Media-Create Sales: May 18-24, 2009

[donny2112]

Media Create May 18-24



01./00. [NDS] Sloane and McHale's Mysterious Story (Level 5) - 43,501 / NEW
02./00. [NDS] Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (SEGA) - 39,273 / NEW
03./00. [360] Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios) - 17,502 / NEW
04./06. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 14,329 / 693,000 (-6%)
05./01. [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 (SCEI) - 12,689 / 54,000 (-69%)
06./03. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (Namco Bandai) - 12,340 / 148,000 (-39%)
07./04. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Pokemon Co.) - 12,082 / 311,000 (-22%)
08./05. [NDS] Made in Ore (Wario Ware) (Nintendo) - 11,169 / 123,000 (-27%)
09./08. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 10,168 / 3,424,000 (-5%)
10./09. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 8,742 / 624,000 (-13%)

11./13. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
12./14. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai)
13./11. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom)
14./02. [PSP] Growlanser (Atlus Co.)
15./17. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom)
16./07. [WII] Winning Eleven Playmaker 2009 (Konami)
17./18. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.)
18./00. [NDS] Yuuzai x Muzai (Innocence x Guilt) (Namco Bandai)
19./22. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
20./19. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
21./16. [PS2] Jikkyou Power Pro Major League 2009 (Konami)
22./00. [PSP] SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 (SNK Playmore)
23./25. [NDS] Pro Baseball Famista DS 2009 (Namco Bandai)
24./20. [NDS] Rittai Picross (3D) (Nintendo)
25./00. [WII] Takt of Magic (Nintendo)
26./23. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 (#15) (Konami)
27./15. [PSP] Persona (Atlus Co.)
28./29. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
29./33. [WII] Deca Sporta 2: Wii de Sports 10 Shumoku! (Hudson)
30./12. [PSP] ToraDora Portable! (Namco Bandai)
31./26. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (BEST) (SEGA)
32./24. [NDS] A-Ressha de Ikou DS (Take the A-Train DS) (Artdink)
33./28. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
34./37. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade (Hudson)
35./32. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
36./21. [PS3] Killzone 2 (SCEI)
37./36. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
38./30. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
39./31. [NDS] Naruto Shippuden: Shinobi Retsuden 3 (Takara Tomy)
40./27. [WII] Jikkyou Power Pro Major League 2009 (Konami)
41./42. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
42./41. [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (BEST) (Capcom)
43./35. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z (Koei)
44./45. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times) (Konami)
45./43. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
46./48. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
47./10. [PS2] Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 6: Rio 2 Cruising Vanadis (Tecmo)
48./47. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's: Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 (Konami)
49./44. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCEI)
50./00. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)

NDS - 22
WII - 12
PSP - 7
PS2 - 4
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     39,464  |     39,040  |  1,404,819  |  26,524,454  |
|  PSP  |     27,536  |     28,683  |  1,018,907  |  12,377,010  |
|  WII  |     16,233  |     15,116  |    527,564  |   8,006,541  |
|  PS3  |     10,932  |     11,605  |    535,659  |   3,158,127  |
|  PS2  |      4,075  |      4,020  |    113,397  |  21,512,926  |
|  360  |      3,854  |      3,233  |    197,611  |   1,027,048  |
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|  DSi  |     33,833  |     34,152  |  1,142,088  |   2,373,447  |
|  DSL  |      5,631  |      4,888  |    262,731  |  17,565,536  |
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[Vinnk]

Level 5 wins the week but I think we all remember weeks when 44k would barely make the Top 10.

[sprocket]

slow week.

[Regulus Tera]

I was kind of expecting 358/2 Days to be here. I guess it was next week.

[laserbeam]

PS3 software dived off the cliff again.

[donny2112]

I was kind of expecting 358/2 Days to be here. I guess it was next week.

It comes out this Saturday.

[Kobun Heat]

Seriously, I have no idea how on earth I managed to completely not even know that Sloane and MacHale came out last week. What is wrong with me? I'm hoping my last-second Play-Asia order slides in right before I leave for E3.

[JadedOne]

Wow....Poor Takt of Magic =(

[ixix]

It took a year and a half for Mass Effect to get a Japanese release? I thought Microsoft's Japanese division was usually pretty prompt with localizing Microsoft-published titles.

[inner-G]

Good show @ ME #3, but Damn Japan, the #3 title is only 18k?

top 10 games under 10k?

[Olaeh]

Wow....Poor Takt of Magic =(

Indeed. =( Doubtful it will ever make it out of Japan?

[mujun]

It took a year and a half for Mass Effect to get a Japanese release? I thought Microsoft's Japanese division was usually pretty prompt with localizing Microsoft-published titles.

the amount of time it spent in the coming sometime section of the famitsu release calendar could indicate there was some kind of trouble or strategy to waiting so long.

purely speculation of course.

[PantherLotus]

Why do you change the title format every single week?

[bmf]

Why do you change the title format every single week?

It's a form of sadism. I think it means that he loves you.

[XiaNaphryz]

PS3 software dived off the cliff again.

What's the next big PS3 release over there? The next Musou game?

[PantherLotus]

It's a form of sadism. I think it means that he loves you.

You must know me well.

[donny2112]

Why do you change the title format every single week?

This week is the same format as the last MC thread I did. The significant difference from before that is adding the year. Going back through multiple years of MC threads from time to time, I realized it would be nice to have the year attached to the thread name instead of having to open the thread to confirm what year it was from.

Last week's thread was posted by The_lascar.

Edit:
Hmmm. I have the "-" in the name, because there's a dash in the website name. However, the MC website seems to use a space on the actual text of the page instead of a dash...

[Osuwari]

this feels like a 2004/2005 week...

[Vinci]

So I can basically ignore Japanese sales till MH3 hits? Okey-dokey, good to know.
Is that the next major release we can expect?

[HK-47]

Predictions on KH DS first day and week?

Can we get some numbers of CoM?

[pulga]

What the fuck is this Level 5 game and why hadn't I heard about it before.

[Hive]

Seriously, I have no idea how on earth I managed to completely not even know that Sloane and MacHale came out last week. What is wrong with me? I'm hoping my last-second Play-Asia order slides in right before I leave for E3.

this is probably the scariest DS import I've had to get~ You really can't get through this with trial by error. Japanese language ability is a must~

[donny2112]

this feels like a 2004/2005 week...

2005 was worse around this time.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48304

#10 was < 6K.

What ... is this Level 5 game

Another Professor Layton-type puzzle adventure game.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/articles...amania_series/

Can we get some numbers of CoM?

1st week in MC was 203K. Famitsu LTD was 342K.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Oh man... Japan's software market is really dying. This is almost pre-DS levels :\

[AFreak]

NOO! What happened to Valkyria Chronicles?

[Hammer24]

One of the slowest weeks in recent memory - and still no PS3 game in the top30. Doesn´t bode well for the HW numbers all around.

[°°ToMmY°°]

NOO! What happened to Valkyria Chronicles?

probably in the top 50. probably.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Famitsu Sales: 05/18 - 05/24
01. [NDS] Sloan to Michael: Nazo no Monogatari (Level 5) - 59,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (Sega) - 47,000 / NEW

Media-Create May 18-24
01./00. [NDS] Sloane and McHale's Mysterious Story (Level 5) - 44,000 / NEW
02./00. [NDS] Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (SEGA) - 39,000 / NEW

Wtf with the differences yet again :/
Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 does a little worse than the first one, 60k vs 47k by Famitsu numbers.

19. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom) - 4,300 / 161,000
Having fantastic legs, most likely the anime is helping a lot. It has pretty much matched the original Basara on PS2 and the Basara 2 expansion, Heroes, on PS2 too. I wonder if Capcom will listen to this and Basara 3 will at least hit PSP too.

[MoogPaul]

NOO! What happened to Valkyria Chronicles?

don't freak out yet. as far as we know, it could be the number 1 selling ps3 software.

[Yes Boss!]

this is probably the scariest DS import I've had to get~ You really can't get through this with trial by error. Japanese language ability is a must~

Doesn't Kohler speak Japanese?

[Allan Holdsworth]

Too much difference between Famitsu and M-C these past weeks...

[Pachael]

don't freak out yet. as far as we know, it could be the number 1 selling ps3 software.

On Amazon.jp

[Pachael]

This week is the same format as the last MC thread I did. The significant difference from before that is adding the year. Going back through multiple years of MC threads from time to time, I realized it would be nice to have the year attached to the thread name instead of having to open the thread to confirm what year it was from. Last week's thread was posted by The_lascar. Edit: Hmmm. I have the "-" in the name, because there's a dash in the website name. However, the MC website seems to use a space on the actual text of the page instead of a dash...

Thanks for the effort in doing this though - at times it feels like the Little Red Hen

[Sadist]

Damn.

[Hive]

Doesn't Kohler speak Japanese?

yea, he does~ So he's going to have a great time. hehe

[doicare]

Predictions on KH DS first day and week?

Just a prediction, first week sales of KH 358/2 days will be 320,000~

[Mojo]

DSi 33,833
PSP 27,536
Wii 16,233
PS3 10,932
DS Lite 5,631
PS2 4,075
Xbox 360 3,854

[jeremy1456]

DSi 33,833 PSP 27,536 Wii 16,233 PS3 10,932 DS Lite 5,631 PS2 4,075 Xbox 360 3,854

Has the Wii passed the PS3's YTD yet?

Wow @ Xbox 360. Wow.

[LOCK]

Seems Wii increased this week?

[pseudocaesar]

Has the Wii passed the PS3's YTD yet?

Not yet. Still a few thousand left im pretty sure.

[AniHawk]

Seems Wii increased this week?

Swine flu inoculation with every Wii sold.

[Linkup]

more third party wii titles than first party, finally third parties get it

[Relix]

Has the Wii passed the PS3's YTD yet? Wow @ Xbox 360. Wow.

Why? Xbox has always sold poorly on Japan

[AdventureRacing]

Wow @ Xbox 360. Wow.

No surprise really, and it's going to get worse.

Not even 1 PS3 game in the top 30. How much does number 30 sell like 4,000* or less? So not even a single game sold more than 4,000* this week in Japan that is pretty amazing.

Having said that software sales in general are pretty damn dismal.

Edit:*not sure about that could be a little more or less but it doesn't make much difference.

[sphinx]

whatever company is losing with this situation, they deserve it and I am glad they lose big money.

the big 3 let the Japanese market rot and die. There is so much the DS can do to keep alive the market, it's a 2004 piece of hardware, ffs.

well deserved.

[JoshuaJSlone]

So I can basically ignore Japanese sales till MH3 hits? Okey-dokey, good to know. Is that the next major release we can expect?

Wii Sports Resort and Dragon Quest IX should be kind of big deals.

How much does number 30 sell like 4,000* or less?

Usually it's more, but that's pretty accurate for these recent down times.

[Mr Killemgood]

No surprise really, and it's going to get worse. Not even 1 PS3 game in the top 30. How much does number 30 sell like 4,000* or less? So not even a single game sold more than 4,000* this week in Japan that is pretty amazing. Having said that software sales in general are pretty damn dismal. Edit:*not sure about that could be a little more or less but it doesn't make much difference.

I am unsure why the 360 surprises GAFers in a negative way. It's doing fantastic YOY, and compared to any other year for a Microsoft console.

Did you know that 2009 is within 10,000 hardware units sold of 2006, 2007, and 2008 cumes COMBINED? That's how well it's doing.

[Mojo]

PS3 games in the Top 50:

31. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (BEST) (SEGA)
36. [PS3] Killzone 2 (SCEI)
43. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z (Koei)
49. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCEI)

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Is it really surprising that PS3 doesn't have a single title in the top30? It has had a shitty month and it'll only have something this week we're on, with Musou 5 Empires, PSStore to Blu-ray The Last Guy and late version of HAWX. Er, lets leave it at Musou 5 Empires then.

Also, see PS3 releases in June for hilarity:

4th June
Nothing

11th June
Nothing

18th June
Nothing

25th
Agarest Senki Zero
Bionic Commando
BlazBlue
Extreme Racing: Pure
Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi
Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Awesome planning is back


Btw some comments, Kingdom Hearts DS launches on Saturday, so no first day today (and probably no first day overall), and first week will be two days only.
Oh and its released at a premium price, 6000Y, which is funny since it costs more than Musou 5 Empires on PS3/360 this same week, which is only 5000Y (but its still more than what the PS2 Empires versions were).
On the other hand, its also funny that Atelier Rorona limited edition costs over 10000Y, or basically as much as 3 Sloane and McHale (Level 5, DS), which is pretty budget priced (3500Y).

[Captain Smoker]

Has the Wii passed the PS3's YTD yet? Wow @ Xbox 360. Wow.

YTD 2009:
NDS: 1,404,819
PSP: 1,018,907
PS3: 535,659
WII: 527,564
360: 197,611
PS2: 113,397