Wow. That's quite the increase then for this installment.
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Media Create Sales: Week 8, 2012 (Feb 20 - Feb 26)
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Wow. That's quite the increase then for this installment.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Edit - Never mind, too slow.
One of the few titles I can remember doing so was FF III DS.
Tales actually did quite poorly compared to previous spin-offs.
[PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco) - 108.356
[PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.10} - 222.068
[PSP] Tales of Versus (Namco Bandai) - 133,076
Very good start for Harvest Moon! Quiet good also Tales of, I was expecting less, honestly.
Good also for Naruto, but I'm not so sure about Asura...
Great legs for the trinity; in particular:
Super Mario 3D Land (+20%)
Monster Hunter 3G (+2%)
I said: WOW!
But also ReR is hanging quiet well. looking at how big numbers Merceneries did out of the chart, I think that it could get the 300 mark, in the next months.
Great numbers for 3ds and I think that 3ds and PS3 will be very hot during March!
Good also for Naruto, but I'm not so sure about Asura...
Great legs for the trinity; in particular:
Super Mario 3D Land (+20%)
Monster Hunter 3G (+2%)
I said: WOW!
But also ReR is hanging quiet well. looking at how big numbers Merceneries did out of the chart, I think that it could get the 300 mark, in the next months.
Great numbers for 3ds and I think that 3ds and PS3 will be very hot during March!
Data Elemental
Member
Looking at all the bold, this week has a bunch of new releases. MK7 is in the Top 10 after all and the trinity remains undisturbed, although it went below SM3DL, which somehow got a nice boost.
Very nice start for Harvest Moon. I wouldn't have expected that.
Vita is still hanging on and refusing let go of the ledge.
Very nice start for Harvest Moon. I wouldn't have expected that.
Vita is still hanging on and refusing let go of the ledge.
BishopLamont
Banned
3DS was never outsold by the DS, and by big margins.
By a PSP that isn't selling well either.
BlazingDarkness
Member
The situation is still similar though (with one losing sales to another) it's just much more severe this time
mugurumakensei
Member
reports from last week suggested not til middle of next weej at earliest. Cart Mfg issues and all that jazz.
durrrrrrrrrr
Member
how did Gal Gun do compared to 360? that Valentine's day demo was good stuff.
Did it really?
I got the impression that its "legs" were essentially retailers trying to sell off the launch shipment.
Edit:
The last chart we have suggests it's still sub 800K, which is less than the ~850K launch shipment.
Risk Breaker
Member
The PSP is too alive.
Portugeezer
Member
BishopLamont
Banned
Its not similar at all when the Vita is selling at about the same level the DS was last year when the 3DS launched.
Yep, all the handhelds are playing the underdogs to the 3DS.
JosephManderley
Member
All the time the PS2 is still selling around 1k a week, do you think Sony will continue to sell it in Japan? Could we see a situation in the future where Sony are selling PS2/3/4 at the same time? I'd imagine as it is still popular in emerging markets they'll keep making PS2 for a few more years?
Hero of Legend
Member
What could be the incentive that caused HM to do so fucking well? Marketing possibly enhanced by the merger (this is the first one since), specific content? Preorder goodies (that I think might've been one of the incentives), I do wonder.
I mean Twin Villages was seemingly the highest prior, and that was at the tail-end of the DS' life, this is the first for the 3DS! :O
I mean Twin Villages was seemingly the highest prior, and that was at the tail-end of the DS' life, this is the first for the 3DS! :O
Cow Mengde
Banned
I guess they discovered real girls.
slaughterking
Member
Even if you're combining PSP and Vita sales you're only looking at 26,000 units. That's still not a lot (and probably worse than what the 3DS did at this time of its life).
mugurumakensei
Member
People especially women finally figured out HM is awesome.
BishopLamont
Banned
Twin Villages increased the fanbase.
The really distressing thing for Sony has to be that even if everyone who bought a PSP this week would instead have bought a Vita, they'd *still* have only sold around a third of what the 3DS sold.
I think the problem is that the 3DS is too alive - and it's being purchased as the followup to the PSP. The PSP itself isn't Sony's problem, the fact that that's seen as a natural upgrade path is their problem.
How's the _used_ game situation for Theatrhythm? That's what typically kills game sales after the first week, but with a rhythm game doubling as a (limited) FF OST media player, such a turnaround may not be as big of an issue.
Stock does look plentiful if you can make it to Sapporo, btw.
Stock does look plentiful if you can make it to Sapporo, btw.
Whelp, guess I'll be holding onto my 3DS for Japan support. 3DS outselling the Vita by an average of over 200K a month in slower months. I expect nearly every publisher to jump ship from the Vita to 3DS if this sales trend continues. Going to have to wait 3 years for Sony to get their act together again like it happened with the PSP and PS3.
This happened a long time ago. HM has been doing well with the female audience since the first game.
BishopLamont
Banned
Sony should pull out the colors card, there's no point holding onto it when Nintendo has already started using it + the special edition 3DS'.
I bought mine Theatrythm on Thursday and when I called that store 2-3 hours earlier they told me they don't have it. I was there a bit after the new batch came.
Persona 4 in June, if you want to count that as 'big'.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So, what about that thread about Vita going 1.5 mil?
Metallix87
Member
10k next week. Brace yourselves.
I can't see Sony not dropping Vita's price before June. Such sales cannot last more longer than that, it would kill its chances to get steady game support.
Father_Brain
Banned
Which is only "big" relative to the rest of the platform's lineup, since Persona 3 Portable only sold a bit over 200K.
Sounds like SE really underestimated that game, but sounds like from other posts they have done the same thing in the past. Wonder what is up with that, do they not have confidence in some of the Nintendo handheld titles?
It could also be just a frontloaded episode, that will drop like a rock from week 2.
If this will happen, we could say that HM was able to create a very strong fanbase that wills to buy the game at launch.
If it will sell well also in the incoming weeks, well we'll be able to say that DS successes were able to increase the popularity of the brand.
BishopLamont
Banned
Do you see MHP3 selling in any significant amount still?