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donny2112 · May 24, 2008

Dr. Zoidberg said:
The phat was already a great piece of kit, so what was the difference?

1-Seg TV Tuner was a huge hit with sellouts when the Slim was released. I'd be curious to see how it's doing since then.

Another thing to keep in mind is that, outside of Japan, Sony has been saying that they're repositioning the PSP from a "PlayStation Personal" to a "PlayStation Social" with add-ons like the GPS receiver and keyboard. That means that in Japan, it's already being considered as a "PlayStation Social." Maybe someone could comment on the marketing on the ground in Japan, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that the PSP's being pushed (and sold) a lot more for its non-gaming functions than any gaming functions.

Weekly software/hardware sales disparities would certainly support that.

test_account · May 24, 2008

jarrod said:
Yeah, PSP's really turned it around stunningly (at least hardware wise). A year ago it had been basically written off for SS/N64 territory.

Sort of funny though, that it's surged when developers basically abandoned it, meanwhile it's first few years when the platform was getting AAA games from nearly every major developer it was floundering. Software sales still are really problem, but it doesn't seem like it's going to get much in terms of new support to really turn that around either. :/

Ye, i'm interested in seeing how the software situation for PSP will turn out. The upcomming software list isnt completely dry (i saw you posted a list some days ago, thanks for that list by the way

), but i dont recall seeing any huge titles in there though, so i dont think we'll see any big numbers on those upcomming titles, but we will see how good or bad they sell

underfooter · May 24, 2008

Monster Hunter on PSP must be one amazing game. It seems to be the PSPs saving grace in Japan.

neojubei · May 24, 2008

underfooter said:
Monster Hunter on PSP must be one amazing game. It seems to be the PSPs saving grace in Japan.

If you think it would make you happy.

m3k · May 24, 2008

Captain Smoker said:
From Capcom:

its kind of sad that pokemon is that big.... funny but sad

Man God · May 24, 2008

If you think that's sad then just think of this; there were no main franchise Pokemon games released in Japan last fiscal year.

milanbaros · May 24, 2008

By growth rate do they mean percentage point change compared to last year or % growth rate?

domokunrox · May 24, 2008

Japanese love them some Monster Hunter. I wonder what Monster Hunter Wii sales will be like.

JaMarco · May 24, 2008

Vinci said:
Please stop showing pictures of the black Wii. Please.

It's ... it's depressing.

it's very depressing =(

thestopsign · May 24, 2008

I sincerely hope that Tales of Symphonia: KoR does better than ~95k in it's first week. I can't exactly remember the originals sales, but I know it ended up around 300k. That should be it's initial target, and first weeks sales should be about half of it's total sales.

Stumpokapow · May 24, 2008

Stopsign said:
I sincerely hope that Tales of Symphonia: KoR does better than ~95k in it's first week. I can't exactly remember the originals sales, but I know it ended up around 300k. That should be it's initial target, and first weeks sales should be about half of it's total sales.

ToS did 185k first week on lifetime of 325k.
ToS PS2 did 270k first week on lifetime of 395k.

I can't remember when the PS2 version was announced so it's hard to tell whether or not GCN sales were stunted by the PS2 announcement or if the two userbases can be considered relatively separate in terms of this game.

Jonnyram · May 24, 2008

Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Not much interest in 14-year-old RPG series revival, is there? I forgot to check, busy playing FFXII RW (I like what I'm seeing ).

First day numbers

NDS Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! - 35.000
NDS Hercules no Eikou: Tamashii no Shoumei - 12.000 (30% sell through)
NDS Hiiro no Kakera DS - 8.000 (50% sell through)
360 Orange Box - 6.000
PS3 Motorstorm Complete - 1.500
360 Strangehold - 1.500
WII Guitar Hero 3 - bomb

You missed:
PS3 Haze 3,000

Snook · May 24, 2008

jasonbay said:
Did the PS3 version of The Darkness get released as well ?

Ps3-version will be released june 26. The 360-one was released may 18.

d[-_-]b · May 24, 2008

Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Not much interest in 14-year-old RPG series revival, is there? I forgot to check, busy playing FFXII RW (I like what I'm seeing ).

First day numbers
WII Guitar Hero 3 - bomb

But it was on tv

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/219960.html
how could it :lol...

JoshuaJSlone · May 24, 2008

Stumpokapow said:
ToS did 185k first week on lifetime of 325k.
ToS PS2 did 270k first week on lifetime of 395k.

I can't remember when the PS2 version was announced so it's hard to tell whether or not GCN sales were stunted by the PS2 announcement or if the two userbases can be considered relatively separate in terms of this game.

Trusting Wikipedia...

Although the game was originally intended to be a GameCube exclusive, a port for the PlayStation 2, released only in Japan , was announced in April 2004.

So the 2003 GCN version shouldn't have been much affected, at least in Japan. In the US it didn't come out until July 2004.

JaMarco · May 24, 2008

Go Hercules

=(

test_account · May 24, 2008

Captain Smoker said:
http://i32.tinypic.com/10ncqrt.png

What does "sales" include?

Stumpokapow · May 24, 2008

test_account said:
What does "sales" include?

Source is Enterbrain, which is what we call "Famitsu", so it's almost certainly full Famitsu sales numbers for the year rounded to the nearest million (or rounded down to the million place).

DarkMehm · May 24, 2008

test_account said:
What does "sales" include?

it's in million Yen. 102 billion Yen sales for Nintendo would equal to somewhere around 19 million games sold.

DC R1D3R · May 24, 2008

Wait, Sega has a bigger share of the pie now than SCE? Just what the fuck is going on here? And where does this leave the PS3 in Japanese developers eyes? I purchased my PS3 specifically for hardcore Japanese games and not particularly for shooters. If the current trend continues, when am I going to able to get my fix?

test_account · May 24, 2008

Stumpokapow said:
Source is Enterbrain, which is what we call "Famitsu", so it's almost certainly full Famitsu sales numbers for the year rounded to the nearest million (or rounded down to the million place).

DarkMehm said:
it's in million Yen. 102 billion Yen sales for Nintendo would equal to somewhere around 19 million games sold.

Ah ok, thanks for the info

Tailzo · May 24, 2008

DC R1D3R said:
http://i32.tinypic.com/10ncqrt.png[/MG]

Wait, Sega has a bigger share of the pie now than SCE? Just what the fuck is going on here? And where does this leave the PS3 in Japanese developers eyes? I purchased my PS3 specifically for hardcore Japanese games and not particularly for shooters. If the current trend continues, when am I going to able to get my fix?[/QUOTE]

Other than Ryu GA Gotoku Kenzan & Valkyrie of the Battlefield, what Sega games have sold decently in Japan lately?

DC R1D3R · May 24, 2008

Tailzo said:
Other than Ryu GA Gotoku Kenzan & Valkyrie of the Battlefield, what Sega games have sold decently in Japan lately?

No idea. Which makes the graph even more puzzling.

D.Lo · May 24, 2008

DC R1D3R said:
Wait, Sega has a bigger share of the pie now than SCE? Just what the fuck is going on here? And where does this leave the PS3 in Japanese developers eyes? I purchased my PS3 specifically for hardcore Japanese games and not particularly for shooters. If the current trend continues, when am I going to able to get my fix?

The chart is pretty much in order of who has released/sold the most DS games for the year. And SCE doesn't release games on either of Japan's most popular gaming platforms.

JoshuaJSlone · May 24, 2008

DC R1D3R said:
Wait, Sega has a bigger share of the pie now than SCE? Just what the fuck is going on here?

This wouldn't cover older games still being sold, but
Sega's 2007 releases
SCE's 2007 releases

Most of both companies' games didn't do much, but I guess not having over half of its games on PS3 gave Sega the edge?

DC R1D3R · May 24, 2008

^^
Oh, I see guys. My bad.

Tf53 · May 24, 2008

No Panthercharts?

Cheesemeister · May 24, 2008

Here you go.

PantherLotus said:
Media Create Sales: 5/12 - 5/18

This is the WiiS3 ratio over the last 6 weeks:
5.62
5.95
5.36
7.03
8.36
5.40
==========
Lifetime: 2.94

Market Share Gains & Losses:
[ ] 360: - 0.02
[ ] PS3: - 0.05
[ ] Wii: + 0.07

If this week repeated forever:
[ ] The Wii would reach 70.00% on 06-15-08 <---4 weeks!
[ ] The PS3 would fall to 23.00% by 08-31-08
[ ] The 360 would fall to 6.00% by 12-07-08

Year-on-year tracking
Wii: -137,367
PS3: -25,952

Notes and Next Week's Expectations
Wii dropped further than expected, but I should have compared to the previous year (52k):

Estimated for last week - Actual = Difference
Wii: 62.1k - 41.6k = +20.5k
PS3: 8.5k - 7.7k = +0.8k
360: 1.4k - 1.4k = +0.0k

Next Week:
Wii: 48.0k
PS3: 8.2k
360: 1.5k

Moor-Angol · May 24, 2008

Tailzo said:
Other than Ryu GA Gotoku Kenzan & Valkyrie of the Battlefield, what Sega games have sold decently in Japan lately?

SEGA in 2007 sold the second million seller in their (long) history :

Other big titles were Ryu ga Gotoku (The Best) (PS2) and Puyo Puyo! (DS), around 200k each one

SCE best titles were Minna no Golf 5 (PS3) and Minna no Golf Portable 2 (PSP)

PataHikari · May 24, 2008

m3k said:
its kind of sad that pokemon is that big.... funny but sad

How is it sad?

iidesuyo · May 25, 2008

No it won't.

Tf53 · May 25, 2008

iidesuyo said:
No it won't.

Care to elaborate?

Thanks for the charts, Panther.

Phife Dawg · May 25, 2008

DC R1D3R said:
Wait, Sega has a bigger share of the pie now than SCE? Just what the fuck is going on here? And where does this leave the PS3 in Japanese developers eyes? I purchased my PS3 specifically for hardcore Japanese games and not particularly for shooters. If the current trend continues, when am I going to able to get my fix?

Get a handheld.

iidesuyo said:
No it won't.

Which one? All of them? Care to elaborate?

edit:
Beaten

cvxfreak · May 28, 2008

Updated top 10 Famitsu Wii LTD in Japan as of 5/11:

1. Wii Sports - 2,924,690
2. Wii Play - 2,337,766
3. Wii Fit - 2,003,295
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 1,634,642
5. Mario Kart Wii - 1,249,372
6. Mario Party 8 - 1,224,921
7. Super Mario Galaxy - 904,689
8. Wario Ware Smooth Moves - 585,456
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 554,109
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - 549,026

SMG passes 900K. I think it will break a million by year's end.

norinrad21 · May 28, 2008

where is the chart for this week?

Frillen · May 28, 2008

cvxfreak said:
Updated top 10 Famitsu Wii LTD in Japan as of 5/11:

1. Wii Sports - 2,924,690
2. Wii Play - 2,337,766
3. Wii Fit - 2,003,295
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 1,634,642
5. Mario Kart Wii - 1,249,372
6. Mario Party 8 - 1,224,921
7. Super Mario Galaxy - 904,689
8. Wario Ware Smooth Moves - 585,456
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 554,109
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - 549,026

SMG passes 900K. I think it will break a million by year's end.

Mario & Sonic dumps Super Paper Mario out of the list.

cvxfreak · May 28, 2008

Frillen said:
Mario & Sonic dumps Super Paper Mario out of the list.

Mario Kart Wii also displaces, what, DQS?

Pureauthor · May 28, 2008

cvxfreak said:
Updated top 10 Famitsu Wii LTD in Japan as of 5/11:

1. Wii Sports - 2,924,690
2. Wii Play - 2,337,766
3. Wii Fit - 2,003,295
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 1,634,642
5. Mario Kart Wii - 1,249,372
6. Mario Party 8 - 1,224,921
7. Super Mario Galaxy - 904,689
8. Wario Ware Smooth Moves - 585,456
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 554,109
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - 549,026

SMG passes 900K. I think it will break a million by year's end.

Nintendo... 3rd parties... something something

Pachael · May 28, 2008

Moor-Angol said:
SEGA in 2007 sold the second million seller in their (long) history :

Love Love & Berry :3

norinrad21 · May 28, 2008

Pureauthor said:
Nintendo... 3rd parties... something something

I think they are trying

Frillen · May 28, 2008

Pureauthor said:
Nintendo... 3rd parties... something something

I think DQS is at 480k or something

At least it's better than the best selling PS3 title. That's something right... Right?

goompapa · May 28, 2008

Pureauthor said:
Nintendo... 3rd parties... something something

Updated top 10 Famitsu Wii/PS3/X360 LTD in Japan as of 5/11:

1. Wii Sports - 2,924,690
2. Wii Play - 2,337,766
3. Wii Fit - 2,003,295
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 1,634,642
5. Mario Kart Wii - 1,249,372
6. Mario Party 8 - 1,224,921
7. Super Mario Galaxy - 904,689
8. Wario Ware Smooth Moves - 585,456
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 554,109
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - 549,026

Next Generation...... 3rd parties.......:lol :lol

JaMarco · May 28, 2008

cvxfreak said:
Updated top 10 Famitsu Wii LTD in Japan as of 5/11:

1. Wii Sports - 2,924,690
2. Wii Play - 2,337,766
3. Wii Fit - 2,003,295
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 1,634,642
5. Mario Kart Wii - 1,249,372
6. Mario Party 8 - 1,224,921
7. Super Mario Galaxy - 904,689
8. Wario Ware Smooth Moves - 585,456
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 554,109
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - 549,026

SMG passes 900K. I think it will break a million by year's end.

I wonder if any game, other than a "Wii"___ line game, can pass 2 million. Smash could'nt even do it/

Captain Smoker · May 28, 2008

Case said:
I wonder if any game, other than a "Wii"___ line game, can pass 2 million. Smash could'nt even do it/

Dragon Quest X

Frillen · May 28, 2008

Case said:
I wonder if any game, other than a "Wii"___ line game, can pass 2 million. Smash could'nt even do it/

Mario Kart Wii could potentially do it over time, if it has similar legs to what the DS version has.

norinrad21 · May 28, 2008

Case said:
I wonder if any game, other than a "Wii"___ line game, can pass 2 million. Smash could'nt even do it/

MKWII and SMASH will both pass the 2 million by the end of the year.

JaMarco · May 28, 2008

Captain Smoker said:
Dragon Quest X

polluar · May 28, 2008

norinrad21 said:
where is the chart for this week?

more comprehensive below

Captain Smoker · May 28, 2008

Here we go

PSP: 54.000
Wii: 44.000
DSL: 36.000
PS3: 8.100
PS2: 6.600
360: 1.700

1. Pro Baseball Team wo Tsukurou! (DS) - 60.000 [60.000]
2. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 54.000 [1.362.000]
3. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) - 48.000 [2.169.000]
4. Wii Fit (Wii) - 45.000 [2.084.000]
5. Glory of Heracles: Proof of Spirit (DS) - 25.000 [25.000]
6. Totsugeki!! Famicom Wars VS (Wii) - 16.000 [41.000]
7. Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 (PSP) - 15.000 [54.000]
8. Meccha Taiko Drum Master DS: Adventure in Seven Islands (DS) 14.000 [164.000]
9. Mario Kart DS (DS) - 14.000 [3.061.000]
10. Wii Sports (Wii) - 13.000 [2.949.000]

11. Link's Bowgun Training (Wii) - 12.000 [169.000]
12. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) - 10.000 [542.000]
13. Luminous Arc 2 Will (DS) - 10.000 [45.000]
14. DS Beautiful Letter Training (DS) - 9.800 [245.000]
15. Wii Play (Wii) - 9.800 [2.357.000]
16. We're Fossil Diggers (DS) - 9.700 [120.000]
17. Orange Box (360) - 9.500 [9.500]
18. Hishoku no Kakera DS (DS) - 9.400 [9.400]
19. Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin (PS2) - 7.900 [378.000]
20. Haze (PS3) - 6.900 [6.900]
21. Otya-Ken no Heya DS 3 (DS) 6.800 [6.800]
22. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 5.900 [5.181.000]
23. Deca Sporta (Wii) - 5.600 [186.000]
24. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 5.500 [1.645.000]
25. Pro Baseball Sprits 5 (PS2) - 4.800 [167.000]
26. Mario Party DS (DS) - 4.400 [1.711.000]
27. Valkyrie of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles (PS3) - 4.000 [123.000]
28. Sim City DS 2 (DS) - 3.900 [134.000]
29. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) - 3.700 [398.000]
30.

xx. Princess Nightmare (PS2) - 3.200
xx. Strangle Hold (360) - 2.500
xx. Daisenryaku VII: Exceed (PSP) - 1.700
xx. Genmu no Tou to Ken no Okite (DS) - 1.500
xx. MotorStorm Complete (PS3) - 1.400
xx. Guitar Hero 3 (Wii) - 1.300
xx. Table Game Wii (Wii) - 670

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