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Media Create Sales: Week 42, 2016 (Oct 17 - Oct 23)

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Media Create Sales: Week 42, 2016 (Oct 17 - Oct 23)

01./00. [PS4] Battlefield 1 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800) - 113.081 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.10.20} (¥4.700) - 26.473 / NEW
03./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories # <RPG> (Capcom) {2016.10.08} (¥5.800) - 25.550 / 233.286 (-62%)
04./00. [PSV] Macross &#916; Scramble # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.10.20} (¥6.100) - 24.607 / NEW
05./00. [PSV] RecoLove: Blue Ocean / Gold Beach <SLG> (Kadokawa Games) {2016.10.20} (¥6.980) - 16.171 / NEW
06./00. [PS4] NBA 2K17 # <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2016.10.20} (¥6.800) - 9.777 / NEW
07./03. [WIU] Paper Mario: Color Splash <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.10.13} (¥5.700) - 7.784 / 28.678 (-63%)
08./05. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura <RPG> (Level 5) {2016.07.16} (¥4.800) - 7.403 / 1.291.841 (-34%)
09./00. [PSV] Idol Death Game TV <ADV> (D3Publisher) {2016.10.20} (¥6.800) - 5.822 / NEW
10./02. [PS4] Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration <Rise of the Tomb Raider \ Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch \ Rise of the Tomb Raider: Cold Darkness Awakened> <ADV> (Square Enix) {2016.10.13} (¥6.800) - 5.680 / 26.832 (-73%)
11./07. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) - 5.536 / 156.637 (-14%)
12./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) - 4.700 / 901.333 (-15%)
13./06. [PS4] Persona 5 # <RPG> (Atlus) {2016.09.15} (¥8.800) - 4.673 / 358.774 (-43%)
14./12. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: God Chapter / Dragon Chapter <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2016.07.28} (¥4.800) - 3.861 / 199.500 (-24%)
15./00. [PSV] Suran Digit # <ADV> (Idea Factory) {2016.10.20} (¥6.300) - 3.672 / NEW
16./10. [PS4] FIFA 17 # <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.09.29} (¥7.800) - 3.499 / 77.623 (-37%)
17./15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) - 3.484 / 180.880 (-16%)
18./14. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) - 3.324 / 456.904 (-26%)
19./04. [PSV] Kangokutou Mary-Skelter # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2016.10.13} (¥6.800) - 3.096 / 21.454 (-83%)
20./20. [WIU] Splatoon # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) - 2.514 / 1.484.797 (-19%)
21./17. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.08.04} (¥5.700)
22./23. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf [Nintendo Selects] <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.03.17} (¥2.700)
23./16. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2017 <SPT> (Konami) {2016.09.15} (¥7.600)
24./13. [3DS] Super Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Kyuukyoku no Shinobu to Battle Player Choujou Kessen! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.09.15} (¥5.300)
25./27. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2016.07.21} (¥4.800)
26./24. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.571)
27./18. [PS3] Persona 5 # <RPG> (Atlus) {2016.09.15} (¥8.800)
28./00. [PS3] NBA 2K17 <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2016.10.20} (¥5.800)
29./08. [PS4] PlayStation VR Worlds |PlayStation VR| <ETC> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2016.10.13} (¥4.900)
30./09. [PS4] BlazBlue: Central Fiction # <FTG> (Arc System Works) {2016.10.06} (¥6.800)
31./28. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition <The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt \ The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone \ The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine> <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2016.09.01} (¥6.480)
32./00. [XB1] Battlefield 1 # <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800)
33./35. [PS3] FIFA 17 # <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.09.29} (¥7.800)
34./44. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2015.12.10} (¥8.400)
35./32. [PS3] Winning Eleven 2017 <SPT> (Konami) {2016.09.15} (¥6.600)
36./46. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.03} (¥2.400)
37./38. [3DS] One Piece: Daikaizoku Coliseum <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.09.21} (¥5.700)
38./40. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥5.700)
39./37. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games <SPT> (Nintendo) {2016.02.18} (¥4.700)
40./35. [PS3] FIFA 17 # <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.09.29} (¥7.800)
41./50. [3DS] Monster Hunter Generations # <ACT> (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥5.800)
42./26. [PS3] BlazBlue: Central Fiction # <FTG> (Arc System Works) {2016.10.06} (¥6.800)
43./00. [3DS] Monster Strike <RPG> (Mixi) {2015.12.17} (¥4.500)
44./33. [PSV] Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro # <SLG> (Aqua Plus) {2016.09.21} (¥6.800)
45./42. [3DS] Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns <SLG> (Marvelous) {2016.06.23} (¥4.980)
46./39. [3DS] Tomodachi Life [Nintendo Selects] <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.03.17} (¥2.700)
47./49. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don Don! Mystery Adventure <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.06.16} (¥4.800)
48./21. [3DS] LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2016.10.13} (¥4.700)
49./47. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.200)
50./00. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.571)

Top 50

3DS - 19
PS4 - 12
PSV - 7
PS3 - 6
WIU - 5
XB1 - 1

SOFTWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|  ALL  |    404.000 |    355.000 |    362.000 | 21.044.000 | 26.436.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS4  |     27.069 |     30.154 |     22.801 |  1.090.708 |    952.425 |   3.391.788 |
| 3DS # |     24.643 |     27.508 |     21.429 |  1.138.191 |  1.465.076 |  21.324.193 |
| PSV # |      8.853 |      8.772 |     13.763 |    636.294 |    749.409 |   5.229.692 |
|  WIU  |      1.919 |      2.430 |      9.961 |    253.671 |    499.051 |   3.274.334 |
|  PS3  |        763 |        814 |      1.909 |     53.766 |    195.104 |  10.441.846 |
|  XB1  |        752 |        323 |      1.009 |      5.617 |     14.596 |      69.508 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     63.999 |     70.001 |     70.872 |  3.178.247 |  3.875.661 |  43.731.361 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PSV  |      8.853 |      8.772 |     12.981 |    636.294 |    721.698 |   5.044.239 |
|  2DS  |      7.404 |      8.203 |            |     68.869 |            |      68.869 |
|n-3DSLL|     14.092 |     15.905 |     16.144 |    813.111 |    969.581 |   3.283.230 |
| n-3DS |      2.700 |      2.983 |      3.530 |    180.408 |    306.587 |   1.012.855 |
| 3DSLL |         77 |         71 |        478 |     12.382 |     89.400 |   6.955.647 |
|  3DS  |        370 |        346 |      1.277 |     63.421 |     99.508 |  10.003.600 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+


Famitsu Sales: Week 43, 2016 (Oct 17 - Oct 23)

01./00. [PS4] Battlefield 1 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800) - 116.475 / NEW <60-80%>
02./00. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.10.20} (¥4.700) - 37.569 / NEW <20-40%>
03./00. [PSV] Macross &#916; Scramble # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.10.20} (¥6.100) - 28.497 / NEW <60-80%>
04./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories # <RPG> (Capcom) {2016.10.08} (¥5.800) - 20.151 / 235.204 <80-100%> (-67%)
05./00. [PSV] RecoLove: Blue Ocean / Gold Beach <SLG> (Kadokawa Games) {2016.10.20} (¥6.980) - 19.167 / NEW <40-60%>
06./05. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura <RPG> (Level 5) {2016.07.16} (¥4.800) - 11.115 / 1.285.980 <80-100%> (-36%)
07./02. [WIU] Paper Mario: Color Splash <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.10.13} (¥5.700) - 9.481 / 37.917 <40-60%> (-67%)
08./00. [PS4] NBA 2K17 # <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2016.10.20} (¥6.800) - 9.320 / NEW <60-80%>
09./03. [PS4] Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration <Rise of the Tomb Raider \ Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch \ Rise of the Tomb Raider: Cold Darkness Awakened> <ADV> (Square Enix) {2016.10.13} (¥6.800) - 6.532 / 27.400 <60-80%> (-69%)
10./00. [PSV] Idol Death Game TV <ADV> (D3Publisher) {2016.10.20} (¥6.800) - 6.032 / NEW <40-60%>
11./09. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) - 4.668 / 154.196 <80-100%> (-10%)
12./00. [PSV] Suran Digit # <ADV> (Idea Factory) {2016.10.20} (¥6.300) - 4.273 / NEW <60-80%>
13./07. [PS4] Persona 5 # <RPG> (Atlus) {2016.09.15} (¥8.800) - 3.748 / 351.410 <80-100%> (-46%)
14./11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: God Chapter / Dragon Chapter <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2016.07.28} (¥4.800) - 3.543 / 236.074 <80-100%> (-26%)
15./13. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) - 3.510 / 791.727 <80-100%> (-19%)
16./08. [PS4] FIFA 17 # <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.09.29} (¥7.800) - 3.284 / 72.454 <80-100%> (-38%)
17./04. [PSV] Kangokutou Mary-Skelter # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2016.10.13} (¥6.800) - 3.173 / 20.993 <60-80%> (-82%)
18./14. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) - 2.981 / 432.709 <80-100%> (-28%)
19./23. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) - 2.545 / 139.512 <80-100%> (-12%)
20./12. [3DS] Super Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Kyuukyoku no Shinobu to Battle Player Choujou Kessen! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.09.15} (¥5.300) - 2.399 / 25.631 <60-80%> (-46%)
21./17. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2017 <SPT> (Konami) {2016.09.15} (¥7.600) - 2.394 / 86.487 <80-100%> (-30%)
22./16. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.08.04} (¥5.700) - 2.382 / 164.309 <80-100%> (-31%)
23./22. [WIU] Splatoon # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) - 2.354 / 1.420.223 <80-100%> (-23%)
24./20. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.571) - 2.232 / 3.107.590 <80-100%> (-31%)
25./25. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2016.07.21} (¥4.800) - 2.228 / 61.145 <80-100%> (-12%)
26./00. [PS3] NBA 2K17 <SPT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2016.10.20} (¥5.800) - 2.073 / NEW <20-40%>
27./28. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf [Nintendo Selects] <ETC> (Nintendo) {2016.03.17} (¥2.700) - 1.899 / 108.778 <80-100%> (-16%)
28./10. [PS4] BlazBlue: Central Fiction # <FTG> (Arc System Works) {2016.10.06} (¥6.800) - 1.815 / 37.460 <60-80%> (-65%)
29./30. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.03} (¥2.400) - 1.742 / 122.063 <80-100%> (-10%)
30./24. [PS3] Persona 5 # <RPG> (Atlus) {2016.09.15} (¥8.800) - 1.737 / 107.702 <80-100%> (-39%)

Top 30

3DS - 10
PS4 - 9
PSV - 6
WIU - 3
PS3 - 2

HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS4  |     26.719 |     29.447 |     21.562 |  1.157.092 |    888.963 |   3.287.825 |
| 3DS # |     26.015 |     30.315 |     19.394 |  1.114.639 |  1.447.679 |  21.151.595 |
| PSV # |      7.514 |      7.881 |     13.516 |    700.356 |    727.760 |   5.082.773 |
|  WIU  |      2.130 |      2.558 |      9.349 |    300.918 |    501.899 |   3.244.505 |
|  PS3  |        473 |        547 |      1.433 |     45.864 |    171.885 |  10.252.605 |
|  XB1  |        215 |        899 |        813 |      5.613 |     14.220 |      69.664 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     63.066 |     71.647 |     66.067 |  3.324.482 |  3.752.406 |  43.088.967 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  2DS  |      8.728 |     11.149 |            |     82.889 |            |      82.889 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

Media Create / Famitsu database
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Media Create Sales: Week 41, 2016 (Oct 10 - Oct 16)
 
Big drop for MHS. Maybe the Direct will help boost its sales and raise awareness.

How is the situation at retails? I know it's been sold out on Amazon forever.
 

L~A

Member
Nice debut for Battlefield 1... best one yet?

Also, 3DS still tracking ahead of 2015 weekly sales thanks to the 2DS.

Sad that MC isn't going to share weekly data for PSVR... though Week 2 sales would have been horrible given the shortages.
 

Toni

Member
Is this the highest debut for a Battlefield game in Japan? Those are pretty good numbers.
 

DKHF

Member
Good number for BF1.

Mario Party Star Rush will definitely end up selling a lot lower than I predicted...
 
Macross didn't bomb quite as hard as I expected, but it's still a poor result and it's only just above World Trigger which I'd consider the bar for decent performance of an anime game on Vita (however, Macross has shown a great performance in the past and isn't getting it now):

World Trigger; Borderless Mission 2015 Bandai-Namco 23,334 / 50,392

Macross &#916; Scramble 2016 Bandai Namco Games - 24.607 / ???

Also, those Reco Love sales are abysmal:

PhotoKano Kiss 2013 Kadokawa 30,172 / 61,620

Amagami Ebikore Plus 2014 Kadokawa 20,519 / 42,036

PhotoKano Kiss Ebikore 2015 Kadokawa 9,512 / 18,812

RecoLove: Blue Ocean / Gold Beach 2016 Kadokawa Games - 16.171 / ???

As for Idol Death Game TV... lol. Should've put more fanservice in.
 

noobie

Banned
PS4 NOT stabilizing at 30k.

I think price cut impact is not very impressive. Should have gone up especially with some impressive Battlefield FW numbers.
 

Vena

Member
Welp. PS4 hardware took another slide (with a still healthy BF1 release), guess I was wrong in my opinion last week but right in expectations before that.

Good on BF1 though.
 
11./07. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) - 5.536 / 156.637 (-14%)
12./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) - 4.700 / 901.333 (-15%)

Wonder if the streams will cross.

Also, 900k for the game on Vita! Wonder if it'll reach 1m this year.
 

DKHF

Member
Is that a bad number for Mario Party? Don't know about the popularity of the franchise in Japan.
It's the worst first week number ever for a game with Mario Party in the title. I don't know if that matters that much though if Nintendo had low expectations.
 

maxcriden

Member
Yo-Kai comparison:

YK2:

W1: 1.316.707
W7: 77.465
W15: 42.778 (2.755.687 total)

YK2 3rd version:

W1: 1.244.171
W7: 31.875
W15: 11.353 (2.551.238 total)

YKB (spin-off):

W1: 693.538
W7: 48.592
W15: 26.512 (1.654.171 total)

YK3:

W1: 632.135
W7: 32.460
W15: 7.403 (1.291.841 total)
 

zeromcd73

Member
Mario Party bomba
PS4 not stabilizing at 30k
Monster Hunter Stories dropping. Hopefully the extremely positive reception helps the title with its legs.
PSV probably forever saying goodbye to the 10k line (outside of Christmas).
 

hiska-kun

Member
Not the best debut for Battlefield:

01./00. [PS3] Battlefield 4 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2013.11.07} (¥7.665) - 121.699 / NEW <59,98%>

03./00. [PS3] Battlefield 3 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2011.11.02} (¥7.665) - 123.379 / NEW

01./00. [PS4] Battlefield 1 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800) - 113.081 / NEW
 
PS4 will get more bumps from FFXV and PS4P but I don't think it is sustainable. Continuous stream of games and success of PSVR are the key to keep PS4 afloat in Japan.
 
Yo-Kai comparison:

YK2:

W1: 1.316.707
W7: 77.465
W15: 42.778 (2.755.687 total)

YK2 3rd version:

W1: 1.244.171
W7: 31.875
W15: 11.353 (2.551.238 total)

YKB (spin-off):

W1: 693.538
W7: 48.592
W15: 26.512 (1.654.171 total)

YK3:

W1: 632.135
W7: 32.460
W15: 7.403 (1.291.841 total)

Well the announcement of Sukiyaki is/will certainly hurt Sushi/Tempura, it was doing ok up until now.
 
Not the best debut for Battlefield:

01./00. [PS3] Battlefield 4 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2013.11.07} (¥7.665) - 121.699 / NEW <59,98%>

03./00. [PS3] Battlefield 3 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2011.11.02} (¥7.665) - 123.379 / NEW

01./00. [PS4] Battlefield 1 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800) - 113.081 / NEW

Considering the setting I think it did well enough though. Don't think that WW1 setting is as appealing in Japan as in west.
 

RamzaIsCool

The Amiga Brotherhood
PS4 numbers are disappointing. i thought from this week onward with the release of a steady stream of "big" titles it would go up a bit.
 

L~A

Member
Not the best debut for Battlefield:

01./00. [PS3] Battlefield 4 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2013.11.07} (¥7.665) - 121.699 / NEW <59,98%>

03./00. [PS3] Battlefield 3 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2011.11.02} (¥7.665) - 123.379 / NEW

01./00. [PS4] Battlefield 1 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800) - 113.081 / NEW

Ah, right. So the drop goes on.
 
BF1 is without much doubt the best Battlefield entry with digital. You don't really need 90% here.

Also I take it that pretty much everyone is convinced no one in Japan is interested in PS4 Pro.
 

RocknRola

Member
Huh. BF1 continues to pull in good numbers. Wonder if with the advent of Splatoon perhaps a similar twist on FPS games could get Japan fully on board with those sort of games.
 

Welfare

Member
I wonder if Famitsu will show XB1 over 1,000 if Media Create saw an increase of 429 this week.

Also nice opening for BF1.
 
Japanese market is slowly getting Westernized I guess.
Considering a lot of indie games like Stardew Valley and Axiom Verge that pay homage to Japanese games, I think it goes both ways. I think that's mostly a good thing, but it's a shame that there seems to be fewer Japanese games these days.
 

Dash Kappei

Not actually that important
success of PSVR are the key to keep PS4 afloat in Japan.

Doomed then.

But seriously, it's the other way around man, and even then it'll never go beyond being a niche product.
For Japan, Sony has to hope for PSVR's software attachment ratio to be great enough to justify its space on store shelves in the eyes of retailers.
 
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