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Media Create Sales: 14 - 20 August
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Moor-Angol
Banned
Probably this game could be another million seller on DS:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/list/B000ESH6DM/ref=pd_ts_vg_21/250-1581520-2111419?ie=UTF8&n=202763011&s=videogames
Maybe most of people never heard about this game, but japanese gaffers can confirm it's very popular there
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/list/B000ESH6DM/ref=pd_ts_vg_21/250-1581520-2111419?ie=UTF8&n=202763011&s=videogames
Maybe most of people never heard about this game, but japanese gaffers can confirm it's very popular there
DefectiveReject
Banned
elostyle said:How about telling us what the **** it is?
i think its that Girls wardrobe game, where they can dress dolls and swap clothes and stuff?
Correct me if i'm wrong.
jarrod said:
Pass on all three I'm afraid. I haven't seen data for any of them unfortunately.
Would definitely be something I'd like to see myself though. SMB USA couldn't have sold a lot, and neither would Zelda 1 re-release I'd imagine (not enough to make the top 100 chart of 94 put it that way).
I'll see what more I can find out...
Earthstrike
Member
If this is the kth week of sales for NSMB, then does NSMB hold the record for most units sold in its kth week?
I have to ask the question, why is hardware sales never posted in these threads?
Is it only reported monthly rather than weekly?
I always come to these threads in hopes of seeing hardware sales. I don't have any handhelds or a PS2 so I don't find Japanese software sales interesting at all.
Is it only reported monthly rather than weekly?
I always come to these threads in hopes of seeing hardware sales. I don't have any handhelds or a PS2 so I don't find Japanese software sales interesting at all.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
GDJustin said:
And? Utada's tetris stuff is viral marketing. She talks about how SHE enjoys the game, she plays it, she refers it to you. This is viral marketing. It's marketing set up to look live and not coerced.
The only borderline is with pre-recorded celebrity endorsements. These are a middle ground between normal marketing and viral marketing.
Pureauthor
Member
You have to hang around for a bit longer, buddy. Hardware sales come one day later.
Frankfurter
Member
Last Hope said:
Hardware are always posted in the weekly threads (i.e. like this), but they come out one day after the software data (we'll know them in about ~9 hours afair).
Don't worry, not only you can buy the actual cloths you can also buy cards and scan 'em to your DS for a small fee! not only that you can get stickers! pink stickers!Jiggy37 said:Man, I hope that comes here.
Not lying, either. I love those "doll creator" Japanese websites when I'm trying to create characters (I'm a writer) and imagine what they'd wear and what that would say about them, but it'd be nice to have an offline version.
This is worse then viva pinata
LanceStern
Banned
It boggles my mind that in a little over 3 months, MARIO, the franchise everyone was proclaiming everyone was getting tired of and will never sell well again/will bomb in Japan and everywhere else/won't break 1.5 million...
MARIO, the Phoenix Down of gaming, has once again climbed back to the top of the world and has hit just about 3 million sells in 13 weeks. I myself thought that it would only reach about 1.5 million and be through, getting de-throned by Braint Training and Animal Crossing... but he like many other DS games before has shattered just about all sales expectations...
The game is the EPITOME of handheld 2d gaming goodness. You pick it up, it's nice on the eyes, nice on the ears, easy to play, and portable You just put it on sleep mode wheenever you want, and just pick it back up when you feel like a refreshing run and jump gameplay experience. There's no over-violence, no questionable material, no crazy, out-of-place gameplay, just genuine fun, easy to pick up and play gaming. That is Mario
That is why he's selling like he deserves. It almost brings a tear to my eye. Mario is back baby.
And once again beautiful sales for Animal Crossing and I'm surprised Tetris is back on there, nice to see it too. And WHERE THE HECK DID MARIO KART DS COME FROM? Guess people needed more snakers to challenge...
If you told me a month before NSMB was releasing that it would reach 3 million in Japan alone and sell like hotcakes in every region, I would have laughed at your face and said you knew nothing about sales trends. But in DS's case... no-one knows nothing about sales trends @_@
MARIO, the Phoenix Down of gaming, has once again climbed back to the top of the world and has hit just about 3 million sells in 13 weeks. I myself thought that it would only reach about 1.5 million and be through, getting de-throned by Braint Training and Animal Crossing... but he like many other DS games before has shattered just about all sales expectations...
The game is the EPITOME of handheld 2d gaming goodness. You pick it up, it's nice on the eyes, nice on the ears, easy to play, and portable You just put it on sleep mode wheenever you want, and just pick it back up when you feel like a refreshing run and jump gameplay experience. There's no over-violence, no questionable material, no crazy, out-of-place gameplay, just genuine fun, easy to pick up and play gaming. That is Mario
That is why he's selling like he deserves. It almost brings a tear to my eye. Mario is back baby.
And once again beautiful sales for Animal Crossing and I'm surprised Tetris is back on there, nice to see it too. And WHERE THE HECK DID MARIO KART DS COME FROM? Guess people needed more snakers to challenge...
If you told me a month before NSMB was releasing that it would reach 3 million in Japan alone and sell like hotcakes in every region, I would have laughed at your face and said you knew nothing about sales trends. But in DS's case... no-one knows nothing about sales trends @_@
LanceStern
Banned
And it REALLY is going to happen isn't it? Mario is going to hit 4 million in Japan alone...
The only title I expected to ever do that again was Pokemon, and that's the two games combined....
Never Mario.
The only title I expected to ever do that again was Pokemon, and that's the two games combined....
Never Mario.
imastalker co.
Banned
what do all these games have in common?ioi said:
if Wii manages to literally lock up japan, Yamauchi will rise from the dead and demote Iwata.
A Link to the Past
Banned
LanceStern said:
Didn't you hear, Lance? Tetris DS, Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros. are all non-games.
Stumpokapow said:
That isn't what viral marketing is! VIRAL marketing is creating a marketing message that the enthusiasts and fans THEMSELVES carry and spread. Hence it being... wait for it... viral. OurColony.net from MS is a good recent example. http://www.slimeknights.com/ for DQ VIII is another perfect example.
Hiring a group of message board posters to talk up your game falls into this category, because the assumption is that the message won't just stop there... other (unpaid) forum members will presumably pick up those "sweet new screenshots" or whatever is it and spread it on their own.
People toss around buzzwords like "viral marketing" without even thinking about what they mean. Sometimes non-viral campaigns can BECOME viral, if they're especially entertaining or funny. Think about any sweet TV commercial you've seen that later ended up on YouTube, and people are linking their friends to it not because they give a shit about the toothpaste being sold, but because it's hilarious. The ad is now viral. Before, it wasn't.
Sega's My Big Ball ads for Monkey Ball were created to be viral - www.mybigball.com/.
I wrote a LOT about this subject when I was at GDBIZ. The gist of it is that gamers are an incredibly savvy and jaded bunch - a hard group of people to market to. You can't "fool" them - they know when they're being marketed to. So the solution is to produce things that are BLATENTLY marketing (our colony, slimeknights, my big ball), but provide their audience with GENUINE value (early info, free shit, laughs), so that they're still willing to link up their friends.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
GDJustin said:
Good post. One should also note the difference between buzz marketing and viral marketing, which often gets blurred around here.
jarrod said:
Right, just looked it up and have found some interesting sales.
Super Mario USA sold 0.70m in Japan
Along with a load of other nice data, most of which i have already included on VG Charts (SM USA slipped through the net)
http://homepage2.nifty.com/kamitoba/report/company2/ncllist.html
Have also found 3-4 places which say SMB on FDS sold 630k.
Also, I am soon going to have charts from 1990 +
Joe Molotov
Member
A Link to the Past said:
Is it too early to declare Final Fantasy III a non-game, or do we have to at least wait until the first week sales figures come in?
Square2005
Banned
ioi said:Also, I am soon going to have charts from 1990 +
So ioi, do you have pre-Sept/95 TOP30 scans of 1995 charts?
If so i'll send over teh TOP40data and begin copying/translating your '95 charts.
citrus lump
Banned
imastalker co. said:
Did Yamauchi pass away? Why haven't I seen anything on this?
LanceStern
Banned
A Link to the Past said:
Not to mention franchises that have had a history of selling great in Japan compared to real games.
You know like how Star Fox, MegaMan, Gundam, Digimon Story (tho very impressed by it), Children of Mana, Magical Vacation 2 etc. couldn't break 300,000 rite? Or how PSP's SD Gundam, a franchise that doesn't usually sell a lot, outsold all of those games (except Children of Mana) even though it has less than fanbase.
Logan Cano
Banned
I came in, waiting to see if the DS wank-a-thon in Japan had finished now...sadly it hasn´t. What a pity, the home console market there is going to be decimated by portables.
Joe Molotov
Member
Logan Cano said:
Fixed. No need to use a plural there.
Earthstrike
Member
Wasn't hardware supposed to be in today already. Also how many units must NSMB sell next week in order to be the biggest seller in its 14th week.
Tornado Condor
Member
citrus lump said:
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AdmiralViscen
Banned
ioi said:
Wow, really?
DSL 74,495
PSP 41,535
PS2 26,833
GBASP 3,823
GBM 2,266
Xbox360 1,493
GC 922
DS 712
GBA 20
Xbox 7
http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html
They forgot the 1 on the DSL too, imo
PSP 41,535
PS2 26,833
GBASP 3,823
GBM 2,266
Xbox360 1,493
GC 922
DS 712
GBA 20
Xbox 7
http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html
They forgot the 1 on the DSL too, imo
Clever Pun
Member
Jetku said:
it's okay - they'll have the "4" on there next week