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Media Create Sales: 7/7 - 7/13
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Stumpokapow
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Kinan said:
Looks like GoW1 debuted at 7k, and GoW2 at 18k, so seems like GoWPSP is in-line with franchise expectations.
charlequin
Banned
toypop said:
Wow, that's great. Amazing sales for this title, which bodes extremely well for DQ6's performance when it comes out, given that it's never been remade.
Remember back when the DQ trilogy was just getting announced, and people were saying things like "well, DQ6 is probably a lock for million seller status, but we'll see about the other two...."?
Mithos Yggdrasill said:
This idea never made sense. The logic of going multiplatform on PS3 and 360 is that the platforms are very similar yet disjoint -- plenty of people only own one or the other, so releasing for both helps you hit a wider market of potential buyers.
The market of people who own a PSP, but don't own a DS, is definitely not large enough for anyone to go after. There's very little reason to ever release a PSP/DS day-and-date multiplatform game unless it's part of a "hit every platform under the sun" burst like Puzzle Quest.
Pureauthor
Member
toypop said:
Well slap me with a rubber chicken and coat my right hand in honey!
Awesome, awesome sales.
Culex said:
I'd imagine that DQV sales are going to be frontloaded like every big rpg release, so I'm guessing 600k for the week.
Also, the DS is going to get a negligible bump from DQV if any. Mario Kart Wii failed to raise Wii sales despite the fact that it debuted at over 600k because it was largely selling to a crowd of Nintendo fans who already owned a Wii (at least that first week). DQV is being released for a system that has sold over 22M units and has already seen two Dragon Quest games break 1M+. DQV's target audience already owns a DS.
NintendosBooger
Member
Where's the guy in charge of keeping track of the DS million sellers? Someone needs to tell him to get ready to make a new entry to the list.
Pureauthor
Member
NintendosBooger said:
'That guy' has left GAF, although I'm sure a few of the venerable Sales-Agers could whip something up with a bit of effort.
slaughterking
Member
Captain Smoker did something similar on page 3:NintendosBooger said:
Captain Smoker said:Nice numbers for Dragon Quest V.
Should be the next million seller on the DS.
Number of million sellers per platform in Japan:
NES: 40 [16 3rd Party]
SNES: 28 [18 3rd Party]
NDS: 22 [6 3rd Party]*
PSX: 19 [15 3rd Party]
PS2: 17 [14 3rd Party]
GB/C: 17 [5 3rd Party]
Wii: 5 [0 3rd Party]**
N64: 5 [0 3rd Party]
GBA: 4 [0 3rd Party]
PSP: 2 [2 3rd Party]
Cube: 1 [0 3rd Party]
Saturn: 1 [0 3rd Party]
_________________________________
* with Dragon Quest V
** without Wii Play
Pureauthor
Member
kswiston said:
It's already started out better than DQIVDS, which broke a million, and we've no reason to suggest it's going to be any more frontloaded than DQIVDS.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Yeah, but apparently it sucks, which trumps all other factors.iidesuyo said:
charlequin
Banned
Jammy said:
Dragon Quest IV hung on in the top fifty until halfway through March. The holiday had nothing to do with its lifetime performance.
Mithos Yggdrasill said:
DS and PSP versions of the same game pretty much imply two drastically different games with the same name, given the difference in hardware between the two.
It's one thing to make FF13 for both 360 and PS3, but if S-E decided to port DQ9 to PSP, they might as well just recreate it from ground up and call it DQ9-2 or something.
Also :lol @ the games selling well. Most PSP owners are using custom firmware and downloading games for free, or they're just not buying games and using their PSPs for everything else that a PSP can do. Monster Hunter is like the only PSP game that people are bothering to actually buy/own.
Captain Smoker
Member
Yes.slaughterking said:
And here are all DS million sellers if you´re interested @ NintendosBooger:
Code:
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 5.511.000
New Super Mario Bros. 5.221.000
Brain Age 2 4.897.082
Animal Crossing 4.679.907
Brain Age 3.689.161
Mario Kart DS 3.126.000
English Training 2.082.968
Nintendogs 1.777.272
Mario Party DS 1.730.191
General Knowledge Training 1.538.618
Big Brain Academy 1.492.095
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 1.458.149
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 1.392.972
Tetris DS 1.232.061
Dragon Quest IV 1.201.771
WarioWare: Touched! 1.136.255
Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 1.110.046
Super Mario 64 DS 1.069.060
Hoshi no Kirby DS 1.060.257
Love & Berry DS 1.039.669
Final Fantasy III 1.008.230
[B]Total: [/B]47.453.764NintendosBooger
Member
Captain Smoker said:Yes.
And here are all DS million sellers if you´re interested @ NintendosBooger:
Code:Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 5.511.000 New Super Mario Bros. 5.221.000 Brain Age 2 4.897.082 Animal Crossing 4.679.907 Brain Age 3.689.161 Mario Kart DS 3.126.000 English Training 2.082.968 Nintendogs 1.777.272 Mario Party DS 1.730.191 General Knowledge Training 1.538.618 Big Brain Academy 1.492.095 Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 1.458.149 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 1.392.972 Tetris DS 1.232.061 Dragon Quest IV 1.201.771 WarioWare: Touched! 1.136.255 Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 1.110.046 Super Mario 64 DS 1.069.060 Hoshi no Kirby DS 1.060.257 Love & Berry DS 1.039.669 Final Fantasy III 1.008.230 [B]Total: [/B]47.453.764
Thanks, Captain. *salutes*
Pureauthor
Member
Spiegel said:
Facts generally have evidence backing up said fact. I request evidence of said fact.
dead souls
Member
Spiegel said:
I think you must define well differently than I do.
Games have definitely been selling better with the release of the PSP Slim/MHP2, no doubt about that.
But fact of the matter is, the PSP software situation went from "awful" to "barely adequate".
There have been a few noteworthy successes, like the SO titles.
But really, they're still so few and far apart, that it's kind of difficult to notice the improvement.
It doesn't help that there are fewer games being released for it (at least it seems that way, I can't be too sure).
But fact of the matter is, the PSP software situation went from "awful" to "barely adequate".
There have been a few noteworthy successes, like the SO titles.
But really, they're still so few and far apart, that it's kind of difficult to notice the improvement.
It doesn't help that there are fewer games being released for it (at least it seems that way, I can't be too sure).
Just one page ago it was noted that Gundam Battle Universe sold twice as good as the predecessor first day. Then there was the new Jikkyou Mobile, which did better than the last iteration. Same with other games recently released. So yes, the situation has gotten better.
Now THAT is the main problem which results from the fact that PSP sales were mediocre before. Those companies who sticked with the PSP and continued development get some good results now.
Now THAT is the main problem which results from the fact that PSP sales were mediocre before. Those companies who sticked with the PSP and continued development get some good results now.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Jammy said:
Dragon Quest makes its own holidays.
That's the point. The games that are coming out since then are selling pretty well.
Monster Hunter Portable 2G, MGS: PO+ (shitty online expansion), Crisis Core, Star Ocean, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3, the Gundam Games, PES 2008 (late port), Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida (unknown game with great legs).
Imo, you could say only Tales of Rebirth (a port) sold below expectations in the last months .
Of course everyone knows psp isn't setting the charts on fire but saying that only MH sells is false. Psp games aren't selling bad or GREAT, they're doing well.
Monster Hunter Portable 2G, MGS: PO+ (shitty online expansion), Crisis Core, Star Ocean, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3, the Gundam Games, PES 2008 (late port), Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida (unknown game with great legs).
Imo, you could say only Tales of Rebirth (a port) sold below expectations in the last months .
Of course everyone knows psp isn't setting the charts on fire but saying that only MH sells is false. Psp games aren't selling bad or GREAT, they're doing well.
Stumpokapow
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Grecco said:
Strikers actually had quite commendable off-chart growth so it wasn't as much of a bomba as you might expect--and the US version did very well.
On the other hand Wii Mario Baseball is both a) a sub-par game, and b) a sub-par sequel. If anything, I'd like to think bad buzz and no retail support would cause it to bomb.
RpgN
Junior Member
Spiegel said:
Exactly. Phantasy Star Portable should be released soon. Here's hoping for some good sales.
Psp is really put in an awkward tight spot. Where hope is giving up on it, software sales are improving. Sales are decent and steady, but it's too late now it seems. KH and FFD are the only high profile games left.
PS4 is doing great on the ps2. Atlus did a smart choice after all. When the game was first announced I was surprised.
Phife Dawg
Member
SO and PES both did rather poorly I thought. SO saw a decline from the first one and while PES saw a small bump from the version before, that one saw a steep decline from the first PSP version. Then again I also thought the Wii version, while doing better than I expected, was also a long shot from doing well, and that had a whole lot more going against it.Spiegel said:
Games that didn't do too hot: that Tales game, GTA, HSG, Coded Soul, Musou, Echocrome, Patapon, SH (although that was on it's way down anyways) and probably some obscure and not so obscure titles I forgot.
MH, CC and PowaPuro did very well on different levels. In the end it depends on what your criteria for doing well is of course. I always said PSP does well enough in its own right, if there wasn't any money to be made we wouldn't see any releases at all.
Stumpokapow
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Tron 2.0 said:
would
iidesuyo said:
niché ís nót á wórd.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
iidesuyo said:
apple+e followed by the character that you want to type.
Rocksteady33
Junior Member
iidesuyo said:
I'm pretty sure you hold ALT and then press 1003 or something on the right number pad.
Man it's embarassing I know that, I used to be such a loser when it came to Pokemon back in the day....
edit - Nevermind its ALT 0233. I'm an idiot.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Busy times the last few days, so haven't updated Garaph with the latest Famitsu software yet. But a few looks at non-recent data are pretty quick to do.
I think that's fair to say. More than doubling first week sales is out of the ordinary for big-name RPGs. However, I believe Joker was pretty supply constrained (notice its line getting flatter than popping back up) and IV releasing in late November allowed it to still be a fresh new game when the real holiday peak time kicked in. We'll see how V stacks up.Busaiku said:
Japan-Game Charts's million seller list has PS1 Dragon Quest IV at about 1.2 million. However, PS2 Dragon Quest V sold more than 1 million its first week and eventually ended up past 1.6 million. Doesn't sound extremely limited.Yaweee said:
I use ALT + 130. Thanks to Pokémon it's the only nonstandard character I use frequently enough to not need Character Map.Rocksteady33 said:
Phife Dawg
Member
Touché :lol .iidesuyo said:
Not really though, since when are puzzle games niche?