Media Create Sales: April 20-26

[donny2112]

Media-Create Apr 20-26

01./00. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom) - 131,647 / NEW
02./01. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Pokemon Co.) - 54,413 / 196,000 (-62%)
03./00. [PS3] Killzone 2 (SCEI) - 41,245 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: The Collapsing City and the Girl's Song (Disaster Report 3) (Irem) - 31,434 / NEW
05./04. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 22,688 / 613,000 (+26%)
06./00. [360] Death Smiles (Cave) - 19,635 / NEW
07./02. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom) - 16,692 / 130,000 (-40%)
08./03. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 16,595 / 558,000 (-12%)
09./11. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 10,587 / 3,369,000
10./00. [360] H.A.W.X. (Ubisoft) - 9,705 / NEW

11./00. [NDS] A Ressha de Gyoukou DS (Take the A-Train DS) (Artdink)
12./07. [NDS] Pro Baseball Famista DS 2009 (Namco Bandai)
13./10. [WII] Deca Sporta 2: Wii de Sports 10 Shumoku! (Hudson)
14./13. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai)
15./09. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (Namco Bandai)
16./08. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z (Koei)
17./12. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 (#15) (Konami)
18./14. [NDS] Rittai Picross (3D) (Nintendo)
19./20. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
20./18. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (BEST) (SEGA)
21./21. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
22./05. [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Fate of Heat II (Takara Tomy)
23./24. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.)
24./19. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
25./22. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's: Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 (Konami)
26./06. [PSP] Fantasy Golf Pangya Portable (Takara Tomy)
27./15. [PSP] Disgaea 2 Portable (Nippon Ichi Software)
28./23. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
29./00. [PS2] Little Anchor (D3 Publisher)
30./42. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
31./30. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
32./16. [NDS] Kanji Quiz DS 3 Deluxe (Rocket Company)
33./37. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
34./26. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Little Magician's Magic Adventure) (Konami)
35./00. [NDS] Kanji Brain 2 Premium (IE Institute)
36./00. [NDS] Aim!! Fishing Master DS (Hudson)
37./41. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCEI)
38./00. [PSP] Nanatama: Chronicle of Dungeon Maker (Global A)
39./29. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
40./36. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade (Hudson)
41./35. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Nendororon Daihenshin! (Namco Bandai)
42./00. [PS2] Kanuchi: Kuroki Tsubasa no Shou (Black-winged Chapter) (Idea Factory)
43./32. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
44./34. [WII] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Next (Konami)
45./39. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
46./33. [NDS] 7th Dragon (SEGA)
47./31. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid (Koei)
48./46. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami)
49./27. [NDS] Super Robot Taisen K (Namco Bandai)
50./48. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

NDS - 23
WII - 9
PSP - 8
PS3 - 5
PS2 - 3
360 - 2

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     43,869  |     44,725  |  1,206,439  |  26,326,074  |
|  PSP  |     41,187  |     40,065  |    870,122  |  12,228,225  |
|  PS3  |     23,351  |     62,527  |    471,051  |   3,093,519  |
|  WII  |     18,439  |     13,221  |    450,272  |   7,929,249  |
|  360  |      7,016  |      8,652  |    178,143  |   1,007,580  |
|  PS2  |      4,524  |      4,230  |     94,686  |  21,494,215  |
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|  DSi  |     37,495  |     38,287  |    969,588  |   2,200,947  |
|  DSL  |      6,374  |      6,438  |    236,851  |  17,539,656  |
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[d[-_-]b]

132 :( as usual the leak numbers for famitsu were alittle higher
fake edit
as usual about the discrepancy between famitsu and MC also leak and actual #s

[AranhaHunter]

Thanks for taking over donny

[future_pinoy]

Monster Hunter G bails out Nintendo. Go Monster Hunter Go !

[KTallguy]

Go HAWX!

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Monster Hunter G is the remake/port/rerelease, no?

[jj984jj]

Go DeathSmiles!

Monster Hunter G is the remake/port/rerelease, no?

Yeah, it's the port with the MHTri demo.

[markatisu]

Monster Hunter G is the remake/port/rerelease, no?

Port/re-release

[m3k]

has cave made any/many games for the 360? I miss cave games :(

[Bebpo]

20k is amazing for shmup. Wow. Finally some good news as those numbers have to convince Cave to keep porting all their unreleased games to the X360.

[PepsimanVsJoe]

has cave made any/many games for the 360? I miss cave games :(

There's Deathsmilies, Mushihime Futari later on, and Ketsui/DoJ Black Label by 5pb.
Already just as many Cave shooters as the PS2.

And with the success of DS we're only going to see more 360 shooters. Whoohoo

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Go DeathSmiles! Yeah, it's the port with the MHTri demo.

Ah. Now it makes sense. It's just like the confusion between Final Fantasy XIII Demo* and whatever else they called it.

* With free copy of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Complete)

[MoogPaul]

Here's to hoping that there just aren't that many Muramasa copies about

[donny2112]

Thanks for taking over donny

Hopefully Cheesemeister will be able to automate his parser, so that multiple people would be able to post the OP and get the thread out sooner. :)

[AniHawk]

11./00. [b]10./00. [360] H.A.W.X. (Ubisoft) - 10,000 / NEW

Playin' around with booooys

[Rapping Granny]

Visari all up on your ass Japan.

[AceBandage]

Here's to hoping that there just aren't that many Muramasa copies about

Have we heard one way or the other?
I know they were having trouble getting a second shipment out... but I fear it just dropped off.
Oh well, it's coming out here, so I don't care.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Here's to hoping that there just aren't that many Muramasa copies about

This point was raised last week. Apparently*, they sold out of their initial shipment. Whether this leads to re-orders will be another story entirely (if demand was predicted well enough, there won't be).

* I think I vaguely remember someone casually mentioning it in passing, so my memory is about as good as a guess.

[Regulus Tera]

08./03. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 17,000 / 558,000 (-10%) 21./21. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 28./23. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)

DS software selling for so long makes me happy.

[chandoog]

MH 2 portable is still selling in the top 10 .. jesus H..

[UraMallas]

Two 360 games in the top ten? Strange...

[gbovo]

Visari all up on your ass Japan.

lol

[Mockingbird]

Do the Monster Hunter G sales include both editions combined?

[donny2112]

Do the Monster Hunter G sales include both editions combined?

Yes.

[Kenka]

Deca Sporta virtually didn't drop right ?

[t3nmilez]

Good to see Deathsmiles charting strong, that's the best 1st week for a shooter on the 360!

Does anyone have data on how previous PS2 Cave shooters did?

[Link]

That's a pretty poor post-first day performance for MHG.

[kpop100]

Deca Sporta virtually didn't drop right ?

It's hard to drop from nothing

[MisterHero]

Mario & Luigi 3 is working its way up! :)

Can't wait to play it

[bmf]

That's a pretty poor post-first day performance for MHG.

Isn't this the 3rd platform it's been available on? Nothing will ever be good enough in your mind, will it?

[viciouskillersquirrel]

That's a pretty poor post-first day performance for MHG.

How much were people expecting? How well did the PS2 (?) version do?

[Link]

Isn't this the 3rd platform it's been available on? Nothing will ever be good enough in your mind, will it?

Regardless of how many platforms it's been available on, that's still not a good first day : first week ratio. That combined with a minimal hardware bump spells trouble.

I'm getting kind of tired of people bitching about me being negative when it's the fucking truth.

[Oblivion]

That's a pretty poor post-first day performance for MHG.

Wait, that's just the first day sales? I don't think that's so bad. Especially for a re-release.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Regardless of how many platforms it's been available on, that's still not a good first day : first week ratio. That combined with a minimal hardware bump spells trouble. I'm getting kind of tired of people bitching about me being negative when it's the fucking truth.

What were the first day numbers?

I wouldn't go expecting a huge hardware bump from a port - even a port with a demo of a huge release. Did RE4 for the PS2 give the PS2 a huge hardware jump? (Serious question)

[Link]

Wait, that's just the first day sales? I don't think that's so bad. Especially for a re-release.

No, first day sales were nearly 100k. Meaning it only did about 35k for the rest of the week.

[Oblivion]

No, first day sales were nearly 100k. Meaning it only did about 35k for the rest of the week.

Oy....yeah nm then. That IS pretty bad.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

No, first day sales were nearly 100k. Meaning it only did about 35k for the rest of the week.

What day of the week did it release? That's a pretty hardcore fanbase.

Capcom's probably priming the PSP port as we speak.

[d[-_-]b]

No, first day sales were nearly 100k. Meaning it only did about 35k for the rest of the week.

Any news on shipment #s?


Incomparison to the original release of Monster Hunter G for PS2

Rank 	Weekly 	LTD
1 	128,051 128,051
7 	30,413 	158,464
8 	14,745 	173,209
16 	9,725 	182,934
16 	7,742 	190,676
36 	5,771 	196,447
30 	4,859 	201,306
0 	0 	232,239

[Link]

What day of the week did it release? That's a pretty hardcore fanbase. Capcom's probably priming the PSP port as we speak.

Pretty much all new releases in Japan come out on Thursdays. Media Create weeks run through Sundays.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Any news on shipment #s? Incomparison to the original release of Monster Hunter G for PS2 Rank Weekly LTD 1 128,051 128,051 7 30,413 158,464 8 14,745 173,209 16 9,725 182,934 16 7,742 190,676 36 5,771 196,447 30 4,859 201,306 0 0 232,239

Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that we're on par with the third week of sales (35k remainder for MHGWii vs 30.4k 2nd wk for MHGPS2), we could reasonably expect 70k/230k = 30% of the LTD to come from the title's legs.

Applying that to the first week sales and expecting the same decline pattern, we might expect ~190k LTD for this release (or somewhere in the ballpark).

It's as good as a guess, but I think as an estimate, it'd be reasonable. It's not bad for a port of a game the entire existing fanbase already owns AND has played the sequel to. My guess is that it would have done a lot worse were it not for the MH3 demo.

EDIT: I notice that this release of MHG is tracking ahead of the PS2 version. My guess is that the fanbase is bigger now thanks to the PSP releases. If we do a less conservative drop off, only 44% of the LTD came from outside the first week. Applying that to our current figure and we get a final LTD of ~240k

So, my prediction is an LTD of between 190k and ~240k.

Pretty much all new releases in Japan come out on Thursdays. Media Create weeks run through Sundays.

Thanks. I couldn't remember if it was Tuesdays or Thursdays. Still, like I said, MH seems to have a pretty hardcore fanbase (at least on consoles) that all go out and buy it day one.

[xs_mini_neo]

I'm getting kind of tired of people bitching about me being negative when it's the fucking truth.

The truth fucking hurts.

They should make a Zelda with you as the new Link.

[Kenka]

Regardless of how many platforms it's been available on, that's still not a good first day : first week ratio. .

True. But Golden Week can make up for this. Let's see how it drops till then.

[Cheesemeister]

Hopefully Cheesemeister will be able to automate his parser, so that multiple people would be able to post the OP and get the thread out sooner. :)

You're lucky it's almost Golden Week here, and I should have some time to work on it.

[slaughterking]

No, first day sales were nearly 100k. Meaning it only did about 35k for the rest of the week.

You're comparing Enterbrain ascertained first day numbers (92,000) with Media Create first week sales, though. If you're going by the leaked Famitsu numbers for the first week (143,000) you're getting 51,000 sold units for the rest of the week and a pretty healthy and expected first day/week ratio.

[Kenka]

You're comparing Enterbrain ascertained first day numbers (92,000) with Media Create first week sales, though. If you're going by the leaked Famitsu numbers for the first week (143,000) you're getting 51,000 sold units for the rest of the week and a pretty healthy and expected first day/week ratio.

Well... it's still low. But yeah, let's see hoe those numbers evolve.

[slaughterking]

I don't think it's considerably low. I mean it's nothing to brag about either, but pretty much in line with my (admittedly conservative) expectations.

[PuppetMaster]

Will wait for MHP2G outsell MHG week.

Then I will laugh.

[sprsk]

Will wait for MHP2G outsell MHG week. Then I will laugh.

Why? Come on now, MHG is a remake of the upgrade to the first ps2 game. It's not even Dos (and yeah I know dos isn't as popular) But still.

[Stumpokapow]

You're comparing Enterbrain ascertained first day numbers (92,000) with Media Create first week sales, though. If you're going by the leaked Famitsu numbers for the first week (143,000) you're getting 51,000 sold units for the rest of the week and a pretty healthy and expected first day/week ratio.

erm did you not see that he bolded fucking truth in his post?!

[Stopsign]

Stop mixing up trackers Link. You of all people should know there is a distinct difference between Enterbrain numbers and Media-Create numbers.