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Media Create sales: 2010 top 1000

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sphinx

the piano man
Andrex said:
Twelve Pokemon games in the top 1000. Is Pokemon as big as MH now?
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You know, when you have a Mario platformer and Pokemon in your console, it's downright impossible to fail.

the "3DS = Bomba" claim suddenly turns into something silly, considering.
 
T

ThatObviousUser

ὁ αἴσχιστος παῖς εἶ
sphinx said:
You know, when you have a Mario platformer and Pokemon in your console, it's downright impossible to fail.

the "3DS = Bomba" claim suddenly turns into something silly, considering.
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Yeah. With Pokemon it's hard to imagine any Nintendo handheld really failing without some serious missteps. And unlike DQ and MH, its popularity is truly universal.

Jokeropia said:
Neither MH nor DQ are as big as Pokemon.
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That's comforting.
 
K

kswiston

Member
Andrex said:
Are either of them as big as DQ? :p
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Pokemon is still the biggest franchise in Japan. Although, I believe the numbers for the past few entries are down quite a bit from the days of Pokemon Red/Green or Gold/Silver.

Monster Hunter Portable 3 has outsold Dragon Quest IX, which was the highest selling Dragon Quest game of all time in Japan. So I guess you could say that Monster Hunter is now bigger than Dragon Quest. At least for the moment.
 
R

Road

Member
2 [NDS] Pokemon Black (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 2,604,240 / 2,604,240
3 [NDS] Pokemon White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 2,362,497 / 2,362,497
22 [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Sign (Pokemon Co.) {2010.03.06} - 490,630 / 490,630
76 [NDS] Pokemon Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) {2009.09.12} - 153,836 / 1,999,201
90 [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold (Pokemon Co.) {2009.09.12} - 127,996 / 1,821,866
133 [WII] PokePark Wii: Picachu's Adventure (Pokemon Co.) {2009.12.05} - 82,873 / 363,412
252 [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.) {2008.09.13} - 40,028 / 2,601,017
540 [WII] Pokemon Battle Revolution (Pokemon Co.) {2006.12.14} - 13,621 / 453,642
623 [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Pokemon Co.) {2009.04.18} - 10,894 / 411,649
624 [NDS] Pokemon Diamond (Pokemon Co.) {2006.09.28} - 10,888 / 3,179,823
754 [NDS] Pokemon Pearl (Pokemon Co.) {2006.09.28} - 8,206 / 2,629,036
779 [GBA] Pokemon Emerald (Pokemon Co.) {2004.09.16} - 7,724 / 1,916,505
1056 [GBA] Pokemon Fire Red (Pokemon Co.) {2004.01.29} - 4,440 / 1,619,109
1333 [GBA] Pokemon Leaf Green (Pokemon Co.) {2004.01.29} - 2,745 / 1,290,852
2010 Total 5,920,618

[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 3,849,907 / 3,849,907
[PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village (Capcom) {2010.08.26} - 517,139 / 517,139
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom) {2009.12.24} - 459,512 / 507,326
[360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Capcom) {2010.06.24} - 138,596 / 138,596
[WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) {2009.08.01} - 56,499 / 1,015,014
[360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Season 9.0 Premium Package) (Capcom) {2010.09.29} - 23,041 / 23,041
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best] (Capcom) {2008.10.30} - 7,685 / 1,100,288
2010 Total 5,052,379

[NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms Of Revelation (Square Enix) {2010.01.28} - 1,343,447 / 1,343,447
[NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) {2010.04.28} - 1,230,487 / 1,230,487
[WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) {2010.07.15} - 275,273 / 275,273
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2010.03.04} - 185,091 / 185,091
[NDS] Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2010.03.04} - 74,058 / 74,058
[NDS] Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2010.03.04} - 47,466 / 47,466
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) {2009.07.11} - 33,976 / 4,143,749
[NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2008.10.23} - 18,158 / 81,749
[NDS] Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime 2 [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2008.10.23} - 10,863 / 47,166
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2006.07.20} - 7,321 / 128,123
[PSP] Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2008.03.06} - 5,735 / 51,650
[WII] Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2009.12.03} - 5,627 / 7,884
[PS2] Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2006.07.20} - 5,522 / 171,432
2010 Total 3,243,024
 
T

Takao

Banned
slaughterking said:
Inazuma Eleven 2 (2 versions): 1,177,045
Inazuma Eleven 3 (3 versions): 1,228,216

Interesting, the third version of IE3 actually made it the most successful game in the series.
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With that mentality PSP has its first non-MH million seller.
 
V

Vic

Please help me with my bad english
Chris1964 said:
If you want upload it.
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If you have all this info in a spreadsheet format, link me.

Or do I have to use my rusty expr. skills?

Edit:
Chris1964 said:
Quote the posts
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Knew it. Oh well, I'll see what I can do. Seems that I'll learn something new today.
 
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kswiston

Member
I know it was bundled, but it looks like Gran Turismo 5 Prologue ended up selling as much as the full game.

EDIT: Also, Resident Evil 5 Gold did really well. What are all PS3 versions of RE5 (combined) up to now? >900k?
 
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The Praiseworthy

Member
Einbroch said:
Uh...what? The numbers you quoted aren't supporting what you're stating...
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Zoe said:
I think he's pointing out that the Best release of the first game alone almost sold as much (LTD) as the original PSP release.
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There you go... beside VK1 already sold 100K+ in the 2nd week only so that makes it for sure a 250k+ which is a good number for a new SRPG IP.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
The Faceless Master said:
please explain!
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Not many things to explain. The owners of that site don't want anyone else to copy data from there and they try to convince themselves and everyone else that they have ''special permission'' from Media Create and Enterbrain for posting yearly top 500 / 1000.
 
M

Madao

Member
kswiston said:
Pokemon is still the biggest franchise in Japan. Although, I believe the numbers for the past few entries are down quite a bit from the days of Pokemon Red/Green or Gold/Silver.

Monster Hunter Portable 3 has outsold Dragon Quest IX, which was the highest selling Dragon Quest game of all time in Japan. So I guess you could say that Monster Hunter is now bigger than Dragon Quest. At least for the moment.
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nah mang, Diamond/Pearl/Platinum beat GSC by several thousands. RGBY are still untouchable though.
BW looks like it will end closer to RSE than either DPPt or GSC though.
 
G

Grimmy

Banned
Sorry to repeat here:

Falcom titles from the Media Create Top 1000:

Eiyuu Densetsu Zero no Kiseki - 126,007
Ys 7 - 70,280
Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki Alternative Saga - 44,220
Ys: The Oath in Felghana - 30,218
Eiyuu Densetsu Sora no Kiseki Super Plus Set (all 3 titles) - 28,298
Eiyuu Densetsu Sora no Kiseki FC Best Selection - 14,787
 
K

kswiston

Member
uchihasasuke said:
nah mang, Diamond/Pearl/Platinum beat GSC by several thousands. RGBY are still untouchable though.
BW looks like it will end closer to RSE than either DPPt or GSC though.
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You have LTD numbers for the series? Just to have them in the thread since a few people have brought up Pokemon now. Also, was it Platinum that put DPP ahead of GSC? I was under the impression that Diamond and Pearl were above RS but below the original two gameboy entries. However, I know that Pokemon Platinum sold unusually well for a third version.
 
Z

Zzoram

Member
Chris1964 said:
991. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PlayStation 3 the Best Reprint] (SCE) {2009.12.03} - 4.932 / 6.929
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It took a full year to reach just shy of 7,000 sales for R&C:ToD. I guess that franchise isn't even on the radar in Japan.
 
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Drkirby

Corporate Apologist
Youch, Metal Slug XX only sold 10k copies. The series is going to flat out die if its sales don't pick up.

Also, a lot of those "The Best" versions sell really poorly. Really wish the reprints weren't counted as their own titles. screws up LTD stats.
 
T

Takao

Banned
Zzoram said:
It took a full year to reach just shy of 7,000 sales for R&C:ToD. I guess that franchise isn't even on the radar in Japan.
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Uh, that's a reprint of a budget release. The fact it got to that point should tell you it has sold pretty well in Japan.
 
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archnemesis

Member
Zzoram said:
It took a full year to reach just shy of 7,000 sales for R&C:ToD. I guess that franchise isn't even on the radar in Japan.
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It's a reprint. The original release sold about 40k 50k.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - 39.806
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time - 28.533

Edit: My numbers are either old or from a different tracker. Check below instead.

Edit: I just noticed Japan Game Charts stopped updating. That's kinda sad.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Takao said:
Uh, that's a reprint of a budget release. The fact it got to that point should tell you it has sold pretty well in Japan.
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I haven't updated rankings yet but from yearly sales:

2007 CY {2007.01.01 - 2007.12.30} 271. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (SCE) {2007.11.11} - 50.209 / 50.209

2008 CY {2007.12.31 - 2008.12.28} 000. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PlayStation 3 the Best] (SCE) {2008.07.03} - 4.781 / 4.781
2009 CY {2008.12.29 - 2010.01.03} 871. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PlayStation 3 the Best] (SCE) {2008.07.03} - 7.310 / 12.091

2009 CY {2008.12.29 - 2010.01.03} 000. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PlayStation 3 the Best Reprint] (SCE) {2009.12.03} - 1.997 / 1.997
2010 CY {2010.01.04 - 2011.01.02} 991. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PlayStation 3 the Best Reprint] (SCE) {2009.12.03} - 4.932 / 6.929
 
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nli10

Member
Drkirby said:
Youch, Metal Slug XX only sold 10k copies. The series is going to flat out die if its sales don't pick up.

Also, a lot of those "The Best" versions sell really poorly. Really wish the reprints weren't counted as their own titles. screws up LTD stats.
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Helps publishers see which ones to budget re-issue though so it's useful to people who want to buy them. I guess a combined version of the totals would be good too, but as the top 1,000 is available then it's straightforward to figure out.


Interesting reading again. The 'Wii flop - it's over' talk seems to be based more around the number of titles as it has a few high selling ones, but fewer titles overall compared to PS3. I guess that means that under the Generation Overlap they should be able to keep the low cost end of the market happy for at least another year, maybe 2 as the core market and rich-casual move to newer systems.
 
C

cw_sasuke

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free
Codeblue said:
Didn't Last Story launch in 2010? Am I just missing it or am I mistaken?
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Nope, it launched at the beginning of this year.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
[ALL] Top 500 Software Sales (All Publishers) {2010.01.04} - 58.000.491
[ALL] Top 1000 Software Sales (All Publishers) {2010.01.04} - 62.378.434
[ALL] Software Sales (All Publishers) {2010.01.04} - 65.527.996

Top 1000 covers 95% of total sales.
 
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slaughterking

Member
Takao said:
With that mentality PSP has its first non-MH million seller.
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I'm not trying to put a certain mentality or spin on this.The whole series has a very unusual release history. The first game was a single SKU release and an extremely slow burner, the second one had two SKUs and made the series really big and the third one was released only 7 or 8 months after the second game and eventually had three SKUs. My point is just that Level 5 very effectively milks the franchise and ensures very high sales.
 
R

Risette

A Good Citizen
iconoclast said:
Woo, glad to see Ketsui sold respectable numbers after all.
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Most of them were probably at half (or less) price though, lol. :(

Still, it outsold Espgaluda 2. That's surprising.
 
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Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
kswiston said:
EDIT: Also, Resident Evil 5 Gold did really well. What are all PS3 versions of RE5 (combined) up to now? >900k?
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[360] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) {2009.03.05} - 79.157 / 110.005

[PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) {2009.03.05} - 319.590 / 493.536
[PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Capcom) {2010.02.18} - 143.339 / 306.920
[PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Capcom) {2010.11.11} - 5.035 / 33.358
[PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Move Special Pack) (Capcom) {2010.10.21} - 9.399 / 15.811
 
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Dedication Through Light

Member
Wow Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Tag Force 4 still sold some this year as well as 5D's Tag Force 5. I see Fairy Tail: Portable Guild as well. Glad to see these IP's being viable for Konami.

103. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) {2010.10.21} - 110.298 / 110.298
877. [360] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) {2010.10.21} - 6.069 / 6.069
237. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive (Bandai Namco) {2010.07.15} - 42.589 / 42.589
323. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accelerator 3 (Bandai Namco) {2009.12.10} - 27.952 / 177.947


281. [WII] Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Special (Takara Tomy) {2010.12.02} - 35.100 / 35.100
730. [WII] Naruto Shippuden: Ryujinki (Takara Tomy) {2009.11.26} - 8.715 / 31.828
420. [NDS] Naruto Shippuden: Ninjutsu Zenkai! Cha-Crash! (Takara Tomy) {2010.04.22} - 19.120 / 19.120

Surprised Tomy keeps making the games, they all pale in comparison to Bandai Namco's attempts (perhaps Naruto fanbase is moving onto sony systems).
 
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Sammy Samusu

Member
204. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) {2005.11.23} - 51.396 / 5.201.968

I'm here for longevity.


019. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 540.859 / 3.109.566

The fuck is this shit?


858. [WII] Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep (Nintendo) {2009.09.17} - 6.369 / 51.503

Woot! About 5k more than the first Endless Ocean, right?
 
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