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[Canis lupus]

All right, I'll eat crow on the Vita.

I thought it would do way, way worse than that.

Many people had low expectations because it was Pokemon week.

 

[Nightengale]

60k is great, but next week will be the real story of where Vita's momentum will be at.

Let's hope Vita sustains itself well over the next 4 weeks until its November megaton, God Eater 2 is released. That should inject a lot more life into the system until the December Final Fantasy release.

 

[sajj316]

I think I'm more surprised with GTA V numbers ... in Japan!!

 

[Takao]

That SEGA soccer game had some insane expectations, right?

Dangan Ronpa should easily clear Spike Chunsoft's 100k goal.

 

[duckroll]

Almost 390k for GTA5. That's a much larger launch than I think most people expected. Could actually clear 500k at this rate.

 

[chrominance]

Before I opened this thread I was thinking to myself, okay, Vita is probably between 8k and 12k, I'll be surprised if it's much higher than that.

Clearly I'm not ready for the Japan SalesGAF competitions yet. Holy crap.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Wii U stunk it up badly sheesh

 

[slaughterking]

Combined GTA sales are close to 400k. That would be mighty impressive for most (Japanese) games, but for GTA it's really outstanding.

 

[BadWolf]

Handheld country indeed.

3DS killing it and Vita showing some signs of life.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

I might be being an asshole, but the posts in the last MC thread (Noone in Vita line, none moving at that one store, Amazon musings, etc) had me thinking the Vita would've done far less.

 

[Sadist]

Poor Wii U.

On the other hand Pokémon is a monster and a really good weak for Vita. Will be interesting to see if it holds.

 

[Mr.Speedy]

Wow at the Wii U. That's unbelievable. Did Wind Waker do nothing for that poor console?

 

[Kouriozan]

Does someone have the old Pokémon games first week numbers?

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Does someone has the old Pokémon games first week numbers?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=86233627&postcount=922

 

[SmokyDave]

60k and four titles in the charts.

I could weep with joy.

 

[BlackLagoon]

Is that number bad or good judging by past Compile Heart games?

Seems like their best first week sales ever. The first shipment sold out, and they sent out a notice apologizing for the lack of stock and promising a new shipment today.

Anyway, very happy for the Vita numbers. Hopefully it won't go down too fast until God Eater 2 arrives next month.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

If nothing else, this was smart time for the new model and colors.

God Eater 2 coming up will deliver a significant bump I imagine, and FFX/X2 next month should help as well.

Plus the smaller inbetween releases too.

Also I'm impressed by Sen no Kiseki staying on the charts despite the loading issues. Another 10,000 this week is pretty solid.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

I'm more surprised by the GTA V sales figure more than anything on there

 

[Jucksalbe]

Wow, I didn't expect the increase for the Vita to be so big.

 

[Oemenia]

60k is great, but next week will be the real story of where Vita's momentum will be at.

Let's hope Vita sustains itself well over the next 4 weeks until its November megaton, God Eater 2 is released. That should inject a lot more life into the system until the December Final Fantasy release.

We know that it wont do a whole lot for underlying Vita sales but 60k certainly beat all expectations. The week before it was announced the Vita sold just over 5k.

 

[BadWolf]

Wow at the Wii U. That's unbelievable. Did Wind Waker do nothing for that poor console?

To be expected from an overpriced HD port.

 

[creamsugar]

Wii U is dead dead.

 

[Kouriozan]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=86233627&postcount=922

Thank you

 

[Deleted member 125677]

Does someone has the old Pokémon games first week numbers?

[B]Pokémon series:[/B]

[NGB] Pokémon Red / Green / Blue (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} - 140.074 / 7.783.101
[NGB] Pokémon Yellow (Nintendo) {1998.09.12} - 851.091 / 2.294.065
[NGB] Pokémon Gold / Silver (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} - 1.425.768 / 6.089.503
[NGB] Pokémon Crystal (Nintendo) {2000.12.14} - 707.580 / 1.871.307
[GBA] Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire (Nintendo) {2002.11.21} - 1.245.003 / 5.337.045
[GBA] Pokémon Fire Red / Leaf Green (Pokémon Co.) {2004.01.29} - 955.337 / 3.076.047
[GBA] Pokémon Emerald (Pokémon Co.) {2004.09.16} - 643.987 / 2.197.017
[NDS] Pokémon Diamond / Pearl (Pokémon Co.) {2006.09.28} - 1.586.360 / 5.825.222
[NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon Co.) {2008.09.13} - 967.675 / 2.603.358
[NDS] Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokémon Co.) {2009.09.12} - 1.408.980 / 3.924.604
[NDS] Pokémon Black / White (Pokémon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 2.637.285 / 5.477.552
[NDS] Pokémon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokémon Co.) {2012.06.23} - 1.618.621 / 2.990.161
[B][3DS] Pokémon X / Y (Pokémon Co.) {2013.10.12} - 2.096.050 / NEW[/B]

[B]Top 10 biggest first week sales:[/B]

01. [NDS] Pokémon Black / White (Pokémon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 2.637.285 / 5.477.552 (2 days)
02. [PSX] Final Fantasy VIII (Square) {1999.02.11} - 2.504.044 / 3.501.588 (4 days)
03. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) {2009.07.11} - 2.343.440 / 4.155.274 (2 days)
04. [PS2] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) {2004.11.27} - 2.236.881 / 3.555.469 (2 days)
05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 2.146.467 / 4.502.846 (5 days)
06. [B][3DS] Pokémon X / Y (Pokémon Co.) {2013.10.12} - 2.096.050 / NEW (2 days)[/B]
07. [PSX] Final Fantasy VII (Square) {1997.01.31} - 2.034.879 / 3.277.776 (3 days)
08. [PSX] Final Fantasy IX (Square) {2000.07.07} - 1.954.421 / 2.707.301 (3 days)
09. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom) {2013.09.14} - 1.875.115 / 2.706.707 (2 days)
10. [PSX] Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshitachi (Enix) {2000.08.26} - 1.862.065 / 3.893.293 (2 days)

Final Fantasy - 3
Dragon Quest - 3
Pokémon - 2
Monster Hunter - 2

here it is aaaaaaaaaaaaaand beaten

 

[shinra-bansho]

How does GTA compare to past games?

Did way better than I expected. I was thinking like 100k.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 412,100
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - 410,293
Grand Theft Auto III - 358,917

Famitsu though, not MC.

 

[shink]

Wow at the Wii U. That's unbelievable. Did Wind Waker do nothing for that poor console?

That was released two weeks prior and did nothing for hardware.

 

[TheChaos0]

And people thought that Vita wouldn't go up by much. Personally, I didn't expect it rise this much. There are a few releases this week as well as new Vita model and I think people were holding out until the new model would come out.

Vita TV coming in a month with God Eater 2, will be interesting how many units will that do.

I thought Pokemon would push more 3DSs though.

Very impressive GTA5 numbers.

 

[Myshkin]

I figured there was enough pent up demand for the new Vita models to get it into the 30's, not this.
I don't see the LE for Fencer.

 

[Kouriozan]

here it is aaaaaaaaaaaaaand beaten

Black and White was really a monster, X/Y being the second best first week is pretty good.

 

[Aquamarine]

Pokemon X / Y, GTA V (PS3 + 360), and Fairy Fencer F are all operating under a 80-100% sell-through, a very healthy sell-through rate.

Soccer Tsuku PSV + F1 2013 at 40-60% look like they're underwhelming sales-wise.

 

[Canis lupus]

I had never heard of Soccer Tsuku and it opened surprisingly well, I think?

This is the only trailer I found with some gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0CPx8TAX38

 

[Lexxism]

3DS is finally up YOY! Hopefully 2013 3DS can top the 2012 3DS LTD.

 

[SmokyDave]

See. It's up YOY now.

Yeah, I think we were using different definitions of 'this / last week'. I meant the results we'd see this week, which are obviously the sales from last week. In essence, we were actually saying the same thing.

 

[Plinko]

I actually expected more Vita sales.

 

[Captain Smoker]

hmm I expected pokemon numbers to be above 2 million, how many days did this chart count it for since it came out on the 12th..just 1 day??

Famitsu: 2.096.050

They include DD-card-sales.


3DS overtook last year sales.

 

[BadWolf]

Now it will be interesting to see how the Vita TV helps as there is clearly at least some interest in Vita there.

 

[michaelius]

I expected much smaller bump for Vita

Pokemon not killing Vita can be explained by diffrent audience.
MH4 was going directly after fans of PSP while Pokemon is franchise everyone knows will be on Nintendo handheld so it was factored in buying decisions since beginning.

Also i told people they are underestimating Dangan Ronpa It was selling for weeks in top 30 when anime started airing.

 

[Gamerloid]

3DS and Pokemon didn't disappoint. Vita is surprising. We knew that the low sells meant people had to have been waiting for the new models, but I didn't think it'd sell like this. Will it continue? Who knows.

Wii U.... Man, get back in the game! I hate to see a system sell so poorly...

 

[Billy Big Bollocks]

Is the new Vita model significantly cheaper then the original Vita's current price?

 

[Moor-Angol]

That SEGA soccer game had some insane expectations, right?

Both versions had negative comments on amazon, i don`t know about PS3 version, but PSV`s one has a small text, so it's difficult to read, especially if you don`t know some kanji and need to translate them
I bought the game and after 1 hour i had to stop due to an incoming headache, i sold it back today and i just lost 900yen (payed 5,900yen on amazon and sold to book-off for 5,000yen)

i had great expectation for this game, but honestly it`s almost unplayable

 

[That1BlackGuy]

A lot going on this week:

-Pokemon X/Y as expected did phenomenal which is no surprise.
-Playstation Vita did much better than I anticipated which is wavy.
-Grand Theft Auto put up some good numbers too!
-WiiU... under 3.5k... SMH.

If PS Vita can hold its momentum til God Eater 2 is released that'd be a huge boon for both GE2 (which will sell well anyway) and the Vita. Sony would be crazy not to do a GE2 bundle.

 

[dallow_bg]

Is the new Vita model significantly cheaper then the original Vita's current price?

Same price.

 

[Thorgal]

Before I opened this thread I was thinking to myself, okay, Vita is probably between 8k and 12k, I'll be surprised if it's much higher than that.

Clearly I'm not ready for the Japan SalesGAF competitions yet. Holy crap.

In that case .nobody is ready for sales GAF competitions Yet as Vita caught everyone by surprise.

 

[Oemenia]

I'm more surprised by the GTA V sales figure more than anything on there

The franchise has always sold well in Japan and it looks like this will quite easily be the best selling one.

 

[frankie_baby]

I do actually wonder if the upcoming wii u bundles could breathe a bit of life in to windwaker, not saying I expect miracles but say a Zelda fan doesn't own a wii u yet and was planning on picking one up for it its quite likely some would've held off til the bundles release

 

[Wynnebeck]

60k and four titles in the charts.

I could weep with joy.

I knew I pulled out the lotion for some reason! I'm eating some delicious crow right now!

 

[dragonflys545]

Wii U is dead dead.

So... NPD sales is worst?

 

[duckroll]

Here's a comparison with the more notable GTA series sales in Japan (Famitsu numbers, Media Create doesn't go back far enough):

GTA3 - 358,917
GTA3 Re-release - 96,538

GTA VC - 410,293
GTA VC Re-release - 191,280

GTA SA - 412,100
GTA SA Re-release - 47,592

GTA LCS (PSP) - 125,507
GTA LCS (PSP) Re-release - 90,925
GTA LCS (PS2) - 74,286

GTA VCS (PSP) - 80,420
GTA VCS (PSP) Re-release - 121,920
GTA VCS (PS2) - 31,760

GTA4 (PS3) - 211,240
GTA4 (PS3) Re-release - 87,306
GTA4 (XB) - 65,486

GTA4 Episodes from Liberty City (PS3) - 120,600

 

[MoogleWizard]

Crazy Pokémon sales, but that's to be expected. The real story is the new Vita model, it lives!

Spoiler

kind of at least

I just don't understand why? The new model is more of a downgrade than an upgrade, do Japanese gamers really hate OLED or something?

 

[Nightengale]

Sony would be crazy not to do a GE2 bundle.

You were saying? =)