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Media Create Sales 6/18 - 6/24

apujanata

Member
ccbfan said:
WII Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) will be first that week and Minna no Golf 5 (SCEI) will be second. Dewy's Adventure: Suishou Dewy no Daibouken!! (Konami) will barely make the top ten while the rest of the top ten will be the usual suspects (Wii play, wii sports, NSMB, some training game, hopefully zelda)

From Famitsu, first week sales :
Mario Party 6 (GCN) : 96,707
Mario Party 7 (GCN) : 81,626
Hot Shots Golf Portable (Minna No Golf Portable) (PSP) : 66,079

From Moor Angol's website of Famitsu sales :
Minna No Golf 3 (PS2) : 272.758
Minna No Golf 4 (PS2) : 475.269

If MP8 can be first (above MNG5), then it confirm that PS3 are dead (in Japan).
 

sphinx

the piano man
legend166 said:
Dammit, I want Dewy to succeed but I don't think it will because of the timing of it's release.

me too.

but I don't think it has much to do with the timing of its release but the concept.

Konami must realise, it is nintendo and ONLY nintendo the company that can sell millions and millions of units of a colorful, family friendly game (megaman aside). I am not sure why is that but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

from 3rd parties, people expect the badass stylish concepts we have been getting since the PS1 ( MGS, SH, Castlevania(?), etc. ). I personally think a Metal Gear spin-off based around the wiimote would be more succesful than Dewy and Eletits but Konami is firmly convinced that those titles with that thematic do not belong in the wii, go figure.

Capcom, on the other hand, is starting to make alot of sense since next-gen arrived, surprisingly. They will test the waters with opposite titles: RE: UC <-> Z&W. Now, watch RE outsell Z&W. Even if RE wasn´t a stablished franchise, I'd bet it would still outsell it. In any case, performance of those titles is crucial to decide what kind of support is the Wii going to receive from capcom. If both sell very well, then happy capcom planning a RE5 remake specifically for wii wouldn't be out of the question, not sure how but its possible.
 

Terrell

Member
titiklabingapat said:
I'm glad they used the pacing, music and scenes they used in that last trailer that everyone on GAF loved. Does that mean that SE reads GAF?
No, everyone knows they read 2ch instead... but that's almost the same thing. ;)
 

apujanata

Member
sphinx said:
I personally think a Metal Gear spin-off based around the wiimote would be more succesful than Dewy and Eletits but Konami is firmly convinced that those titles with that thematic do not belong in the wii, go figure.

Capcom, on the other hand, is starting to make alot of sense since next-gen arrived, surprisingly. They will test the waters with opposite titles: RE: UC <-> Z&W. Now, watch RE outsell Z&W. Even if RE wasn´t a stablished franchise, I'd bet it would still outsell it. In any case, performance of those titles is crucial to decide what kind of support is the Wii going to receive from capcom. If both sell very well, then happy capcom planning a RE5 remake specifically for wii wouldn't be out of the question, not sure how but its possible.

Eletits ? Intentional or unintentional ?

Don't let CVXFREAK see your comment re RE5. You might get his hope up :D
 

Brofist

Member
apujanata said:
Eletits ? Intentional or unintentional ?

Don't let CVXFREAK see your comment re RE5. You might get his hope up :D

Why would&#12288;he care, he has all systems not just a Wii. Although he might be happy at the prospect of having one more potential version to buy, he's not like most of the Wii only owners in here begging for a port. He'll probably have both the 360 and PS3 versions at release.
 

ethelred

Member
apujanata said:
Eletits ? Intentional or unintentional ?

Don't let CVXFREAK see your comment re RE5. You might get his hope up :D

CVX pretty explicitly doesn't want RE5 on the Wii and thinks the people that do are pretty fanboyish, actually -- he thinks they should buy the systems RE5 is being released for, based on what he's said in the past.
 

apotema

Member
Add one million to your SSB Brawl sales estimations, check teh megaton of todays update in the official thread
 
vanguardian1 said:
JoshuaJSlone, I was looking at your charts, and I was wondering, if you knew how long it took for the PS2 to reach 10 million consoles WW?
Well, just going by worldwide shipments and assuming it didn't take much longer than that to sell with PS2 being pretty hot, looks like ~13 months. March 6, 2000 Japanese launch, and then these are two figures given for March 2001:

2001/03/23 10.04 million units (Japan: 4.65 million/ USA: 2.76 million/ Europe: 2.63 million)
2001/03/31 10.61 million units (Japan: 4.75 million/ USA: 3.01 million/ Europe: 2.85 million)
 
ethelred said:
CVX pretty explicitly doesn't want RE5 on the Wii and thinks the people that do are pretty fanboyish, actually -- he thinks they should buy the systems RE5 is being released for, based on what he's said in the past.

cvx also stated, after playing RE4Wii that RE5 will undoubtedly be a step back in terms of gameplay. ;)
 
apujanata said:
From Moor Angol's website of Famitsu sales :
Minna No Golf 3 (PS2) : 272.758
Minna No Golf 4 (PS2) : 475.269

If MP8 can be first (above MNG5), then it confirm that PS3 are dead (in Japan).

Anyone know what the LTD is for Minna No Golf 3 and 4?
 
You know I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people have me on ignore, but for those that don't, here's a small list of the FAMOUS FIVE of the Nintendo DS:

Code:
2007 Year	     |  NSMB  |   PKDP  |  ACWW  |  BA2  |   MK
					
Jan. 01 - Jan 07	130,021	214,274  90,468  104,728   61,025
Jan. 08 - Jan. 14	38,382	58,725	35,400	36,659	22,509
Jan. 15 - Jan. 21	29,842	49,050	28,351	31,984	18,493
Jan. 22 - Jan. 28	31,552	48,783	27,650	35,504	17,938
					
Jan. 29 - Feb. 04	31,924	45,467	24,564	32,567	17,604
Feb. 05 - Feb. 11	31,419	43,947	22,272	33,600	17,235
Feb. 12 - Feb. 18	32,369	39,553	20,076	31,658	18,138
Feb. 19 - Feb. 25	26,040	33,444	16,281	25,520	15,261
					
Feb. 26 - Mar. 04	32,403	33,470	16,905	25,608	13,525
Mar. 05 - Mar. 11	24,056	28,774	14,109	20,943	12,138
Mar. 12 - Mar. 18	23,196	24,119	13,006	21,506	11,854
Mar. 19 - Mar. 25	27,680	27,440	15,683	24,609	15,456         *NSMB > PKMN from now on
Mar. 26 - Apr. 01	26,913	24,641	14,427	18,152	15,590
					
Apr. 02 - Apr. 08	25,826	22,012	12,166	17,432	13,669
Apr. 09 - Apr. 15	21,181	18,874	10,919	16,307	11,933
Apr. 16 - Apr. 22	21,954	20,342	10,592	18,450	11,282
Apr. 23 - Apr. 29	26,693	23,988	1X,???	25,657	15,755
					
Apr. 30 - May. 06	45,740	37,052	26,909	36,623	31,372
May. 07 - May. 13	23,536	13,069	15,533	27,529	16,756              - BA2 sneaks a win on NSMB
May. 14 - May. 20	21,895	12,465	14,586	19,032	15,447
May. 21 - May. 27	21,315	14,740	14,945	20,426	15,574
					
May. 28 - Jun. 03	20,465	13,798	14,130	19,242	15,808
Jun. 04 - Jun. 10	19,576	12,429	14,402	17,857	15,312
Jun. 11 - Jun. 17	17,547	10,612	13,176	24,278	14,792              - BA2 #1 again this week

Pokemon DP has been dropping, and if this can continue for a year or two, mario will finally get the #1 crown he rightfully deserves. Brain Age 2 is also a tricky game, getting some awesome boosts randomly.

Surprisingly, Pokemon has the smallest legs of them all, and it seems Mario Kart is the most consistent after Mario Bros. Animal Crossing always = awesome
 
nextgeneration said:
Thank you. Holy crap, I didn't know that Hot Shots was such a big seller in Japan...it outsold both Gran Turismo 4 and Metal Gears 2 and 3! :0

The release of Hot Shots on 7/26 will carry great, great significance...much more than I originally thought.
We'll know exactly if the series was a huge seller because it was a system seller or if it was a big seller because of the PS2's overwhelming install base.
 

Brofist

Member
titiklabingapat said:
We'll know exactly if the series was a huge seller because it was a system seller or if it was a big seller because of the PS2's overwhelming install base.

I think it's a genuinely popular series. Even the PSP version sold decent for a launch title. And the PS1 versions did quite well too.
 
I think MP8 has few chances to get #1 spot, Minna no Golf 5 will sell at least 200k on first week, and i don't think Mario Party brand is strong enought to reach those sales

July 26 will be hot, many realeses, and i bet Gundam 0079 for Wii will easily reach 100k in few weeks (if not at launch)
 

felipeko

Member
Moor-Angol said:
I think MP8 has few chances to get #1 spot, Minna no Golf 5 will sell at least 200k on first week, and i don't think Mario Party brand is strong enought to reach those sales

July 26 will be hot, many realeses, and i bet Gundam 0079 for Wii will easily reach 100k in few weeks (if not at launch)
You'll see a lot of games from Playstation lose selling power and a lot of Nintendo's getting a boost.

And with Wii Sports around this time i'm not sure Minna no Golf will get that much attention....
 

nli10

Member
LanceStern said:
You know I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people have me on ignore, but for those that don't, here's a small list of the FAMOUS FIVE of the Nintendo DS:

Pokemon DP has been dropping, and if this can continue for a year or two, mario will finally get the #1 crown he rightfully deserves. Brain Age 2 is also a tricky game, getting some awesome boosts randomly.

Surprisingly, Pokemon has the smallest legs of them all, and it seems Mario Kart is the most consistent after Mario Bros. Animal Crossing always = awesome

Essentially NSMB gets a boost whenever 'gamer' titles are launched and BT2 gets a boost whenever 'casual' titles are launched. Both fluctuate according to hardware attach rates and have natural overlap though.

NSMBs main enemies are the big 1st party gamer titles (and FFIII which caused the biggest % drop if I remember right), BT2 has very little competition.

I did a graph of NSMB sales to illustrate this but that too was largely ignored :D
 
nli10 said:
Essentially NSMB gets a boost whenever 'gamer' titles are launched and BT2 gets a boost whenever 'casual' titles are launched. Both fluctuate according to hardware attach rates and have natural overlap though.

NSMBs main enemies are the big 1st party gamer titles (and FFIII which caused the biggest % drop if I remember right), BT2 has very little competition.

I did a graph of NSMB sales to illustrate this but that too was largely ignored :D

I wonder if that will happen to Wii Sports. It already happened on Golden Week, with a disproportionate attach rate for the title even though other titles were also present. The only difference would be that Wii Sports would be a hybrid of both casual and hardcore(it might be simplistic, but there is still a "game" under the non-game label. It's a compilation of sports games after all).
 

test_account

XP-39C²
titiklabingapat said:
Is there waggle in MNG5 at all?
Nope.

GI: Now that you have the addition of motion detecting with the Sixaxis controller, are you planning on implementing anything such as a golf swing?

Muramori: People might get a little tired of after playing eighteen holes… I know I do … we want players to explore every course so for the time being we don’t have anything planned for the SIXAXIS controller.

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200706/N07.0621.1411.52644.htm?Page=1


This interview isnt that old and since the game is out in about 3 weeks i doubt they had time to add any Sixaxis functions. I guess it can be added in an update tho.
 
That kinda sucks. They missed a pretty golden opportunity to sabotage Wii Sports and showcase to everyone that the PS3 has waggle too.

I tried my cousin's PS2 controller and did some golfing swings and it wasn't that bad.
 

Jokeropia

Member
Since someone deleted Square's graph thread for whatever reason I guess we'll have to move it here. ilbambino, are you still willing to bet your account on PS2 being ahead of Wii in Japan after the first 52 weeks?
 

ksamedi

Member
titiklabingapat said:
That kinda sucks. They missed a pretty golden opportunity to sabotage Wii Sports and showcase to everyone that the PS3 has waggle too.

I tried my cousin's PS2 controller and did some golfing swings and it wasn't that bad.

Well it could be because of safety issues. Remember the thin Wiimote wires? The Sixaxis doesnt even have any.
 
Jokeropia said:
Since someone deleted Square's graph thread for whatever reason I guess we'll have to move it here. ilbambino, are you still willing to bet your account on PS2 being ahead of Wii in Japan after the first 52 weeks?
Oh damn. I was planning to show those chart's to a couple of people. I hate it when threads get deleted too. Lock them if anything.
 

Saitou

Banned
nli10 said:
Essentially NSMB gets a boost whenever 'gamer' titles are launched and BT2 gets a boost whenever 'casual' titles are launched. Both fluctuate according to hardware attach rates and have natural overlap though.

NSMBs main enemies are the big 1st party gamer titles (and FFIII which caused the biggest % drop if I remember right), BT2 has very little competition.

I did a graph of NSMB sales to illustrate this but that too was largely ignored :D
Care to repost?
 

jj984jj

He's a pretty swell guy in my books anyway.
nextgeneration said:
Thank you. Holy crap, I didn't know that Hot Shots was such a big seller in Japan...Number 4 outsold both Gran Turismo 4 and Metal Gears 2 and 3 and is the 11th best selling PS2 game! :0

The release of Hot Shots on 7/26 will carry great, great significance...much more than I originally thought.
Minna no Golf 5 will save the PS3?
 

justchris

Member
test_account said:
http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200706/N07.0621.1411.52644.htm?Page=1


This interview isnt that old and since the game is out in about 3 weeks i doubt they had time to add any Sixaxis functions. I guess it can be added in an update tho.

I kind of understand that, but I've played up to 54 holes in Super Swing Golf, and unless the sixaxis is much, much heavier than the Wiimote, I don't forsee it being a problem. Of course, Mingol 5 probably won't be as frustrating as SSG can sometimes be. I mean, seriously, who needs rubberband AI in a golf game?
 

PC Gaijin

Member
Humphrey Bogart said:
do Saturn numbers exist for any region? i'd love to see a PS3 comparison.

SaturnPS3.gif


Week to week comparison. I'm too lazy to make a nicer graph.
 
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