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Media Create Sales: Week 19, 2011 (May 9 - May 15)

01. / 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} - 20.722 / 475.503 (-53%)
02. / 00. [PS3] Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisou (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.12} - 18.831 / NEW
03. / 00. [3DS] Steel Diver (Nintendo) {2011.05.12} - 17.408 / NEW
04. / 00. [PSP] Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisou (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.12} - 14.953 / NEW
05. / 02. [PSP] Patapon 3 (SCE) {2011.04.28} - 12.959 / 83.883 (-40%)
06. / 03. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} - 10.166 / 152.034 (-49%)
07. / 00. [PSP] Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume (Charity Edition) (Prototype) {2011.05.12} - 9.222 / NEW
08. / 04. [PSP] Final Promise Story (Image Epoch) {2011.04.28} - 6.915 / 85.536 (-62%)
09. / 06. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} - 6.586 / 147.064 (-48%)
10. / 05. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.14} - 6.290 / 398.964 (-54%)
11. / 07. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} - 4.682 / 1.886.280 (-62%)
12. / 11. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 4.567 / 4.470.812 (-49%)
13. / 00. [PSP] DokuSui: Doki Doki Suikoden (Irem) {2011.05.12} - 4.559 / NEW
14. / 08. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 4.386 / 5.177.215 (-56%)
15. / 20. [PSP] Earth Defence Force 2 Portable (D3 Publisher) {2011.04.07} - 3.919 / 106.181 (-35%)
16. / 09. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} - 3.678 / 218.516 (-62%)
17. / 18. [PSP] Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (Square Enix) {2011.03.24} - 3.676 / 189.687 (-44%)
18. / 10. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 3.636 / 3.224.837 (-61%)
19. / 14. [3DS] Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo) {2011.04.14} - 3.439 / 57.846 (-58%)
20. / 12. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} - 3.356 / 896.302 (-62%)

21. / 23. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01}
22. / 00. [PSP] Disgaea 2 Portable [PSP the Best] (Nippon Ichi Software) {2011.05.12}
23. / 25. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 (Koei Tecmo) {2011.03.10}
24. / 26. [PSP] Amagami (EBKore+) (Kadokawa Shoten) {2011.03.31}
25. / 17. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) {2010.11.11}
26. / 21. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (Level 5) {2011.02.26}
27. / 13. [PS3] El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition) {2011.04.28}
28. / 39. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.10.28}
29. / 28. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity (Sega) {2011.02.24}
30. / 16. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009.12.03}
31. / 24. [PSP] GachiTora! Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School (Spike) {2011.04.21}
32. / 00. [WII] Billy's Boot Camp: Enjoy the Diet on Wii! (Rocket Company) {2011.04.21}
33. / 30. [WII] Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki [Everyone's Recommendation Selection] (Hudson) {2011.01.20}
34. / 32. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.11.18}
35. / 27. [NDS] Magician's Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) {2010.11.11}
36. / 47. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Capcom) {2010.11.11}
37. / 48. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker [PSP the Best] (Konami) {2011.02.24}
38. / 22. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006.05.25}
39. / 19. [NDS] Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyoku (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.21}
40. / 37. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) {2008.01.31}
41. / 00. [PS3] Demon's Souls [PlayStation 3 the Best] (SCE) {2010.02.25}
42. / 41. [PSP] Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Atlus Co.) {2011.04.14}
43. / 38. [PS3] SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs 4 (SCE) {2011.04.21}
44. / 40. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle (Bandai Namco) {2010.09.09}
45. / 33. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) {2009.06.18}
46. / 42. [WII] Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles [Best Price!] (Capcom) {2011.04.21}
47. / 45. [PSP] Dissidia: 012 (Duodecim) Final Fantasy (Square Enix) {2011.03.03}
48. / 31. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {2010.10.21}
49. / 36. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.02}
50. / 43. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village [PSP the Best] (Capcom) {2011.04.21}


PSP - 19
WII - 12
PS3 - 8
NDS - 7
3DS - 4
360 - 0
PS2 - 0


SOFTWARE

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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |        YTD |   Last YTD |            
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|  ALL  |   430.000 |   697.000 |   630.889 | 17.111.000 | 21.411.899 |       
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HARDWARE

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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |        YTD |   Last YTD |         LTD |            
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|  PSP  |    34.826 |    55.140 |    25.346 |    919.165 |    933.497 |  17.569.377 |      
|  3DS  |    18.324 |    29.149 |         0 |    996.019 |          0 |     996.019 |      
|  PS3  |    13.789 |    20.883 |    20.463 |    504.979 |    622.806 |   6.592.469 |      
|  NDS  |    10.858 |    19.516 |    28.564 |    423.907 |    905.421 |  32.574.606 |      
|  WII  |     6.336 |    11.520 |    17.570 |    272.725 |    680.474 |  11.552.360 |      
|  360  |     2.763 |     3.419 |     4.370 |     47.774 |     64.551 |   1.468.271 |      
|  PS2  |     1.319 |     1.696 |     1.293 |     32.158 |     35.435 |  21.728.250 |      
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|  ALL  |    88.215 |   141.323 |    97.606 |  3.196.727 |  3.242.184 |  92.481.352 |      
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| DSiLL |     5.358 |    10.519 |    15.879 |    218.930 |    471.346 |   2.166.513 |      
|  DSi  |     5.292 |     8.708 |     9.990 |    186.921 |    343.521 |   5.730.645 |      
|  DSL  |       208 |       289 |     2.695 |     18.056 |     90.554 |  18.091.977 |      
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|  PSP  |    34.655 |    54.882 |    24.475 |    904.158 |    902.268 |  17.393.946 |      
| PSPgo |       171 |       258 |       871 |     15.007 |     31.229 |     175.431 |      
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Media Create Sales: Week 18, 2011 (May 2 - May 8)

 

[babyghost853]

Is this the Wii's lowest week ever?

 

[Stumpokapow]

Is this the Wii's lowest week ever?

Yes.

 

[Tyrael]

Why everything is so low this week?

 

[BY2K]

Why everything is so low this week?

The new releases aren't exactly top notch.

And wow at Wii's lowest week yet. Nintendo does right to bring the new console in a year or so.

And the 3DS still sales pretty low compared to the PSP.

 

[Takao]

Goodbye Irem.

 

[Graphics Horse]

R-Type Resurrection. Dooo iiiit.

 

[params7]

Wow what is happening to the PSP all of a sudden? What game is making it beat 3ds?

 

[Takao]

Wow what is happening to the PSP all of a sudden? What game is making it beat 3ds?

The fact it has games is the reason it has been trouncing the 3DS for months. There's absolutely no reason to buy a 3DS at this moment in time.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Why everything is so low this week?

Well, sales had been boosted by Golden Week for a bit, but that is over and there was no compelling software this week.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Goodbye Irem.

A game which got 5/6/4/6 in Famitsu is a terrible note to end on.

 

[Magicpaint]

The fact it has games is the reason it has been trouncing the 3DS for months. There's absolutely no reason to buy a 3DS at this moment in time.

I guess I was dreaming or something when I heard Nintendo, prior to the 3DS launch, say something along the lines of pacing 3DS software so there's no drought. The exact opposite is happening. Did I just imagine that?

Anyway with how abysmal the 3DS is doing, I do wonder if DS developers abandoned that platform a little too soon. How can you just ignore such a large userbase? I guess though, if you focus on the PSP (which is where the lion share of the software pie is gravitating towards) then it's not a bad thing at all.

 

[SlipperySlope]

Wow, all hardware took such a plummet. Amazing. Everything dropped about 50% WOW.

Edit - And not a single game above 20.722?

WTF Japan?

 

[Takao]

I guess I was dreaming or something when I heard Nintendo, prior to the 3DS launch, say something along the lines of pacing 3DS software so there's no drought. The exact opposite is happening. Did I just imagine that?

I don't remember that, but I do recall Iwata saying that Nintendo had projects already completed that they wouldn't release because they feared they would interfere with the sales of third party software. Their extremely light release schedule is to allow third parties to breath.

The problem is no one has purchased a Nintendo platform for third party games in nearly 2 decades. Their software pushes the hardware, and the kind of third party software that would push any hardware is no where to be seen on 3DS. All it has had are B-list to D-list titles from third parties. Nothing of note at all. It is very alarming that Nintendo saw that kind of schedule and thought it would be okay to release the platform with the exact same tier of B-list to D-list titles.

 

[Magicpaint]

I don't remember that, but I do recall Iwata saying that Nintendo had projects already completed that they wouldn't release because they feared they would interfere with the sales of third party software. Their extremely light release schedule is to allow third parties to breath.

The problem is no one has purchased a Nintendo platform for third party games in nearly 2 decades. Their software pushes the hardware, and the kind of third party software that would push any hardware is no where to be seen on 3DS. All it has had are B-list to D-list titles from third parties. Nothing of note at all. It is very alarming that Nintendo saw that kind of schedule and thought it would be okay to release the platform with the exact same tier of B-list to D-list titles.

Yeah I agree. If they really did want third parties to breath, then I'd imagine they would want the third parties to provide support for the system that is actually worth a damn. When the highest profile third party title is a port then something is obviously wrong. This is when it actually calls for a high profile first party title to lead the way.

I guess in essence, they were secretly hoping that the appeal of the hardware coming after the hugely successful DS would be enough and that the 3D effect would be a huge selling point. But rarely is hardware on its own a selling point. You'd think Nintendo of all people would know that software was key. The 3DS software line-up is probably the worst from Nintendo in terms of demonstrating what makes the hardware tick.

 

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

Well, sales had been boosted by Golden Week for a bit, but that is over and there was no compelling software this week.

Weeks after holidays are always slow,
Add in the fact the weather has been rainy and dreary all week long, it's week before pay day and you get a week with sales like this.

I guess I was dreaming or something when I heard Nintendo, prior to the 3DS launch, say something along the lines of pacing 3DS software so there's no drought. The exact opposite is happening. Did I just imagine that?

The disaster happened, it really messed up their release schedule(can't talk about the west though)

I guess in essence, they were secretly hoping that the appeal of the hardware coming after the hugely successful DS would be enough and that the 3D effect would be a huge selling point.

We've gone over this so many times... but the pack-in software was suppose to be the killer "WII SPORTS" soft, too bad most mainstream users don't even seem to know about them.

Question: 3ds lost a lot of steam and sales have slow down across the board, If steel diver had been released on time, how do you think sales would have been different?, back when there was still momentum for the system

 

[Sadist]

Overall it's horrible.

 

[Father_Brain]

It's also possible that OOT 3D and SF64 just weren't ready in time for launch, and the "cede the launch window to third parties" talk is something of an excuse.

It's certainly arguable that Nintendo should have launched the system around June with OOT and the eShop in place, but they promised their investors that it would be out by the end of the last fiscal year.

 

[Magicpaint]

We've gone over this so many times... but the pack-in software was suppose to be the killer "WII SPORTS" soft, too bad most mainstream users don't even seem to know about them.

Wii Sports wasn't a pack-in software in Japan though and that was a smart choice, so why go this way? I guess it would fit into Nintendo not wanting the lions share of software early on. It's sad though because when I tried the system the AR games were by far the biggest selling point for me. But even here (i.e. in the UK) they seem to be a non-factor for the most part.

 

[Takao]

Wii Sports wasn't a pack-in software in Japan though and that was a smart choice, so why go this way? I guess it would fit into Nintendo not wanting the lions share of software early on. It's sad though because when I tried the system the AR games were by far the biggest selling point for me. But even here (i.e. in the UK) they seem to be a non-factor for the most part.

The problem with the AR games is that they've been done a lot before and have had success. There isn't the same wow factor as with motion controls.

 

[Delio]

It's also possible that OOT 3D and SF64 just weren't ready in time for launch, and the "cede the launch window to third parties" talk is something of an excuse.

It's certainly arguable that Nintendo should have launched the system around June with OOT and the eShop in place, but they promised their investors that it would be out by the end of the last fiscal year.

Seems like that was a bad idea. Delaying it to june might have been a better choice for the general public. I'm fine with my 3DS and Samurai warriors but i do know a console needs that IT game right from the start.

 

[Chris1964]

Next week's releases {2011.05.26}

[3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP (Bandai Namco)

[NDS] Treasure Report: Kikai Jikake no Isan (Bandai Namco)
[NDS] Red Stone DS: Akaki Ishi ni Michibikareshi Monotachi (GameOn)
[NDS] Maru Goukaku: Shikaku Dasshu! 2011-Nendohan - Jouhou Security Specialist Shiken - Network Specialist Shiken (Media5)
[NDS] Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective [New Best Price! 2000] (Capcom)

[PSP] Memories Off: Yubikiri no Kikou (5pb.)
[PSP] PachiPara Slot: Pachi-Slot Super Umi Monogatari (Irem)
[PSP] Iza, Shutsujin! Koisen (QuinRose)

[WII] Pandora's Tower: Until I Return to Your Side (Nintendo)

[PS3] Warriors: Legends of Troy (Koei Tecmo)
[PS3] Hiiro no Kakera: Aizouban - Akane Iro no Tsuioku (Idea Factory)
[PS3] Nobunaga's Ambition: Way of Heaven with Power-Up Kit (Koei Tecmo)
[PS3] Infamous [PlayStation 3 the Best] (SCE)
[PS3] Atelier Totori: The Alchemist of Arland 2 [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Gust)

[360] Akai Katana Shin (Cave)
[360] Warriors: Legends of Troy (Koei Tecmo)
[360] Fighters Uncaged (Ubisoft)

[PS2] Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Ryouran Sangokushi Engi (Yeti)

 

[Takao]

Pachipara is the last game Irem has announced, no? Oh man, this is the end...

 

[Chris1964]

Pachipara is the last game Irem has announced, no? Oh man, this is the end...

There is also PachiPara Portable: Sakura

Edit: But I see it was cancelled.

 

[RurouniZel]

I've been in Japan for all of the past week, buying games and visiting the gaming shops. Tons of people are buying games and systems.

Just not new ones.

 

[Ratrat]

Wow what is happening to the PSP all of a sudden? What game is making it beat 3ds?

All of a sudden?

 

[donny2112]

I do wonder if DS developers abandoned that platform a little too soon.

I don't wonder. They absolutely did. Not to the 3DS, but to the PSP. Why they decided to ignore the DS and go whole hog on the PSP a couple of years ago has been a big question.

I guess though, if you focus on the PSP (which is where the lion share of the software pie is gravitating towards) then it's not a bad thing at all.

They've been moving that direction for a couple of years now. It still doesn't make sense why they'd do so, though, unless it was just a lot cheaper to produce software for. A late coming true of the N64/PS1 comparison to NDS/PSP with cartridges vs. disks?

 

[Takao]

There is also PachiPara Portable: Sakura

Edit: But I see it was cancelled.

This is the end my friend, the lonely end...

 

[allan-bh]

3DS has a good sequence of launches in coming weeks

 

[yankee666]

The Wii needs a price cut right NOW, or at least make a bundle Nintendo!! . It still at 20.000Y with no pack-in software

 

[Alrus]

Next week's releases {2011.05.26}


[NDS] Treasure Report: Kikai Jikake no Isan (Bandai Namco)

Haha next Layton clone coming up! I wonder if it'll bomb as hard as Zack and Umbra.

 

[Takao]

3DS has a good sequence of launches in coming weeks

They should push up hardware for like that week. But the combo of port, mid-tier fighting game, and remake won't allow it to catch fire.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

One Piece next week, I wonder if that will skyrocket those 3DS sales. I thought people said the 3DS had stabilized?

I think Final Promise Story needs to sell better if it is going to reach the 150K they wanted to sell.

 

[Mirimar]

One Piece next week, I wonder if that will skyrocket those 3DS sales. I thought people said the 3DS had stabilized?

I think Final Promise Story needs to sell better if it is going to reach the 150K they wanted to sell.

Why would a One Piece game make the 3DS explode? Do you have any reasoning behind that besides the name recognition?

 

[Takao]

One Piece next week, I wonder if that will skyrocket those 3DS sales. I thought people said the 3DS had stabilized?

I think Final Promise Story needs to sell better if it is going to reach the 150K they wanted to sell.

The One Piece game is a port of the two Wii games, don't expect a tonne from it.

Also, Final Promise Story won't reach 150k in this release.

 

[d+pad]

The Wii needs a price cut right NOW, or at least make a bundle Nintendo!! . It still at 20.000Y with no pack-in software

Speaking of which, has a price cut for the Wii even been announced for Japan? If not, how weird is that -- esp. considering the price has been dropped already in Europe and NA.

Also, why did we seemingly learn nothing new as a result of the recent NOJ retailer briefing/meeting? I thought for sure we'd hear release dates for Rhythm Tengoku Wii at least

 

[donny2112]

I thought people said the 3DS had stabilized?

Anytime a dropping system has two weeks in a row close (for whatever reason), someone will say or ask if it's stabilizing. No reason to get any hopes up. The system has no back catalog of games, much less system-selling ones, so it's unlikely to be real stable. DS was pretty stable through most of 2005 after both Nintendogs and Brain Training were out. Nintendogs is not a new system seller (especially not for a 25K yen system), and there haven't been any other expected hits released for the system.

Nintendo needs to scrap this "trust third-parties to start us on the right foot" insanity for Wii 2's release. Work with third-parties to not step on each other? Sure. Rely on them to push the system out of the gate hard? Seems problematic coming after the Wii.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

The One Piece game is a port of the two Wii games, don't expect a tonne from it.

Also, Final Promise Story won't reach 150k in this release.

The series has surged in popularity even more so since the release of the Wii games. Given the great sales of Gigant Battle, I think we can expect pretty good sales from the port.

 

[Takao]

The series has surged in popularity even more so since the release of the Wii games. Given the great sales of Gigant Battle, I think we can expect pretty good sales from the port.

Gigant hit 275k on a platform with a userbase that has 30 million more participants than the 3DS. With One Piece being a series so popular with children, and family I do not think a port on an expensive new handheld will do all that well. The demographic who buys One Piece games aren't on the 3DS yet.

 

[wonderfuldays]

Next week's releases {2011.05.26}
[WII] Pandora's Tower: Until I Return to Your Side (Nintendo)

Wow Pandora finally coming. Really looking forward to that. Wii can definitely over

Spoiler

10K

milestone that week.

 

[apujanata]

Anytime a dropping system has two weeks in a row close (for whatever reason), someone will say or ask if it's stabilizing. No reason to get any hopes up. The system has no back catalog of games, much less system-selling ones, so it's unlikely to be real stable. DS was pretty stable through most of 2005 after both Nintendogs and Brain Training were out. Nintendogs is not a new system seller (especially not for a 25K yen system), and there haven't been any other expected hits released for the system.

Nintendo needs to scrap this "trust third-parties to start us on the right foot" insanity for Wii 2's release. Work with third-parties to not step on each other? Sure. Rely on them to push the system out of the gate hard? Seems problematic coming after the Wii.

I always think that it is stupid for Nintendo to expect 3rd party to help them a lot for 3DS. If they didn't do it after DS & DSL, why would they do it for 3DS ? Because of 3D ? Lol.

As someone who owned 7 DS systems, and who decided not to buy 3DS, because of 3D, price and battery life, I really wished Nintendo have learnt from Sony's PS3 mistake.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Also, why did we seemingly learn nothing new as a result of the recent NOJ retailer briefing/meeting? I thought for sure we'd hear release dates for Rhythm Tengoku Wii at least

They gave out dates for Goldeneye and Kirby DS. Rhythm Tengoku must be after June then.

 

[Alrus]

Gigant hit 275k on a platform with a userbase that has 30 million more participants than the 3DS. With One Piece being a series so popular with children, and family I do not think a port on an expensive new handheld will do all that well. The demographic who buys One Piece games aren't on the 3DS yet.

I expect it to do okay just because it's the only meaty 3ds release in a while. So a bit more than 100k LTD I guess.

And why is Nintendo taking so long to release Just Dance 2? I mean there's barely any localization work to be done on it. Unless they're getting japan centric songs on it?

 

[mollipen]

The problem is no one has purchased a Nintendo platform for third party games in nearly 2 decades.

I'm an exception to that rule. Every piece of Nintendo hardware I own is for third-party titles, as typically I can't stand / don't care about 95% of what comes out of Nintendo. Out of the 140 DS games I own, I'm betting at most 10 of those are Nintendo titles.

 

[kame-sennin]

| WII | 6.336 | 11.520 | 17.570 | 272.725 | 680.474 | 11.552.360 |

Yeah I agree. If they really did want third parties to breath, then I'd imagine they would want the third parties to provide support for the system that is actually worth a damn. When the highest profile third party title is a port then something is obviously wrong. This is when it actually calls for a high profile first party title to lead the way.

I guess in essence, they were secretly hoping that the appeal of the hardware coming after the hugely successful DS would be enough and that the 3D effect would be a huge selling point. But rarely is hardware on its own a selling point. You'd think Nintendo of all people would know that software was key. The 3DS software line-up is probably the worst from Nintendo in terms of demonstrating what makes the hardware tick.

In a recent 'Iwata Asks', Iwata and Miyamoto recalled that Yamauchi referred to the hardware as "a box that people buy so they can play the software". Miyamoto and Iwata then laughed :/

With regards to third parties not being able to compete with Nintendo, in the 16bit era, both consoles had really strong first party software. Back then, it was believed that strong first party games drove hardware sales, which then drove the sales of third party games. Nintendo are fools for falling for the apologist bullshit that third parties have been peddling to their investors.

 

[RPGamer92]

Media Create has been so depressing the past couple of weeks

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Gigant hit 275k on a platform with a userbase that has 30 million more participants than the 3DS. With One Piece being a series so popular with children, and family I do not think a port on an expensive new handheld will do all that well. The demographic who buys One Piece games aren't on the 3DS yet.

Even the Wii games sold 200k and 180k respectively. At the least, Unlimited Cruise SP is going to clear 100k.

 

[kame-sennin]

They've been moving that direction for a couple of years now. It still doesn't make sense why they'd do so, though, unless it was just a lot cheaper to produce software for. A late coming true of the N64/PS1 comparison to NDS/PSP with cartridges vs. disks?

Do PSP games retail at a higher price? Also, the increased graphical fidelity gives their marketing people more to work with when selling the game.

 

[Takao]

One Piece 3DS will do well for 3DS software, and much better than the Naruto game. I just don't think it'll be that big, or much of a hardware mover (though I'd expect an increase if ever so slight).

However, I did predict a below 20k opening week for El Shaddai...

Spoiler

I was clearly just predicting what it would sell past week 1.

 

[Lonely1]

Everything dropped so much...