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Media Create Sales: 11/03 - 11/09
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MarzipaNMOS
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farnham said:
He probably means since most people operate on a budget when buying games, if two games of the same series are released so close to one another, one will be ignored by the majority of people. in this case, VI.
Captain Smoker
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Dengeki
http://www.ascii.co.jp/top/release/pdfs/081113.pdf2006 and 2007 Year End Market Size Comparison
*click me*
November - January Week 1
- 2006: 229.500.000.000 ¥
- 2007: 227.300.000.000 ¥ (- 1,0%)
April - October
- 2007: 366.500.000.000 ¥
- 2008: 308.300.000.000 ¥ (- 15,9%)
I know this has been said many times before in these threads, but I'm sooooooo happy Japanese DS owners are picking up (and apparently enjoying) RTG. Who would have thought it would catch on like it has?
In my dreams, NOJ would release a special edition DSlite or DSi that's yellow and features an image of the cute little spokesgirl to celebrate the game's success
In my dreams, NOJ would release a special edition DSlite or DSi that's yellow and features an image of the cute little spokesgirl to celebrate the game's success
Totobeni said:
WELL I actually meant Miyamoto would be making the Wonderswan2 (or would it be 3?) and banished from Nintendoland...
"miyamoto had some flops in the past.. why do you think that suddenly he will become nintendos enemy"
It's a joke, seeing as Yamauchi isn't even there anymore.
PantherLotus
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PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
sp0rsk said:
Potentially another Nintendogs among that demographic?
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Since I wasn't sure last time that I got it right, now I am, amazon.co.jp themselves have Wii Music 38% off. Btw, I'm not saying this means anything, so leave my throat un-strangled.
Perdew said:
I agree.
Perdew said:
I reckon the only thing that will result from Wii Music's lacklustre (but by no means poor) performance is a lack of sequels.
But even then, it's possible that they'll consider sequels if they love it enough. It's not like Band Brothers or even Pikmin set the world on fire at first. And Miyamoto, General Manager who used to get a fair bit of respect from most everyone, seems to quite like it.
Plus, it was Totaka-san (K.K. Slider) who directed Wii Music, anyway. And he's priceless. No way he's leaving.
I think we've all lost a bit of perspective as a result of Wii Sports and Wii Fit. Games selling a couple of hundred thousand are successes. Nintendo will hopefully learn from both the development of Wii Music and its reception for future projects.
People seem to misunderstand their 'try it out' attitude and risk-taking. There was nothing to guarantee WiiFit would succeed. They famously stated that if DS was interesting to just 10% of gamers, that's ok. A major reason for their huge bank balance is so they can weather the storms when things fail.
It's a huge misconception to think that Nintendo *expects*, rather than hopes, for things to do well.
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Using percentages given with first day numbers, ~333k shipment right away. So it has barely sold half of that shipment, 164k is the latest Famitsu number.schuelma said:
shykyoichi
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PantherLotus said:
I think that Nintendog is already saturated with the different versions.
PantherLotus
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jesusraz said:
That shouldn't be too much of a problem.
shykyoichi said:
What does that have to do with Girl's Mode?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Laguna said:
I think you are too quick to dismiss this boy.
dirtmonkey37
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I'm curious as to why the 360's sales jumped up to 12,000 this week. Anyone?
There haven't been any new Japanese-aimed games and the price drop took effect several weeks ago. Why the sudden jump from 6K to 12K?
There haven't been any new Japanese-aimed games and the price drop took effect several weeks ago. Why the sudden jump from 6K to 12K?
JoshuaJSlone
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It's doing better than Ouendan, Band Bros., and Rhythm Tengoku. We still got Ouendan 2, Band Bros. DX, and Rhythm Tengoku Gold.swerve said:
Pikmin wasn't a million-seller in Japan (only SSBM did that on GameCube), but it was one of the early successes and eventually hit a half-million. It was the #2 game on teh platform until Animal Crossing out-legged it.HK-47 said:
Actually, looking at Pikmin now I notice that it was also a mid-October game, and its early numbers are not dissimilar to Wii Music's. However, since Pikmin was released just over a month from system launch, it had much more reason for a continued holiday bump as the size of the userbase increased by several times.
Kurosaki Ichigo
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The bundle will be more limited than the Crisis Core one, so less than 77777 units which in holiday season means shit. I don't think Dissidia is anticipated as much as CC again, although it should be PSP biggest holiday title that's sure, and being released on 12/18, that week should also be PSP highest hardware-wise.donny2112 said:
Its all about DSi restocks, it'll be interesting to know next two sets of data to see how much is Nintendo restocking weekly, right now we only know 100k for the 2nd week, which would be way too little for any December week.
Btw, about LBP bundles I saw a comment in this thread (or the last one, I don't remember) that they seem to be selling very, very little. I wonder how many LBP bundles (PS3 bundles, not the DS3 ones) they put out, because going by past titles, unless its Minna no Golf 5, they were all limited to 10,000 units. And those were much bigger titles for the japanese market like Kenzan, Gundam Musou, Musou 5, DMC4...
Segata Sanshiro
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I expect Dissidia to do very well, but aside from the limited bundles, I don't think it's going to drive hardware much. I suspect that the audience that would buy a PSP for this game largely already bought a PSP for Crisis Core.
Regulus Tera said:
Yeah, like Crisis Core last year... Like I said if Nintendo manages to ship as many DSi units as they did the last two Decembers with DSlite in Japan it will be a easy win but it´s difficult to do that knowing that they just managed to only ship 100k for DSis second week. The problem is that most facilities are still producing DSlites and they still haven´t changed focus to DSi and so it´s hard to know how many units they are able to produce/ship.
HK-47 said:
As the other chaps have pointed out, Pikmin actually sold pretty average at first - fairly close to Wii Music - and only when the advertising song by Strawberry Flower took off in the charts and the holiday rolled around, did it do particularly well.
Band Brothers got a sequel because it was believed in, not because it was an enormous success.
HK-47 said:
That was sort of my point in the paragraph following the one you quoted. If they like it, or see promise despite average sales, they'll still go ahead.
JoshuaJSlone
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Based on the latest Famitsu hardware numbers...
PSP comparisons: After 204 weeks, PSP is where PS2 was at 151.7 weeks (January 24, 2003), where DS was at 91.3 weeks (August 29, 2006), and where GBA was at 134.6 weeks (October 16, 2003).
X360 comparisons: After 152 weeks, X360 is where GCN was at 14.9 weeks (December 22, 2001), where PS3 was at 18.0 weeks (March 11, 2007), and where Wii was at 3.9 weeks (December 24, 2006).
PS3 comparisons: After 104 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 22.7 weeks (August 4, 2000), where PSP was at 54.0 weeks (December 18, 2005), where GCN was at 104.3 weeks (September 9, 2003), and where Wii was at 24.8 weeks (May 19, 2007).
So the PS3/GCN line has crossed yet again.
You'd be hard-pressed to notice from that image, though, so I'll zoom in on the last few weeks.
Wii comparisons: After 101 weeks, Wii is where GBA was at 90.6 weeks (December 12, 2002), where DS was at 70.9 weeks (April 8, 2006), where PS2 was at 99.8 weeks (January 25, 2002), and where PSP was at 155.4 weeks (November 28, 2007).
And now a new comparison. Some may remember when I used to compare DSL to GBASP. Now I can do something similar with DSi, but using tools developed since.
DSi comparisons: After 1 week, DSi is where GBASP was at 1.6 weeks (February 20, 2003), where GBM was at 1.4 weeks (September 21, 2005), and where DSL was at 2.1 weeks (March 13, 2006).
PSP-2000 and -3000 are excluded not because they wouldn't be interesting, but because they weren't reported separately.
Based on the latest Media Create hardware numbers...
DS vs PSP: Weekly shares of 72.1 / 27.9 bring total shares to 69.0 / 31.0. If DS stopped selling and PSP continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 302.3 weeks (August 26, 2014).
X360 vs PS3: Weekly shares of 41.0 / 59.0 bring total shares to 23.7 / 76.3. If PS3 stopped selling and X360 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 129.8 weeks (May 7, 2011).
PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares of 42.6 / 57.4 bring total shares to 25.7 / 74.3. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 247.9 weeks (August 11, 2013).
Week over week, there's no consistency on up/down. DS and PS3 are obvious downs from their previous bumps, though.
PSP comparisons: After 204 weeks, PSP is where PS2 was at 151.7 weeks (January 24, 2003), where DS was at 91.3 weeks (August 29, 2006), and where GBA was at 134.6 weeks (October 16, 2003).
X360 comparisons: After 152 weeks, X360 is where GCN was at 14.9 weeks (December 22, 2001), where PS3 was at 18.0 weeks (March 11, 2007), and where Wii was at 3.9 weeks (December 24, 2006).
PS3 comparisons: After 104 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 22.7 weeks (August 4, 2000), where PSP was at 54.0 weeks (December 18, 2005), where GCN was at 104.3 weeks (September 9, 2003), and where Wii was at 24.8 weeks (May 19, 2007).
So the PS3/GCN line has crossed yet again.
You'd be hard-pressed to notice from that image, though, so I'll zoom in on the last few weeks.
Wii comparisons: After 101 weeks, Wii is where GBA was at 90.6 weeks (December 12, 2002), where DS was at 70.9 weeks (April 8, 2006), where PS2 was at 99.8 weeks (January 25, 2002), and where PSP was at 155.4 weeks (November 28, 2007).
And now a new comparison. Some may remember when I used to compare DSL to GBASP. Now I can do something similar with DSi, but using tools developed since.
DSi comparisons: After 1 week, DSi is where GBASP was at 1.6 weeks (February 20, 2003), where GBM was at 1.4 weeks (September 21, 2005), and where DSL was at 2.1 weeks (March 13, 2006).
PSP-2000 and -3000 are excluded not because they wouldn't be interesting, but because they weren't reported separately.
Based on the latest Media Create hardware numbers...
DS vs PSP: Weekly shares of 72.1 / 27.9 bring total shares to 69.0 / 31.0. If DS stopped selling and PSP continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 302.3 weeks (August 26, 2014).
X360 vs PS3: Weekly shares of 41.0 / 59.0 bring total shares to 23.7 / 76.3. If PS3 stopped selling and X360 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 129.8 weeks (May 7, 2011).
PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares of 42.6 / 57.4 bring total shares to 25.7 / 74.3. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 247.9 weeks (August 11, 2013).
Week over week, there's no consistency on up/down. DS and PS3 are obvious downs from their previous bumps, though.