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PAL Charts - Week 30, 2010

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dabra

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Many many thanks to Raist, felipeko, BishopLamont and dabra for taking their time doing it every week!
Thanks to Captain Smoker, Frankfurter, test_account, donny2112 , Phife Dawg, tiong_fi, sensi97, 830920, Verve and Dash Kappei for their contribution.

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UK:

Originally Posted by Chart-Track:

02/Aug/2010

After 12 years in the making, Activision Blizzard’s real-time strategy sequel ‘Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty’ flies in at No1, which is the first PC exclusive to hit the All Formats top spot this year.

The original game debuted at No24 in the All Formats Chart back in 1998 and wasn’t even the highest selling PC game that week (Lucasarts’ Star Wars Supremacy was). In fact the sequel has sold more this week than the original’s entire UK lifetime sales (only boxed product is accounted for). With no other new entries this week we see Disney’s ‘Toy Story 3’ (-8%), Rockstar/Take2’s ‘Red Dead Redemption’ (-8%), Ubisoft’s ‘Dance on Broadway’ (-11%) and Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4’ (-10%) all slide down a place to No2, No3, No4 and No5 respectively. Ubisoft’s other dance title in this week’s chart, ‘Just Dance’ (+26%), is up two places to No6 followed by last week’s new entry ‘Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies’ (+27%) which is also up two places to No7.

Activsion Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ (+37%) again battles it’s way into the top ten at No8 and Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario Galaxy 2’ (-5%) is at No9. Rounding off the chart this week sees a return to the top 10 for another popular FPS, EA’s ‘Battlefield: Bad Company 2’ (+33%).
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Week 30, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (__) PC Starcraft Ii: Wings Of Liberty (Activision Blizzard)
02 (01) WII Dance On Broadway (Ubisoft)
03 (03) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
04 (04) NDS Dragon Quest Ix: Sentinels Starry Skies (Nintendo)
05 (02) WII Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
06 (07) NDS Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
07 (05) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
08 (08) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
09 (11) WII Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
10 (09) PS3 Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
11 (12) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
12 (28) PS3 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
13 (13) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
14 (06) 360 Crackdown 2 (Microsoft)
15 (17) 360 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
16 (10) 360 Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
17 (16) 360 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
18 (20) 360 Sniper: Ghost Warrior (City Interactive)
19 (__) 360 Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts)
20 (25) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
21 (31) 360 Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
22 (30) 360 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
23 (18) WII Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
24 (14) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11 (Electronic Arts)
25 (__) PS3 Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft)
26 (15) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11 (Electronic Arts)
27 (23) NDS Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
28 (27) PC Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
29 (22) 360 Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
30 (38) PS3 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
31 (19) 360 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
32 (29) NDS Club Penguin: Herbert's Revenge (Disney Interactive Studios)
33 (36) PC The Sims 3: Ambitions (Electronic Arts)
34 (32) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
35 (21) 360 Alan Wake (Microsoft)
36 (__) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
37 (26) WII Pokepark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (Nintendo)
38 (35) NDS Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
39 (37) 360 Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft)
40 (39) PS3 Bioshock 2 (Take 2)


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Ireland:
Week 30, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
02 (__) Starcraft Ii: Wings Of Liberty (Activision Blizzard)
03 (03) Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
04 (07) Dragon Quest Ix: Sentinels Starry Skies (Nintendo)
05 (05) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
06 (02) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11 (Electronic Arts)
07 (04) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
08 (08) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
09 (06) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
10 (17) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
11 (10) Dance On Broadway (Ubisoft)
12 (15) Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
13 (__) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
14 (11) Just Cause 2 (Square Enix Europe)
15 (12) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
16 (__) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17 (__) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
18 (__) Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
19 (__) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
20 (14) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)


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Denmark:
Week 30, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) Starcraft Ii: Wings Of Liberty (Activision Blizzard)
02 (01) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
03 (11) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
04 (03) Red Dead Redemption (K.e. Media)
05 (06) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
06 (__) Madagascar: Kartz (Activision Blizzard)
07 (02) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Pan Vision)
08 (05) Pro Cycling Manager 2010: Tour De France (Focus Home Interactive)
09 (04) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
10 (09) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
11 (08) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
12 (07) The Sims 3: Ambitions (Electronic Arts)
13 (12) Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
14 (14) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
15 (10) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (K.e. Media)
16 (13) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
17 (15) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
18 (19) Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
19 (17) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
20 (20) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)


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Netherlands:
Week 30, 2010

01 (__) [PC] Starcraft II: Wings Of Liberty (Activision Blizzard)
02 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
03 (02) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
04 (07) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05 (05) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
06 (03) [360] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
07 (04) [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
08 (06) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
09 (08) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
10 (__) [WII] Pokepark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (Nintendo)


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France:
Week 29, 2010

01 (__) [NDS] Dragon Quest Ix: Sentinels Starry Skies (Nintendo)
02 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
03 (02) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
04 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
05 (03) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)


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dabra

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Spain :



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Italy :



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Norway:



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Finland:
Week 29 + 30, 2010

01 (__) Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Activision-Blizzard)
02 (01) Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
03 (02) LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros.)
04 (06) Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision-Blizzard)
06 (05) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
07 (03) FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
09 (10) Grand Theft Auto Episodes From Liberty City (Take 2)
10 (08) 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)


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Sweden :
Week 30, 2010

01 (__) [PC] Starcraft II: Wings Of Liberty
02 (01) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
03 (03) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption
04 (02) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2
05 (05) [360] Red Dead Redemption
06 (04) [PC] The Sims 3: Ambitions
07 (06) [PC] Kalle Kunskap Jubileumsbox
08 (09) [PC] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
09 (__) [360] FIFA 10
10 (10) [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii
11 (08) [PC] The Sims 3
12 (07) [PS3] FIFA 10
13 (17) [360] Battlefield: Bad Company 2
14 (__) [PS3] Battlefield: Bad Company 2
15 (11) [PC] Battlefield: Bad Company 2
16 (15) [NDS] Mario Kart DS
17 (18) [360] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
18 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii
19 (12) [WII] Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
20 (__) [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2


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Germany :
Week 30, 2010


01 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2
02 (02) [NDS] Dragon Quest IX
03 (03) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption
04 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver
05 (07) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
06 (05) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold
07 (06) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
08 (__) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto 4
09 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii
10 (__) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board



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Australia :



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Empty

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holy crap at dragon quest. i wonder how it'll do in NPD, assuming the marketing blitz over here was employed in the US too.
 
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Johann

Member
farnham said:
why is NSMBWii so unpopular in the UK ?
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The nostalgia of Super Mario Bros. has a lot of to do with NSMB Wii's sales. In fact, Nintendo showed footage of SMB1 and SMB3 in NSMB Wii commercials in Japan. The NES in Europe didn't have anywhere near the success it did in North America or Japan which limited the nostalgia effect. You can see that many new IPs on Nintendo consoles have found more success than traditional Nintendo over the past two years in some European markets.

And they like Sonic more.
 
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farnham

Banned
Johann said:
The nostalgia of Super Mario Bros. has a lot of to do with NSMB Wii's sales. In fact, Nintendo showed footage of SMB1 and SMB3 in NSMB Wii commercials in Japan. The NES in Europe didn't have anywhere near the success it did in North America or Japan which limited the nostalgia effect. You can see that many new IPs on Nintendo consoles have found more success than traditional Nintendo over the past two years in some European markets.

And they like Sonic more.
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yeah but the game fared a lot better in germany or france
 
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Cosmonaut X

Member
farnham said:
yeah but the game fared a lot better in germany or france
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 came out and seems to be killing it, much like it did in Japan - that, plus continued TV ads keeping it front and centre.
 
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nli10

Member
slaughterking said:
DQIX's sales even grew. Very pleasing.
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Yup - it's behaving like a TV advertised casual game, not a niche product relying on pre-orders like it's predecessors did.

I'm loving it!
 
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nli10

Member
Nuclear Muffin said:
Dragon Quest is doing spectacularly well. Looks like the franchise is finally going mainstream :D
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Week 3 is the ultimate test for casual DS games. Week 1 is the pre-orders and core gamers. Week 2 the casual gamer vanguard spots it and responds to the adverts. After that the word of mouth and general appeal of the title takes over.

As it's been selling out in a few places I expect it to be doing OK next week. I'm about 15 hours in.
 
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dabra

Member
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Finland:
Week 29 + 30, 2010

01 (__) Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Activision-Blizzard)
02 (01) Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
03 (02) LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros.)
04 (06) Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision-Blizzard)
06 (05) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
07 (03) FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts)
08 (07) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
09 (10) Grand Theft Auto Episodes From Liberty City (Take 2)
10 (08) 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)


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Ireland:
Week 30, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (01) Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
02 (__) Starcraft Ii: Wings Of Liberty (Activision Blizzard)
03 (03) Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
04 (07) Dragon Quest Ix: Sentinels Starry Skies (Nintendo)
05 (05) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
06 (02) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11 (Electronic Arts)
07 (04) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
08 (08) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
09 (06) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
10 (17) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
11 (10) Dance On Broadway (Ubisoft)
12 (15) Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
13 (__) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
14 (11) Just Cause 2 (Square Enix Europe)
15 (12) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
16 (__) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17 (__) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
18 (__) Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
19 (__) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
20 (14) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)


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Denmark:
Week 30, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (__) Starcraft Ii: Wings Of Liberty (Activision Blizzard)
02 (01) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
03 (11) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
04 (03) Red Dead Redemption (K.e. Media)
05 (06) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
06 (__) Madagascar: Kartz (Activision Blizzard)
07 (02) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Pan Vision)
08 (05) Pro Cycling Manager 2010: Tour De France (Focus Home Interactive)
09 (04) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
10 (09) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
11 (08) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
12 (07) The Sims 3: Ambitions (Electronic Arts)
13 (12) Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
14 (14) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
15 (10) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (K.e. Media)
16 (13) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
17 (15) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
18 (19) Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
19 (17) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
20 (20) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

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France:
Week 29, 2010

01 (__) [NDS] Dragon Quest Ix: Sentinels Starry Skies (Nintendo)
02 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
03 (02) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
04 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
05 (03) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)



Road said:
ELSPA Sales Awards for JULY, 2010:

SILVER - 100,000 copies
[PSP] NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER ( EA )
[360] THE DARKNESS ( TAKE 2 )
[WII] CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ( ACTIVISION BLIZZARD )


GOLD - 200,000
[WII] SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 ( NINTENDO )
[360] BURNOUT PARADISE ( EA )
[PS3] BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 ( EA )
[360] TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: ADVANCED WARFIGHTER 2 ( UBISOFT )


PLATINUM - 300,000
[WII] EA SPORTS ACTIVE ( EA )
[PS3] RESISTANCE 2 ( SONY )
[PC] *DRIVING TEST SUCCESS ALL TESTS 2008/09 ( FOCUS MULTIMEDIA )



DOUBLE PLATINUM - 600,000
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DIAMOND - 1,000,000
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June, 2010
May, 2010
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state_vector_collapse

Member
DQ 9 is doing amazingly well. But I do wonder how many casual DS owners bought it after seeing the commercials, and then have realised it might not actually be quite the game they imagined. Showing the character creation thing might just have duped a fair few people I reckon.
 
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Cosmonaut X

Member
state_vector_collapse said:
DQ 9 is doing amazingly well. But I do wonder how many casual DS owners bought it after seeing the commercials, and then have realised it might not actually be quite the game they imagined. Showing the character creation thing might just have duped a fair few people I reckon.
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We'll see in the next week or two if it collapses - if the performance so far is thanks to "misleading" ads then I'd expect sales to drop off sharply.
 
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Kilrogg

paid requisite penance
First we had Super Mario Galaxy at the top for months. Then we had Dragon Quest IX.

France is earning a lot of GAF cred :p.
 
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AdventureRacing

Member
This might be a very stupid question but is there a chance that DQ could outsell FF worldwide for the first time? (i don't think it's happened before but i don't know)

state_vector_collapse said:
DQ 9 is doing amazingly well. But I do wonder how many casual DS owners bought it after seeing the commercials, and then have realised it might not actually be quite the game they imagined. Showing the character creation thing might just have duped a fair few people I reckon.
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Considering the amount of shovelware that gets moved on the DS i am guessing being duped into a game of DQ's standard might not be to bad.
 
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slaughterking

Member
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Germany :
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01 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2
02 (02) [NDS] Dragon Quest IX
03 (03) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption
04 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver
05 (07) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
06 (05) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold
07 (06) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
08 (__) [PS3] Grand Theft Auto 4
09 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii
10 (__) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board


DQ launched at #2 in Germany and held its position in week 2.
 
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Magicpaint

Member
Great DQIX performance. Should easily beat VIII's sales in Europe which would be fantastic for the franchise.

Why do people keep saying Mario is unpopular in the UK? I thought NSMB DS sold over a million? Not many games reach that figure in UK. Then you have Mario Kart Wii and DS also achieving that. Look at how Galaxy 2 is staying afloat. Mario is plenty popular in UK, at least this gen.
 
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Kilrogg

paid requisite penance
Magicpaint said:
Great DQIX performance. Should easily beat VIII's sales in Europe which would be fantastic for the franchise.

Why do people keep saying Mario is unpopular in the UK? I thought NSMB DS sold over a million? Not many games reach that figure in UK. Then you have Mario Kart Wii and DS also achieving that. Look at how Galaxy 2 is staying afloat. Mario is plenty popular in UK, at least this gen.
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Because Mario is less popular over here. Not just in the UK, but in Europe altogether. If JoshuaJSlone is around, I'm sure he can demonstrate that with telling figures. I'm not sure I remember correctly, but I think the best-selling Nintendo home console in Europe sold around 8 million units, a far cry from the Wii (3 times more units). Don't know about the Gameboy and GBA though.

Nintendo's efforts to penetrate markets back in the 80s in 90s were mostly limited to the US. Europe got the short hand of the stick. I'm sure there were reasons for that, but I can't remember any of them, apart maybe from lawsuits. And gaming computers being more prominent in Europe at the time.

This doesn't mean that Mario isn't popular — heck, it's still Mario —, but Super Mario Bros. is ingrained in less people's memories here than in Japan and the US. I think Mario Kart is more popular than 2D Mario at this point.
 
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Oxx

Member
Very encouraging for DQIX.

Did Square Enix ever state their expectations for sales outside Japan? Or have they been keeping quiet since Nintendo took over publishing and distribution?

It will be interesting to see how well the price holds up in the long-run. So many of SE's DS RPGs have had massive price collapses.
 
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farnham

Banned
Kilrogg said:
Because Mario is less popular over here. Not just in the UK, but in Europe altogether. If JoshuaJSlone is around, I'm sure he can demonstrate that with telling figures. I'm not sure I remember correctly, but I think the best-selling Nintendo home console in Europe sold around 8 million units, a far cry from the Wii (3 times more units). Don't know about the Gameboy and GBA though.

Nintendo's efforts to penetrate markets back in the 80s in 90s were mostly limited to the US. Europe got the short hand of the stick. I'm sure there were reasons for that, but I can't remember any of them, apart maybe from lawsuits. And gaming computers being more prominent in Europe at the time.

This doesn't mean that Mario isn't popular — heck, it's still Mario —, but Super Mario Bros. is ingrained in less people's memories here than in Japan and the US. I think Mario Kart is more popular than 2D Mario at this point.
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if you look at German or French Charts (No. 2 and 3 markets after UK) Mario games tend to be up there in the Top 10 and stay there for a long time

not so in the UK market
 
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Kilrogg

paid requisite penance
Yeah, my bad, I was exaggerating.

For some reason France and the Netherlands really like 3D Mario in particular. I wonder how NSMB Wii compares in those countries.
 
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Johann

Member
farnham said:
if you look at German or French Charts (No. 2 and 3 markets after UK) Mario games tend to be up there in the Top 10 and stay there for a long time

not so in the UK market
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France has been very receptive to Japanese culture and videogames. A lot Japanese games that failed to make an impact in other European nations, especially JRPGs, performed well in France. Germany was one of the few countries in which the Gamecube was not a total disaster. Mario is popular through the GBA ports of 2D Mario and through Mario Kart: Double Dash.
 
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Mael

Member
MYE said:
France and Germany say hi.

edit: beaten
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Mario wasn't so hot before the n64?
I don't know but seriously we seem to love Mario games and not make that much difference between 2d sidescroller and 3d starfinder....
If you ask me I prefer the sidescroller though >.>

France has been very receptive to Japanese culture and videogames. A lot Japanese games that failed to make an impact in other European nations, especially JRPGs, performed well in France. Germany was one of the few countries in which the Gamecube was not a total disaster. Mario is popular through the GBA ports of 2D Mario and through Mario Kart: Double Dash.
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as a side not, nobody cared about Smash before Brawl here, and I mean not to the extent of Mario Kart.
By that I mean they actually made Mario Kart tourney in France while the fighter scene was devoid of the plumber before Brawl (if that one is even used now)
Mario Kart is VERY popular.
Also France is indeed VERY receptive to Japanese culture in general since a long time now, after all it's one of the country were manga make some big numbers (with a very diverse market to boot, something like 5 major publishers and a multitude of smaller ones that thrive or die).
But it's still irrelevant as Mario is not really seen as a japanese product anyway.
 
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Lagspike_exe

Member
I like how Starcraft 2 sold more in first week than the 1st one in the entire lifetime. :lol

It also seems that Resistance 2 broke 300k in UK... Not bad.
 
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CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
It's always funny when old games get ELSPA sales awards. I just imagine they must have been teetering about 10 copies away for months or something.
 
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Road

Member
UK All-Formats chart, since 1996.

Most weeks in the Top 40:
261 - Rayman
239 - Worms
190 - Brain Training
178 - Grand Theft Auto
172 - Theme Park
169 - New Super Mario Bros.
167 - Tomb Raider 2
160 - The Sims 2
159 - Wii Play
156 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run



Most weeks at no. 1:
18 - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
16 - Wii Fit
11 - FIFA Soccer '96
11 - FIFA Road to the World Cup '98
10 - GTA: Vice City
10 - Need for Speed: Most Wanted
10 - Tomb Raider
10 - FIFA '07
10 - Pokemon Yellow
10 - Medal of Honor: Frontline
10 - Need for Speed: Underground 2
09 - FIFA 2000
09 - V-Rally
09 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2


More here: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-04-uk-chart-rayman-spent-5-years-there
 
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Cosmonaut X

Member
cw_sasuke said:
DQ keeps selling :D
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...as does Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Nintendo and SE must be over the moon with Dragon Quest, assuming the absolute numbers are as good as the position and hold it's having.
 
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