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Media Create Sales 3/19 - 3/25
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Sho_Nuff82
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speculawyer said:
What?
Dig up the February NPD thread. I distinctly remember the 4th month of Rayman outselling Virtua Fighter 5, to say nothing of LTD which has to be over 300k in the US.
They've both also been top-selling Wii titles in the UK.
goldenticket
Member
angelfly said:
go layton go.
yeah me too. i think its bound to come over though
speculawyer said:
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or are just plain dumb.
Both Red Steel and Rayman: RR sold well in both the U.S. and Europe. In fact, both have sold over 300,000 in just the U.S. alone, which is more than any third party PS3 game in the territory has done. Even Madden for Wii has sold the same amount as its PS3 version, which is pretty much the only game PS3 owners are buying besides Resistance.
To make an even more direct comparison, Sonic and the Secret Rings sold more than 80,000 in a little over a week, while Virtua Fighter 5 barely sold over 50,000 (which is also around what Sonic PS3 has sold in two months on the market).
And then there's games like Trauma Center: SO which will definitely be nearing 200,000 soon in the U.S. alone. You might not think the number is that good, but the original only sold like 125,000 on DS and this is simply a "Wii-make."
Wyndstryker
Member
And so it continues....the story of the reigning Nintendo dynasty at the top of the Japanese video game realms. With Sony trying to scramble it's modern weapons of HD to it's armies but can't due to "component shortages" and due to blacksmiths charging high prices on them. MS on the other hand, still has to wade out of the shores from it's western galleons...they may have brough the rifles but there's a cliff in front of them even if they do manage to get on shore.
Eteric Rice
Member
Despite not being a good game, Red Steel seems to have done good enough to warrent a Red Steel 2. I expect RS2 to be a lot better than the original, since they won't be in a big rush to get it out there.
What really surprises me is the ratings on Gamestop. I usually go here to see what the more casual gamers think of certain games. Check this out.
http://www.gamestop.com/ReadReviews.asp?product_id=230040
http://www.gamestop.com/ReadReviews.asp?product_id=230065
Surprised the piss outta me. : /
What really surprises me is the ratings on Gamestop. I usually go here to see what the more casual gamers think of certain games. Check this out.
http://www.gamestop.com/ReadReviews.asp?product_id=230040
http://www.gamestop.com/ReadReviews.asp?product_id=230065
Surprised the piss outta me. : /
Cheesemeister
Member
RaidenZR said:
Thursdays, apparently (beaten). I could easily include the actual date next to each title, but it'd get to be highly redundant.
:lolRaidenZR said:
Yeah, thats Japan only. If it was worldwide, the numbes would be just crazy as hell looking. SMB would be at 40+million, Mario64 at 10+million, e.t.c.
I could do one of those, but I would need numbers for all those games, from everywere, and good luck with that.
distantmantra
Member
Go go Gundam Musou! Reach for 250k!
Smiles and Cries
Member
can NSMB sell more than 6 million in Japan? 
JoshuaJSlone
Member
They did back when Nintendo's consoles weren't a quarter of the market or less.speculawyer said:
I'm surprised it's that high, given N64 topped off around 5 million.Mrbob said:
In about 2 years the DS and Wii games will be split pretty evenly across the top 50. Remember DS 3rd party games sold like crap the first year and half also because 3rd parties were throwin mostly shovelware onto it. Historically GBA portable games sold much much less than console games save for Pokemon and only with the DS have we seen Portable games not only start to sell on par with console games but exceed console game sales by over a million units and it continues to rise.
The potential for profit on DS is massive since before, portable game investments use to be relative to how little games use to sell on average. Now potential software sales of a quality DS game could see profit margins many times that of which they were use to achieving on the GBA or any other console for that matter. Smaller development costs + exceedingly huge profit margins = extremely happy publishers.
The market leader will always end up getting the best 3rd party support in the end even two gamecubes duck-taped together. When you have 10's of millions of units lead on the closest competitor even the most stubborn 3rd parties are gonna want a piece of the bigger pie. They'd rather have 10% of a much larger pie than 16% of a smaller one.
The potential for profit on DS is massive since before, portable game investments use to be relative to how little games use to sell on average. Now potential software sales of a quality DS game could see profit margins many times that of which they were use to achieving on the GBA or any other console for that matter. Smaller development costs + exceedingly huge profit margins = extremely happy publishers.
The market leader will always end up getting the best 3rd party support in the end even two gamecubes duck-taped together. When you have 10's of millions of units lead on the closest competitor even the most stubborn 3rd parties are gonna want a piece of the bigger pie. They'd rather have 10% of a much larger pie than 16% of a smaller one.
Most of the numbers are from reputable number sites. I used Magic-box for the million sellers, people here for some others, and well, a few from, some, well, "other" sites.Saitou said:
Like I have said previously, If I can nail down hard numbers, I would change some of them in a heartbeat.
All the numbers though are within a tolarable %. Any of the games over 1million are very accurate. None of the numbers would change enough to make the list off, or have games change places, wich is what I was going for.
Super Mario64DS would have to just CRAWL over its nearest rival at this rate.
The places are set in stone, even NSMB I think. It would take many moons for it to catch SMB.
The real excitment starts when I have to add SPM to the list
BlackNMild2k1
Member
Finally, I thought no one would ever post this again.moku said:
ALL HAIL THE KING BABY.
Thanx Moku
Sony has unpdated the offical PS3 page... http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/ps3/index.html
Now... this is the best Lineup I've ever seen.
1 game in april
0 games in may
1 game in june (famitsu told us, there will be more)
... an finaly Everybodys Golf 5 in july.
Now... this is the best Lineup I've ever seen.
1 game in april
0 games in may
1 game in june (famitsu told us, there will be more)
... an finaly Everybodys Golf 5 in july.
nextgeneration
Member
verplant said:
Wow, just wow. I foresee many weeks of <20k units sold...
_Alkaline_
Member
Can anyone post the upcoming Wii games in Japan. I'm pretty BBA and SPM are coming. Anything else of signficance?
Juwanna Peezadis
Member
One Piece Unlimited Adventure I think.Alkaliine said:
splattergnome
Member
Cheesemeister! Thanks for adding the titles of the next week!
At least for Godfather, the ratings seem to be well-deserved, based on hands-on impressions from people who have tried it out. Apparently the Wii version is the best one available due to the motion-control beat-em-up and strangling, and EA seems to have done a very good polished job on the title.
Eteric Rice said:
At least for Godfather, the ratings seem to be well-deserved, based on hands-on impressions from people who have tried it out. Apparently the Wii version is the best one available due to the motion-control beat-em-up and strangling, and EA seems to have done a very good polished job on the title.
PuppetSlave
Member
splattergnome said:Cheesemeister! Thanks for adding the titles of the next week!
At least for Godfather, the ratings seem to be well-deserved, based on hands-on impressions from people who have tried it out. Apparently the Wii version is the best one available due to the motion-control beat-em-up and strangling, and EA seems to have done a very good polished job on the title.
Blazing angels have been fun so far for me. Love flying around with the nunchuck as a flightstick. So relaxing. I have not had much time to play yet though and is only on mission two. But I like what I see sofar.
For Wii:Alkaliine said:
04/05 Barnyard
04/19 Furu Furu Park
Super Paper Mario
04/26 One Piece Unlimited Adventure
The Dog Island
Big Brain Academy
05/17 Meitantei Conan
05/24 Fist of the North Star Pachi-Slot Pachinko
06/07 Pirates of the Caribbean
06/21 Hajime no Ippo Revolution
Kobun Heat
Member
Anybody else remember that great thread where those people were coming out of the woodwork to say that NSMB would barely break half a million, maybe, because the Mario series was dead?
BlackNMild2k1
Member
You think you could do a N.A.(U.S.) version?moku said: