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[charlequin]

Dragon Quest V DS - 185k (864k total)

Wow, DQV is kicking the ass of DQIV (which had sold only 733k after two weeks.) Hooray!

 

[Vinci]

The reason I asked about price collapse on Mario Sluggers and now with Wario Land is because I'm curious if retailers have decided not to drop the price on Nintendo games, expecting them to have huge legs (the 'Evergreen' model). If that's true, that could be very beneficial for Nintendo and it might keep an opening month's poor sales far from being indicative of anything.

 

[test_account]

It was from an obscure interview from a few months ago.

In other Metal Gear Solid 4 news, Tanaka revealed to the site that Konami expects sales to be similar to past titles. While the sales focus is on the European and North American markets, the company is aiming for sales of one million in Japan alone. Nikkei pointed out to Tanaka that the PS3 hardware has yet to hit the two million mark in Japan, to which Tanaka noted that many users are waiting for MGS4 to buy a PS3. He also feels that because a number of major PS3 titles from other companies will be released before MGS4, the system's userbase total will rise.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/858/858436p1.html

I'm curious to see how SCIV and Beijing 2008 perform next week.

Ah ok, i see. Thanks for the info! I guess Metal Gear Solid 4 wont reach 1 million copies sold in Japan, but i guess it can reach 700k atleast, when its all said and done (its on something around 610k - 620k copies of MGS 4 sold so far in Japan i think).

 

[Moor-Angol]

Thanks.

And have we seen any hint of price collapse with Wario Land thus far?

For price collapse hints you can check on amazon.jp, if the game starts to be sold from amazon with high discount (40-50% or more), it means the price is dropping everywhere and probably you can find it inside Sofmap big baskets

 

[Toad-fr]

Hi guys,

I think you guys deserve a big THANK YOU for sharing those charts every week with us all!

I had to use your data extensively today, since Media Create removes previous instances of their weekly chart, so really, big thanks to those of you who think of us all on a weekly basis

THANKS )
Xavier

 

[Vinci]

For price collapse hints you can check on amazon.jp, if the game starts to be sold from amazon with high discount (40-50% or more), it means the price is dropping everywhere and probably you can find it inside Sofmap big baskets

Thanks for the info. Looks like Wario is still all right as far as a price collapse goes.

 

[thestopsign]

To be fair, Wario did well... relative to it's first day sales. Still not great, but if it makes it to ~75k, that would change it from a huge bomb, to just a small one.

 

[Busaiku]

Yeah, surprisingly it has legs, but it just never debuted very well.
I do hope it can continue a similar trend.

 

[jj984jj]

Wow, DQV is kicking the ass of DQIV (which had sold only 733k after two weeks.) Hooray!

That's because there's no shortage, they've already shipped 1 million!

 

[schuelma]

Another year, another trashing by PowerPro PS2 for the wii version. Which means another lame PS2 port next year... sigh...

With these sales Wii might not get a versions next year. Fucking awful.

 

[Moor-Angol]

To be fair, Wario did well... relative to it's first day sales. Still not great, but if it makes it to ~75k, that would change it from a huge bomb, to just a small one.

I agree with you.
People must remember 2D platform games are a niche in Japan nowadays, many similar games have been published on DS and they had "poor" sales.

2D platform games basically are dead since Saturn's dead... considering some PS1 titles, they are dead since 128 bit arrived on the shelves.

 

[botticus]

With these sales Wii might not get a versions next year. Fucking awful.

Unless they try it on another platform (which would require a new engine), they don't have a whole lotta choice. Though they're different games, the franchise is starting off well on the Wii in the US, and the PS2 sales are eventually going to slow down.

 

[schuelma]

Unless they try it on another platform (which would require a new engine), they don't have a whole lotta choice. Though they're different games, the franchise is starting off well on the Wii in the US, and the PS2 sales are eventually going to slow down.

We're talking about 2 different games here. I'm not talking about MLB Power Pros, the game that the U.S gets.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

With these sales Wii might not get a versions next year. Fucking awful.

They're terrible sales, but they've already got the engine up and running on Wii. I'm sure it's a pittance to update it each year.

 

[donny2112]

Nintendo already said they weren't going to put up a Player's Choice line this generation as they believe people will just wait for the price drop instead of buying it at full price.

Well, you wouldn't expect them to say, "You know all those games you've been wanting but not been willing to pay full price for? Yeah, hold off a little longer." I'm still waiting on Zelda. I've beaten the game on the GameCube, but I'm waiting until Player's Choice to play through it again on the Wii.

I think you guys deserve a big THANK YOU for sharing those charts every week with us all!

Bienvenu. Non, je ne parle pas français.

 

[cvxfreak]

New from this week's Famitsu: All Handheld Million Sellers
LTD to 7/6/2008

1. [NDS] Pokemon Diamond + Pearl - 5,511,294
2. [NDS] New Super Mario Brothers - 5,215,470
3. [NDS] Brain Age 2 - 4,899,012
4. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World - 4,684,075
5. [NDS] Brain Age - 3,690,873
6. [NDS] Mario Kart DS - 3,119,395
7. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - 2,315,879
8. [NDS] English Training - 2,103,962
9. [NDS] nintendogs - 1,779,603
10. [NDS] Mario Party DS - 1,733,646
11. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 1,702,520
12. [NDS] Common Knowledge Training - 1,568,648
13. [NDS] Big Brain Academy - 1,525,221
14. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 1,467,179
15. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time + Darkness - 1,397,037
16. [NDS] Tetris DS - 1,280,019
17. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV - 1,202,569
18. [NDS] Wario Ware Touched! - 1,136,255
19. [NDS] Tamagotchi Connection Corner Shop - 1,110,046
20. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable (incl. PSP The Best) - 1,102,832
21. [NDS] Super Mario 64 DS - 1,102,832
22. [NDS] Kirby Squeek Squad - 1,095,781
23. [NDS] Love and Berry DS Collection - 1,055,821
24. [NDS] Final Fantasy III - 1,008,230

 

[d+pad]

Wow - 17 of the 21 DS games on that Famitsu list are made by Nintendo. Amazing!

Kind of puts all the whining about Nintendo being a bully (of sorts) on the Wii - i.e. they make all the best sellers - in a new light, eh? I mean, if Nintendo can basically clean up on the DS and STILL earn third-party support, why can't the same thing happen with the Wii?

 

[thestopsign]

Wow - 17 of the 21 DS games on that Famitsu list are made by Nintendo. Amazing!

Kind of puts all the whining about Nintendo being a bully (of sorts) on the Wii - i.e. they make all the best sellers - in a new light, eh? I mean, if Nintendo can basically clean up on the DS and STILL earn third-party support, why can't the same thing happen with the Wii?

The DS has five 3rd Party million sellers, not four. Just a small correction. Dragon Quest V will make it six pretty soon.

 

[Replicant]

Last week sales :

Siren PS3 - 36k

http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/

Siren's sale number increasing? It only made 20k last week, no? If that's the case, it's awesome, the game really deserves it.

 

[Kiriku]

Siren's sale number increasing? It only made 20k last week, no? If that's the case, it's awesome, the game really deserves it.

Wasn't 20k first say sales?

 

[Sage00]

Siren's sale number increasing? It only made 20k last week, no? If that's the case, it's awesome, the game really deserves it.

That was first day, this is first week.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Guys, what are the last figures we have for The World Ends With You?

Off-Topic here, but do we have any (even a more-or-less figure) for the US/EU?

As always, big cheers to Joshua, Donny, cvx, stump, Moor for jpngamechart and to all the chart guys (Lotuschart! :lol )


Edit: Didn't know FFIII DS had become a million seller as well

 

[donny2112]

20. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable (incl. PSP The Best) - 1,102,832

Which, thanks to the fact that MHP and MHP (BEST) have stopped selling means that MHP (BEST Reprint) is at 142,964.

Thanks, cvxfreak!

Guys, what are the last figures we have for The World Ends With You?

193K to the end of 2007 thanks, in large part, to its price collapse.

Off-Topic here, but do we have any (even a more-or-less figure) for the US/EU?

43K in April in the U.S. from TSE.

 

[d+pad]

Edit: don't mind me

 

[Stumpokapow]

Fainaru Fantaji Suri

Edit: I caught your ninja edit!

 

[donny2112]

I found these over at 2ch released about the time of the normal Famitsu release. However no one posted them here, for some reason. :?

Edit:
Real Numbers

DSL 61000
PSP 71000
Wii 42000
PS3 12000
PS2 9700
360 4900

 

[DiddyBop]

wow,what released for the psp this week? new colour?

 

[donny2112]

There may be a problem with these numbers, since no one else posted them, but they seem like the normal numbers to me. The surprised reaction at 2ch came from the fact that PS2>PS3.

 

[Sage00]

There may be a problem with these numbers, since no one else posted them, but they seem like the normal numbers to me. The surprised reaction at 2ch came from the fact that PS2>PS3.

At this rate in the weeks following ToV and IU we could be seeing a consistent 360>PS3.

Who would've thought?

 

[Dash Kappei]

PS3 10,082
PS2 11,390

Damn!

 

[Blablurn]

I found these over at 2ch released about the time of the normal Famitsu release. However no one posted them here, for some reason. :?

PSP 81,092
DS 38,122
Wii 44,001
PS3 10,082
PS2 11,390
360 4,091

ps3 numbers make me sad =(

 

[nextgeneration]

Joshua/Panther -

I'm pretty sure the 360 and ps3 ltd figures that you have are incorrect. I redid my calculations and these are the numbers that I have:

360 = 592,641
ps3 = 2,231,064

 

[JaMarco]

PS3 10,082
PS2 11,390

thats...not...good

 

[nextgeneration]

Hmm, assuming those ps2/ps3 #'s are correct, yikes. Let's see what Media Create has them at tomorrow.

 

[donny2112]

Joshua/Panther -

I'm pretty sure the 360 and ps3 ltd figures that you have are incorrect. I redid my calculations and these are the numbers that I have:

360 = 592,641
ps3 = 2,231,064

Don't forget to take into account the Media-Create offset that was shown with the posted 2007 Top 500 numbers at GEIMIN.net. I believe it affects a -1 to the 360 number, a -6 to the PS3 number, and a -1 to Wii's total compared to summing up the weekly numbers.

 

[Tron 2.0]

I will be happy if WarioLand makes it over 100k, but it will be a struggle. Would have loved for it do more, though. Hopefully it does better in the US and Europe.

Do we know if Fatal Frame 4 has a firm US/Europe release date?

 

[PantherLotus]

Joshua/Panther -

I'm pretty sure the 360 and ps3 ltd figures that you have are incorrect. I redid my calculations and these are the numbers that I have:

360 = 592,641
ps3 = 2,231,064

i have 2,230,794. somebody stole 270 units from my chart!!!!

 

[Sage00]

i have 2,230,794. somebody stole 270 units from my chart!!!!

Yamauchi had those 270 PS3 owners personally dealt with.

 

[PantherLotus]

I demand answers. we're talking about a + .0012% difference here!

 

[BishopLamont]

Ah, all those PS3 games didn't bomb if you take the new userbase into account! Tie ratio > all.

At this rate in the weeks following ToV and IU we could be seeing a consistent 360>PS3.

Who would've thought?

Eh, maybe for a week a two, but 360 > PS3 regularly I'm not so sure about.

 

[donny2112]

Previous hardware numbers were wrong. Here are the correct ones.

DSL 61000
PSP 71000
Wii 42000
PS3 12000
PS2 9700
360 4900

PS3 > PS2, so all is not so wrong with the world.

Edit:
Rest of the numbers in Japanese. Calling Captain Smoker!

1. DQ5　185000　865000
2. Power Pro 15PS2　87000
3. Eiyuu Densetsu Sora no Kiseki the 3rd　49000
4. Gundam Battle Universe　40000　193000
5. Siren　36000
6. WiiFit　30000　2365000
7. Hitman Reborn! DS　28000
8. Wario Land Shake　24000
9. Power Pro 15Wii　20000
10. Mario Kart Wii　19000　1601000

11.P4　17000　264000
12.バンデラ　16000　226000
14.Wiiスポ　14000　3056000
15.Bully360　11000
16.MHP2G　11000　2352000
17.マリオ野球　11000　134000
18.きらレボ　10000
19.太鼓DS2　10000　252000
20.ダビスタ　9900　222000

21.BullyPS2　9800
22.ポケモンダイパ　9600　5536000
23.マリカDS　8100　3141000
24.美文字　8000　338000
25.TtT　7900　42000
26.MGS4　7900　622000
27.はじWii　7800　2431000
28.バイオ0　7300　41000
29.トワイライト　7300
30.釣りマスタ　7300

*. PS2 Samurai Shodown Anthology 6100 / NEW
*. PSP Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus 4900 / NEW
*. NDS Machi-Ing Maker DS 2900 / NEW
*. PSP Infinite Loop: Kojjou ga Miseta Yume 2600 / NEW
*. 360 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 1500 / NEW
*. PSP Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (BEST) 1500 / NEW
*. NDS Moetan DS 1300 / NEW
*. PS2 Resident Evil 4 (BEST Reprint) 1300 / NEW
*. NDS Kangaeru Ryoku o Gungun Nobasu! DS Youji no Nou Tre 1000 / NEW
*. WII Samurai Shodown Anthology 1000 / NEW
*. NDS Touch de Taikyaku! Yawaraka Sensha (Touch Retreat! Gentle Tanks) 790 / NEW
*. NDS Sim City DS (BEST) 730 / NEW
*. NDS New International Track & Field 630 / NEW
*. NDS Kikansha Thomas DS 2: Asonde Manabu DS Youchien (Thomas the Tank: Early Learning) 610 / NEW
*. NDS Koma Neko DS (Guardian Cat) 530 / NEW


Thanks to jj984jj for the Top 10.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Previous hardware numbers were wrong. Here are the correct ones.

DSL 61000
PSP 71000
Wii 42000
PS3 12000
PS2 9700
360 4900

PS3 > PS2, so all is not so wrong with the world.

I see the DSL getting regaining some track. That's good enough for me.

 

[Loudninja]

He donny why the bump for the PS3 and 360 HW?

 

[Stumpokapow]

lol @ guitar hero 360, 1500 units

 

[donny2112]

He donny why the bump for the PS3 and 360 HW?

360's been "up" for a while. It coincided with the large RPG announcements for the system. While normally announcements don't affect hardware sales much, with the 360's low normal sales and hardcore fanbase, an extended "RPG announcement" bump is as good an explanation as any.

PS3's just sort of fluctuating around the low 10's at the moment.

 

[Tenbatsu]

Wario at Number 8....not bad.

 

[legend166]

How does Bully sell almost as much as Wario?

Japan -

 

[Jonnyram]

Looks like Vesperia will almost certainly put 360 above PS3 for a couple of weeks. Hopefully the constant trickle of RPGs over the next few months will keep the 360 going strongly. I'm sure that elusive million is in sight now. They just need to get some good marketing going, and I think they have been doing a relatively good job with the RPG marketing actually.

 

[jj984jj]

1. DQ5　185000　865000
2. Power Pro 15PS2　87000
3. Eiyuu Densetsu Sora no Kiseki the 3rd　49000
4. Gundam Battle Universe　40000　193000
5. Siren　36000
6. WiiFit　30000　2365000
7. Hitman Reborn! DS　28000
8. Wario Land Shake　24000
9. Power Pro 15Wii　20000
10. Mario Kart Wii　19000　1601000

Wii: 4
DS: 2
PSP: 2
PS2: 1
PS3: 1

Falcom has found a pretty faithful fanbase on PSP. Poor Wario.

 

[FrankT]

Looks like Vesperia will almost certainly put 360 above PS3 for a couple of weeks. Hopefully the constant trickle of RPGs over the next few months will keep the 360 going strongly. I'm sure that elusive million is in sight now. They just need to get some good marketing going, and I think they have been doing a relatively good job with the RPG marketing actually.

Yea, I definitely believe it has a pretty good chance to hit the magic million before it is all said and done. Just for reference does anyone have the original LTD for the xbox in Japan?

He donny why the bump for the PS3 and 360 HW?

Same as last weeks Famitsu number.