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[saichi]

surprised Little Battlers Experience beat OoT 3D even though OoT 3D is within my expectation. Thought Little Battlers Experience would bomb harder.

 

[Ydahs]

Great OoT sales. I thought the initial shipment was 150k? Must mean an almost complete sellout.

 

[Sadist]

OoT love <3

 

[Jeels]

Little Battlers. Level 5 actually releasing a game is awesome.

 

[Brazil]

Oh man, by 2k! Hahaha.

Awesome for both Level-5 (I expected lower sales) and Nintendo.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Wow Little Battlers!

 

[galian beast]

Pretty surprised danbol senki did so well.

Maybe Level 5 will support PSP/Vita more, now that they've experienced the market.

 

[Magicpaint]

Nice to see healthy software sales.

 

[Chris1964]

Media Create Sales: Week 24, 2011 (Jun 13 - Jun 19)

01. / 00. [PSP] Little Battler Xperience (Level 5) {2011.06.16} - 166.187 / NEW
02. / 00. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} - 164.110 / NEW
03. / 01. [PS3] Yakuza: Of the End (Sega) {2011.06.09} - 53.775 / 352.492 (-82%)
04. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling # (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 31.666 / NEW
05. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate: Double Pack (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 11.041 / NEW
06. / 02. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) {2011.06.02} - 9.062 / 83.405 (-42%)
07. / 04. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} - 7.997 / 538.020 (-24%)
08. / 03. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} - 6.609 / 137.421 (-42%)
09. / 07. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} - 6.556 / 1.917.752 (+5%)
10. / 05. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} - 6.549 / 112.174 (-22%)
11. / 14. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} - 6.476 / 353.082 (+31%)
12. / 12. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 6.434 / 5.204.356 (+23%)
13. / 11. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} - 4.232 / 184.299 (-20%)
14. / 10. [PSP] Patapon 3 (SCE) {2011.04.28} - 4.136 / 120.934 (-22%)
15. / 16. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 3.939 / 3.244.896 (-3%)
16. / 00. [360] Steins;Gate (Platinum Collection) (5pb.) {2011.06.16} - 3.914 / NEW
17. / 00. [PS2] Sangoku Koi Senki: Otome no Heihou! (Prototype) {2011.06.16} - 3.872 / NEW
18. / 18. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} - 3.844 / 2.328.388 (-2%)
19. / 19. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 3.758 / 4.490.749 (-4%)
20. / 08. [PSP] Akiba's Trip (Acquire) {2011.05.19} - 3.601 / 93.078 (-35%)

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PSP - 5
WII - 4
3DS - 3
NDS - 3
360 - 3
PS3 - 1
PS2 - 1


SOFTWARE

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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |        YTD |   Last YTD |            
-----------------------------------------------------------------------            
|  ALL  |         0 |   690.000 |   617.269 | 19.338.000 | 25.294.184 |       
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HARDWARE

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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |        YTD |   Last YTD |         LTD |            
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            
|  3DS  |    40.649 |    24.649 |         0 |  1.130.197 |          0 |   1.130.197 |      
|  PSP  |    31.796 |    26.750 |    21.766 |  1.072.141 |  1.051.856 |  17.722.353 |      
|  PS3  |    16.081 |    17.104 |    17.175 |    583.596 |    716.670 |   6.671.086 |      
|  NDS  |    10.895 |    10.661 |    53.523 |    476.954 |  1.059.758 |  32.627.653 |      
|  WII  |     6.678 |     6.357 |    19.045 |    305.782 |    777.866 |  11.585.417 |      
|  360  |     2.875 |     2.370 |     2.060 |     60.007 |     81.296 |   1.480.504 |      
|  PS2  |     1.346 |     1.291 |     1.568 |     38.426 |     42.248 |  21.734.518 |      
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            
|  ALL  |   110.320 |    89.182 |   115.137 |  3.667.103 |  3.729.694 |  92.951.728 |      
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            
| DSiLL |     5.464 |     5.283 |    30.183 |    245.502 |    553.779 |   2.193.085 |      
|  DSi  |     5.322 |     5.232 |    18.214 |    212.706 |    399.806 |   5.756.430 |      
|  DSL  |       109 |       146 |     5.126 |     18.746 |    106.173 |  18.092.667 |      
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            
|  PSP  |    31.741 |    26.681 |    20.929 |  1.056.807 |  1.015.963 |  17.546.595 |      
| PSPgo |        55 |        69 |       837 |     15.334 |     35.893 |     175.758 |      
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D a t a b a s e
Media Create Sales: Japanese Sales database <-download it here

Previous Media-Create Threads
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011

Media Create Sales: Week 23, 2011 (Jun 6 - Jun 12)

 

[Busaiku]

I'm surprised The Little Battlers is as big as it is.
I thought it lost some hype due to its long development, and the fact that the cartoon hasn't started yet.

 

[Takao]

OP updated to reflect Chris's post.

I'm surprised The Little Battlers is as big as it is.
I thought it lost some hype due to its long development, and the fact that the cartoon hasn't started yet.

The anime actually started in March or February.

 

[Busaiku]

OP updated to reflect Chris's post.



The anime actually started in March or February.

Oh, huh, didn't know that...
I guess that might explain it then.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Damn, where did LBX come from. Gotta give it to Level-5, clusterfuck of epic proportions of a release date as usual, yet it does business (as usual). Guess the 300k shipment is more or less safe and we'll see more LBX coming up. Now I'm kinda anticipating what can Level-5 do with their new Gundam series.

Predictions results a bit later to annoy FFDOG because he won (joking), but its Famitsu deadline FFDOG (discussion from the other thread), I'll take them don't worry, but next time ... (I'll take them because I'm that stupid lol).

 

[Truth101]

Level 5 is extremely good at using Anime and products to market their games, it has worked out very well for them. I know a recent interview the CEO of Ubisoft was talking about the same thing.

 

[Takao]

This is actually above what I expected for Cardboard Senki (I was actually expecting 140k opening). You can see me in a few of the older Media Create threads expecting big things from it, and slowly backing off that when a bunch of predictions that were in the sub 100k region stared emerging...

I wonder if this will make Imagineer consider a new anime for Medarot 3D's release. Hmm

 

[Chris1964]

Neither gamewatch looks very reliable with new releases. It didn't have the double pack and the platinum collection of Steins;Gate. I must compare different sources I guess: gamefaqs, amazon and gamewatch.

 

[demonturkey]

Ocarina played Duplex of Dimensional Figures and doubled the 3DS' sales.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Congratulations to FINALFANTASYDOG for winning both rankings by units and by points/percentages.

Results	By Units			By Points	
1	 57075	FINALFANTASYDOG		 59,15%	FINALFANTASYDOG
2	101059	Labadal			 94,83%	Orgen
3	102355	Orgen			117,78%	lunchwithyuzo
4	113655	lunchwithyuzo		118,35%	Chris1964
5	114653	Kurosaki Ichigo		119,94%	Labadal
6	126247	Chris1964		128,14%	Kurosaki Ichigo
7	126800	Road			150,26%	onken
8	160653	onken			159,08%	Road
9	181653	Aru			164,04%	Aru

06/13-06/19	Sales	Chris	Aru	lunch	onken	Kuro	Orgen	Road	Labad	FINAL
3DS Hardware	40649	43210	40000	33333	35000	32000	41000	55555	35000	44243
3DS Zelda OOT	164110	167890	150000	144444	150000	152000	159000	150000	220000	172232
PSP LBX		166187	67890	30000	99999	50000	97000	88000	99999	178000	131213
360 Steins;Gate	42707	21098	12000	22222	18000	18000	24000	11111	15000	32322

Difference	0	126247	181653	113655	160653	114653	102355	126800	101059	57075
										
Difference (%)	0,00%	118,35%	164,04%	117,78%	150,26%	128,14%	94,83%	159,08%	119,94%	59,15%
										
3DS Hardware	0	2561	-649	-7316	-5649	-8649	351	14906	-5649	3594
3DS Zelda OOT	0	3780	-14110	-19666	-14110	-12110	-5110	-14110	55890	8122
PSP LBX		0	-98297	-136187	-66188	-116187	-69187	-78187	-66188	11813	-34974
360 Steins;Gate	0	-21609	-30707	-20485	-24707	-24707	-18707	-31596	-27707	-10385

Past Predictions Results:
04/25-05/01 Predictions Results
04/11-04/17 Predictions Results
03/28-04/03 Predictions Results
Prediction League Results 2009-2010

 

[Cygnus X-1]

Do we have the sell-through % of Ocarina of Time?

 

[distantmantra]

Level 5 is extremely good at using Anime and products to market their games, it has worked out very well for them. I know a recent interview the CEO of Ubisoft was talking about the same thing.

It will be interesting to see what their Gundam series is going to do for them.

 

[Labadal]

When is TotA 3DS releasing?

 

[Chris1964]

When is TotA 3DS releasing?

Next week.

 

[Labadal]

Next week.

Thanks.

This is the most interesting 3DS release for me. I really hope it does well, but I have a feeling it won't.

 

[Trevelyon]

Do we have the sell-through % of Ocarina of Time?

Would like to know this too. Sounds Nintendo played this very conservatively, there''ll be no bargain bins overflowing this time.

 

[Madao]

the top spot was such a photo finish.

i hope OoT3D has good legs.

 

[cvxfreak]

Random LTD updates from Famitsu:

[WII] Super Mario Collection - 905,732
[GBA] Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen - 3,073,380
[NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - 3,901,466

 

[mutsu]

Would like to know this too. Sounds Nintendo played this very conservatively, there''ll be no bargain bins overflowing this time.

The game has finally dropped back to a reasonable price point on Amazon JP, so I think itw ill still have some legs if Nintendo keep printing them. Just have to be cautious on not printing too many.

 

[Jonnyram]

Gotta give it to Level-5, clusterfuck of epic proportions of a release date as usual...

What?

 

[m.i.s.]

Good opening numbers for Zelda but would've expected more than 40k for 3DS.

Need to cease production of DSi / Lite and have 3DS and XL as the only production units - with the 3DS receiving a price cut.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

What?

2009
2010
2011 March 17
2011 May 16
2011 June 16

 

[InfiniteNine]

Even considering that it's bizarre how high it is, I actually almost did a double-take when you consider how poorly Clannad performed when it came out and how it was supposedly the most popular visual novel ever or something similar.

It's also been ported to goddamn everything. People had to stop buying it over and over sometime.

 

[Neki]

Next week.

How popular are the handheld Tales in Japan, or just Tales in general?

 

[Izayoi]

This is the most interesting 3DS release for me. I really hope it does well, but I have a feeling it won't.

Tales games have always tracked fairly well, haven't they? I'm sure it'll do fine.

 

[airmangataosenai]

How popular are the handheld Tales in Japan, or just Tales in general?

Handheld rereleases are usually pretty muted but it's hard to say for sure. I think the biggest one to date was Tales of Eternia at like.... 250k? Maybe one of the old GameBoy ones did better, I dunno for sure. Eternia was obviously a much more popular game than Abyss though.

 

[Chris1964]

Random LTD updates from Famitsu:

[WII] Super Mario Collection - 905,732
[GBA] Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen - 3,073,380
[NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - 3,901,466

Do you know up to what date? These numbers are not from FY.

 

[cvxfreak]

Do you know up to what date? These numbers are not from FY.

6/12

 

[Chris1964]

Next week's releases {2011.06.30}

[3DS] Tales of the Abyss | RPG | (Bandai Namco) | ¥6.090 |

[NDS] Kaidan Restaurant: Zoku! Shin Menu 100-Sen | ADV | (Bandai Namco) | ¥4.242 |
[NDS] Akogare Girls Collection: Ohanaya-San Monogatari | ADV | (Columbia Music Entertainment) | ¥5.040 |
[NDS] Nanami no Oshiete Eibunpou DS: Kisokara Manabu Step Up Gakushuu | EDU | (MediaFive) | ¥4.800 |

[PSP] Mashiro Iro Symphony: *mutsu-no-hana # | ADV | (Comfort) | ¥6.090 |
[PSP] Mashiro Iro Symphony: *mutsu-no-hana [Limited Edition] | ADV | (Comfort) | ¥8.190 |
[PSP] Shutsugeki! Otometachi no Senjou 2: Ikusabana no Kizuna # | SLG | (System Soft Alpha) | ¥6.090 |
[PSP] Shutsugeki! Otometachi no Senjou 2: Ikusabana no Kizuna [Premium Edition] | SLG | (System Soft Alpha) | ¥8.190 |
[PSP] To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers # | RPG | (Aqua Plus) | ¥5.040 |
[PSP] To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers [Limited Edition] | RPG | (Aqua Plus) | ¥11.340 |
[PSP] Moujuutsukai to Oujisama Portable # | ETC | (Idea Factory) | ¥5.040 |
[PSP] Moujuutsukai to Oujisama Portable [Limited Edition] | ETC | (Idea Factory) | ¥7.140 |
[PSP] Initial D: Street Stage (PSP the Best Reprint) | RCE | (Sega) | ¥2.100 |

[WII] GoldenEye 007 | ACT | (Nintendo) | ¥5.800 |
[WII] Resident Evil 0 (Best Price! Reprint) | ADV | (Capcom) | ¥2.100 |
[WII] Resident Evil (Best Price! Reprint) | ADV | (Capcom) | ¥2.100 |

[PS3] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition | FTG | (Capcom) | ¥3.990 |
[PS3] Test Drive: Unlimited 2 | RCE | (CyberFront) | ¥7.140 |
[PS3] Virtua Tennis 4 | SPT | (Sega) | ¥7.140 |
[PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (PlayStation 3 the Best Reprint) | RPG | (Sega) | ¥2.940 |
[PS3] Initial D: Extreme Stage (PlayStation 3 the Best Reprint) | RCE | (Sega) | ¥2.940 |

[360] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition | FTG | (Capcom) | ¥3.990 |
[360] Test Drive: Unlimited 2 | RCE | (CyberFront) | ¥7.140 |
[360] Virtua Tennis 4 | SPT | (Sega) | ¥7.140 |

[PS2] Resident Evil 4 (PlayStation 2 the Best 2nd Reprint) | ADV | (Capcom) | ¥2.100 |

 

[Mojojo]

Tales games have always tracked fairly well, haven't they? I'm sure it'll do fine.

I doubt Tales of the Abyss will do well. It's just a port, and apparently a bad one as famitsu gave it a 31/40 score when it had 36/40 for the PS2 version.

 

[confuziz]

Wasn't there a new Wii bundle released this week?

 

[Oxx]

Handheld rereleases are usually pretty muted but it's hard to say for sure. I think the biggest one to date was Tales of Eternia at like.... 250k? Maybe one of the old GameBoy ones did better, I dunno for sure. Eternia was obviously a much more popular game than Abyss though.

The Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology games on the PSP are the high watermark as far as I can tell.

 

[Chris1964]

Wasn't there a new Wii bundle released this week?

if with "this week" you mean last week, no, the new Wii bundle came out today in Japan.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Kinda odd seeing the Tales of the Abyss 3D, higher priced than a new Wii game.

 

[Busaiku]

Handheld rereleases are usually pretty muted but it's hard to say for sure. I think the biggest one to date was Tales of Eternia at like.... 250k? Maybe one of the old GameBoy ones did better, I dunno for sure. Eternia was obviously a much more popular game than Abyss though.

The Tales games on PSP were all really big.
The biggest one was Radiant Mythology 2, which went over 300k.

The ports weren't as great sellers though (save for Eternia).
I don't think Abyss will do much more than 100k, if that.

 

[allan-bh]

If I understand correctly, Zelda Ocarina 3D sell-through is 90.02% according to Media Create.

 

[onken]

lol fuck you LBX.

 

[Akainu]

Are there any impression for Little Battler?

 

[Spiegel]

If I understand correctly, Zelda Ocarina 3D sell-through is 90.02% according to Media Create.

You are correct

Little Battlers had a great sell-through too (80.47%)

 

[mutsu]

You are correct

Little Battlers had a great sell-through too (80.47%)

Considering all those huge boxes, retailers will be glad that it didn't bomb

I am going to get Tales of the Abyss next week. +1 sales! Hopefully it will sell well enough for Namco to consider porting another of the PS2 Tales (Tales of Destiny please!). Or, even better, a brand new entry in the series (that don't suck like most of the ones on DS... except Hearts).

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

You are correct

Little Battlers had a great sell-through too (80.47%)

Not quite the 300k shipment we heard then, just barely 200k. Very good news, won't pull a Ninokuni, though I wonder if any new shipments are going to be barebones UMDs or still figure-included big boxes. Amazon is out of stock until 6/27 but that's the listing for the big box (and there isn't any other SKU listed) so it doesn't seem like they are shipping an UMD-only SKU just yet.

Guess its for the best, with the start it had and the sellthrough controlled, having the more appealing figurine-included SKU should work in the game favor. Not bad Level-5, not bad.

 

[Takao]

Are there any impression for Little Battler?

I'm thinking of ordering a copy off of PlayAsia soon, but $84 ain't cheap. I was watching gameplay videos, and the game appears to have some insane production values.