Pennywise83
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Sure. I don't know, though, whether the new contents are enough to make YW2 Shin Uchi be a third version.
Media Create Sales: Week 49, 2014 (Dec 01 - Dec 07)
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Sure. I don't know, though, whether the new contents are enough to make YW2 Shin Uchi be a third version.
1st Course
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Monster Hunter Portable 3rd on PSP is the current record holder for best selling 3rd party game on single platform with almost 5m units sold.
Dragon Quest III sold more (like 7m+) but that's across many platforms (NES/SNES/Gameboy/Mobile etc).
Impotaku
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Fair enough, unless you have played the games it's not something that people would know. People see several versions & think it's just using the pokemon tactic when in reality level 5 actually tried to make each version have some decent things the others didn't.
Shinuchi was always planned it wasn't a cheap upgrade rushed out, it was always meant to be ganso/honke/shinuchi but it was kept totally secret & not revealed till later, the evidence is in the end sequence of ganso & honke. Masknyan appeared yet there was no way at all to capture him till shinuchi came along, the masked kaima youkai are in ganso & honke but you couldn't befriend them, they also are only available to have in your team in shinuchi. There's a few other youkai that appear but you can't get them till shinuchi.
So even if you want to count it that way what does YW2 have to do with overall software sales. Seems to me Japan is becoming just like the west a few games doing huge numbers and less overall releases.
Captain Tsubasa was really popular in Spain. It's often brought up in stand-up comedy here. 80s and early 90s kids grew up with that series. Marca (biggest sports newspaper in Spain) gifted Captain Tsubasa t-shirts a while ago.
Doraemon was quite popular too.
And Shin Chan.
Bakugan and Inazuma Eleven were quite popular here among kids too. The later still does decently in Spain I think (at least the games). The former has disapeared.
I think Youkai Watch could actually be really popular cross media brand in the West. Doraemon and Shin Chan were (and still are) quite popular and are really Japanese series. My impressions are that Youkai Watch is kind of a mix between Pokemon and Doraemon / Shin Chan so I think it could work.
Minecraft Vita (PSN-only) has sold over 100k in Japan: https://twitter.com/psstore_jp/status/545183113601495040
KillerMan91
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Really. Where is retail release ?
shinra-bansho
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Was going to post this, lol. Egregious omission, Niro.You forget the most important of all:
I think Doraemon is worth mentioning as well; though he never attained the same success as he did in the West, he is quite popular in countries such as China & India.
Pennywise83
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The Last One
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How many ps4 units are the DQH bundle? If more than 45k then it's kind impressive given the bundle's price.
This is also GTAV bundle week.
Sammy Samusu
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Sony shipped a lot of DQH bundles.
It's a great move, not only are they selling PS4, but also advertising DQH at stores.
It's a great move, not only are they selling PS4, but also advertising DQH at stores.
The Last One
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Ah I see. That explains it then.
Pennywise83
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And this from just a week with bundles and holiday season.
Huh, did not remember Holidays being so poor for it.
Heck, even Wii U did better last year (than PS4 last week).
yea, with a western games that sold 85k and a bundles with...a DD code LOL
it responded, greatly for a home console in Japan, without a Japanese lineup at all
Unlike the WIi U with dedicated software like MK8, Smash or Pikmin and on and on...
the difference is pretty clear to me, and looking at the incoming wide and varied and complete third party support, it's pretty clear that also in Japan imho PS4 will be a very solid performer (for home console in that market: I'm not saying that it will top 3DS numbers obviously)
Well, Wii U was doing better last year than PS4 is this year.