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Media Create Sales: Week 40, 2013 (Sep 30 - Oct 06)

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That1BlackGuy

Member
Great for PSP passing 20mil (wasn't sure last week with the numbers but it looks concrete here).

Vita and WiiU sales are just sad, same shit new week as it were; don't know what the hell happened in Japan but they're going to keep falling further into global irrelevancy with such a monopolistic landscape.
 
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airmangataosenai

Member
Retail release of MH4 is now trailing MHP3 by over 1 million units and the gap is only increasing. Of course it's holiday versus not and download sales make up some of the difference, but not the full amount.

Wii U hitting a new low is pretty scary. I thought it was dropping because of an incoming price drop but I found out that it wasn't happening in Japan. With nothing in sight to reverse course the floor's the limit. At least Vita has the excuse of the new model hitting tomorrow so possibly people were just holding off the way they did for the PS3 the week before the PS3 Slim.
 
Sylverstone14

Sylverstone14

Member
Yanikun said:
People dying in front of our eyes? A bit in bad taste, I think.
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Alright, alright, I got ya. Better GIF?
q4YOGpF.gif


(I should stay off GAF today.)
 
A

Aquamarine

Member
Wii U Top 11 Lowest Weeks:

Code: 
[B][U]No. Weeks on Market	Week No.		Year		Sales		LTD[/U][/B]
[b]Week 44			40 out of 52		2013		3,853		1,075,155[/b]
Week 29			25 out of 52		2013		4,236		949,847
Week 27			23 out of 52		2013		4,549		940,580
Week 41			37 out of 52		2013		4,842		1,060,595
Week 28			24 out of 52		2013		5,031		945,611
Week 40			36 out of 52		2013		5,054		1,055,753
Week 42			38 out of 52		2013		5,147		1,065,742
Week 25			21 out of 52		2013		5,536		930,362
Week 43			39 out of 52		2013		5,560		1,071,302
Week 26			22 out of 52		2013		5,669		936,031
Week 30			26 out of 52		2013		5,846		955,693

In 44 weeks on being on the market, the Wii U has had:

11 weeks below 6,000 (25%)

4 weeks below 5,000 (9%)

1 week below 4,000 (2%)
 
S

schuelma

Wastes hours checking old Famitsu software data, but that's why we love him.
airmangataosenai said:
Retail release of MH4 is now trailing MHP3 by over 1 million units and the gap is only increasing. Of course it's holiday versus not and download sales make up some of the difference, but not the full amount.
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You can only sell what you ship.
 
E

Exterminieren

Banned
The storm arrives soon. Do we have any updated preorder stats? I want to see if Black and White are catchable.

That 99.6% sellthrough for Monster Hunter is insanity.

Mr Swine said:
I expect the new Vita model to sell more than 100k next week with that big game everyone is talking about. But I think sales will be back at 15k after a few weeks :/
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Ahahaha, nope.
 
P

Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Nintendo seemed to make every possible mistake with Wii U and it shows in sales. Next mistake: not getting Mario Kart 8 out by the holidays.

At least they have 3DS booming now.
 
C

chadboban

Member
airmangataosenai said:
Retail release of MH4 is now trailing MHP3 by over 1 million units and the gap is only increasing. Of course it's holiday versus not and download sales make up some of the difference, but not the full amount.
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MH4 has pretty much sold 99% of it's inventory, seems capcom really underestimated demand for the game.
 
M

maabus1999

Member
Well, the total sales for MH4 this week is very close to the hardware sales of the 3DS this week.

Safe to say MH4 is probably driving the train at this time. What a hardware seller.
 
M

marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
Nintendo needs to work on a killer app that will give 3DS owners a strong incentive to buy a Wii U. I assume they are on it, but the sooner, the better.
 
L

LOCK

Member
I don't understand the Vita and Wii U hyperbole, their low sales are explainable.

Either way next week will be one of the biggest weeks in Japan in a long time.
 
M

michaelius

Banned
I don't get why anyone would want new Vita instead of OLED one but i guess Japan wasn't ever too interested in picture quality.
 
L

liger05

Member
How low will Wii U go before the bundles. Under 2k? That’s crazy!!

The thing is a 3DS with the MH4 & Pokemon 1 -2 combo is just as much a problem for Nintendo in the sense something else people can spend their money on rather than a Wii U.

The Wii U is in such a bad spot and I just don’t see a way out of the hole its dug itself into.
 
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Aquamarine

Member
Epic Mickey for 3DS, with a horrid 20-40% second-week sellthrough and only 2,905 sold on its second week, is overall quite a disappointment for Spike Chunsoft and Disney.

You would think after the success that was Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life that Disney games would be more popular, but it appears to be on a game-by-game basis.
 
U

urfe

Member
(Mentioned this in other thread)

I am buying a Wii U Oct 31, and I am not alone. Gonna be a crazy Wii U week, and I hope it turns things around.

Honestly, anyone buying a Wii U now is dumb.
 
N

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
To be honest I don't expect the new Vita or the Wii U bundles to do much, especially beyond the first 1-2 weeks.
 
Z

zroid

Banned
Foshy said:
Or that the Wii U would be tracking below Vita's 2012 numbers.

Insane.
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Eh in 2009, it was probably fair to assume both PSP and Wii successors would sell as well as them. No reason to think it should be surprising for Vita to outsell Wii U, in that case.
 
B

BadWolf

Member
WiiU numbers are terribad.

Vita numbers are expected since the revision of the system is right around the corner.
 
W

watershed

Banned
I guess Level 5 must be happy with Youkai Watch Becoming a bit of a mainstay on the charts. And 3ds hardware sales for this year are finally catching up to last year's to date total. Pokemon and the holidays should put it over the top.
 
Bruno MB

Bruno MB

Member
So far this is a comparison between the amount of copies Capcom managed to ship for Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and Monster Hunter 4.
Code: 
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|    |  [B]MH Portable 3rd[/B]  |  [B]Monster Hunter 4[/B] |  [B]Difference[/B]  |
|    | [PSP] (2010.12.01)| [3DS] (2013.09.14)|              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   | MHP3rd - MH4 |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|  1 |2.146.467|2.146.467|1.875.115|1.875.115|      -271.352|
|  2 |  514.198|2.660.665|  432.286|2.307.401|      -353.264|
|  3 |  434.837|3.095.502|  234.713|2.542.114|      -553.388|  
|  4 |  385.487|3.480.989|  164.593|2.706.707|      -774.282| 
|  5 |  317.471|3.798.460|         |         |              |  
|  6 |  155.839|3.954.299|         |         |              |  
|  7 |   80.703|4.035.002|         |         |              |  
|  8 |   56.450|4.091.452|         |         |              |  
|  9 |   39.453|4.130.905|         |         |              | 
| 10 |   32.655|4.163.560|         |         |              |
| 11 |  104.900|4.268.460|         |         |              |
| 12 |   26.865|4.295.325|         |         |              |
| 13 |   20.594|4.315.919|         |         |              |
| 14 |   16.912|4.332.831|         |         |              |
| 15 |   13.981|4.346.722|         |         |              |
| 16 |   11.924|4.358.646|         |         |              |
| 17 |   13.536|4.372.182|         |         |              |
| 18 |   12.946|4.385.128|         |         |              |
| 19 |    9.589|4.394.171|         |         |              |
| 20 |    6.246|4.400.963|         |         |              |
| 21 |    5.929|4.406.892|         |         |              |
| 22 |    7.442|4.414.334|         |         |              |
| 23 |    7.381|4.421.175|         |         |              |
| 24 |    3.844|4.425.599|         |         |              |
| 25 |    3.766|4.429.365|         |         |              |
| 26 |    4.360|4.433.725|         |         |              |
| 27 |    4.170|4.437.895|         |         |              |
| 28 |    3.856|4.441.751|         |         |              |
| 29 |    3.796|4.445.547|         |         |              |
| 30 |    3.711|4.449.258|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Year|   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |  Difference  |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|  1 |3.480.989|3.480.989|2.706.707|2.706.707|      -774.282|
|  2 |1.024.457|4.502.446|        -|        -|             -|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| LTD|        -|4.502.446|        -|2.706.707|    -1.795.739|     
-------------------------------------------------------------

[PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 2.146.467 / 4.502.446
[PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) (Capcom) {2011.09.22} - 15.113 / 324.206

Total - 4.826.665

[3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom) {2013.09.14} - 1.875.115 / 2.706.707
 
Y

Yanikun

Banned
Aquamarine said:
Epic Mickey for 3DS, with a horrid 20-40% second-week sellthrough and only 2,905 sold on its second week, is overall quite a disappointment for Spike Chunsoft and Disney.

You would think after the success that was Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life that Disney games would be more popular, but it appears to be on a game-by-game basis.
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Even in Japan, GBA games are still a hard sell in 2013.
 
D

DaBoss

Member
Colors is the only reason one would hold out for the new Vita. And the OG Vita already has lots of colors in Japan.

Aquamarine said:
Epic Mickey for 3DS, with a horrid 20-40% second-week sellthrough and only 2,905 sold on its second week, is overall quite a disappointment for Spike Chunsoft and Disney.

You would think after the success that was Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life that Disney games would be more popular, but it appears to be on a game-by-game basis.
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It was a terrible game. Japan gladly didn't fall for it.
 
L

LordOcidax

Member
Looks like people forgot that a super Wii U bundle is on the way in Japan. So i expect even lower sales in the upcoming weeks.
 
Z

zroid

Banned
Bruno MB said:
So far this is a comparison between the amount of copies Capcom managed to ship for Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and Monster Hunter 4.
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Heat wave making it tough to manufacture those carts.
First and last heat wave comment, I promise.
 
A

Aquamarine

Member
LOCK said:
I don't understand the Vita and Wii U hyperbole, their low sales are explainable.

Either way next week will be one of the biggest weeks in Japan in a long time.
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This is tracking September 30th through October 6th.

The new bundles are on October 31st. Yes part of the sales decline is due to people being aware of the Wii U's upcoming bundles, but the rest is due to sales naturally slowing to a crawl.
 
S

saichi

Member
Gianni Merryman said:
That may happen in early 2014.
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joke?

Mr Swine said:
I expect the new Vita model to sell more than 100k next week with that big game everyone is talking about. But I think sales will be back at 15k after a few weeks :/
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another joke?

EDIT:
The Abominable Snowman said:
Hmm, the Vita currently has a set price of 19980 yen, right? So the Vita 2000 comes in slightly cheaper at 18980, which is about a $20-25$ price cut. Does that count?
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I want to live in the world where 1000 yen is about $20-$25.
 
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