[Road]

Media Create Sales: Week 29, 2011 (Jul 18 - Jul 24)

01./00. [WII] Rhythm Heaven | ACT | (Nintendo) {2011.07.21} | ¥5.800 | - 118.173 / NEW
02./00. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Chronicle Heroes | ACT | (Capcom) {2011.07.21} | ¥4.800 | - 82.798 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] No More Heroes: Red Zone Edition | ACT | (Marvelous Entertainment) {2011.07.21} | ¥3.990 | - 40.313 / NEW
04./03. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers | SPT | (Level 5) {2011.07.16} | ¥5.980 | - 36.555 / 110.782 (-51%)
05./01. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 | SPT | (Konami) {2011.07.14} | ¥6.980 | - 35.739 / 153.498 (-70%)
06./02. [PSP] Taiko Drum Master Portable DX | ACT | (Bandai Namco) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.229 | - 35.694 / 115.910 (-56%)
07./04. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 | SPT | (Konami) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.250 | - 27.158 / 100.405 (-63%)
08./00. [NDS] Noora and the Time Studio: The Witch of the Misty Forest | RPG | (Atlus Co.) {2011.07.21} | ¥6.279 | - 24.481 / NEW
09./00. [PS3] Alice: Madness Returns | ADV | (Electronic Arts) {2011.07.21} | ¥7.665 | - 19.994 / NEW
10./09. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus | SPT | (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} | ¥5.800 | - 18.666 / 421.465 (+27%)
11./05. [NDS] Puyo Puyo! 20th Anniversary # | PZL | (Sega) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.040 | - 14.877 / 49.780 (-57%)
12./10. [PSP] Little Battler Xperience | RPG | (Level 5) {2011.06.16} | ¥5.980 | - 12.098 / 268.973 (+0%)
13./12. [WII] Wii Play: Motion | ETC | (Nintendo) {2011.07.07} | ¥4.800 | - 11.817 / 39.347 (+12%)
14./08. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D | ACT | (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} | ¥4.800 | - 11.273 / 267.647 (-28%)
15./11. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White | RPG | (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} | ¥4.800 | - 11.147 / 5.249.434 (+2%)
16./00. [PS3] Sniper: Ghost Warrior | ACT | (Ubisoft) {2011.07.21} | ¥7.329 | - 10.772 / NEW
17./00. [360] Alice: Madness Returns | ADV | (Electronic Arts) {2011.07.21} | ¥7.665 | - 9.093 / NEW
18./15. [WII] GoldenEye 007 | ACT | (Nintendo) {2011.06.30} | ¥5.800 | - 8.920 / 67.783 (-6%)
19./06. [3DS] Star Fox 64 3D | STG | (Nintendo) {2011.07.14} | ¥4.800 | - 8.626 / 41.102 (-73%)
20./14. [PSP] Steins;Gate # | ADV | (Kadokawa Shoten) {2011.06.23} | ¥6.090 | - 7.576 / 116.593 (-24%)

21./18. [PSP] To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers # | RPG | (Aqua Plus) {2011.06.30} | ¥5.040 |
22./16. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition | FTG | (Capcom) {2011.06.30} | ¥3.990 |
23./00. [PSP] Nisenochigiri: Omoide no Saki e # | ADV | (Idea Factory) {2011.07.21} | ¥6.090 |
24./23. [WII] Wii Party | ETC | (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} | ¥4.800 |
25./07. [PSP] UnchainBlades ReXX | RPG | (FuRyu) {2011.07.14} | ¥6.090 |
26./29. [WII] Mario Kart Wii | RCE | (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} | ¥5.800 |
27./28. [WII] Wii Fit Plus | HOB | (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} | ¥2.000 |
28./17. [PS3] Infamous 2 | ACT | (SCE) {2011.07.07} | ¥5.980 |
29./13. [PS3] L.A. Noire | ADV | (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.07.07} | ¥7.770 |
30./19. [PS3] Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon | ACT | (D3 Publisher) {2011.07.07} | ¥7.140 |
31./36. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii | ACT | (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} | ¥5.800 |
32./21. [PS3] Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 # | RPG | (Gust) {2011.06.23} | ¥7.140 |
33./26. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional | RPG | (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} | ¥4.440 |
34./27. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends | ETC | (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} | ¥4.800 |
35./00. [PSP] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar Classics) | ACT | (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.07.21} | ¥2.500 |
36./00. [PSP] Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Classics) | ACT | (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.07.21} | ¥2.500 |
37./00. [PS3] F.E.A.R. 3 | ACT | (Warner Bros. Interactive) {2011.07.21} | ¥7.980 |
38./35. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 | ACT | (Capcom) {2010.12.01} | ¥5.800 |
39./22. [3DS] Tales of the Abyss | RPG | (Bandai Namco) {2011.06.30} | ¥6.090 |
40./41. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 | SPT | (Konami) {2011.04.14} | ¥5.980 |
41./31. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP | ADV | (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} | ¥6.090 |
42./25. [PSP] Gundam: Memories of the Battle | ACT | (Bandai Namco) {2011.06.23} | ¥6.279 |
43./37. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP the Best) | ADV | (Konami) {2011.02.24} | ¥2.940 |
44./45. [PSP] Patapon 3 | RPG | (SCE) {2011.04.28} | ¥4.980 |
45./30. [PS3] Yakuza: Of the End | ADV | (Sega) {2011.06.09} | ¥7.980 |
46./48. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl | FTG | (Nintendo) {2008.01.31} | ¥6.800 |
47./43. [PSP] My Summer Vacation 4: Youth Detective Group in Seto - Me and the Secret Map (PSP the Best) | ADV | (SCE) {2011.07.07} | ¥2.800 |
48./24. [NDS] Kokoro no Kokoron | ETC | (Bandai Namco) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.040 |
49./00. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. | ACT | (Nintendo) {2006.05.25} | ¥4.800 |
50./49. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns | ACT | (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} | ¥5.800 |

Top 50

PSP - 16
PS3 - 11
WII - 11
NDS - 6
3DS - 5
360 - 1

SOFTWARE

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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |
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|  ALL  |    904.000 |    873.000 |    954.520 | 23.934.000 | 30.888.041 |
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HARDWARE

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| System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |        YTD |   Last YTD |         LTD | 
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| 3DS    |    31,826 |    46,637 |         0 |  1,289,741 |          0 |   1,289,741 | 
| PSP #  |    26,868 |    26,565 |    29,578 |  1,211,048 |  1,184,652 |  17,861,260 | 
| PS3    |    23,343 |    23,322 |    19,420 |    696,595 |    813,563 |   6,784,085 | 
| WII    |    17,114 |    14,237 |    21,092 |    372,135 |    886,880 |  11,651,770 | 
| NDS #  |    10,334 |     9,208 |    47,450 |    525,233 |  1,326,031 |  32,675,933 | 
| 360    |     1,546 |     1,734 |     6,056 |     69,699 |    123,649 |   1,490,196 | 
| PS2    |     1,475 |     1,405 |     1,475 |     45,169 |     49,912 |  21,741,261 | 
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| ALL    |   112,506 |   123,108 |   125,071 |  4,209,620 |  4,384,687 |  93,494,246 | 
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| PSP    |    26,854 |    26,551 |    28,747 |  1,195,624 |  1,143,859 |  17,685,412 | 
| DSiLL  |     5,258 |     4,693 |    24,189 |    270,130 |    707,105 |   2,217,713 | 
| DSi    |     4,921 |     4,384 |    18,202 |    235,743 |    487,259 |   5,779,467 | 
| DSL    |       155 |       131 |     5,059 |     19,360 |    131,667 |  18,093,282 | 
| PSPgo  |        14 |        14 |       831 |     15,424 |     40,793 |     175,848 | 
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Media Create Sales: Week 28, 2011 (Jul 11 - Jul 17)

[iKeepPlaying]

Go sold the same as the last week. Good, good.

[allan-bh]

Nice Rhythm Heaven sales. Biggest first week sales in 2011 so far on Wii.

And FF XIII budget version miss Top 20.

[Sadist]

Little Battlers and Zelda duking it out. So awesome

3DS having a good week I suppose.

[Sealda]

Go sold the same as the last week. Good, good.

I lolled.

[PSFan]

See Nintendo? If you released more games, then Wii sales wouldn't drop so much all the time.

[RamzaIsCool]

So.....

Who is going to win the YTD battle 2011 edition!!!!!

Xbox360 or PS2

[Stumpokapow]

Go sold the same as the last week. Good, good.

For the benefit of anyone who wasn't around back in the original Xbox days, the Xbox sold 0 a few times on Media-Create before they stopped tracking it. I remember when it first dropped to the single digits and people giggled, but the first "0" was amazing.

There's even a meme picture with a giant bold black 0, bill gates in a geeky pose inside it, and the quote "Solid, if not spectacular" at the bottom. I'm sure someone can dig it up. Google searches reveal two other posts I made in 2010 and 2009 pointing this out and mentioning the image, but no copies of the actual image :/

[Sennorin]

You know, I was about to ask when we´d stop counting the NDS, since the 3DS is out, but then I saw that we´re still counting the PS2.

Anyways, is Rhythm Tengoku that big of a release? Thought it was a rather quirky niche-title.

[Brazil]

You know, I was about to ask when we´d stop counting the NDS, since the 3DS is out, but then I saw that we´re still counting the PS2. Anyways, is Rhythm Tengoku that big of a release? Thought it was a rather quirky niche-title.

The DS version sold over 1.800.000 copies in Japan.

[PSFan]

You know, I was about to ask when we´d stop counting the NDS, since the 3DS is out, but then I saw that we´re still counting the PS2. Anyways, is Rhythm Tengoku that big of a release? Thought it was a rather quirky niche-title.

The DS game was huge in Japan

[Magicpaint]

3DS beat my sub-30k prediction. Impressive :p

Star Fox :/

[Busaiku]

Little Battlers and Zelda duking it out. So awesome 3DS having a good week I suppose.

The Little Battlers's lead will be pretty significant by the end of the year.
It's an ongoing media franchise, which has a great impact on the legs of a title.

[Sennorin]

The DS version sold over 1.800.000 copies in Japan.

lol, okay, that explains that then.

[djplaeskool]

Good numbers all around...except for dat Star Fox drop. Damn.

[ciaossu]

PSPgo sales are painful.

[Chris1964]

This must have been the last week Pokemon keeps rising.

[Takao]

PSPgo sales are painful.

Sony hasn't shipped units to stores in months, so this is just dead stock slowly being sold off.

[ciaossu]

Sony hasn't shipped units to stores in months, so this is just dead stock slowly being sold off.

Part of me actually wants to buy one, but knowing that the PSP Vita can basically do all the go can do, it would be a waste of money.

[Carl]

360 sales in the mid thousands? Eek.

[Rolf NB]

Did No More Heroes RZ just beat the LTDs of the old Wii and PS3 versions combined, in one week?

[Kid Ying]

Nice Rhythm Heaven sales. Biggest first week sales in 2011 so far on Wii.

Yeah. I just had my doubts, but it beat Last Story. Hope it gets better legs than the former, hehe.

And it didn't beat the LTD of the both versions combined, but it easily got the best first week sales and as a standalone game, it's already the one with the biggest sales, so, that's really something.

After this, i guess they should port NMH2, since the first week sales of this one was at 8/9k and it disappeared right after the first week. Quite bad. :/

[Lord_Byron28]

Starfox :(

Other than that great numbers all around.

[Nicktals]

Wow, impressive for NMH. Better advertising/marketing? Better price?

[JoshuaJSlone]

Did No More Heroes RZ just beat the LTDs of the old Wii and PS3 versions combined, in one week?

Nearly. Looks like PS3 one hit around 26K by the end of last year, and the Wii version did at least 20K in its first four weeks.

[kswiston]

I missed the last few of these threads. What caused the Wii Hardware revival? Price drop? Last time I visited the media create thread it was selling 6-9k a week.

[Lord_Byron28]

I missed the last few of these threads. What caused the Wii Hardware revival? Price drop? Last time I visited the media create thread it was selling 6-9k a week.

A game actually got released that sold 100K

[thestopsign]

I missed the last few of these threads. What caused the Wii Hardware revival? Price drop? Last time I visited the media create thread it was selling 6-9k a week.

They have a new bundle with Wii Sports Resort I believe coupled with some bigger software releases like Inazuma Eleven and Rhythm Tengoku.

Golden Eye surpassed most people's expectations, but Wii Play: Motion bombed beyond belief (though I think it might just stay at the level it's until Christmas).

[Kid Ying]

It's too soon to say that Wii motion bombed. It didn't have the best start, but neither did Wii Party, Mario Sports Mix, Epic Yarn and others that did manage some great sales.

If you compare those first week sales, wii motion got easily the worst of them, but who knows. Nintendo is well know for it's crazy legs. We'll have to wait and see.

[kswiston]

They have a new bundle with Wii Sports Resort I believe coupled with some bigger software releases like Inazuma Eleven and Rhythm Tengoku. Golden Eye surpassed most people's expectations, but Wii Play: Motion bombed beyond belief (though I think it might just stay at the level it's until Christmas).

Thanks. I wonder if the new bundle will be enough to keep Wii above 10k for the next couple months. I also wonder what this holiday season will look like for the Wii.

[RurouniZel]

Wow, impressive for NMH. Better advertising/marketing? Better price?

New edition allows you to take pictures of the ladies nude, or so I hear.

[electroplankton]

Thanks. I wonder if the new bundle will be enough to keep Wii above 10k for the next couple months. I also wonder what this holiday season will look like for the Wii.

The bundle is priced as the stand-alone Wii sold before so it can be seen as a sort of price-cut.

[sixteen-bit]

New edition allows you to take pictures of the ladies nude, or so I hear.

Will this be in the western release?

[Majine]

Japan still loves you, Suda!

[Saiyar]

Will this be in the western release?

I think it is available as DLC for the western release.

[RurouniZel]

Edit: n/m

[Busaiku]

New edition allows you to take pictures of the ladies nude, or so I hear.

Only Sylvia is nude (still covers her parts with her hands though).
And as far as I'm aware, the US release is Red Zone.

[Truth101]

360 sales in the mid thousands? Eek.

360 was bomba in Japan since day 1.

[PdotMichael]

who will die first PS2 or 360?

[DaSorcerer7]

who will die first PS2 or 360?

i'm thinking 360, ps2 is immortal

[Cfuentes]

Ouch at Starfox...
Do a barrel roll!!

[Madao]

would a stand-alone Wii Play Motion SKU save it from totally bombing? iirc, Wii Party's remote SKUs did bad but the standalone is the one that sold well.

also, ouch Starfox. it looks like it will become a collector's item in the long run like early DS games that sold bad.

[rpmurphy]

would a stand-alone Wii Play Motion SKU save it from totally bombing? iirc, Wii Party's remote SKUs did bad but the standalone is the one that sold well. also, ouch Starfox. it looks like it will become a collector's item in the long run like early DS games that sold bad.

Wii Play Motion I think came way too late. Where's the excitement now to play multiplayer MotionPlus games? And with basically every other MotionPlus game having been released with the add-on or the new remote, there's not much point to this package.

[SaintZ]

Yay! Go NMH! :D It is indeed impressive! See Suda? Gimme moar Travis!

Poor Starfox :/

[airmangataosenai]

Crazy seeing 5 Wii games in the top 20.

[dakkumauji]

How is the sales for the new PSP Basara game compared to the first one?

I thought it was surprising that a second PSP Basara game came out even though the first one didn't seem that great.

[Busaiku]

Yay! Go NMH! :D It is indeed impressive! See Suda? Gimme moar Travis! Poor Starfox :/

He already confirmed a new No More Heroes for Wii U.

How is the sales for the new PSP Basara game compared to the first one?

This one started off slightly lower.

[gogogow]

How is the sales for the new PSP Basara game compared to the first one? I thought it was surprising that a second PSP Basara game came out even though the first one didn't seem that great.

戦国BASARA バトルヒーローズ Capcom カプコン FTG 09/04/2009 86.000

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

I don't want to live in a world where in Japan this:



Outsells this:


Less then 7k, not even charting :(((((((((((((((((((((((((( Sadness to the extreme



Where did you go wrong Japan?

[_Alkaline_]

Man, I have a feeling we might not be seeing a new Starfox game for a long, long time.