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[donny2112]

Do they still do those? I checked what the last Nintendo-published Japanese GBA game that charted was, and it was... Rhythm Tengoku, two years ago.

The last GBA game that charted was FFVI in Dec 06, but we got updates on 9 GBA games at the end of 2007. A GBA re-release of Rhythm Tengoku advertised as playable on the DS could do pretty well following RTGold's reception.

Edit:
While we're waiting, here's the Media-Create blurb from last week.

"Total sales of the Top 100 titles this week is 711,453, 71.95% of last week, and 70.00% of the average weekly total. Obon period is over. Software is down 277K from last week and this is the lowest hardware total for the year. Incidentally during the same period last year, "Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends" and "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates" were new and leading the weekly total to over 1 million units, but there are no such big games this year leading to lower total sales.

Nine new titles rank this week capturing 28.35% of the sales. "J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship" gains first place selling 79K. PS3 and the series moving to Next-Gen machines affected the sales compared to the August 2007 release of last year's version. This year's version sold about half of last year's debut."

 

[Jasoncheng]

MediaCreate-Ranking

HardWare
DS Lite 56,439
PSP 41,664
Wii 35,755
PS3 9,775
PS2 8,810
Xbox 360 3,124

SoftWare TOP50
NDS:23
Wii:10
PSP:6
PS2:4
PS3:4
XBOX360:3

 

[jeremy1456]

MediaCreate-Ranking

HardWare
DS Lite 56,439
PSP 41,664
Wii 35,755
PS3 9,775
PS2 8,810
Xbox 360 3,124

SoftWare TOP50
NDS:23
Wii:10
PSP:6
PS2:4
PS3:4
XBOX360:3

Dang, huge difference for Wii numbers between this and famitsu.

 

[donny2112]

31. NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
32. 360 Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai)
33. WII Captain Rainbow (Nintendo)
34. PSP Gundam Battle Universe (Namco Bandai)
35. WII Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball (Nintendo)
36. NDS Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan (Nintendo)
37. PS3 Soul Calibur IV (Namco Bandai)
38. PS2 Persona 4 (Atlus Co.)
39. NDS Hanshin Tigers DS (Spike)
40. NDS Mame Goma 2: Uchi no Ko ga Ichiban! (My Kid is Number One!) (TDK Core)
41. NDS Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Yumenoukihashi (Floating Bridges of Dreams) (Koei)
42. PSP Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida (BEST) (SCEI)
43. PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (Konami)
44. NDS Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble Hyper - Moeyo Mirai (Takara Tomy)
45. WII Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 (Konami)
46. WII Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
47. WII Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Nintendo)
48. NDS Pokemon Diamond (Pokemon Co.)
49. NDS Sangokushi Taisen Ten (SEGA)
50. NDS San-X Character Channel: All-Star Daishuugou! (MTO)

Edit:
Going by the NPD month, the PS3 just squeaked out a victory over the 360 in August.

PS3 - 39,861
360 - 38,995

 

[Jonnyram]

Edit:
Going by the NPD month, the PS3 just squeaked out a victory over the 360 in August.

PS3 - 39,861
360 - 38,995

Ah, evil.
The winds they are a-changing, though.

 

[donny2112]

For those decrying the Wii's performance this year compared to last, I find it very likely that the Wii will not drop as severely in September as last year. Last year, the Wii had a precipitous drop from Obon on. This year, it's much more consistent week on week. September should be pretty interesting, though, if the 360's increased supply leads to more consoles actually being sold.

Consoles

Handhelds

 

[schuelma]

Dang, huge difference for Wii numbers between this and famitsu.

They really are. I think last year around this time it was switched and MC had Wii hardware lower.

 

[sphinx]

HardWare
DS Lite 56,439
PSP 41,664

I guess the DS got bored of letting the competiton take over and taste victory.

PSP should be proud of the time it was ahead, even if it won't matter in the least in the bigger scope of things.

 

[donny2112]

Famitsu Aug 18-24

1. PS2 J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship 80730 / NEW
2. NDS Rhythm Tengoku Gold 55487 / 557088
3. NDS Inazuma Eleven 41458 / NEW
4. PSP Phantasy Star Portable 35486 / 545242
5. NDS Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Yumenoukihashi (Floating Bridges of Dreams) 29156 / NEW
6. WII Wii Fit 25542 / 2489292
7. NDS Dragon Quest V 25152 / 1102067
8. NDS Sigma Harmonics 24619 / NEW
9. NDS Daigasso! Band Brothers DX 16786 / 286221
10. WII Mario Kart Wii 14924 / 1678151
11. PS2 Memories Off 6: Trial Wave 13039 / NEW
12. NDS Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure 12955 / 307018
13. NDS Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Kenfuuchou 12798 / NEW
14. PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 12310 / 182460
15. WII Wii Sports 10062 / 3104720
16. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 G 9132 / 2396642
17. 360 Tales of Vesperia 8028 / 128204
18. NDS Mario Kart DS 7839 / 3182186
19. WII Wario Land: Shake It! 7550 / 82753
20. NDS Bokura wa Kaseki Holder (We are Fossil Diggers) 7394 / 197049
21. NDS New Super Mario Bros. 5850 / 5265191
22. WII Wii Play 5834 / 2460887
23. WII Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball 5449 / 165376
24. WII Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse 5352 / 54663
25. NDS Sangokushi Taisen Ten 5307 / 52883
26. PS3 Soul Calibur IV 5172 / 109318
27. PSP Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 5098 / 255377
28. NDS Animal Crossing: Wild World 5093 / 4717648
29. NDS Derby Stallion DS 5026 / 248997
30. PSP Gundam Battle Universe 5017 / 234799

*. PS2 Secret Game: Killer Queen 4500 / NEW
*. PS3 Vampire Rain: Altered Species 2300 / NEW
*. NDS Uwasa no Midori-kun!! 2 Futari no Midori!? 1300 / NEW
*. NDS Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren (BEST) 1100 / NEW


Bar Chart Aug 18-24 (thanks to JoshuaJSlone/garaph.info)

Note: Image may be delayed from the time of this post, but will automatically show once the data is ready.


Misc. LTD Updates
PSP Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - 790,705
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 - 1,706,387


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Jul 21-27, 2008
Jul 28-Aug 3, 2008
Aug 4-17, 2008

 

[Count Dookkake]

So when does that new Metal Gear come out?

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

So when does that new Metal Gear come out?

There was a new Metal Gear announced? I thought 4 was meant to wrap up the story?


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Oh wait. I see what you did there.

 

[donny2112]

Media-Create blurb:

"Total sales of the Top 100 titles this week is 726,143, 102.06% of last week, and 72.03% of the average weekly total. Rhythm Tengoku Gold sold 76K and has its second week in August at #1. Total sales of 600K have been brisk.

There were 15 new releases this week. Afrika, a big pre-launch title, sold 38K. This "light" title can expand the image of the PS3 to more non-core users. Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper (34K) and Battlefield: Bad Company (26K) sold relatively well, but there is missing a title to sell 100K this week. Because of that, the new game percentage is lower (22.74%)."

Pretty much.

 

[Tenbatsu]

I saw Captain Rainbow!!

 

[Koopakiller]

What is Clannad?

 

[Fuu]

What is Clannad?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clannad_(visual_novel)

 

[Rock_Man]

It can be shown that the red line is always turning in the direction of the other line. So, DS is still losing some LTD hardware shares every week.

 

[Shiggy]

No Lotuscharts this week?

 

[Flakster99]

Lotuscharts, where art thou!

kickass.chart

It can be shown that the red line is always turning in the direction of the other line. So, DS is still losing some LTD hardware shares every week.

I appreciate all the charts, the continued interest and work that goes into them, and I look forward to them, but this is my favorite of the charts.

 

[Fuu]

No Lotuscharts this week?

Lotuscharts, where art thou!

This is what he said in the 08/18 - 08/24 MC thread:

Hey everybody. I'll be out of town this week visiting family, and I won't be able to post charts or the next MC thread until I get back on Sunday. I would expect donny or jjs or cvx to take over for the week if they're willing.

I will update w/e thread is available with appropriate charts when I get back.

http://www.ga-forum.com/showpost.php?p=12631416&postcount=282

 

[Spiegel]

I was bored and... yeah I know it's not pretty

NDS x19
PSP x9
Wii x8
PS2 x7
PS3 x6
X360 x1

Source: Joshua's site

 

[jimbo]

31. NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
32. 360 Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai)

Going by the NPD month, the PS3 just squeaked out a victory over the 360 in August.

PS3 - 39,861
360 - 38,995

Here's the rest of them:
August 2008 monthly MC hardware numbers. Covers Aug 4 - Aug 31:

DS - 251,534
PSP - 212,182
Wii - 162,470
PS3 - 39,861
360 - 38,995
PS2 - 35,901

Bummer for Tales just missing the top 30. Although the 360 did finally manage to beat the PS2 for the month.

 

[jrricky]

Here's the rest of them:
August 2008 monthly MC hardware numbers. Covers Aug 4 - Aug 31:

DS - 251,534
PSP - 212,182
Wii - 162,470
PS3 - 39,861
360 - 38,995
PS2 - 35,901

Bummer for Tales just missing the top 30. Although the 360 did finally manage to beat the PS2 for the month.

Where is my its gonna take certain amount of time for catchup analysis? With that sort of lead though, the PS3 is no where close to saving in japan compared to what the Wii is doin.

 

[farnham]

Wow ToS2 did sell quite well

too bad namco bandai totally under shipped in the first week

 

[Pureauthor]

I was bored and... yeah I know it's not pretty


NDS x19
PSP x9
Wii x8
PS2 x7
PS3 x6
X360 x1

Source: Joshua's site[/QUOTE]

Whoop whoop.

 

[jimbo]

Where is my its gonna take certain amount of time for catchup analysis? With that sort of lead though, the PS3 is no where close to saving in japan compared to what the Wii is doin.

As long as it gets outsold on a consistent basis it won't ever happen.

 

[typhonsentra]

I'm pretty surprised to see Clannad bomb so bad. You'd think it'd do better what with the television revival and the fact that the original version sold over 100k and the semi-sequel did almost 50k.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Using the latest Media Create numbers...

DS vs PSP: Weekly shares of 57.5 / 42.5 bring total shares to 69.4 / 30.6. If DS stopped selling and PSP continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 312.9 weeks (August 31, 2014).

PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares of 21.5 / 78.5 bring total shares to 25.5 / 74.5. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 449.7 weeks (April 15, 2017).

X360 vs PS3: Weekly shares of 24.2 / 75.8 bring total shares to 21.9 / 78.1. If PS3 stopped selling and X360 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 527.9 weeks (October 14, 2018).

And here's something I think might be an interesting thing to do pretty regularly, even if this week it's most notable for being pretty boring. By doing a line graph for just two weeks with all the current systems, we can see the week over week change. This week most things are remarkably flat. PSP sticks out, but it's still less than a 10% drop.

Using the latest Famitsu numbers...

PSP comparisons: After 194 weeks, PSP is where PS2 was at 147.5 weeks (December 25, 2002), where DS was at 88.2 weeks (August 7, 2006), and where GBA was at 124.2 weeks (August 4, 2003).

PS3 comparisons: After 94 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 21.0 weeks (July 22, 2000), where PSP was at 53.0 weeks (December 11, 2005), where GCN was at 99.7 weeks (August 7, 2003), and where Wii was at 23.0 weeks (May 5, 2007).

Wii comparisons: After 91 weeks, Wii is where GBA was at 88.9 weeks (November 30, 2002), where DS was at 69.7 weeks (March 30, 2006), where PS2 was at 97.0 weeks (January 6, 2002), and where PSP was at 151.7 weeks (November 2, 2007).


Software stuff in a bit.

EDIT: Not much worth saying about software that isn't rehash. Fatal Frame continues to behave like a middling Fatal Frame, Mario Kart Wii continues to be huge, Rhythm Tengoku Gold continues to loom over its predecessor, yada yada yada.

 

[John Harker]

Woa look at that, Fatal Frame still in the top 50. Niiiiice. Despite its early issues, will likely end up near or better than best selling in the series.

Localize now k thx bye.

 

[Saint10118]

I was bored and... yeah I know it's not pretty

NDS x19
PSP x9
Wii x8
PS2 x7
PS3 x6
X360 x1

Source: Joshua's site

Did Wii Fit and Wii Sports not show up?

 

[sensi97]

Did Wii Fit and Wii Sports not show up?

They were released in 2007

 

[Saint10118]

They were released in 2007

:lol oops reading for the win!

 

[Metal Gear?!]

No. Western ppl in Japan like Too Human. [How many US soldiers is serving in Japanese bases?]

Right now? Not that many.

I kind of like to think that a bald(ur) space marine action w-rpg has it's own in-built niche audience in Japan just as their rpgs have in the west.

 

[Tmac]

A very unusual week. A total of 7 HD console games on top 50. wow.

 

[eatyobeans]

Nintendo must be happy with the numbers RTG is doing. Now they should give us a NA release date.

 

[apujanata]

Ah, evil.
The winds they are a-changing, though.

You know, the first to 50K is the winner, and X360 in Japan has proven that point. Worlwide, it is first to 10 Million, but in Japan, it is first to 50K.

Spoiler

Yeah, I am joking

 

[NeoXDeath]

28. WII Wii Play (Nintendo)

 

[beef3483]

People are still buying this shit?

Welcome back to society. How long has it been?

 

[nli10]

Woa look at that, Fatal Frame still in the top 50. Niiiiice. Despite its early issues, will likely end up near or better than best selling in the series.

Localize now k thx bye.

Almost a certainty to be westernised I'd say. As it's the only game of it's type on the Wii it's going to have the market to itself.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Man, September is so slow we don't even get first day sales, poor Blue Dragon DS.

 

[jj984jj]

Man, September is so slow we don't even get first day sales, poor Blue Dragon DS.

I hope it bombed hard.

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[Rock_Man]

I appreciate all the charts, the continued interest and work that goes into them, and I look forward to them, but this is my favorite of the charts.

Thanks!

Let's take a look at the consoles then. Unfortunately, Famitsu combined the week of Tales of Vesperia with the week after. That makes the software spike much less spiky, but for hardware I used the leaked numbers.

And removing Wii:

Finally, consoles vs handhelds:

 

[jesusraz]

I hope it bombed hard.

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Why, not a fan of Heroes of Mana? I'm actually looking forward to getting my copy in the post...hopefully Monday.

 

[icecream]

I'm pretty surprised to see Clannad bomb so bad. You'd think it'd do better what with the television revival and the fact that the original version sold over 100k and the semi-sequel did almost 50k.

Where is there any indication that it bombed? The first season of the TV finished months ago, and the second TV season has yet to air. The 360 game pretty much hit right during the lull. Not to mention the PSP version came out a month before it (it sold ~26K), most likely cutting into its sales. If the 360 version sells about 10K lifetime, it did pretty good for a third-time console ADV port.

And I hope you're not seriously comparing a thrice-latter port to the initial PC sales when the game was first released. Even the PC Full Voice re-release earlier in the year barely sold over 10K. You can only sell the same game to the same crowd so many times... at least the 360 version has 720P, 5.1 Dolby Digital and DLC to attract consumers, instead of being a straight port like the other versions.

 

[RpgN]

I hope it bombed hard.

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Why so mean? It looks good so far.

It seems the Xbox 360 is back to 3k sales. The ds is on top again and the psp is doing well. The wii could have done better, but I guess it's doing okay without many new (worthy) releases as of late.

 

[PantherLotus]

I want those rock_man charts on LotusCharts. Can we make this happen? I especially love that last chart with the red and the blue. Excellent looking and visually representative of the generation.

Great work rockman. If you'd contribute I'd love to have your stuff over there.

 

[jj984jj]

Why, not a fan of Heroes of Mana? I'm actually looking forward to getting my copy in the post...hopefully Monday.

I would have loved if this was Heroes of Mana with a new skin and better AI but what you've got here is RW with shadow fights, SCRATCH THE SCREEN TO WIN!

 

[jimbo]

Why so mean? It looks good so far.

It seems the Xbox 360 is back to 3k sales. The ds is on top again and the psp is doing well. The wii could have done better, but I guess it's doing okay without many new (worthy) releases as of late.

Shortage + officially announced price drop is the reason for it being back down to 3k. The week of 9/8-9/14 will change things and this time it may not be for just a week. I don't think it would have been for just a week this time had they not had a shortage. The week we are in now will be one of the worst for the 360, due to the upcoming price drop. I predict less than 1k units.

 

[Stormbringer]

So here are some figures from Capcom's Jun Takeuchi's Gamefest 2008 keynote, which I though this would be of interest here. Pardon me if these numbers are all known already :


Japanese software sales (in thousands units) :

         Total     w/o 1st party  what's left
   (from DS launch)
PS2       71,011       65,933         5,078
PS3        6,211        4,893         1,318
360        3,047        2,285           762
Wii       22,513        5,122        17,391
NDS      103,342       44,339        59,003
PSP       23,358       19,636         3,722

Average sales for one title (in units) :

          Total      w/o 1st party  what's left
     (from DS launch)
PS2       36,285       35,015       1,270
PS3       52,637       49,927       2,710
360       15,085       13,441       1,644
Wii      122,356       32,215      90,141
NDS       98,140       48,186      49,954
PSP       39,928       39,193         735

Sources : 1, 2

 

[gtj1092]

By the way, here are some figures from Capcom's Jun Takeuchi's Gamefest 2008 keynote, which I though this would be of interest here. Pardon me if these numbers are known already :


Japanese software sales (in thousands units) :

          Total        3rd party      1st party

PS2       71,011       65,933         5,078
PS3        6,211        4,893         1,318
360        3,047        2,285           762
Wii       22,513        5,122        17,391
NDS      103,342       44,339        59,003
PSP       23,358       19,636         3,722

Average sales for one title (in units) :

          Total        3rd party    1st party

PS2       36,285       35,015       1,270
PS3       52,637       49,927       2,710
360       15,085       13,441       1,644
Wii      122,356       32,215      90,141
NDS       98,140       48,186      49,954
PSP       39,928       39,193         735

Sources : 1, 2

Wow at 360. Why developers chose to kill their fanbase in their biggest market is beyond me?

 

[Spiegel]

That PS2 number seems strangely low