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Media Create Sales: Week 22, 2016 (May 30 - Jun 05)

Hmm I wonder how long it will take NX to pass Wii U heck if ever...
Isn't NX both console and handheld? If so, 12 months, if not less.
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MuchoMalo

Banned
It was a special and limited release with the VC Gen 1 Pokemon. Its effectively a fixed baseline offset since there won't be much more than the 100k sold.

Alright, I guess that's fair.

Hmm I wonder how long it will take NX to pass Wii U heck if ever...

The fact that one game kept Wii U up in Japan for a year is enough to say that NX has a strong chance of being competitive with a good enough library, even if there's not a handheld version, imo.
 

Vena

Member
Isn't NX both console and handheld? If so, 12 months, if not less.
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Yeah, maybe by the end of its third quarter should be around the same numbers.

I'd expect the console format first if it does launch early 2017, while 3DS rides out a while longer on the releases at the tail end of 2016. So it would take longer until a handheld launches, the console will struggle. Unless Nintendo stumbles its way into a compelling proposition.
 
"PS4 will stop selling after March, PS4 always strong on Q1"


end of May and still #1



"Musou spin-off always big drop on second release"


02./01. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.02.26} (¥7.344) - 68.849 / 380.126 <80-100%> (-78%)
03./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.02.26} (¥8.424) - 33.285 / 288.577 <80-100%> (-87%)
Total : 668,703
Total 2nd week : 102,134

01./01. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥7.800) - 41.463 / 230.153 <80-100%> (-78%)
02./02. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 34.016 / 157.828 <80-100%> (-73%)
03./03. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 22.115 / 91.541 <80-100%> (-68%)
Total : 479,522
Total 2nd week : 97,594
 

Instro

Member
I wonder if there will ever be a turn around for traditional gaming in Japan. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo's next pieces of hardware sell worse than the 3DS/WiiU.
 

L~A

Member
Two new colors for New 3DS XL available from tomorrow.

Not expecting a massive boost, but with those 2 + AA6, 3DS should be above 20k next week.

...

Yeah, not taking any risks here.

Btw, could you please post your Mario & Sonic comparison chart when you have the time for it?
 

Ōkami

Member
Famitsu Retail + Digital LTD

[WIU] Super Mario Maker: 962.960

Official Nintendo data had it at 930.000 by March 31st, it's going to sell a million, no real doubt about that.

It's crazy to think that the WiiU will have as many million sellers as the PSP and GBA, 4 times as much as the PS3.

[PS4] Grand Theft Auto V: 304.202

It's sold about 50k this year so far, the leggiest game on PS4 and more than 1/3 of what it sold on PS3.

[PS4] Dark Souls III: 371.215

Second best selling souls game behind the original Dark Souls and is fighting for being the third best selling game on the system with COD:BO3

- - - - - - - - - -

Combined software sales of Minecraft on Vita, PS3, PS4, Wii U and Xbox 360 ammount to more than 1.845.885, that makes it the third best selling western developed game in Japan, it's behind the first two Donkey Kong Country games, and just a hair above the third.

- - - - - - - - -

On Wii U, Star Fox Zero has sold more than the following fan favorites:
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
Fatal Frame: Oracle of the Sodden Raven
Bayonetta 2
Tokyo Mirage Session &#9839;FE
 

Vena

Member
Not expecting a massive boost, but with those 2 + AA6, 3DS should be above 20k next week.

...

Yeah, not taking any risks here.

Btw, could you please post your Mario & Sonic comparison chart when you have the time for it?

Why think small!? Go big, 1000k next week! The planet's tilt axis will go off-kilter as 900k 3DSs spontaneously come into existence in Japan. One would hope they do not have a momentum-vector lest they throw the planet out of stable orbit.

I wonder if there will ever be a turn around for traditional gaming in Japan. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo's next pieces of hardware sell worse than the 3DS/WiiU.

This is a safe bet, selling *more* would be a surprise.
 

udivision

Member
I wonder if there will ever be a turn around for traditional gaming in Japan. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo's next pieces of hardware sell worse than the 3DS/WiiU.

There's nothing about what we know regarding the NX, the state of the industry, Nintendo's overall philosophy, and the health of Nintendo's competition that would suggest the NX console and NX handheld will sell better than the Wii U and 3DS. At this point, there's not much going for them other than the VIta won't be replaced (we assume) but the phone market probably nullifies that. The safe bet is that they'll do worse...
 
"PS4 will stop selling after March, PS4 always strong on Q1"


end of May and still #1



"Musou spin-off always big drop on second release"


02./01. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.02.26} (¥7.344) - 68.849 / 380.126 <80-100%> (-78%)
03./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.02.26} (¥8.424) - 33.285 / 288.577 <80-100%> (-87%)
Total : 668,703
Total 2nd week : 102,134

01./01. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥7.800) - 41.463 / 230.153 <80-100%> (-78%)
02./02. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 34.016 / 157.828 <80-100%> (-73%)
03./03. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 22.115 / 91.541 <80-100%> (-68%)
Total : 479,522
Total 2nd week : 97,594

The PS4 had held up surprisingly well and looks to be in for a good year. Still I can see why those predictions were made.

I'm not sure how you can mock the second prediction with those figures. The game is almost 200K behind at this point despite being released on an extra platform.
 
Still think a game like DQ Heroes II should do better than this. Bleh Japan.

PS4 & PS Vita (for Famitsu at least) being up YoY is cool tho :)

Nick should do really good next week, I trust Amazon & YSO more than the comgnet preorders.
 

horuhe

Member
This week's releases {2016.06.09}

[3DS] New Nintendo 3DS LL Pink x White / Lime x Black<H-W> (Nintendo) (¥18.800)

[3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice # <ADV> (Capcom) (¥5.800)

[PS4] Mirror's Edge Catalyst <ACT> (Electronic Arts) (¥7.800)

[PS4] Project CARS <RCE> (Bandai Namco Games) (¥7.200)

[PS4] MXGP2: The Official Motocross Videogame <RCE> (Intergrow) (¥7.800)

[PS4] Grand Ages: Medieval <SLG> (Ubisoft) (¥7.400)
 

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
I'm not sure how you can mock the second prediction with those figures. The game is almost 200K behind at this point despite being released on an extra platform.

Nothing has changed, One Piece Musou 2 had also a better second week hold and was close to second week sales of 1.

Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2012 (Mar 05 - Mar 11)

01./01. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.03.01} (¥7.800) - 90.133 / 745.907 (-86%)

Media Create Sales: Week 13, 2013 (Mar 25 - Mar 31)

04./02. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥7.800) - 56.457 / 331.082 (-79%)
11./05. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥6.800) - 17.180 / 77.495 (-72%)
 

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Famitsu Sales: Week 23, 2016 (May 30 - Jun 05)

08./15. [3DS] Pokemon Red / Green / Blue / Yellow _3DS Virtual Console Version_ |DL| (Dedicated Download Card Special) <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2016.02.27} (¥1.389) - 5.460 / 171.141 <80-100%> (+21%)

Download cards back at stock apparently. Direct downloads from eShop should see a drop after last month's spike if that's the case.
 
01./01. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥7.800) - 43.640 / 228.460 (-76%)
02./02. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 38.984 / 159.647 (-68%)
03./03. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 24.742 / 93.117 (-64%)
at least the drops arent that bad compared to the previous game. that total though

04./04. [PS4] Overwatch <ACT> (Square Enix) {2016.05.24} (¥7.800) - 17.897 / 76.261 (-69%)
okay I guess. nothing special here.

05./06. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) - 14.832 / 300.479 (-14%)
300K ! Keep going kirby

07./10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) - 6.555 / 786.986 (+3%)
10./13. [WIU] Splatoon # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) - 5.392 / 1.377.885 (+3%)
13./16. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥5.700) - 4.815 / 887.719 (+9%)
the legs trio all getting a small boost

PS4 | 23.144 | 24.813
3DS # | 15.909 | 15.663
PSV # | 13.980 | 14.956
WIU | 4.153 | 4.340
all pretty stable.
XB1 | 59 | 61
below 60 now
 

noobie

Banned
This week's releases {2016.06.09}

[PS4] Mirror's Edge Catalyst <ACT> (Electronic Arts) (¥7.800)


[PS4] Project CARS <RCE> (Bandai Namco Games) (¥7.200)


[PS4] MXGP2: The Official Motocross Videogame <RCE> (Intergrow) (¥7.800)


[PS4] Grand Ages: Medieval <SLG> (Ubisoft) (¥7.400)
Any of them expected to do more then 10k first week?
 

Instro

Member
There's nothing about what we know regarding the NX, the state of the industry, Nintendo's overall philosophy, and the health of Nintendo's competition that would suggest the NX console and NX handheld will sell better than the Wii U and 3DS. At this point, there's not much going for them other than the VIta won't be replaced (we assume) but the phone market probably nullifies that. The safe bet is that they'll do worse...

Yeah that's my basic thinking in the subject.
 

Mr Swine

Banned
Kinda sad how bad Wii U and 3DS is selling, Vita hasn't sold that much worse than last year. I do wonder if Nintendo can muster almost 1-1.5 years before the NX platform comes out.
 

Sandfox

Member
There's nothing about what we know regarding the NX, the state of the industry, Nintendo's overall philosophy, and the health of Nintendo's competition that would suggest the NX console and NX handheld will sell better than the Wii U and 3DS. At this point, there's not much going for them other than the VIta won't be replaced (we assume) but the phone market probably nullifies that. The safe bet is that they'll do worse...

I don't think anyone expects the NX to sell better than the 3DS.

Kinda sad how bad Wii U and 3DS is selling, Vita hasn't sold that much worse than last year. I do wonder if Nintendo can muster almost 1-1.5 years before the NX platform comes out.
The NX should be out before then.
 

Eolz

Member
"Musou spin-off always big drop on second release"


02./01. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.02.26} (¥7.344) - 68.849 / 380.126 <80-100%> (-78%)
03./02. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.02.26} (¥8.424) - 33.285 / 288.577 <80-100%> (-87%)
Total : 668,703
Total 2nd week : 102,134

01./01. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥7.800) - 41.463 / 230.153 <80-100%> (-78%)
02./02. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 34.016 / 157.828 <80-100%> (-73%)
03./03. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 22.115 / 91.541 <80-100%> (-68%)
Total : 479,522
Total 2nd week : 97,594

I always understood "Musou spin-off always big drop on second release" as total numbers, which is the case there (and on 3 platforms instead of two nonetheless).

Kinda sad how bad Wii U and 3DS is selling, Vita hasn't sold that much worse than last year. I do wonder if Nintendo can muster almost 1-1.5 years before the NX platform comes out.

Not sad to see how the 3DS is selling when you look at the total numbers. It's at saturation point since a while now.
 

Aters

Member
SE dominates top 4 two weeks in a row, and it might happen again next week! June's releases are really weak aside from Ace Attorney 6.

Two new colors for New 3DS XL available from tomorrow.

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Do these dope color 3DSs ever leave Japan?
 

Ryng_tolu

Banned
&#332;kami;206078085 said:
[PS4] Dark Souls III: 371.215

Second best selling souls game behind the original Dark Souls and is fighting for being the third best selling game on the system with COD:BO3

Black Ops III gonna have better legs.
 
I'm not sure how you can mock the second prediction with those figures. The game is almost 200K behind at this point despite being released on an extra platform.

PS3 is still a relevant platform now? Don't think so
Also check how much performed Hokuto Musou 2 and One Piece Musou 2 and compare to DQH2
 

Ryng_tolu

Banned
Honestly all considering DQH2 isn't doing so bad, including digital sales should not end that much under the first game.
 

casiopao

Member
that new digimon cross media stuff has games for 3ds huh. not that surprising really imo

And it seems that it is going to had anime too right? Another multimedia project.

With this, how many are we having this year? Mh stories, YW 3, Poke Sun and Moon, Puzzle and Dragon and now this? Man, there sure is going to be some victim who will get Hero Bank'd or Gaist Crushed.^~^
 

L~A

Member
June 8th sales rankings for that eShop 5th Anniversary sale:

Retail titles

Rhythm Heaven: MegaMix (Nintendo)
Fire Emblem Fates (Nintendo)
Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square-Enix)
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)

3DS Downloads

The Battle Cats POP! (Ponos)
HakoBoy: Mou Hito Hako (Nintendo)
Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (Nintendo)
Witch & Hero (Flyhigh Works)
Dai Kaitaku Jidai ~Machi o Tsukurou~ (Arc System Works)

Virtual Console

Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (Nintendo, GameBoy)
Final Fantasy III (Square-Enix, NES)
The Legend of Zelda: Link&#8217;s Awakening DX (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Konami, SNES)
The Legend of Zeld: Oracle of Seasons (Nintendo, GameBoy Color)


https://www.nintendo.co.jp/campaign/eshop5th/index.html
 

L~A

Member
It's day two!

Right, forgot it didn't start with the usual eShop update. Fixed.

Somewhat off-topic, but I'm somehow always surprised by how much English is used in Japanese ads, video game titles and such. Seems kinda crazy and somewhat random at times to me.

Like this:



Why? Is there something I'm missing here?

That's pretty common. I'm no expert in (Japanese) marketing, but I assume it just sounds "cool".

Come to think of it, I don't remember Nintendo (or even Sony) using a non-English word for console colour name.
 

noobie

Banned
Maybe, Mirror's Edge. I would say it's kinda possible to reach even 15k.

People are doubting that will it even reach 15k in UK.. and you are saying it will do that in Japan.. I dont think Mirror Edge was more popular in Japan then in UK. But i can be wrong
 
People are doubting that will it even reach 15k in UK.. and you are saying it will do that in Japan.. I dont think Mirror Edge was more popular in Japan then in UK. But i can be wrong

Many medium sized western games have rather similar openings in UK and Japan nowadays. For example Overwatch that just debuted last week:

Japan:
04./00. [PS4] Overwatch <ACT> (Square Enix) {2016.05.24} (¥7.800) - 58.363 / NEW

UK:
[Week 21, 2016] OVERWATCH (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) 56,000 - 74,000

The difference is that in Japan games (at least western) die far quicker after first week.
 

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Is it fair to say that Starfox and Star Ocean series are now officially dead and buried?

:(

Starfox looked DOA from the moment I saw it. It will be a long time until and if there is another.

Star Ocean may have bombed at retail but wait for

digital
Asia
West
 

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Famitsu Sales: May 2016 (Apr 25 - May 29)

01./00. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) - 295.076 / NEW
02./00. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥7.800) - 188.690 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End # <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2016.05.10} (¥7.900) - 153.352 / NEW
04./00. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 123.812 / NEW
05./00. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 <SPT> (Konami) {2016.04.28} (¥7.980) - 121.188 / NEW

Top 5

PS4 - 3
3DS - 1
PSV - 1

SOFTWARE

Nintendo - 611.000 / 2.589.000
Square Enix - 549.000 / 2.121.000
Konami - 328.000

HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS4  |    117.290 |     97.257 |     65.380 |    635.473 |    494.392 |   2.766.206 |
| 3DS # |     87.436 |     80.160 |     99.753 |    594.766 |    833.046 |  20.631.722 |
| PSV # |     70.025 |     53.616 |     71.246 |    485.578 |    439.282 |   4.867.995 |
|  WIU  |     28.904 |     20.736 |     61.121 |    201.631 |    210.339 |   3.145.218 |
|  PS3  |      4.617 |      3.822 |     15.171 |     29.666 |    124.868 |  10.236.407 |
|  XB1  |        429 |        466 |      1.414 |      2.962 |      9.433 |      67.013 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    308.701 |    256.057 |    314.085 |  1.950.076 |  2.111.360 |  41.714.561 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
 

hiska-kun

Member
Famitsu Sales: May 2016 (Apr 25 - May 29)

01./00. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot <ACT> (Nintendo) {2016.04.28} (¥4.700) - 295.076 / NEW
02./00. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥7.800) - 188.690 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End # <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2016.05.10} (¥7.900) - 153.352 / NEW
04./00. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and Prophecy's End <RPG> (Square Enix) {2016.05.27} (¥6.800) - 123.812 / NEW
05./00. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 <SPT> (Konami) {2016.04.28} (¥7.980) - 121.188 / NEW

Top 5

PS4 - 3
3DS - 1
PSV - 1

SOFTWARE

Nintendo - 611.000 / 2.589.000
Square Enix - 549.000 / 2.121.000
Konami - 328.000

HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS4  |    117.290 |     97.257 |     65.380 |    635.473 |    494.392 |   2.766.206 |
| 3DS # |     87.436 |     80.160 |     99.753 |    594.766 |    833.046 |  20.631.722 |
| PSV # |     70.025 |     53.616 |     71.246 |    485.578 |    439.282 |   4.867.995 |
|  WIU  |     28.904 |     20.736 |     61.121 |    201.631 |    210.339 |   3.145.218 |
|  PS3  |      4.617 |      3.822 |     15.171 |     29.666 |    124.868 |  10.236.407 |
|  XB1  |        429 |        466 |      1.414 |      2.962 |      9.433 |      67.013 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    308.701 |    256.057 |    314.085 |  1.950.076 |  2.111.360 |  41.714.561 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

The surprise of this month is Konami still being a relevant company. lol
 
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