Media Create Sales: June 8-14, 2009

[donny2112]

Media Create June 8-14



01./00. [NDS] Infinite Space (SEGA) - 38,394 / NEW
02./01. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) - 28,161 / 429,000 (-73%)
03./05. [NDS] Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story (Level 5) - 26,360 / 128,000 (+3%)
04./02. [NDS] Gyakuten Kenji (Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth) (Capcom) - 18,496 / 233,000 (-56%)
05./03. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires (Koei) - 13,690 / 117,000 (-49%)
06./07. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 13,443 / 735,000 (-2%)
07./00. [WII] Play on Wii: Chibi-Robo! (Nintendo) - 11,202 / NEW
08./09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 9,534 / 3,454,000 (+3%)
09./06. [PSP] Evangelion: Jo (Prologue) (Namco Bandai) - 7,872 / 23,000 (-47%)
10./04. [WII] Arc Rise Fantasia (Marvelous) - 7,666 / 34,000 (-70%)

11./11. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Pokemon Co.)
12./13. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo)
13./10. [NDS] Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (SEGA)
14./14. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
15./12. [NDS] Made in Ore (Wario Ware) (Nintendo)
16./18. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai)
17./08. [PSP] Yuusha 30 (Half-Minute Hero) (Marvelous)
18./22. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.)
19./20. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
20./15. [PS3] H.A.W.X. (Ubisoft)
21./19. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (Namco Bandai)
22./16. [PS2] Evangelion: Jo (Prologue) (Namco Bandai)
23./00. [PSP] Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2nd Portable (Iron Girlfriend) (CyberFront)
24./24. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom)
25./00. [PSP] Onore no Shinzuru Michi wo Yuke (Believe in My Own Way) (From Software)
26./34. [WII] Deca Sporta 2: Wii de Sports 10 Shumoku! (Hudson)
27./23. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
28./17. [360] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires (Koei)
29./27. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade (Hudson)
30./25. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
31./26. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom)
32./21. [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 (SCEI)
33./32. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
34./28. [WII] Winning Eleven Playmaker 2009 (Konami)
35./33. [NDS] Rittai Picross (3D) (Nintendo)
36./42. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
37./36. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
38./29. [PS3] The Last Guy (SCEI)
39./38. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
40./35. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
41./45. [NDS] Pro Baseball Famista DS 2009 (Namco Bandai)
42./46. [PS2] Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (ULTIMATE) (Square Enix)
43./00. [WII] Play on Wii: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo)
44./47. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5)
45./39. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 (#15) (Konami)
46./50. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
47./30. [NDS] Phoenix Wright (NEW BEST) (Capcom)
48./44. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 2 (NEW BEST) (Capcom)
49./48. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
50./00. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)

NDS - 23
WII - 13
PSP - 7
PS2 - 3
PS3 - 3
360 - 1

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     42,280  |     44,447  |  1,564,602  |  26,684,237  |
|  PSP  |     26,904  |     29,070  |  1,107,132  |  12,465,235  |
|  WII  |     18,442  |     17,177  |    580,993  |   8,059,970  |
|  PS3  |     10,009  |     10,173  |    568,268  |   3,190,736  |
|  360  |      8,015  |      6,625  |    217,108  |   1,046,545  |
|  PS2  |      3,498  |      4,096  |    125,111  |  21,524,640  |
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|  DSi  |     36,872  |     38,783  |  1,283,280  |   2,514,639  |
|  DSL  |      5,408  |      5,664  |    281,322  |  17,584,127  |
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[VOOK]

Low low numbers :/

[AniHawk]

Liked MadWorld, liked Bayonetta. Gotta wonder if PG will go 3 for 3.

[cvxfreak]

Good thing Wii Sports Resort and DQIX are about to hit, and not a moment too soon.

Wouldn't want Japan's first million seller of 2009 to be a lower priced re-release of a 2008 title that was an expansion of a 2007 title that was derived from a 2006 title on the PS2.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

I'm surprised ARF stayed in the top ten. It's still a big drop, but it's hanging in there. Too bad overall, the numbers aren't good enough to cause retailers to do reorders :\

[donny2112]

10./04. [WII] Arc Rise Fantasia (Marvelous) - 8,000 / 34,000 (-69%)

It either got a second shipment, or it is basically 100% sold out in Japan. I'm betting on a second shipment.

23./00. [PSP] Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2nd Portable (Iron Girlfriend) (CyberFront)

JoshuaJSlone and anyone else who uses my translations,
I incorrectly translated a PSP game from the week of April 6-12 as this game. It was #26 in Famitsu and #27 in Media-Create that week. The appropriate translation of that game is "Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend Special Edition Portable (Iron Girlfriend)." Just FYI. :)

[The_Joint]

Seems very low. Lull before the storm?

Hrm, I wonder if Infinite Space is any good? Hope to see it get released outside of JP.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

It either got a second shipment, or it is basically 100% sold out in Japan. I'm betting on a second shipment.

I'm betting it's 100% sold out :(

[Osuwari]

damn, what a low week.

damn, metroid prime 2 didn't chart despite the slow week? that sure hurts. it's like it sold less than 1000 units....

[ShadyMilkman]

I miss the Media Create threads of late 2005-2006.

[cvxfreak]

damn, what a low week. damn, metroid prime 2 didn't chart despite the slow week? that sure hurts. it's like it sold less than 1000 units....

Close. Sold less than 2000 units.

But D. Lo did his part!

[donny2112]

Famitsu Hardware

DSL - 4000
DSi - 32000
PSP - 27000
Wii - 14000
PS3 - 8300
PS2 - 4500
360 - 6500

[Deku]

Not great numbers for the week, but FUCK YEAH

INFINITE SPACE #1

[duckroll]

Sinobi commented that Infinite Space was another undershipped mistake for Sega. Apparently the shipments of the game sold through about 90% in the first day, and most stores didn't have copies left to sell by the weekend. It remains to be seen if there's word of mouth which could give the game continued legs to keep selling after restocks.

[inner-G]

ouch @ Kingdom Hearts. Still #2, but I figured it's numbers would be better.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Famitsu Hardware DSL - 4000 DSi - 32000 PSP - 27000 Wii - 14000 PS3 - 8300 PS2 - 4500 360 - 6500

Wii is heading under 14K soon... and the PS3 is...

[cvxfreak]

Sinobi commented that Infinite Space was another undershipped mistake for Sega. Apparently the shipments of the game sold through about 90% in the first day, and most stores didn't have copies left to sell by the weekend. It remains to be seen if there's word of mouth which could give the game continued legs to keep selling after restocks.

Has any game ever recovered from stock problems? Children of Mana?

[VegaShinra]

Slow week all around. Meh.

[Hero of Legend]

I'm betting it's 100% sold out :(

Why's that a bad thing? A second shipment could sell a lot. This way, we know it's not due to lower interest if it's only the 1st shipment.

[pulga]

Glad to see Kenji holding out in there. KH as well but not as surprised to see it there.

Look like its ARF's final week. :(

[Regulus Tera]

When does Wii Sports Resort hit, again? How is the advertisement for it?

[DeaconKnowledge]

Refresh my memory; what is the number one 3rd party title across all platforms in Japan? Is it MGS4?

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Why's that a bad thing? A second shipment could sell a lot. This way, we know it's not due to lower interest if it's only the 1st shipment.

If each store only got one or two copies, it could mean they won't bother reordering. One or two copies will hardly register at all.

EDIT: Also, if reorders didn't happen after a week, it means they're less likely to happen at all.

[norinrad21]

Good thing Wii Sports Resort and DQIX are about to hit, and not a moment too soon.

When is this revolution kicking off?

[NDS] Gyakuten Kenji (Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth)

Is this the 5ft game in the series? I have one to four.

[duckroll]

Has any game ever recovered from stock problems? Children of Mana?

Lots? We're not talking about like huge new titles here, but new IPs from lesser known developers. EO1 suffered from serious stock problems at first, and 7th Dragon was undershipped by Sega too. Both recovered pretty well to go on to break over 100k. For these niche hardcore games, word of mouth is really important.

[Vinnk]

Sinobi commented that Infinite Space was another undershipped mistake for Sega. Apparently the shipments of the game sold through about 90% in the first day, and most stores didn't have copies left to sell by the weekend. It remains to be seen if there's word of mouth which could give the game continued legs to keep selling after restocks.

I only went to 2 games store and one department store this week, but Infinate line was sold out at the 2 game stores (the department store had at least 1 copy left, possibly more)

ARF Was sold out at the small game store, the big game store (wanpaku) still had 2 copies (or got 2 new copies? not sure). The department store never got copies to begin with (they never carried Fragile or other Wii bombs either).

I wonder if it did get a second shipment or if MC just overestimated the numbers. Either way it dosen't matter much. I saw my first used copy yesterday. More will follow.

Still happy about it staying in the top 10. Even if that's only 8000 copies. (lowered expectations)

RPGs don't have legs (unless they have Mario in them). But word of mouth in my town is very good on this game. I bet some people will pick it up (used of course) when they buy Wii systems for MH3.

[Nirolak]

Refresh my memory; what is the number one 3rd party title across all platforms in Japan? Is it MGS4?

Generally in this order:

1.) Dragon Quest
2.) Final Fantasy
3.) Monster Hunter

However, since Final Fantasy mainline titles are on the PS3 there, Monster Hunter might end up overtaking it this generation as a franchise.

[DeaconKnowledge]

Generally in this order: 1.) Dragon Quest 2.) Final Fantasy 3.) Monster Hunter However, since Final Fantasy mainline titles are on the PS3 there, Monster Hunter might end up overtaking it this generation as a franchise.

I don't mean in general; I want to know what the current number one 3rd party title is and how much its sold.

[duckroll]

I don't mean in general; I want to know what the current number one 3rd party title is and how much its sold.

Monster Hunter Portable 2 G.

[Hero of Legend]

What's MHG Wii's LTD now? It's held up pretty well.

[DeaconKnowledge]

Monster Hunter Portable 2 G.

Perhaps I should have been more specific; for consoles only.

[smurfx]

is this a slow time for japanese sales usually? or are they finally starting to feel the recession?

[duckroll]

Perhaps I should have been more specific; for consoles only.

Yeah, that'll be MGS4, at a rather unimpressive 600-700k. That's how sad the console generation is this time round, and why developers are less and less interested in working on console games unless they can "westernize" them. The DS and PSP both have third party titles doing well over that, and the development costs are most definitely lower, so.... lol consoles.

[PepsimanVsJoe]

is this a slow time for japanese sales usually? or are they finally starting to feel the recession?

There's really not a whole lot worth buying. *shrug*

[Tenbatsu]

24./24. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom)

[DeaconKnowledge]

Yeah, that'll be MGS4, at a rather unimpressive 600-700k. That's how sad the console generation is this time round, and why developers are less and less interested in working on console games unless they can "westernize" them. The DS and PSP both have third party titles doing well over that, and the development costs are most definitely lower, so.... lol consoles.

Yeah. I'm essentially trying to quantify the abysmal sales all around and it seems like this is the best barometer so far. Also, I must say that I find it funny that some 3rd party devs solution to waning Japanese sales is to just say "fuck it" and focus on America.

[farnham]

i hope marvelous gets some more sales.. :(

[Hero of Legend]

i hope marvelous gets some more sales.. :(

Same. :(

[D.Lo]

damn, metroid prime 2 didn't chart despite the slow week? that sure hurts. it's like it sold less than 1000 units....

Well I bought a copy, thanks to cvxfreak. Photos of my now complete Japanese Metroid collection coming soon!

EDIT: I suppose that also means it will be quite rare, glad I got it at release then.

[bttb]

Famitsu Sales: 06/08 - 06/14

01. [NDS] Mugen Kouro (Infinite Space) (Sega) - 40,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) - 24,000 / 410,000
03. [NDS] Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Monogatari (Level 5) - 16,000 / 119,000
04. [NDS] Gyakuten Kenji (Capcom) - 16,000 / 252,000
05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best (Capcom) - 13,000 / 769,000
06. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires (Koei) - 12,000 / 116,000
07. [WII] Chibi-Robo, Wii de Asobu (Nintendo) - 11,000 / NEW
08. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 11,000 / 3,410,000
09. [PSP] Evangelion: Jo (Bandai Namco Games) - 8,900 / 29,000
10. [NDS] Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai (Pokemon) - 6,900 / 345,000

11. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 6,500 / 638,000
12. [WII] Arc Rise Fantasia (Marvelous Entertainment) - 6,400 / 34,000
13. [PSP] Yuusha 30 (Marvelous Entertainment) - 6,000 / 43,000
14. [PSP] Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2nd Portable (CyberFront) - 5,700 / NEW
15. [NDS] Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (Sega) - 5,400 / 79,000
16. [PSP] Onore no Shinzuru Michi wo Yuke (From Software) - 5,100 / NEW
17. [NDS] Made in Ore (Nintendo) - 4,900 / 169,000
18. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) - 4,800 / 1,740,000
19. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco Games) - 4,600 / 569,000
20. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 4,600 / 3,517,000
21. [NDS] Majo ni Naru (Tryfirst) - 4,500 / NEW
22. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 4,300 / 2,262,000
23. [PS3] H.A.W.X. (Ubisoft) - 4,000 / 28,000
24. [NDS] Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori (Nintendo) - 3,900 / 5,013,000
25. [PS2] Evangelion: Jo (Bandai Namco Games) - 3,900 / 11,000
26. [WII] Deca Sporta 2: Wii de Sports 10 Shumoku (Hudson) - 3,600 / 47,000
27. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom) - 3,400 / 219,000
28. [WII] Winning Eleven Playmaker 2009 (Konami) - 3,300 / 32,000
29. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 3,300 / 3,451,000
30.

__. [WII] Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes, Wii de Asobu (Nintendo) - 1,700 / NEW
__. [NDS] Hayarigami DS: Toshidensetsu Kaii Jiken (Nippon Ichi Software) - 1,200 / NEW

DSL　4000
DSi　32000
PSP　27000
Wii　14000
PS3　8300
PS2　4500
360　6500

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http://dubai.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1244807029/535

[cvxfreak]

Lots? We're not talking about like huge new titles here, but new IPs from lesser known developers. EO1 suffered from serious stock problems at first, and 7th Dragon was undershipped by Sega too. Both recovered pretty well to go on to break over 100k. For these niche hardcore games, word of mouth is really important.

Ah, I see where you're coming from. Then yes, there are many. I just hope people don't get the wrong idea about what this means.

[nli10]

Lots? We're not talking about like huge new titles here, but new IPs from lesser known developers. EO1 suffered from serious stock problems at first, and 7th Dragon was undershipped by Sega too. Both recovered pretty well to go on to break over 100k. For these niche hardcore games, word of mouth is really important.

And getting the restocks in before used copies hit.

[manzo]

NOW I know what happened to those 8000 copies of Arc Rise Fantasia!

-link removed-

"GK otsu!"

Seriously, what the fuck?

[Takuhi]

Just got back from Akihabara... Arc Rise was available everywhere and many stores still have the original preorder-bonus CD, so I don't think that's a restock.

Infinite Space is nearly impossible to find. All the point-of-purchase displays that were there two days ago have been disassembled and removed. I guess no one's expecting a second batch soon.

EDIT: I did find a copy of Infinite Space three days ago (after checking seven stores). I'm only about three hours into it, but so far it's really good.

[duckroll]

NOW I know what happened to those 8000 copies of Arc Rise Fantasia! . "GK otsu!" Seriously, what the fuck?

Do NOT fucking link to sites with porn again.

[Hero of Legend]

NOW I know what happened to those 8000 copies of Arc Rise Fantasia! . "GK otsu!" Seriously, what the fuck?

I would hope those were actually paid for. So it's his/her own problem.

Edit: Now I know why no one ever links to 2ch.

[manzo]

Do NOT fucking link to sites with porn again.

Sorry duck, didn't think of futaba as that way, but you're right.

[Magicpaint]

i hope marvelous gets some more sales.. :(

I think they're better off focusing on portables.

[duckroll]

Sorry duck, didn't think of futaba as that way, but you're right.

Yeah well, as a rule of the thumb, don't link to 2ch/2chan/4chan sites lol.

[manzo]

Yeah well, as a rule of the thumb, don't link to 2ch/2chan/4chan sites lol.

Even 2ch, even though it's purely text-based? :O