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[u_neek]

1. Silent Hill 4: The Room (PS2, Konami): 18.967 St. [33,2 %]

2. Gunslinger Girl Vol. 2 PS2 (PS2, Bandai): 9.999 St. [41,3 %]

3. Espgaluda (PS2, Arika): 7.204 St. [51,2 %]

4. Slotter Up Core 3 PS2 (PS2, Dorart): 5.591 St. [???]

5. Juuni Kuniki: Kakkakutaru Oudou, Kouroku no Uka (PS2, Konami): 5.376 St. [???]

6. Sonic Advance 3 (GBA, Sega): 2.727 St. [5,3 %] LOL

7. Legend of Golfer (GC, Nintendo): 878 St. [???] LOL

 

[king zell]

Its good to bomb together

 

[JackFrost2012]

WELL THAT ABOUT WRAPS IT UP FOR JAPAN

 

[MetatronM]

3. Espgaluda (PS2, Arika): 7.204 St. [51,2 %]

51% sell through? Pretty impressive.

They were pimping this out at a few stores in Shinjuku when I was there on Friday night.

 

[StrikerObi]

Wow Nintendo, what happened to Legend of Golfer? I guess you just chose not to promote it AT ALL.

 

[belgurdo]

SAd 3 is probably bombing thanks to the fact that the rom was out like three days after it was announced...shame though

 

[pilonv1]

7. Legend of Golfer (GC, Nintendo): 878 St. [???]

SELL YOUR TIGER WOODS ITS ALL OVER

The cynic in me wants to think the poor quality of Sonic Heroes had an effect on Sonic Advance.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Everything is doing poorly, not just *ahem* Nintendo titles, as some people like to point out.

 

[Kiriku]

Not even Japanese software is popular in Japan anymore!?

 

[Solid]

How much did SH3 do the first day?

 

[Tenguman]

Everything is doing poorly

Not even Japanese software is popular in Japan anymore!?

WTF DID I TELL YOU BITCHES!?

 

[CrimsonSkies]

So what are Japanese spending their money on now? It's not games.

 

[Wario64]

SAd 3 is probably bombing thanks to the fact that the rom was out like three days after it was announced...shame though

Wasn't that a beta?

 

[u_neek]

How much did SH3 do the first day?

1. Silent Hill 3 (PS2, Konami): 27.955 St.

SH has never been that popular in Japan...

 

[belgurdo]

So what are Japanese spending their money on now? It's not games.

Latest dancing/card game fad, most likely

 

[Solid]

SH has never been that popular in Japan...

Yeah I know

Too bad the forth incarnation did even worse then the third (which I thought sold poorly) :S

 

[u_neek]

How much did SH3 sell in the us??

 

[Bebpo]

So what are Japanese spending their money on now? It's not games.

Maybe they just aren't freely spending money on non-essential things like games because they're still in a really bad recession?

 

[Kobun Heat]

So what are Japanese spending their money on now? It's not games.

Cell phones, the Internet, etc.

It's not so much 'where's the money going?' as 'where are they getting their entertainment from?'

 

[LuckyBrand]

the videogame market in japan is rapidly decreasing, while the videogame market in the US is like 35-45% of the vidoegame market now...

 

[TekunoRobby]

while the videogame market in the US is like 35-45% of the vidoegame market now...

Wooo Doom III new world order!

 

[jett]

 

[cvxfreak]

WTF DID I TELL YOU BITCHES!?

LOL

 

[Santo]

at this rate the video game market is going to be defunct after 10 years.

 

[u_neek]

Oops, according to GameFront this is the actual first day sales for the previous two SH games... which means.... SH4 is teh bomb!!!

Silent Hill 2 (PS2, 27.09.01 Japan): 69.285 St. [50,13 %]
Silent Hill 3 (PS2, 03.07.03 Japan): 46.715 St. [57,6%]

 

[explodet]

And then Dragon Quest VIII is released and it goes to sell 8 million copies.

 

[cvxfreak]

Oops, according to GameFront this is the actual first day sales for the previous two SH games... which means.... SH4 is teh bomb!!!

Silent Hill 2 (PS2, 27.09.01 Japan): 69.285 St. [50,13 %]
Silent Hill 3 (PS2, 03.07.03 Japan): 46.715 St. [57,6%]

Those are first week sales.

 

[u_neek]

Good... my german isn't at it's best got the numbers from the same site so i figured something was wrong..

 

[TheGreenGiant]

I've been saying forever on the board that SEGA should let the SONIC franchise die already. Please SAMMY, make it so.

 

[cvxfreak]

I've been saying forever on the board that SEGA should let the SONIC franchise die already. Please SAMMY, make it so.

I hope they don't. Sonic games are great!

2. Gunslinger Girl Vol. 2 PS2 (PS2, Bandai): 9.999 St. [41,3 %]

JUST ONE MORE!!!

 

[belgurdo]

I've been saying forever on the board that SEGA should let the SONIC franchise die already. Please SAMMY, make it so.

Why? Sonic games still sell decently, and they have a hell of a fanbase here and in Europe. Just because YOU don't the games doesn't mean they shouldn't exist.

 

[Firest0rm]

I think Sammy should just let Sega die instead. They seriously suck nowadays (I M O).

 

[cvxfreak]

Why? Sonic games still sell decently, and they have a hell of a fanbase here and in Europe. Just because YOU don't the games doesn't mean they shouldn't exist.

My words exactly.

 

[Chopin Trusty Balls]

The numbers at gamefront are for the first day too,not week,SH4 bombed

Silent Bomb or Bombent Hill

 

[belgurdo]

I think Sammy should just let Sega die instead. They seriously suck nowadays (I M O).

Yeah, letting the one-hit-wonder company kill pretty much their only chance at getting a lock on the non-redemption arcade (since their own hardware isn't doing so hot there) and console markets...a very intelligent business decision.

 

[Firest0rm]

Yeah, letting the one-hit-wonder company kill pretty much their only chance at getting a lock on the non-redemption arcade (since their own hardware isn't doing so hot there) and console markets...a very intelligent business decision.

Investing in Sega in the first place was an even worse decision.

edit: but I'm not really concerned about business things. I just think that Sega should die instead of continuing to make a joke of their past masterpieces. They can't do anything worthwhile nowadays. I'd like to remember Sega as the company they were back in the Genesis days. Not the joke they are now.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

Investing in Sega in the first place was an even worse decision.

edit: but I'm not really concerned about business things. I just think that Sega should die instead of continuing to make a joke of their past masterpieces. They can't do anything worthwhile nowadays. I'd like to remember Sega as the company they were back in the Genesis days. Not the joke they are now.

IAWTP... not neccessarily from the Genesis days but the DC days are good too. They're just so lacklustre.

 

[Alcibiades]

that sucks for Sonic 3 maybe people have had enough Sonic...

was Sonic Battle released in Japan, cause it seemed that was just released recently here in US (JAN), maybe they didn't let enough time pass...

 

[cvxfreak]

that sucks for Sonic 3 maybe people have had enough Sonic...

was Sonic Battle released in Japan, cause it seemed that was just released recently here in US (JAN), maybe they didn't let enough time pass...

Sonic Battle was released in Japan in December. It and Sonic Pinball Party sold poorly. Sonic Advance games have traditionally sold well every week. It might be the case again, although its definitely off to a slow start.

 

[Alcibiades]

maybe people are just a little tired of Sonic, there's been like at least 7-8 Sonic releases in recent memory (since GCN/GBA launch)...

 

[cvxfreak]

Yeah, that's possible. Although Sonic Advance 2 didn't exactly decrease from the first either and that game was enjoyable. =/