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PAL Charts - Week 42, 2015

Bruno MB

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Many many thanks to Raist, felipeko, BishopLamont, BKK, Pranay_ and dabra for taking their time doing it every week!
Thanks to Captain Smoker, Frankfurter, test_account, donny2112 , Phife Dawg, tiong_fi, sensi97, 830920, Verve, Dash Kappei, Road, slaughterking, Loudninja, Twister Flipper, Bruno MB, jvm and Mpl90 for their contribution.


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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

Four For FIFA

19/Oct/2015

‘FIFA 16’ (-40%) takes a 4th straight week at No1 leading an unchanged Top 4 for the second week.

‘Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection’ (-50%) sees sales drop 50% but still holds No2 ahead of Activision’s ‘Destiny: The Taken King’ (-22%). ‘Lego Dimensions’ (-17%) remains at No4 ahead of a resurgent ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ (+4%), which climbs the chart for the third week up to No5. ‘Forza Motorsport 6’ (-16%) is pushed down a place to No6 just ahead of ‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’ (+15%) at No7, which benefits from price promotions.

Several new releases make their debuts this week although Bandai Namco’s ‘Tales of Zestiria’ is the only one to make it into this weeks’ Top 10 at No8. ‘WRC 5’ races into the chart at No12 placing the 4th best launch in the series in terms of week 1 sales. There’s no shortage of titles for RPG fans as Square Enix release ‘Dragon Quest Heroes’ (The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below) at No19. There’s also room for ‘Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance’ by NIS America, which lands at No27 giving fans of the genre three titles to choose from. Finally Koch Media bring ‘Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut’ to Xbox One and PS4. The title includes a host of improvements and remastered visuals and rounds off this week’s new releases at No36

Week 42, 2015 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) PS4 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (03) XBO FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
03 (02) PS4 UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
04 (04) 360 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (06) XBO FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 (MICROSOFT)
06 (05) PS3 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
07 (07) PS4 DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
08 (NE) PS4 TALES OF ZESTIRIA (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
09 (08) 3DS ANIMAL CROSSING: HAPPY HOME DESIGNER (NINTENDO)
10 (16) PS4 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (KONAMI)
11 (18) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
12 (NE) PS4 DRAGON QUEST HEROES (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
13 (10) WIU SUPER MARIO MAKER (NINTENDO)
14 (11) 360 LEGO DIMENSIONS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
15 (13) XBO GEARS OF WAR: ULTIMATE EDITION (MICROSOFT)
16 (15) 360 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
17 (12) XBO DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
18 (09) PS4 MAD MAX (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
19 (19) XBO GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
20 (NE) PS4 DISGAEA 5: ALLIANCE OF VENGEANCE (NIS AMERICA)
21 (NE) PS4 WRC 5 (UBISOFT)
22 (22) PS4 DYING LIGHT (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
23 (17) PS4 NBA 2K16 (TAKE 2)
24 (29) XBO METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (KONAMI)
25 (27) PS4 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
26 (20) XBO CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
27 (28) 360 LEGO JURASSIC WORLD (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
28 (33) XBO MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)
29 (23) PS4 LEGO DIMENSIONS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
30 (35) PS3 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
31 (24) PS4 UNTIL DAWN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
32 (30) 360 SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
33 (25) XBO LEGO DIMENSIONS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
34 (__) WIU MARIO KART 8 (NINTENDO)
35 (31) PS4 THE WITCHER III: WILD HUNT (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
36 (39) 360 DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)
37 (26) XBO NBA 2K16 (TAKE 2)
38 (32) PS4 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 (KONAMI)
39 (__) PS4 LITTLEBIGPLANET 3 (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
40 (38) PS3 LEGO DIMENSIONS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)


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Germany:
Week 42, 2015 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) [PS4] FIFA 16
02 (02) [PS4] UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION
03 (03) [PS3] FIFA 16
04 (NE) [PS4] TALES OF ZESTIRIA
05 (04) [3DS] ANIMAL CROSSING: HAPPY HOME DESIGNER
06 (NE) [PS4] DRAGON QUEST HEROES: THE WORLD TREE WOE'S AND THE BLIGHT BELOW
07 (08) [PS4] DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING LE
08 (11) [PS4] GRAND THEFT AUTO V
09 (07) [360] FIFA 16
10 (09) [WIU] SUPER MARIO MAKER
11 (05) [XB1] FORZA MOTORSPORT 6
12 (06) [PS4] NBA 2K16
13 (10) [XB1] FIFA 16
14 (12) [PS4] CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE
15 (16) [PS4] THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT
16 (NE) [PS3] TALES OF ZESTIRIA
17 (13) [PS4] METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
18 (14) [PS4] UNTIL DAWN
19 (24) [WIU] SPLATOON
20 (15) [PC] FIFA 16
21 (18) [PS3] MINECRAFT
22 (__) [3DS] THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK BETWEEN WORLDS
23 (30) [PS4] THE LAST OF US REMASTERED
24 (20) [PS4] MORTAL KOMBAT X
25 (29) [PS4] FAR CRY 4 LE
26 (28) [PS4] MINECRAFT
27 (31) [PS3] GRAND THEFT AUTO V
28 (42) [PS4] ASSASSIN'S CREED UNITY
29 (33) [PC] FARMING SIMULATOR 15
30 (26) [3DS] ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF
31 (32) [3DS] POKEMON OMEGA RUBY
32 (23) [PS4] THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: TAMRIEL UNLIMITED
33 (NE) [PS4] DISGAEA 5: ALLIANCE OF VENGEANCE
34 (35) [PC] GRAND THEFT AUTO V
35 (44) [PS4] THE ORDER 1886
36 (17) [PS4] PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016
37 (36) [WIU] YOSHI'S WOOLLY WORLD
38 (41) [PS4] MADDEN NFL 16
39 (21) [PS4] WRC 5 - WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
40 (77) [PC] BATTLEFIELD 4
41 (NE) [PS4] WASTELAND 2 - DIRECTOR'S CUT
42 (49) [PS4] BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE
43 (94) [PC] WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER
44 (53) [PS3] CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II
45 (56) [PS4] BATTLEFIELD 4
46 (40) [PC] THE SIMS 4
47 (45) [3DS] NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2
48 (25) [PS4] MAD MAX
49 (37) [3DS] POKEMON ALPHA SAPPHIRE
50 (NE) [3DS] DRAGON BALL Z: EXTREME BUTODEN
51 (46) [XB1] GRAND THEFT AUTO V
52 (48) [PC] THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT
53 (39) [PS3] LITTLEBIGPLANET 3
54 (54) [PS4] F1 2015
55 (27) [PS4] LEGO DIMENSIONS - STARTER PACK
56 (51) [3DS] TOMODACHI LIFE
57 (19) [PS4] TONY HAWK PRO SKATER 5
58 (50) [XB1] DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING
59 (52) [PS3] FIFA 15
60 (__) [3DS] YOSHI'S NEW ISLAND
61 (66) [PS4] ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
62 (47) [PS4] NHL 16
63 (63) [PS4] THE CREW
64 (__) [PC] THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM
65 (81) [PS4] MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR
66 (60) [3DS] MARIO KART 7
67 (43) [PS4] ONE PIECE PIRATE WARRIORS 3
68 (22) [PC] FALLOUT ANTHOLOGY
69 (59) [360] MINECRAFT
70 (65) [PS3] GRAN TURISMO 6
71 (55) [PS4] BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT
72 (62) [PS4] NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALS
73 (78) [WII] NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII
74 (68) [PS3] CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE
75 (__) [PS3] THE EVIL WITHIN
76 (92) [PS4] WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER
77 (64) [PS4] DIABLO III: REAPER OF SOULS
78 (70) [PS4] RAYMAN LEGENDS
79 (38) [WIU] LEGO DIMENSIONS - STARTER PACK
80 (58) [WIU] MARIO PARTY 10
81 (84) [PS4] PROJECT CARS
82 (__) [PS3] BATTLEFIELD 4
83 (79) [PC] COMMAND AND CONQUER: ULTIMATE EDITION
84 (75) [3DS] SUPER SMASH BROS.
85 (71) [PS3] MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR
86 (83) [360] GRAND THEFT AUTO V
87 (__) [PC] MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR
88 (__) [3DS] MARIO PARTY: ISLAND TOUR
89 (__) [PS4] LITTLEBIGPLANET 3
90 (89) [PS3] FARMING SIMULATOR 15
91 (76) [PS3] WATCH_DOGS
92 (34) [PC] MIGHT AND MAGIC: HEROES VII
93 (82) [PC] DIABLO III
94 (91) [PS3] DIABLO III: REAPER OF SOULS
95 (57) [PS3] PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016
96 (85) [PS3] FAR CRY 4
97 (72) [PC] THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: TAMRIEL UNLIMITED
98 (86) [PS3] ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
99 (__) [360] BATTLEFIELD 4
100 (__) [PS4] FARMING SIMULATOR 15


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France:
Week 41, 2015 - Individual Formats (Value)

01 (01) PS4 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (NE) PS4 UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
03 (02) PS3 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (04) XBO FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (05) 3DS ANIMAL CROSSING: HAPPY HOME DESIGNER + AMIIBO + NFC (NINTENDO)


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Italy:
Week 41, 2015 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (01) PS4 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (NE) PS4 UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
03 (02) PS3 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (03) 360 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (06) PS3 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 - DAY ONE EDITION (KONAMI)
06 (07) 3DS ANIMAL CROSSING: HAPPY HOME DESIGNER (NINTENDO)
07 (05) XBO FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
08 (__) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
09 (04) PS4 NBA 2K16 (TAKE 2)
10 (09) PS4 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 - DAY ONE EDITION (KONAMI)


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Sweden
Week 42, 2015 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) PS4 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (__) PS3 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
03 (__) 360 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (__) PS4 UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
05 (__) PS4 NHL 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
06 (NE) PS4 TALES OF ZESTIRIA (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
07 (__) PS4 THE WITCHER III: WILD HUNT (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)
08 (__) XBO FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
09 (NE) PS4 WRC 5 (UBISOFT)
10 (__) WIU SUPER MARIO MAKER (NINTENDO)
11 (__) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
12 (NE) PS4 DRAGON QUEST HEROES (SQUARE ENIX EUROPE)
13 (NE) PS4 DISGAEA 5: ALLIANCE OF VENGEANCE (NIS AMERICA)
14 (__) PC THE SIMS 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
15 (__) PS4 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (KONAMI)
16 (__) XBO FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 (MICROSOFT)
17 (__) PS4 DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
18 (__) PS3 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
19 (__) PS4 UNTIL DAWN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
20 (__) XBO NHL 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)


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Finland:
Week 42, 2015 - All Formats (Units)

01 (01) FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (02) NHL 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
03 (NE) WRC: FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 5 (BIG BEN INTERACTIVE)
04 (04) MINECRAFT (MICROSOFT / SONY CEE)
05 (03) UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION (SONY CEE)
06 (05) GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
07 (__) LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES (WARNER INTERACTIVE)
08 (08) FARMING SIMULATOR 2015 (FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE)
09 (06) NHL LEGACY EDITION (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
10 (__) THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT (BANDAI NAMCO GAMES)


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Norway:
Week 41, 2015 - All Formats (Units)


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Australia:
Week 42, 2015 - Full Price Games (All Formats)


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New Zealand:
Week 42, 2015 - Full Price Games (All Formats)


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Belgium
Week 41, 2015 - All Console / PC Formats

01 (01) FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

01 (01) PC FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)


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Spain:
September 2015 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (NE) PS4 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
02 (NE) PS4 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN - DAY ONE EDITION (KONAMI)
03 (NE) PS3 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
04 (NE) PS4 FIFA 16 DELUXE EDITION (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
05 (NE) PS4 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 - DAY ONE EDITION (KONAMI)
06 (NE) PS3 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2016 - DAY ONE EDITION (KONAMI)
07 (NE) PS3 FIFA 16 DELUXE EDITION (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
08 (NE) WIU SUPER MARIO MAKER + ARTBOOK (NINTENDO)
09 (NE) 360 FIFA 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
10 (NE) PS3 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN - DAY ONE EDITION (KONAMI)


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Greece:
August 2015 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) PS3 CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
02 (07) PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
03 (06) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
04 (01) PS4 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2015 (KONAMI)
05 (02) PS3 FIFA 15 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
06 (04) PS3 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2015 - ESSENTIALS (KONAMI)
07 (__) PS3 BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)
08 (05) PS3 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
09 (09) PS3 ΝΒΑ 2Κ15 (TAKE 2)
10 (03) PS4 BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

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PAL Charts - Week 38, 2015
PAL Charts - Week 39, 2015
PAL Charts - Week 40, 2015
PAL Charts - Week 41, 2015
 
That was a good week for JRPGs. Shame none of them set the charts on fire. Disgaea fared about as well in the UK as it did in Japan. :/
 
Uncharted still holding on well for another week before the coming onslaught of games.

Great for BluePoint as the work they've done is immaculate.
 

Bruno MB

Member
01. Fifa 16 - 60,100
02. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection >19,100
03. Destiny: The Taken King - 8,200
04. Lego Dimensions
05. Grand Theft Auto V
06. Forza Motorsport 6 <6,700
07. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
08. Tales of Zestiria
09. Lego Jurassic World
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition

18. Dragon Quest Heroes
27. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
 
01. Fifa 16 - 60,100
02. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection >19,100
03. Destiny: The Taken King - 8,200
04. Lego Dimensions
05. Grand Theft Auto v
06. Forza Motorsport 6 <6,700
07. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
08. Tales of Zestiria
09. Lego Jurassic World
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition

18. Dragon Quest Heroes
27. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
So Tales of Zestiria is lower than 6.7k? I can't even imagine the numbers of DQH and Disgaea 5 =/

What was the debut for Graces F, Xilia, Xilia 2 and Symphonia HD?
 
I'm wishing and hoping so freaking hard that Tales of Zestiria do well worldwide... I love this series so much and a lot of hard work was put into TOZ.
 

Bruno MB

Member
I find Dragon Quest Heroes sales really disheartening, well at least I did my part...

So Tales of Zestiria is lower than 6.7k? I can't even imagine the numbers of DQH and Disgaea 5 =/

What was the debut for Graces F, Xilia, Xilia 2 and Symphonia HD?

Less than 5,000 units for Tales of Graces f and around 6,000 for Tales of Xillia.
 

c0de

Member
01. Fifa 16 - 60,100
02. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection >19,100
03. Destiny: The Taken King - 8,200
04. Lego Dimensions
05. Grand Theft Auto V
06. Forza Motorsport 6 <6,700
07. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
08. Tales of Zestiria
09. Lego Jurassic World
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition

18. Dragon Quest Heroes
27. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

FIFA PS4 + FIFA Xbone > UCC => FIFA PS4 + FIFA Xbone > 19100, so at least 41000 units combined. As FIFA Xbone > UCC it seems to be a close week between FIFA PS4 and FIFA Xbone.
 

Lucreto

Member
Tales of Zestiria and Dragon Quest Heroes did far better than I expected. I was expecting in the mid 20s but both in the top 15 is great news.

Japanese games seem to have a better following on mainland Europe so I expect the France and Germany to make up the numbers.
 
Well lets see how well GH performs. It's even got TV ads but I think the boat has well and truly sailed on music instrument games that I doubt it'll do a great lot better than RockBomba.

Musou not so much but didn't the last Dragon Quest sold 1M in the West... on DS ?

2 different games. And Nintendo gave it more promotion that SE did for Heroes.
 

freefornow

Gold Member
If I recall, some were predicting Uncharted sales would be higher this week as it only has a couple of days in the charts.
I dont know what to think of the numbers.
 
DQH below Tales of? That's a very disappointing result. One could say "well, it's UK" but Tales of sold better and it should be considered as nicher franchise in Europe than DQ (DQIX opened very high in UK - ok, it was Summer but stayed in the Top 10 for a lot of weeks).

That was a mainline entry. And it shipped 1m in the West.

Wasn't 1m eventually sold? The last known numbers for DQIX in the West was 1.1m IIRC. The leit-motiv was, though, that jRPG fans are on home consoles in Western markets, and the first DQ game on a Sony platform after 10 year hiatus should have done moderately well, regardless the genre (it's not a Musou, right? An action-RPG should be even better for Western tastes).
 

Lucreto

Member
I don't know what people were expecting for JRPG's especially this time of year. It is usually just Final Fantasy that can break the top 10 for any length of time.

If they released in the late Spring or Summer it would have scored higher.
 

Mario007

Member
DQH below Tales of? That's a very disappointing result. One could say "well, it's UK" but Tales of sold better and it should be considered as nicher franchise in Europe than DQ (DQIX opened very high in UK - ok, it was Summer but stayed in the Top 10 for a lot of weeks).



Wasn't 1m eventually sold? The last known numbers for DQIX in the West was 1.1m IIRC. The leit-motiv was, though, that jRPG fans are on home consoles in Western markets, and the first DQ game on a Sony platform after 10 year hiatus should have done moderately well, regardless the genre (it's not a Musou, right? An action-RPG should be even better for Western tastes).
You seriously are comparing a musou DQ spin off, one that did quarter of DQ9 sales in Japan, to a mainline DQ entry? Never mind the fact that the last DQ in the west came out 6 years ago so brand relevancy is fairly diminished.
 
If I recall, some were predicting Uncharted sales would be higher this week as it only has a couple of days in the charts.
I dont know what to think of the numbers.

That's just people who don't realise two days of sales isn't really just two days of sales. It also potentially included months of pre-orders. So one, two, five days of sales aren't really significant indicators. At least until the industry stops doing pre-orders *cough*.
 
You seriously are comparing a musou DQ spin off, one that did quarter of DQ9 sales in Japan, to a mainline DQ entry? Never mind the fact that the last DQ in the west came out 6 years ago so brand relevancy is fairly diminished.

Not a comparison - just saying that DQ has had some relevancy in UK, a market typically seen as reluctant towards jRPGs. It is also true that DQ Heroes was seen as the comeback of the IP on Sony platforms - quite a big deal if you talk with the fanbase. We'll see whether DQ Heroes' performance in Western markets will be considered as good by Square Enix.
 
Tales of above Dragon Quest make sense, at least Bandai Namco properly took care of the franchise for western markets since several years now. Dragon Quest ? 10 years since the last game on PlayStation, and it's a spin off. Both results are shit though, and I don't expect the US to be any different. Hope to see both games in the french top 5 next week, but that's all.
 
Well, I cancelled my DQ pre-order when I found out there was no co-op. That's the main reason I play musou these days. Maybe I'm alone on that.

Zestiria was a pre-order though. Glad it's at least staying stable relative to the other entries in the UK. Probably an increased digital percentage these days + the PC release coming too?
 
For reference:

Dragon Quest VIII (PS2): #19 All Formats
Dragon Quest IV (NDS): didn't chart at all
Dragon Quest V (NDS): didn't chart at all
Dragon Quest IX (NDS): #4 Individual Formats

DQIX held the 4th position for 4 consecutive weeks (it went up +27% during its second week), then 7-> 14 and so on.
 

Bruno MB

Member
The rising popularity of Dragon Ball Z didn't help Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden which tanked hard debuting in 10th place in the 3DS chart.
 
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