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[Chris1964]

Media Create Sales: December 6, 2010 - December 12, 2010

01. / 01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {01/12/10} - 629.541 / 2.580.258 (-68%)
02. / 00. [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5) {09/12/10} - 170.548 / NEW
03. / 00. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {09/12/10} - 163.310 / NEW
04. / 06. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {18/09/10} - 79.819 / 4.628.773 (+46%)
05. / 03. [WII] Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo) {25/11/10} - 68.430 / 212.420 (+16%)
06. / 11. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {08/07/10} - 55.412 / 1.318.875 (+79%)
07. / 07. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {21/10/10} - 53.670 / 712.989 (+17%)
08. / 04. [NDS] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo) {02/12/10} - 51.828 / 109.302 (-10%)
09. / 02. [PS3] Tales of Graces F (Bandai Namco) {02/12/10} - 39.640 / 254.828 (-82%)
10. / 00. [PS3] Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) {09/12/10} - 36.098 / NEW
11. / 13. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) {18/11/10} - 29.110 / 120.644 (+29%)
12. / 14. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) {11/11/10} - 27.443 / 137.055 (+24%)
13. / 16. [WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) {14/10/10} - 26.435 / 258.208 (+45%)
14. / 00. [NDS] Shiren the Wanderer 5: Fortune Tower and the Dice of Fate (Chunsoft) {09/12/10} - 25.192 / NEW
15. / 17. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) {11/11/10} - 24.454 / 86.109 (+35%)
16. / 05. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (SCE) {25/11/10} - 23.929 / 510.319 (-57%)
17. / 21. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {03/12/09} - 21.366 / 4.078.476
18. / 12. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco) {02/12/10} - 21.211 / 50.539 (-28%)
19. / 19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {10/04/08} - 20.520 / 3.021.846 (+44%)
20. / 08. [NDS] Momotaro Railway: World (Hudson) {02/12/10} - 20.487 / 65.613 (-55%)

21. / 20. [NDS] A Penguin's Troubles: The World (Konami) {02/12/10}
22. / 10. [WII] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Os (Bandai Namco) {02/12/10}
23. / 09. [PSP] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Os (Bandai Namco) {02/12/10}
24. / 31. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {01/10/09}
25. / 18. [PSP] Dangan-Ronpa (Spike) {25/11/10}
26. / 34. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {25/05/06}
27. / 30. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) {27/05/10}
28. / 33. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Challenge (Bandai Namco) {11/11/10}
29. / 22. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {18/11/10}
30. / 25. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {28/10/10}
31. / 00. [360] Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) {09/12/10}
32. / 24. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 13 (Konami) {25/11/10}
33. / 35. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) {18/06/09}
34. / 26. [NDS] Crayon Shin-Chan: Shokkugan! Densetsu o Yobu Omake Daiketsusen!! (Bandai Namco) {02/12/10}
35. / 36. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo) {19/06/10}
36. / 27. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Subtitled Edition) (Square Enix) {18/11/10}
37. / 00. [PS3] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts) {09/12/10}
38. / 38. [NDS] More! Stitch! DS Scribble Battle Through Rhythm DS (Disney Interactive) {18/11/10}
39. / 00. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii Super DX: Hitori de Minna de Utai Houdai! (Hudson) {09/12/10}
40. / 15. [NDS] Super Robot Wars L (Bandai Namco) {25/11/10}
41. / 00. [PSP] Pastel Chime Continue (5pb.) {09/12/10}
42. / 00. [NDS] Bakugan Battle Brawlers DS: Defenders of the Core (Sega) {09/12/10}
43. / 00. [NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco) {05/08/10}
44. / 29. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) {28/10/10}
45. / 23. [WII] Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Special (Takara Tomy) {02/12/10}
46. / 47. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle (Bandai Namco) {09/09/10}
47. / 41. [NDS] Minna to Kimi no Piramekino! (Bandai Namco) {25/11/10}
48. / 43. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco) {01/07/10}
49. / 28. [PSP] Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Square Enix) {11/11/10}
50. / 37. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom) {24/12/09}

00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) {06/12/10} - 2.223.541 / 57.273.193 (-32%)


NDS - 21
WII - 14
PSP - 8
PS3 - 6
360 - 1
PS2 - 0


HARDWARE

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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |       YTD |  Last YTD |        LTD |            
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|  PSP  |   159.933 |   325.528 |    71.292 | 2.451.060 | 1.980.762 | 16.194.148 |      
|  NDS  |   119.011 |    78.526 |   113.793 | 2.432.283 | 3.444.931 | 31.711.363 |      
|  WII  |    79.424 |    56.095 |   106.555 | 1.365.689 | 1.419.425 | 10.970.888 |      
|  PS3  |    41.882 |    41.760 |    57.782 | 1.395.957 | 1.341.841 |  5.897.324 |      
|  360  |     3.695 |     3.497 |     5.314 |   198.094 |   347.257 |  1.407.766 |      
|  PS2  |     2.054 |     1.440 |     2.277 |    78.647 |   197.433 | 21.688.824 |      
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------            
| DSiLL |    59.709 |    40.465 |    53.791 | 1.228.403 |   221.587 |  1.735.310 |      
|  DSi  |    55.993 |    36.481 |    51.635 |   991.475 | 2.737.731 |  5.330.421 |      
|  DSL  |     3.309 |     1.580 |     8.367 |   212.405 |   485.613 | 18.060.161 |      
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------            
|  PSP  |   158.029 |   323.653 |    67.880 | 2.382.803 | 1.919.439 | 16.050.136 |      
| PSPgo |     1.904 |     1.875 |     3.412 |    68.257 |    61.323 |    144.012 |      
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D a t a b a s e
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[Jonnyram]

PSP and PS3 are gonna get pipped to the post by DS and Wii, aren't they? Nintendo must be grateful for their holiday spikes.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Wow, definitely expected Ninokuni to have sold quite a bit more :/

 

[Edag Plata]

DK!!

 

[duckroll]

430k of Ninokuni still sitting on shelves. Hino better pray the word of mouth is good, or he's going to be facing his first major bomba.

 

[Chris1964]

PSP - 1

Give me a break. It's worse than Black / White.

 

[jett]

PSP is a beast.

Ni No Kuni seems kinda low, doesn't it?

 

[Rapping Granny]

Yo guys, Sony should just can the PSP rite? rite ? derp herp.

 

[confuziz]

[PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (SCE) {25/11/10} - 23.929 / 510.319 (-57%)

wow.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

PSP and PS3 are gonna get pipped to the post by DS and Wii, aren't they? Nintendo must be grateful for their holiday spikes.

Yep, certainly looks like it. It's not like PSP hasn't had a huge boost to take it just into the lead, though, and the race was close enough before the spikes anyway.

Yo guys, Sony should just can the PSP rite? rite ? derp herp.

Weeellll... hardware sales driven entirely by a single game, no other games in the top 20, even at this time of year, sales across the world abysmal...

I think there's an argument for supporting the PSP in Japan for a while yet, but I don't think it's as rosy as it appears from this week's HW sales, to be honest.

 

[Road]

From the previous thread:

Where does MHP3 stack up on best second weeks? anywhere close?

We don't have Media-Create data for DQVII, so it would be the 2nd best 2nd week:

3rd best 2nd week:

[PS1] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden (Enix) - 1,142,763
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) - 828,580
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) - 612,671
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Capcom) - 488,208
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) - 476,281



Famitsu:

Biggest 2nd week
[PS1] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden (Enix) - 1.072.286 / 2.934.351
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) - 772.172 / 3.409.457
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) - 602.856 / 2.946.296
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) - 559.524 / 2.796.405
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Capcom) - 552.701 / 1.375.966

 

[Bizzyb]

Yo guys, Sony should just can the PSP rite? rite ? derp herp.

Only if Capcom ever decides to drop Monster Hunter support.

 

[demosthenes]

430k of Ninokuni still sitting on shelves. Hino better pray the word of mouth is good, or he's going to be facing his first major bomba.

Out of the 12/6/to 12/12 when did it release?

Ahh...Wiki says for 4 days. Could the huge ass book be putting ppl off?

 

[Majine]

Yo guys, Sony should just can the PSP rite? rite ? derp herp.

Outside Japan, yes.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Congratulations to Kurosaki Ichigo in the rankings by units and Road in the points one!

Results	By Units			By Points	
1	 87000	Kurosaki Ichigo		 89,40%	Road
2	165000	cw_sasuke		106,04%	Kurosaki Ichigo
3	174863	Chris1964		165,77%	cw_sasuke
4	196000	The_lascar		167,06%	The_lascar
5	206000	onken			167,28%	duckroll
6	229221	Road			179,93%	Spiegel
7	302000	iifu			180,51%	onken
8	346000	Spiegel			188,64%	Chris1964
9	365000	schuelma		215,85%	iifu
10	367151	duckroll		228,92%	schuelma
11	372000	Orgen			457,89%	Orgen

12/06-12/12	Sales	Orgen	Chris	duckr	Kuro	cw_sa	iifu	Spieg	schue	The_l	onken	Road
NDS Ninokuni	171000	269000	210987	285666	162000	244000	265000	190000	175000	300000	220000	199999
NDS Shiren 5	25000	76000	56789	25250	34000	44000	55000	52000	55000	35000	40000	33333
PSP MHP3 - W2	630000	533000	567890	463550	627000	644000	475000	340000	375000	600000	550000	444444
WII DKCReturns	163000	241000	123456	86535	108000	218000	185000	157000	230000	150000	120000	166666
PS3 AssCreedB	36000	84000	34567	45320	47000	32000	35000	40000	45000	50000	55000	33333										
												
Difference	0	372000	174863	367151	87000	165000	302000	346000	365000	196000	206000	229221										
Difference (%)	0,00%	457,89%	188,64%	167,28%	106,04%	165,77%	215,85%	179,93%	228,92%	167,06%	180,51%	89,40%
												
NDS Ninokuni	0	98000	39987	114666	-9000	73000	94000	19000	4000	129000	49000	28999
NDS Shiren 5	0	51000	31789	250	9000	19000	30000	27000	30000	10000	15000	8333
PSP MHP3 - W2	0	-97000	-62110	-166450	-3000	14000	-155000	-290000	-255000	-30000	-80000	-185556
WII DKCReturns	0	78000	-39544	-76465	-55000	55000	22000	-6000	67000	-13000	-43000	3666
PS3 AssCreedB	0	48000	-1433	9320	11000	-4000	-1000	4000	9000	14000	19000	-2667

Past Predictions Results:
11/29-12/05 Predictions Results
11/22-11/28 Predictions Results
11/08-11/14 Predictions Results

 

[Yoshichan]

Oh Monster Hunter...

 

[Tiktaalik]

Crap. I expected much better sales from Ninokuni.

 

[Spiegel]

Give me a break. It's worse than Black / White.

Well, the last "big" psp game was released more than a month ago (Tactics Ogre, and wasn't even that big) and psp doesn't have games that usually get a boost on the holidays. Also the cut off is pretty high.

 

[gogogow]

Outside Japan, yes.

No. Only if SCE doesn't like money. Each and every PSP is sold with a profit, even if the software sales are 0.

 

[Kafel]

So the PSP will be the best selling console in Japan this year ?


Nintendo should get Monster Hunter's exclusive for the 3DS so this joke stops.

 

[Road]

Finally the point system worked on my favor.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

So the PSP will be the best selling console in Japan this year ?


Nintendo should get Monster Hunter's exclusive for the 3DS so this joke stops.

Possibly - depends on how the DS holds up next week, and how much further the PSP drops.

 

[Chris1964]

Well, the last "big" psp game was released more than a month ago (Tactics Ogre, and wasn't even that big) and psp doesn't have games that usually get a boost on the holidays. Also the cut off is pretty high.

But it also proves that PSP hw sales right now are only Monster Hunter driven.

 

[m.i.s.]

PSP and PS3 are gonna get pipped to the post by DS and Wii, aren't they? Nintendo must be grateful for their holiday spikes.

And 11 Million LTD incoming...

 

[Spiegel]

But it also proves that PSP hw sales right now are only Monster Hunter driven.

Of course. MHP3 alone is bigger than anything released in December in past years for psp.

 

[swerve]

PSP and PS3 are gonna get pipped to the post by DS and Wii, aren't they? Nintendo must be grateful for their holiday spikes.

Not that calendar year winners really mean anything if the fabled MOMENTUM is there for SCE.

Either way, pretty amazing to see such an evenly pegged race for 2010.

 

[schuelma]

Wow, a lot of relatively interesting numbers.

 

[cvxfreak]

But it also proves that PSP hw sales right now are only Monster Hunter driven.

Yup. Many of them are obviously repurchases too. Not that this doesn't affect the DS either.

The game was restocked yesterday (Wednesday) at major shops. The Yodobashi in Shinjuku West received at least 1000 copies yesterday, but I couldn't go back and check to see if it was sold out.

 

[Chris1964]

Looking at previous HW number PS3 will be the big looser this December, taking the place of PSP at 2009.

Ni no Kuni better have a 100k+ second week.

 

[Spiegel]

Also Chris, I think you can cross Shiren 5 out from that "big releases" list you made.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Looking at previous HW number PS3 will be the big looser this December, taking the place of PSP at 2009.

Seems like that could be a worldwide theme, pending any info on HW from Europe...

 

[Chris1964]

Also Chris, I think you can cross Shiren 5 out from that "big releases" list you made.

Including Shiren 5 was nothing in front of including Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - International

 

[cvxfreak]

Looking at previous HW number PS3 will be the big looser this December, taking the place of PSP at 2009.

Ni no Kuni better have a 100k+ second week.

If anything, Donkey Kong Returns is more likely to exceed 100K again than Ni no Kuni. In fact, I think DKR's momentum will build up like Mario Sports Mix has.

 

[swerve]

PokeMon should be really close to 5 million by the 31st, and then it's otoshidama time...

 

[Spiegel]

Including Shiren 5 was nothing in front of including Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - International

True, I didn't remember that. :lol

 

[Cosmonaut X]

If anything, Donkey Kong Returns is more likely to exceed 100K again than Ni no Kuni. In fact, I think DKR's momentum will build up like Mario Sports Mix has.

Yeah, MSM has certainly impressed - perfect game to release at the perfect time of year?

 

[mello]

Wow at Ninokuni, Hino have you tactically misread the market this time?! Can't wait to see how this turns out.

 

[Chris1964]

If anything, Donkey Kong Returns is more likely to exceed 100K again than Ni no Kuni. In fact, I think DKR's momentum will build up like Mario Sports Mix has.

Fun fact from Famitsu commenting GT5 opening week numbers 2 weeks ago:

''Low numbers for GT5 but legs at holidays are expected.
Mario Sports Mix has low sell-through, good legs are not expected''

These guys must live at a different world.

 

[Acosta]

So the PSP will be the best selling console in Japan this year ?

Nintendo should get Monster Hunter's exclusive for the 3DS so this joke stops.

What joke? The series was born in PS2 and reached its actual level of popularity on PSP. When Sony decided to release an expensive handheld with online and PS2-lite capabilities, they made possible something as Monster Hunter to happen, so again I ask, what joke?

But it also proves that PSP hw sales right now are only Monster Hunter driven.

Sorry Chris, but I don't understand that, what's wrong about that? It's one of the biggest games this year, is only normal it drives hardware.

 

[Grimmy]

Also Chris, I think you can cross Shiren 5 out from that "big releases" list you made.

I've been saying that since forever...

Ninokuni did even worse than I had expected. I didn't think it will hit a million, but at least hope it'll hit 500,000.

Slightly steeper decline for Tales of Graces F than Tales of Vesperia PS3.

MHP3 seems to be holding well - will be interesting to see shipment numbers, considering that it's still not regularly stocked on Amazon.co.jp...

Nintendo should get Monster Hunter's exclusive for the 3DS so this joke stops.

I'm waiting for the punchline.

 

[doicare]

Seems like that could be a worldwide theme, pending any info on HW from Europe...

PS3 is doing more then fine in Europe, when the worldwide Q3 shipment numbers come out the PS3 should be fairly flat compared to last years Q3.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Looking at previous HW number PS3 will be the big looser this December, taking the place of PSP at 2009.

Ni no Kuni better have a 100k+ second week.

But its YTD is already above that from last year.

 

[cvxfreak]

Yeah, MSM has certainly impressed - perfect game to release at the perfect time of year?

Yes.

Every year, Nintendo has some game that take a backseat to whatever other big hit they're advertising, yet that secondary game ends up doing some surprising numbers.

Last year, it was Poke Park Wii.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

What happened with Ninokuni? I would have thought Level 5 + Studio Ghibli would have been a sure success. What was the advertising campaign like?

 

[Busaiku]

It's good to see Kirby's Epic Yarn was saved by the holidays.
It should be able to make it to 400k eventually, which certainly isn't too bad.

 

[Chris1964]

Sorry Chris, but I don't understand that, what's wrong about that? It's one of the biggest games this year, is only normal it drives hardware.

Nothing really bad, just further confirmation that huge software releases at a system take the air from the rest software.

But its YTD is already above that from last year.

And it will end below 2009 when the year ends. The comment was for December.

 

[test_account]

Seems like that could be a worldwide theme, pending any info on HW from Europe...

I dont think that it is that relevant in Japan due to the release of FFXIII last December which boosted the PS3 hardware sales a lot.

Nothing really bad, just further confirmation that huge software releases at a system take the air from the rest software.

Out of curiousity, were there any PSP games that were expected to sell more, but that got over-shadowed by the release of MHP3?

 

[marc^o^]

How many sales can we expect overall for PS3 and Wii in Japan for december?

 

[Busaiku]

Wow at Ninokuni, Hino have you tactically misread the market this time?! Can't wait to see how this turns out.

He grossly overestimated demand for the latest Inazuma 11 titles.
I think Level 5's "rise to heaven" phase might be over.

 

[bernardobri]

I wonder if Ninokuni will get a good sales boost during Xmas...