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Media Create Sales: Week 18, 2013 (Apr 29 - May 05)

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extralite

Member
electroplankton said:
Anyway, many years ago, Sony also had Arc the Lad that was almost a million seller.
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The first two Arc the Lads were million sellers. If you add the Best version, the first game sold well over 1.5 million.

191 PS アークザラッド SCE 1995/06/30 111万0000本
214 PS アークザラッドII SCE 1996/11/01 106万0000本
446 PS アークザラッド (ザ・ベスト) SCE 1996/07/12 47万6199本
http://geimin.net/da/db/ruikei_fa/index.php
 
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electroplankton

Banned
extralite said:
The first two Arc the Lads were million sellers. If you add the Best version, the first game sold well over 1.5 million.

191 PS アークザラッド SCE 1995/06/30 111万0000本
214 PS アークザラッドII SCE 1996/11/01 106万0000本
446 PS アークザラッド (ザ・ベスト) SCE 1996/07/12 47万6199本
http://geimin.net/da/db/ruikei_fa/index.php
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So I remember correctly (I didn't put "almost" at the beginning). I wonder how Sony could fuck up such a big IP.
 
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electroplankton

Banned
Sandfox said:
They pretty much sacrificed all of their IPs that were popular in Japan in favor of games that would appeal more to the west.
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I also think that some of those IP were quite specific of the platform and the period. Parappa the Rapper doing a million wasn't going to last; Arc the Lad suffered the jRPG fade we saw during PS2 era.
 
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DarkLordMalik

Member
electroplankton said:
I also think that some of those IP were quite specific of the platform and the period. Parappa the Rapper doing a million wasn't going to last; Arc the Lad suffered the jRPG fade we saw during PS2 era.
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The JRPG genre was still alive and kicking during PS2 era, at least in Japan. I still don't understand why Sony completely ditched this genre. The had a potential with games like Arc The Lad and Legend of Dragoon.
 
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metalslimer

Member
Well either Sony has a MH game for Vita lined up for this year or they're going to be sadly(?) disappointed with Vita this year
 
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electroplankton

Banned
DarkLordMalik said:
The JRPG genre was still alive and kicking during PS2 era, at least in Japan. I still don't understand why Sony completely ditched this genre. The had a potential with games like Arc The Lad and Legend of Dragoon.
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Sony released two Arc the Lad games for PS2, but they didn't sell well. And also produced three jRPGs with Level-5 on PS2.

Anyway, PS2 saw the affirmation of known IPs, but few new IPs selling really well, and no jRPGs outside DQ / FF selling over a million.
 
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DarkLordMalik

Member
electroplankton said:
Sony released two Arc the Lad games for PS2, but they didn't sell well. And also produced three jRPGs with Level-5 on PS2.
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Maybe they were terrible and hence failed. Who knows :p

I do remember the Level 5 RPGs. I think they were Dark Cloud 1 & 2 and Rogue Galaxy, right?

Anyways, i hope they get back into this genre again with PS4.
 
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electroplankton

Banned
DarkLordMalik said:
Maybe they were terrible and hence failed. Who knows :p

I do remember the Level 5 RPGs. I think they were Dark Cloud 1 & 2 and Rogue Galaxy, right?

Anyways, i hope they get back into this genre again with PS4.
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I don't think they will.
Given their effort on PS3, and what they showed for PS4 so far, to me it seems Sony will not develop Japan-oriented games outside Minna no Golf and some indie titles like Tokyo Jungle.
 
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Pooya

Member
http://www.konami.co.jp/en/ir/

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^there is a lengthy report about konami's take over defense measures, haven't read it.

http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/620EFBC88E88BB1EFBC89E8A39CE8B6B3E8B387E69699.pdf
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ArtHands

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Mr Swine said:
So will Sony fund another Soul Sacrifice game for Vita? With all the advertisements the game got, surely it must have costed Sony a lot for all?
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For the bigger picture, i believe they will fund another soul sacrifice even if they didn't breakever for the game. They have to put on a brave front and pretend it is a major success, so they can convince people that the vita situation is not as dire as many people think.
 
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AniHawk

Member
konami looks like they've had decent success with the 3ds. maybe they'll finish up mega man legends 3 after all?
 
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electroplankton

Banned
AniHawk said:
konami looks like they've had decent success with the 3ds. maybe they'll finish up mega man legends 3 after all?
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After all, you cannot sell games that don't exist.
The only two releases were Magician's Quest and Castlevania. The former performed quite well in Japan, the latter underperformed, but it had just one month of sales apparently.
 
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Kenka

Member
AniHawk said:
konami looks like they've had decent success with the 3ds. maybe they'll finish up mega man legends 3 after all?
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At this stage, I don't understand all the love for Megaman when Breath of Fire has a more urgent need to be revived.
 
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DarkLordMalik

Member
3.15 million for MGS series in FY 2013. This only includes 1-1.5 weeks of Revengeance sales, right?

I hope somebody can give us exact MGR numbers.

Kenka said:
At this stage, I don't understand all the love for Megaman when Breath of Fire has a more urgent need to be revived.
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I heard that Square recently canned several titles. Maybe, one of them is a secret BOF revival project.
 
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Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Konami releases for 3DS between April 1st, 2012 and March 31st, 2013

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 3D
Magician's Quest
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate

Konami releases for Vita between April 1st, 2012 and March 31st, 2013

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 Ketteiban
Pro Baseball Spirits 2013

If I forgot anything, fell free to correct.
 
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ragincajun77

Banned
Spiegel said:
Thanks for proving my point.
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Lol, edgy!

Every single week since the price cut someone makes the predication that Vita will return to sub-10k numbers within 2 weeks. Since that time, however, Vita has never dropped below the #2 spot on either chart. I always get a good laugh by all the arm-chair gaming industry experts in this topic. It's rich, really!
 
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
ragincajun77 said:
Lol, edgy!

Every single week since the price cut someone makes the predication that Vita will return to sub-10k numbers within 2 weeks. Since that time, however, Vita has never dropped below the #2 spot on either chart. I always get a good laugh by all the arm-chair gaming industry experts in this topic. It's rich, really!
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You have become the new Vita master ninja.

Since you fail to understand the obvious Vita's real test will be after Golden Week, when software drought begins. Not that it did anything special last week
 
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ragincajun77

Banned
Chris1964 said:
You have become the new Vita master ninja.

Since you fail to understand the obvious Vita's real test will be after Golden Week, when software drought begins. Not that it did anything special last week
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Haha, see the fact is i really don't give a shit. i fucking hate nintendo for personal reasons , but even then im not going to get all butt hurt about proving that the Wii U is a massive failure. But i digress. I'll see you next week just for shits and giggles Mr. "Sales-Age Genie"! And what is your prediction? Will it drop from the #2 spot on the hardware charts?
 
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electroplankton

Banned
ragincajun77 said:
Haha, see the fact is i really don't give a shit. i fucking hate nintendo for personal reasons , but even then im not going to get all butt hurt about proving that the Wii U is a massive failure. But i digress. I'll see you next week just for shits and giggles Mr. "Sales-Age Genie"! And what is your prediction? Will it drop from the #2 spot on the hardware charts?
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It might not drop from the #2 spot and still selling abysmally, like 12k units.
 
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Exterminieren

Banned
ragincajun77 said:
Haha, see the fact is i really don't give a shit. i fucking hate nintendo for personal reasons , but even then im not going to get all butt hurt about proving that the Wii U is a massive failure. But i digress. I'll see you next week just for shits and giggles Mr. "Sales-Age Genie"! And what is your prediction? Will it drop from the #2 spot on the hardware charts?
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Why this preoccupation with second place? It's outselling 7 year old consoles and a failing console. Second place is absolutely nothing to shout about.

I like Nintendo, but the Wii U is failing. Personal opinion has little to do with anything.
 
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Tom_Cody

Member
Bruno MB said:
Code: 
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|    | [B]Friend Collection[/B] |[B]Friend Col.New Life[/B]|  [B]Difference[/B]  |
|    | [NDS] (2009/06/18)| [3DS] (2013/04/18)|              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  FC - FC:NL  |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|  1 |  100.373|  100.373|  411.025|  411.025|       310.652|
|  2 |   70.117|  170.490|  151.741|  562.766|       392.276|
|  3 |   50.944|  221.434|  191.862|  754.628|       533.194|  
|  4 |   52.698|  274.132|         |         |              | 
|  5 |   60.060|  334.492|         |         |              |  
|  6 |   71.175|  405.367|         |         |              |  
|  7 |   78.174|  484.541|         |         |              |  
|  8 |   88.958|  572.499|         |         |              |  
|  9 |  126.484|  698.983|         |         |              | 
| 10 |   66.596|  765.579|         |         |              |
| 11 |   69.757|  835.336|         |         |              |
| 12 |   88.033|  923.369|         |         |              |
| 13 |   70.214|  993.583|         |         |              |
| 14 |   72.719|1.066.302|         |         |              |
| 15 |   89.801|1.156.103|         |         |              |
| 16 |   68.371|1.224.474|         |         |              |
| 17 |   63.632|1.288.106|         |         |              |
| 18 |   60.251|1.348.357|         |         |              |
| 19 |   51.908|1.400.265|         |         |              |
| 20 |   52.736|1.453.001|         |         |              |
| 21 |   65.576|1.518.577|         |         |              |
| 22 |   62.907|1.581.484|         |         |              |
| 23 |   59.481|1.640.965|         |         |              |
| 24 |   68.244|1.709.209|         |         |              |
| 25 |   70.977|1.780.186|         |         |              |
| 26 |   96.917|1.877.103|         |         |              |
| 27 |  187.920|2.065.023|         |         |              |
| 28 |  246.925|2.311.948|         |         |              |
| 29 |  183.209|2.495.157|         |         |              |
| 30 |   98.717|2.593.874|         |         |              |
| 31 |   62.033|2.655.907|         |         |              |
| 32 |   56.539|2.712.446|         |         |              |
| 33 |   55.433|2.767.879|         |         |              |
| 34 |   45.563|2.813.442|         |         |              |
| 35 |   44.424|2.857.866|         |         |              |
| 36 |   37.144|2.895.010|         |         |              |
| 37 |   35.488|2.930.498|         |         |              |
| 38 |   38.052|2.968.550|         |         |              |
| 39 |   38.570|3.007.120|         |         |              |
| 40 |   37.391|3.044.511|         |         |              |
| 41 |   41.327|3.085.838|         |         |              |
| 42 |   36.602|3.122.440|         |         |              |
| 43 |   25.274|3.147.714|         |         |              |
| 44 |   19.194|3.166.908|         |         |              |
| 45 |   18.454|3.185.362|         |         |              |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|Year|   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |  Difference  |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
|  1 |2.311.948|2.311.948|  754.628|  754.628|    -1.557.320|
|  2 |1.196.148|3.508.096|        -|        -|             -|
|  3 |  126.510|3.634.606|        -|        -|             -|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------------|
| LTD|        -|3.634.606|        -|  754.628|    -2.879.978|     
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Those are some fascinating numbers. It's staggering to see how strong its leg continued to be for 2 years.

It will be amazing if New Life can manage to hold off the original.

ksamedi said:
I think eshop downloads will significantly contribute to those numbers as well. AC has become very big indeed.
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Are eShop sales factored in to these Japanese numbers? If not, these and Animal Crossing's numbers are even more impressive.
 
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Nekki

Member
ragincajun77 said:
Haha, see the fact is i really don't give a shit. i fucking hate nintendo for personal reasons , but even then im not going to get all butt hurt about proving that the Wii U is a massive failure. But i digress. I'll see you next week just for shits and giggles Mr. "Sales-Age Genie"! And what is your prediction? Will it drop from the #2 spot on the hardware charts?
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Oh, I love drama!!

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Magicpaint

Member
ragincajun77 said:
Lol, edgy!

Every single week since the price cut someone makes the predication that Vita will return to sub-10k numbers within 2 weeks. Since that time, however, Vita has never dropped below the #2 spot on either chart. I always get a good laugh by all the arm-chair gaming industry experts in this topic. It's rich, really!
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There were also predictions here that the Vita was going to maintain a 25-30k baseline after Soul Sacrifice. It goes both ways, dude. Who is closer to the true baseline for the Vita? We'll know in a couple of weeks!

I love this trend of posters showing up and trying to call out other people for making actual contributions to Sales-Age.
 
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electroplankton

Banned
Tom_Cody said:
Those are some fascinating numbers. It's staggering to see how strong its leg continued to be for 2 years.

It will be amazing if New Life can manage to hold off the original.

Are eShop sales factored in to these Japanese numbers? If not, these and Animal Crossing's numbers are even more impressive.
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Famitsu numbers have those download cards you can but at retailers, but not purchase made directly through eShop. It seems AC is close to 4 million units so maybe it has been download 500.000 times.
 
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ragincajun77

Banned
urfe said:
He means you'll probably get yourself banned in the near future (i.e. before Vita hits third place).
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For what? Exercising an opinion that differs from his? If freedom of expression is a bannable offense here, then do it cause I wouldn't want any part of that kind of forum.
 
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urfe

Member
electroplankton said:
Famitsu numbers have those download cards you can but at retailers, but not purchase made directly through eShop. It seems AC is close to 4 million units so maybe it has been download 500.000 times.
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Not sure if people are aware (haven't been following these threads too closely recently), but getting a download card at a convenience store (not a game store) is a few hundred yen cheaper than downloading it online through buying points. So perhaps more people may it with download cards than they do through points.

ragincajun77 said:
For what? Exercising an opinion that differs from his? If freedom of expression is a bannable offense here, then do it cause I wouldn't want any part of that kind of forum.
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I would guess your rhetoric, not your opinion.

electroplankton said:
Maybe, but IIRC there was a period where AC was sold-out both retail copies and download card, so many people chose to download it from the eShop.
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Good point. That period most definitely existed.
 
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electroplankton

Banned
urfe said:
Not sure if people are aware (haven't been following these threads too closely recently), but getting a download card at a convenience store (not a game store) is a few hundred yen cheaper than downloading it online through buying points. So perhaps more people may it with download cards than they do through points.
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Maybe, but IIRC there was a period where AC was sold-out both retail copies and download card, so many people chose to download it from the eShop.
 
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BriBri

Member
electroplankton said:
Famitsu numbers have those download cards you can but at retailers, but not purchase made directly through eShop. It seems AC is close to 4 million units so maybe it has been download 500.000 times.
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Assuming the Media Create data is exact, then Animal Crossing digital (store card + eShop) is 883,772 as of 31 March.

Edit: if I've done that right. The sales data here http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/3ds.html minus Media Create totals on 31 March.
 
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Exterminieren

Banned
ragincajun77 said:
For what? Exercising an opinion that differs from his? If freedom of expression is a bannable offense here, then do it cause I wouldn't want any part of that kind of forum.
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Possibly for coming into a thread and insulting established and respected regulars?

Disagreeing's fine. Being a dick isn't, really.
 
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