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[Busaiku]

How many Smash N64 sold? I hope Brawl pass it.

1.6 million going by Famitsu.
Shouldn't have any trouble passing that, unless it severely drops (like 90%) in the next few weeks.

 

[Lobster]

1.6 million going by Famitsu.
Shouldn't have any trouble passing that, unless it severely drops (like 90%) in the next few weeks.

No way its gonna drop that badly. It will probably do Wii Fit numbers (60k-70k)


WE will tank..at 25k.

 

[Spiegel]

Overall, they don't. There are of course a few notable exceptions.

Lately (after psp slim launch) they do. There are of couse a few notable exceptions

 

[RpgN]

I'm glad for DMC4 still hanging in there. Combined with the 360 version, about 300k copies have been sold, right? Is that good compared to DMC 1, 2 and 3?

 

[donny2112]

Just to reiterate my position on the WE Wii (that's fun to say) stuff.

I might end up being wrong, but I'm hoping for >100K for the Wii version first week or maybe after two weeks. They really integrated the controls into the game (i.e. they're not slapped on), and there are already reports of it getting good advertising. I've said before that since it is following Brawl's release, I think it'll be a good test to see if core gamers are becoming more active on the system now.

 

[Innotech]

Im gonna guess 15k for WE Wii

 

[ksamedi]

I think WE will do around the same as the PSP version. its number 3 on the Amazon Wii chart.

 

[schuelma]

Just to reiterate my position on the WE Wii (that's fun to say) stuff.

I hope you're right but I fear we're in for big dissapointment.

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

My estimation for WE Wii is between 20k and 30k (first week).

 

[Jokeropia]

Lately (after psp slim launch) they do.

Looking at PSPs share in overall software sales, not really, but this might at least partly be a result of support having dried up beforehand.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Today Nintendo Channel has been updated, a new long video for WE (7 minutes), but i also noticed Family Ski has 3 videos, maybe Nintendo realized, after very good sales, that there is another 3rd party game besides WE...


Seems like most of people is interested in WE first week sales and we have 2 different ways of thinking : for some it will be a bomba, as WE6fe was on GC, for others sales will be pretty decent...
My bet is around 30-40k first week, hope it will have legs to reach 100k

 

[schuelma]

My bet is around 30-40k first week, hope it will have legs to reach 100k

I think that would be acceptable to Konami- this is basically like launching a new franchise in many respects.

 

[fusoya59]

So everyone's predicting WE will bomb, and will sell < 25k? That is great news!

This gives us a strong indication that it will do extremely well and shatter the 100k mark!

 

[donny2112]

Famitsu Feb 4-10

1. WII Super Smash Bros. Brawl 266146 / 1082344
2. PSP Kidou Senshi Gundam: Giren no Yabou - Axis no Kyoui 108114 / NEW
3. WII Wii Fit 75506 / 1374639
4. PS3 Devil May Cry 4 36206 / 248579
5. NDS Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 24682 / 201831
6. WII Wii Sports 17541 / 2731558
7. NDS L: The Prologue to Death Note - Rasen no Wana 17458 / NEW
8. PS2 Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut 16754 / 114230
9. NDS Mario Party DS 15765 / 1591927
10. WII Wii Play 15496 / 2183110
11. WII Family Ski 14264 / 38159
12. PS3 Assassin's Creed 14159 / 51057
13. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 12920 / 1613067
14. PSP World Soccer Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Edition 2008: PES 2008 12594 / 107756
15. PS2 Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi 12073 / 125045
16. NDS Mario Kart DS 11995 / 2833560
17. PS3 Disgaea 3 11730 / 68171
18. NDS Prof. Layton and the Devil's Box 8194 / 746369
19. NDS New Super Mario Bros. 7033 / 5082682
20. 360 Devil May Cry 4 6940 / 47109
21. WII Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 6576 / 504757
22. NDS Observation Training 6524 / 784268
23. PS3 Need for Speed: ProStreet 6386 / 25694
24. WII Super Mario Galaxy 6344 / 866595 (sales until Mario 64: 773K)
25. NDS Dorabase: Dramatic Stadium 6228 / 158061
26. PS2 Need for Speed: ProStreet 6122 / 21618
27. PSP Coded Soul: Uke Keigareshi Idea 6090 / NEW
28. NDS Kanji Brain 2 + Dictionary 5948 / 175010
29. NDS Animal Crossing: Wild World 5882 / 4584952
30. NDS My Housekeeping Diary 5730 / 422534

*. WII Major Dream: Major Wii Nagero! Gyroball 5300 / NEW
*. PS3 Transformers: The Game 3600 / NEW
*. 360 Battlestations: Midway 2300 / NEW
*. WII Oneechanbara Revolution 2200 / NEW
*. PS2 Transformers: The Game 2100 / NEW
*. PS2 Princess Maker 5 1000 / NEW


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Jan 7-13, 2008
Jan 14-20, 2008
Jan 21-27, 2008
Jan 28-Feb 3, 2008

 

[Cheesemeister]

31./25. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
32./00. [NDS] Love Revolution DS (GungHo Works)
33./00. [PSP] Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (EA)
34./32. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
35./28. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
36./31. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
37./36. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
38./00. [PS2] WWE 2008 Smackdown vs. Raw (THQ Japan)
39./19. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
40./41. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
41./33. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
42./37. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
43./44. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
44./39. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
45./27. [NDS] After-School Boy (Konami)
46./00. [PS3] WWE 2008 Smackdown vs. Raw (THQ Japan)
47./46. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
48./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
49./43. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)
50./42. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)

NDS - 25
WII - 8
PS2 - 7
PS3 - 6
PSP - 4

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. WII   -    78,583 |    81,737 |   703,302 |  5,319,462
2. NDS   -    62,362 |    60,464 |   722,180 | 21,895,231
3. PSP   -    59,654 |    75,912 |   680,343 |  8,281,937
4. PS3   -    17,637 |    23,985 |   258,988 |  1,900,664
5. PS2   -    11,266 |    11,038 |   105,831 | 21,032,868
6. 360   -     2,198 |     3,615 |    35,174 |    542,515

 

[Odysseus]

6. 360 - 2,198

the little 360 that couldn't

 

[Zombie James]

Wow.

 

[Epiphyte]

4. PS3 - 17,637

That's a bit of a shame. I had hoped the PS3 would stabilize rather than continuing the cycle of big release spike followed by continual slide until the next big game release.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

and down, down she goes

 

[donny2112]

.

You fixed it.

Cheesemeister,

You used to do the upcoming games before et went away. You can use Watch Impress to bring back that very fun feature.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

That's a bit of a shame. I had hoped the PS3 would stabilize rather than continuing the cycle of big release spike followed by continual slide until the next big game release.

Now that we're well past the holidays and the major release weeks have passed, it shouldn't be surprising actually. We hadn't seen anything to show otherwise, right?

 

[_Alkaline_]

I REALLY hope WE does well. I'll actually be angry if it doesn't.

 

[Zombie James]

49./43. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)

DMC4 mini-bump?

 

[Cheesemeister]

You used to do the upcoming games before eg went away. You can use Watch Impress to bring back that very fun feature.

Gpara lists upcoming games as well, but I'm not sure if I trust that site anymore.

DMC4 mini-bump?

That's a slide of 6 spots.

 

[schuelma]

PS3 - 17,637 | 23,985 | 258,988 | 1,900,664



Wow..not good, not good at all.



Also, it looks like Wii might be establishing itself at the top position.

 

[Zombie James]

That's a slide of 6 spots.

Oh, must have missed it last week.

 

[Odysseus]

Gpara lists upcoming games as well, but I'm not sure if I trust that site anymore.



That's a slide of 6 spots.

but it's dmc3, which theoretically shouldn't be charting at all.

 

[_Alkaline_]

PSP MOH:H2 sold better than the Wii version.

 

[Zerodoppler]

Pardon my ignorance, but when was this announced? (didn't want to start a new thread)

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rjtj/index.html

 

[Soule]

PS3 - 17,637 | 23,985 | 258,988 | 1,900,664



Wow..not good, not good at all.



Also, it looks like Wii might be establishing itself at the top position.

The PS3 has gone through harsher times before hasn't it? I mean wasn't it selling below 10k per week for a little while? I remember it being a doom n gloom period because I think that NPD month it sold pretty terribly as well.

 

[Odysseus]

PS3 - 17,637 | 23,985 | 258,988 | 1,900,664



Wow..not good, not good at all.

yeah but now that the hd movie war is over, you should see a huge turnaround next week.

 

[Stumpokapow]

PSP MOH:H2 sold better than the Wii version.

I can't see there being a market for the game in Japan, TBH. People who like western games have a 360 or at least a PS3 and buy FPS games for those platformers. It's a B-tier FPS, which is fine in a region with a seemingly limitless desire for FPSs but not so fine in a region where they're niche.

I would assume the main appeal of the game to FPS fans in Japan would be "portable FPS", which is a category in which MOH:H2 actually is relevant.

yeah but now that the hd movie war is over, you should see a huge turnaround next week.

Yeah all those Japanese HD-DVD buyers are going to really jump into blu-ray.

 

[Cheesemeister]

Pardon my ignorance, but when was this announced? (didn't want to start a new thread)

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rjtj/index.html

On Monday, February 18th in Japan.

The PS3 has gone through harsher times before hasn't it? I mean wasn't it selling below 10k per week for a little while? I remember it being a doom n gloom period because I think that NPD month it sold pretty terribly as well.

It wasn't just below 10k, it was under nine thousand.

 

[schuelma]

The PS3 has gone through harsher times before hasn't it? I mean wasn't it selling below 10k per week for a little while? I remember it being a doom n gloom period because I think that NPD month it sold pretty terribly as well.

Yes, but after the Holiday's and the beginning of January there seemed to be signs that sales wouldn't get this low again.

 

[AniHawk]

Looks like the PSP is finally dying out. After such a long time, it seems the DS will defeat its adversary.

 

[corez]

I know it means nothing, but it would be fun to see if Wii are able to surpass DS in YTD in the next 2-3 weeks.

 

[Cheesemeister]

I know it means nothing, but it would be fun to see if Wii are able to surpass DS in YTD in the next 2-3 weeks.

At this rate, it'll happen on Tuesday.

 

[nextgeneration]

Yes, but after the Holiday's and the beginning of January there seemed to be signs that sales wouldn't get this low again.

Yeah, I didn't think it would start dipping to where it's at again also. I thought it would stabilize at around high 20k to low 30k, but apparently, that's not the case. Let's see what happens in the upcoming weeks.

As for Wii, it looks like Wii Fit and Smash Bros. have done their part in keeping Wii sales at very healthy levels.

 

[Busaiku]

The PS3'll go up in 2 weeks or so.
Wonder how long it can stay with that.
If it can make it to Golden Week, I'd imagine those numbers would become the norm.

 

[tanod]

PS3 - 17,637 | 23,985 | 258,988 | 1,900,664



Wow..not good, not good at all.



Also, it looks like Wii might be establishing itself at the top position.

Sony really needs to get a more constant stream of software coming out to start sustaining any sales level higher than they are now.

 

[apujanata]

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. WII   -    78,583 |    81,737 |   703,302 |  5,319,462
2. NDS   -    62,362 |    60,464 |   722,180 | 21,895,231
3. PSP   -    59,654 |    75,912 |   680,343 |  8,281,937
4. PS3   -    17,637 |    23,985 |   258,988 |  1,900,664
5. PS2   -    11,266 |    11,038 |   105,831 | 21,032,868
6. 360   -     2,198 |     3,615 |    35,174 |    542,515

Pacman became more distinct every week.
PS3 doing 17K is not a good sign. I was hoping for 20K / week, after those price cut and lower priced SKU.

Will it drop to 10K- again in March, or is this 17K an anomaly, and it will return to 20K next week ? I want PS3 as good 2nd console, at least for 5 more years. If they do this weekly #, there might not be sufficient varied game for it in the future.

 

[Busaiku]

Pacman became more distinct every week.
PS3 doing 17K is not a good sign. I was hoping for 20K / week, after those price cut and lower priced SKU.

Will it drop to 10K- again in March, or is this 17K an anomaly, and it will return to 20K next week ? I want PS3 as good 2nd console, at least for 5 more years. If they do this weekly #, there might not be sufficient varied game for it in the future.

March has Yakuza, so it's probably not gonna drop then.

 

[schuelma]

March has Yakuza, so it's probably not gonna drop then.

But looking at what happened with DMC4, it will drop right back down. Bad bad sign for Sony.

 

[Busaiku]

But looking at what happened with DMC4, it will drop right back down. Bad bad sign for Sony.

The 2nd game sold more than any DMC title, so I can see a longer bump.

 

[Tideas]

well, first thing is just look at the price factor. How much is the PS3 sselling for in Japan?

$370?

Remember folks. Price drives almost everything.

 

[tanod]

well, first thing is just look at the price factor. How much is the PS3 sselling for in Japan?

$370?

Remember folks. Price drives almost everything.

Right now, the PS3 is the same price the PS2 was when it launched in Japan.

 

[Innotech]

well, first thing is just look at the price factor. How much is the PS3 sselling for in Japan?

$370?

Remember folks. Price drives almost everything.

I dunno. By historical perspectives, even the Wii is expensive.
Gamecube launched at 200$ and never made these kinds of #s.
Its beyond price now. Japan has pretty clearly chosen a console to support.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Right now, the PS3 is the same price the PS2 was when it launched in Japan.

The PS3 was also priced the cheapest in Japan than other territories since launch.

 

[Jammy]

Wii doing 79,000 this time of year is pretty good. With Mario Kart Wii, Everybody's Common Sense Training TV, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, and PES Play Maker 2008 releasing not long between each other and Golden Week in a couple of months, I think Wii should sustain quite a high level of sales.

PS3 at 18,000 isn't TOO surprising, but it's only a matter of time before the scarce releases make this thing crawl back below 15,000 and 10,000 a week.

 

[oneHeero]

I dunno. By historical perspectives, even the Wii is expensive.
Gamecube launched at 200$ and never made these kinds of #s.
Its beyond price now. Japan has pretty clearly chosen a console to support.

I wouldnt apply that here mainly because of the competitor's(none around lol) price. Wii may be considered high price, but given the 2 other choices available, what do you take? The lower priced one with brand recognition or the higher one with brand recognition?