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Chris1964 · 12:18 PM

Media Create Sales: Week 33, 2012 (Aug 13 - Aug 19)

01./01. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) - 148.225 / 912.597 (+3%)
02./03. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) - 62.274 / 2.644.459 (+3%)
03./02. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2012.08.02} (¥6.980) - 47.065 / 487.917 (-36%)
04./06. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.26} (¥5.800) - 23.231 / 137.423 (-5%)
05./07. [3DS] Tohoku University Aging Medicine Research Institute - Headed By Professor Ryuta Kawashima - Train your Brain Effectively in 5 minutes a day with Oni Training <HOB> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥3.800) - 20.372 / 115.695 (-12%)
06./10. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) - 18.825 / 166.588 (+18%)
07./11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) - 15.682 / 1.043.307 (+3%)
08./05. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) - 13.836 / 89.944 (-47%)
09./09. [WII] Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.19} (¥3.800) - 13.067 / 179.934 (-19%)
10./12. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 12.646 / 60.196 (+3%)
11./04. [PSP] Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.09} (¥5.230) - 12.097 / 49.526 (-68%)
12./08. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena <FTG> (Atlus) {2012.07.26} (¥7.329) - 10.603 / 176.476 (-37%)
13./16. [WII] Mario Party 9 <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) - 10.339 / 529.710 (+18%)
14./15. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) - 9.828 / 868.267 (+1%)
15./17. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon <SLG> (Marvelous Entertainment) {2012.07.19} (¥5.229) - 8.340 / 135.376 (-3%)
16./14. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.19} (¥5.230) - 8.196 / 153.581 (-26%)
17./21. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost <RPG> (Level 5) {2012.07.05} (¥4.400) - 7.935 / 114.565
18./18. [NDS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.230) - 7.774 / 36.086 (-1%)
19./20. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 <SPT> (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥6.980) - 6.796 / 108.741 (-2%)
20./23. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open <SPT> (Nintendo) {2012.05.24} (¥4.800) - 6.680 / 254.391
21./28. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800)
22./22. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Definitive Edition # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.11.23} (¥5.040)
23./26. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 <SPT> (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥5.250)
24./19. [PSP] Super Dangan-Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen # <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft) {2012.07.26} (¥6.279)
25./30. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800)
26./13. [PS3] Sniper Elite V2 <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2012.08.09} (¥7.329)
27./32. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800)
28./00. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online: Anniversary 2012 Premium Package <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.08.15} (¥10.290)
29./31. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.230)
30./33. [3DS] Smile PreCure! Let's Go! Marchen World <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.040)
31./29. [PSP] Warriors Orochi 3: Special <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2012.07.19} (¥6.090)
32./40. [WII] Kirby's Return to Dream Land <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.10.27} (¥5.800)
33./24. [PSP] Nayuta no Kiseki # <RPG> (Nihon Falcom) {2012.07.26} (¥6.090)
34./41. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games <SPT> (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800)
35./25. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (PlayStation 3 the Best) <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥3.800)
36./35. [PS3] Assassin's Creed I + II Welcome Pack <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2012.07.19} (¥2.940)
37./37. [PSV] Persona 4: Golden <RPG> (Atlus) {2012.06.14} (¥7.329)
38./46. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii <ACT> (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} (¥5.800)
39./34. [3DS] Pocket Soccer League: Calciobit <SLG> (Nintendo) {2012.07.12} (¥4.800)
40./50. [WII] Mario Kart Wii <RCE> (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} (¥5.800)
41./39. [WII] Wii Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} (¥4.800)
42./45. [WII] Just Dance Wii <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.10.13} (¥5.800)
43./00. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends <ETC> (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} (¥4.800)
44./36. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV: Denshou no Kyojin <RPG> (Atlus) {2012.07.05} (¥6.279)
45./49. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening <SLG> (Nintendo) {2012.04.19} (¥4.800)
46./42. [PSP] Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.07.14} (¥5.229)
47./38. [PSP] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥6.280)
48./44. [PS3] Tales of Graces f (PlayStation 3 the Best) <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥3.800)
49./00. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2012.06.07} (¥4.980)
50./00. [3DS] Akogare Girls Collection: Wan Nyan Doubutsu Byouin 2 <ADV> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.08.02} (¥5.040)

Top 50

3DS - 19
WII - 11
PSP - 9
PS3 - 7
NDS - 2
360 - 1
PSV - 1

SOFTWARE

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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |
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|  ALL  |    835.000 |    872.070 |    866.000 | 30.449.000 | 27.597.000 |
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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 # |    111.857 |    102.646 |    105.639 |  2.849.281 |  1.612.004 |   7.131.424 |
|  PS3  |     16.277 |     14.580 |     29.666 |    741.849 |    785.542 |   8.378.234 |
|  WII  |     15.640 |     16.145 |     18.256 |    361.163 |    445.234 |  12.524.384 |
| PSP # |     13.285 |     12.018 |     40.901 |    528.859 |  1.364.643 |  19.258.243 |
|  PSV  |     11.298 |      9.446 |            |    444.498 |            |     884.484 |
| NDS # |      2.256 |        952 |      8.031 |     54.938 |    559.306 |  32.863.424 |
|  PS2  |      1.433 |      1.187 |      1.789 |     38.819 |     51.594 |  21.812.926 |
|  360  |        978 |        998 |      1.427 |     45.959 |     75.724 |   1.582.004 |
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|  ALL  |    173.024 |    157.972 |    205.709 |  5.065.366 |  4.894.047 | 104.435.123 |
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| 3DSLL |     66.412 |     64.655 |            |    400.798 |            |     400.798 |
|  3DS  |     45.445 |     37.991 |    105.639 |  2.448.483 |  1.612.004 |   6.730.626 |
| DSiLL |      1.187 |        427 |      4.329 |     30.497 |    288.115 |   2.324.816 |
|  DSi  |      1.069 |        525 |      3.585 |     24.441 |    251.384 |   5.858.491 |
|  PSP  |     13.285 |     12.018 |     40.888 |    528.859 |  1.349.179 |  19.082.256 |
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Famitsu Sales: Week 34, 2012 (Aug 13 - Aug 19)

01./01. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) - 152.026 / 942.758 (+4%)
02./03. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) - 55.787 / 2.631.683 (+11%)
03./02. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2012.08.02} (¥6.980) - 45.470 / 536.133 (-35%)
04./06. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.26} (¥5.800) - 24.723 / 137.981 (+6%)
05./07. [3DS] Tohoku University Aging Medicine Research Institute - Headed By Professor Ryuta Kawashima - Train your Brain Effectively in 5 minutes a day with Oni Training <HOB> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥3.800) - 21.286 / 119.374 (-5%)
06./08. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) - 21.215 / 171.991 (+21%)
07./05. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) - 16.813 / 92.056 (-34%)
08./10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2009.06.25} (¥4.800) - 13.088 / 2.971.249 (+8%)
09./13. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 12.483 / 62.063 (+11%)
10./09. [WII] Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.19} (¥3.800) - 12.245 / 171.726 (-1%)
11./04. [PSP] Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.09} (¥5.230) - 10.987 / 47.831 (-70%)
12./15. [WII] Mario Party 9 <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) - 9.620 / 520.631 (+14%)
13./19. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) - 9.346 / 1.526.313 (+30%)
14./11. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena <FTG> (Atlus) {2012.07.26} (¥7.329) - 9.187 / 153.608 (-23%)
15./14. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.19} (¥5.230) - 8.366 / 137.546 (-14%)
16./22. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost <RPG> (Level 5) {2012.07.05} (¥4.400) - 8.320 / 118.901 (+22%)
17./17. [NDS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.230) - 8.089 / 36.525 (+4%)
18./23. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Definitive Edition # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.11.23} (¥5.040) - 7.268 / 275.277 (+7%)
19./16. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 <SPT> (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥6.980) - 6.864 / 113.911 (-12%)
20./27. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open <SPT> (Nintendo) {2012.05.24} (¥4.800) - 6.655 / 287.874 (+18%)
21./24. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 <SPT> (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥5.250) - 6.494 / 59.232 (+9%)
22./21. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon <SLG> (Marvelous Entertainment) {2012.07.19} (¥5.229) - 6.482 / 130.876 (-6%)
23./20. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) - 6.302 / 870.780 (-10%)
24./12. [PS3] Sniper Elite V2 <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2012.08.09} (¥7.329) - 6.247 / 17.658 (-45%)
25./29. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 6.125 / 1.787.209 (+21%)
26./18. [PSP] Super Dangan-Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen # <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft) {2012.07.26} (¥6.279) - 5.755 / 86.032 (-25%)
27./00. [WII] Wii Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} (¥4.800) - 4.918 / 2.325.923
28./00. [WII] Mario Kart Wii <RCE> (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} (¥5.800) - 4.859 / 3.547.632
29./00. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) - 4.682 / 1.679.872
30./28. [3DS] Smile PreCure! Let's Go! Marchen World <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.040) - 4.664 / 17.794 (-9%)

Top 30

3DS - 13
WII - 8
PSP - 4
PS3 - 3
NDS - 2

HARDWARE

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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| 3DS # |    107.140 |    108.897 |    107.462 |  2.998.377 |  1.628.788 |   7.134.116 |
|  PS3  |     19.202 |     13.740 |     30.342 |    823.257 |    795.829 |   8.240.405 |
|  WII  |     14.805 |     15.916 |     17.399 |    377.332 |    537.685 |  12.545.075 |
| PSP # |     14.051 |     12.208 |     40.595 |    599.067 |  1.330.505 |  18.836.175 |
|  PSV  |     11.082 |      8.805 |            |    446.501 |            |     849.295 |
|  360  |        632 |        517 |      1.103 |     39.047 |     82.018 |   1.559.785 |
|  PS2  |        627 |        445 |      1.192 |     17.385 |     43.502 |  21.971.676 |
| NDS # |        410 |        344 |      5.015 |     23.948 |    665.408 |  32.859.450 |
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|  ALL  |    167.949 |    160.872 |    203.108 |  5.324.914 |  5.083.735 | 103.995.977 |
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|  DSi  |        410 |        344 |      4.863 |     23.948 |    639.008 |   8.269.146 |
|  PSP  |     14.051 |     12.208 |     40.540 |    599.067 |  1.310.593 |  18.675.600 |
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Media Create Sales: Week 32, 2012 (Aug 06 - Aug 12)

guit3457 · (08-22-2012, 01:03 PM)

Nintendo is on fire!

Diprosalic · (08-22-2012, 01:03 PM)

all nintendo top 10.

RukusProvider · (08-22-2012, 01:04 PM)

Vita + momentum!

VOOK · (08-22-2012, 01:04 PM)

Mario up!

Dragon Quest down!

Nibel · (08-22-2012, 01:04 PM)

Iwata:

GCX · (08-22-2012, 01:04 PM)

Interesting how 3DS sold almost exactly the same number as last year.

DragonSworne · (08-22-2012, 01:05 PM)

Hardware sales down for Nintendo.

mentalfloss · (08-22-2012, 01:05 PM)

If Nintendo can maintain weekly sales of 100k... wow..

Sammy Samusu · (08-22-2012, 01:06 PM)

LOL @ Nintendo Top 10.

13./19. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) - 9.346 / 1.526.313 (+30%)

It keeps increasing!

ffdgh · 01:09 PM

Oh wow nintendo console top 10.

and now semi pacman

Mpl90 · (08-22-2012, 01:07 PM)

07./05. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) - 16.813 / 92.056 (-34%)
09./13. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 12.483 / 62.063 (+11%)

Both of them. Ridiculous.

jonno394 · (08-22-2012, 01:07 PM)

Originally Posted by DragonSworne:

Hardware sales down for Nintendo.

Down for Famitsu, up for MC.... :/

Galang · (08-22-2012, 01:07 PM)

Most of the titles held really nicely from last week's sales. :)

Bruno MB · (08-22-2012, 01:08 PM)

Originally Posted by guit3457:

Chris1964 is on fire!

Fixed xD

Just 2 minutes to make this week's thread :)

DragonSworne · (08-22-2012, 01:08 PM)

6 out of the top 10 are published by Nintendo. The rest of the 4 are third party games on Nintendo systems.

mclem · (08-22-2012, 01:08 PM)

Originally Posted by Mpl90:

07./05. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) - 16.813 / 92.056 (-34%)
09./13. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 12.483 / 62.063 (+11%)

Both of them. Ridiculous.

In Japan at least, they seem to have established the 3DS as an environment in which third parties can make money. That's one important step done and dusted; they can hopefully now afford to focus their efforts on the Wii U for the most part.

Great to see RF4 still churning away at the low end of the chart. Marvelous must be ecstatic.

Kandrick · (08-22-2012, 01:08 PM)

Nintendo.

grimshawish · (08-22-2012, 01:09 PM)

Quote:

13./19. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) - 9.346 / 1.526.313 (+30%)

It'll never stop! [EDIT: Media Create not quite as positive on this]

Does Pokemon usually have this sort of legs? I thought it was another game that sold massive then fell away. Its selling on par with what we saw Monster Hunter/Mario going along with.

PSV is seeming more positive outlook wise. Not because its selling well, but that since Persona 4 came out, its not been in those dreadful 6k numbers again. Maybe it can struggle along at that price if the games do come?

3DS figures remain amazing. What was the Lite doing at this stage? We've maybe been a bit too quick to claim the 3DS will fall behind tracking the DS due to the lite. XL seems to have really boosted things.

braves01 · (08-22-2012, 01:09 PM)

Huh, kinda thought Mario would drop a little.

liger05 · (08-22-2012, 01:12 PM)

3DS and Nintendo are on fire in Japan right now.

wazoo · (08-22-2012, 01:12 PM)

16 games in the top 20 are on Nintendo platforms.

electroplankton · (08-22-2012, 01:12 PM)

Originally Posted by grimshawish:

Does Pokemon usually have this sort of legs? I thought it was another game that sold massive then fell away. Its selling on par with what we saw Monster Hunter/Mario going along with.

Pokémon sells massively during the launch AND has incredible legs, usually.

Takao · (08-22-2012, 01:12 PM)

Originally Posted by Mpl90:

07./05. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) - 16.813 / 92.056 (-34%)
09./13. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 12.483 / 62.063 (+11%)

Both of them. Ridiculous.

No this is ridiculous:

17./21. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost <RPG> (Level 5) {2012.07.05} (¥4.400) - 7.935 / 114.565

Great result for Level-5.

slaughterking · (08-22-2012, 01:13 PM)

Originally Posted by grimshawish:

PSV is seeming more positive outlook wise. Not because its selling well, but that since Persona 4 came out, its not been in those dreadful 6k numbers again.

Selling 8,000 units is clearly a huge improvement.

Gaborn · (08-22-2012, 01:13 PM)

Originally Posted by ffdgh:

Oh wow nintendo console top 10.

and now semi pacman

It's almost like the Wii is Pacman's tongue.

saichi · (08-22-2012, 01:13 PM)

Originally Posted by grimshawish:

Does Pokemon usually have this sort of legs? I thought it was another game that sold massive then fell away. Its selling on par with what we saw Monster Hunter/Mario going along with.

Pokemon is all about legs. Black & White had better legs than MHP3.

Gradivus · (08-22-2012, 01:13 PM)

Originally Posted by grimshawish:

3DS figures remain amazing. What was the Lite doing at this stage? We've maybe been a bit too quick to claim the 3DS will fall behind tracking the DS due to the lite. XL seems to have really boosted things.

From the other thread, DS +lite got to 7 million around week 72 (had two holiday seasons) while 3DS+XL hit 7 million around week 77 with only one holiday season.

Good to see the Nintendo numbers jump a bit in the M-create numbers :). I'm interested in seeing the top 50 place holders for them in the next couple of days.

Chris1964 · (08-22-2012, 01:13 PM)

Originally Posted by Bruno MB:

Fixed xD

Just 2 minutes to make this week's thread :)

There are 2 problems when I'm more than 2 minutes late:

My super slow old PC ran out of RAM and/or some Japanese names of new releases don't match and have to correct them.

grimshawish · 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by electroplankton:

Pokémon sells massively during the launch AND has incredible legs, usually.

Right, thanks. Be interesting to see how long they last being the last of the DS games.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by ffdgh:

Oh wow nintendo console top 10.

and now semi pacman

Am beginning to wonder if Sony might launch the PS4 next year, they kind of need it.

PSFan · (08-22-2012, 01:15 PM)

The is like 2006-2007 sales :)

BY2K · (08-22-2012, 01:15 PM)

Sohter.Nura · (08-22-2012, 01:15 PM)

Nintendomination again.

Hopefully they'll be able to establish the same environment they have for the 3DS on the Wii U. But I'm kiiiiind of fearful of it.

7threst · (08-22-2012, 01:16 PM)

Originally Posted by grimshawish:

PSV is seeming more positive outlook wise. Not because its selling well, but that since Persona 4 came out, its not been in those dreadful 6k numbers again. Maybe it can struggle along at that price if the games do come?

Let's hope so. But is it possible to just drag on with sales like this with no guarantee if games do come in the future? I doubt it. It would be way more wise for Sony to act now then to just wait and see like they have done the past couple of months.

hiska-kun · (08-22-2012, 01:16 PM)

Slow Obon Holidays...

Aostia · (08-22-2012, 01:17 PM)

Originally Posted by GCX:

Interesting how 3DS sold almost exactly the same number as last year.

yeah, this (and the previous) were the price-cut weeks.
big difference is the software: if you look at the last year charts, it was clear why (price apart) 3ds was performing way worst.

Magicpaint · (08-22-2012, 01:18 PM)

Not quite Nintendomination (imo) when the Wii sales are in the toilet, but 3DS is doing really well. Amazing what a turn around its had since late last year.

Tenki · (08-22-2012, 01:18 PM)

This will be even funnier when Wii U strikes the market.

Takao · (08-22-2012, 01:19 PM)

Originally Posted by 7threst:

Let's hope so. But is it possible to just drag on with sales like this with no guarantee if games do come in the future? I doubt it. It would be way more wise for Sony to act now then to just wait and see like they have done the past couple of months.

There's Miku next week which will pull up hardware. However, the fall lineup isn't exactly great for the Japanese market. Maybe they'll show off some stuff at TGS.

Road · (08-22-2012, 01:19 PM)

Originally Posted by Chris1964:

There are 2 problems when I'm late:

My super slow old PC ran out of RAM and/or some Japanese names of new releases don't match and have to correct them.

A tip for that (don't know if you already do that): eliminate the white spaces between words when doing the comparison. It reduced a significant part of my failed matches. You could also go a step further and eliminate other non-letter characters (such as "～") -- haven't tried that yet.

PhoReal · (08-22-2012, 01:21 PM)

Damn, Nintendo has Japan on lock.

Aostia · (08-22-2012, 01:22 PM)

Originally Posted by Magicpaint:

Not quite Nintendomination (imo) when the Wii sales are in the toilet, but 3DS is doing really well. Amazing what a turn around its had since late last year.

I think that the "nintendomination" was related to the software charts. top ten all nintendo for both MC and Famitsu, and for Famitsu 23/30 titles are for Nintendo platforms (also a lot of Wii software)
Plus, these past weeks (this one included) Wii's HW numbers were way better than normal :D and they are very similar to the PS3 ones also this week (especially for MC)

Chris1964 · (08-22-2012, 01:22 PM)

Originally Posted by Road:

A tip for that (don't know if you already do that): eliminate the white spaces between words when doing the comparison. It reduced a significant part of my failed matches. You could also go a step further and eliminate other non-letter characters (such as "～") -- haven't tried that yet.

I've done the space trick from the beginning. Usually I have problem when a tracker decides to use the english name and I have the Japanese and the opposite, but 90% there is complete match.

Canis lupus · (08-22-2012, 01:22 PM)

Every system got a boost except for Wii and 360.

CronoShot · (08-22-2012, 01:23 PM)

Was this some sort of holiday? Lots of increases.

JustAnotherOtaku · (08-22-2012, 01:24 PM)

Vita sales in preparation of the return of the queen next week :p

Also nice to see Taiko no Tatsujin still selling decently.

watershed · (08-22-2012, 01:24 PM)

Originally Posted by TurkishEmperor:

Every system got a boost except for Wii and 360.

Damn it, I had so much hope for the 360 obon sales.

Vic · (08-22-2012, 01:24 PM)

Originally Posted by ffdgh:

Oh wow nintendo console top 10.

and now semi pacman

It's exactly 75% of the chart for Nintendo, 24.4% for Sony and 0.6% for Microsoft.

LayLa · (08-22-2012, 01:25 PM)

beginning to be impressed by the legs that 3DS software seem to be developing in Japan, particularly for 3rd parties
previously thought that the 3DS 8m vs Vita 1m race was a joke, but now not so sure ... Miku should put that one to bed next week though

Aostia · (08-22-2012, 01:26 PM)

Originally Posted by TurkishEmperor:

Every system got a boost except for Wii and 360.

Actually, for Famitsu also the 3ds is slightly lower.
The past few weeks were "doped" for 3ds and wii due to the 3dsLL/mario/DQX sw and hw bundles.
This is the reason we don't see great bump this week, also because Obon is not as big as the Golden Week as someone was expecting (but was clear looking at the previous years' charts)