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[Captain Smoker]

Famitsu Sales: Week 25, 2012 (Jun 11 - Jun 17)

01./00. [PSV] Persona 4: Golden <RPG> (Atlus) (¥7.329)
02./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490)
03./00. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw # <ACT> (Kadokawa Games) (¥7.980)
04./01. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2012.06.07} (¥4.980)
05./00. [PSP] Akiba's Trip Plus <ADV> (Acquire) (¥3.990)
06./05. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open <SPT> (Nintendo) {2012.05.24} (¥4.800)
07./04. [PS3] Dragons Dogma <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.05.24} (¥7.990)
08./00. [360] Lollipop Chainsaw # <ACT> (Kadokawa Games) (¥7.980)
09./06. [WII] Mario Party 9 <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800)
10./08. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800)

 

[Nibel]

Wow @ Lollipop Chainsaw

And finally: a PSV game on the throne! Congratulations

 

[RPGamer92]

Vita saved!

 

[grimshawish]

For VITARY!

 

[BadWolf]

Surprised at Lollipop and so very happy for Vita.

They just gotta keep a pace up with releases and the system will do well.

Anything else next after P4 for Vita that might result in a bump?

 

[Mpl90]

16 June 2011: The release date of Ocarina of Time 3D, the first 3DS game to be on the throne for Famitsu
14 June 2012: The release date of Persona 4 The Golden, the first Vita game to be on the throne for Famitsu.

Unbelievable.

 

[BadWolf]

16 June 2011: The release date of Ocarina of Time 3D, the first 3DS game to be on the throne for Famitsu
14 June 2012: The release date of Persona 4 The Golden, the first Vita game to be on the throne for Famitsu.

Umbelievable.

Wow.

 

[electroplankton]

another week of PSVita redeemed thread? Hope not.
Wonder where DQM sits.

 

[gembel]

just keep releasing rpgs on vita and it will be saved

 

[Erethian]

just keep releasing rpgs on vita and it will be saved

A new one every week should do it.

 

[electroplankton]

A new one every week should do it.

Falcom / Nippon Ichi / Atlus could manage to do so.

 

[Alrus]

Falcom / Nippon Ichi / Atlus could manage to do so.

Not really...

 

[michaelius]

Dragon quest in worst case should be 40-50k this week so good for Persona.

And Lolipop Chainsaw lol that's almost Nintendo like legs.

 

[Alrus]

And Lolipop Chainsaw lol that's almost Nintendo like legs.

What legs? It came out this week.

 

[Shahed]

16 June 2011: The release date of Ocarina of Time 3D, the first 3DS game to be on the throne for Famitsu
14 June 2012: The release date of Persona 4 The Golden, the first Vita game to be on the throne for Famitsu.

Unbelievable.

What's kinda depressing is that neither game is original. Sure Persona may have more content in comparison to Zelda, but it's still a port.

 

[electroplankton]

Not really...

In particular when considering Atlus is jumping on 3DS.

 

[Erethian]

In particular when considering Atlus is jumping on 3DS.

Their support for 3DS isn't that different than it was for the DS, outside of SMT4. And Strange Journey should have given strong hints as to where they were going with mainline SMT.

 

[watershed]

Maybe this will be the start of the Vita's true rise, not that "hey look it sold 2,000 more units than last week" crap.

 

[electroplankton]

Their support for 3DS isn't that different than it was for the DS, outside of SMT4. And Strange Journey should have given strong hints as to where they were going with mainline SMT.

Does this imply Atlus is not jumping on 3DS? Expected or not, it's putting quite a remarkable effort on that platform. On DS, Atlus started way slower, with the first MegaTen in 2009 (Devil Survivor) and before that just experiments (Trauma Center, Etrian Odyssey).

 

[pharmboy044]

Maybe this will be the start of the Vita's true rise, not that "hey look it sold 2,000 more units than last week" crap.

N. O.

 

[michaelius]

What legs? It came out this week.

Crap i was thinking it's second week already.

 

[electroplankton]

Maybe this will be the start of the Vita's true rise, not that "hey look it sold 2,000 more units than last week" crap.

In two weeks, it'll probably be at the same level as before Persona 4.

 

[zroid]

VITA FINALLY LIVES UP TO ITS NAME

Spoiler

but for how long

 

[michaelius]

In two weeks, it'll probably be at the same level as before Persona 4.

Hmm so you expect it will have 10k sales on the week where White Vita and MGS collection release ?

 

[watershed]

N. O.

No doubt. Of course?

 

[BadWolf]

Hmm so you expect it will have 10k sales on the week where White Vita and MGS collection release ?

I don't think MGS collection will do much for it. Did it even sell well on the PS360?

 

[BlazingDarkness]

It doesn't indicate that Vita is saved or on an upward trend, but it does show that it will sell if there is software available, once the Vita has a consistent amount of software then the hardware will see healthy sales. And it will happen, probably not until well into next year though.

 

[electroplankton]

Hmm so you expect it will have 10k sales on the week where White Vita and MGS collection release ?

Ok, so the week after that.

June is a quite good month for PSVita, it could easily sell 60-70k units, as 3DS last week.

It doesn't indicate that Vita is saved or on an upward trend, but it does show that it will sell if there is software available, once the Vita has a consistent amount of software then the hardware will see healthy sales. And it will happen, probably not until well into next year though.

Software must also be appealing. Persona is a strong IP on Sony platforms, as well as Hatsune Miku, but boosts like the one during previous week are really not relevant.

 

[Erethian]

It doesn't indicate that Vita is saved or on an upward trend, but it does show that it will sell if there is software available, once the Vita has a consistent amount of software then the hardware will see healthy sales. And it will happen, probably not until well into next year though.

Of course it will sell if it has software, that's the same for every system. The hardware price definitely doesn't help, but it's not the core issue.

The problem for the Vita has always been that publishers aren't lining up to make games for it. And while Persona looks to have done well there are other titles that didn't, so it's not a rosy sales picture all round.

 

[Sage00]

Not surprised at Lollipop. Seen it advertised everywhere.

Previous Grasshopper flops were clearly due to Capcom/MMV failures!

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Last minute predictions for Persona?

I go with 117k.

 

[Aostia]

Very positive sign for Vita having finally a 1st place in terms of software!
It seems also good hanging for DQ and good debut for Lollipop.
Let's see how the HW will perform...

 

[Sadist]

Last minute predictions for Persona?

I go with 117k.

89k

 

[Alrus]

Last minute predictions for Persona?

I go with 117k.

I'll go with between 80-90k.

 

[Ratrat]

160k

 

[grimshawish]

78k

 

[BadWolf]

More curious about the hardware numbers, if there is an actual respectable bump or if the sales are mostly to current owners.

 

[Adr1an]

120k for P4G is my guess

 

[RurouniZel]

My guess is 67K for P4G

 

[Aostia]

112k for Persona, I think.

 

[HiddenAway]

Predicted: 91,231

 

[ganbareneopokekun]

86k

 

[michaelius]

75k for P4

 

[electroplankton]

Over 100k, below 125k.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Let's hope you guys are wrong, wth.

 

[Celine]

Over 100k, below 125k.

Sound a safe prediction.

EDIT:
How was/is DQM stock situation?

 

[Magicpaint]

Under 100k would be slightly disappointing for Persona 4, but still good. I hope for 120k or so.

 

[GhostTrick]

My guess is 200k for P4

 

[HiddenAway]

My guess is 200k for P4

Wasn't the shipment only 150k? XD

 

[schuelma]

96K guess