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[Stumpokapow]

Could we possibly get an updated Mario chart? I think it is time.

Yep, I'll do that once I manage to get home or early tomorrow at work. I had intended on doing it last week but I had missed the actual post with the NSMB LTD update. Unfortunately, Galaxy doesn't make it anywhere near the "games selling well enough to have their sprites on the graph" part.

 

[Lobster]

I think 2008 and beyond will be the time for sequals on the DS. I'm surprised that Nintendo has created so few sequals for there hit properties on the DS. I'm sure another Brain Training title would do millions, New Super Mario Bros 2 could do amazing numbers as well, not to forget Nintendogs 2, General knowledge training 2, Cook book 2, Yoshi island 2, Zelda PH 2, Animal Crossing 2, Mario Kart DS 2 and more. All potential hits.

2008=year of DQIX.

 

[Duke Togo]

WiiFUCK

 

[tanod]

Hmm, I dunno... Maybe if more people want to see this.



I don't remember it charting. Check the October MC threads from last year.

I'd like to see a "Last Year" column in the hardware numbers. Especially now that they've been out over a year now.

 

[Kiriku]

PSP killed pacman pie chart

 

[_Alkaline_]

Yep, I'll do that once I manage to get home or early tomorrow at work. I had intended on doing it last week but I had missed the actual post with the NSMB LTD update. Unfortunately, Galaxy doesn't make it anywhere near the "games selling well enough to have their sprites on the graph" part.

Thanks!

 

[KINGMOKU]

It's a pitty that the PSP is not a gaming system though.

Fixed that for ya'.


The PSP would be awesome competition for the DS, if it sold software, anywhere.


Does anyone know how it stacks up against other portable media devices, such as the ipod, and Zune?

 

[schuelma]

Fixed that for ya'.


The PSP would be awesome competition for the DS, if it sold software, anywhere.


Does anyone know how it stacks up against other portable media devices, such as the ipod, and Zune?

In general, yes, PSP software is bad. But it has shown it can support high profile games pretty well.

 

[ccbfan]

In general, yes, PSP software is bad. But it has shown it can support high profile games pretty well.

Hey it does have the best selling third party game this gen and its a franchise that was relatively unknown until it hit the PSP. So no franchise coattailing there so at least thats something as it prepares to get absolutely destroyed by DQIX.

 

[gcubed]

Non-gaming systems seem to be all the rage these days. The PSP fits right in with the top three.

lol... nice

 

[Jammy]

Great Wii hardware sales to back up the great software sales. 11 games in the top 50 is great. RE: UC is hanging in there and is on track to well surpass Capcom's expectations.

I'm curious as to what figures we'll get the week or two when SSBB releases and potentially more consoles are shipped.

DS needs new colors or more games. All the support on the system now seems to be from third parties (big titles, however) like Dragon Quest IX, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, Final Fantasy IV, Professor Layton 2, etc. As people have asked before... Where's the big-name sequels? Brain Age 3, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and more would all tear the whole of Japan down.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

PSP killed pacman pie chart

That's pessimist talk. An optimist would say it's brought the Sony-only Pac chart to life.

 

[Lightning]

Cool, the PS3 drop wasn't as bad as I first thought it was going to be.

 

[donny2112]

Oh snarf. New Famitsu hardware and software data is up, and they did indeed combine the last week of 2007 and the first week of 2008.

We have non-rounded LTDs for 1-30 for the week ending 20071230 with the exception of PS3 COD4. We may be able to get that from January's Top 20 with LTDs, though.

 

[Relix]

I think 2008 and beyond will be the time for sequals on the DS. I'm surprised that Nintendo has created so few sequals for there hit properties on the DS. I'm sure another Brain Training title would do millions, New Super Mario Bros 2 could do amazing numbers as well, not to forget Nintendogs 2, General knowledge training 2, Cook book 2, Yoshi island 2, Zelda PH 2, Animal Crossing 2, Mario Kart DS 2 and more. All potential hits.

Don't forget Pokemon Quartz...

 

[reilo]

That's pessimist talk. An optimist would say it's brought the Sony-only Pac chart to life.

Your PS2 numbers are wrong there, bud.

 

[Anth]

Fixed that for ya'.


The PSP would be awesome competition for the DS, if it sold software, anywhere.


Does anyone know how it stacks up against other portable media devices, such as the ipod, and Zune?

That it doesn't sell games doesn't mean that people don't play games on it.

 

[ethelred]

That's pessimist talk. An optimist would say it's brought the Sony-only Pac chart to life.

Who says there are no good Sony exclusives left?

 

[NeoUltima]

NDS 97,369
PSP 96,159

Was there a new color this week? If not, big congratulations to Sony. PSP-2000 really turned things around for the system. Between increased PSP sales, strong holiday Ps2 sales, and speedy-cost reduction on Ps3, SCE might just be starting to turn a profit again.

 

[Jammy]

That it doesn't sell games doesn't mean that people don't play games on it.

Yeah. Everybody loves Nintendo games, after all.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

We have non-rounded LTDs for 1-30 for the week ending 20071230 with the exception of PS3 COD4. We may be able to get that from January's Top 20 with LTDs, though.

Oh? I'll have to look back on them; I mostly tend to ignore the early stuff.

Your PS2 numbers are wrong there, bud.

Ahh! Fixed. Now PSP is even chompier.

EDIT: Oh, and since I don't think it's been posted yet, here's Famitsu's software pie data for the combined weeks of 2007-12-24 and 2007-12-31.

DS: 47.8
Wii: 23.3
PS2: 12.5
PSP: 10.7
PS3: 3.7
X360: 1.7
Other: 0.3

 

[botticus]

Great Wii hardware sales to back up the great software sales. 11 games in the top 50 is great. RE: UC is hanging in there and is on track to well surpass Capcom's expectations.

I'm curious as to what figures we'll get the week or two when SSBB releases and potentially more consoles are shipped.

DS needs new colors or more games. All the support on the system now seems to be from third parties (big titles, however) like Dragon Quest IX, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, Final Fantasy IV, Professor Layton 2, etc. As people have asked before... Where's the big-name sequels? Brain Age 3, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and more would all tear the whole of Japan down.

Some would say Nintendo is giving third parties some breathing room. Others would say they're failing to support their platform to realize its full potential.

 

[Grecco]

Doesnt Nintendo occasionally have a Jan-March thing where they show off new stuff? If i recall the GBASP was announced in a January right? Or was it Febuary?

Anyways. its about time for the DS slim

 

[schuelma]

Doesnt Nintendo occasionally have a Jan-March thing where they show off new stuff? If i recall the GBASP was announced in a January right? Or was it Febuary?

Anyways. its about time for the DS slim

Nintendo needs a conference to announce some goddamned games.

 

[reilo]

Nintendo needs a conference to announce some goddamned games.

They'll announce something, but it won't be any damn games.

 

[Jasoncheng]

Degeki-Ranking
http://dol.dengeki.com/soft/ranking.html

TOP50
NDS:21
Wii:9
PSP:8
PS2:7
PS3:4
XBOX360:1

 

[Lightning]

Question for the Japan boffins around here.

When do sales in Japan go back to normal? These numbers still look kinda high... I want to find out what the PS3 levels at, it better not be 10k again...

 

[Grecco]

They'll announce something, but it won't be any damn games.

They stopped making games. All they will have now is a Diet Channel and a Fit Guru Channel on the Wii Ware page to go with the Wii Fit craze

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Doesnt Nintendo occasionally have a Jan-March thing where they show off new stuff? If i recall the GBASP was announced in a January right? Or was it Febuary?

Anyways. its about time for the DS slim

I don't recall if there's a regularly scheduled thing, but GBASP and DSL were both first shown in January.

Question for the Japan boffins around here.

When do sales in Japan go back to normal? These numbers still look kinda high...

Here's an image of total weekly hardware sales from Media Create for the last several years. It looks like usually things continue to slide for a few more weeks, but last year things stayed at about their week-2 rates, probably due to the supply situation with DS and Wii.

 

[wsippel]

Nintendo needs a conference to announce some goddamned games.

Maybe next Thursday...

 

[schuelma]

Maybe next Thursday...

Umm..is something supposed to be happening next Thursday?

 

[felipeko]

Umm..is something supposed to be happening next Thursday?

I know it's time for Nitendo financial results for the 3rd fiscal quarter...

 

[Kiriku]

That's pessimist talk. An optimist would say it's brought the Sony-only Pac chart to life.
http://joshuajamesslone.name/gamecharting/test11pacsony.php

Ah yes, it lives on! Nice one :lol

 

[_Alkaline_]

I know it's time for Nitendo financial results for the 3rd fiscal quarter...

But would new games ever be announced during this?

 

[felipeko]

But would new games ever be announced during this?

I dunno.. I think it didn't happen last year...

 

[Dash]

Needs more Mario.

 

[methane47]

HOLY CRAP AT PSP!!

 

[Novid]

Was there a new color this week? If not, big congratulations to Sony. PSP-2000 really turned things around for the system. Between increased PSP sales, strong holiday Ps2 sales, and speedy-cost reduction on Ps3, SCE might just be starting to turn a profit again.

The only planned color is Mint Green set for Feb 23-26. Yes. They sold that many PSP's.

 

[gimz]

congrad on PSP, i wonder what will the sales look like on PSP
is the Pink PSP release in Japan yet? its gonna be huge

 

[Novid]

congrad on PSP, i wonder what will the sales look like on PSP
is the Pink PSP release in Japan yet? its gonna be huge

Pink has been out...im not sure if its highest bought color of the PSP, im not a media create number diviner :lol :lol :lol

 

[test_account]

The only planned color is Mint Green set for Feb 23-26. Yes. They sold that many PSP's.

They also have a Monster Hunter 2 (that new release thats comming soon, some expansion pack or something) edition comming up

 

[Novid]

They also have a Monster Hunter 2 (that new release thats comming soon, some expansion pack or something) edition comming up

The way that game came back and the PSP is selling thats gonna be Dragon Quest-esce levels of sales.:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[donny2112]

Oh? I'll have to look back on them; I mostly tend to ignore the early stuff.

1-20 is easy to come by via Oricon. The rest require figuring. Using the combined week numbers, I've got it down to only PS3 COD4 has rounded anything now. Everything else in the Top 30 is non-rounded. For 20080106, I have 27/30 as non-rounded.

The way that game came back and the PSP is selling thats gonna be Dragon Quest-esce levels of sales.

It never went away. :/ I take it you weren't paying attention to games outside of Media-Create's Top 10 or inside Famitsu's Top 30. Also, 2G will probably shorten MHP2's life considerably. This isn't a Brain Training 1/2 situation.

 

[Ezduo]

Damn at the PSP. Can't wait to see what Sony does with its successor (same with Nintendo for that matter).

 

[Souldriver]

I'm patiently anticipating the first regular PSP > DS week. It's bound to happen imo, since the DS should hit a saturation point somewhere in the near future, and the PSP has somehow received the "hype product" status. The only thing that's making me doubt this though, is the inevitable bomzaldroppen DQIX.

Haha, I called it*. :lol PSP domination eminent. (I can't find my other quote from earlier on).


*Ok, It's not there yet, but I still think it's just a matter of time.

 

[apujanata]

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. NDS   -    97,369 |   266,568 |   363,937 | 21,536,988
2. PSP   -    96,159 |   218,234 |   314,393 |  7,915,987
3. WII   -    84,530 |   207,797 |   292,327 |  4,908,487
4. PS3   -    38,907 |    64,183 |   103,090 |  1,744,766
5. PS2   -    14,499 |    32,010 |    46,509 | 20,973,546
6. 360   -     4,690 |     9,763 |    14,453 |    521,794

Is this the start of the new era ?
PSP Slim to become the next DSL ?
One year Easter for PSP ?
Start of incredible increase of PSP S/W for 2008 ?

What do you think will happen in 2008 ? Share your thought on PSP vs DS in 2008.

 

[Souldriver]

What do you think will happen in 2008 ? Share your thought on PSP vs DS in 2008.

I've said it a few times the past month, but people laughed at me. ;( I expect a few weeks of PSP>DS, but DQIX wil give the DS a little bit momentum again.

 

[jman2050]

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. NDS   -    97,369 |   266,568 |   363,937 | 21,536,988
2. PSP   -    96,159 |   218,234 |   314,393 |  7,915,987
3. WII   -    84,530 |   207,797 |   292,327 |  4,908,487
4. PS3   -    38,907 |    64,183 |   103,090 |  1,744,766
5. PS2   -    14,499 |    32,010 |    46,509 | 20,973,546
6. 360   -     4,690 |     9,763 |    14,453 |    521,794

Is this the start of the new era ?
PSP Slim to become the next DSL ?
One year Easter for PSP ?
Start of incredible increase of PSP S/W for 2008 ?

What do you think will happen in 2008 ? Share your thought on PSP vs DS in 2008.

DS wins.

 

[ethelred]

Famitsu Dec 24-Jan 6

27. NDS Tales of Innocence 40790 / 196913

I'm sure not a lot of other people care about this, but I'd just like to note that Tales of Innocence has now officially passed Tales of the Tempest in sales.

And it did it without price collapsing!

 

[Busaiku]

I'm sure not a lot of other people care about this, but I'd just like to note that Tales of Innocence has now officially passed Tales of the Tempest in sales.

And it did it without price collapsing!

Might pass Eternia (PSP), assuming it did around 10k or so this week (Famitsu has UC at 7k? or something).
Though it'd probably need a drop.