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[DR2K]

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If Wii party outsells(slightly) more than Mario Party 8 at this point in the consoles life cycle, I don't think that would be impressive. User base and all. All things considered, Mario is still king until a Wii ____ game can topple NSMBwii.

 

[onken]

ToP did OK. Basara dropped pretty hard, though.

PSPGo was at 777 last week wasn't it?

 

[duckroll]

ToP did OK. Basara dropped pretty hard, though.

Huh? It sold another 70k, that's pretty solid considering how it's already well over the total sales of any previous Basara game ever.

 

[SlipperySlope]

Because when you release 2-3 games a year. you don't want all of them to be the same thing (big main RPG) otherwise as we have actually SEEN in the last few years, you basically destroy interest. People get burnt out, and they're less interested. That's why main Tales sales declined from over 500k to under 500k.

If you're going to want to release 2-3 games a year anyway, it makes sense to have one main game on consoles, supported by fanservice games developed externally which has shown to be a release format that the fanbase embraces. They don't mind buying a silly crossover game in Summer, and then a major Tales RPG in Winter.

My argument is why not release that main Tales RPG on all systems? If they get 300K on the PS3, why not release a Wii version that nets another 150, and a PSP version that nets another 150? And hell, a 3DS version that also nets sales. Sure, there's crossover console owners so it won't be quite 300+150+150+X, but it will definitely be more than just releasing on one system. All they do when they move the home from system to system is alienate their fanbase. Being on all systems will also make it more economically feasible to release all of the main titles WW. Releasing WW, they can also release a 360 version.

It's a cheap series to port. This is my argument for the And strategy. Why limit yourself to +- 500, when you can shoot for a million.

 

[BishopLamont]

If Wii party outsells(slightly) more than Mario Party 8 at this point in the consoles life cycle, I don't think that would be impressive. User base and all. All things considered, Mario is still king until a Wii ____ game can topple NSMBwii.

You can use the same reasoning for NSMBW, I don't think you can use userbase when the games in question are all on the same platform. Wii Party won't outsell Mario Party slightly...at this rate it might even reach 3M.

 

[onken]

Huh? It sold another 70k, that's pretty solid considering how it's already well over the total sales of any previous Basara game ever.

Hey it's not bad, it's just Basara 2 sold 54k week 2 off a 137k first week, so I was just expecting a little more.

 

[Bebpo]

My argument is why not release that main Tales RPG on all systems? If they get 300K on the PS3, why not release a Wii version that nets another 150, and a PSP version that nets another 150? And hell, a 3DS version that also nets sales. Sure, there's crossover console owners so it won't be quite 300+150+150+X, but it will definitely be more than just releasing on one system. All they do when they move the home from system to system is alienate their fanbase. Being on all systems will also make it more economically feasible to release all of the main titles WW. Releasing WW, they can also release a 360 version.

It's a cheap series to port. This is my argument for the And strategy. Why limit yourself to +- 500, when you can shoot for a million.

There's no indication that it's a cheap series to port. Everytime they port a Tales game it takes months/years of development with a decent size staff. That's wasted resources that could have been working on a new Tales game.

If you released a Tales game on every system at once, the sales probably wouldn't be much more than the sales on the strongest console (in this case the PS3) since most Tales fans are on the PS3. Wouldn't be worth the dev costs.

The only reason they are doing Graces on PS3, is for the same reason Vesperia ended up on PS3 and Symphonia ended up on PS2: in each case they put a major Tales title on a system where the fanbase wasn't and so they lated ported it to the system where the fanbase is.

 

[neutralgamer02]

Seems that the psp crossed the 15 million mark.

PSP | 31.106 | 49.380 | 1.265.138 | 15.008.226

I wonder if it will be able to get to 20 million when it is all said and done?

 

[duckroll]

15 million units sold, and yet only one unique game title has sold over a million units. That's really pretty sad.

 

[depward]

Will Sega ever release Hatsune Miku in the West? Or is that just a pipe dream?

 

[Chris1964]

Famitsu (as of 01/08/10)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|    |[GCN]Mario Sunshine| [WII]Mario Galaxy |[WII]Mario Galaxy 2|       difference      |
|    |     (19/07/02)    |    (01/11/07)     |     (27/05/10)    |                       |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  SMG2-SMS |  SMG2-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |  280.610|  280.610|  256.431|  256.431|  337.569|  337.569|     56.959|     81.228|
|  2 |  102.576|  383.186|   78.439|  334.690|  116.153|  453.722|     70.536|    119.032|
|  3 |   59.975|  443.161|   43.317|  378.007|   71.803|  525.525|     82.364|    147.518|
|  4 |   39.562|  482.723|   37.484|  415.491|   49.304|  574.829|     92.106|    159.338|
|  5 |   43.921|  526.644|   36.354|  451.845|   38.461|  613.290|     86.646|    161.445|
|  6 |   22.794|  549.438|   48.750|  500.595|   30.470|  643.760|     94.322|    143.165|
|  7 |   18.588|  568.026|   70.541|  571.136|   21.122|  664.882|     96.856|     93.746|
|  8 |   13.739|  581.765|  109.029|  680.165|   15.513|  680.395|     98.630|        230|
|  9 |    9.891|  591.656|   67.519|  747.684|   17.899|  698.294|    106.638|    -49.390|
| 10 |    8.929|  600.585|   62.017|  809.701|   14.057|  712.351|    111.766|    -97.350|
| 11 |    8.820|  609.405|   17.617|  827.318|         |         |           |           |
| 12 |    6.827|  616.232|   16.643|  843.961|         |         |           |           |
| 13 |    5.927|  622.159|    9.056|  853.017|         |         |           |           |
| 14 |    6.146|  628.305|    7.234|  860.251|         |         |           |           |
| 15 |    5.194|  633.499|    6.344|  866.595|         |         |           |           |
| 16 |    5.112|  638.611|    5.868|  872.463|         |         |           |           |
| 17 |    4.366|  642.977|    4.357|  876.820|         |         |           |           |
| 18 |    2.156|  645.133|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 19 |    2.651|  647.784|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 20 |    2.721|  650.505|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 21 |    3.481|  653.986|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 22 |    4.446|  658.432|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 23 |    9.965|  668.397|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 24 |    9.043|  677.440|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Year|   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |  SMG2-SMS |  SMG2-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |  677.440|  677.440|  747.684|  747.684|  712.351|  712.351|     34.911|    -35.333|
|  2 |   84.358|  761.798|  197.442|  945.106|         |         |           |           |
|  3 |   28.191|  789.989|   27.218|  972.324|         |         |           |           |
|  4 |        -|        -|    5.629|  977.953|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| LTD|        -|  789.989|        -|  977.953|        -|  712.351|    -77.638|   -265.602|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. [N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - 162.111 / 1.639.921
2. [NDS] Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) - 120.062 / 1.179.706
3. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 256.431 / 977.953
4. [GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) - 280.610 / 789.989
5. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 337.569 / 712.351

Holiday bump for Galaxy is over.

Like Golden Week Famitsu didn't combine weeks online. That's a big improvement over previous years.

 

[Chris1964]

Next week releases (19/08/10)

[NDS] Lilpri DS: Hime-Chen! Apple Pink (Sega)

[PSP] Shin Hisui no Shizuku: Scarlet Fragments 2 Portable (Idea Factory)
[PSP] Shin Master of Monsters Final EX (System Soft Alpha)

[PS3] Another Century's Episode R (Bandai Namco)
[PS3] Super Dimensional Game Neptune (Idea Factory)

[PS2] Pandora: Kimi no Namae o Boku wa Shiru (Idea Factory)
[PS2] Shin Master of Monsters Final EX (System Soft Alpha)

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Holiday bump for Galaxy is over.

...and SMG2 is only under 100k behind with Obon still to go. I'm still thinking it could go the distance and equal SMG - perhaps some time mid-2011?

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

JoshuaJSlone I need you to update garaph, need this updated :<

 

[Chris1964]

If someone looked carefully at Sengoku Basara sales he would notice that its popularity is increasing over the last years.

Famitsu
21/07/05 [PS2] Sengoku Basara (Capcom) - 85.575 / 167.529
09/02/06 [PS2] Sengoku Basara [CapKore] (Capcom) - 5.319 / 41.228

27/07/06 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2 (Capcom) - 137.199 / 285.525
15/03/07 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2 [CapKore] (Capcom) - / 52.101
25/09/08 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2 [Best Price!] (Capcom) - / 33.863

29/11/07 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Capcom) - 93.513 / 226.121
07/08/08 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes [Playstation 2 the Best] (Capcom) - / 77.316
18/03/10 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes [Playstation 2 the Best Reprint] (Capcom) - / 7.715
29/11/07 [WII] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Double Pack) (Capcom) - 8.600 / 29.102
20/11/08 [WII] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Double Pack) [Best Price!] (Capcom) - / 2.416

26/06/08 [PS2] Sengoku Basara X (Capcom) - 26.897 / 48.841
17/09/09 [PS2] Sengoku Basara X [Best Price!] (Capcom) - / 4.119

09/04/09 [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom) - 88.051 / 198.799
03/12/09 [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes [PSP the Best] (Capcom) - / 35.993

29/07/10 [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 209.312 / 209.312
29/07/10 [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 54.601 / 54.601

Media Create
21/07/05 [PS2] Sengoku Basara (Capcom) - 88.711 / 88.711
09/02/06 [PS2] Sengoku Basara [CapKore] (Capcom) - 5.598 / 42.336
13/09/07 [PS2] Sengoku Basara [Best Price!] (Capcom) - 376 / 20.085

27/07/06 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2 (Capcom) - 135.850 / 257.319
15/03/07 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2 [CapKore] (Capcom) - 4.403 / 44.283
19/07/07 [PS2] Sengoku Basara (Double Pack) (Capcom) - 4.000 / 4.000
25/09/08 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2 [Best Price!] (Capcom) - 450 / 47.757

29/11/07 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Capcom) - 95.409 / 209.906
07/08/08 [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes [Playstation 2 the Best] (Capcom) - 1.582 / 74.491
29/11/07 [WII] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Double Pack) (Capcom) - 9.024 / 20.620
20/11/08 [WII] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Double Pack) [Best Price!] (Capcom) - 704 / 10.635

26/06/08 [PS2] Sengoku Basara X (Capcom) - 24.235 / 42.014

09/04/09 [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom) - 85.731 / 205.303
03/12/09 [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes [PSP the Best] (Capcom) - 1.848 / 12.107

29/07/10 [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 242.698 / 299.719
29/07/10 [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 49.821 / 65.209

There are some titles that big (budget price/full price) ratio gave an idea that sequels would do much bigger numbers, like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Yakuza 1, Monster Hunter Freedom 1.
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva [Dekkai Ohaidoku-han / Ohaidoku-han] didn't have many weeks to chart until Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 but it had big sales as long it was there.
Valkyria Chronicles 2 would have a shot to do better at PS3 but Sega had different opinion and the increasing sales of Demon's Souls [PlayStation 3 the Best] create expectations for Demon Souls 2.
There are many PSP games that didn't follow this thend (Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2, Tekken 6 from bigger sellers) and Ace Combat X2 looks it will join them.
Futrhermore ''low'' sales of White Knight Chronicles: EX Edition and Phantasy Star Portable [PSP the Best] suggested that the sequels wouldn't show improvement.

 

[Chris1964]

JoshuaJSlone I need you to update garaph, need this updated :<

Media Create has GBA at 15.348.849 and PSP at 15.008.226
Famitsu has GBA at 15.527.291 and PSP at 14.795.179 (one week behind)
It won't take long (for Media Create).

 

[Spiegel]

Here we go again


SB3 Ps3
Media-Create - 242k
Famitsu - 209k

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/top30/1238655_1134.html

 

[Chris1964]

Boring weeks for predictions until Pokebomb drops. I'll make an attempt predicting YTD.
Looking at systems's top 5 PSP will have a much better year. In fact 2010 will be by far the best software year PSP will ever have (Famitsu).

2009
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) - 4.100.968
[NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 3.382.597
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 2.311.948
[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 943.615
[NDS] Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Nintendo) - 717.940

2010
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) - 4.000.000-4.500.000
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 1.400.000-1.500.000
[NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reviere (Square Enix) - 1.300.000-1.350.000
[NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) - 1.300.000-1.350.000
[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) - 1.000.000 +


2009
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best] (Capcom) - 911.497
[PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega) - 443.216
[PSP] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (Koei) - 384.336
[PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (Bandai Namco) - 339.034
[PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Bandai Namco) - 317.730

2010
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) - 2.500.000-3.000.000 - > Capcom aims for 3,5M this FY

Spoiler

so I guess it will come out close to 3DS (late November/early December)

[PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) - 750.000-800.000
[PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix) - 730.000-750.000
[PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco) - 620.000-650.000
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom) - 500.000-550.000


2009
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 2.485.150
[WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 1.542.806
[WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 1.298.533
[WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 968.033
[WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 588.258

2010
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 1.600.000-1.700.000
[WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 1.400.000-1.500.000
[WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 1.000.000-1.100.000
[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 850.000-950.000
[WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) - 700.000-800.000 -> if it is early November like Kirby Squeak Squad and Kirby Super Star Ultra
Wii Relax could enter top 5 I think if it gets big promotion from Nintendo and comes earlier than November this year.


2009
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 1.698.256
[PS3] Yakuza 3 (Sega) - 509.223
[PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 508.959
[PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 377.340
[PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco) - 337.783

2010
[PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (SCE) - 800.000-900.000
[PS3] Yakuza 4: Heir to the Legend (Sega) - 570.000-580.000
[PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (Koei) - 560.000-570.000
[PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 400.000-450.000
[PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 350.000-400.000


2009
[360] Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (Square Enix) - 208.521
[360] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 123.817
[360] Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation [Platinum Collection] (Bandai Namco) - 89.300
[360] Bayonetta (Sega) - 87.639
[360] Beautiful Katamari [Platinum Collection] (Bandai Namco) - 74.166

2010
[360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Capcom) - 120.000-130.000
Who cares for below, everything else will be probably < 50k

Spoiler

2010
[3DS] Title 1 > 100k
[3DS] Title 2 > 100k
[3DS] Title 3 > 100k
[3DS] Title 4 > 100k
[3DS] Title 5 > 100k

 

[Sammy Samusu]

/\

[WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) - 70.000-80.000

Fixed?

 

[donny2112]

Fixed?

GBA Kirby 1 - 481K through first December
GBA Kirby 2 - 567K through first December

GCN Kirby Air Ride (not a platformer) - 358K through first December

NDS Kirby 1 - 276K through first December
NDS Kirby 2 - 698K through first December
NDS Kirby 3 - 855K through first December

It could very well be under 700K, but it'll be well over the "fixed" number.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

GBA Kirby 1 - 481K through first December
GBA Kirby 2 - 567K through first December

GCN Kirby Air Ride (not a platformer) - 358K through first December

NDS Kirby 1 - 276K through first December
NDS Kirby 2 - 698K through first December
NDS Kirby 3 - 855K through first December

It could very well be under 700K, but it'll be well over the "fixed" number.

:lol

Well I'd say 300k, I have lost faith in the Wii and its future. :'(

 

[BishopLamont]

Looking at the Wii LTD and weekly sales, it's becoming increasingly clear that it won't ever reach the PS2. PS3 LTD may even over the long term come to compare favourably with it in a hypothetical scenario where this generation does last ten years.

Interesting.

Don't have much more to add other than the fact that the Miis seem to have replace Mario as Nintendo's go-to mascot for "new" IPs.

Uh the Wii is doubled the PS3 in LTD and its sold the same as PS3 this year so far...The PS3 isn't going to reach the PS2 if the Wii can't do it.

:lol

Well I'd say 300k, I have lost faith in the Wii and its future. :'(

I predict Kirby will be a million seller.

My argument is why not release that main Tales RPG on all systems? If they get 300K on the PS3, why not release a Wii version that nets another 150, and a PSP version that nets another 150? And hell, a 3DS version that also nets sales. Sure, there's crossover console owners so it won't be quite 300+150+150+X, but it will definitely be more than just releasing on one system. All they do when they move the home from system to system is alienate their fanbase. Being on all systems will also make it more economically feasible to release all of the main titles WW. Releasing WW, they can also release a 360 version.

It's a cheap series to port. This is my argument for the And strategy. Why limit yourself to +- 500, when you can shoot for a million.

Tales of series has a pretty dedicated fanbase, it makes much more financial sense to make exclusive games, although PSP>Wii or 360>PS3 multiplatform games could work, since it'll be easier or makes more sense to port than other combos.

 

[cw_sasuke]

:lol

Well I'd say 300k, I have lost faith in the Wii and its future. :'(

Yep, NSMB Wii has showed there is no place for a 2d plattformer based on a populat charcter...

 

[Chris1964]

:lol

Well I'd say 300k, I have lost faith in the Wii and its future. :'(

Last year we had exactly the same argument about NSMBW in these threads.
History repeats.

 

[DR2K]

If Kirby has a good word of mouth, breaking a million wouldn't surprise me.

 

[duckroll]

Here we go again


SB3 Ps3
Media-Create - 242k
Famitsu - 209k

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/top30/1238655_1134.html

Ys vs Sora no Kiseki:
MC - 30k
Famitsu - 40k

 

[Chris1964]

27/04/92 [NGB] Kirby's Dream Land (Nintendo) - / 1.680.000
23/03/93 [NFC] Kirby's Adventure (Nintendo) - / 1.000.000
27/11/93 [NGB] Kirby's Pinball Land (Nintendo) - / 1.110.000
21/03/95 [NGB] Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Nintendo) - / 1.430.000
14/12/95 [NGB] Kirby's Block Ball (Nintendo) - 15.509 / 63.970
21/03/96 [SFC] Kirby Super Star (Nintendo) - 141.621 / 563.806
25/01/97 [NGB] Kirby's Star Stacker (Nintendo) - 19.182 / 69.136
27/03/98 [SFC] Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Nintendo) - 10.223 / 76.048
24/03/00 [N64] Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Nintendo) - 245.508 / 882.230
23/08/00 [NGB] Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (Nintendo) - 173.068 / 558.984
25/10/02 [GBA] Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (Nintendo) - 189.843 / 832.901
11/07/03 [GCN] Kirby Air Ride (Nintendo) - 85.453 / 422.311
15/04/04 [GBA] Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (Nintendo) - 176.225 / 704.295
24/03/05 [NDS] Kirby Canvas Curse (Nintendo) - 72.102 / 315.211
02/11/06 [NDS] Kirby Squeak Squad (Nintendo) - 151.147 / 1.121.151
06/11/08 [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 260.867 / 1.188.912

The only Kirbys we don't have numbers are Super Famicom's:

BS Kirby no Omotya Bako Baseball
Kirby no KiraKira Kids
Kirby's Dream Course

Ys vs Sora no Kiseki:
MC - 30k
Famitsu - 40k

mcreate [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 82.713 / 529.019
famitsu [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 67.745 / 492.104

 

[Chris1964]

21. / 00. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2010: Club Championship (Konami)
22. / 12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami)
23. / 17. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment)
24. / 15. [PS3] ModNation Racers (SCE)
25. / 24. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
26. / 25. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
27. / 00. [PS3] Assassin's Creed II: Special Edition (Ubisoft)
28. / 26. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
29. / 27. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom)
30. / 34. [NDS] Digimon Story: Lost Evolution (Bandai Namco)
31. / 30. [PSP] Momotaro Railway Tag Match: Friendship - Cooperation - Winning Volume! (Hudson)
32. / 33. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
33. / 20. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness (SCE)
34. / 18. [PSP] Last Ranker (Capcom)
35. / 41. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
36. / 42. [PSP] Busou Shinki: Battle Masters (Konami)
37. / 00. [PS2] Persona 4 [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Atlus Co.)
38. / 08. [PSP] Ys Vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga (Nihon Falcom)
39. / 47. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
40. / 22. [NDS] Quiz! Hexagon II (Bandai Namco)
41. / 36. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami)
42. / 00. [WII] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson)
43. / 45. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
44. / 19. [NDS] Kaidan Restaurant: Ura Menu 100-Sen (Bandai Namco)
45. / 38. [NDS] Love Plus + (Konami)
46. / 21. [PSP] Fate/Extra (Marvelous Entertainment)
47. / 32. [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble XX: Kessen! Real 6 Chouka (Takara Tomy)
48. / 40. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix)
49. / 46. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco)
50. / 43. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive (Bandai Namco)
51. / 39. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)


00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 973.222 / 33.305.976 (-33%)

NDS - 22
PSP - 13
WII - 9
PS3 - 5
PS2 - 2
360 - 0

 

[Grimmy]

Yikes, what a drop for Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki.
Also big drop for Last Ranker.

And Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is about to be booted from the Top 30

 

[Hero of Legend]

So it seems that Basara 3 Wii WAY outdid Basara 2 Wii's total in its first week as well.

And looking at those horrendous B2 Wii sales, I'm pleasantly surprised they even made the sequel on Wii at all!

But that has to be something that B3 Wii did that much better than B2 Wii, even though it still did quite a bit more on PS3.

 

[Brofist]

So it seems that Basara 3 Wii WAY outdid Basara 2 Wii's total in its first week as well.

And looking at those horrendous B2 Wii sales, I'm pleasantly surprised they even made the sequel on Wii at all!

But that has to be something that B3 Wii did that much better than B2 Wii, even though it still did quite a bit more on PS3.

Well one is a port of a 2 year old PS2 game and one is a brand new game. Not hard to figure out why 3 did better.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Well one is a port of a 2 year old PS2 game and one is a brand new game. Not hard to figure out why 3 did better.

Sorry, I meant the Heroes version of both.

Even still.

 

[Spiegel]

But that has to be something that B3 Wii did that much better than B2 Wii, even though it still did quite a bit more on PS3.

No.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Basara 2 Heroes PS2 - 5,480Y
Basara 2 Heroes WII - 7,340Y (with extra original Basara 2)

Basara 3 PS3 - 6,990Y
Basara 3 WII - 5,990Y

I still remember the price excuse :lol

 

[duckroll]

Come on guys, let's give Hero of Legend some satisfaction. Yeah, I'll say the Wii version of Sengoku Basara 3 did pretty well. It looks like as far as third parties go, the Wii could well be the next Xbox360 in Japan. Pretty cool.

 

[onken]

I bought Famitsu yesterday for the first time in ages and Last Remnant PS3 is number 2 in the original IP most wanted chart :lol

Spoiler

Ni no Kuni DS was top in case you were wondering.

 

[ZoddGutts]

I bought Famitsu yesterday for the first time in ages and Last Remnant PS3 is number 2 in the original IP most wanted chart :lol

Spoiler

Ni no Kuni DS was top in case you were wondering.

Has Square said that they even cancelled that game for the PS3? Or are they just keeping silent hoping that people would forget that it was supposed to come out for the PS3. If that's the case it ain't working. :lol

 

[mello]

Has Square said that they even cancelled that game for the PS3? Or are they just keeping silent hoping that people would forget that it was supposed to come out for the PS3. If that's the case it ain't working. :lol

Wada hinted at a S-E shareholders meeting sometime last year that LR PS3 was probably not coming.

 

[onken]

Has Square said that they even cancelled that game for the PS3? Or are they just keeping silent hoping that people would forget that it was supposed to come out for the PS3. If that's the case it ain't working. :lol

I think there was a press conference last year where someone asked what had happened to it and Wada was like "yeahhhhhh next question" :lol

 

[duckroll]

I think there was a press conference last year where someone asked what had happened to it and Wada was like "yeahhhhhh next question" :lol

Wasn't that the director? I don't think Wada attends press conferences related to development.

 

[onken]

Wasn't that the director? I don't think Wada attends press conferences related to development.

Well whoever, still funny though Damn shame, supposed to be a great game.

 

[duckroll]

Well whoever, still funny though Damn shame, supposed to be a great game.

Not a shame at all. The best version is available on Steam to anyone who wants to play it. I can't imagine a PS3 version being anywhere as good as that, so why release an inferior version so much later? :lol

 

[onken]

Not a shame at all. The best version is available on Steam to anyone who wants to play it. I can't imagine a PS3 version being anywhere as good as that, so why release an inferior version so much later? :lol

Because some of us moved and had to sell our PCs, jerk

 

[duckroll]

Because some of us moved and had to sell our PCs, jerk

I think playing the PC version on a laptop is probably still better than what would have been the result of S-E's usage of UE3 on the PS3...

 

[Stumpokapow]

Has Square said that they even cancelled that game for the PS3? Or are they just keeping silent hoping that people would forget that it was supposed to come out for the PS3. If that's the case it ain't working. :lol

Sure it is. The Famitsu Most Wanted charts are pretty gibberish. Lost in Shadow was in the top 30 for a long time prior to release. This is a game that did, what, 600 copies on opening week? I guess everyone who wrote Famitsu to vote for it picked it up

 

[Chris1964]

Previous Wii ports to other systems (Famitsu)

06/12/07 [WII] No More Heroes (Marvelous Entertainment) - 13.000 / 27.873
15/04/10 [PS3] No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (Marvelous Entertainment) - 13.845 / 18.237
15/04/10 [360] No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (Marvelous Entertainment) - 13.105 / 16.047

23/10/08 [WII] Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (From Software) - 13.491 / 37.515
12/02/09 [PSP] Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (From Software) - 19.589 / 45.175

04/12/08 [WII] 428: The World Doesn't Change Even So (Sega) - 34.006 / 64.557
03/09/09 [PS3] 428: The World Doesn't Change Even So (Spike) - 17.111 / 34.547
17/09/09 [PSP] 428: The World Doesn't Change Even So (Spike) - 15.932 / 33.216

10/12/09 [WII] Tales of Graces (Bandai Namco) - 143.309 / 203.770

and

07/08/08 [360] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco) - 101.272 / 204.305
17/09/09 [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco) - 227.506 / 362.359

Why do I have the impression Tales of Graces F won't reach PS3 Vesperia numbers.

 

[onken]

I think playing the PC version on a laptop is probably still better than what would have been the result of S-E's usage of UE3 on the PS3...

Not on an 12" NEC with a Celeron processor and integrated graphics, but I get your point :lol

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Why do I have the impression Tales of Graces F won't reach PS3 Vesperia numbers.

Anything particular you are seeing against it? So far we could say it seems to be getting the Vesperia treatment (of adding quite a bit of extra content and fixing bugs in Graces particular case), most likely releasing on a better timeslot compared to Vesperia (which launched in September like 5 days after Pokemon Red/Green remakes) and Graces Wii (middle of December but with FFXIII the week after it), middle of december being the usual timeslot for new tales, also the 15th anniversary. Not looking like bigger RPG franchises will have anything to release in December (no FF13 Versus, no DQ10, no Pokemon, no MHP3rd as in behemoth, attention-luring for that matter).

Now what I see against it, 3DS could be launching around that time, which could lure quite a bit of attention/space at retailers. Vesperia 360 had some good legs, Graces not so much. Next Tales is already known to be coming to PS3, this is possibly Namco's turn to do some reasonable marketing to not overshadow Graces. Price will probably increase from 7k-something to 8k-something but I doubt that matters much.

 

[duckroll]

If Graces is coming out in December, it will compete with Ninokuni. I don't think there'll be much crossover competition though. The fanbase which generally buys Tales games will be unlikely to pass on it if they really want it to buy something like Ninokuni instead.

I expect Graces to do at least 300k. It would certainly be hard to match ToV's LTD, but I don't think it'll be that far behind.

 

[Chris1964]

Now what I see against it, 3DS could be launching around that time, which could lure quite a bit of attention/space at retailers. Vesperia 360 had some good legs, Graces not so much. Next Tales is already known to be coming to PS3, this is possibly Namco's turn to do some reasonable marketing to not overshadow Graces. Price will probably increase from 7k-something to 8k-something but I doubt that matters much.

The number of Japanese that own both Wii and PS3 is definetely bigger of these who own both 360 and PS3. No matter how loyal the Tales fanbase is I can''t see many double purchases unless there is a very big amount of new stuff. That's a good explanation for the sales of previous Wii ports.