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Japan sharts: Media Create 6 - 12 Jun
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norinrad21
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GhaleonEB said:
we really don't know.
we need umd sales charts soon however
GhaleonEB said:
I dunno, when was the last time a PSP game worth buying came out? Last game I got for the system was ToE and that was early March. Next games worth getting are Adventure Player (June 30th), Tenchi no Mon (sometime July), Tenchu (July 28th). Other than those weeks, don't expect to see any PSP in the charts or PSP HW sales go up.
norinrad21
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GaimeGuy said:"GUYS I'M CONFUSED THIS GAME IS ON TWO SYSTEMS AT ONCE? ARGH I CAN'T BUY IT TOO CONFUSING!"
Indeed casual often do not know what to go for.
K7should have been exclsuive
GhaleonEB said:
Last week:
4. PSP Gagharv Trilogy: A Drop of Scarlet - Bandai - 13,000 (NEW)
None until.....
April 18-April 24:
10. PSP Shutokou Battle - Genki - 29,000 (new)
March 28-April 3:
10. PSP Bleach: Heat the Soul - SCE - 10,000 (47,000)
March 21-March 27:
5. PSP Bleach: Heat the Soul - SCE - 37,000 (NEW)
March 14-March 20:
9. PSP Sarugetchu P! - SCE - 20,000
10. PSP Tales of Eternia - Namco - 20,000 - 131,000
March 7-March 13:
3 PSP Tales of Eternia Namco 30,489 111,139
That's a sample...but it seems like since Nintendo opened up a can of whoop-ass with Nintendogs, things just aren't going in Sony's favor...
mj1108 said:
Seriously Nintendo and the DS have very little influence on how the PSP software is doing. When no big games come out how can you expect the PSP software sales to be good? Sony is the only one shooting themselves in the foot here, no the DS; They released the system too early and developers just don't have any games near completion yet.
Bebpo said:
That's funny, people were saying the same thing about the DS about 3 months ago. :lol
I think the PSP's releases weren't spaced out enough. We hear a lot of how nintendo loves delaying titles just to space out their releases, and while it does get annoying at times, the PSP is a perfect example of what happens if you don't space out your releases, IMO.
GaimeGuy said:
The difference is that 2 months before the DS launch developers knew when the system was launching and about when they needed games done. 2 months before the PSP launch developers were going WTF IT'S COMING OUT IN TWO MONTHS!?!?! and have been scrambling to get projects moving since. E3 showed the western PSP developers still didn't have their act together, TGS will be the last straw and show if the Japanese PSP developers have gotten a handle on PSP development...or not :\
Azure Dream
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GaimeGuy said:"GUYS I'M CONFUSED THIS GAME IS ON TWO SYSTEMS AT ONCE? ARGH I CAN'T BUY IT TOO CONFUSING!
He's got a bit of a point, VJ got a strong push from Cube fans when it was a quirky, well-made brawler exclusive to the platform that may not have done as well in the US if media and fans hadn't gone out of their way to promote it. So Capcom, in thanking them, screwed them over with extra playable characters on the platform they _didn't_ buy it for, and announced a simultaneous release of a sequel on both the Cube and the PS2, the PS2 not "earning" it but getting it because it's industry standard and the largest potential userbase. (Even though VJ PS2 sales tanked.)
Killer 7 might've done just as poorly as a PS2 exclusive, but they could've milked the "surreal Cube exclusive" angle probably to better sales. Sony wouldn't even OK the game at first for US release, just because the art style was unique. (I'm getting sick of SCEA's picky opinion about the look of games, and how many games I've heard denied or delayed because they didn't fit the traditional mold.) But as it stands now, neither PS2 nor Cube fanboys are really energized about improving sales of the game.
Smiles and Cries
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Bebpo said:
:lol :lol as much as I do Agree with you it still came out at me as a funny damage control
look at it this way if you take out all the DS games from the top 20 each week PSP software does much better no matter how shitty the software are...
So in reality DS Software is kicking the PSP's ASS period there is no other way to spin it.
C- Warrior
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CVXFREAK said:
Rationality and Capcom don't go together.
And DMC1 recieved A LOT of hype. Sure Code Veronica X did something, but it was mostly the hype and 9's and 10's across the review board.
You know, going off that (demo thing).
Capcom better put a shit load of demos on the PS2 version of RE4.
It's an rated M title. (so you have freedom to put any demo on there).
It should be more popular than not (anything over 300,000 is considered popular enough in my book).
And finally, Capcom only expected to sell 300,000 units worldwide for Killer 7.
I'd say they hit 50,000 combined in Japan with both versions.
And hitting 250,000 (with both versions) in Europe and NA isn't TOO far of a stretch. They will at the least SHIP that number which (to Capcom) is just as good as selling the actual unit.
Scrow said:
Lol.
As for the DS software advantage, the economics of the DS development is going to keep software coming for years to come. There's plenty of very good games on the PC side that can be handled with the DS hardware and benefit from the touchscreen that simply won't see the light of day on any other console.
Considering that total software sales are down to about 50% of what they were last year, your argument doesn't hold that much water. If it was just a matter of too many games then total software sales numbers wouldn't be were they are right now but instead those same numbers would be spread across all the games. Japanese people aren't just buying less of certain games, they're buying less of ALL games (non-games excludedBebpo said:
).Fuzzy said:Considering that total software sales are down to about 50% of what they were last year, your argument doesn't hold that much water. If it was just a matter of too many games then total software sales numbers wouldn't be were they are right now but instead those same numbers would be spread across all the games. Japanese people aren't just buying less of certain games, they're buying less of ALL games (non-games excluded
Yes they are buying less games total, but right now the market is in very bad shape and less games with higher sales would help keep it afloat for at least another few years.
If the sales continue to go down, I'd expect companies like Capcom and Namco to end up like Sega.
Namco seems to be faring better than Capcom, however. Even though Namco's games don't meet their ridiculous expectations, they still sell pretty well. Capcom, on the other hand, just make games that nobody wants. I think pretty soon Capcom will need financial help from another company, whether it's investment or buyout. I have no idea who would do it though.Bebpo said:
Smiles and Cries
Member
Thursday 4pm in Japan where is the HARDWARE #s?
SolidSnakex
Member
CVXFREAK said:
But given that K7 has no mass appeal (unlike DMC), do you really think it'd help? It seemed like with K7 the more people got to know about how it played, the less they were interested in it. When the game was originally announced it was actually behind RE4 as the most anticiapted Capcom game, but as people got to know more about it the more anticipation for the game dropped.
neopokekun
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Someone photoshop in a rain of yen bills around them.
Smiles and Cries
Member
dammit no more bumping without my hardware numbers
solarplexus
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According to Dengeki the Gamecube version of Killer 7 placed only on 20th
solarplexus said:According to Dengeki the Gamecube version of Killer 7 placed only on 20th
So probably about 5,000-6,000 max.
Game's going to do under 40k for both systems combined there. Probably the same in Europe. They're going to have to hope it does relatively well on either system in NA to make up for it. 120k-140k shouldn't be too hard. SoAL managed that with no advertising.
Smiles and Cries
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AniHawk said:
Post away dude!
Smiles and Cries
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AniHawk said:
that's not what you posted before... Liar! Liar! Your pants on Fire!
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Capcom are fucked in the US too. Well, sort of.
Aside from some big hitters like RE4 and DMC4, they've had awful sales these last couple of years. I can't remember the specific month, but sometime late last year every Capcom game except VJ2 was being outsold by Katamari Damacy! I don't think it was even KD's first month, and VJ2 was only about a 1000 above it.
And the Christmas before that was really poor for them as well, though I have no figures. I just remember being a bit shocked. They're starting to remind me of Sega, only there hasn't really been a drop in the quality of their products yet, thank god.
And of course, everyone can see from a mile off that VFX Battle and Okami are heading for the same bomb pile.
Aside from some big hitters like RE4 and DMC4, they've had awful sales these last couple of years. I can't remember the specific month, but sometime late last year every Capcom game except VJ2 was being outsold by Katamari Damacy! I don't think it was even KD's first month, and VJ2 was only about a 1000 above it.
And the Christmas before that was really poor for them as well, though I have no figures. I just remember being a bit shocked. They're starting to remind me of Sega, only there hasn't really been a drop in the quality of their products yet, thank god.
And of course, everyone can see from a mile off that VFX Battle and Okami are heading for the same bomb pile.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Myoclonic Jerk
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other hardware numbers?