Where's Chris?

Confused whether to post MC or Famitsu first? =P

Famitsu Week 29
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201207/18018194.html

01. / 01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012-06-23} - 113,901 / 2,331,128 (-37%)
02. / 00. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon to Fushigina Orb (Bandai Namco) {2012-07-12} - 63,388 / NEW
03. / 00. [3DS] Pocket Soccer League: Calciobit (Nintendo) {2012-07-12} - 26,015 / NEW
04. / 03. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Baku Boost (Level 5) {2012-07-05} - 19,468 / 75,082 (-65%)
05. / 06. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) {2012-05-31} - 15,717 / 828,359 (-37%)
06. / 04. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 (Bandai Namco) {2012-07-05} - 15,672 / 59,462 (-64%)
07. / 02. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey 4: Denshou no Kyojin (Atlus) {2012-07-05} - 14,221 / 111,363 (-85%)
08. / 00. [PSV] Time Travelers (Level 5) {2012-07-12} - 9,887 / NEW
09. / 00. [3DS] Time Travelers (Level 5) {2012-07-12} - 9,761 / NEW
10. / 10. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012-04-26} - 8,740 / 477,170 (-16%)
11. / 07. [PS3] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (Ubisoft) {2012-07-05} - 8,703 / 31,724 (-62%)
12. / 12. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) {2012-05-24} - 7,013 / 256,857 (-25%)
13. / 18. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G (Capcom) {2011-12-10} - 5,855 / 1,491,485 (+8%)
14. / 08. [PS3] Anarchy Reigns (SEGA) {2012-07-05} - 5,305 / 26,504 (-75%)
15. / 00. [PSV] Resistance: Burning Skies (SCE) {2012-07-12} - 5,277 / NEW
16. / 09. [3DS] Culdcept (Nintendo) {2012-06-28} - 5,237 / 70,980 (-55%)
17. / 14. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCE) {2012-06-07} - 5,050 / 190,794 (-29%)
18. / 19. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) {2009-06-25} - 4,991 / 2,919,520 (-3%)
19. / 13. [PS3] Resident Evil Chronicles HD Selection (Capcom) {2012-06-28} - 4,844 / 41,240 (-42%)
20. / 11. [PS3] Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Twilight Land (Gust) {2012-06-28} - 4,832 / 90,519 (-51%)
21. / 16. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden (Atlus) {2012-06-14} - 4,630 / 193,412 (-22%)
22. / 17. [PSP] Kenka Bancho Bros.: Tokyo Battle Royale (Spike Chunsoft) {2012-06-21} - 4,619 / 39,406 (-16%)
23. / 20. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo) {2011-11-03} - 4,544 / 1,654,602 (-10%)
24. / 24. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Ketteiban (Bandai Namco) {2011-11-23} - 4,050 / 247,013 (-18%)
25. / 26. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011-12-01} - 3,521 / 1,760,480 (-19%)
26. / 25. [PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami) {2012-06-28} - 3,443 / 31,525 (-23%)
27. / 15. [PS3] Robotics;Notes (5pb.) {2012-06-28} - 3,380 / 67,934 (-50%)
28. / 30. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010-07-08} - 3,066 / 2,302,907 (-0%)
29. / 22. [WII] Fatal Frame II: Wii Edition (Nintendo) {2012-06-28} - 2,974 / 32,756 (-40%)
30. / 21. [PS3] Batman: Arkham City [Warner the Best] (Warner Bros. Interactive) {2012-07-05} - 2,833 / 7,839 (-43%)


Media Create week 28
http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20120718061/

01. / 01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012-06-23} - 122,242 / 2,289,408 (-34%)
02. / 00. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon to Fushigina Orb (Bandai Namco) {2012-07-12} - 65,462 / NEW
03. / 00. [3DS] Pocket Soccer League: Calciobit (Nintendo) {2012-07-12} - 26,449 / NEW
04. / 06. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) {2012-05-31} - 18,245 / 812,452 (-34%)
05. / 03. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Baku Boost (Level 5) {2012-07-05} - 18,152 / 72,507 (-67%)
06. / 04. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 (Bandai Namco) {2012-07-05} - 15,187 / 53,827 (-61%)
07. / 02. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV: Denshou no Kyojin (Atlus) {2012-07-05} - 14,639 / 110,145 (-85%)
08. / 00. [PSV] Time Travelers (Level 5) {2012-07-12} - 9,332 / NEW
09. / 11. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012-04-26} - 9,090 / 481,414 (-18%)
10. / 00. [3DS] Time Travelers (Level 5) {2012-07-12} - 9,054 / NEW
11. / 07. [PS3] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (Ubisoft) {2012-07-05} - 8,675 / 31,994 (-63%)
12. / 09. [PS3] Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Twilight Land (Gust) {2012-06-28} - 6,813 / 81,147 (-51%)
13. / 12. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) {2012-05-24} - 6,491 / 224,754 (-26%)
14. / 10. [3DS] Culdcept (Nintendo) {2012-06-28} - 6,162 / 73,650 (-49%)
15. / 13. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden (Atlus) {2012-06-14} - 6,001 / 195,750 (-24%)
16. / 08. [PS3] Anarchy Reigns (SEGA) {2012-07-05} - 5,717 / 27,633 (-74%)
17. / 15. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCE) {2012-06-07} - 5,332 / 190,344 (-30%)
18. / 22. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus (Nintendo) {2010-11-11} - 5,225 / 981,189
19. / 18. [PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami) {2012-06-28} - 5,192 / 31,789 (-20%)
20. / 00. [PSV] Resistance: Burning Skies (SCE) {2012-07-12} - 5,138 / NEW

ninokuni western release to sell 1mil+ and save level 5.

you heard it here first!

duckroll said:

Huh? Did you already forget Girl's RPG?

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Looking at TT's production values and comparing them to Girl's RPG, I can't imagine that both games had anywhere near the same budget. So, relatively speaking Girl's RPG probably isn't as much of a bomb as TT is.

darkside31337 said:

This doesn't make any sense.

Just wait till the PSP version outsells both the 3DS and Vita versions next week combined. Clearly proof they should have made it PSP exclusive.

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I never said it does make sense or that i can prove it - but i still think it would have sold better if they had stick to their original plan-

Aeana said:

64k on Wii, plus 21k via the best version. 34k on PS3, 34k on PSP.

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Daaaamn - TT is a even bigger bomba now. So much for that L5 publishing muscle... :-/

cw_sasuke said:

How much did 428 sold on Wii and later on Ps3 ?

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Here

Road said:

Where's Chris?

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He said earlier he wouldn't be around to post the thread this week.

[PSV] Resistance: Burning Skies (SCE) {2012-07-12} - 5,138 / NEW

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Is the Resistance franchise popular in Japan? Trying to work out if that number is atrocious or expected.

wrowa said:

Looking at TT's production values and comparing them to Girl's RPG, I can't imagine that both games had anywhere near the same budget. So, relatively speaking Girl's RPG probably isn't as much of a bomb as TT is.

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Yeah but since we have no actual data on budgets and marketing, and Level-5 is a private company so there are no public financial reports, we only have sales to go by. I think Girl's RPG is the lowest selling Level-5 portable game so far!

Erethian said:

He said earlier he wouldn't be around to post the thread this week.

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I missed that.

Guess I'll start it then since I'm available.

cw_sasuke said:

Dont know, but it would have sold more - when they announced it to be multiplattform it was an admission that they are struggling and dont expect it to sell well. SO far their hasnt been top seller which have been multiplattform releases.

Its probably wrong - but exclusives seem to gather more attention and hype.

nvm - 20k down.... 480k to go

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Being exclusive could maybe create some more hype around a game, i can see that situation. I'm not sure that it would have sold a lot more though.

Pennywise83 said:

I wonder why only Nintendo consoles are always doomed. 3DS in it's firsts six months performed much better than vita and I've read tons of features about the Nintendo Doom.

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Maybe it is because of higher expectations, coming off of the DS which is the highest selling handheld system of all time. I remember all the talk about how poor the PS3 used to sell in the begining because the expectations were high coming off PS1 and PS2.

Time Travelers Bomba equally on both 3DS and Vita.

Level-5 here's your proof. It's not the system, it's YOU!

RurouniZel said:

Time Travelers Bomba equally on both 3DS and Vita.

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according to Famitsu, 3DS shipment was higher so 3DS version bombed more than Vita one

Road said:

I missed that.

Guess I'll start it then since I'm available.

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Actually I mistook someone elses post for his, heh.

But it doesn't seem like he's around anyway, so you might as well make it.

Edit: Or not.

Moor-Angol said:

according to Famitsu, 3DS shipment was higher so 3DS version bombed more than Vita one

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True, but in terms of actual sales they're pretty damn even.

Perfect, Takao :lol

What the hell is wrong with Level-5? Although I don't play many of their games, I always had the impression that they do a good job..

RurouniZel said:

True, but in terms of actual sales they're pretty damn even.

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Vita version probably ahead by like 1k if you include PSN sales. Apparently it debuted as #1 on JPSN Vita charts.

Whoa TT more than cratered. It's like a singularity in the universe of game sales.

I didn't really want to believe it would do this bad, but well, it had everything going against it with L5's late performance. I hope Fantasy Life does better.. or it should, if only because Brownie Brown is involved?

Good opening for Taiko, not so bad for Calciobit (considering it almost beat the LTD of the last game) but frankly i thought it could've done better... or i wished, rather

EOIV had a drop much bigger than expected, it looks like the userbase hasn't expanded much, seeing as how it's very close to the LTD of 2 and 3 already.