Media Create Sales 5/19 - 5/25

[Cheesemeister]

01./00. [NDS] Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! (Sega) - 59,321 / NEW
02./01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 51,370 / 2,096,000
03./02. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 47,758 / 1,317,000
04./05. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 36,455 / 2,110,000
05./00. [NDS] Glory of Hercules: Proof of Spirit (Nintendo) - 23,155 / NEW
06./07. [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) - 15,282 / 233,000
07./00. [NDS] Scarlet Fragment DS (Idea Factory) - 15,261 / NEW
08./06. [WII] Battalion Wars 2 (Nintendo) - 15,123 / 39,000
09./09. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Seven Island Adventure (Bandai-Namco) - 13,762 / 161,000
10./08. [WII] Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo) - 11,757 / 168,000

11./04. [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 (Sony)
12./10. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
13./16. [NDS] We're Fossil Diggers (Nintendo)
14./03. [NDS] Luminous Arc 2: Will (Marvelous Entertainment)
15./00. [360] The Orange Box (EA)
16./11. [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokémon)
17./00. [NDS] Tea Dog's Room DS 3 (MTO)
18./15. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
19./17. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
20./13. [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns (Koei)
21./19. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
22./20. [WII] Deca Sporta (Hudson)
23./00. [PS3] Haze (Spike)
24./14. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (Sega)
25./18. [NDS] Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life (Bandai-Namco)
26./24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
27./21. [NDS] SimCity DS 2: From the Past to the Future (EA)
28./22. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
29./29. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
30./00. [PS2] Princess Nightmare (Views)
31./33. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5)
32./34. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
33./26. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami)
34./35. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
35./38. [NDS] Yatterman DS: Surprising, Startling Battle (Takara-Tomy)
36./31. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
37./30. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land (Banpresto)
38./32. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 3 (Capcom)
39./27. [NDS] Phoenix Wright: Gyakuten Revival (Capcom)
40./25. [NDS] Home Teacher Hitman Reborn! DS: Fate of Heat (Takara-Tomy)
41./39. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (Marvelous Entertainment)
42./37. [NDS] Naruto: Shippuuden Shinobi Retsuden II (Takara-Tomy)
43./45. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
44./40. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 2 (Capcom)
45./42. [NDS] Pokémon Pearl (Pokémon)
46./00. [360] Stranglehold (Success)
47./36. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 4 (Capcom)
48./44. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
49./00. [PSP] Musou Orochi (Koei)
50./41. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)

NDS - 32
WII - 8
PS2 - 3
PSP - 3
PS3 - 2
360 - 2

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. PSP   -    64,449 |    70,536 | 1,819,072 |  9,420,666
2. WII   -    49,047 |    41,572 | 1,468,839 |  6,084,999
3. NDS   -    37,404 |    34,905 | 1,415,561 | 22,588,612
4. PS3   -     9,071 |     7,701 |   417,673 |  2,059,349
5. PS2   -     7,189 |     7,022 |   228,483 | 21,155,520
6. 360   -     1,947 |     1,474 |    58,448 |    565,789

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Software numbers are typically posted on Wednesday nights at about midnight Eastern.
Hardware numbers are typically posted Thursday nights at about 9:20 PM Eastern.

[ZealousD]

Poor showing for The Orange Box. =(

[ivysaur12]

How much did the first Battalion Wars sell in Japan?

10./08. [WII] Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo) - 12,000 / 168,000 24./14. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (Sega)

This is sad.

[Nif]

Go orange box. :)

[Man God]

Go go Orange Box.

Year of the 360 in Japan confirmed.

[Tenbatsu]

SEGA!!!

[Log4Girlz]

WTF at beautiful letter training, that shit probably cost 5 bucks to make. Anyway, where the hell is my Link's crossbow training sequel.

[Sage00]

23./00. [PS3] Haze (Spike)
24./14. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (Sega)

...

[manueldelalas]

MHP2 so close to Wii Fit, yet so far... the gap is closing =P

[Cheesemeister]

Anyway, where the hell is my Link's crossbow training sequel.

It's better known as Link's Crossbow Training 2: Balance Board Training: Wii Fit.

[OldJadedGamer]

Haze sales must be pushed by the Famitsu review.

[Zoe]

Damn, what is it gonna take for MH to pass Wii Fit?

[Tenbatsu]

Damn, what is it gonna take for MH to pass Wii Fit?

Monster Hunter Fit?

[Case]

go hercules/

[Sage00]

Next week the Nintendo/McDonalds deal will take effect and Wii Fit sales will jump. ;)

[neojubei]

Valkyria Chronicles should be in the top ten, but I am glad people are still buying it in Japan.

[D.Lo]

Damn, what is it gonna take for MH to pass Wii Fit?

Another week or so? Though Wii Fit will inevitably take the lead again.

[AugustDivision]

Is Scarlet Fragment any good?

Also, BWii sales are actually pretty impressive for Japan.

[RevoDS]

Monster Hunter Fit?

You're getting it wrong.

It'll take a Wii Monster Hunter :)

[Meier]

23./00. [PS3] Haze (Spike) 24./14. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (Sega) ...

It did come out a month ago after all... the fact it's still in the top 30 is actually pretty impressive for a PS3 title.

[JDSN]

Damn, what is it gonna take for MH to pass Wii Fit?

MH3, I suppose.

[ivysaur12]

Is Scarlet Fragment any good? Also, BWii sales are actually pretty impressive for Japan.

You mean "Famicon Wars VS!!"?

[Id.]

Impressive that Valkyria Chronicles is still there.

[Jasoncheng]

delete

[ciaossu]

It's better known as Link's Crossbow Training 2: Balance Board Training: Wii Fit.

lmfao

[Anth]

Is Scarlet Fragment any good?

Judging from the website, it's a normal renai game with great art and the usual stupid minigames.
After seeing the design, I was foolishly hoping for some odd kind of SRPG. :(

[Phife Dawg]

Baseball Team pretty much opens like the last PS2 one did. Pretty impressive seeing that the other portable versions didn't do too hot on GBA. This one probably will have longer legs as well. Sega must be pleased.

Otherwise pretty slow week except for the usual suspects.

Seeing that the cut-off for the Top Ten is at 12k Bleach performs pretty much exactly like the last one. Said it before but it's really funny to see such a consistent fanbase.

How much did the first Battalion Wars sell in Japan? This is sad.

Taken from Josh's site:

         
Famitsu 	2005-10-24 	8 	21,516 	21,516
Famitsu 	2005-10-31 	15 	9,029 	30,545
Famitsu 	2005-11-07 	17 	9,025 	39,570
Famitsu 	2005-11-14 	27 	5,788 	45,358
Famitsu 	2005-12-19 	0 	0 	55,565

They started out comparably but the Wii version performs a bit better overall. It'll die off soon though so it's basically statistical noise.

Both are not comparable in the slightest. Haven't played VC but LCT is enjoyable so I don't get the sad part.

WTF at beautiful letter training, that shit probably cost 5 bucks to make. Anyway, where the hell is my Link's crossbow training sequel.

It's an interesting application. Have you used it? I'd like to hear some impressions. My Kanji suck so this might be a good thing for me.

[perfectchaos007]

WiiFit is holding on to that oh so slim lead against monster hunter 2

[battleMAUS]

how would i find LTD sales for Valkyria?

edit: reports are saying 120,000 give or take a few. thats actually pretty good considering its a unknown srpg. maybe with euro and na sales by the end of the year it will get to the 500,000 mark.

[Pop On Arrival]

Valkyria!

Wonder how sega feels about the games overall sales in Japan.

[Defuser]

Wow,how many weeks MHP2G have been staying on the top 5 charts?

[Phife Dawg]

Valkyria! Wonder how sega feels about the games overall sales in Japan.

VC did better than I expected, considering PS3's current state. Then again it's also the only game currently out that could interest the userbase and apparently had in-store and TV advertisement, maybe Sega expected more. Dunno really.

[angelfly]

Well considering Valkyria did over 100k Sega has got to be happy. It's still on the chart so all hope is not lost.

It's an interesting application. Have you used it? I'd like to hear some impressions. My Kanji suck so this might be a good thing for me.

I planned on getting but NCS was always sold out. It flew off my radar because of that.

[Ashhong]

damn you defuser and angelfly with your japanese avatars so close together.! who is it now defuser?

and MH will surpass wiifit next week...

[Notorious_Roy]

That Hercules game looks okay, any impressions? Famitsu score?

[Hammer24]

Then again it's also the only game currently out that could interest the userbase and apparently had in-store and TV advertisement, maybe Sega expected more. Dunno really.

Considering...
- advertising campaign instore and TV
- no other remarkable releases in the same timeframe to compete with
- tailored to the userbase
...its a huge disappointment it couldn´t even move 200k.

[lo zaffo]

What bodes well for Nintendo is that Mario Kart Wii and Wii fit remain on charts side by side for weeks, old market games and new market games.

[Orlics]

Orange Box > Haze.

All is right with the world.

[Spiegel]

Considering... - advertising campaign instore and TV - no other remarkable releases in the same timeframe to compete with - tailored to the userbase ...its a huge disappointment it couldn´t even move 200k.

Considering...
- it's a SRPG and SRPGs don't sell in Japan now
- it's on PS3
...it did okay

[Verve]

Considering... - it's a SRPG and SRPGs don't sell in Japan now - it's on PS3 ...it did okay

inevitable..

Considering X, Y it did good/okay = X, Y are the reasons it failed.

[Haunted]

Monster Hunter and Wii Fit continue to stay way up in the charts. Very impressive showing for Mario Kart as well.

the PS3... let's just not talk about it.

[Spiegel]

inevitable.. Considering X, Y it did good/okay = X, Y are the reasons it failed.

It has "failed" but it's not a HUGE disappointment. The truth is that SRPG don't sell well in Japan now and 120k+ is more than most expected.

[Durante]

Sega initially shipped 100k of VC IIRC, so it didn't bomb at least. Of course it could (and should) have done better (say, 3 years ago on PS2), but I don't believe that would've been possible in the current Japanese situation.

[Jinfash]

NDS - 15 WII - 8

total domination!

[Frillen]

It has "failed" but it's not a HUGE disappointment. The truth is that SRPG don't sell well in Japan now and 120k+ is more than most expected.

Actually analysts from Famitsu predicted it to sell over 200k, and so did a lot of people here on GAF. Secondly, the game sits at #24 where it only sell like 3k or 4k. So it's nothing to go hoolaloop for.

[Spiegel]

Actually analysts from Famitsu predicted it to sell over 200k, and so did a lot of people here on GAF. Secondly, the game sits at #24 where it only sell like 3k or 4k. So it's nothing to go hoolaloop for.

No. Most people here expected sales lower than 100k

[test_account]

Anyone have numbers for other SRPG in Japan the last couple of years?

[Spiegel]

Anyone have numbers for other SRPG in Japan the last couple of years?

NDS

ASH - 101k
Advance Wars: Dual Strike - 34k
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - 287k
Super Robot Taisen W - 278k
SD Gundam G Generation Crossdrive - 263k
Summon Night - 50k

PSP

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions - 300k
SD Gundam G Generation Portable - 278k
Super Robot Taisen MX Portable - 87k
Jeanne D'Arc - 83k
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou- Zeon no Keifu - 52k
Wild ARMs: Crossfire - 50k

Wii

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 171k

[test_account]

NDS ASH - 101k Advance Wars: Dual Strike - 34k Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - 287k Super Robot Taisen W - 278k SD Gundam G Generation Crossdrive - 263k Summon Night - 50k PSP Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions - 300k SD Gundam G Generation Portable - 278k Super Robot Taisen MX Portable - 87k Jeanne D'Arc - 83k Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou- Zeon no Keifu - 52k Wild ARMs: Crossfire - 50k Wii Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 171k

Thanks! :)

[Phife Dawg]

Considering... - advertising campaign instore and TV - no other remarkable releases in the same timeframe to compete with - tailored to the userbase ...its a huge disappointment it couldn´t even move 200k.

Sure, then again the writing was on the wall seeing the sales formerly huge franchises have put up thus far on PS3. On the other hand that wasn't really obvious when the project was greenlighted.