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[Rocksteady33]

Does anyone think Wii Play could ever pass 3 million?

And I'm confused on how to feel over Resident Evil Zero. Clearly the userbase takes to the franchise, but considering the effort put into the game, maybe the userbase knows better?

 

[Pureauthor]

Persona DS.

Ancient forests> High school

 

[cvxfreak]

That RE0 number can't be true.......... can it?

If so:

 

[botticus]

Ancient forests> High school

What about a rural high school that time forgot? Close enough, right?

But honestly, I imagine we'll see SMT DS soon enough. It's a compromise.

And with that, P4 has surpassed P3's LTD in its first week.

 

[cvxfreak]

Those Resident Evil Zero numbers are pure profit for Capcom. It hasn't bombed at all; on the contrary, I expected sales of less than 5K myself.

Time for Capcom to port REmake!

Spoiler

I wonder if the 360 RE5 can sell 23K in week 1.

 

[Fafalada]

the PSP is no longer selling as a primarily UMD game playing device in Japan.

Well IIRC you posted numbers before and after Slim a month or two back that showed SW increased almost exactly linearly with HW. With individual buyers just as likely to buy software as before, it doesn't seem primary usage of PSPs really changed.

 

[Hesemonni]

That RE0 number can't be true.......... can it?

If so:

WTF @ gifs

Ok, so why exactly are you celebrating here? That a crappy port made it to charts and will pretty certainly lead to more crappy ports?

 

[Rocksteady33]

Ok, so why exactly are you celebrating here? That a crappy port made it to charts and will pretty certainly lead to more crappy ports?

He's a Resident Evil whore?

 

[Hesemonni]

He's a Resident Evil whore?

Yes, but still.

 

[cvxfreak]

Ok, so why exactly are you celebrating here? That a crappy port made it to charts and will pretty certainly lead to more crappy ports?

RE! RE! RE! RE!

Spoiler

I was kidding.

 

[kswiston]

Race is still on between MHP2G and Wii Fit for the top 2008 YTD. I think they will end up within 100k of each other.

Of course, in terms of LTD, Wii fit is going to beat out MHP2G by well over 1M units.

 

[Tenbatsu]

WTF for RE0! I thought they only managed to sell 2 copies to cvxfreak.

 

[Hesemonni]

RE! RE! RE! RE!

Spoiler

I was kidding.

Grr!

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[Captain Smoker]

I´ve updated the new releases:

PSP: 57.000
DSL: 47.000
Wii: 41.000
PS3: 14.000
PS2: 11.000
360: 2.700


1. Persona 4 (PS2) 212.000 [212.000]
2. Legendary Stafy: Confrontation! Daiiru Pirate Squad (NDS) 35.000 [35.000]
3. Resident Evil 0 (Wii) 23.000 [23.000]
4. Wii Fit (Wii) 23.000 [2.310.000]
5. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (NDS) 21.000 [189.000]
6. Derby Stallion DS (NDS) 18.000 [198.000]
7. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 17.000 [1.564.000]
8. God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) 17.000 [17.000]
9. Hana yori Dango (NDS) 15.000 [15.000]
10. GeGeGe no Kitaro: Youkai Daikessen (NDS) 15.000 [15.000]

11. Initial D Extreme Stage (PS3) 13.000 [57.000]
12. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 13.000 [2.329.000]
13. Custom Beat Battle Draglade 2 (NDS) 13.000 [13.000]
14. Tales of Symphonia 2: Dawn of the New World (Wii) 11.000 [188.000]
15. Super Mario Stadium Baseball (Wii) 11.000 [113.000]
16. Nanashi no Game (NDS) 11.000 [41.000]
17. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots (PS3) 11.000 [606.000]
18. Wii Sports (Wii) 10.000 [3.031.000]
19. Beautiful Letter Training DS (NDS) 8.600 [323.000]
20. Naruto Shippuden: Gathering Strongest Ninja Together Gekitotsu!! Naruto vs Sasuke (NDS) 8.500 [8.500]
21. Super Robot Wars A Portable (PSP) 8.200 [135.000]
22.
23. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 (PSP) 7.900 [219.000]
24. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PS3) 7.600 [7.600]
25. Meccha Taiko Drum Master DS: Adventure in Seven Islands (NDS) 7.300 [234.000]
26. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (PS3) 6.800 [125.000]
27. Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono (PSP) 6.800 [50.000]
28. Wii Play (Wii) 6.600 [2.416.000]
29. Mario Kart DS (NDS) 6.600 [3.126.000]
30. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS) 5.800 [5.221.000]

xx. Pet Shop Stories DS (NDS) 5.000
xx. Bumpy Trot: Vehicle Battle Tournament (PSP) 3.300
xx. Simple DS Vol. 42: Abandoned hospital ward (NDS) 3.300
xx. Simple DS Vol. 41: Bomb Squat (NDS) 2.900
xx. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (360) 2.700
xx. Future GPX Cyber Formula VS (PSP) 2.600
xx. Cosmetic Paradise (NDS) 2.600
xx. Dark Sector (PS3) 2.500
xx. The Elders Scrolls IV: Oblivion (XBox 360 Plutinum Collection) (360) 780
xx. My Summer Vacation 3 (PlayStation3 the Best!) (PS3) 590

 

[Fischbrot]

RE! RE! RE! RE!

Spoiler

I was kidding.

Ich könnte dich Küssen. :-*

 

[charlequin]

The people at Atlus have to be singing hosannahs over P4's performance. P3 turned around what had been a pretty drastic decline in SMT series sales, and returning to that well has paid off handsomely for them with P4. For a little historical context, some quick estimates of franchise performance that duckroll put together, based on old yearly charts:

P4: 212k in one week
P3+FES: 375k (P3's solo LTD was 210k -- that is, less than P4's opening week)
Raidou Kuzunoha: 80k
Digital Devil Saga 1: 153k
Digital Devil Saga 2: 90k
SMT3+Maniax: 310k
Persona 2 IS: 274k
Persona 2 EP: 200k
Soul Hackers: 258k (plus another 100k on PS1)
Devil Summoner: 355k
Persona 1: 391k

(The SNES records are much sketchier, though ducky was suggesting SMT1 and 2 probably did around 400-500k each.)

Looking at this list as a whole, I had no idea what a huge hit on Atlus' bottom line their experiments with new franchises were this generation. (Also, jeez, Atlus did amazing with their two Saturn titles.) Persona 3 and 4 really seem to have brought them back to a level of performance they hadn't seen on the SMT series in quite a while.

I don't think this represents any worry for the main SMT series, though; SMT3 was still quite successful, it was only the spinoffs after it that did poorly.

 

[schuelma]

Wow, I'm shocked at the RE:0number :lol :lol

 

[Tenbatsu]

Capcom must be very happy that every RE sells on the Wii. REremake, RE2, RE3, Gun Survivor, RECVX coming soon to a Wii near you.

 

[Moor-Angol]

i expected around 10k for RE0, considering it's only a merely port... i'm sure Capcom is happy for that


ToS still dropping, i feel it will be hard to match GC numbers, maybe a price drop will help its sales

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

3. Resident Evil 0 (Wii) 23.000 [23.000]

For comparison, the GCN ports of RE2 and RE3 sold 9.4K and 8.7K their first weeks, respectively. Doesn't seem like GCN Code Veronica made the top 30.

Does anyone think Wii Play could ever pass 3 million?

Unless they come out with a replacement comes-with-a-controller game, I could see it passing twice that.

 

[Phife Dawg]

Great P4 numbers, and surprising RE0 numbers. At least we're now getting more interesting Caports our way.

 

[schuelma]

ToS still dropping, i feel it will be hard to match GC numbers, maybe a price drop will help its sales

It definitely won't match GC sales. Will probably top out at 225K or so.

 

[schuelma]

Unless they come out with a replacement comes-with-a-controller game, I could see it passing twice that.

I wonder if Nintendo will start putting Motion Plus in with Wii Play in the future?

 

[jj984jj]

Persona 4!!!

 

[cvxfreak]

Judging by first week sales, RE0 > No More Heroes, Zak & Wiki, and We Love Golf

Performance of past RE ports:

Biohazard 4 (PS2): 234,917
Biohazard CODE: Veronica Complete (PS2): 184,475
Biohazard (Saturn): 68,130
Biohazard 4 Wii Edition: 46,813
Biohazard 0 (Wii): 23,000
Biohazard Deadly Silence: 17,943
Biohazard 2 (GC): 9,372
Biohazard 2 (N64): 8,601
Biohazard 3: Last Escape (GC): 8,691
Biohazard 3: Last Escape (DC): 6,332

Unranked: Biohazard 2 Value Plus (DC), Biohazard CODE: Veronica Complete (GC)

 

[markatisu]

Biohazard 4 Wii Edition: 46,813
Biohazard 0 (Wii): 23,000

Wow, I just don't know what else to say. That is about 2.5x what I thought it would do in its first week

ToS still kicking, it will crawl to 200k but that I would imagine is seen as a success

 

[cvxfreak]

I find Zero's sales even more surprising given that sales of the GC version weren't that bad, if you think about it. 400K was around what the series was doing last gen before counting re-releases and ports (compare to 330K for RECVX PS2, 450K for RE4 PS2, 436K for Outbreak, and 403K for RECV on DC).

I wonder if the REmake will perform even better than Zero, since its sales were quite low the first time around on GC (hence less people having played it).

 

[Arde5643]

ToS still kicking, it will crawl to 200k but that I would imagine is seen as a success

Given that it's being seen as the FFX-2 of the original ToS, I think it's doing pretty well.

 

[schuelma]

I wonder if the REmake will perform even better than Zero, since its sales were quite low the first time around on GC (hence less people having played it).

Are you guessing it will go like this: REmake this holiday (just a port), then next year a proper RE2 Wiimake?

 

[kswiston]

Given that it's being seen as the FFX-2 of the original ToS, I think it's doing pretty well.

FFX-2 Almost sold as well as FFX in Japan. It either passed 2M or was extremely close to doing so.

Unless they come out with a replacement comes-with-a-controller game, I could see it passing twice that.

At its current rate of sales, it would take Wii Play over 10 years to pass 6M. My guess is that Wii Play will end up somewhere around 4-4.5M.

 

[Sagitario]

Hang in there Tales...

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I wonder if Nintendo will start putting Motion Plus in with Wii Play in the future?

Why pack it with a game it doesn't work with, when they've already got a perfect demo title to pack it in with in Wii Sports Resort?

 

[Moor-Angol]

I find Zero's sales even more surprising given that sales of the GC version weren't that bad, if you think about it. 400K was around what the series was doing last gen before counting re-releases and ports (compare to 330K for RECVX PS2, 450K for RE4 PS2, 436K for Outbreak, and 403K for RECV on DC).

I wonder if the REmake will perform even better than Zero, since its sales were quite low the first time around on GC (hence less people having played it).

Be honest with us...


how many copies did you buy ? :lol

 

[markatisu]

FFX-2 Almost sold as well as FFX in Japan. It either passed 2M or was extremely close to doing so.

So then it is a perfectly sound comparison, since ToS on GC sold around 300k-ish and ToS2 (spin-off) looks to be about 60-70% of that (probably more if it sticks around with 4-5k weeks for the remainder of the year)

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

So then it is a perfectly sound comparison, since ToS on GC sold around 300k-ish and ToS2 (spin-off) looks to be about 60-70% of that (probably more if it sticks around with 4-5k weeks for the remainder of the year)

4K a week for the rest of the year? I think that would be unprecedented Tales tails. It's a very front-loaded series.

Also, FF X-2 was more like 85%, at least in original releases.

 

[donny2112]

Well IIRC you posted numbers before and after Slim a month or two back that showed SW increased almost exactly linearly with HW. With individual buyers just as likely to buy software as before, it doesn't seem primary usage of PSPs really changed.

I seem to recall something about the tie ratio being the same before and after Slim. Is that what you're referring to?

PSP hasn't been selling as a primarily UMD player for awhile now. My point being that it's software sales, while good by PSP standards, are not good by "top-selling video game console" standards. By the usage of PSP changing, I mean from how it was perceived at the beginning of its life. The Slim is just a wholy giving over to the "multi-purpose with gaming just another part" mindset the PSP was already in.

My Summer Vacation 3 (PlayStation3 the Best!) (PS3) 590

It sold the exact same amount as a new release last week. Wat?

20. Naruto Shippuden: Gathering Strongest Ninja Together Gekitotsu!! Naruto vs Sasuke (NDS) 8.500 [8.500]

Naruto vs. Ninja Warrior! Naruto couldn't hang with that free-running guy.

 

[ivysaur12]

Hang in there Tales...

Yup.

It's gonna break 200k, which is good.

 

[Jasoncheng]

GparaRanking(7/7~7/13)
http://www.gpara.com/ranking/mediacreatebn/ranking_20080717.php

TOP30
NDS:13
Wii:7
PSP:5
PS3:3
PS2:2

 

[kassatsu]

mh back in the top 10 ;o