NeoGAF

Numbers up to 2 December 2007, first week in parentheses.

--- Simulation
Pokemon Battle Revolution 319000 (68000)
Densha de Go! Shinkansen Ex 12000 (3000)
Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki 62000 (22000)
Boku to Sim no Machi 23000 (8000)
Sangokushi 11 with Power Up Kit 6000 (1000)
--- Simulation RPG
Fire Emblem Akatsuki no Megami 158000 (75000)
--- Action
Super Paper Mario 465000 (144000)
Super Mario Galaxy 432000 (251000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Neo 143000 (67000)
Biohazard 4 Wii Edition 124000 (44000)
One Piece Unlimited Adventure 102000 (40000)
Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Sensen 0079 94000 (46000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Meteo 77000 (40000)
Elebits 66000 (6000)
SD Gundam Scad Hammers 48000 (9000)
Bomberman Land Wii 38000 (6000)
Super Monkey Ball Uki Uki Party Daishuugou 37000 (4000)
Red Steel 36000 (9000)
Sengoku Musou Katana 35000 (17000)
Sonic to Himitsu no Ring 30000 (11000)
Kororinpa 30000 (2000)
Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshitachi 28000 (8000)
Caduceus Z 26000 (4000)
Kekkaishi 20000 (11000)
Pirates of the Caribbean World's End 13000 (4000)
Negima!? Neo Paktio Fight!! 8000 (4000)
Wing Island 8000 (<1000)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7000 (2000)
Dewy's Adventure 5000 (1000)
Spongebob 3000 (<1000)
Barnyard 2000 (<1000)
Go! Go! Minon <1000
Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes 9000
Dragon Blade <1000
Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 7000 (3000)
--- Fighting Action
Naruto Shippuuden Ex 112000 (46000)
Bleach Wii 76000 (14000)
Guilty Gear XX ΛCore 3000 (<1000)
Naruto Shippuuden Ex2 24000
--- RPG
Opoona 5000 (3000)
--- Action RPG
Zelda TP 508000 (139000)
Dragon Quest Masked Queen and Tower of Mirrors 477000 (305000)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 6000 (2000)
--- Adventure
Forever Blue 49000 (19000)
Zak & Wiki 16000 (8000)
Ginka 14000 (10000)
Necronesia 13000 (2000)
Detective Conan 12000 (4000)
The Dog Island 11000 (3000)
Ratatouille 1000 (<1000)
--- Educational
Big Brain Academy 237000 (42000)
--- Puzzle
Puyo Puyo! 23000 (4000)
Sudoku 4000 (<1000)
Jigsaw Puzzle: Dog of the Day <1000
Takoron <1000
--- Sports
Wii Sports 2250000 (176000)
Mario & Sonic Olympics 103000 (63000)
Gegege no Onitarou 3000 (2000)
SSX Blur 2000 (<1000)
Swing Golf Pangya 70000 (17000)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 1000 (<1000)
Swing Golf Pangya 2nd Shot! 6000
Mario Strikers Charged 86000 (28000)
Mezase!! Tsuri Master 75000 (19000)
Bass Fishing Wii 6000 (2000)
Simple Wii Series Vol.1 The Minna de Bass Tsuri Taikai 2000 (<1000)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Wii 120000 (48000)
Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 Wii 23000 (7000)
Hajime no Ippo Revolution 53000 (25000)
--- Shooting
Shin Chuukadaisen: Michael + Mei Mei no Bouken <1000
Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles 117000 (83000)
Ghost Squad 45000 (20000)
--- Race
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race 86000 (30000)
Excite Truck 76000 (20000)
GT Pro Series 29000 (8000)
G1 Jockey Wii 21000 (6000)
Need for Speed Carbon 19000 (4000)
Monster 4x4 World Circuit 9000 (1000)
Cars 5000 (1000)
Simple Wii Series Vol.1 The Minna de Kart Race 3000 (1000)
--- Table games
Jissen Pachislot: Fist of the North Star Wii 5000 (2000)
Mario Party 8 905000 (265000)
Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou 57000 (8000)
Momotarou Dentetsu 16 44000 (11000)
Mah Jong Taikai Wii 14000 (2000)
--- Etc
Hajimete no Wii 1832000 (174000)
Odoru Made in Wario 499000 (64000)
Ennichi no Tatsujin 100000 (11000)
Crayon Shinchan 56000 (4000)
Raving Rabbids 13000 (1000)
Furu Furu Park 4000 (<1000)
Wii Fit 261000
Cooking Mama 21000 (4000)

Thanks for the numbers, Jonny! :)

--- Action RPG
Zelda TP 508000 (139000)

...


:(

Zak & Wiki 16000 (8000)

:( :( :(

A lot of games sold more then what I thought..

2 games on the list were supposed to be bigger hits then that..the publishers screwed up shipping.

:(

Poor Umbrella Chronicles and DQ:S...your publishers really dropped the ball :(

Wow, looking at some of those numbers make me wonder why western publishers like EA even bother releasing titles in Japan.

Originally Posted by Jonnyram

Numbers up to 2 December 2007, first week in parentheses.

--- RPG

Opoona - 5,000 (3,000)

--- Adventure

Forever Blue - 49,000 (19,000)
Zak & Wiki - 16,000 (8,000)
Ginka - 14,000 (10,000)
Necronesia - 13,000 (2,000)
Detective Conan - 12,000 (4,000)
The Dog Island - 11,000 (3,000)
Ratatouille - 1,000 (<1,000)

Wow, Fragile doesn't stand a chance. 10k lifetime confirmed. :(

SSX Blur 2000 (<1000)

Holy shit :lol

Originally Posted by spoon!

SSX Blur 2000 (<1000)

Holy shit :lol

Its an EA game, Hardly worth a holy shit when games based around the Japanese market did those numbers too.

Oh here we go. :(

Originally Posted by Lobster

Its an EA game, Hardly worth a holy shit when games based around the Japanese market did those numbers too.

My mistake. I is new at this :(

Why does Media-Create have BH:UC at 117k when Famitsu has it at at >150k? That's a pretty huge difference.

I just remembered that Gundam game for the Wii, BRING THAT OVER TO THE STATES ALREADY!

Opoona 5000 (3000)

I knew this one bombed, but man

Originally Posted by Lobster

A lot of games sold more then what I thought..

2 games on the list were supposed to be bigger hits then that..the publishers screwed up shipping.

:(

Poor Umbrella Chronicles and DQ:S...your publishers really dropped the ball :(

Well, considering Umbrella Chronicles is now above 160,000 in Famitsu numbers, I think it did okay. It will continue to climb as well. Probably end up around 220k-230k. I don't know how Square-Enix dropped the ball on Dragon Quest Swords, though.

Edit: Stump, Resident Evil debuted about 20k higher in Famitsu numbers. Also it has two more weeks of sale added on top of that. The cut-off date for these numbers is December 2nd, while we have numbers through the 17th or something like that.

--- Race
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race 86000 (30000)
Excite Truck 76000 (20000)

its a sad day.

Originally Posted by Stumpokapow

Why does Media-Create have BH:UC at 117k when Famitsu has it at at >150k? That's a pretty huge difference.

This?

Originally Posted by Jonnyram

Numbers up to 2 December 2007

Originally Posted by Stopsign

Well, considering Umbrella Chronicles is now above 160,000 in Famitsu numbers, I think it did okay. It will continue to climb as well. Probably end up around 220k-230k. I don't know how Square-Enix dropped the ball on Dragon Quest Swords, though.

Square Enix didn't ship enough copies for the following weeks and the game dropped like 10 tonne boulder.

Umbrella Chronicles had a great first week but didn't get enough copies shipped out for the following weeks. Viink always reported sold out but the MC/Famitsu data reported low sales :( It could have reached 200k much more quicker and would have been reaching 300k right now if Capcom had done a good job at shipping.

Originally Posted by Lobster

Square Enix didn't ship enough copies for the following weeks and the game dropped like 10 tonne boulder.

SE just didn't ship enough for the first week. After that, the game was quickly losing steam, and was actually having a price collapse.

Originally Posted by Jonnyram

Elebits 66000 (6000)

not bad for its starting week..

Originally Posted by Linkzg

its a sad day.

it really is:

Originally Posted by Jonnyram

Necronesia 13000 (2000)

Dewy's Adventure 5000 (1000)
Opoona 5000 (3000)
SSX Blur 2000 (<1000)

well, at leas zak&wiki outsold necronesia...

Alright Jonny, do one for PS3 games and then 360 for comparison.

I saw Dewey's Adventure for 980 Yen at Sofmap. Bomba. :/

Originally Posted by Hero of legend

Alright Jonny, do one for PS3 games and then 360 for comparison.

I'm pretty sure that this is a Wii exclusive for now. It's not just a Wii compilation of already known data, but this also tracks what each game did off the charts.

JGaf should proceed to their nearest store and buy:

Caduceus (aka Trauma Center)
Dewey's Adventure
Dragon Quest Swords
Elebits
Excitetruck
Forever Blue
Fire Emblem
Guilty Gear
Kororinpa
Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess
Opoona
Resident Evil:Umbrella Chronicles
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Super Mario Galaxy
Zack & Wiki

Start with Mario.

GO NOW.

Originally Posted by Linkzg

I just remembered that Gundam game for the Wii, BRING THAT OVER TO THE STATES ALREADY!

Yes, Scad Hammers AND 0079. And bring them to PAL land too.

Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou 57000 (8000) > Cooking Mama 21000 (4000)

That's the best part of this list.

Originally Posted by AnimeTheme

SE just didn't ship enough for the first week. After that, the game was quickly losing steam, and was actually having a price collapse.

The first week would be the most important because that's when the most copies are sold. Once DQS flooded the used retail channel there was zero incentive to buy new.

Originally Posted by DeaconKnowledge

The first week would be the most important because that's when the most copies are sold. Once DQS flooded the used retail channel there was zero incentive to buy new.

Pretty much.

This is why you don't make games 10 hours long with no replay value.

List of some games that has not been updated in Famitsu Top 30 for a long time (and also didn't show up in the Famitsu 1H07 portable sales), or who have significant increase compared to the last time they show up in Famitsu Top 30 list.

Code:

2006 Release :
Swing Golf Pangya 70000 (17000)
SD Gundam Scad Hammers 48000 (9000)

2007 Release :
Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshitachi 28000 (8000)
Sonic to Himitsu no Ring 30000 (11000) (Sonic and the Secret Rings ??)
Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki 62000 (22000) (aka Harvest Moon : Tree of Peace ??)
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race 86000 (30000)
Momotarou Dentetsu 16 44000 (11000)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Wii 120000 (48000)
Sengoku Musou Katana 35000 (17000)
Mario Strikers Charged 86000 (28000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Neo 143000 (67000)

I was surprised at the Jikkyou game, since the last time it show up on Famitsu Top 30 is July 29, 2007 (second week after release), at 63K sales #, and has not show up ever since.

Not even one million seller? Or am I not seeing it?

Originally Posted by RiZ III

Not even one million seller? Or am I not seeing it?

Wii Sports 2250000 (176000)
Hajimete no Wii 1832000 (174000)

Originally Posted by apujanata

List of some games that has not been updated in Famitsu Top 30 for a long time (and also didn't show up in the Famitsu 1H07 portable sales), or who have significant increase compared to the last time they show up in Famitsu Top 30 list.

Code:

2006 Release :
Swing Golf Pangya 70000 (17000)
SD Gundam Scad Hammers 48000 (9000)

2007 Release :
Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshitachi 28000 (8000)
Sonic to Himitsu no Ring 30000 (11000) (Sonic and the Secret Rings ??)
Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki 62000 (22000) (aka Harvest Moon : Tree of Peace ??)
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race 86000 (30000)
Momotarou Dentetsu 16 44000 (11000)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Wii 120000 (48000)
Sengoku Musou Katana 35000 (17000)
Mario Strikers Charged 86000 (28000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Neo 143000 (67000)

I was surprised at the Jikkyou game, since the last time it show up on Famitsu Top 30 is July 29, 2007 (second week after release), at 63K sales #, and has not show up ever since.

Goes with my theory that many Wii games are slow burners due to many Wii owners not keeping up on what games are coming out and when.

Originally Posted by RiZ III

Not even one million seller? Or am I not seeing it?

WiiSports.

Manjimaru, you might want to replace "average" with "median" or "high-low drop average". Average really isn't applicable to such small datasets.

Originally Posted by Eteric Rice

Goes with my theory that many Wii games are slow burners due to many Wii owners not keeping up on what games are coming out and when.

I don't think the existence of slow-burning games on the Wii does anything to support that there are more slow-burning games on the Wii than other consoles. Someone like donny, Josh, or Moor Angol would probably be able to calculate the "average percentage of sales done off-charts" or even "average leg length" to test it, though.

Originally Posted by RiZ III

Not even one million seller? Or am I not seeing it?

Two right now (Wii Sports, Wii Play), although Mario Party 8 will break 1mln in January and Wii Fit could easily hit 1mln over the next 3-4 months.

Originally Posted by Manjimaru

TOP 50 Games:

Code:

	Name						 Publisher        FW	  LTD			
 1	Wii Sports					  Nintendo	176000	2250000
 2	Hajimete no Wii					  Nintendo	174000	1832000
 3	Mario Party 8					  Nintendo	265000	 905000
 4	Zelda TP					  Nintendo	139000	 508000
 5	Odoru Made in Wario				  Nintendo	 64000	 499000
 6	Dragon Quest Masked Queen and Tower of Mirrors	Square-Enix	305000	 477000
 7	Super Paper Mario				  Nintendo	144000	 465000
 8	Super Mario Galaxy 				  Nintendo	251000	 432000
 9	Pokemon Battle Revolution			  Nintendo	 68000	 319000
10	Wii Fit						  Nintendo	261000	 261000
11	Big Brain Academy				  Nintendo	 42000	 237000
12	Fire Emblem Akatsuki no Megami			  Nintendo	 75000	 158000

Third parties? Hello?

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slotheop

at this rate you'd think wii sports 2 would be out, with another on its way next year

Except that Nintendo has historically been disinclined to do rote sequels except for with Mario Party. Virtually every other Nintendo franchise has at least two years between sequels and substantial improvements made or new content added. Hence why there's one of each Mario sports title per generation, one-two Zelda titles, one or so Mario title, etc.

But they are continuing their "Wii *" line. Wii Music is the next one after Wii Fit.

well, nintendo's no capcom :p

Originally Posted by _leech_

Third parties? Hello?

They're doomed.

Looking at these numbers it's hard to believe it's the best selling console

some of these figures are just gruesome

3rd parties are just fighting for scraps on the Wii

Originally Posted by X26

Looking at these numbers it's hard to believe it's the best selling console

I'm sure the software numbers for the PS2 when it had a 4 million userbase weren't as pretty either (in fact they were probably much worse).

Originally Posted by X26

Looking at these numbers it's hard to believe it's the best selling console

Kinda need something to compare it to to make that observation.

I thought Nintendo titles made more than 75% of all Wii software sold.

I was wrong.

Its just little over 72%.

Originally Posted by X26

Looking at these numbers it's hard to believe it's the best selling console

Only if you ignore Nintendo games. I doubt any publisher sold 8 million plus copies of software on the PS2 in its first year.

Originally Posted by Manjimaru

Stats :D
Total SW: ~11 087 500
Number of games: 93
Average: ~119 220

This is really low.
Through Dec. 2nd, Wii was at 3,945,429 so it means its tie ratio was 2.81.
This is really really low given the fact that nearly 0.5 of that came from Wii Play too.
Wii Software sales in Japan is pathetic.

Originally Posted by Manjimaru

TOP 15 Publishers:

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	Publisher	Games	  Total		Median
 1	Nintendo	 17	8 294 000	487 882
 2	Namco-Bandai	 10	  658 000	 65 800
 3	Square-Enix	  1	  477 000	477 000
 4	Capcom		  4	  266 000 	 66 500
 5	Konami		  5	  221 000	 44 200
 6	SEGA		  6	  216 000	 36 000
 7	Hudson		  7	  199 500	 28 500
 8	Takara-Tomy	  2	  136 000	 68 000
 9	MMV		  3	   82 000	 27 333
10	Koei		  5	   81 000	 16 200
11	Tecmo		  2	   76 000	 38 000
12	Ubisoft		  3	   58 000	 19 333
13	Banpresto	  1	   56 000	 56 000
14	AQ Interactive	  1	   53 000	 53 000
15	E.A Japan	  5	   52 000	 10 400

S-E is at #3 with just 1 game. Ouch for all other third parties. :(

Wow, I never noticed Wii software is so ridiculesly top loaded.

1 Wii Sports Nintendo 176000 2250000
2 Hajimete no Wii Nintendo 174000 1832000
3 Mario Party 8 Nintendo 265000 905000


2250000 + 1832000 + 905000 = 4,987,000

4,987,000 / 11,087,500 = .44978

So basically 45 percent of all Wii software is from these 3 games.

Wow, thats crazy consider one is a basically a controller packed with a 10 dollar game and all three are party games.

Maybe the whole "electronic board game" idea isn't so far fetch.