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[GhostSeed]

Does anyone know if/when Namco and Bandai will publish games under one name?

I think it started April 1st. Though I don't know if the new logo will be appearing on the box.

 

[Dalthien]

That´s around 5k per week and outside the top 30 even though both Medica Create and Dengeki reported much higher chart positions. Could it be that Famitsu lower the numbers on purpose to make the LTD number match what Nintendos has shipped?? Since I think Famitsus total is too high.
Did they learn these methods from ioi?

I was going to comment on the same thing. Media Create had Yawaraka Atamajuku at 1,043,298 as of Jan 22/06, whereas Famitsu had it at 1,109,928 as of Jan 22/06. So Famitsu was tracking the game about 65,000 units higher than Media Create. For March, it looks as though Media Create probably had Yawaraka at about 55,000 - 60,000 for the month, compared to just over 20,000 for Famitsu. So basically, it appears as though Famitsu just kind of slowed down its tracking a bit in order to bring it more it line with where Media Create is at. Of course, it could also be the opposite - that Media Create accelerated its sales for the game this month in order to get closer to Famitsu.

That's probably just weird coincidence, but I've seen it happen with several games over the past few months. The most notable example was Tamogotchi, where Media Create was tracking the game much higher (in the area of 100,000 or so) than Famitsu for the first few months, and then all of a sudden, Famitsu sales for the game just spiked to a really weird level for several weeks, and closed the gap, and even pulled ahead of Media Create. It makes me wonder if Nintendo or other companies don't periodically contact either Famitsu or Media Create (or vice versa) to update them from time to time with their own internal numbers on certain games. It's just interesting to follow, because the vast majority of the time, Famitsu and Media Create track very closely together - and then it is weird when you do see the odd examples where there is a sizable discrepancy, and then all of a sudden several months down the road, the discrepancy ends up being resolved within just a few weeks anyway.

Does anyone know if/when Namco and Bandai will publish games under one name?

I remember reading this article a while back, which states that Bandai Namco Games was supposed to open its doors on March 31/06.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/680/680761p1.html

 

[heidern]

01	DC	7,127        7,127	 Grev/Sega   Under Defeat
					
01	GC	16,722	    151,585    Nintendo	     Super Mario Strikers
02	GC	8,082	     20,430	 Nintendo      Baten Kaitos II
03	GC	7,311	     429,675	Nintendo      Mario Party 7
					
01	GBA	21,400	    43,586      Konami	     Yugioh: Duel Monsters EX 2006
02	GBA	19,260	    1,139,093 Nintendo	    Famicom Mini Super Mario Brothers
03	GBA	17,728	    17,728      Sting	        Yggdra Union
04	GBA	15,324	    683,773    Pokemon	    Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Aka no Kyuujotai
05	GBA	15,130	    565,106    Capcom	     Rockman EXE 6 Graygar / Faltzer
06	GBA	14,965	    14,965	Banpresto     Crayon Shinchan: Shock Gaun
07	GBA	14,489	    14,489	Square Enix  Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Ultimate Hits)
08	GBA	11,931	    1,719,968  Pokemon	    Pokemon Emerald
09	GBA	11,068	    11,068	Marvelous     Mahou Sensei Negima! Private Lesson 2
10	GBA	9,561	     22,368	 Nintendo	MOTHER 1 + 2 (Value Selection)
11	GBA	9,104	     2,617,986	Pokemon	     Pokemon FireRed + Leaf Green
12	GBA	8,499	     8,499	  Banpresto	Ueki no Housoku Shinki Sakuretsu!
13	GBA	7,778	     209,659	Square Enix   Final Fantasy IV Advance
					
01	PSP	113,546	    113,546     Square Enix  Valkyrie Profile Lenneth
02	PSP	77,421	     564,088	Capcom	      Monster Hunter Portable
03	PSP	30,820	     82,562	 Sega	         Initial D Street Stage
04	PSP	29,419	     29,419	  Daito Giken Daito Giken Koushiki Pachislot Simulator
05	PSP	19,282	     116,793	 SCE	        TALKMAN
06	PSP	17,474	     17,474	  SCE	         Derby Time 2006
07	PSP	15,786	     15,786	  Sega	         Sakura Taisen 1 & 2
08	PSP	13,383	     275,937	 Sega	        Nouryoku Trainer Portable
09	PSP	13,349	     13,349	  Koei	          Shin Sangoku Musou 2nd Evolution
10	PSP	13,027	     27,478	  SCE	         Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner
11	PSP	12,598	     12,598	  Konami        Eyeshield 21: Portable Edition
12	PSP	10,762	     21,707	  Konami        Genso Suikoden I & II
13	PSP	10,366	     17,530	  Namco	        Namco Museum Vol. 2
14	PSP	9,614	      9,614	    Konami	 Mahjong Fight Club (PSP The Best)
15	PSP	8,370	      115,608      SCE	          Minna no Golf Portable (PSP The Best)
16	PSP	7,237	      7,237	    Spike          Pursuit Force
					
01	PS2	2,057,835   2,057,835	Square Enix Final Fantasy XII: The Exodus of Bebpo
02	PS2	228,925	     529,969	  Koei	         Sengoku Musou 274,316
03	PS2	224,486	     224,486	  Bandai	Kidou Senshi Gundam: Climax UC
04	PS2	117,390	     117,390	  Namco	Ace  Combat Zero: The Predictions Soar
05	PS2	79,578	      543,079	   Capcom      Monster Hunter 2 (Dos)
06	PS2	77,693	      77,693	    Atlus	   Devil Summoner
07	PS2	53,542	      53,542	    Koei	   Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires
08	PS2	51,286	      173,712	   Konami	Genso Suikoden V
09	PS2	38,792	      123,644	   Konami	World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Bonus Pack
10	PS2	37,165	      134,621	   Nippon Ichi  Disgaea 2
11	PS2	33,621	      33,621	    Koei	   Harukanaru Jikuu no Uchi de 3
12	PS2	29,414	      29,414	    Capcom	Capcom Classics Collection
13	PS2	27,905	      27,905	    Sega	  Tenkabito
14	PS2	23,767	      53,216	    Capcom	Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition
15	PS2	22,136	      22,136	    Konami	 Guitar Freaks V and Drum Mania V
16	PS2	21,801	      21,801	    Konami	 Popp'n Music 12 Iroha
17	PS2	20,923	      20,923	    Koei 	    Neo Angelique
18	PS2	18,323	      247,400	   Daito Giken	Daito Giken Koushiki Pachislot Simulator Osu!
19	PS2	16,911	      16,911	    Konami	  Mahou Sensei Negima! Dokidoki Beachside
20	PS2	15,475	      15,475	    EA	             007: Russia yori Ai wo Komete
21	PS2	14,028	      14,028	    Media Works	Shakugan no Shana
22	PS2	13,805	      485,013	   Square Enix	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
23	PS2	12,575	      12,575	    Kid	             Memories Off ~Sorekara again~
24	PS2	11,824	      11,824	    Genki	   Ninkyouden: Toseinin Ichidaki
25	PS2	11,752	      320,396	   Capcom	Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
26	PS2	11,276	      82,995	    Square Enix	Final Fantasy X (Ultimate Hits)
27	PS2	10,999	      81,997	    Koei	     Nobunaga no Yabou: Kakushin
28	PS2	10,239	      59,504	    SCE	            Bleach: Hanatareshi Yabou
29	PS2	9,792	       9,792	      Koei	      Winning Post 7 Maximum 2006
30	PS2	9,772	       107,304	    SCE	            Tourist Trophy
31	PS2	8,971	       1,105,650   Square Enix	 Kingdom Hearts II
32	PS2	8,786	       78,785	     SCE	     Siren 2
33	PS2	8,372	       15,762	     Koei	      Warship Gunner 2
34	PS2	8,242	       8,242	      Bandai	      Dragon Ball Z3 (PS2 The Best)
35	PS2	8,089	       38,747	     SCE	      Siren (PS2 The Best)
36	PS2	7,561	       7,561	      Sega	       Jissen Pachislot: Ultraman Club ST
37	PS2	7,309	       39,032	     Interchannel  CLANNAD
38	PS2	7,306	       7,306	      D3 Publisher  Simple 2000 Series Vol. 93: The Unou Drill
					
01	DS	372,348	      2,347,363	  Nintendo	  Animal Crossing:
02	DS	356,916	      1,695,755   Nintendo	  Brain Training 2
03	DS	217,370	      1,855,550	  Nintendo	  Brain Training
04	DS	189,314	      189,314	   Nintendo	   Pokemon Ranger: Diamond and Pearl e-no Michi
05	DS	181,115	      660,193	   Nintendo	   English Training
06	DS	179,194	      179,194	   Square Enix	 Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana
07	DS	80,045	       1,212,185   Nintendo	   Mario Kart DS
08	DS	36,175	       1,177,569   Nintendo	   Nintendogs (Shiba + Drinky + Chihuahua)
09	DS	34,430	       1,037,006   Bandai	    Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisetchi
10	DS	34,084	       34,084	     Sega	      Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS
11	DS	32,912	       471,928	    Nintendo	    Dare Demo Asobi Taizen
12	DS	24,499	       59,631	     Namco	     Machigai Museum
13	DS	23,812	       90,550	     Nintendo        Eyeshield 21 MAX DEVIL POWER
14	DS	22,216	       22,216	     Bandai	      Chou Gekijouban Keroro Gunsou
15	DS	21,949	       1,203,807   Nintendo	   Yawaraka Atamajuku
16	DS	20,237	       361,612	    Nintendo	    Mario & Luigi RPG 2
17	DS	19,770	       19,770	     Nintendo	     Puzzloop
18	DS	19,031	       708,737	    Pokemon	   Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Ao no Kyuujotai
19	DS	16,965	       930,057	    Nintendo         Sawaru Made in Wario
20	DS	15,766	       884,054	    Nintendo	     Super Mario 64 DS
21	DS	14,190	       76,323	     Sega	       BLEACH DS
22	DS	10,584	       273,596	    Square Enix	   Slime Morimori Dragon Quest II
23	DS	9,422	        245,802	     Bandai	       Dragon Ball Z: Bukuu Ressen
24	DS	9,419	        163,061	     Sega	       Mushiking: Greatest Champion e-no Michi DS
25	DS	9,256	        280,707	     Pokemon	    Pokemon Trozei
26	DS	8,541	        16,618	      TDK Core	     Choco Inu no Omise Patyshe and Sweets Shop Game
27	DS	7,902	        77,708	      Marvelous	      Harvest Moon: Corobockle Station for Girls
28	DS	7,719	        526,843	     Nintendo	      Jump Superstars
29	DS	7,250	        106,057	     Konami	      Power Pro Kun Pocket 8

Totals for top 100

PS2   3,377,666
NDS  1,982,431
PSP   402,454
GBA  176,237
NGC  32,115
SDC  7,127
Xbox 360 000,000

 

[Katana_Strikes]

DC>Xbox360

Ouch!

 

[Rock_Man]

I was going to comment on the same thing. Media Create had Yawaraka Atamajuku at 1,043,298 as of Jan 22/06, whereas Famitsu had it at 1,109,928 as of Jan 22/06. So Famitsu was tracking the game about 65,000 units higher than Media Create. For March, it looks as though Media Create probably had Yawaraka at about 55,000 - 60,000 for the month, compared to just over 20,000 for Famitsu. So basically, it appears as though Famitsu just kind of slowed down its tracking a bit in order to bring it more it line with where Media Create is at. Of course, it could also be the opposite - that Media Create accelerated its sales for the game this month in order to get closer to Famitsu.

That's probably just weird coincidence, but I've seen it happen with several games over the past few months. The most notable example was Tamogotchi, where Media Create was tracking the game much higher (in the area of 100,000 or so) than Famitsu for the first few months, and then all of a sudden, Famitsu sales for the game just spiked to a really weird level for several weeks, and closed the gap, and even pulled ahead of Media Create. It makes me wonder if Nintendo or other companies don't periodically contact either Famitsu or Media Create (or vice versa) to update them from time to time with their own internal numbers on certain games. It's just interesting to follow, because the vast majority of the time, Famitsu and Media Create track very closely together - and then it is weird when you do see the odd examples where there is a sizable discrepancy, and then all of a sudden several months down the road, the discrepancy ends up being resolved within just a few weeks anyway.

Looks like Media Create is right about this one at least. Yawaraka Atamajuku must have sold better in March. It doesn't make sense that it follows the sales pattern of the original brain training closely for seven months and then goes down to zero when bt still sells in large amounts. The graph bellow shows weekly sales according to Famitsu, where interpolation is used for Yawaraka (Gentle BE) in March.

 

[ioi]

Looks like Media Create is right about this one at least. Yawaraka Atamajuku must have sold better in March. It doesn't make sense that it follows the sales pattern of the original brain training closely for seven months and then goes down to zero when bt still sells in large amounts. The graph bellow shows weekly sales according to Famitsu, where interpolation is used for Yawaraka (Gentle BE) in March.

I agree completely with this point of view.

The difference is that instead of being able to go back like I can and just adjust all the Everything and Nothing figures to match (Brain Flex is the first game in a long time with a scale factor I have used of less than 1- it's about 0.97) then they have to make adjustments another way since they have been simply overtracking the title by quite a large amount and have already officially published their previous charts. Do people at least begin to believe me now that the supposedly crazy methods I use to post-adjust data when we have more information is all that different to what these tracking services would do themselves if they could?

As I'm sure you would expect, I think my figures for Brain Flex are a fairer reflection of sales trends so far, as they do not have this huge drop off in Mar as you have also spotted (I have been wondering about this myself for a few weeks now) and tie in more closely with the actual shipped figures:


http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japgamewk.php?name=Brain+Flex

Name Console Publisher Week Weekly Total
Brain Flex DS Nintendo 03/07/05 62,500 62,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 10/07/05 66,000 128,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 17/07/05 45,000 173,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 24/07/05 36,000 209,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 31/07/05 34,250 243,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 07/08/05 29,500 273,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 14/08/05 54,750 328,000

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 21/08/05 47,500 375,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 28/08/05 32,000 407,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 04/09/05 31,250 438,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 11/09/05 27,500 466,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 18/09/05 22,750 489,000

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 25/09/05 25,500 514,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 02/10/05 16,750 531,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 09/10/05 17,750 549,000

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 16/10/05 21,250 570,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 23/10/05 20,000 590,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 30/10/05 19,250 609,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 06/11/05 17,000 626,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 13/11/05 14,250 640,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 20/11/05 15,000 655,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 27/11/05 24,250 680,000

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 04/12/05 23,250 703,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 11/12/05 33,000 736,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 18/12/05 42,750 779,000

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 25/12/05 85,750 864,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 01/01/06 81,000 945,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 08/01/06 78,000 1,023,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 15/01/06 28,000 1,051,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 22/01/06 22,000 1,073,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 29/01/06 26,500 1,100,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 05/02/06 16,500 1,116,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 12/02/06 10,750 1,127,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 19/02/06 8,000 1,135,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 26/02/06 8,500 1,144,000

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 05/03/06 8,750 1,152,750

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 12/03/06 7,500 1,160,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 19/03/06 9,000 1,169,250

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 26/03/06 10,250 1,179,500

Brain Flex DS Nintendo 02/04/06 12,000 1,191,500

 

[Fuzzy]

I agree completely with this point of view.

The difference is that instead of being able to go back like I can and just adjust all the Everything and Nothing figures to match (Brain Flex is the first game in a long time with a scale factor I have used of less than 1- it's about 0.97) then they have to make adjustments another way since they have been simply overtracking the title by quite a large amount.

As I'm sure you would expect, I think my figures for Brain Flex are a fairer reflection of sales trends so far, as they do not have this huge frop off in Mar as you have also spotted (I have been wondering about this myself for a few weeks now):


http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japgamewk.php?name=Brain+Flex


http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg

Quit your gloating, it's not pretty.

 

[ioi]

Quit your gloating, it's not pretty.

I think I have every right to with all the stick I get from you guys

And thanks to CVX for the figures, I'll use them as normal to update E&N charts in the near future...

 

[Rock_Man]

Does anyone have the latest numbers on actual released first/third party games? I recently tried a method of assigning the unaccounted to first and third parties, but I think it was pretty flawed. For instance, Nintendo had 81.8% of the DS game sales from the top 100 this month, so my guesstimate would give them 81.8% of the unaccounted as well. That would be 87,751.

The 100th ranked game sold 7,127, though, so everything below would be lower. So for that 87,751 guesstimate to even be possible, Nintendo/Pokémon would have to have something like 13 titles hovering right below the list, or maybe 25 averaging half of that. Considering how long some of their titles stick around the top 100, though, it seems that they'd be a minority of the sub-100 games.


Seconding cvxfreak's CODE complaint. Neo-variable width-Age for the lose.

I don't get what you want to do but I can answer your question. Through March 26:
# DS first party = 34
# DS third party = 131
Total number of DS games = 165
# PSP first party = 30
# PSP third party = 133
Total number of PSP games = 163

(re-releases not counted)

 

[ioi]

I don't get what you want to do but I can answer your question. Through March 26:
# DS first party = 34
# DS third party = 131
Total number of DS games = 165
# PSP first party = 30
# PSP third party = 133
Total number of PSP games = 163

(re-releases not counted)

Well I think what he is trying to do is get a better feel for the "unaccounted" games. If for example there were 30 Nintendo games in the top 100 (there are only 17) then it would only mean 4 below 100 so they would likely not occupy the same kind of ratio as the Nintendo/third party split we get from the top 100.

It's one of these things we will probably never know JJS, to be honest I'd be inclined to say about a 50-50 split even though from Rock_Man's data we'd have around 120 third party to 17 first party DS games below 100k the Nintendo titles do tend to perform better.

If you wanted to investigate further it would probably be easier to try to estimate the 17 Nintendo games and take the total from that from the total unaccounted which could be done with a reasonable accuracy, and would probably be the best way you'd have of estimating the data you want.


Edit:

For example, Princess Peach has been tracking about 80% of Pokemon Trozei so I'd expect it to be just off that chart, about 7k, Kirby's Canvas has been hanging around the bottom of the top 100 as well, so about another 6k for that, MP Pinball, Yoshi, Ouendan, Jam with the Band, Pokemon Dash doing a few thousand (2-4k) while titles like Another Code, Polarium, Electroplankton, Advance Wars etc have dropped right away and will probably be sub 1k by now (you can get an idea from E&N as to which games have dropped right off based on the yearly data we had for 2005 and the extrapolation through the later months that was done to match up with the totals which in many cases weren't much higher than when the games dropped off the charts back in say march of that year or whatever). In fact doing a rough tally from that I get around 40k so probably more like 40% of the unaccounted total, certainly less than the 80% you have assumed as most of the strong sellers are still in the top 100 as you suspect.

That should certainly give you a fair idea when accounting for the Nintendo titles as all of them should be included.

 

[cvxfreak]

Yawaraka hasn't done that well on Amazon's charts in the month of March, so the drop off seems in line. Still, with the amount of DS Lites on the market, I expected it to do at least 50K for the month.

I think a sequel is in order.

 

[jj984jj]

I think a sequel is in order.

We need the Mario team to work on Mario instead.

 

[cvxfreak]

We need the Mario team to work on Mario instead.

Uh, we're talking like 6 people with a development time of a few weeks.

 

[ioi]

Uh, we're talking like 6 people with a development time of a few weeks.

Oh don't worry, I'd be very suprised if Brain Training 3, Brain Flex 2, Nintendogs 2 (Nintencats) and so on aren't in the works. As you say with minimal development costs it's basically printing money so I'd have throught Nintendo will be on top of it...

 

[ioi]

Thanks again for the data CVX, have updated Everything and Nothing and the 2006 chart is starting to take shape nicely:


http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japyearly.php?year=2006

Pos Name Console Publisher Yearly Total
1 Final Fantasy XII PS2 Square 2,136,000 2,136,000

2 Brain Training 2 DS Nintendo 1,501,250 1,959,750

3 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS Nintendo 1,118,750 2,588,750

4 English Training DS Nintendo 810,750 810,750

5 Brain Training DS Nintendo 771,750 2,051,250

6 Monster Hunter 2 PS2 Capcom 531,750 531,750

7 Samaurai Warriors 2 PS2 Koei 531,250 531,250

8 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PS2 Square 486,500 486,500

9 Mario Kart DS DS Nintendo 456,750 1,330,750

10 Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams PS2 Capcom 329,750 329,750

11 Monster Hunter Portable PSP Capcom 311,500 603,000

12 Pokemon Rangers DS Nintendo 294,750 294,750

13 Mario + Luigi 2: Partners In Time DS Nintendo 255,250 401,500

14 Brain Flex DS Nintendo 241,750 1,187,500

15 Gundam Clamix U.C. PS2 Bandai 222,000 222,000

16 Tamogotchi Connection: Corner Shop! DS Bandai 221,250 1,040,000

17 Kingdom Hearts II PS2 Square 194,750 1,154,500

18 Seiken Densetsu DS: Children Of Mana DS Square 189,750 189,750

19 Nintendogs DS Nintendo 183,500 1,230,500

20 Suikoden V PS2 Konami 174,250 174,250

21 Super Mario Strikers GC Nintendo 170,750 170,750

22 Daredemo Asobi Taizen DS Nintendo 166,500 534,750

23 Lets Make a J-League Pro Soccer Club European Cham PS2 Sega 151,750 151,750

24 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Blue DS Nintendo 150,000 746,500

25 Ace Combat Zero PS2 Namco 142,250 142,250

26 Disgaea 2 PS2 Nippon 136,500 136,500

27 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Red GBA Nintendo 134,750 718,500

28 World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Bonus Pack PS2 Konami 125,250 125,250

29 Rockman EXE 6 GBA Capcom 117,000 618,250

30 Valkyrie Profile Portable PSP Enix 116,500 116,500

31 Another Centuries Episode 2 PS2 Banpresto 115,750 115,750

32 Eyeshield 21 Max Devil Power DS Nintendo 111,000 111,000

33 Tourist Trophy PS2 Sony 110,500 110,500

34 Famicom Mini 01 Super Mario Bros GBA Nintendo 98,750 1,250,750

35 Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 2 DS Enix 93,250 287,500

36 Ar Tonelico PS2 Banpresto 93,250 93,250

37 Naruto: Narutimate Hero 3 PS2 Bandai 86,250 346,500

38 Bleach DS DS Sega 85,750 85,750

39 Initial D Street Stage PSP Sega 85,750 85,750

40 Brain Training Portable PSP Sega 83,250 291,500

41 Siren 2 PS2 Sony 80,000 80,000

42 Devil Summoner Kuzunoha Raidou PS2 Atlus 79,750 79,750

43 Front Mission 5 PS2 Square 79,750 211,750

44 Tales of the Abyss PS2 Namco 78,750 555,750

45 Nobunagas Ambition PS2 Koei 77,250 77,250

46 Mario Party 7 GC Nintendo 76,500 477,500

47 Ryu Ga Gotoku PS2 Sega 76,000 332,500

48 Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires PS2 Koei 74,000 74,000

49 Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 DS Bandai 73,500 259,000

50 Machigae Museum DS Namco 68,750 68,750

51 Talkman PSP Sony 67,250 126,000

52 Gun Parade Orchestra PS2 Sony 66,000 66,000

53 Wario Ware Touched DS Nintendo 65,000 1,002,750

54 Final Fantasy IV GBA Square 63,000 218,750

55 Super Mario 64 DS DS Nintendo 61,250 952,000

56 Bleach RPG PS2 Sony 61,250 61,250

57 Mushi King: Greatest Champion DS DS Sega 58,000 178,000

58 Pokemon Trozei DS Nintendo 57,750 304,750

59 Everybodys Golf Portable PSP Sony 55,500 538,750

60 Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix PS2 Square 55,000 550,000

61 Pokemon Emerald GBA Nintendo 54,750 1,825,000

62 Momotarou Densetsu 15 PS2 Hudson 51,250 215,000

63 Naruto: Fighting Ninja Wars 4 GC Tomy 49,750 323,500

64 Jump Super Stars DS Nintendo 47,750 548,500

65 Resident Evil 4 PS2 Capcom 46,750 437,500

66 Super Princess Peach DS Nintendo 46,000 202,000

67 Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition PS2 Capcom 45,500 45,500

68 Resident Evil: Deadly Silence DS Capcom 45,500 45,500

69 Powerful Pro Pocket 8 DS Konami 44,750 120,750

70 Jissen Pachislot: Aladdin 2 PS2 Sega 43,250 116,000

71 Harvest Moon: Colobocle Station for Girls DS Victor Interactive 42,750 85,500

72 Harukanaru 3 PS2 Koei 42,500 42,500

73 Kingdom Hearts PS2 Square 42,000 944,500

74 Powerful Pro Baseball Portable PSP Konami 42,000 42,000

75 Super Robot Wars MX Portable PSP Banpresto 41,500 84,750

76 Yugioh Expert 2006 GBA Konami 41,250 41,250

77 Donkey Kong Country 3 GBA Nintendo 40,750 127,000

78 Doraemon 2006 DS DS Sega 39,500 39,500

79 Samaurai Warriors PSP PSP Koei 39,250 102,500

80 Clannad PS2 Interchannel 38,250 38,250

81 Sega Rally 2006 PS2 Sega 36,250 36,250

82 Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence PS2 Konami 34,500 142,250

83 Naruto: Narutimate Portable PSP Bandai 34,250 34,250

84 Derby Maker 5 PS2 Sega 34,250 34,250

85 Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green GBA Nintendo 33,500 2,925,250

86 Katamari PSP PSP Namco 32,750 76,250

87 Final Fantasy X PS2 Square 32,250 2,736,750

88 Daito Pachislot Simulator PSP PSP Daito 32,000 32,000

89 Need for Speed: Most Wanted PS2 EA 31,750 73,250

90 Rogue Galaxy PS2 Sony 31,250 354,500

91 Ratchet + Clank 4th PS2 Sony 31,000 218,000

92 Mother 1 + 2 GBA Nintendo 30,750 366,750

93 Powerful Pro Baseball 12 Final Edition PS2 Konami 30,750 111,750

94 Love Revo PS2 Interchannel 30,000 30,000

95 Keroro Gunso DS Bandai 29,750 29,750

96 Capcom Classics Collection PS2 Capcom 29,750 29,750

97 Taikou no Tatsjuin 6 PS2 Namco 29,750 88,500

98 Samurai Spirits: Tankaichi Kenkakuten PS2 SNK 29,000 29,000

99 Excite Pro Wrestling 7 Smackdown vs RAW PS2 Yukes 28,750 28,750

100 Jikkyou Pachiko Slot PS2 Sega 28,500 28,500

101 Monster Kingdom PSP Sony 28,250 28,250

102 Tales of Eternia PSP Namco 28,250 240,250

103 Disaster Report 2 PS2 Irem 27,750 27,750

104 Tenkanin PS2 Sega 27,250 27,250

105 Puzzloop DS Nintendo 25,750 25,750

106 Crayon Shin-Chan Densetsu GBA Banpresto 25,250 25,250

107 Star Wars Battlefront II PS2 EA 24,750 24,750

108 Suikoden I + II PSP Konami 24,250 24,250

109 Guitar Freaks V and Drum Mania V PS2 Konami 24,000 24,000

110 Kirby: Canvas Curse DS Nintendo 23,750 333,250

111 Baten Kaitos 2 GC Namco 23,500 23,500

112 Power Smash New Generation PSP Sega 23,000 23,000

113 Canvas 2 PS2 Kadokawa 22,750 22,750

114 Poppin Music 12 Iroha PS2 Konami 22,250 22,250

115 Rockman EXE 5 DS Double Team DS Capcom 22,000 106,500

116 Yggdra Union GBA Sting 22,000 22,000

117 eNCHANT arM X360 From Software 22,000 22,000

118 World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Ubiquitous Evolution PSP Konami 22,000 240,750

119 Metroid Prime Pinball DS Nintendo 22,000 22,000

120 Battlefield 2 Modern Combat PS2 EA 21,500 21,500

121 Dynasty Warriors PSP 2 PSP Koei 21,500 21,500

122 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Mobile vs ZAFT PS2 Bandai 21,500 437,750

123 Neo Angelique PS2 Koei 20,500 20,500

124 Mahou Sensei Negima! Kagai Jugyou PS2 Konami 20,500 20,500

125 Project Gotham Racing 3 X360 Microsoft 20,500 20,500

126 Bleach GC GC Sega 20,250 85,250

127 Derby Time 2006 PSP Sony 20,250 20,250

128 Lost Magic DS Taito 20,000 20,000

129 Ridge Racers PSP Namco 20,000 323,000

130 Last Escort PS2 D3 19,750 19,750

131 Shakugan no Shana PS2 Media Works 19,500 19,500

132 Namco Museum 2 PSP Namco 18,500 18,500

133 Sakura Wars 1 + 2 PSP Sega 18,250 18,250

134 Mario Party Advance GBA Nintendo 18,000 270,250

135 Memories Off: Sorekara Again PS2 Kid 18,000 18,000

136 Mahou Sensei Negima! Private Lesson 2 GBA Marvelus 18,000 18,000

137 Street Fighter Zero 3: Double Upper PSP Capcom 17,500 17,500

138 Dr Mario + Panel De Pon GBA Nintendo 17,500 123,500

139 Blazing Souls PS2 Idea Factory 16,750 16,750

140 Rumble Roses XX X360 Konami 16,250 16,250

141 Pokemon XD: Gale Of Darkness GC Nintendo 16,000 312,250

142 Dead Or Alive 4 X360 Tecmo 16,000 72,250

143 Metal Gear Acid 2 PSP Konami 15,750 45,750

144 Mario Tennis Advance GBA Nintendo 15,500 157,750

145 Eyeshield 21 Portable Edition PSP Konami 15,250 15,250

146 Xenosaga Episode 1+2 DS Namco 15,250 15,250

147 Gradius Portable PSP Konami 15,250 15,250

148 Full House Kiss 2 PS2 Capcom 14,750 14,750

149 Super Mario Baseball GC Nintendo 14,500 251,500

150 Puzzle Series Vol. 3: Sudoku DS Hudson 13,750 13,750

151 Gunparade Orchestra Green PS2 Sony 13,750 13,750

152 Namco Museum Arcade Hits PS2 Namco 13,750 13,750

153 Mushi King GBA Sega 12,750 703,750

154 Chugen no Hasha PSP Namco 12,500 12,500

155 Monster Farm 5 PS2 Tecmo 12,250 50,500

156 Naruto RPG 2 DS Tomy 12,000 143,000

157 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney DS Konami 11,250 124,250

158 Final Fantasy X-2 PS2 Square 11,000 2,112,250

159 Power Poke Dash GBA Konami 11,000 11,000

160 Style Book: Junior City DS Bandai 10,750 10,750

161 Far East of Eden II DS Hudson 10,250 10,250

162 Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire GBA Nintendo 10,250 5,286,750

163 San X Land DS MTO 9,500 9,500

164 SD Gundam Wars GC Bandai 9,000 71,250

165 DS Rakubiki Jiten DS Nintendo 9,000 71,250

166 Wizardry X 2: Mugen no Gakuto PS2 Michael Soft 8,750 8,750

167 True Swing Golf DS Nintendo 8,750 38,500

168 Marheaven DS DS Konami 8,500 8,500

169 Pokemon Dash DS Nintendo 8,250 400,250

170 Dragonball Z Sparking PS2 Bandai 8,000 542,000

171 Black Cat PS2 Capcom 7,750 7,750

172 Simple 2000 Series. Vol. 81 The Chikyuu Boueigun 2 PS2 D3 7,750 173,750

173 World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 PS2 Konami 7,500 925,000

174 Contact DS Marvelus 7,500 7,500

175 Sarugetchu P PSP Sony 7,250 124,250

176 Gallop Racer 8 PS2 Taito 7,250 59,250

177 Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You PSP Konami 6,750 6,750

178 J-League Winning Eleven 9 Asia Championship PS2 Konami 6,500 109,750

179 Summon Night Ecstacy PS2 Banpresto 6,500 161,750

180 Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan! DS Nintendo 6,250 66,750

181 Harvest Moon: Colobocle Station DS Victor Interactive 6,250 132,000

182 XI Colosseum PSP Sega 6,000 6,000

183 Style Book: Cinnamoroll DS Bandai 6,000 6,000

184 IQ Mania PSP Sega 5,750 5,750

185 Power Pocket Koushien DS Konami 5,500 107,750

186 Summon Night CS3 GBA Banpresto 5,500 41,750

187 Jan Sangoku Musou PS2 Koei 5,500 5,500

188 Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen 4 PS2 Tecmo 5,250 5,250

189 Dragon Quest VIII PS2 Enix 5,250 3,609,000

190 Super Smash Bros Melee GC Nintendo 5,000 1,391,750

191 Yugioh: Nightmare Troubadour DS Konami 5,000 105,750

192 Grandia III PS2 Enix 4,750 239,500

193 Powerful Pro Baseball 12 Final Edition GC Konami 4,750 23,250

194 Sakura Taisen V PS2 Sega 4,750 150,000

195 D.C.F.S PS2 Circus 4,500 42,500

196 Ikusagami PS2 Genki 4,500 90,500

197 Naruto 3 DS Tomy 4,250 229,000

198 Feel the Magic XY/XX 2 DS Sega 3,750 35,500

199 Gran Turismo 4 PS2 Sony 3,500 1,098,250

200 Piposaru Academia PSP Sony 3,500 136,750

201 Mah Jong Fight Club PSP Konami 3,500 128,000

202 Dynasty Warriors PSP Koei 3,000 297,750

203 Batallion Wars GC Nintendo 3,000 76,250

204 Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble DS Capcom 2,750 14,250

205 Cooking Mama DS Taito 2,750 2,750

206 Ridge Racer 6 X360 Namco 2,500 42,250

207 Far East of Eden ZIRIA X360 Hudson 2,500 2,500

208 Dynasty Warriors 5 Moushoden PS2 Koei 2,500 352,000

209 Jam With the Band DS Nintendo 2,500 199,500

210 Untold Legend PSP Sony 2,250 2,250

211 Pachinko Series Vol 1 CR: NGE PS2 D3 2,250 133,500

212 Yoshi: Touch and Go DS Nintendo 2,000 221,500

213 Need for Speed: Most Wanted X360 EA 2,000 18,000

214 Bleach: Heat the Soul PSP Sony 2,000 95,250

215 Perfect Dark Zero X360 Microsoft 2,000 26,500

216 Wanda and the Colossus PS2 Sony 1,500 205,500

217 Super Robot Taisen J GBA Banpresto 1,500 178,750

218 Sengoku Basara PS2 Capcom 1,500 169,500

219 Soul Calibur III PS2 Namco 1,500 129,750

220 Castlevania: Curse of Darkness PS2 Konami 1,250 49,000

221 Tetris X360 Microsoft 1,000 5,250

222 FIFA 06 X360 EA 1,000 7,250


Hardware:

Console Year Total
DS 1,212,500 6,858,000
PSP 552,500 3,235,500
PS2 448,000 19,455,750
GBA 146,500 15,261,000
GC 41,250 4,014,000
X360 33,250 111,750
Total 2,434,000

 

[cvxfreak]

I wonder where Mario Kart DS will ultimately end up. It's legs are longer than I previously thought. Since the comparison's been brought up already... anyone think GT3's 1.6 Million can be surpassed there?

 

[monkeyrun]

Well its without a doubt that for the rest of the year the DS and the PS2 will be sitting really comfortably on top. The real question will be, can Zelda TP alone push the GC above the GBA and PSP by the end of the year?

probably not.

it's time for revolution.

 

[thestopsign]

Hmmm, the most I think Mario Kart DS can muster would be 1.45m

Who knows if it last around 20k for as long as June, then I will change my mind. I think it will get a few more bumps when New Super Mario Bros. comes out and other Hardware surges though so it could very well pass 1.6m

 

[ioi]

I wonder where Mario Kart DS will ultimately end up. It's legs are longer than I previously thought. Since the comparison's been brought up already... anyone think GT3's 1.6 Million can be surpassed there?

Well I've said before 1.75m seems about right at the moment, but GT3 did 1.89m when all was said and done and I don't see it passing that to be honest. If you compare with MK64 it's following a very similar pattern so far:

http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japcomp.php?name1=Mario+Kart+64&name2=Mario+Kart+DS

I can't see it having the same long-term legs as MK64 (2-3 years down the line) as there will be a lot more DS games out by then than there ever were on the N64 so more competition (although if you look, all MK games have long legs). Having said that, I can see it following a similar pattern as MK64 for the rest of the year, which would put it on around 1.55-1.60m by the end of the year and maybe another 100-200k after that so 1.65-1.80m is pretty safe.

Comparing directly to GT3:

http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japcomp.php?name1=Mario+Kart+DS&name2=Gran+Turismo+3

We're quite a way behind still and while I can see some ground being made up (as GT3 really started to drop away week 20 onwards) I think it's too steep a hill to climb. Should get close though...

 

[verplant]

Ok.

Here is my list of topsellers DS/PSP - LTD Famitsu:

klick

 

[Pureauthor]

Um... what?

 

[elostyle]

what

 

[cvxfreak]

Um... that's nice.

But you have the wrong thread, I think. klick

 

[verplant]

Um... that's nice.

But you have the wrong thread, I think. klick

ups...