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Media Create Sales: Week 09, 2011 (Feb 28 - Mar 6)
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between included software, current DS lineup, etc... there is currently no must-have game for the DS, and no reason to buy one if nothing tickles your fancy.cvxfreak said:
I have my 3DS on pre-order with only SSFIV at the moment, and even that I am thinking about canceling. My biggest reason for grabbing it at launch TBH is because I specifically never bought the DSi BECAUSE I knew of the 3DS. I need some pokemon over WPA2 and DSiWare please. 3DS games? Eh... I haven't canceled SSFIV yet so we'll see. However going forward I have a feeling by around May or so 100% of the new DS titles being released will be licensed shovelware, flash-converted shovelware, or small publisher shovelware. My guess is come E3 the US 3DS holiday lineup is going to explode. Pretty awful time to be buying a DSi.
I know you are joking, but considering that the assets is straight from the first game and they haven't added meaning ful to the game apart from fanservice, this ain't bad. it will do 500k and that would be good enough for them.duckroll said:
But again, this is SE we are talking about...
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Go go Disgaea 4! Hang in there!
Lord_Byron28
Member
So the attach rate for 3DS is about 0.89%. However, there are 3 games that we don't have numbers for that will likely increase the attach rate a bit. How does this compare with other systems? Is it good, bad or inbetween?
I know the Wii had over a 1.0 attach rate for example.
I know the Wii had over a 1.0 attach rate for example.
I think even redesigning it to make it look different would be a waste of time. The system itself is nice, small and stylish as it is. Colors, bundling with older software and marketing their great library of 1st and 3rd party games is the only thing they could do. Either way it looks pretty abysmal for Wii right now. Doesn't help that as of the past few months Nintendo has basically ignored the system.Cosmonaut X said:
m.i.s.
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Lord_Byron28 said:
Spot on. Colours and a price drop will certainly help but its the games that the Wii is lacking.
From GB (latter years were dormant till the arrival of Pokemon)-SNES, GBA-GCN and 3DS-Wii, Nintendo have never been able to sustain both their console and handheld line with the same level of support. Sony has had the same problem with PSP-PS3.
Souldriver
Member
Interesting times.
3DS still in launch window so you can't conclude too much from it, except that it's selling well.
PSP has had such a weird life cycle. It's more alive than ever. The hardware numbers are really high, and most software releases are for the handheld.
Wii about to crash under 10k. *sirene lights* In that regard, the Wii has also had a really weird life cycle.
PS3 doing OK I guess. It's not dead, and compared to the Wii it's doing well. That's something...
360 is really the winner of this generation. What is LTD again? Must be record breaking by now. And look at those weekly numbers! Just wow! Japan = MS land confirmed.
3DS still in launch window so you can't conclude too much from it, except that it's selling well.
PSP has had such a weird life cycle. It's more alive than ever. The hardware numbers are really high, and most software releases are for the handheld.
Wii about to crash under 10k. *sirene lights* In that regard, the Wii has also had a really weird life cycle.
PS3 doing OK I guess. It's not dead, and compared to the Wii it's doing well. That's something...
360 is really the winner of this generation. What is LTD again? Must be record breaking by now. And look at those weekly numbers! Just wow! Japan = MS land confirmed.
Cygnus X-1
Member
Well, 3DS hardware sales are still very high. More concerning are software sales though.
Graphics Horse
Member
Vinci said:
Wii Micro!
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
3DS is tracking pretty much dead middle between DS and Wii launch sales.
Of course both DS and Wii head into Christmas sales "next month", so the 3DS might fall behind them temporarily.
Of course both DS and Wii head into Christmas sales "next month", so the 3DS might fall behind them temporarily.
Cygnus X-1
Member
cvxfreak said:
I wonder why are investors so disappointed at this point.
Stumpokapow said:
Yeah and that's not so bad. Disappointing, but not bad. Probably DS's crazy sales set the bar too high. even for 3DS.
Lord_Byron28
Member
I wasn't trying to predict the future or anything with the numbers just wanted to see how other launches did in comparison to this one, that's all.Chris1964 said:
Yeah I think they have a few things up their sleeve but we'll see. I'm actually rather shocked how up until the other day when IGN interviewed Reggie, Nintendo has been dead silent on the Wii. I understand if they don't have games to anounce but you'd think they wouldn't by and large ignore it like they've done for their past 3 press conferences/Keynotes.M.I.S. said:
I wouldn't say the software sales are necesarily bad. They're not as good or great as other launches but I wouldn't say bad. Seems to me that first of all there isn't a definitive must have launch title so the sales are a bit more evenly spread amongst many titles. Also with resellers, backwards compatability with DS and pre-installed software it may contribute to why they're lower than other launches.Cygnus X-1 said:
How is it dissapointing? Nintendo can only make so many systems. The system isn't tracking in the middle of DS and Wii because of lower demand. It's tracking in between the two due to lack of supply. Nintendo is launching the 3DS around the world and trying to spread everything out evenly where the supply is more needed.
FINALFANTASYDOG
Member
cvxfreak said:
Well this is the info I wanted! I assume you mainly looked at big electronics stores?
It's in stock in my neighborhood and on some percentage of retailers blogs they mention such, but again these stores admit they are not strong with Nintendo products.
The big electronics stores are what matter, we saw the same phenomenon with ds too, it's so interesting that at times when it comes to Nintendo big retailer stores can be completely sold out, while specality stores seem to be ignored by consumers.
Cygnus X-1
Member
I wonder why DKCR went up again. 900k should at this point be easy to reach.
Eteric Rice
Member
king zell said:
Yeah, I had just noticed this.
I wonder if this means Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 will be a serious possibility now?
Eteric Rice
Member
duckroll said:You just noticed what? His mistake?
Hrm? I thought I'd read that the console versions of Street Fighter IV sold like 70k?
Cygnus X-1
Member
Canova said:
It still hangs on better than the Gamecube with the same amount (if not less) of games.
Lord_Byron28
Member
It didn't.Eteric Rice said:
Media Create
{2010.04.26 - 2010.05.16} 0056. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2010.04.28} - 80.882 / 113.183
{2011.02.21 - 2011.03.06} 0004. [3DS] Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom) {2011.02.26} - 44.649 / 61.624
{2010.04.26 - 2010.05.02} 0062. [360] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) {2010.04.28} - 28.454 / 28.454
Eteric Rice
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Lord_Byron28 said:
Ah, okay. I stand corrected.
Still did pretty well.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Reply from old thread, since I see this one is up now.
1. Shorter first week, less time to accrue sales, less for the second week to match up to.
2. Second week has more close-to-launch days. 3DS week 2 contains days 3-4, while other systems might have days 10-11 instead.
How big both effects are is hard to say. Without daily information, it comes to guesswork how much happened on, say, days 3-4.
Now new stuff.
Looking back, the top DS sales from week two were
SM64 56K
Wario 53K
Poké Dash 27K
Pretty similar.
EDIT: Worth noting that from PS2 times on, PS2 Street Fighter EX3, PS3 Street Fighter IV, and PS3 Super Street Fighter IV are the only Street Fighter games ahead of 3DS SSFIV.
I wasn't thinking of that at all, but it makes sense that it would help a system show a smaller drop.FINALFANTASYDOG said:
1. Shorter first week, less time to accrue sales, less for the second week to match up to.
2. Second week has more close-to-launch days. 3DS week 2 contains days 3-4, while other systems might have days 10-11 instead.
How big both effects are is hard to say. Without daily information, it comes to guesswork how much happened on, say, days 3-4.
Now new stuff.
Just summing up what's in the Top 20, looks like the software:hardware ratio is about the same as last week.VOOK said:
Looking back, the top DS sales from week two were
SM64 56K
Wario 53K
Poké Dash 27K
Pretty similar.
3DS version is doing between X360 and PS3 versions. Both regular and Super on PS3 hit about 160K.Eteric Rice said:
EDIT: Worth noting that from PS2 times on, PS2 Street Fighter EX3, PS3 Street Fighter IV, and PS3 Super Street Fighter IV are the only Street Fighter games ahead of 3DS SSFIV.
FINALFANTASYDOG
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Vinnk said:
http://kakaku.com/item/K0000154794/
Vinnk - go for it!(Check the stores ratings before you order, many of the stores selling it have reputable large amount of ratings, some do not. )
Cygnus X-1
Member
Canova said:
Yeah, but I don't remember other systems having so little software support at the end of their life cycle as both Gamecube and Wii.
I do believe that PSN sales will go up and UMD sales will go down the further into this year we get for anyone who's even thinking about an NGP. However, this is not Dissidia 012's problem. There's just not enough new content for some folks to buy into it a second time and I know I'm probably not going to pick my pre-order up until some time in April or later because I have so many March games to play already.
lunchwithyuzo
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Slime Blue for DQX!M.I.S. said:
M.I.S. said:
Ironically, Wii has actually been pretty heavily represented in the Top 30 (at least prior to the 3DS launch), and it hasn't stopped it's trek to 10K and under. It's usually had more games there than PSP, even. :lol Therefore, one game in Top 20 probably isn't the reason that Wii hardware stinks in Japan. It's more likely that the games are usually old ones, a result of near total abandonment for new releases by Nintendo and third-parties. Just wanted to point that out.
# of Wii games in Top 30 (MC)
20110102 - 10
20110109 - 10
20110116 - 9
20110123 - 10
20110130 - 9
20110206 - 9
20110213 - 10
20110220 - 7
20110227 - 5
Dr. Feel Good
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iidesuyo said:
Considering Donny's presence in Media Create threads, I'm sure he knows that. But even still constant slow burners can add up after awhile (and typically it's the same handful of Wii titles in the lower spots) and definitely show that people are still interested in software.
Dissidia sales aren't that surprising. It's not really a sequel, it's basically SSFIV of SFIV. A few new characters with a short additional campaign for them and rebalancing of everything else.
Universal Tuning wasn't being sold as an expansion, it was being sold as the international version, like every other SE international version. 012 is basically an expansion pack. If it sells 300k+ I'm sure they're profiting.
Universal Tuning wasn't being sold as an expansion, it was being sold as the international version, like every other SE international version. 012 is basically an expansion pack. If it sells 300k+ I'm sure they're profiting.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
How much does everyone think DOA: Dimensions will sell?
It's really hard to gauge because as far as I know this will be the first game in the series to be released on a viable system in Japan since DOA2: Hardcore.
It's really hard to gauge because as far as I know this will be the first game in the series to be released on a viable system in Japan since DOA2: Hardcore.
Wada is safe, he alread said to shareholders: "Profits will be down by 92% this year or some shit oh and we fucked up Final Fantasy XIV" and they were like: "okay". Also Square Enix reports VGchurtz numbers, much better sales that way!duckroll said:Look guys, don't worry about Dissidia012. It's fine. 286k isn't that bad when we consider that it is being released in March, compared to Dissidia's December release. Dissidia's first week at the peak December period in 2008 was only 485k anyway. This game will have mad legs, and could sell over 2 million copies when all is said and done. It's really good, and once gamers hear about how awesome Laguna and Gilgamesh are, they'll probably rush out and buy it. Don't be surprised to see the game on the Top10 charts all the way to December. Square Enix has another solid winner.
iidesuyo said:
Depending on the week, yeah. Sometimes everything's under 50K, so it could be argued that even most of the Top 10 is negligible some weeks. Just found it odd to point out "only" 1 Wii game in Top 20 in relation to the hardware sales, when more games in previous weeks didn't make a difference. Lack of new releases seems like a more probable reason. Not just in 2011, but over the last 2-3 years for Japan.
Edit:
iidesuyo said:
Decided to check. It looks like the last time 21-30 sold more than #1 in Famitsu was Golden Week last year. It happened 4 times in the first part of last year, so it's definitely not unheard of, just FYI. :lol
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Dissidia's downturn tanking leaves me bittersweet. I loved the first game, but it's really hard for me to muster any excitement for this sequel.
That's taking it a bit far, actually. From looking at the total software sales for these last few weeks compared to the combined sales of the top ten, we can see that the latter generally compose about 50% of the former. A considerable amount to be sure, but not enough to claim that the remaining 50% doesn't matter.iidesuyo said:
FINALFANTASYDOG
Member
Bebpo said:
Square has more to worry about then just profiting now though- they need to improve sell-thourgh to win retailers trust in future shipments. If the shipment of 450,000 was correct, and we see normal drop-off rates for a final fantasy game, this game is heading towards the semi marked-off wagon bin.
Square has upset retailers too much this cycle with Kingdom hearts coded, Front Misson etc etc, all heading towards the wagon bin, not a good pattern.
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
You know Sega and Square-Enix fucked up when their expansion-sequels to Phantasy Star Portable 2 and Dissidia do worse than Namco of all companies did with its light director's cut God Eater Burst.
Post-MHP3 landscape could be the reason, but it makes me wonder if Namco will feel confident to do God Eater 2 on PSP or wait until NGP is out.
Also, MHP3 over 4.35m its over DQIX+budget release, best selling 3rd party title in japanese history.
Post-MHP3 landscape could be the reason, but it makes me wonder if Namco will feel confident to do God Eater 2 on PSP or wait until NGP is out.
Also, MHP3 over 4.35m its over DQIX+budget release, best selling 3rd party title in japanese history.
Jokeropia said:
Yeah, it depends on your definition of "matter." He may be thinking more of the U.K. charts where they supposedly can get much lower by those rankings. #30 in Famitsu is usually ~5K or higher, so if the range was extended to 11-30, the total of those is more often than not higher than the #1 for the week.