Oh derp, for some reason I thought it was from the beginning of 2011.
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Media Create Sales: Week 52, 2011 {2011.12.26 - 2012.01.01}
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Oh derp, for some reason I thought it was from the beginning of 2011.
All 3DS software, or as I now can't help but think of it, "donny's brontosaurus".
Thanks.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Dat PlayStation family.
It was 97.26 when I made the post, but yeah. Vita ain't doomed, the Euro is.
The graph in my currency app doesn't show it below 97.8 for the last 24 hours... but whatever.
Anyway since the dollar still is lower versus the yen compared to the euro and the prices in the US are mostly straightly 1:1 of euro ones, or less in many cases, even with lower taxes I can't imagine Japanese companies being delighted with sales in the US either.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
This ended up matching pretty closely all the way through.
Closest: 3DS 19,961 ahead launch week and 31,343 ahead the week before the price cut.
Farthest: 3DS 479,522 ahead after the week of December 5-11.
Now: 3DS 130,786 ahead, since it couldn't match DS's last two monster weeks.
Closest: 3DS 19,961 ahead launch week and 31,343 ahead the week before the price cut.
Farthest: 3DS 479,522 ahead after the week of December 5-11.
Now: 3DS 130,786 ahead, since it couldn't match DS's last two monster weeks.
Possibly the best thing to happen to sales charts since Pac-Man.
MW3 and Skyrim for the UK win in the last minute. Interesting chart, thanks Road.
It'd be more interesting to see the HW Sales (we don't have the UK data, right?) because I think Japan would win this one.
If Japan's PC sales were thrown in, Japan would most likely be the larger market in terms of units sold...
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
But then, if UK's digital PC sales were thrown in...
But then, Japanese mobile/social...
But then, UK mobile/social...
But then, if UK's digital PC sales were thrown in...
But then, Japanese mobile/social...
But then, UK mobile/social...
Let's keep it all within retail
Possibly, but the difference is ~1.5m, so I'm not so sure Japanese pc sales would be high enough. UK retail pc sales consistently sold 12m - 13m from 2000 to 2007 but since then have dropped off a cliff down to 5.5m in 2010, and if that trend continued will have been even lower in 2011.
I'm really impressed that it managed to clear the steep hill of DS 2005. Even after the turnaround, this was looking like a tall task.This ended up matching pretty closely all the way through.
This week it should even increase the advantage, since:
1)Week 1 2005 DS did only 91k despite the general growth due to shortages.
2)Week 1 2012 has 2nd January in it, so we should see a general growth in next week numbers.
Just a short one guys, but kinda interesting. For those not around in 2006-2008 when I did these reports often, I live in a small town in Japan. It is far, far from Tokyo, but maybe these anecdotes will help in showing what the game shops outside of the big cities are doing.
Wanpaku (game store): Several Used Wi-fi Vitas are already for sale. The staff tells me they can't get people interested in the 3G model. No shortage of New 3DS or Vita hardware. All models available.
Famicom Dojo (mom and pop store): Sold out of 3DS at christmas (but only had a few instock to begin with). They won't buy used Vita units because they have no confidence they will sell the or that a price drop won't happen. They got a bit burned by the quick price drop of the 3DS.
Jusco and Youmetown (large chain department stores): No shortage of hardware. Lots of kids spending their New Years money (otoshidama) and I was surprised by all the crappy licensed character titles they were buying along with the good games.
Book Off: My friend talked to one of the staff and he said the Vita sold "so-so" at the store but they were having a very hard time selling software for it.
Mario 3DLand: My brother got it for me for Christmas. He tells me he went to 4 stores looking for a used copy and had to settle on a new copy in the end (which I'm glad he did) because there were no used ones.
Monster Hunter TriG: Jr. High kids playing it at the park in small groups despite the cold. Just like I remember them doing in the 2ndG days on the PSP. If I were Sony I would be worried about this. Still see lots of PSPs around town though.
Sorry, now with the job, kid and podcast I don't have as much time to go out and do these reports but if you like I can still do mini-reports from time to time. Sales are exciting again! I hope the Vita pulls it together just for the drama.
I'd like to see some actual overall figures, but from the few old famitsu pc charts I've seen most games in the top 20 were in the hundreds of units. VN are still a niche genre.
Great Vinnk Village is back - thanks for your impressions
If i may ask, on which Podcast are you on ?
The transition is beginning, i guess Sony should indeed be worried. Especially since they could end up in a situation where the next Pokemon main title and MH4 will be released in a time frame of 6 months. I expect Grey in September and MH IV March 13.
If i may ask, on which Podcast are you on ?
The transition is beginning, i guess Sony should indeed be worried. Especially since they could end up in a situation where the next Pokemon main title and MH4 will be released in a time frame of 6 months. I expect Grey in September and MH IV March 13.
AceBandage
Banned
Just a short one guys, but kinda interesting. For those not around in 2006-2008 when I did these reports often, I live in a small town in Japan. It is far, far from Tokyo, but maybe these anecdotes will help in showing what the game shops outside of the big cities are doing.
Wanpaku (game store): Several Used Wi-fi Vitas are already for sale. The staff tells me they can't get people interested in the 3G model. No shortage of New 3DS or Vita hardware. All models available.
Famicom Dojo (mom and pop store): Sold out of 3DS at christmas (but only had a few instock to begin with). They won't buy used Vita units because they have no confidence they will sell the or that a price drop won't happen. They got a bit burned by the quick price drop of the 3DS.
Jusco and Youmetown (large chain department stores): No shortage of hardware. Lots of kids spending their New Years money (otoshidama) and I was surprised by all the crappy licensed character titles they were buying along with the good games.
Book Off: My friend talked to one of the staff and he said the Vita sold "so-so" at the store but they were having a very hard time selling software for it.
Mario 3DLand: My brother got it for me for Christmas. He tells me he went to 4 stores looking for a used copy and had to settle on a new copy in the end (which I'm glad he did) because there were no used ones.
Monster Hunter TriG: Jr. High kids playing it at the park in small groups despite the cold. Just like I remember them doing in the 2ndG days on the PSP. If I were Sony I would be worried about this. Still see lots of PSPs around town though.
Sorry, now with the job, kid and podcast I don't have as much time to go out and do these reports but if you like I can still do mini-reports from time to time. Sales are exciting again! I hope the Vita pulls it together just for the drama.
Awesome! Always loved these report! Thanks!
Just a short one guys, but kinda interesting. For those not around in 2006-2008 when I did these reports often, I live in a small town in Japan. It is far, far from Tokyo, but maybe these anecdotes will help in showing what the game shops outside of the big cities are doing.
Wanpaku (game store): Several Used Wi-fi Vitas are already for sale. The staff tells me they can't get people interested in the 3G model. No shortage of New 3DS or Vita hardware. All models available.
Famicom Dojo (mom and pop store): Sold out of 3DS at christmas (but only had a few instock to begin with). They won't buy used Vita units because they have no confidence they will sell the or that a price drop won't happen. They got a bit burned by the quick price drop of the 3DS.
Jusco and Youmetown (large chain department stores): No shortage of hardware. Lots of kids spending their New Years money (otoshidama) and I was surprised by all the crappy licensed character titles they were buying along with the good games.
Book Off: My friend talked to one of the staff and he said the Vita sold "so-so" at the store but they were having a very hard time selling software for it.
Mario 3DLand: My brother got it for me for Christmas. He tells me he went to 4 stores looking for a used copy and had to settle on a new copy in the end (which I'm glad he did) because there were no used ones.
Monster Hunter TriG: Jr. High kids playing it at the park in small groups despite the cold. Just like I remember them doing in the 2ndG days on the PSP. If I were Sony I would be worried about this. Still see lots of PSPs around town though.
Sorry, now with the job, kid and podcast I don't have as much time to go out and do these reports but if you like I can still do mini-reports from time to time. Sales are exciting again! I hope the Vita pulls it together just for the drama.
:O
AND NOW IT'S ALL AS IT WAS IN THE GOOD TIMES!
So, it seems that next week there will be a rise indeed! Interesting the thing about MH3G and the audience playing it.
Thanks Vinnk.
And I'll take the occasion to ask for the third time if someone can translate this
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34018057&postcount=260
Jaded Alyx
Member
We still need a Pac-man top 10 chart.
No excuses!
Just a short one guys, but kinda interesting. For those not around in 2006-2008 when I did these reports often, I live in a small town in Japan. It is far, far from Tokyo, but maybe these anecdotes will help in showing what the game shops outside of the big cities are doing.
Wanpaku (game store): Several Used Wi-fi Vitas are already for sale. The staff tells me they can't get people interested in the 3G model. No shortage of New 3DS or Vita hardware. All models available.
Famicom Dojo (mom and pop store): Sold out of 3DS at christmas (but only had a few instock to begin with). They won't buy used Vita units because they have no confidence they will sell the or that a price drop won't happen. They got a bit burned by the quick price drop of the 3DS.
Jusco and Youmetown (large chain department stores): No shortage of hardware. Lots of kids spending their New Years money (otoshidama) and I was surprised by all the crappy licensed character titles they were buying along with the good games.
Book Off: My friend talked to one of the staff and he said the Vita sold "so-so" at the store but they were having a very hard time selling software for it.
Mario 3DLand: My brother got it for me for Christmas. He tells me he went to 4 stores looking for a used copy and had to settle on a new copy in the end (which I'm glad he did) because there were no used ones.
Monster Hunter TriG: Jr. High kids playing it at the park in small groups despite the cold. Just like I remember them doing in the 2ndG days on the PSP. If I were Sony I would be worried about this. Still see lots of PSPs around town though.
Sorry, now with the job, kid and podcast I don't have as much time to go out and do these reports but if you like I can still do mini-reports from time to time. Sales are exciting again! I hope the Vita pulls it together just for the drama.
But...Awww....yeah! Media-Create thread is now complete! Thanks, Vinnk.
Great Vinnk Village is back - thanks for your impressions
If i may ask, on which Podcast are you on ?
The Podcast (and video series) is called "Famicom Dojo" and it's name is actually derived from that Mom and Pop store in my town.
Pureauthor
Member
Nice to see Vinnk's Village is back.
Yeah, I hope they keep the sales exciting enough for the reports, too.
Yeah, I hope they keep the sales exciting enough for the reports, too.
Hooray for Vinnk's Village!
No no no, those Brachiosaurii are facing the wrong way! Also that second one looks depressed.
Just updated these through 12/25.
No no no, those Brachiosaurii are facing the wrong way! Also that second one looks depressed.
Parmenides
Banned
-Bad year for Japan
Famitsu: For fiscal year 2010 PS3 beat the Wii by a mere 3,000 units
However Sony still has room to cut prices several times,and another PS3 redesign in the works.In the meantime the PS3 has locked the middle class software market for the next few years,which is essential to extend the PS3′s life-cycle.
Sony Management Discusses F2Q 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
On a side note, don't expect PS4 anytime soon. PS Vita will require a lot of time and effort to become a viable platform.Futhermore, Sony (and pubs) is pleased with the way things are developing in the home console business.It's important to remember that Sony Corporation has sunk billions of dollars into different businesses,and the PS3 is ironically one of the few remaining cash cows.
SonyS3 Sales Slightly Ahead of Target (Dec 15,2011)
15 million
Famitsu: For fiscal year 2010 PS3 beat the Wii by a mere 3,000 units
Close to 11 million without further price cuts for PS3.
However Sony still has room to cut prices several times,and another PS3 redesign in the works.In the meantime the PS3 has locked the middle class software market for the next few years,which is essential to extend the PS3′s life-cycle.
SCE made its first profit in five years in the 12 months to March 2011
Sony Management Discusses F2Q 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Sony's Masaru Kato said:
On a side note, don't expect PS4 anytime soon. PS Vita will require a lot of time and effort to become a viable platform.Futhermore, Sony (and pubs) is pleased with the way things are developing in the home console business.It's important to remember that Sony Corporation has sunk billions of dollars into different businesses,and the PS3 is ironically one of the few remaining cash cows.
Sony
S3 Sales Slightly Ahead of Target (Dec 15,2011)Vinnk's Village is always the best part of Sales Age.
I would think they would want some breathing room for the titles, or risk a lot of cannibalization.
I guess the demographics aren't 1:1, but there's gotta be a lot of overlap.
I think that would be a bad situation for Nintendo/Capcom actually.cw_sasuke said:
I would think they would want some breathing room for the titles, or risk a lot of cannibalization.
I guess the demographics aren't 1:1, but there's gotta be a lot of overlap.
Bad situation ? 6 months, especially if its not in the same calendar year is a great time. Its not like MH4 and Pokemon Grey will be the last titles of their specific series on 3DS, they will have to get them out the door at some point. Especially with Pokemon.
And i dont think those two titles will cannibalize into each others sales at all, they were on different platforms last year but Black/White and MHP 3rd were released even closer to each other and they both sold very well. I think Japanese gamer will be able to handle it.
Terrys Wonder 3D Remake and Pokemon could be released in the same time frame though.
I read your reports while lurking. Then you stopped and I became a member. Now you are writing them again, so I can tell you, thank you very much.
electroplankton
Banned
Great comeback, Vinnk!!
Thanks for the impression. Really curious on how kids spent their money!
Thanks for the impression. Really curious on how kids spent their money!
As I've said before be ready to see Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 on the DS (and with these names yeah ;P)
One question, could anyone please tell me how is the relationship between Nintendo and the Pokemon Company (Game Freak?) in shares/ownership terms? Does Nintendo own 51% of the Pokemon Company just like they did with Rare? Or it's something else?
Thanks in advance!
P.S: Great to see Vinnk's village report back. Much appreciated
One question, could anyone please tell me how is the relationship between Nintendo and the Pokemon Company (Game Freak?) in shares/ownership terms? Does Nintendo own 51% of the Pokemon Company just like they did with Rare? Or it's something else?
Thanks in advance!
P.S: Great to see Vinnk's village report back. Much appreciated
Well this just going off Wikipedia so I might be wrong but Nintendo directly owns a third of TPC, Game Freak owns another third and the last one is owned by Creatures inc.
Apparently Creature Inc is a subsidiary of Nintendo.
What makes you so certain that Nintendo and Game Freak have gone batshit insane?
Which source ? Did i miss something ?
He said that the same person who talked about the European coming of Xenoblade before its announcement has hinted at B&W2 for DS.
Earthquake, nuclear accident, economic woes, currency woes... bad year indeed.
electroplankton
Banned
If so, multi DS-3DS.
No way it's going to be exclusive for DS.
DS has already Nobunaga's Ambition + Pokémon.
No way it's going to be exclusive for DS.
DS has already Nobunaga's Ambition + Pokémon.
Oh..wow. This would be so funny, i love B/W so if there i as successor that would be great. But it would be kinda weird to have such a title AND for 3DS. I really think that they will have Grey(Gray) for 3DS which will continue the story after you reach the point where B/W ended.
If Nintendo puts it on DS, with a possible western release in 2013 they are officially crazy - so no it wont happen.
Gianni Merryman
Member
Well, let's not forget 3DS is fully backwards-compatible, so nothing prevents to play a DS game on it.
Maybe they think it's still too early and are waiting for a wider user-base before releasing a 3DS exclusive game, whilst they may take advantage of the huge DS userbase to milk it one more time.
If I had to speak my mind, a DS Pokemon at this stage doesn't make much sense to me either, but Nintendo may think differently, if they're aming at both DS/3DS userbases.
BW should have been that "one more time."
What was the DS LTD when Diamond and Pearl released?
Gianni Merryman
Member
Yeah, I know, on top of that 3D Pokemon models could be a big selling-point.
On the other hand they may just need some more time not to rush things and come up with a not-up-to-expectations game.
I'll be eating a lot of crow if the rumour isn't true ;D
What numbers could a direct sequel of a mainline Pokemon make on a dead HW (DS)? More than D&P? Less than B&W? More than 5 million? Less than 4 million?
And a little offtopic, let's throw more fuel (speculation) to the fire!
What if Nintendo doesn't decide the platform of the mainline Pokemon games and only say "release it on a Nintendo console/handheld"?
What if The Pokemon Company/Game Freak are more comfortable releasing Pokemon games with their actual engine and don't want to invest updating it? (or making a full fledged 3D RPG)
What if there's more Pokemon games for iOS?
And the most utopian question of all... could we see a Pokemon title for the PSVita? or it's impossible? (does Nintendo own the Pokemon franchise?)
Ahí lo dejo.
P.S: It's just speculation because I'm bored and you love speculating. This is not BurntPork's alt account
What numbers could a direct sequel of a mainline Pokemon make on a dead HW (DS)? More than D&P? Less than B&W? More than 5 million? Less than 4 million?
And a little offtopic, let's throw more fuel (speculation) to the fire!
What if Nintendo doesn't decide the platform of the mainline Pokemon games and only say "release it on a Nintendo console/handheld"?
What if The Pokemon Company/Game Freak are more comfortable releasing Pokemon games with their actual engine and don't want to invest updating it? (or making a full fledged 3D RPG)
What if there's more Pokemon games for iOS?
And the most utopian question of all... could we see a Pokemon title for the PSVita? or it's impossible? (does Nintendo own the Pokemon franchise?)
Ahí lo dejo.
P.S: It's just speculation because I'm bored and you love speculating. This is not BurntPork's alt account