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Media Create Sales Jan 15 - 21
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Mithos Yggdrasill
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Bud said:
I agree. Wii Sports has an almost constant attach rate and we can estimate Wii's numbers easily. Sony has only thing to do to sell more PS3: cut the price. What ? I have said this already 10 times and more ?!? I will repeat it it forever if Sony doesn't low this damned price.
marvelharvey
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Wow, that's exactly the same as last week! Although the DS has had a huge boost from last week's 115k
the thoroughbred
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I think that 200k number could be a sign of Nintendo's, increase in production,taking affect. With what 2.5 million a month, we'd better prepare for some serious monsoon, after a 14 month long drought. I predict this year is gonna be even more insane for the DS than last. Just imagine, if they put out 1 million of the 2.5 a month, to Japan, thats a constant 250k a week. Oh boy, I hope they have increased game cartridge production too. We wouldn't want shortages of that too, remember a few months ago.
LoL Europe had cardboard game boxes, not enough plastic.
LoL Europe had cardboard game boxes, not enough plastic.
Pureauthor
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Bud said:
Check the topics around.
DefectiveReject
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Topical discussion, bought to you by BUD!Bud said:
Mithos Yggdrasill
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So, I think it is safe to say that there is a clear trend on Japan now: Wii and DS. DS and Wii again.
Until something big comes out, this is the reality and it is incredible: Sony has sold 21 millions PS2 in Japan. Then arrived the DS and corrupted literally all japanese's brains. PS3's sales and its clear availabity are the proof that the market has changed drammatically in last 2 years.
It is not the change itself that scares me, but how much and how fast it changed and that a single handheld changed it. 10 years of Playstation's brand, with almost no market for Nintendo's home system anymore and then a unknown Nintendo DS came out and detroyed all with its passage. :O
And now that Wii is surfing on Nintendo DS's path, it seems that Sony is loosing the console market too, in Japan.
If I would have said that 2 years ago, people had answered me: "you foolish idiot".
I just cannot believe what I see.
Until something big comes out, this is the reality and it is incredible: Sony has sold 21 millions PS2 in Japan. Then arrived the DS and corrupted literally all japanese's brains. PS3's sales and its clear availabity are the proof that the market has changed drammatically in last 2 years.
It is not the change itself that scares me, but how much and how fast it changed and that a single handheld changed it. 10 years of Playstation's brand, with almost no market for Nintendo's home system anymore and then a unknown Nintendo DS came out and detroyed all with its passage. :O
And now that Wii is surfing on Nintendo DS's path, it seems that Sony is loosing the console market too, in Japan.
If I would have said that 2 years ago, people had answered me: "you foolish idiot".
I just cannot believe what I see.
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Mmm, #6 for Hotel Dusk was a little dissapointing but it seems the top10 is going to pull very good numbers and 60k sounds very good for it. It'll easily achieve 100k like Another Code did, hopefully some more.
Glad to know that Z rating didn't kill GTA. Most likely it won't match Vice City but they don't deserve so after such a long delay! Hopefully Capcom will pick up GTA:LCS for PSP?
Dissapointing for me, easy, Enchant Arm (come on, just 15k for the first RPG on PS3? what a shame, its not from Idea Factory) and to some extent Sangokushi Taisen, but it seems SEGA (or maybe the shops like sinobi said) didn't expect it to do better. Good enough for idolm@ster. I'd like to know where is Seikaiju no Meikyuu by the way...
Very good for Picross but...the 2 best selling DS games this are from 3rd parties! Rejoice!
Glad to know that Z rating didn't kill GTA. Most likely it won't match Vice City but they don't deserve so after such a long delay! Hopefully Capcom will pick up GTA:LCS for PSP?
Dissapointing for me, easy, Enchant Arm (come on, just 15k for the first RPG on PS3? what a shame, its not from Idea Factory) and to some extent Sangokushi Taisen, but it seems SEGA (or maybe the shops like sinobi said) didn't expect it to do better. Good enough for idolm@ster. I'd like to know where is Seikaiju no Meikyuu by the way...
Very good for Picross but...the 2 best selling DS games this are from 3rd parties! Rejoice!
Magicpaint
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Bud said:
Not really, considering Vice City sold pretty damn well there.
Eteric Rice
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Mithos Yggdrasill said:
Yeah, it's like the dormant wrath of Nintendo was released through a small device with two screens.
What's even MORE crazy is the trend is expanding beyond Japan. Even in the US, games that normally wouldn't have been well recieved are getting very popular. It's absolutely crazy.
BrodiemanTTR
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Hooray for Hotel Dusk charting at #6. This game definitely deserves to sell
. And it's nice to see DQMJ with top 10 legs after the restock.
so Nintendo can buy Cing
Pureauthor
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*cue 2 page Lapsed post about Blue Market and disruptive products*
But yeah, Nintendo really knew what they were doing this time around.
But yeah, Nintendo really knew what they were doing this time around.
Magicpaint
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Bud said:
Can't remember, but probably not. What you have to understand though is that with the high VC sales, GTA sort of established itself as a recognisable brandname in Japan and thus I believe that's what has reflected in the high first week sales.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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Pureauthor said:
What is the next thing we should expect ? I think that at GDC Miyamoto will present something absolutely crazy.
MrSardonic
The nerdiest nerd of all the nerds in nerdland
Looks like Nintendo are heading for great sales again this week. The software is also strong. What we see so regularly with DS software is the prolonged sales...it is a different pattern to that typical of PS2 software.
100k for DS during any week of the year is now just "solid". If the demand stays high and the new increase in production gets more units to Japan then the DSL could beat 2006's massive record hardware sales.
100k for DS during any week of the year is now just "solid". If the demand stays high and the new increase in production gets more units to Japan then the DSL could beat 2006's massive record hardware sales.
BrodiemanTTR
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Mithos Yggdrasill said:
Japanese Game Industry Success Training. Create kooky off-beat game consoles and watch your company's profits skyrocket! Money printer sold seperately.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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MrSardonic said:
In term of Software's sales, it is interesting to note that the biggest seller on Nintendo DS will not be a Nintendo's game, but Square-Enix's Dragon Quest IX. In fact, if we think really about that, Nintendo has not so many millions seller for Japan this year. perhaps that's because now the development has switched on Wii and they know that DS's Software of 2005-2006 are still selling like crazy (Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Brain Training, ..).
DeaconKnowledge
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Mithos Yggdrasill said:
I keep saying this, but that is intentional.
Nintendo always scales back development after a system is established and lets third parties take over once they "get" the hardware. It's not a coincidence. This is why the GameCube has such drought stretches, there were very few 3rd parties to fill in the gap between the Nintendo releases. The DS, (And from the looks of it, the Wii) will not suffer the same fate.
Pureauthor
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Mithos Yggdrasill said:
I will tell you right now:
There is no way DQIX will outsell Pokemon. And it will have an uphill struggle matching NSMB and AC:WW.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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Pureauthor said:
I'm speaking about Japan and only about 2007. Pokémon is simply already out.
Magicpaint
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Pureauthor said:
I think what he was getting at was that for all releases this year, DQIX would probably be the highest selling of them all.
Fantastic sales for DQMJ, Sangokushi Taisen, and Hotel Dusk. We all figured DQMJ would bounce back strongly after some of the supply issues got ironed out, but this is quite a strong rebound... if it pulls in a couple weeks like this, it'll go well past my mid-end 1.3-1.5 estimate.
As to Sango and HD, it's really nice to see them get off to good starts (especially Sangokushi, if it did have a low order). Sega's been on a real roll lately on the DS, between L&B, Shiren, and now this.
I'm hoping Sekaiju pulled in good second week sales, though.
As to Sango and HD, it's really nice to see them get off to good starts (especially Sangokushi, if it did have a low order). Sega's been on a real roll lately on the DS, between L&B, Shiren, and now this.
I'm hoping Sekaiju pulled in good second week sales, though.
Pureauthor
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You could have made that a bit clearer, but in that case, yeah. Out of what we've seen thus far, DQIX should sell the most.
turkification
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Wii is the new DSL, lol.
DeaconKnowledge
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Jammy said:Wii continues to outsell PS3 by 4-to-1 in Japan and 3-to-1 worldwide.
Don't worry, once Sony drops the price 50 bucks it's over.
Mithos Yggdrasill
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Pureauthor said:
Are you searching woes ?
Magicpaint
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ethelred said:
And if that happens, should put it past DQM2 and considering the steep decline that DQM:CH brought about, that's a massive and impressive rebound for the series in general, S-E should be happy and this bodes well for DQIX.
ethelred said:
Not to mention they've enjoyed great sales for Yakuza(Best) and Yakuza 2. Yeah, SEGA is indeed on a roll. I guess retailers would order more copies of Sangokushi Taisen, but either way, they should be impressed.
ethelred said:
Yeah, considering this is like a high sales week, there's still hope that it pulled in another 20 or so thousand copies. Atlus, eitherway massively underestimated demand, though.
DeaconKnowledge
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ethelred said:
You're right, what was I thinking?
Mithos Yggdrasill
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You hope too much from a single game, but I agree that a nice boost is more then likely. But what the PS3 need in Japan is a price cut and FFXIII or MGS4 or DMC4 in short time. And this is not the case: that's why I'm worried. What BIG games will come for PS3 this year ? And with "BIG", I mean millions sellers, considering the userbase of end 2007 (of course a million-seller now is impossibleethelred said:
).BrodiemanTTR
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duckroll said:
Seriously? After charting #8 in its first week?
DeaconKnowledge
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Mithos Yggdrasill said:You hope too much from a single game, but I agree that a nice boost is more then likely. But what the PS3 need in Japan is a price cut and FFXIII or MGS4 or DMC4 in short time. And this is not the case: that's why I'm worried. What BIG games will come for PS3 this year ? And with "BIG", I mean millions sellers, considering the userbase of end 2007 (of course a million-seller now is impossible
Oh Mithos, such innocence....
Magicpaint said:
Yeah. Depending upon how the game performs over the next two weeks, we could be looking at the possibility of this reaching DQM1 territory, and I believe that was the most successful game in the series aside from the main games (DQI-VIII), including the remakes.
It's a huge turnaround no matter what happens, though -- to increase over its predecessor by over 40% as a baseline.
Magicpaint said:
duckroll said:
Yes, Atlus massively underestimated demand... ducky's bitterness confirms this for us. :lol
Mithos Yggdrasill said:You hope too much from a single game, but I agree that a nice boost is more then likely. But what the PS3 need in Japan is a price cut and FFXIII or MGS4 or DMC4 in short time. And this is not the case: that's why I'm worried. What BIG games will come for PS3 this year ? And with "BIG", I mean millions sellers, considering the userbase of end 2007 (of course a million-seller now is impossible
Um, no. Virtua Fighter 5 is going to turn around the PS3's performance, and I think once it comes out you're going to see a steep decline in Wii sales.
Pureauthor
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The internet needs sarcasm tags, like, yesterday.
duckroll, you still haven't been able to find a copy, have you?
duckroll, you still haven't been able to find a copy, have you?
BrodiemanTTR
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Pureauthor said:
I've been had haven't I?