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[PranooY]

Home Consoles:

1998.11.27 [Sega Dreamcast] (¥29.800) - 101.490 (3 days)
2000.03.04 [Sony PlayStation 2] (¥39.800) - 630.552 (2 days)
2001.09.14 [Nintendo GameCube] (¥25.000) - 133.719 (3 days)
2002.02.22 [Microsoft XBox] (¥34.800) - 123.929 (3 days)
2005.12.10 [Microsoft XBox 360] (¥29.000 / ¥39.795) - 62.135 (2 days)
2006.11.11 [Sony PlayStation 3] (¥49.980 / ¥59.980) - 88.443 (2 days)
2006.12.02 [Nintendo Wii] (¥25.000) - 371.936 (2 days)
2012.12.08 [Nintendo Wii U] (¥26.250 / ¥31.500) - 308.570 (2 days)
2014.02.22 [Sony PlayStation 4] (¥41.979 / ¥46.179)- 322.083 (2 days)
2014.09.04 [Microsoft XBox One] (¥43.178 / ¥53.978) - 23,562 (4 days)

Ok now, that is bad.

 

[Loudninja]

This is bad even by Xbox standards.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Guess we now know which plattform DQ11 will end up on - congrats MS !!

 

[Aquamarine]

Comes from Famitsu. It sold 23 562 units during launch week.

Software:

1) TitanFall : 22 416*
2) Kinect Sport Rivals : 14 919**
3) Dead Rising 3: 7 330

* was bundled.
** bundled too, but different bundle?

Dead Rising (360) Opening Week - 22,240

Dead Rising 2 (360) Opening Week - 40,963



Dead Rising 2 (PS3) Opening Week - 89,326


Dead Rising 3 (XBO) Opening Week - 7,330

 

[cafemomo]

Yeah but to win either you have to at least be able to run.

Slow and steady wins the race.

 

[orioto]

And let's not forget, when comparing, that the 360 had.. the promise of two Sakagushi AAA rpgs, one of which had Toriyama as designer.. Something the PS3 never had..

 

[Whogie]

Abysmal
Back when MS saw hope in Japan, they helped fund Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. I don't think we'll see something like that again.

 

[Bluth54]

Pretty bad numbers, but not unexpected.

 

[Bruno MB]

I'm always ready for the worst when it comes to the traditional Japanese gaming market, but this totally train wreck of launch managed to negatively surprise me.

Honestly, they'd better pack up and leave before wasting time and money.

 

[Kallor]

Imagine a normal week. like 150 systems? lol .

Step your game up, Japan.

Spoiler

Seriously!

 

[Arxisz]

Oh wow. Just...wow. It's dead.

 

[klee123]

Certainly a reason why so many quite a few western multiplats are exclusive to PS in Japan.

As I said in the other thread, the ROI for the Xbox SKUs must be absolutely horrible for publishers to bother.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Home Consoles:

2002.02.22 [Microsoft XBox] (¥34.800) - 123.929 (3 days)
2005.12.10 [Microsoft XBox 360] (¥29.000 / ¥39.795) - 62.135 (2 days)
2014.09.04 [Microsoft XBox One] (¥43.178 / ¥53.978) - 23,562 (4 days)

So

OG Xbox -> 360 = -50%
360 -> XB1 = -62%

OG Xbox -> XB1 = -81%

It really is quite awful even by Xbox standards

 

[Asd202]

So unexpected!

 

[stryke]

No wonder WB said nah fuck it, ps4 only.

 

[AniHawk]

i know microsoft has some decent relationships with companies like mages and some other really niche developers in japan, but i don't see how they overcome the original xbox's sales.

 

[shinra-bansho]

I think we're looking at it wrong. The XBO clearly sold so well that Microsoft had to halt sales because of demand. There's only so much cumulus to go around.

 

[shink]

Wonder what the drop will be next week. All home consoles will be sub 10k soon

 

[Mpl90]

This is an insanely awful debut in Japan. Wow.

 

[Haunted]

It's not that bad, is it?

Very decent figures.

That's pretty bloody good!

I feel I need to clarify. "k" means thousands.

Worse than the most pessimistic expectation.

No no, my most pessimistic expectations had it even lower.

 

[ibyea]

Normally, that wouldn't be bad numbers, but when you see the numbers of other system and how much higher their sales were in two days in comparison to Xbox One's four days number, this is very bad. So much worse than I expected.

 

[DBT85]

When you think about how much money they've poured in to trying to sell in Japan since the original Xbox launched, and this is where they are.

 

[Pennywise83]

And let's not forget, when comparing, that the 360 had.. the promise of two Sakagushi AAA rpgs, one of which had Toriyama as designer.. Something the PS3 never had..

360 had a really good Japanese support at launch / around launch, and a lot of promises from Japanese developers. Dead or Alive 4, Capcom exclusives (Lost Planet, Dead Rising), Square Enix exclusives (Star Ocean IV, Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant), Namco exclusives (Eternal Sonata, Tales of Vesperia, Ace Combat V, Ridge Racer VI, Katamari Damacy, Idolmaster), Sega exclusives (Chromehounds), and some Ms support such as Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. In a time where all Sony exclusives were going multi (Resident Evil 5, Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy XIII).

 

[Alucrid]

What did 360 do at launch?

 

[StreetsAhead]

Wow, was expecting at least 30K at minimum. Pretty terrible.

 

[boingball]

Should beat the PS4 and Wii U. So th best selling home console.

 

[Aquamarine]

Well, at least it beat the NeoGeo Pocket's opening by 2K.

That something...right guys?

 

[MilkyJoe]

or to foreigners. how much did the 360 sell at launch?

50,000 americans live in Japan...

 

[Haunted]

What did 360 do at launch?

It's in the OP.

 

[dddooozzz9]

Comes from Famitsu. It sold 23 562 units during launch week.

Software:

1) TitanFall : 22 416*
2) Kinect Sport Rivals : 14 919**
3) Dead Rising 3: 7 330

* was bundled.
** bundled too, but different bundle?

Launch week comparison (thanks, Aquamarine):

Your source is display 403 Forbidden.

Here is correct link:
http://goo.gl/yjtrsl

 

[SgtCobra]

That's....pretty bad. But nobody expected good numbers though, at least, I hope so.

 

[TAJ]

or to foreigners.

Over half the people I saw lining up were white, so probably. In any event it sold a lot more than I expected it to.

 

[Mpl90]

It's even more outsandingly awful when you consider it had 4 days, while other hardware launches had 2 days.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Your source is display 403 Forbidden.

Here is correct link:
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201409/10061012.html

famitsu forbids hotlinking. You have to copy and paste famitsu urls for them to work

Try following the url you posted

 

[GarciaHotspur]

Worst launch ever for a home console....

Damn.

 

[random25]

My 60k prediction was so far off...didn't really expected that kind of bad numbers.

 

[DBT85]

Should beat the PS4 and Wii U. So th best selling home console.

... the numbers are in the OP.

I'll rearrange them for you in number of sales.

2014.09.04 [Microsoft XBox One] (¥43.178 / ¥53.978) - 23,562 (4 days)
2005.12.10 [Microsoft XBox 360] (¥29.000 / ¥39.795) - 62.135 (2 days)
2006.11.11 [Sony PlayStation 3] (¥49.980 / ¥59.980) - 88.443 (2 days)

1998.11.27 [Sega Dreamcast] (¥29.800) - 101.490 (3 days)
2002.02.22 [Microsoft XBox] (¥34.800) - 123.929 (3 days)
2001.09.14 [Nintendo GameCube] (¥25.000) - 133.719 (3 days)

2012.12.08 [Nintendo Wii U] (¥26.250 / ¥31.500) - 308.570 (2 days)
2006.12.02 [Nintendo Wii] (¥25.000) - 371.936 (2 days)
2014.02.22 [Sony PlayStation 4] (¥41.979 / ¥46.179)- 322.083 (2 days)

2000.03.04 [Sony PlayStation 2] (¥39.800) - 630.552 (2 days)

 

[shacklesmcgee]

2013.11.14 [Sony PlayStation Vita TV] (¥9.954 / ¥14.994) - 40.225 (4 days)

2014.09.04 [Microsoft XBox One] (¥43.178 / ¥53.978) - 23,562 (4 days)

whaaaaaat, The vita tv outsold it lol

 

[Aquamarine]

Bandai SwanCrystal Launch - 30,692

Microsoft Xbox One Launch - 23,562


Hmm...

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

Didnt we expect it to do bad?

 

[dddooozzz9]

famitsu forbids hotlinking. You have to copy and paste famitsu urls for them to work

Try following the url you posted

So weird

I can get in with other place.

But in GAF, I can't enter.

Forgive me.

 

[kassatsu]

... the numbers are in the OP.

I think he meant this week

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Slow news day ...

 

[Gianni Merryman]

I was expecting much better numbers, also from Dead rising 3.

 

[terrier]

DOA

 

[stryke]

... the numbers are in the OP.

For last week. Not launch.

 

[extralite]

I think the shipment was said to be 38k according to the people in mediacreate thread.

No. That was a sales prediction, not a shipment number.

 

[Rymuth]

So what are we expecting to hear from Microsoft's PR after this announcement? I think they've run out of marathons, sports and horse/cart metaphors to explain the situation they're in.

Then again, they always manage to surprise me.

 

[King Beyond the wall]

Not as bad as it could have been, (some people in the mediacreate thread predicted sub 5k) but horrific sales for a launch none the less.

 

[Nightengale]

Didnt we expect it to do bad?

This is slightly worse than expected.

Which was already rock bottom expectations.