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Media Create Sales: Oct 5-11, 2009
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slaughterking
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Just saw that Okami Wii was finally released today (yesterday actually). I wonder how bad it can do. D:
Segata Sanshiro said:
Right, and GTP doesn't fit into any of those (and from recent pricing, neither do PSP minis). My point is that there's already a model for DD that seems to work. Level-5 seems to be betting on DD as well, no, with Roid? And are wi-fi hotspots prevalent at all, or is all portable internet access done via cell phones?
Here is the big battle for the top selling game of 2009. If Dragon Quest IX doesn't have a good holiday season it will be outsold from Pokemon.
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| | [GBC] Pokemon G/S |[NDS] Drag Quest IX|[NDS] Pokemon HG/SS| difference |
| | (Sunday 21/11/99) |(Saturday 11/07/09)|(Saturday 12/09/09)| |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Week| Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | Weekly | LTD | HG/SS-G/S |HG/SS-DQ IX|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 |1.425.768|1.425.768|2.343.440|2.343.440|1.408.980|1.408.980| -16.788| -934.460|
| 2 | 438.280|1.864.049| 602.856|2.946.296| 492.385|1.901.365| 37.316| -1.044.931|
| 3 | 453.500|2.317.549| 271.206|3.217.502| 166.244|2.067.609| -249.940| -1.149.893|
| 4 | 301.003|2.618.551| 172.728|3.390.230| 269.978|2.337.587| -280.964| -1.052.643|
| 5 | 436.828|3.055.379| 106.514|3.496.744| 183.000|2.520.000| -535.379| -976.744|
| 6 | 573.247|3.628.627| 121.139|3.617.883| | | | |
| 7 | 477.507|4.106.134| 79.452|3.697.335| | | | |
| 8 | 258.734|4.364.868| 68.125|3.765.460| | | | |
| 9 | 145.778|4.510.646| 52.135|3.817.595| | | | |
| 10 | 144.733|4.655.379| 38.293|3.855.888| | | | |
| 11 | 120.138|4.775.517| 35.660|3.891.548| | | | |
| 12 | 98.055|4.873.571| 33.737|3.925.285| | | | |
| 13 | 76.713|4.950.284| 24.097|3.949.382| | | | |
| 14 | 50.421|5.000.705| 20.000|3.969.000| | | | |
| 15 | 48.587|5.049.292| | | | | | |
| 16 | 47.512|5.096.804| | | | | | |
| 17 | 43.827|5.140.631| | | | | | |
| 18 | 34.957|5.175.589| | | | | | |
| 19 | 33.367|5.208.956| | | | | | |
| 20 | 29.743|5.238.698| | | | | | |
| 21 | 21.582|5.260.280| | | | | | |
| 22 | 15.788|5.276.068| | | | | | |
| 23 | 14.204|5.290.272| | | | | | |
| 24 | -| -| | | | | | |
| 25 | -|5.332.897| | | | | | |
| 26 | 9.987|5.342.884| | | | | | |
| 27 | 7.308|5.350.193| | | | | | |
| 28 | 7.879|5.358.072| | | | | | |
| 29 | 7.597|5.365.669| | | | | | |
| 30 | 7.040|5.372.709| | | | | | |
| 31 | 7.722|5.380.430| | | | | | |
| 32 | 7.657|5.388.087| | | | | | |
| 33 | 7.575|5.395.662| | | | | | |
| 34 | 6.449|5.402.111| | | | | | |
| 35 | 7.120|5.409.231| | | | | | |
| 36 | 8.127|5.417.358| | | | | | |
| 37 | 8.796|5.426.154| | | | | | |
| 38 | -| -| | | | | | |
| 39 | -| -| | | | | | |
| 40 | 10.588|5.451.223| | | | | | |
| 41 | 5.995|5.457.218| | | | | | |
| 42 | 7.940|5.465.158| | | | | | |
| 43 | 3.646|5.468.804| | | | | | |
| 44 | 4.704|5.473.508| | | | | | |
| 45 | 5.002|5.478.510| | | | | | |
| 46 | -| -| | | | | | |
| 47 | -| -| | | | | | |
| 48 | -| -| | | | | | |
| 49 | -| -| | | | | | |
| 50 | 4.012|5.495.447| | | | | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Year| YTD | LTD | YTD | LTD | YTD | LTD | HG/SS-G/S |HG/SS-DQ IX|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 |3.628.627|3.628.627|3.969.000|3.969.000|2.520.000|2.520.000| -1.108.627| -1.449.000|
| 2 |2.383.096|6.011.723| | | | | | |
| 3 | 76.421|6.088.144| | | | | | |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| LTD| -|6.088.144| -|3.969.000| -|2.520.000| -3.568.144| -1.449.000|
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Put your snobby liquids into my mouth!
I'm so hyped for Strange Journey. I hope it sells awesome.
duckroll said:
I find this fascinating and, perhaps, reasonable. I'd have to think about it. It is effectively a deeper judgement than what we have in the states. Here, it's very simple: blood is bad.
By the metric you're describing, blood certainly doesn't help, but it's not necessarily damning, either. The primary concern is whether that blood is shed killing a dozen Nazis or a dozen Ghandis.
Really interesting.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Roid is pretty much just a cell phone "platform". Those are a dime a dozen here, so there must be some money in them.obonicus said:
As for WiFi hotspots, they have them in some manga cafes and of course McDonald's.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't think DD can succeed in a big way, I just think that, at least for the Japanese market, Sony's coming about it all the wrong ways with PSP.
The PSP Go doesn't come out until November 1st there. That really shouldn't be an issue at least to the tune of equal sales as someone has suggested. I assume there is some sort of region lock on the store, right? Either way, it's a pretty colossal bomb given the development time and it being such a storied franchise.AFreak said:
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
I thought this is somehow note worthy. Return of the good old Koei predictions.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/10/15/hokuto_musou_stock_jump/
Its not Gundam Musou claim (1m for musou + 1m for gundam = 2m!), but still close. Its not the same person though, this time its Kenji Matsubara (which was from Koei side of course) while the Gundam Musou one was Koei co-founder Keiko Erikawa (but usually wrongly regarded as a Namco Bandai claim).
Could have been way more funny if he said 2m, after all one Fist of the North Star pachinko game actually sold over 1m (just a hair below by famitsu, 962k, sammy claimed 1m). I don't think there's any Gundam that has ever done that (highest I've seen seems to be Federation VS Zaft DX on PS2 at 808k).
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/10/15/hokuto_musou_stock_jump/
He's talking about Hokuto Musou.
Its not Gundam Musou claim (1m for musou + 1m for gundam = 2m!), but still close. Its not the same person though, this time its Kenji Matsubara (which was from Koei side of course) while the Gundam Musou one was Koei co-founder Keiko Erikawa (but usually wrongly regarded as a Namco Bandai claim).
Could have been way more funny if he said 2m, after all one Fist of the North Star pachinko game actually sold over 1m (just a hair below by famitsu, 962k, sammy claimed 1m). I don't think there's any Gundam that has ever done that (highest I've seen seems to be Federation VS Zaft DX on PS2 at 808k).
Opiate said:
Mind you, that's just one of the considerations. There are other stuff as well, like how you're not allowed to show mutilations of body parts (especially the head) on human enemies. Even in Z rated games, many games are censored to tone down or completely remove extreme mutilations like those found in RE4 and Dead Rising.
Another interesting comparison is something like Lost Planet. It is rated CERO C in Japan, but gets a M in the US. The reason it gets a M in the US is because it is a game where you carry firearms and you get to shoot at human enemies. In Japan, as long as it is not too bloody or realistic, something like that will not net you a D rating.
Anything which is overly bloody or violent will net you a D rating. So in that sense it is not really all that different from how ESRB determines their M. You can't really compare a Z with a M, because a Z is pretty much an AO in the US.
Most publishers will not want to release a CERO Z game in Japan unless they already determined that it is not a core market for the game. You will notice that for RE5, even in the US, there are no longer any visible decapitations or gruesome death scenes. It is the same version internationally, so it could be released in Japan with a D rating.
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Keep these producer predictions in your pocket:
Hokuto Musou = 1 million in Japan (KOEI)
God Eater = 500k in Japan (Namco Bandai)
It's going to be hilarious when both fail to meet the targets!
JoshuaJSlone
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oldie-newbie
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Segata Sanshiro said:
Very GREAT analysis, man. No words to add...
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thestopsign
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schuelma said:
So close.
distantmantra
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bttb said:
Has it already outsold the first Uncharted in Japan?
LINK.AGE76
Member
bttb said:
Wow at Uncharted and great start for Okami
bttb said:
Uncharted performing exactly as I had imagined, maybe a bit better.
Myself said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18030936&postcount=453
If it sells out, it'll do about 67k this week, but I don't think it will sell out.
Uncharted is sold out in a lot of places, actually. They really undershipped.
It's possible the first one didn't take off as much as it could have, due to the low install base and the timing, but Japan's gaming audience is well aware of how huge Uncharted 2 is in the West (I mean critically).
It's possible the first one didn't take off as much as it could have, due to the low install base and the timing, but Japan's gaming audience is well aware of how huge Uncharted 2 is in the West (I mean critically).
Media Create Oct 5-11
30./42. [PS3] Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (BEST) (SCEI)
Uncharted 1 has been one of the best-selling game in the BEST series since the PS3 launch. Which of course means that there's some pent-up interest in the sequel. How much pent-up interest though? Will it reach 200,000?
30./42. [PS3] Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (BEST) (SCEI)
Uncharted 1 has been one of the best-selling game in the BEST series since the PS3 launch. Which of course means that there's some pent-up interest in the sequel. How much pent-up interest though? Will it reach 200,000?
MrPink93485
Member
I gotta be honest, I did not expect 47,000 copies day one for Uncharted 2. I was thinking something like 25k to be honest.
Opiate said:
Seems stupid to me, that's probably only because of the polar opposite situations I've seen like a brochure I saw in a local video store that had a picture taken from a scene in Ichi the Killer, suffice to say that it made me sick just to look at it. The brochure was sitting around free for any kid to pick up. Or the time I was in the local rental store and they had something like Battle Royale 2 playing on the TV, a little kid was standing watching it. The scene I noticed in passing was some kid getting shot through the forehead.
I honestly find it hard at times to figure out how on one hand the Japanese can be so strict (Crackdown being Z) while so lenient at other times.
distantmantra
Member
The relatively low price (4,900 to 5,180 yen) of Uncharted 2 probably helped, too.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
How many copies did the original PS2 Okami sell on its first week? (And LTD if possible!)
Looks like Steins;Gate has a similar opening to Chaos;Head Noah, slightly higher I guess. Should be around 20k for the week, I'm considering picking up a copy since the artwork is really beautiful in this game. 5pb really knows how to sell visual novels for the 360 here, seems like Prototype is getting discouraged after Time Leap was a complete dud.
Also, on that wifi issue people were talking about before. There are very few free wifi spots, it's actually a thing that a lot of foreigners apparently are surprised at (I know someone who works at a Starbucks, and they say that foreign customers often ask if they have wifi). Even places like McDonalds you have to be a Yahoobb subscriber to use, or pay some fee. The DS thing gets around it by actually having a program you get through download play at the store, but you can't use McDonalds to access the DSi shop or anything like that. It's a pain at times!
Also, on that wifi issue people were talking about before. There are very few free wifi spots, it's actually a thing that a lot of foreigners apparently are surprised at (I know someone who works at a Starbucks, and they say that foreign customers often ask if they have wifi). Even places like McDonalds you have to be a Yahoobb subscriber to use, or pay some fee. The DS thing gets around it by actually having a program you get through download play at the store, but you can't use McDonalds to access the DSi shop or anything like that. It's a pain at times!