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[Mpl90]

No. Its tempting but I'm not buying just yet.

So... do you live in Japan?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

3DS crashed as expected. Next week will be fun.

I'm sad for Half-Minute Hero Second - less than half the sales of its predecessor. Hopefully it still does well enough for Marvelous to make a profit.

 

[Cygnus X-1]

What surprises me the most is that everyone seem to know that 3DS will get a massive price cut. Word of mouth or decent ads?

 

[Sadist]

What surprises me the most is that everyone seem to know that 3DS will get a massive price cut. Word of mouth or decent ads?

Guess we'll find out next week.

 

[Chris1964]

What surprises me the most is that everyone seem to know that 3DS will get a massive price cut. Word of mouth or decent ads?

Price drop news are everywhere. Newspapers, TV, internet, stores. Even if you don't care, you know it.

 

[Infinite Justice]

DAMN @ the 3ds but its jump should be interesting.

 

[MasterShotgun]

3DS dropped as expected. It will pick up a good bit at the end of this week, but it won't really show until next week.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

PSP is still selling in the 30000+. Not bad. The 3DS will do big numbers next week.

 

[djplaeskool]

3DS explosion imminent. Next week's numbers will be crazy.
Really disappointed in HMH2's numbers.
Can't wait to see the Kotaku headline regarding PS2 outselling 360.

 

[wrowa]

3DS dropped even harder than I would have imagined

I'm crossing my fingers that the 3DS will see a big boost next week. Nintendo deserves some good news after all the doom and gloom talk of the last weeks. ;(

 

[dakkumauji]

Disappointment with Half Minute Hero Second. :[

 

[dallow_bg]

Half Minute Hero 2 -

So only 4500 people felt the 20 free roms was worth the extra price eh?
Do they do price protection?

 

[vareon]

Oooh, the Kamen Rider game charted. It looked actually fun so it deserved the sales, I think.

And yeah, 3DS. Next week is going to be interesting.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

Epic Mickey Epic Bomba.

Is it really though? It was developed by a western developer and is already localized pretty late. On top of that if I recall correctly Japan really dislikes N64 style 3D platformer not named Mario 64. Not too mention I'm sure bad word of mouth that it got over here has also spread over there as well.

 

[Alessandro]

This should be the 3rd or 4th week this year that PS2 overwhelm x360, am I right?

I'm so ashamed I sold mine 2 years ago ç_ç

 

[Hypereides]

Excuse the bitching, but: What could one have misunderstood here? You honestly thought 3DS would sell 4k that soon in its life? :/

Ive only been following the progress of the 3DS loosely since launch so I wasnt very aware of what was going on.

I dont really participate in sales-age threads either.

 

[KingDizzi]

Next week sales age begins to get fun once again, in fact we should be getting reports tomorrow?

 

[Rated-Rsuperstar]

4,000 people wanted to be ambassadors.

 

[test_account]

Next week sales age begins to get fun once again, in fact we should be getting reports tomorrow?

Probably, but it will only be anecdotal. But maybe we will get something more official on friday or monday

 

[RPGamer92]

3DS bomba confirmed

Spoiler

jk

Seriously though, how popular is the Mickey Mouse brand in Japan? Is it strong enough to give EM some legs?

 

[staticneuron]

0 GO's this week

Stock was bound to run out eventually. I thought they even stopped making them last year.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Can someone confirm if there are 0 Gos sold or if it's just a case of them no longer being tracked/reported separately?

 

[dallow_bg]

And it's strange that there's no 3DS software.
Nobody buys in anticipation of next week?

 

[wrowa]

And it's strange that there's no 3DS software.
Nobody buys in anticipation of next week?

Why would anyone do that?

 

[dallow_bg]

Why would anyone do that?

Avoid possible sell outs/lines/etc.

People do that.

 

[test_account]

Can someone confirm if there are 0 Gos sold or if it's just a case of them no longer being tracked/reported separately?

4gamer.net has PSP Go at 0 at least:

http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20110810045

Unless that 4gamer put 0 at PSP Go manually though.

 

[BurntPork]

Wow. I didn't think 3DS would crash quite that hard.

LOL @ 360

 

[Boney]

Half Minute Hero

 

[onken]

The calm before the storm..

 

[Stumpokapow]

4gamer.net has PSP Go at 0 at least:

http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20110810045

Unless that 4gamer put 0 at PSP Go manually though.

Someone needs a new version for 2011!

 

[mclem]

Rhythm Heaven will be a milion seller.
It's a certainty now, seeing the incredibly low drop from last week... and this week will rise thanks to Obon.

I'm not sure it'll quite make it to a million, but there's no escaping that it's the biggest success for the Wii since... DKCR? Or is it tracking better than that?

 

[pramath]

Next week will be a shitstorm.
I'm going to be conservative here, and predict ~42,000 units sold for the 3DS.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

I can see Rhythm Heaven legging it to a million. Probably one of the last Wii million sellers along with Dagon Quest X, Mario Party 9 and maybe DQ Collection.

 

[BurntPork]

Next week will be a shitstorm.
I'm going to be conservative here, and predict ~42,000 units sold for the 3DS.

If that's all that it sells, then... well let's just say it'll be PS2 vs. 360 vs. 3DS this time next year. It'll sell more than double that, and that's still pretty conservative. Between the last two weeks alone we probably have something like 40k who would have bought it if not for the price drop. It's impossible for it to sell less than 70K, imo.

 

[AranhaHunter]

I can see Rhythm Heaven legging it to a million. Probably one of the last Wii million sellers along with Dagon Quest X, Mario Party 9 and maybe DQ Collection.

DQ Collection hitting a million would surprise the hell out of me.

If that's all that it sells, then... well let's just say it'll be PS2 vs. 360 vs. 3DS this time next year. It'll sell more than double that, and that's still pretty conservative. Between the last two weeks alone we probably have something like 40k who would have bought it if not for the price drop. It's impossible for it to sell less than 70K, imo.

Agreed. 42k won't happen at all, I'm expecting ~150k.

 

[gkryhewy]

If that's all that it sells, then... well let's just say it'll be PS2 vs. 360 vs. 3DS this time next year. It'll sell more than double that, and that's still pretty conservative. Between the last two weeks alone we probably have something like 40k who would have bought it if not for the price drop. It's impossible for it to sell less than 70K, imo.

Next week will include only 3 days under the new price, I think...

 

[BurntPork]

Next week will include only 3 days under the new price, I think...

Actually, it's 4 days, and the weekend is part of that. Plus, there is obviously a shitton of people waiting for the drop right now. IIRC, it sold 40k the week OoT3D launched, so it's obviously going to sell WAAAAY more than that. If it doesn't, it's time to throw in the towel, because nothing will save it.

 

[Alexios]

Wii neck and neck with PS3? How come? And where are the PS3 games in the top 20...

 

[RPGamer92]

Wii neck and neck with PS3? How come? And where are the PS3 games in the top 10...

Rhythm Heaven and Epic Mickey as well as the previous releases of Inazuma Eleven Strikers and Goldeneye

 

[Alexios]

Goldeneye was like over a month ago, wasn't it..?

Epic Mickey doesn't seem popular, it's only near the top because they're all very low numbers...

Inazuma has died down also going by those numbers. Why would these shift units as opposed to existing owners?

And well, if games from a month ago help like that shouldn't the PS3 still be more ahead as usual? It had some games too, right?

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I'm not sure it'll quite make it to a million, but there's no escaping that it's the biggest success for the Wii since... DKCR? Or is it tracking better than that?

Nah. DKCR's third week was actually its biggest by far, and brought it to a 650K total. Rhythm Heaven may catch up, but it will do so with bigger legs.

Wow. I didn't think 3DS would crash quite that hard.

Makes sense considering how big the drop was last week, when the price drop was only known for about half the time.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

DQ Collection hitting a million would surprise the hell out.

I bet it comes close at least. Wii owners love their ROM discs.

I do wish Wii were getting a real DQ remake though. Genius Sonority totally should've done DQVII.

 

[pramath]

If that's all that it sells, then... well let's just say it'll be PS2 vs. 360 vs. 3DS this time next year. It'll sell more than double that, and that's still pretty conservative. Between the last two weeks alone we probably have something like 40k who would have bought it if not for the price drop. It's impossible for it to sell less than 70K, imo.

You really expect it to sell in excess of 80k? With no games?
Because a low price can only move hardware up to a certain point, the 3DS needs compelling games too, and it doesn't get any original software (I know it already has Zelda, Star Fox and Tales of the Abyss) until November with Mario. THAT'S when we'll see a real 3DS sales spike is my estimate.

 

[Busaiku]

Actually, it's 4 days, and the weekend is part of that.

It's 4 days, with the launch of Pokemon Rumble Blast, and the Obon festivities still going on.
If it does less than 150k, I would honestly be worried.

 

[BurntPork]

You really expect it to sell in excess of 80k? With no games?
Because a low price can only move hardware up to a certain point, the 3DS needs compelling games too, and it doesn't get any original software (I know it already has Zelda, Star Fox and Tales of the Abyss) until November with Mario. THAT'S when we'll see a real 3DS sales spike is my estimate.

Like I said, it went up to 40k when Zelda released. You really don't think that a 40% slash and a Pokemon spin-off can double, or even triple that?

It's 4 days, with the launch of Pokemon Rumble Blast, and the Obon festivities still going on.
If it does less than 150k, I would honestly be worried.

... However, it still doesn't have the games it needs to do that. 100k is a reasonable baseline, and what really matters is how it sells in the weeks and months after the drop.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I'm with BurntPork on this. Merely considering how many 3DSes weren't sold in the couple weeks between that would've been, and some moved over sales from the older DS models, it doesn't take much bump at all for it to hit 80K.

 

[Mockingbird]

Think Epic Mickey will have legs? Kids certainly want it, right?

 

[Acosta]

Lol 360.

So much for "We designed it with Japanese designers, you can love us now." They can go back to make a gigantic box with a big ass d-pad.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

I am expecting between 225k and 250k 3DS sold next week. PS2 is outselling the 360. I guess the Japanese really hate the 360.

 

[Mpl90]

Think Epic Mickey will have legs? Kids certainly want it, right?

I think so.
Even GoldenEye is having legs!
Ah,can we classify Family Fishing as the "surprise of the week"?
It did very good for being a a Naka's game, and not so bad in general, considering its genre.