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[Leonsito]

Good numbers for GT5P, and impressive Mario Galaxy legs, maybe it can outsell WiiFit next week ?

 

[Defuser]

It pushed Nissan GT-R sales.

Which still doesn't push any ps3 :|

Sony should have done a bundle.

I doubt it make difference.

 

[cvxfreak]

I doubt it make difference.

It would have on value proposition alone.

 

[starship]

Good numbers for GT5P, and impressive Mario Galaxy legs, maybe it can outsell WiiFit next week ?

It won't until Nintendo can't ship enough Wii Fits. You know, Wii Fit is the hottest game in Japan this Christmas.

 

[test_account]

What was Famitsu's numbers on PS3 last week?

 

[Leonsito]

It won't until Nintendo can't ship enough Wii Fits. You know, Wii Fit is the hottest game in Japan this Christmas.

Yeah, I know, but I keep a hope for this, this week sales were +30k Galaxy, -30k WiiFit.

 

[Stumpokapow]

What was Famitsu's numbers on PS3 last week?

Last three weeks:
(3 weeks ago) 58,381
(2 weeks ago) 40,840
(last week) 38,000

 

[king zell]

Tales of Innocence 13k !!

 

[_Alkaline_]

NiGHTS failed

And so did We Love Golf

 

[test_account]

Last three weeks:
(3 weeks ago) 58,381
(2 weeks ago) 40,840
(last week) 38,000

Thanks

So GT5 didn't push any ps3 at all :|

Last week 38k, this week 53k = 15k more

 

[cvxfreak]

Tales of Innocence 13k !!

:lol :lol :lol

I think MegaMan StarForce 2 is a loser too. Sold 20K its second week.

 

[duckroll]

Tales of Innocence 13k !!

That about wraps it up for the "future of Tales on DS"... Good job Namco!

 

[MCD]

I don't see Lost Odyssey anymore, guess 55k was all it could do.

 

[Sharp]

That about wraps it up for the "future of Tales on DS"... Good job Namco!

Back to PS2 then?

 

[schuelma]

So if I have my weeks right, Galaxy is officially tracking better than Sunshine which at the same time did 18K/568K total.

 

[Sindou_Hikaru20]

Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2) : about 41k (480k)
Everybody's Golf Portable 2 (PSP) : about 39k (125k)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (DS) : about 39k (1.14m)
SD Gundam G Generations Spirits : about 30k (313k)
Mario Party 8 (Wii) : about 29k (948k)
Tales of Innocence : about 28k (135k)
Mario Kart DS (DS) : about 26k (2.61m)
Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP) : about 21k (1.42m)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) : about 18k (4.93m)
Winning Eleven 2008 (PS3) : about 18k (211k)
Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) : about 16k (225k)
Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS) : about 16k (726k)
Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 4 (DS) : about 16k (161k)

 

[Kyoufu]

Back to PS2 then?

Tales Of Destiny Director's Cut

 

[Defuser]

Thanks



Last week 38k, this week 53k = 15k more

I was expecting higher :|

Edit: lolz MHP2 just refuses to die off.

 

[duckroll]

Back to PS2 then?

I don't care where it goes really, Tales needs to be shelved for a year or two while they work on something really solid imo. This "4 Tales a year" crap is getting really old, and lame. The sales reflect this.

 

[cvxfreak]

False alarm on ToI it seems. Still not remarkable, though.

 

[schuelma]

Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2) : about 41k (480k)
Everybody's Golf Portable 2 (PSP) : about 39k (125k)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (DS) : about 39k (1.14m)
SD Gundam G Generations Spirits : about 30k (313k)
Mario Party 8 (Wii) : about 29k (948k)
Tales of Innocence : about 28k (135k)
Mario Kart DS (DS) : about 26k (2.61m)
Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP) : about 21k (1.42m)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) : about 18k (4.93m)
Winning Eleven 2008 (PS3) : about 18k (211k)
Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) : about 16k (225k)
Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS) : about 16k (726k)
Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 4 (DS) : about 16k (161k)

No RE:UC?

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Goddamnit, We Love golf deserved better =(

My hope is that the title flew under the radar and now people will start picking it up a la Mario and Sonic.

Speaking of which, great turnaround for Galaxy and M&S. I'm thinking M and Sonic could slow cook into a million seller like Brain Training did.

 

[Sharp]

Wow, when did Layton 1 get so high? That's like 200k in stealth sales.

False alarm on ToI it seems. Still not remarkable, though.

Aw, it was funnier before.

 

[duckroll]

False alarm on ToI it seems. Still not remarkable, though.

Still not selling out it's initial shipment! Tracking behind TotW PSP still. Really poor showing for what is billed as the next real original Tales game.

 

[HK-47]

Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2) : about 41k (480k)
Everybody's Golf Portable 2 (PSP) : about 39k (125k)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (DS) : about 39k (1.14m)
SD Gundam G Generations Spirits : about 30k (313k)
Mario Party 8 (Wii) : about 29k (948k)
Tales of Innocence : about 28k (135k)
Mario Kart DS (DS) : about 26k (2.61m)
Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP) : about 21k (1.42m)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS) : about 18k (4.93m)
Winning Eleven 2008 (PS3) : about 18k (211k)
Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) : about 16k (225k)
Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS) : about 16k (726k)
Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 4 (DS) : about 16k (161k)

Go Layton go. You'll get that 1 million yet :lol

 

[gconsole]

Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP) : about 21k (1.42m)

What?!

 

[Durante]

DS is simply not (yet?) the JRPG system successor to PS2 that many claim it to be. This may change after DQ9 is released though.

Back to PS2 then?

I'd support that, PCSX2 is awesome. Also, if the recent Persona 4 rumblings are true it doesn't seem completely impossible any more.

 

[duckroll]

Go Layton go. You'll get that 1 million yet :lol

The series is already past 1 million, and looking to do at least 1.5 million before the end of the year. It's a huge success for Level 5. This is before even the release of the overseas editions and the third and final game.

 

[Stumpokapow]

DS is simply not (yet?) the JRPG system successor to PS2 that many claim it to be. This may change after DQ9 is released though.

DS is doing just fine for JRPGs. Tales is a bit of a special (in the "special ed") case.

 

[duckroll]

DS is doing just fine for JRPGs. Tales is a bit of a special (in the "special ed") case.

So what other JRPGs are doing great on the DS besides DQ and FF? Maybe we'll see how Izunami 11 does, since Level 5 did such a wonderful job pushing Layton. Tales is definitely special, because Scamco is retarded, but I don't think it's totally alone.

 

[Defuser]

What?!

The red psp boosted the sales up. The game deserved it anyway.

 

[cvxfreak]

Still not selling out it's initial shipment! Tracking behind TotW PSP still. Really poor showing for what is billed as the next real original Tales game.

Yeah, I thought I heard about shortages for that one. The major shops here in Tokyo show otherwise.

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, I thought I heard about shortages for that one. The major shops here in Tokyo show otherwise.

The only shortages are in the pants of Scamco executives these days!

 

[Defuser]

Yeah, I thought I heard about shortages for that one. The major shops here in Tokyo show otherwise.

Now let's see whether the next rehash Tales game on PSP will do better or worse.

 

[duckroll]

Now let's see whether the next rehash Tales game on PSP will do better or worse.

Too bad the next PSP one is a port! Lol Scamco!

 

[schuelma]

MP8 looks to join the million seller list pretty soon.

Whether you think that is a good or bad thing on the other hand..

 

[Defuser]

Too bad the next PSP one is a port! Lol Scamco!

Hence the word rehash!
Too bad Namco current gen efforts is horrible. Looks like they can only depend on Tekken/Soul Caliber.

 

[cvxfreak]

Now let's see whether the next rehash Tales game on PSP will do better or worse.

I`ve been puzzled over the last two years as to how the Tales fanbase can handle so many releases on multiple platforms in a short timespan. It feels like yesterday when Rebirth was released in 2004 and now the PSP one is coming. The BH series went through a period of constant releases and announcements encompassing 2 generations worth of systems at the end of 1999 till 2000 which totally put a bunch of people off (love BH? Gotta buy that N64, DC, PS2, (eventually) GC and a GBC! :lol).

Even FF seems to be suffering from the same treatment as we saw with FFTA2 and FFXII IZJS. Only the truly major stuff sells nowadays (FFIII, CC FFVII, and hopefully FFIV) as people don`t have the time or money for smaller stuff.

 

[HK-47]

The series is already past 1 million, and looking to do at least 1.5 million before the end of the year. It's a huge success for Level 5. This is before even the release of the overseas editions and the third and final game.

The original will get to 750k before the new year. I dont think it will do that great in NA, like other adventure games (or adventure esque with puzzle elements in this case), but EU could probably give it a lift

Also it looks like DQ4 and MP DS are trying to beat each other to 1 million

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

MP8 looks to join the million seller list pretty soon.

Whether you think that is a good or bad thing on the other hand..

I don't see why it would be anything but a good thing. People are enjoying it, that should be enough.

 

[schuelma]

I don't see why it would be anything but a good thing. People are enjoying it, that should be enough.

Well it fits in nicely with the "Japan only buys Wii minigames" argument.

 

[starship]

DS sales increased drastically, at this pace it would sell 400k-500k during last week of December.
I don't have Famitsu numbers but this is MC sales for last year:

DS sales:
4-10 Dec: 310k
11-17 Dec: 320k

And this year:
3-9 Dec: 168k

While it did way lower during 3-10 Dec of this year than in the same week last year, if Famitsu numbers are any indication, this past week it sold much closer to last year sales. Maybe it'll go up drastically again and break last year's record.

 

[HK-47]

I`ve been puzzled over the last two years as to how the Tales fanbase can handle so many releases on multiple platforms in a short timespan. It feels like yesterday when Rebirth was released in 2004 and now the PSP one is coming. The BH series went through a period of constant releases and announcements encompassing 2 generations worth of systems at the end of 1999 till 2000 which totally put a bunch of people off (love BH? Gotta buy that N64, DC, PS2, (eventually) GC and a GBC! :lol).

Even FF seems to be suffering from the same treatment as we saw with FFTA2 and FFXII IZJS. Only the truly major stuff sells nowadays (FFIII, CC FFVII, and hopefully FFIV) as people don`t have the time or money for smaller stuff.

We'll see more and more of this as companies continue to rely on sequels. Capcom is the only one who seems to have found a happy medium between new IP and sequels.

Spoiler

Still driving Mega Man into the ground though

 

[duckroll]

The original will get to 750k before the new year. I dont think it will do that great in NA, like other adventure games (or adventure esque with puzzle elements in this case), but EU could probably give it a lift

Also it looks like DQ4 and MP DS are trying to beat each other to 1 million

When all is said and done, the Layton series will probably have over 3 million sales for the trilogy in Japan alone. Anything outside of Japan is just gravy, but it'll probably be enough to push it over 4 million. For a new IP it's pretty motherfucking successful.

 

[Menaged]

With all of these great PSP sales, I wonder if Sony is making a profit on the console itself. Anyone...?

 

[Defuser]

I don't see why it would be anything but a good thing. People are enjoying it, that should be enough.

Meanwhile third party games are suffering....

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Well it fits in nicely with the "Japan only buys Wii minigames" argument.

I'm pretty confident that that argument will die, just as it did on the DS. Pretty much everything else for Wii is following the same cycle as the handheld.

Meanwhile third party games are suffering....

So it is by this right that Mario Party should fail? Come on. The Japanese public buy what they want. Would I have wanted No More Heroes to sell better? Of course. But it's stupid to wag your fingers at the public with accusations of sour grapes.

 

[apujanata]

Top 10:
Mario Party DS (DS) : about 160k (total about 763k)
Wii Fit (Wii) : about 120k (total about 527k)
GT5 Prologue (PS3) : about 108k
DQ4 (DS) : about 78k (total about 854k)
Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS) : about 73k (total about 482k)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) : about 71k (total about 571k)
Wii Sports (Wii) : about 68k (total about 2.26m)
Wii Play (Wii) : about 67k (total about 1.81m)
Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (Wii) : about 58k (total about 207k)
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon (Wii) : about 44k

The bombs:
Kirarin Revolution (DS) : about 21k
NiGHTS (Wii) : about 17k
Kingdom Under Fire (360) : about 15k
Ōkiku Furikabutte （DS) : about 9.3k
We Love Golf! (Wii) : about 8.6k
Soul Calibur Legends (Wii) : about 6.9k
Shikigami no Shiro 3 (360) : about 3.1k
Shikigami no Shiro 3 (Wii) : about 970

Hardware:
Wii : 168k
DSL : 249k
PS3 : 53k
PS2 : 21k
PSP : 158k
360 : 8.7k

Good sales for the Top 10. Go SMG.
Poor We love Golf! Hope it have legs (something better than SMG, more like Brain Age 1) and good word of mouth.

Wow at DS, Wii & PSP H/W. Poor PS3. Expected 360.

Last year # for comparison (Dec 11-17 week) :

DS: 319,866
PSP : 48,962
GBA : 3,400
PS3 : 70,942
Wii : 108,327
X360 : 17,168
PS2 : 37,730

As you can see, X360 is lower this year. Same with PS3, PS2 & DS. (No need to compare GBA, right ?)
Wii & PSP have significant increase.

 

[Defuser]

For a new IP it's pretty motherfucking successful.

Which casual don't like puzzle solving games with great story?