PepsimanVsJoe
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I love Chrono Cross.
I like Chrono Trigger.
*shrug*
I like Chrono Trigger.
*shrug*
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Media Create Sales: 11/10 - 11/16
- Thread starter Jonnyram
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Vinnk's Villiage Lite:
1. Chrono Trigger sold out at the 2 small stores, the larger stores still have lots of copies.
2. Only 6 Xbox 360s currently available in my town (5 new, 1 used elite)
3. Tons of Wii systems and PS3s (and tons of used units for both of them)
4. Blue Dragon can be bought for 1000yen at 2 different shops.
5. Copies of WiiMusic sit on shelves both new and used (they stopped running the kiosk video for it and replaced it with Animal Crossing videos)
6. Lots of copies of Animal Crossing but it was selling well on Saturday when I went.
7. Sadly, lots of used copies of Little Big Planet. I was hoping that with all it's customizability that people would hold on to this one a little longer, but it seems to be following the same sales cycle as any other hardcore game.
8. Blu-Ray sections from the game-only stores were removed last year (be remained at the big electronics stores), but recently all but one of the game-only stores have removed their UMD sections. The good news is that they are using that space for more actual PSP games.
1. Chrono Trigger sold out at the 2 small stores, the larger stores still have lots of copies.
2. Only 6 Xbox 360s currently available in my town (5 new, 1 used elite)
3. Tons of Wii systems and PS3s (and tons of used units for both of them)
4. Blue Dragon can be bought for 1000yen at 2 different shops.
5. Copies of WiiMusic sit on shelves both new and used (they stopped running the kiosk video for it and replaced it with Animal Crossing videos)
6. Lots of copies of Animal Crossing but it was selling well on Saturday when I went.
7. Sadly, lots of used copies of Little Big Planet. I was hoping that with all it's customizability that people would hold on to this one a little longer, but it seems to be following the same sales cycle as any other hardcore game.
8. Blu-Ray sections from the game-only stores were removed last year (be remained at the big electronics stores), but recently all but one of the game-only stores have removed their UMD sections. The good news is that they are using that space for more actual PSP games.
creamsugar
Member
Famitsu
Wii LTD: 7,024,239 (12/2/2006～11/23/2008)
Animal Crossing: 300K +
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20081126-00000007-oric-ent
Wii LTD: 7,024,239 (12/2/2006～11/23/2008)
Animal Crossing: 300K +
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20081126-00000007-oric-ent
Psychotext
Member
Thanks man. Always interesting.Vinnk said:
creamsugar
Member
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1220057_1124.html
Famitsu:
Animal Crossing: City Folk - 303,204
Chrono Trigger DS - 276,049
Gundam vs Gundam - 240,594
Famitsu:
Animal Crossing: City Folk - 303,204
Chrono Trigger DS - 276,049
Gundam vs Gundam - 240,594
_Alkaline_
Member
creamsugar said:
Great numbers all round. AC and CT's legs will be interesting.
I'm just glad to see Chrono doing so well.
BishopLamont
Banned
Nice sales all around, AC just beats out CT like I was afraid it would. It'll be interesting to see how much AC impacts hardware.creamsugar said:
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
300k+ puts AC:CF instantly in the top 14 for all Wii games LTD. Notably, it doubles Wii Music's sales, or nearly.
shykyoichi
Member
BishopLamont said:
Wasn't this expected as CT was just an improved port of a 10yr old game?
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
shykyoichi said:
Can you think of any other 10 year old games that were slightly improved for the DS off the top of your head?
Hmmm...
Moor-Angol
Banned
MidiSurf said:
It's the biggest Nintendo release for winter holidays for Wii, it sold 300k from 800k shipped, while the previous big hits from Nintendo made 800k (Brawl, end of January) and 600k (Mario Kart, before GW)... and with 7mln Wii sold
Pretty much the same result Dragon Quest Swords made with half of the userbase and without a winter holidays release.
Moor-Angol
Banned
farnham said:
handhelds and home systems are 2 different things... can't be compared, but honestly i expected more numbers from AC Wii, considering it will not have the same legs AC DS had.
Nintendo never put on the market too much stocks, usually they do the opposite: a small stock, demand raises due to hype (see Wii Fit last year).
Think about new Super Mario Bros, first stock was around 900k, it sold 870k on 1st week, and if Nintendo provided more copies, numbers should have been higher.
AC Wii sold around 37% of first shipment, Chrono Trigger sold almost the first batch, which one has disappointing numbers ?
AC Wii will have legs, but not as much as handheld version had
so basically you are from the futureMoor-Angol said:
Moor-Angol said:
that was due to the production shortage of the balance board
Moor-Angol said:
None of em
both are rehash remakes (both 3rd time.. or even 5th time if you count the e card reader version and the n64 version)
and funny you mention NSMB since it sold similarily to ACWW which sold 300k the first week,...
in other words.. first weeks dont tell us anything
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Moor-Angol
Banned
farnham said:
you really think AC Wii can sell 4mln copies as AC DS did ?
home systems and handhelds have always had different tie-ratios, AC DS gave a huge boost to DS sales, Wii sales seems like were not be so affected by AC release...
I've got to agree with Moor-Angol on this one. Nintendo games do have legs, but you are overlooking some serious facts if you think that AC may go on to sell like the DS release.
1) Like Mario Kart, it's a game which has already found success on DS, so has a large fanbase ready to accept the title at launch. There's nowhere near as much word of mouth going into long term sales here.
2) DS/Wii audience, both current and projected, are totally different. Nintendo aims to have a Wii in every home, and a DS for each person. Based on those projections alone, you'd imagine something like Animal Crossing would sell a quarter to a third of the DS numbers, purely because people in the same house will share out of convenience, and in some cases, necessity (not many households are going to have multiple Wiis, for instance).
3) The game is not a large revision. It's more like a console version of an existing handheld game. Some extra events and no doubt a fair bit of extra content here and there, but the essentials are shared.
1) Like Mario Kart, it's a game which has already found success on DS, so has a large fanbase ready to accept the title at launch. There's nowhere near as much word of mouth going into long term sales here.
2) DS/Wii audience, both current and projected, are totally different. Nintendo aims to have a Wii in every home, and a DS for each person. Based on those projections alone, you'd imagine something like Animal Crossing would sell a quarter to a third of the DS numbers, purely because people in the same house will share out of convenience, and in some cases, necessity (not many households are going to have multiple Wiis, for instance).
3) The game is not a large revision. It's more like a console version of an existing handheld game. Some extra events and no doubt a fair bit of extra content here and there, but the essentials are shared.
Psychotext
Member
Be thankful the bar isn't set at Wii Fit, Wii Play, Super Mario Kart and Mario & Sonic Olympics levels.gtj1092 said:
Phife Dawg
Member
A game not meeting publisher's expectations? Didn't know this was a new way? *shrugs*gtj1092 said:
AC:CF won't sell as well as AC:WW, that's pretty much a given. It's also pretty much a given that it'll sell over a million in Japan alone judging by the first week numbers and given the nature of the franchise. I can't recall Nintendo issuing any (even vague) sales expectations but considering they don't really have anything else besides WiiMusic they certainly expect the title (and the evergreens) to tide them over the holiday season.
01. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk - 305,180 / 305,180 (41.27%)
02. [NDS] Chrono Trigger - 270,868 / 270,868 (69.82%)
03. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam - 266,932 / 266,932 (69.63%)
04. [360] The Last Remnant - 101,543 / 101,543 (68.85%)
05. [NDS] Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct - 71,661 / 71,661 (49.43%)
06. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra - 55,470 / 418,573 (70.17%)
07. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode - 25,275 / 208,706 (92.02%)
08. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven - 24,731 / 1,184,167 (93.51%)
09. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum - 24,173 / 1,941,290 (95.80%)
10. [PS3] Way of the Samurai 3 - 19,641 / 100,687 (90.42%)
DSi 88,843
PSP 61,226
Wii 35,298
DSL 18,580
PS3 17,436
X360 15,474
02. [NDS] Chrono Trigger - 270,868 / 270,868 (69.82%)
03. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam - 266,932 / 266,932 (69.63%)
04. [360] The Last Remnant - 101,543 / 101,543 (68.85%)
05. [NDS] Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct - 71,661 / 71,661 (49.43%)
06. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra - 55,470 / 418,573 (70.17%)
07. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode - 25,275 / 208,706 (92.02%)
08. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven - 24,731 / 1,184,167 (93.51%)
09. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum - 24,173 / 1,941,290 (95.80%)
10. [PS3] Way of the Samurai 3 - 19,641 / 100,687 (90.42%)
DSi 88,843
PSP 61,226
Wii 35,298
DSL 18,580
PS3 17,436
X360 15,474