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01./00. [PS2] Sengoku Musou 2: Moushouden (Koei) - 182,484 / NEW
02./00. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (Square-Enix) - 177,845 / NEW
03./00. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 3 (Capcom) - 56,787 / NEW
04./01. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - 48,803 / 665,000
05./06. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo) - 23,678 / 146,000
06./00. [PSP] Dragoneer's Aria (Nippon Ichi Software) - 23,617 / NEW
07./02. [NDS] SD Gundam: G Generation Cross Drive (Bandai-Namco) - 19,844 / 206,000
08./07. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2007: Club Championship (Konami) - 19,344 / 246,000
09./03. [NDS] Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber (Nintendo) - 18,583 / 112,000
10./04. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 18,223 / 2,053,000

11./09. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
12./05. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
13./00. [NDS] Bikkuriman Encyclopedia (3 O'Clock)
14./00. [NDS] Hayate the Combat Butler: I am Romeo, and Romeo is I (Konami)
15./11. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
16./08. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo)
17./10. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5 (Sony)
18./12. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
19./13. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
20./17. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
21./14. [PS2] Final Fantasy XII: International Edition (Square-Enix)
22./15. [NDS] It's a Wonderful World (Square-Enix)
23./16. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 14 (Konami)
24./22. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
25./18. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
26./19. [NDS] Itadaki Street DS (Square-Enix)
27./24. [NDS] Face Training DS (Nintendo)
28./25. [NDS] Otoda Master (Hudson)
29./23. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
30./20. [WII] Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Square-Enix)
31./28. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)
32./21. [NDS] Naruto Shippuuden: Strongest Ninjas Unite 5: Decisive Battle at Dawn (Takara-Tomy)
33./26. [PSP] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Capcom)
34./27. [NDS] Pokémon Pearl (Pokémon)
35./36. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
36./33. [NDS] Common Knowledge Training (Nintendo)
37./29. [NDS] Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo)
38./31. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2M (IE Institute)
39./32. [NDS] Chibi Robo! Park Patrol (Nintendo)
40./30. [WII] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Wii (Konami)
41./00. [WII] Endless Ocean (Nintendo)
42./00. [PS2] Sengoku Musou 2 (Koei)
43./50. [NDS] Heart Scan (Sega)
44./34. [NDS] Mushi King Super Collection (Sega)
45./35. [NDS] Won!tertainment: Fortune Channel (Capcom)
46./41. [NDS] Detailed Japanese History B Total Training (Bandai-Namco)
47./00. [PS2] Sengoku Musou 2 & Sengoku Musou 2: Moushouden (Koei)
48./37. [NDS] Kirarin Revolution: Mezase Idol Queen! (Konami)
49./00. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 2 (Capcom)
50./45. [NDS] Tetris DS (Nintendo)

NDS - 34
PS2 - 6
WII - 6
PSP - 3
PS3 - 1

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. NDS   -   100,460 |   153,834 | 5,095,177 | 19,100,856
2. WII   -    46,283 |    73,938 | 2,550,779 |  3,470,422
3. PSP   -    26,089 |    33,715 | 1,347,470 |  5,879,599
4. PS3   -    16,393 |    21,720 |   643,854 |  1,101,412
5. PS2   -    15,139 |    15,240 |   531,794 | 20,686,653
6. 360   -     2,044 |     2,445 |   139,723 |    404,425
7. GBA   -       651 |       654 |    45,296 | 15,343,375
8. NGC   -       116 |       145 |     9,392 |  4,178,860

GBA = 65 GBA + 163 SP + 423 Micro
NDS = 30 DS + 100,430 Lite

Media Create Sales 8/21/06 - 8/27/06
Media Create Sales 7/9 - 7/15
Media Create Sales 7/16 - 7/22
Media Create Sales 7/23 - 7/29
Media Create Sales 7/30 - 8/5
Media Create Sales 8/6 - 8/12
Media Create Sales 8/13 - 8/19

Software numbers are typically posted on Wednesday nights.
Hardware numbers are typically posted Thursday nights at about 9:20 PM Eastern.

 

[mutsu]

Wow.

Not bad I guess for FF:CC

Go Gyakuten Saiban 3!

 

[tribal24]

hot shot gold down to 17th-_- also a psp game in the top 10

 

[RENESISfreak]

what happened to the 260,000 i saw for FF:CC?

 

[RiskyChris]

4th? That about wraps things up for MP8.

 

[rakka]

Nice opening for SM2 and FFCCROF.

what happened to the 260,000 i saw for FF:CC?

Shipment numbers maybe?

 

[Hcoregamer00]

What???

A straight port of a 3 year old GBA game sold almost everything else? I love Ace Attorney 3, but that is a little weird.

Awesome sales for Ring of Fates, only time will tell if it will have legs.

 

[castle007]

PW3

NOOOOOOOOOO Zelda come back

 

[schuelma]

Wow, really really low Wii Sports sales. We could be looking at an extremely low Wii hardware week. Any indications at all from Japanese GAFers that demand is lessening, or did Nintendo just drastically undership this week?

 

[Haunted]

yay for PW3!

Did we expect these FF:CC numbers?

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Oh yeah, what is this Hayate the Combat butler game for the DS?

Is it a dating sim?

 

[Akai]

What???

A straight port of a 3 year old GBA game sold almost everything else? I love Ace Attorney 3, but that is a little weird.

Don't complain...Anything that'll keep the series going is A-OK with me!

 

[Cruceh]

what happened to the 260,000 i saw for FF:CC?

I think it was 206k, but still.. wow!

 

[mutsu]

4th? That about wraps things up for MP8.

The first 3 games are new releases. For MP8 to still sell 49K is still amazing. I won't be surprised if this reaches beyond 1 million, and become the best selling Marty Party game...

 

[Grecco]

GO PHOENIX!

Cant wait.

 

[Haunted]

Oh yeah, what is this Hayate the Combat butler game for the DS?

Is it a dating sim?

sure looks like it from the website. I have to say that this is one of the best names for a game ever, though. :lol

 

[Shanks]

Sigh at Samurai Warriors expansion being number one.

 

[PantherLotus]

Wii only has 4 games in the top 30?

 

[Defuser]

I thought PW3 was release in Japan long time ago?

IAWW and MNG5 still got the legs.

 

[jvalioli]

Anyone have comparisons for PW3 DS and PW2 DS?

I thought PW3 was release in Japan long time ago?

IAWW and MNG5 still got the legs.

This is the last of the old PW remakes(1-3). You might be getting confused with Gyakuten Saiban 4.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Don't complain...Anything that'll keep the series going is A-OK with me!

So you mean the 470,000 sales for the 4th game isn't enough?

In TGS they will likely announce the 5th game that will also do insane sales, the 3rd game sales are just free money thrown into the bank.

I thought PW3 was release in Japan long time ago?

IAWW and MNG5 still got the legs.

PW3 was released for the GBA in 2004, and the DS in 2007.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Nice hold for Crystal Chronicles.

 

[Izzy]

06. [PSP] Dragoneer's Aria (Nippon Ichi Software) - 24,000 / NEW

Not bad. Is it any good - anyone?

 

[Akai]

So you mean the 470,000 sales for the 4th game isn't enough?

In TGS they will likely announce the 5th game that will also do insane sales, the 3rd game sales are just free money thrown into the bank.

You're right, they'll probably just use it to fund that Resident Evil PSP game if that petition gets enough signatures! =O

 

[Kintaro]

Dang, what happened to DQ Swords? Just dropped like a rock. I kind of figures DQ game + Wii + ???? = Profit.

 

[jj984jj]

Hey! I was suppose to come in and say w00t @ FF:CC! It's suppose to be #1!!!! >_<

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Not bad.

FF:CC did well and I expect it to beat the GC game, although I don't think it'll crack a million.

Sengoku Musou 2: Moushouden sales are expected, I don't see it having legs though.

 

[jvalioli]

So you mean the 470,000 sales for the 4th game isn't enough?

In TGS they will likely announce the 5th game that will also do insane sales, the 3rd game sales are just free money thrown into the bank.



PW3 was released for the GBA in 2004, and the DS in 2007.

I think Gyakuten Saiban 5 popped up in some financial report a little while back. Though, I guess you mean officially announced.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Dang, what happened to DQ Swords? Just dropped like a rock. I kind of figures DQ game + Wii + ???? = Profit.

Squenix didn't have enough supply upfront, now they feel the burn from Japan's uber-deadly used market.

 

[Lucky]

SO surprised at PW3 being released. I thought there was a thread floating around here that it was out and no one was playing it. A nice debut for a remake. I would have thought FFCCRF would have done better. And Zelda is down! Another interesting week. As echoed already Wii Sports is really low this week. What's up with that?

 

[mutsu]

Dang, what happened to DQ Swords? Just dropped like a rock. I kind of figures DQ game + Wii + ???? = Profit.

I presume it's the second hand copies that should be widely available now.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

I think Gyakuten Saiban 5 popped up in some financial report a little while back. Though, I guess you mean officially announced.

It's almost expected because if Capcom's release schedule is any indication Japan gets GS5 one year after GS4 and GS6 3 years after GS4.

Which means Expect a 2008 release for GS5, but a 2010 release for GS6.

SO surprised at PW3 being released. I thought there was a thread floating around here that it was out and no one was playing it. A nice debut for a remake. I would have thought FFCCRF would have done better. And Zelda is down! Another interesting week. As echoed already Wii Sports is really low this week. What's up with that?

Maybe because most of the NA fans are smart enough to wait for the USA release to make sure it gets the sales it deserves for the North American market?

 

[santouras]

so is MP8 the new Wii Sports for Japan and what we should be basing Wii Hardware sales on?

 

[sphinx]

The sad stuff:

.- FF:CC wasn't anywhere near the 250k number from famitsu. 500K is not very feasible anymore. It all depends on the legs of course but.

.- Dragon quest swords is nearly gone. I wished it had performed like Final Fantasy III DS so that SE would feel more confident bringing content to the wii.

.- No substantial wii games on the top 30. Besides sports, play and MP8, japanese doesn't seem to care about anything at all, 1st and 3rd party alike.

.- Minna no Golf 5 slowing down faster than Mario Party 8 is a sign of things to come. In this case, I don't care for either game but next year when Mario party 9 mops the floor with Resident Evil 5 it will piss me off.

The Happy stuff:

.- DK: JC must have exceeded Nintendo's expectations. It's nice to see odd games perform well.

.- The kind of legs of DS games must be a first in Japanese history... it's scary.

.- Zelda: Holding on strongly. I hope it stops RIGHT THERE and doesn't go anymore below in the chart.

 

[GamerSoul]

@ FFCC LOVE!! This is a great start for them.

 

[Haunted]

Dang, what happened to DQ Swords? Just dropped like a rock. I kind of figures DQ game + Wii + ???? = Profit.

DQ games rarely have legs, though. :/ used copies + front-loaded sales = no legs.

 

[Oldschool]

So FF CC RF sold less than game cube iteration?

danm

 

[Hcoregamer00]

So FF CC RF sold less than game cube iteration?

danm

The name has been tainted the by gamecube release.

 

[mutsu]

The sad stuff:
.- Dragon quest swords is nearly gone. I wished it had performed like Final Fantasy III DS so that SE would feel more confident bringing content to the wii.

You expected the game to sell 1 million, when the user base for the Wii is only like 3.3 million? It is Dragon Quest, but it is still a fairly low budget game. It would have done better if they had more supply in the first place though.

I am sure Square-Enix is already happy with the result. They certainly made a bucket load of cash out of it

Spoiler

, maybe to fund Final Fantasy 13

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

The sad stuff:

.- FF:CC wasn't anywhere near the 250k number from famitsu. 500K is not very feasible anymore. It all depends on the legs of course but.

I was really, really sure the Famitsu number was 206k. 500k is more than possible, it is a DS game, but it depends on how good it is, and how plentiful stock is. S-E's got to learn to stop dropping the ball on stock, as DQ: Swords shows.

 

[Great Rumbler]

Wow, really really low Wii Sports sales. We could be looking at an extremely low Wii hardware week. Any indications at all from Japanese GAFers that demand is lessening, or did Nintendo just drastically undership this week?

Famitsu had the Wii at 50k this week.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

go go Phoenix Wright!

 

[schuelma]

Famitsu had the Wii at 50k this week.

Yeah I know, and I'm expecting it to be somewhere along those lines. Wonder if Nintendo did really divert some units to N.A for Metroid.

 

[Stumpokapow]

I was really, really sure the Famitsu number was 206k. 500k is more than possible, it is a DS game, but it depends on how good it is, and how plentiful stock is. S-E's got to learn to stop dropping the ball on stock, as DQ: Swords shows.

Yeah SE just seems to really drop the ball both ways; DQ Swords, DQM Joker, FF3 all understocked, FFXII-i, Heroes, IAWW, and others overstocked.

Pretty pathetic when you think about the size of SE in Japan and the fact they've been operating there for two and a half decades. It's really surprising they haven't been more attuned to what they need to be producing.

 

[GamerSoul]

So FF CC RF sold less than game cube iteration?

danm

If it can just have staying power for a couple of weeks, I think it will make them happy. RoF was their second try and they've pretty much put CB to the side to get hype for it, i hope it pays off.

 

[reilo]

Yeah SE just seems to really drop the ball both ways; DQ Swords, DQM Joker, FF3 all understocked, FFXII-i, Heroes, IAWW, and others overstocked.

Pretty pathetic when you think about the size of SE in Japan and the fact they've been operating there for two and a half decades. It's really surprising they haven't been more attuned to what they need to be producing.

Maybe it's the consumer telling Square Enix to stop making stupid ports and spin-offs of their two biggest franchises and invest in new IPs?

Just saying...

 

[Deku]

Yeah SE just seems to really drop the ball both ways; DQ Swords, DQM Joker, FF3 all understocked, FFXII-i, Heroes, IAWW, and others overstocked.

Pretty pathetic when you think about the size of SE in Japan and the fact they've been operating there for two and a half decades. It's really surprising they haven't been more attuned to what they need to be producing.

All the understocked games you listed did exceedingly well when it was all said and done. Why do people bitch about things like this anyways.

 

[laserbeam]

Suspect next week MC will balance out with famitsu on FFCC Sales. thats a HUGE variance.

 

[sphinx]

500k is more than possible, it is a DS game.

as far as I can tell, a game's LTD is proportional to the game's 1st week numbers.

more or less

1st week -> LTD ( at end of game's selling life )

50k -> 80k-110k
250k -> 400k-500k
500k -> 700k-1mil

and so on.

I know, some DS games are notable exceptions but I don't have much hope for FF:CC as it is a spin-off of an old,hardcore exhausted franchise

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

All the understocked games you listed did exceedingly well when it was all said and done. Why do people bitch about things like this anyways.

They could have easily done better though. Especially DQ: Swords. DQ drops like a rock at the best of times, and S-E *knew* the game was short which would give it a quick turnaround on the used market. They should have shipped twice what they did. If they had, they'd probably have sold a few hundred thousand copies more.