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Media Create Sales: Week 16, 2011 (Apr 18 - Apr 24)

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Spiegel said:
Are we getting M-C numbers today?
90% we are

Famitsu Sales: Week 18, 2011 (Apr 25 - May 1)

01. / 00. [PSP] Final Promise Story (Image Epoch) {2011.04.28}
02. / 00. [PSP] Patapon 3 (SCE) {2011.04.28}
03. / 00. [PS3] El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition) {2011.04.28}
04. / 02. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31}
05. / 01. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21}
06. / 03. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.14}
07. / 04. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14}
08. / 00. [PSP] Starry Sky: In Winter Portable (Asgard) {2011.04.28}
09. / 05. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14}
10. / 00. [PSP] Otome wa Oanesama Boku ni Koi Shiteru Portable: 2-Jin no Elder (Alchemist) {2011.04.28}
 

RurouniZel

Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Wow, 3DS software is not looking good. This is the first time I've seen a hyped system like this start very well and then drop like a rock.
 
RurouniZel said:
Wow, 3DS software is not looking good. This is the first time I've seen a hyped system like this start very well and then drop like a rock.
PSP and DS had somewhat similar post-launch slumps. Hopefully when the software starts hitting in May then 3DS will start moving again.
 
lunchwithyuzo said:
PSP and DS had somewhat similar post-launch slumps. Hopefully when the software starts hitting in May then 3DS will start moving again.

Well, the only major May title is DOA:D. It'll be interesting to see how that impacts sales, but June will be particularly telling in all territories.
 
Father_Brain said:
Well, the only major May title is DOA:D. It'll be interesting to see how that impacts sales, but June will be particularly telling in all territories.
I thought One Piece was in May now too? eShop launch might help too.
 

RurouniZel

Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
The more I think about this, the more I come to the conclusion that, while the lack of must-have software is a huge problem, the bigger problem is the MASSIVE resurgence of the PSP thanks to MHP3rd.

I mean, we knew it'd be big, but outselling DQIX (as far as I'm aware)? It's hard to see this wearing off any time soon. Zelda and Star Fox are not going to bump it much, I doubt DOA is going to move much, and I don't know of any huge 3rd party or Nintendo games coming out really soon for it.

I forsee these sales stalling/getting worse until October-ish. At least in Japan anyway...
 
lunchwithyuzo said:
I thought One Piece was in May now too? eShop launch might help too.

No, you're right. I'm not so optimistic about the eShop, since (AFAIK) it'll require manually downloading the necessary firmware update, but maybe it'll do something for sales if Nintendo gives it a major marketing push.
 

[Nintex]

Member
RurouniZel said:
The more I think about this, the more I come to the conclusion that, while the lack of must-have software is a huge problem, the bigger problem is the MASSIVE resurgence of the PSP thanks to MHP3rd.

I mean, we knew it'd be big, but outselling DQIX (as far as I'm aware)? It's hard to see this wearing off any time soon. Zelda and Star Fox are not going to bump it much, I doubt DOA is going to move much, and I don't know of any huge 3rd party or Nintendo games coming out really soon for it.

I forsee these sales stalling/getting worse until October-ish. At least in Japan anyway...
I think Tales, Zelda, DOA, Star Fox and some other releases should bump the 3DS somewhat but I'm not expecting fireworks untill Mario Kart comes out.
 
RurouniZel said:
The more I think about this, the more I come to the conclusion that, while the lack of must-have software is a huge problem, the bigger problem is the MASSIVE resurgence of the PSP thanks to MHP3rd.

I mean, we knew it'd be big, but outselling DQIX (as far as I'm aware)? It's hard to see this wearing off any time soon. Zelda and Star Fox are not going to bump it much, I doubt DOA is going to move much, and I don't know of any huge 3rd party or Nintendo games coming out really soon for it.

I forsee these sales stalling/getting worse until October-ish. At least in Japan anyway...
Getting hardware driving blockbusters is important, but having a healthy lineup of A-grade filler is just as important. 3DS looks to be getting the latter starting this summer, which should at least help stem the current bleeding.

Having just one or the other leads to the situations we see with Wii and PS3 respectively. PSP's riding high right now thanks to both variables.
 
According to 4gamer they aren't updating again until Friday.

Father_Brain said:
No, you're right. I'm not so optimistic about the eShop, since (AFAIK) it'll require manually downloading the necessary firmware update, but maybe it'll do something for sales if Nintendo gives it a major marketing push.

Eshop confuses me, here we are less then 25 days away from the launch of it and we know almost nothing.
 

RurouniZel

Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
lunchwithyuzo said:
Getting hardware driving blockbusters is important, but having a healthy lineup of A-grade filler is just as important. 3DS looks to be getting the latter starting this summer, which should at least help stem the current bleeding.

Having just one or the other leads to the situations we see with Wii and PS3 respectively. PSP's riding high right now thanks to both variables.

Yeah, Nintendo really should have made more of an effort to get the quality titles out faster. As it stands it looks like 3DS launch prematurely just for the sake of having it out before end of fiscal year 2010...
 
FINALFANTASYDOG said:
Eshop confuses me, here we are less then 25 days away from the launch of it and we know almost nothing.

Yeah, it's ridiculous. I'm guessing there'll be a worldwide announcement next week (I thought it might be this week, but NCL is unlikely to announce anything during Golden Week), but knowing Nintendo, it could come even later than that.
 
RurouniZel said:
Yeah, Nintendo really should have made more of an effort to get the quality titles out faster. As it stands it looks like 3DS launch prematurely just for the sake of having it out before end of fiscal year 2010...
I think projections on Nintencats and Layton 5 were probably a lot higher than what the results have been. Both probably should've been blockbusters.

I know Nintendo couldn't have predicted the quake, but you'd think they'd have a "plan B" ready incase 3DS didn't get off the ground the way they wanted. Instead, it really seems like they just pushed everything back a month in response. :/
 

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Famitsu Sales: Apr 2011 (Mar 28 - Apr 24)

01. / 00. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.14} - 315.642 / NEW
02. / 00. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} - 303.417 / NEW
03. / 00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} - 116.982 / NEW
04. / 00. [PSP] Amagami (EBKore+) (Kadokawa Shoten) {2011.03.31} - 115.373 / NEW
05. / 00. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} - 101.195 / NEW
06. / 00. [PSP] Earth Defence Force 2 Portable (D3 Publisher) {2011.04.07} - 76.248 / NEW
07. / 00. [PSP] Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Atlus Co.) {2011.04.14} - 72.249 / NEW
08. / 05. [PSP] Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection (Square Enix) {2011.03.24} - 62.878 / 164.391 (-38%)
09. / 00. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} - 50.580 / NEW
10. / 02. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 (Koei Tecmo) {2011.03.10} - 48.986 / 424.358 (-87%)
11. / 00. [3DS] Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo) {2011.04.14} - 37.772 / NEW
12. / 09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 34.710 / 4.406.892 (-38%)
13. / 00. [PSP] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (Arc System Works) {2011.03.31} - 34.648 / NEW
14. / 06. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} - 33.390 / 201.167 (-66%)
15. / 01. [PSP] Dissidia: 012 (Duodecim) Final Fantasy (Square Enix) {2011.03.03} - 27.871 / 441.998 (-93%)
16. / 00. [PS3] Homefront (Spike) {2011.04.14} - 26.878 / NEW
17. / 03. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (Level 5) {2011.02.26} - 26.799 / 272.566 (-79%)
18. / 00. [PS2] Amagami (EBKore+) (Kadokawa Shoten) {2011.03.31} - 26.755 / NEW
19. / 07. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity (Sega) {2011.02.24} - 24.496 / 334.218 (-73%)
20. / 19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 22.816 / 3.134.291 (-10%)

00. / 17. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 20.976 / 5.169.998 (-29%)
00. / 00. [NDS] Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyoku (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.21} - 16.570 / NEW
00. / 00. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006.05.25} - 16.548 / 6.119.503 (-5%)
00. / 00. [NDS] Kimi ni Todoke: Communicate Feelings (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.07} - 16.125 / NEW
00. / 00. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (Level 5) {2010.12.16} - 12.805 / 414.034 (-15%)
00. / 11. [NDS] Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars - Blue / Red (Bandai Namco) {2011.03.03} - 11.174 / 58.272 (-76%)
00. / 00. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) {2005.12.08} - 10.746 / 3.768.472 (-12%)
00. / 00. [NDS] Powerful Golf (Konami) {2011.03.17} - 10.660 / 25.134 (-26%)

00. / 00. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.11.18} - 3.153 / 53.103 (-47%)
00. / 00. [PS2] Persona 4 [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Atlus Co.) {2010.08.05} - 1.665 / 26.088 (+60%)
00. / 00. [PS2] Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater [Konami Dendou Selection] (Konami) {2009.11.05} - 1.010 / 34.035 (+20%)
00. / 00. [PS2] Moujuutsukai to Oujisama: Snow Bride (Idea Factory) {2011.02.24} - 637 / 6.656 (-51%)
00. / 00. [PS2] Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2008.06.26} - 578 / 110.563 (-8%)
00. / 00. [PS2] Super Robot Wars Z [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Bandai Namco) {2011.03.03} - 463 / 853 (+19%)
00. / 00. [PS2] Moujuutsukai to Oujisama (Twin Pack) (Idea Factory) {2011.02.24} - 146 / 1.183 (-44%)

Only top 8 for PS2 this month.
 
Watch DQMJ become a million-seller, lol.

EDIT: Maybe it's benefiting from the 3DS, that game screams for an analog disc.

FINALFANTASYDOG said:
Eshop confuses me, here we are less then 25 days away from the launch of it and we know almost nothing.
I'm still waiting for a SpotPass Notification. :(
 

Madao

Member
spwolf said:
hm, i wonder if Sony will change anything in their strategy with PSP2 after 3DS numbers...

the most they can do is price it really cose to the 3DS and have the big titles ready for launch and in a constant release rate.

iwata's price raising because of e3 reactions and delaying several first party games bite him in the ass hard. OoT should have been among the launch lineup like SM64DS on DS and the system should have been $200. now they can't backpedal on the price anytime soon and it won't be till june until "big guns" hit.
 

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
RurouniZel said:
The more I think about this, the more I come to the conclusion that, while the lack of must-have software is a huge problem, the bigger problem is the MASSIVE resurgence of the PSP thanks to MHP3rd.
It'n not only MHP3. PSP benefits from the complete lack of software for DS. It's May and Joker is basically the first big title this year (second if you count Edgeworth 2) when there have been numerous for PSP.

PSP is still in stock at amazon and Zelda is currently sold out.
 

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Famitsu 04/25 - 05/01

01. [PSP] Final Promise Story (Imagepoech, 4/28) -- NEW
02. [PSP] Patapon 3 (Sony, 4/28) -- NEW
03. [PS3] El Shaddai (Ignition, 4/28) -- NEW
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (Square Enix, 3/31)
05. [NDS] Battle & Get Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon, 4/21)
06. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z (Namco Bandai, 4/14)
07. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, 4/14)
08. [PSP] Starry Sky in Winter Portable (Honeybee, 4/28) -- NEW
09. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, 4/14)
10. [PSP] Otome wa Obokusama ni Koishiteiru Portable Futari no Eruda (Alchemist, 4/28) -- NEW



Kinda happy for Final Promise Story.

Waiting for MC numbers to pass judgement on El Shaddai, but seeing as it's below Patapon 3...
 

Takao

Banned
Brazil said:
Famitsu 04/25 - 05/01

01. [PSP] Final Promise Story (Imagepoech, 4/28) -- NEW
02. [PSP] Patapon 3 (Sony, 4/28) -- NEW
03. [PS3] El Shaddai (Ignition, 4/28) -- NEW
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (Square Enix, 3/31)
05. [NDS] Battle & Get Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon, 4/21)
06. [PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z (Namco Bandai, 4/14)
07. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, 4/14)
08. [PSP] Starry Sky in Winter Portable (Honeybee, 4/28) -- NEW
09. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami, 4/14)
10. [PSP] Otome wa Obokusama ni Koishiteiru Portable Futari no Eruda (Alchemist, 4/28) -- NEW



Kinda happy for Final Promise Story.

Waiting for MC numbers to pass judgement on El Shaddai, but seeing as it's below Patapon 3...

Patapon 3 has scored pretty well with Famitsu, and really emphasizes the community aspect of the PSP, so it's not really surprising it's debuting higher than El Shaddai.
 

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Takao said:
Patapon 3 has scored pretty well with Famitsu, and really emphasizes the community aspect of the PSP, so it's not really surprising it's debuting higher than El Shaddai.
I'm not saying it's surprising, just that it doesn't make me very optimistic.

[PSP] Patapon - 28,067 / 90,101
[PSP] Patapon 2 - 24,217 / 103,346
 

Takao

Banned
I hope Patapon 3 has done better than those two.
But if it doesn't that means I'm pretty close with my "El Shaddai under 20k" comment.
 

Kai

Member
Meh. The next Pokemon's on 3DS plus eventual transition of Nintendo brands will make the 3DS out-perform the PSP in the long run....
 
lunchwithyuzo said:
PSP and DS had somewhat similar post-launch slumps. Hopefully when the software starts hitting in May then 3DS will start moving again.
The problem with that comparison is that the DS had Nintendogs hitting around 2 weeks ago, launch aligned, and the PSP didnt recover for nearly a year
 

donny2112

Member
Chris1964 said:
Only top 8 for PS2 this month.

I think there are more PS2 sales than that, but Oricon seems to have some cutoff level. The February or March numbers had games that would've had to have sales in earlier months in 2011, but didn't show up in the listing.
 
duckroll said:
1. [DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional – 74,000 / 411,000
2. [PSP] Final Promise Story – 60,000 / NEW
3. [PS3] El Shaddai – 58,000 / NEW
4. [PSP] Patapon 3 – 49,000 / NEW
5. [DS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS – 33,000 / 92,000
6. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Hakai-hen – 27,000 / 379,000
7. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 – 22,000 / 122,000
8. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 – 17,000 / 128,000
9. [PSP] Starry☆Sky~in Winter~Portable – 15,000 / NEW
10. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – 11,000 / 4,457,000
11. [Wii] Wii Party
12. [3DS] nintendogs + cats
13. [3DS] PilotWings Resort
14. [360] El Shaddai
15. [DS] Detective Conan: Aoki Houseki no Rinbukyok
16. [PSP] Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection
17. [PSP] Otome wa Oanesama ni Koi Shiteru Portable: 2-Jin no Elder
18. [PSP] GachiTora! Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School
19. [DS] Hakuouki: Yuugi Roku DS
20. [DS] Pokemon Black
21. [PSP] Earth Defense Force 2 Portable
22. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii
23. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 6
24. [PS3] SOCOM 4
25. [PSP] Persona 2: Innocent Sin
26. [PSP] Amagami (EBKore+)
27. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle
28. [Wii] Donkey Kong Country Returns
29. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus
30. [Wii] New Super Mario Bros. Wii

http://nintendoeverything.com/64377/
 
The Abominable Snowman said:
The problem with that comparison is that the DS had Nintendogs hitting around 2 weeks ago, launch aligned, and the PSP didnt recover for nearly a year
2 weeks ago launched aligned? Wouldn't it be about a month from now launch aligned?
 
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