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[heidern]

1. PS2 Dragonball Z Sparking 89,000 415,000
2. PS2 Code Age Commanders 37,000
3. GBA Yugioh Duel Monsters GX 35,000
4. GBA Marios Money Printing Machine 32,000 354,000
5. NDS Tamagotchi Legs DS 29,000 296,000
6. NDS Brain Training 24,000 655,000
7. NDS Soft Logic Puzzles 20,000 570,000
8. GBA Tsuukin Hitofude 14,000
9. PS2 Dynasty Warriors 12,000 311,000
10. NDS Jump Superstars I'm Back Mofos! 9,000 394,000

 

[sly]

1. PS2 Dragonball Z Sparkling 89,000 415,000
2. PS2 Code Age COmmanders 37,000
3. NDS Yugioh Duel Monsters GX 35,000
4. GBA Mario Bros 32,000 354,000
5. NDS Tamagotchi DS 29,000 296,000
6. NDS Brain Training 24,000 655,000
7. NDS Soft Logic Puzzles 20,000 570,000
8. GBA Tsuukin Hitofude 14,000
9. PS2Dynasty Warriors 12,000 311,000
10. NDS Jump Superstars 9,000 394,000

What's happening? How come there's a title selling 9,000 copies in the top ten? Are software sales really that bad?

 

[polg]

in before ds/psp war

good numbers for hitofude... game that must have costed... $2 to make...

 

[Smiles and Cries]

What's happening? How come there's a title selling 9,000 copies in the top ten? Are software sales really that bad?

people are saving up for Easter

 

[marvelharvey]

What's happening? How come there's a title selling 9,000 copies in the top ten? Are software sales really that bad?

I`m guessing the 6 month Easter period has finally ended.

Edit: doh, beaten to the usual joke

 

[Akia]

1. PS2 Dragonball Z Sparking 89,000 415,000
2. PS2 Code Age Commanders 37,000
3. NDS Yugioh Duel Monsters GX 35,000
4. GBA Marios Money Printing Machine 32,000 354,000
5. NDS Tamagotchi Legs DS 29,000 296,000
6. NDS Brain Training 24,000 655,000
7. NDS Soft Logic Puzzles 20,000 570,000
8. GBA Tsuukin Hitofude 14,000
9. PS2 Dynasty Warriors 12,000 311,000
10. NDS Jump Superstars I'm Back Mofos! 9,000 394,000

NDS=5
PS2=3
GBA=2

 

[heidern]

in before ds/psp war

Too late, the wars already over.

 

[Speevy]

That's a lot of Xbox.

 

[polg]

people are saving up for Easter

:lol

does anybody have this charts for previous years? I mean... can we compare how low these numbers are compared to 2004?

 

[Orin GA]

DragonballZ games still popular after all these years

 

[Culex]

What's happening? How come there's a title selling 9,000 copies in the top ten? Are software sales really that bad?

It's not that surprising. The major holidays in Japan are all but over, aren't they? Christmas/New Years usually sees a major boost, though.

 

[Spiritreaver]

Yu-Gi-Oh! is GBA.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/data/928593.html

 

[Jeff-DSA]

That's a lot of Xbox.

Lotsa GameCube too...

 

[Jonnyram]

:lol

does anybody have this charts for previous years? I mean... can we compare how low these numbers are compared to 2004?

2004: http://game-science.com/news/000811.php
2003: http://game-science.com/news/000144.php

 

[BorkBork]

1. PS2 Dragonball Z Sparking 89,000 415,000
2. PS2 Code Age Commanders 37,000
3. NDS Yugioh Duel Monsters GX 35,000
4. GBA Marios Money Printing Machine 32,000 354,000
5. NDS Tamagotchi Legs DS 29,000 296,000
6. NDS Brain Training 24,000 655,000
7. NDS Soft Logic Puzzles 20,000 570,000
8. GBA Tsuukin Hitofude 14,000
9. PS2 Dynasty Warriors 12,000 311,000
10. NDS Jump Superstars I'm Back Mofos! 9,000 394,000

:lol :lol So true.

 

[mj1108]

people are saving up for Easter

:lol :lol

I believe the term we will use is "Easter Drought".

 

[Deku]

Who was the poor troll that immortalized 'easter' in the vocabulary of the sales threads?

 

[VOOK]

The Easter Bunny who else? :lol

 

[Sho Nuff]

My god, nothing is selling.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Who was the poor troll that immortalized 'easter' in the vocabulary of the sales threads?

Some ignornat twat assumed the Japanese celebrated a catholic holiday, then other ignorant twats proceded to laugh at him for his ignorance of Japanese religion and culture.

 

[Culex]

Some ignornat twat assumed the Japanese celebrated a catholic holiday, then other ignorant twats proceded to laugh at him for his ignorance of Japanese religion and culture.

Well, being that a large amount of people post from Japan on these boards, I wouldn't have called those people who laughed twats.

 

[Fuzzy]

What's happening? How come there's a title selling 9,000 copies in the top ten? Are software sales really that bad?

I guess you missed last week?

7. PS2 Urban Reign - Namco - 9,755
8. GBA Super Robot Taisen J - Banpresto - 9,383
9. PSP Winning Eleven 9 Ubiquitous Evolution - Konami - 9,095
10. GBA Mushiking - Sega - 8,628

 

[Kon Tiki]

Well, being that a large amount of people post from Japan on these boards, I wouldn't have called those people who laughed twats.

So I can call the first person, who was an American, a twat? OK!

 

[mj1108]

Some ignornat twat assumed the Japanese celebrated a catholic holiday, then other ignorant twats proceded to laugh at him for his ignorance of Japanese religion and culture.

Relax a little. It's a running joke.

If this keeps up until next April we will have proven that it's possible to celebrate Easter all year long.

 

[puck1337]

According to the link a few posts up, sales were basically the same during this week for the last two years.

 

[Culex]

Relax a little. It's a running joke.

If this keeps up until next April we will have proven that it's possible to celebrate Easter all year long.

If the DS is ahead again this week, Easter will have been in effect for 26 weeks!

 

[heavenly]

I think it might be a mistake to release another sequel to the Brain Training games so soon. The first two are still selling very well. Ninty should let them ride out the holiday season w/o releasing anymore until next year. Since it has establish itself as a viable franchise on the DS platform, it would give Ninty another game to bank on next year. MKDS & Animal Forest:WW should be enough for this holiday season in Japan, as far as 1st party games go.

BTW, what's up w/ DSpeak? That utility might have some promise. Are they waiting until after their WiFi service kicks off?

 

[cvxfreak]

Jump Superstars is back. Interesting.

 

[mj1108]

If the DS is ahead again this week, Easter will have been in effect for 26 weeks!

I'm surprised we haven't seen a Photoshopped image of Iwata's face on a bunny.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I'm surprised we haven't seen a Photoshopped image of Iwata's face on a bunny.

I think its been done

 

[mj1108]

I think its been done

Not to my knowledge. I know we had dogs and cats on Iwata & Shiggy's bodies.

 

[polg]

If the DS is ahead again this week, Easter will have been in effect for 26 weeks!

what do u mean by "If"?

 

[Bebpo]

You're telling me that Code Age number isn't a typo?

36k for a Square-Enix title is ...almost unimaginable.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

what do u mean by "If"?

thats called thinking outside the box... "IF" happens

 

[Culex]

what do u mean by "If"?

Shhhh

 

[Jonnyram]

You're telling me that Code Age number isn't a typo?

36k for a Square-Enix title is ...almost unimaginable.

Heavy Metal Thunder? :lol
It's a shame though, as Code Age is actually good, and certainly better than Dragonball.

 

[cvxfreak]

Code Age is already behind SMB, Brain Training, Soft Brain Training and Tamagotchi on the Daily Charts.

 

[Bebpo]

Heavy Metal Thunder? :lol
It's a shame though, as Code Age is actually good, and certainly better than Dragonball.

Well HMT was never supposed to be a real game. Just some wierd oddball project. Code Age was supposed to be a big multimedia project by pretty big name Square people.

..oh well, guess it's back to just FF and DQ after this :\

 

[koam]

Some ignornat twat assumed the Japanese celebrated a catholic holiday and the psp fans joined in hoping this was true. Then other ignorant twats proceded to laugh at him for his ignorance of Japanese religion and culture.

*fixed*

 

[Bigfonzie]

Happy Easter Japan!

 

[Hurricane_Chris]

WTF is wrong with Japan? No one's buying anything!

 

[Doogdogg]

Code Age is already behind SMB, Brain Training, Soft Brain Training and Tamagotchi on the Daily Charts.

OUCH! Seems like everything new bomb these days in Japan. I thought ithis was the next big Squenix stuff.

 

[mj1108]

Happy Easter Japan!

Phear the bunny!!!

 

[Speevy]

WTF is wrong with Japan? No one's buying anything!

That's how Nintendo thrives. It works the same way as mold, really.

 

[Jonnyram]

OUCH! Seems like everything new bomb these days in Japan. I thought ithis was the next big Squenix stuff.

There are two problems really...
1) The manga hasn't been going long enough to leave a strong impression
2) There is no anime

Those are the main issues compared to the ultra-successful Full Metal Alchemist.

 

[Amir0x]

Who was the poor troll that immortalized 'easter' in the vocabulary of the sales threads?

T'was me, though it wasn't an intended troll. It was around Easter, and with my poor whitey-centric thought patterns I was all like "Man, Easter really helped Nintendo DS!" and they were like 'wtf, hardly anyone celebrates Easter in Japan.' And i'm like...


"oh...








...shit."

 

[Doogdogg]

Famicom Mini Mario Bros now hovers around 912K sold alone in Japan. Damn! 1 million is just weeks away.

 

[Mrbob]

The game industry is not looking healthy in Japan.

 

[Jonnyram]

Hopefully people will stop saying retarded stuff based on one week of sales when they see this graph...
notice how October is traditionally the lowest month for software sales.

 

[Kon Tiki]

What is that system represented by the black line, and where can I buy it?