member
I don't remember the last time I saw a Sony IP tops the Japanese charts.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Good to see the vita get a slight boost even from a niche title. Shame more people aren't making games for it. The Last of Us did really well, and NPD should be very interesting.
Last year Tokyo Jungle.
2nd best selling, the only platform up WoW, only platform up YoY, selling twice as much as the next-gen successor to the Wii from the guys that 'own' Japan.
That's how I like to see it.
mrmickfran
Member
I thought the Wii's shitty sales (1,234) were the Wii U's. I think Gaf would crash if that were to happen 
Dragon1893
Member
I think UC3 was n°1.
Totally forgot about Tokyo Jungle, I guess those were the last two.
KillerMan91
Member
Yeah. At least price drop made it more sensitive for small bumps from even nicher software.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Tizoc
Member
Ryu ga Gotoku HD Collection will save them!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vadMRi7ybAU
...and break up their consumers' families...
DarkLordMalik
Member
Pretty good numbers for TLOU. I expect it to have stronger legs and outsell Uncharted 3 LTD Sales.
Looking at the numbers for Uncharted 3, it shouldn't be hard with good legs
And the VITA had a lovely bump
Looking at the numbers for Uncharted 3, it shouldn't be hard with good legs
And the VITA had a lovely bump
Dragon1893
Member
Do we know how much they were expecting? I was hoping it would do a bit more though it's obviously still good for a SMT game.
StreetsAhead
Member
There's always digital sales we can invent numbers for and say it's cleared it already!
There's always digital sales we can invent numbers for and say it's cleared it already!
I say it sold 60,000 digital copies! Bam, here you have your 300k copies sold!
XD
Sammy Samusu
Member
Toukiden is out tomorrow? :0
Vita betta slay.
Vita betta slay.
There's always digital sales we can invent numbers for and say it's cleared it already!
Index will probably release shipment numbers in the next financial report (if they are alive).
that game did a complete 180 with the new demo *.*
topped every chart around the world hun and most likely the NPD. The King his power
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Dat Naughty God!
Good sales for TLOU, really deserves the success. Would love it if Naught Gods had a Crash level of success in Japan. I really think the game appeals to Japanese people because the difficulty level is quite high and shooting is not the main way to play the game like Uncharted.
Good sales for TLOU, really deserves the success. Would love it if Naught Gods had a Crash level of success in Japan. I really think the game appeals to Japanese people because the difficulty level is quite high and shooting is not the main way to play the game like Uncharted.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Considering the medicore review it got from Famitsu, i don't think it will do too hot.
To be fair, I suspect Luigi isn't percieved as a western game. Similarly, I suspect DKCRWii wasn't.
TLOU is very much a different matter.
metalslimer
Member
Good job Naughty Dog. The rest of the list is still boring.
I wouldn't bet on it, especially on Wonderful 101 becoming some breakout hit. Pikmin 3 will do decent numbers and the system will crash again until November.
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I wouldn't bet on it, especially on Wonderful 101 becoming some breakout hit. Pikmin 3 will do decent numbers and the system will crash again until November.
That week better see a somewhat healthy spike- Pikmin 3, NSL U, Nintendoland Wiimote bundle, and the new White premium all come out that day.
CaptainTiptop
Member
Woah, The Last of Us is a nice surprise. Well deserved.
shinra-bansho
Member
What are people expecting Pikmin to do to hardware out of curiosity?
10K? 20K? 30K?
It will certainly be interesting, and because it's been so long since a new iteration of the franchise it's a difficult one to read in terms of sales potential.
Edit: Oh, and I really wouldn't pin any hardware sales hopes on W101.
Do Platinum Games games sell in japan? Dont remember lol