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Media Create Sales: Week 01, 2011 (Jan 3 - Jan 9)

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Takao

Banned
Chris1964 said:
[NDS] Monster Busters: Powered (Bandai Namco)
[PSP] Venus & Braves: Majo no Megami to Horobi no Yogen (Bandai Namco)
[PS3] Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom (Bandai Namco)
[360] Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom (Bandai Namco)
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Worst publisher of the decade goes to...

GameRepublic, run from these smucks. You guys actually have talent, pull a Brownie-Brown (who doesn't appear to have talent), partner with Level-5. Make a Genji PSP2 game or something, just stay away from Scamco, they are trying to kill you.
 
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Kenka

Member
Chris1964 said:
02. / 02. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} - 66.551 / 704.856 (-38%)
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We need a fleshlight .gif of some sort to celebrate that.


10. / 14. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} - 24.888 / 4.202.472 (-5%)
12. / 15. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 21.230 / 3.130.795 (-16%)
20. / 19. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.02} - 15.381 / 155.670 (-15%)
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What ? These drops are really low.
 
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ksamedi

Member
duckroll said:
MHP3 failed to cross 4 million this week. Too bad. It'll take a few more weeks for it to beat DQIX and MHP2G's records.

DKCR > 700k. Simply amazing performance. Very impressive.

Ni no Kuni > 400k. Not bad for bomba price driven sales. It'll be interesting to see how far it can go before slowing to a halt. Probably around 500k. It'll be totally dead by the time the 600k shipment sells out, if it ever does.

Gundam Musou 3 > 300k. Pretty normal showing here. Nothing amazing or surprising. The lack of a PS2 version didn't change anything at all.

T3B > 200k. Decent enough if viewed as a western targeted game released in Japan, but with the PSP dead outside of Japan I don't think they have that luxury. I doubt it'll ever reach 300k, which is kinda bad for a high budget title. It's still selling better than most of S-E's recent releases though.

SaGa3 launch = hahahahahahaahahahahahahaha wow holy bomba. Serious decline there. 100k (SaGa2 FW) -> 27k? Really? Wtf happened there?
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Could retailers have slashed the price too soon? I don't see it reaching 600K either but what if it does. Do price slashed games ever get reorders?
 
C

Captain Smoker

Member
Busaiku said:
I'd say Mario Sports Mix is the real surprise, over Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Debuting at 85k, and still going strong at over 530k, with a good shot at 1 million.
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Level 5 had a success and a failure this December. Ni no Kuni didn't join Layton and Inazuma club with The Little Battlers 99% having Ni no Kuni's fate.
 
T

Takao

Banned
Chris1964 said:
Level 5 had a success and a failure this December. Ni no Kuni didn't join Layton and Inazuma club with The Little Battlers 99% following Ni no Kuni's fate.
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The Little Battlers toy isn't needed for gameplay, it will be recieving a weekly anime series, and has some multiplayer component (IIRC). I want to say it should easily do better than Ni No Kuni is struggling to do, but the DS's install base, and the Ghilbi appeal work against that.

Also, would you happen to know what's the record for how many new games (multiple SKUs allowed, re-releases not) a single publisher released in one week?
 
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Takao said:
Also, would you happen to know what's the record for how many new games (multiple SKUs allowed, re-releases not) a single publisher released in one week?
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Nintendo at system launches has the record. If you don't count Famicom Mini as re-releases they had 10 new games at a week.
 
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Kenka

Member
Chris1964 said:
Nintendo at system launches has the record. If you don't count Famicom Mini as re-releases they had 10 new games at a week.
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Chris, seriously, how do you know that ? o_O
 
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Kenka said:
Chris, seriously, how do you know that ? o_O
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Using filters.

2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 04. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 63.894 / 63.894
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 06. [GBA] Famicom Mini: The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 36.861 / 36.861
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 08. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Donkey Kong (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 34.383 / 34.383
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 09. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Ice Climber (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 29.827 / 29.827
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 11. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Xevious (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 26.390 / 26.390
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 12. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Bomberman (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 24.658 / 24.658
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 13. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Pac-Man (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 21.568 / 21.568
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 14. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Mappy (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 20.170 / 20.170
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 15. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Excitebike (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 19.680 / 19.680
2004 07 {2004.02.09 - 2004.02.15} 16. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Star Soldier (Nintendo) {2004.02.14} - 17.521 / 17.521

2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 02. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Mystical Ninja (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 32.425 / 32.425
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 06. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Twinbee (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 24.673 / 24.673
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 07. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Dr. Mario (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 24.300 / 24.300
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 09. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Ghosts 'n Goblins (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 19.340 / 19.340
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 10. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Adventure Island (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 18.693 / 18.693
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 11. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 18.673 / 18.673
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 12. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Wrecking Crew (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 17.602 / 17.602
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 14. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Balloon Fight (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 16.419 / 16.419
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 18. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Dig Dug (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 12.977 / 12.977
2004 21 {2004.05.17 - 2004.05.23} 21. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Clu Clu Land (Nintendo) {2004.05.21} - 9.120 / 9.120

2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 02. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 52.705 / 52.705
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 06. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Zelda II - The Adventure of Link (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 35.335 / 35.335
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 07. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Famicom Detective Club - Kieta Koukeisha Zenkouhen (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 26.613 / 26.613
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 09. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Famicom Detective Club II - Ushiro ni Tatsu Shoujo Zenkouhen (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 24.668 / 24.668
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 12. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Famicom Mukashi Banashi - Shin Onigashima Zenkouhen (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 21.554 / 21.554
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 13. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Optical Mirror - Myth of Palutena (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 19.350 / 19.350
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 14. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Castlevania (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 18.828 / 18.828
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 15. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Mystery Murasame Castle (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 18.363 / 18.363
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 19. [GBA] Famicom Mini: SD Gundam World Gachapon Senshi - Scramble Wars (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 15.125 / 15.125
2004 33 {2004.08.09 - 2004.08.15} 20. [GBA] Famicom Mini: Metroid (Nintendo) {2004.08.10} - 14.900 / 14.900
 
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_Alkaline_

Member
Busaiku said:
I'd say Mario Sports Mix is the real surprise, over Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Debuting at 85k, and still going strong at over 530k, with a good shot at 1 million.
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A Mario game containing FF characters doing well in Japan is a surprise over an IP that's barely made a blip on the radar since the 16-bit generation?
 
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Busaiku

Member
_Alkaline_ said:
A Mario game containing FF characters doing well in Japan is a surprise over an IP that's barely made a blip on the radar since the 16-bit generation?
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The previous Mario sports game that featured Final Fantasy characters was released on DS during 2006 (its biggest year ever), and it didn't beat 500k.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
duckroll said:
Ni no Kuni > 400k. Not bad for bomba price driven sales. It'll be interesting to see how far it can go before slowing to a halt. Probably around 500k. It'll be totally dead by the time the 600k shipment sells out, if it ever does.
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Let's be fair. The big retailers have NOT dropped their prices as far as I know.

Amazon and resellers have been selling the game for cheap, but I question their actual effect on the MC/Famitsu charts.
 
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FINALFANTASYDOG

Member
The 1st month Launch line-up for 3ds is up! 24 games, from what I can find seems to be one of the largest(in terms of numbers) one month out launch line-ups in Japan.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/software/spring2011.html

Although Looking through the list of what was changed, besides the baseball games, Steel Diver(thanks to Nintendo publishing) and perhapses Naruto/Gundam can't imagine any of this stuff actually selling in Japan.


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Branding issue: Re-taking a look at the ads in the train station today, I find it interesting the positioning of 3ds as A DS in 3D! Advertising almost seems to be putting it into the same light as the Ds / DSi change, not a new platform, just a platform revision. Probably a smart strategy.
 
T

Takao

Banned
FINALFANTASYDOG said:
Branding issue: Re-taking a look at the ads in the train station today, I find it interesting the positioning of 3ds as A DS in 3D! Advertising almost seems to be putting it into the same light as DSi, not a new platform, just a platform revision. Probably a smart strategy.
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Not really. If you're under the impression it's a hardware revision why would you spent $100 more on it than a normal DSi?
 
Garcia

Garcia

Member
Neon_Icarus said:
Yeah, I think Retro just bought their ticket into becoming a 2D Donkey Kong -factory for all eternity. We'll never see another Prime-type game again. :/
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What do you know ! Maybe Team Ninja will jump in for Prime 4 !

OMG It's gonna be totally awesome !!!

/sarcasm
 
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cvxfreak

Member
Pokemon BW proved that mega-launches mean relatively slower legs later down the line. You have to compensate at some point, and Portable 3rd is looking like it won't be an exception to this.
 
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JoshuaJSlone

Member
John Harker said:
Well, I meant of this generation, but I didn't clarify so fair enough. I knew the Rare games sold better. But there's really no competition in the space, is there? Western games lately top out around what, 300k or so.
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I think in the last decade or so GTAs and recent Call of Duty games have been the high points. Vice City PS2 with ~600K between original and budget release is the highest among them, and DKCR already has that beat.
 
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Kenka

Member
cvxfreak said:
Pokemon BW proved that mega-launches mean relatively slower legs later down the line. You have to compensate at some point, and Portable 3rd is looking like it won't be an exception to this.
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Yeah, I remember Final Fantasy X-2 being incredibly frontloaded. When the franchise is already hyped to heaven, it is pretty difficult to avoid such sales curves.

Donkey Kong on the other end. It is difficult to explain why it is so popular. I thought it would do 200k-ish. I can't really tell from here why he shifted so much interest.
 
S

Spiegel

Member
Kenka said:
Donkey Kong on the other end. It is difficult to explain why it is so popular. I thought it would do 200k-ish. I can't really tell from here why he shifted so much interest.
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Yes, so difficult to explain.

I never thought a traditional Nintendo-developed 2D platformer with good marketing support, starring a known character and released in time for the holidays could sell good.
 
C

confuziz

Banned
Kenka said:
Donkey Kong on the other end. It is difficult to explain why it is so popular. I thought it would do 200k-ish. I can't really tell from here why he shifted so much interest.
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Seriously? Are you living under a rock? I could have said you a year ago it would do a million units minimum
 
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king zell

Member
Spiegel said:
Yes, so difficult to explain.

I never thought a traditional Nintendo-developed 2D platformer with good marketing support, starring a known character and released in time for the holidays could sell good.
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+

its an amazing game
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
confuziz said:
Seriously? Are you living under a rock? I could have said you a year ago it would do a million units minimum
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How could you say it a year ago when it was revealed at E3?

Nothing could guarantee the size of success DKCR has in Japan.
 
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BowieZ

Banned
king zell said:
Spiegel said:
Yes, so difficult to explain.

I never thought a traditional Nintendo-developed 2D platformer with good marketing support, starring a known character and released in time for the holidays could sell good.
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its an amazing game
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and yet third parties will scratch their heads
 
Yoshi

Yoshi

Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
It's strange, that obviously 2D platformers are quite popular only a few big developers (namely Nintendo and Sega ;)) try to release serious efforts in this genre :/.
 
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mclem

Member
duckroll said:
DKCR > 700k. Simply amazing performance. Very impressive.
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I wonder if Nintendo are considering going for a platform game release every year around Christmas? It seems to work for them.
 
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Busaiku

Member
Yoshi said:
It's strange, that obviously 2D platformers are quite popular only a few big developers (namely Nintendo and Sega ;)) try to release serious efforts in this genre :/.
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Not all 2D platformers are that big.
If it's not Mario/DK/Kirby, it's not gonna make much of an impact.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
21. / 21. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006.05.25}
22. / 17. [NDS] Momotaro Railway: World (Hudson) {2010.12.02}
23. / 24. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) {2009.06.18}
24. / 22. [WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) {2010.10.14}
25. / 28. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco) {2010.07.01}
26. / 20. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (SCE) {2010.11.25}
27. / 26. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.11.18}
28. / 29. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.10.28}
29. / 32. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed Edition) (Square Enix) {2010.12.16}
30. / 27. [PS3] Tales of Graces F (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.02}
31. / 25. [PSP] Shining Hearts (Sega) {2010.12.16}
32. / 30. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle (Bandai Namco) {2010.09.09}
33. / 31. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 13 (Konami) {2010.11.25}
34. / 34. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) {2005.12.08}
35. / 38. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo) {2010.06.19}
36. / 36. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) {2010.05.27}
37. / 33. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii Super DX: Hitori de Minna de Utai Houdai! (Hudson) {2010.12.09}
38. / 40. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Challenge (Bandai Namco) {2010.11.11}
39. / 39. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) {2010.10.07}
40. / 37. [PSP] Dangan-Ronpa (Spike) {2010.11.25}
41. / 35. [PS3] Castlevania: Lord of Shadow (Konami) {2010.12.16}
42. / 41. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village (Capcom) {2010.08.26}
43. / 46. [NDS] A Penguin's Troubles: The World (Konami) {2010.12.02}
44. / 48. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Capcom) {2010.11.11}
45. / 44. [WII] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Os (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.02}
46. / 00. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) {2010.10.28}
47. / 00. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) {2010.07.01}
48. / 47. [NDS] Crayon Shin-Chan: Shokkugan! Densetsu o Yobu Omake Daiketsusen!! (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.02}
49. / 45. [PSP] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Os (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.02}
50. / 00. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) {2008.01.31}

00. / 00. [ALL] Software Sales 2011 (All Publishers) {2011.01.03} - 1.370.314 / NEW


NDS - 20
WII - 14
PSP - 9
PS3 - 7
360 - 0
PS2 - 0

Sellthrough of SaGa 3 is 36,61%, Diamond / Pearl is at 5.809.000.
 
S

sphinx

the piano man
Donkey Kong Country as a series was dead before DKCR so even if donkey Kong is related to the Mario Universe, it is still impressive that it managed to sell as much.

I can not understand how can people downplay this performance and say it was "a given" and anyone could have told a year ago. Those are the ones living under a rock.

DCKR will very likely reach the million faster than both Mario Galaxies. Sure, you will tell me that I should compare to NSMBWii and you'd be right if we talked about gameplay but I am trying to point out that people won't just buy whatever that has a well known mascot in the boxart or games in particular genres, like 2d-platforming.

People in japan (which seems to be the most quality demanding country, with the hardest market to crack, in regards to videogames) have a choice and getting them to buy about a 1 million of your games is not an easy task, at all.

jeez...
 
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