titiklabingapat
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Wii wouldn't be where it is now thanks to nongames. Whether that's a good thing or not is a matter of opinion, of course.Tristam said:
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Famitsu Analysts' Sales Expectations for Holidays
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Honestly I dont know any "fat" people that want to get WiiFit. The only people who I know who are interested in the game right now is people who actually work out in the gym but want to use WiiFit for fun. So im sure the Japanese will like it just fine even though there not fat like america.Troidal said:But there aren't that many fat Japanese people. I don't get the WiiFit craze
Troidal said:But there aren't that many fat Japanese people. I don't get the WiiFit craze
Many fat people don't care about their weight enough to go out of their way to make lifestyle changes and get thinner. Many thin people want to avoid getting fat and will go out of their way to make sure it doesn't happen.
charlequin said:
You do realize the game is using the unreal engine dont you?
Did you not see the usa reviews?
The art turned alot of north Americans off, which is a favorite of Japaneses gamers being it looks just lie Dragon Quest?
And why the hell are you upset? Go play that shitty rpg in your AV and cool down ok?
charlequin
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Darkman M said:
I also hear that in the game you fight aliens and fire a big gun and look at a lot of juice!
Upset? Me? I'm actually playing Lufia right now, but thanks for looking out for my well being!
test_account
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Damn, thats some huge expecations for WiiFit.
Phife Dawg
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Aiming pretty high for RE:UC, MP DS and LO there.
No comparison with the US though, where 62% of all adults are overweight.
MP is a non-game as well now? Oh boy this is becoming awesome :lol .charlequin said:
30% of the male japanese population were overweight in 2005 (24.6% for the female population). The awareness is there.Troidal said:But there aren't that many fat Japanese people. I don't get the WiiFit craze
No comparison with the US though, where 62% of all adults are overweight.
tetrisgrammaton
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i guess everything else is expected to do sub 200...
Moor-Angol
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I think there are good chances for RE:UC to reach (at least) 500k, just looking at amazon.jp preorders, bundle is easily sold-out every week and the normal version has solid legs in the chart, considering it's one month before the release.
Let's see how many stocks Capcom will put on the market on first release...
Let's see how many stocks Capcom will put on the market on first release...
TheJollyCorner
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cvxfreak said:
That's a lot of 'fit' Japanese folks right there, ladies and germs. @_@
DCharlie
Banned
huh? 29 % of Japanese men are obese?
err... i`m going to take a wild guess that the Japanese definition of "obese" is a lot different to the US definition.
Infact, even the overweight figure looks insanely wrong. But hey! they are the department of whatever, so i`m sure they have better study methods than my anecdotal evidence of knowing not a single obese japanese person. Hell, i can`t think of many japanese people who are "overweight" either :/
err... i`m going to take a wild guess that the Japanese definition of "obese" is a lot different to the US definition.
Infact, even the overweight figure looks insanely wrong. But hey! they are the department of whatever, so i`m sure they have better study methods than my anecdotal evidence of knowing not a single obese japanese person. Hell, i can`t think of many japanese people who are "overweight" either :/
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Hi, I'm K and I'm pessimistic compared to S and M :lol
NDS Final Fantasy IV - 850.000
NDS Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuketsu no Grimoire - 450.000
NDS Mario Party DS - 650.000
PSP Minna no Golf Portable 2 - 400.000
PS3 Shin Sangoku Musou 5 - 250.000
PS2 World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 - 700.000
PS2 SD Gundam Generation Spirits - 250.000
PS2 Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden - 150.000
Wii Super Mario Galaxy - 1.500.000 (no counting 2008)
Wii Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles - 150.000
Wii Wii Fit - 1.250.000 (not counting 2008)
X360 Lost Odyssey - 200.000
X360 Ace Combat 6 - 75.000
NDS Final Fantasy IV - 850.000
NDS Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuketsu no Grimoire - 450.000
NDS Mario Party DS - 650.000
PSP Minna no Golf Portable 2 - 400.000
PS3 Shin Sangoku Musou 5 - 250.000
PS2 World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 - 700.000
PS2 SD Gundam Generation Spirits - 250.000
PS2 Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden - 150.000
Wii Super Mario Galaxy - 1.500.000 (no counting 2008)
Wii Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles - 150.000
Wii Wii Fit - 1.250.000 (not counting 2008)
X360 Lost Odyssey - 200.000
X360 Ace Combat 6 - 75.000
Phife Dawg
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The other link was stating 30 pounds over healthy weight. That can't be true for the japanese numbers though since they weigh comparatively less.DCharlie said:
I think it's just overweight. And being overweight doesn't neccessarily mean being so fat you'd notice on first glance.
Anyways I think there's a market for this, even in Japan as the public awareness is there and people care about loosing weight/not getting fat.
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
I'm +- ok with all of your numbers.
I'm still sure that FF IV will be a million seller there.
The difference between Mario Party gba and DS is really big: graphics; great attrictive mini-games with stylus, Multiplayer, cool graphics for DS and Online (Japanese people love Online). When you see Itadaki Street Mario-DQ selling between 300-400k and it's not a holiday season, we can predict that this FIRST Mario Party DS will sell min. 800-900 k.
Anyway, I'm expecting great sales of DS games like Mario Kart DS, BT series, NSMB, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Layton series and English Training for these holidays.
Wii Fit numbers from Famitsu are too big. We will see how it will turn but again, Nintendo will be the big winner in Japan again.
Phife Dawg
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Pretty reasonable but Wii Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles - 150.000 is aiming a tad low, no? RE4 Wii sold over 100.000. I know it's a lightgun game and everything. But it certainly appeals to fans of the series who like the story. 250k should be do-able LTD.Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Until September's NPD is out, no one can really say how Blue Dragon did, since it released at the end of August's NPD.charlequin said:
That being said, Famitsu's analysts are basically saying LO will roughly double BD's current total sales... I'm expecting it to do more of the same.
Magicpaint
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Ha ha, Umbrella Chronicles won't even come close to those numbers. Their predictions seem a bit eh to me.
Eh, ToR had to deal with stuff like DQVIII and MGS3, and TotA had to fight with KH2...I think it'll be fine; the Tales games can't be so easily overshadowed (at least I'm assuming ToI will be on par with those two games, quality-wise and marketing-wise). It's also coming out before FFIV, which should be to its advantage.Farore said:
Moor-Angol
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cvxfreak said:
it has been out of stock for 2 weeks...
and Wii system came back on top10, probably due to Wii Fit preorders started today
NiGHTS always on top25
seems like it's time for japanese people to clean up their Wii's from dust
charlequin said:
Well, Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey were meant to be not so subtle answers(substitutes) for Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy for the 360 owners. Blue Dragon is especially geared toward Dragon Quest. Hell, it practically is one with another name. We don't know how well it did in the US, but if it did bad you can bet it's because it was aimed squarely, almost solely, at the Japanese. Dragon Quest is like Halo in Japan, and bigger than Final Fantasy. And for the 360, it did well, something like 200,000 sold. But you look at the popularity of Dragon Quest games in America and compare it with Final Fantasy games, there's no competition. FF stomps DQ into the ground over here. Lost Odyssey represents the first high budget Final Fantasy esque JRPG on the 360. And for what it's worth, it's being made by the father of Final Fantasy. Phenomenal sales of Oblivion show there is an RPG demand on the 360, and with the right marketing games similar to Lost Odyssey have been very successful here in the past.
Interesting predictions, FF IV will get to a mil like FFIII, but it'll stagger over the line like its stablemate, Mario Party DS should reach target also.
As for the Wii games, SMG seems about right, 2mil will be a great result for Nintendo, which only leaves Wii Fit, it'll either tank, or become the next Wii Sports, and all signs are pointing to Gigaton, especially if it + wii becomes the "hot property" of the holiday season, in which case the estimates may prove a bit conservative in the end, oh and the UC predictions are very high, if Capcom reaches those figures in Japan alone they will be ecstatic.
Finally, the predictions show the gulf between Wii, PS3 and 360 in Japan, it's truly night and day.
As for the Wii games, SMG seems about right, 2mil will be a great result for Nintendo, which only leaves Wii Fit, it'll either tank, or become the next Wii Sports, and all signs are pointing to Gigaton, especially if it + wii becomes the "hot property" of the holiday season, in which case the estimates may prove a bit conservative in the end, oh and the UC predictions are very high, if Capcom reaches those figures in Japan alone they will be ecstatic.
Finally, the predictions show the gulf between Wii, PS3 and 360 in Japan, it's truly night and day.
titiklabingapat
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Initials of the analysts.big_z said: