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[Phife Dawg]

DQ does really well. TtT does pretty well too for what it is.

I think the real news is that Diamond and Pearl suddenly jumped into the top 20.

It's not sudden though - they both slowly made their way up.

That new Gundam game might have had some sort of effect too though.

Gundam has always sold at least decently on PSP, there's clearly a fanbase there - I don't think it had that big of an effect.

 

[vanguardian1]

What's ToS2's LTD, anyone?

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It's already done quite a bit better than I expected, but I'd still like to see more.

 

[zallaaa]

Still I can't see why the psp does so well... there are only 4 games in the top 30. Is it some new kind of fetishism?

 

[Kagari]

Still I can't see why the psp does so well... there are only 4 games in the top 30. Is it some new kind of fetishism?

Monster Hunter.

 

[zallaaa]

Monster Hunter.

That's a looooong wave...

 

[-WindYoshi-]

Unless I'm totally missing it, I don't MGS4 on last week's chart at all, that's kinda an odd jump.

Also I'm probably totally insane, but the DQ number seems kinda low to me as far as what I was expecting. It's a good remake/port of a game that is often voted the #1 game of all time in Japan, in the #1 game series in Japan, on an insanely hot system with a large userbase. I would imagine they probably went through their entire shipment though. On the other hand since it's DS it'll probably have good legs, sales aren't front-loaded as much.

So DQV is the FFVI/VII of the DQ series?

 

[Mr. Pointy]

So DQV is the FFVI/VII of the DQ series?

Pretty much. There's a lot of love for DQIII as well.

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

Starfi is selling exactly what it deserves.

Maybe TOSE should have developed Legend of Stafi 5 instead of this iteration...

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Monster Hunter.

9. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 16K / 2,293K

PSP - 76,041

Honestly, I don't think that's it. There must be some other reason for the hardware bump... but I can't quite put my finger on it....

Spoiler

Check what's at No. 2

 

[Kagari]

9. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 16K / 2,293K

PSP - 76,041

Honestly, I don't think that's it. There must be some other reason for the hardware bump... but I can't quite put my finger on it....

Spoiler

Check what's at No. 2

I think maybe he meant in general. The PSP has been selling very well since Crisis Core came out Yet only a few titles have sold amazing.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

I think maybe he meant in general. The PSP has been selling very well since Crisis Core came out Yet only a few titles have sold amazing.

I've been hearing reports of Sony repositioning the PSP as a multimedia device rather than as a gaming machine ever since the launch of the Slim & Lite. I don't know how true these reports are though.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Whoever published it must be really happy since it was a cheap, simple port.

Isn't the PC version 2D, and totally different?

 

[Busaiku]

Honestly, I don't think that's it. There must be some other reason for the hardware bump... but I can't quite put my finger on it....

Spoiler

Check what's at No. 2

When the Famitsu numbers were posted, someone said there was a new color and a TV-Tuner thing package (not sure about this part).

 

[icecream]

Oh, I was under the impression that it was a port from the PC.

Not a port at all. The CGs were redone and added, the system took a change and went 3D, the voices were recasted, new opening movie by Studio 4°C... about the only thing that would parallel between the PC and PS3 version would be the story, and that probably has many additions as well.

 

[cvxfreak]

Thanks for making the thread, donny. As I'm currently on a hydrofoil boat between Korea and Japan, I couldn't make it myself.

Glad to see RE0 still selling. I see it as a counterpart to Phoenix Wright 2 on DS, which had no new content, but served to catch DS gamers up despite the DS running GBA games. Bring on REmake, Capcom so that the ports end already.

 

[Boken]

I used to read MC threads all the time. Then suddenly I gave up. Times have really changed - PSP outselling DS regularly wow!

 

[Nutter]

I used to read MC threads all the time. Then suddenly I gave up. Times have really changed - PSP outselling DS regularly wow!

You do realise that the DS is still selling good amounts, just not insane amounts it used to do? And also that the DS has sold 22 million already.

 

[Mardak]

7. NDS Daigasso! Band Brothers DX - 21K / 212K

Nice to see it go over 200k. I don't recall the original japan DS launch game ever reaching that milestone.

 

[jesusraz]

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It's already done quite a bit better than I expected, but I'd still like to see more.

Famitsu had it at 177,225 for the 30th June-6th July week, so given its chart position for the past two weeks since then, it's probably very close to 200,000 units now.

 

[onipex]

You do realise that the DS is still selling good amounts, just not insane amounts it used to do? And also that the DS has sold 22 million already.

No matter how many times this is said people still wont get it.:lol :lol

 

[Stumpokapow]

No matter how many times this is said people still wont get it.:lol :lol

To be fair in the context of the post he was replying to, there wasn't really a need to say it. The guy didn't wander in and say "OMG DS BOMBA NEEDS DS2 NINTENDO DOOMED", he correctly noted that the PSP now consistently outsells the DS in terms of hardware. Which is true.

... and it's not as though there aren't just as many people desperately trying to minimize the PSP's hardware growth as there are people wandering in after a few year exile desperately trying to minimize the DS's historic success.

 

[careful]

Tiara Sales-Age smackdown

 

[AniHawk]

Pokemon charting again is probably both because of the new movie and because they've started rolling the marketing for PokePlat in stores.

Oh hey, welcome back.

Apparently I'm late in saying this.

 

[Captain Smoker]

Famitsu numbers are finally in.

PSP: 76.000
DSL: 61.000
WII: 42.000
PS3: 12.000
PS2: 10.000
360: 3.700


1. Dragon Quest V (NDS) 679.000 [679.000]
2. Gundam Battle Universe (PSP) 153.000 [153.000]
3. Persona 4 (PS2) 35.000 [247.000]
4. Tears to Tiara (PS3) 34.000 [34.000]
5. Wii Fit (Wii) 25.000 [2.335.000]
6. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (NDS) 20.000 [210.000]
7. Legenary Stafy: Confrontation! Daiiru Pirate Squad (NDS) 19.000 [53.000]
8. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 18.000 [1.582.000]
9. Derby Stallion DS (NDS) 14.000 [212.000]
10. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 13.000 [2.341.000]

11. Wii Sports (Wii) 11.000 [3.042.000]
12. Resident Evil 0 (Wii) 11.000 [34.000]
13. Super Mario Sluggers (Wii) 10.000 [124.000]
14. Pokémon Diamond/Pearl (NDS) 9.400 [5.526.000]
15. Meccha Taiko Drum Master DS: Adventure in Seven Islands (NDS) 7.700 [241.000]
16. Beautiful Letter Training DS (NDS) 7.700 [330.000]
17. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots (PS3) 7.600 [614.000]
18. Wii Play (Wii) 7.200 [2.423.000]
19. Mario Kart DS (NDS) 7.200 [3.133.000]
20. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 (PSP) 6.700 [225.000]
21.
22. God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) 6.300 [23.000]
23. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS) 6.100 [5.227.000]
24. Initial D Extreme Stage (PS3) 6.000 [63.000]
25. Tales of Symphonia 2: Dawn of the New World (Wii) 5.900 [194.000]
26.
27.
28.
29. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (PS3) 5.600 [131.000]
30. Super Robot Wars A Portable (PSP) 4.800 [140.000]

xx. Metal Slug 7 (NDS) 3.200
xx. Might and Magic Elements (360) 2.400
xx. Poi! Hito Natsu no Keiken!? (PS2) 2.200
xx. Metal Gear Online (PS3) 2.000
xx. Denjirou Sensei no Fushigi na Jikkenshitsu (NDS) 1.300
xx. Boom Blox (Wii) 770
xx. Gachapin Challenge DS (NDS) 680
xx. HimeHibi: Princess Days Portable (PSP) 660
xx. Shining Wind (PlayStation 2 the Best) (PS2) 520

 

[Psychotext]

Tiara Sales-Age smackdown

*IMG*

WTF! :lol

 

[Nolan.]

Tiara Sales-Age smackdown
[IM]http://dps.dengekionline.com/entryimg/080530_05.jpg[/IM]

Yuck.

 

[Frillen]

^^

Impressive RE0 performance. Thought it would drop like a rock out of the top 30. Tales of Symphonia seems like it will at least crack 200k.

 

[okrim]

^^

Impressive RE0 performance. Thought it would drop like a rock out of the top 30. Tales of Symphonia seems like it will at least crack 200k.

Impressive?

 

[gantz85]

The enigma to me is the 360 numbers. Who buys 3,700 360s a week in Japan? I bet most of them are shipped out of the country.. I mean seriously. Who? There isn't even a single 360 game in that top selling list.. the sales numbers still fluctuate regardless.

 

[Frillen]

Impressive?

"Impressive": Making a strong or vivid impression; striking or remarkable.

 

[hirokazu]

Hm RE0 dropped a lot more than I thought.

Good Let's not give Capcom any more shitty port job ideas.

 

[Jaruru]

nice numbers all around

WiiFit/MKWii/Daigasso Band Brothers DX/Derby hanging there firmly
MH is back too

is it time to release new DS/new color? I'm ready for my next purchase

 

[Zero_Phoenix]

Anyone know for how many weeks PSP has been #1 in Japan? It feels like a long time now.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

DS= market saturation?

anyway, those DQ sales are most impressive. I reckon we'll see more titles?

 

[jesusraz]

anyway, those DQ sales are most impressive. I reckon we'll see more titles?

Well, Horii did mention another DQM would be likely on DS when he was hinting about DQ DS remakes happening. So, considering the remakes became a reality, I fully expect a Joker sequel in 2009 as well.

Good Let's not give Capcom any more shitty port job ideas.

I think that the fact this straight port will go on to sell at least 50,000 copies will give Capcom the idea that it was a good plan, to be honest. That's a decent amount of profit for what appears to be a small effort with barely any ad push.

 

[cw_sasuke]

DS= market saturation?

sellin 60K in a week now means market saturation ?i see....

 

[schuelma]

Re: Famitsu numbers.

ToS will probably be gone next week, right before it hits 200K.

Pretty impressive for Bio 0. Like I said last night, damn game is going to sell 50K which is just insane.

 

[linsivvi]

Glad to see the top 5 games are all from different platforms.

 

[charlequin]

But according to Sinobi, there is no shortage this time, which is why I'm a bit worried.

The supply problems with both DQ4 and DQMJ were mostly in the following weeks rather than the opening, though; they sold fast but not ludicrously fast at open, but then couldn't be restocked in time.

In order to not do as well as DQ4 was doing, this game would have to start falling off much more quickly, so we'd probably see evidence of it next week. This game will want to hit 150k+ next week to keep up with DQ4's pace, and then hang on above 50k for at least a few weeks after that.

Unless I'm totally missing it, I don't MGS4 on last week's chart at all, that's kinda an odd jump.

It was #15, just the OP of last week's thread leaves out the games from 11-20 for some reason.

Also I'm probably totally insane, but the DQ number seems kinda low to me as far as what I was expecting.

I think those expectations were off. The game beat DQ4's opening week despite being a game that was more recently, and more graphically impressively, remade than DQ4.

17. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots (PS3) 7.600 [614.000]

So, yeah, like I thought: MGS4 has moved into the trickle-off phase and is pretty close to being totally done selling. My earlier estimate of 625k lifetime is looking pretty good --maybe a hair too low -- I think.

DS= market saturation?

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[Anasui Kishibe]

sellin 60K in a week now means market saturation ?i see....

well DS used to sell 100k per week sometimes, and I was expecting that number because of DQV

not that I'm saying it is't impressive!

Well, Horii did mention another DQM would be likely on DS when he was hinting about DQ DS remakes happening. So, considering the remakes became a reality, I fully expect a Joker sequel in 2009 as well.

that's great. I really see it happening now, although I'd love me some more typical DQ games

 

[Captain Smoker]

I´ve updated my Famitsu - excelfile and here are the Top10 publisher ever in Japan, if someone is interested.

It´s not complete, but very comprehensive.


Games: 4.026
Units: 755.650.547
*total

Titles	Publisher	Units		Average		Total market share

370x	Nintendo	258.779.101	699.403		34,3 %
419x	Konami		55.990.485	133.629		7,4 %
62x	Square		50.063.189	807.471		6,6 %
216x	Capcom		44.582.899	206.402		5,9 %
204x	SCE		41.381.307	202.850		5,5 %
43x	Enix		34.627.008	805.279		4,6 %
295x	Sega		33.324.366	112.964		4,4 %
177x	Bandai		31.679.879	178.982		4,2 %
128x	Namco		29.117.220	227.478		3,9 %
93x	Square Enix	27.781.713	298.728		3,6 %

If you wan´t to know something else just ask.

 

[Pellham]

So DQV is the FFVI/VII of the DQ series?

I'd say the title of most popular DQ title is pretty closely contested between both DQV and DQIII.

 

[SovanJedi]

hypotheticalsnarkytheDSisstillsellingaswellastheps2initsprime.gif

Do you ever have trouble finding files on your computer? Maybe this is part of the reason why!

 

[linsivvi]

Titles	Publisher	Units		Average		Total market share
62x	Square		50.063.189	807.471		6,6 %
43x	Enix		34.627.008	805.279		4,6 %
93x	Square Enix	27.781.713	298.728		3,6 %

Holy shit at the drop off after the merger.

And LOL at Konami. Quantity isn't everything.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

This is unrelated to new data in general, but just a general sales thing I'd been thinking about, and Captain Smoker's publisher post brought it back to the forefront. With Wii's hardware total great for its age, a decent tie ratio, and Nintendo dominating the software sales, I wonder how Nintendo's total software sold on Wii compares to the total (so far) of a few big publishers from PS2? Note that there's missing data and always the possibility of some mistake causing a game to not be included or counted twice, buuuut close enough for now. Here are the ones that reached at least 10 million.

Square Enix: 17.8 m
Square: 5.8 m
Enix: 1.7 m
So Square + Enix + Square Enix = 25.3 m

SCE: 14.9 m

Bandai: 12.9 m
Namco: 10.8 m
Namco Bandai: 5.1 m
So Namco + Bandai + Namco Bandai = 28.8

Capcom: 11.9 m

Koei: 12.8 m

Konami: 21.5 m



Nintendo on Wii: 16.7 m
Pokémon on Wii: 0.3 m
So Nintendo + Pokémon on Wii: 17.0 m

Compared to top PS2 publishers they're only behind Konami and the combined Square/Enix and Namco/Bandai numbers. Subtract 2.4 million if you don't want to count Wii Play, which would additionally put SCE PS2 ahead of Nintendo Wii.

 

[botticus]

To clarify, those are publisher totals for PS2 through the present?

 

[Captain Smoker]

To clarify, those are publisher totals for PS2 through the present?

Yes.

 

[Frillen]

well DS used to sell 100k per week sometimes, and I was expecting that number because of DQV

not that I'm saying it is't impressive!

Most people who are interested in the DQ series bought the DS with either Joker or DQIV.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Continuing from my last, I realized I could make an SQL query to sum up games and split them into publisher/platform. So any goofiness in terms of publishers that should be split/merged also holds over to this list. Includes a link to the game search, so you can see what games are being counted.

 

[JaMarco]

go tales...