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[Vinnk]

18./00. [PS3] Shadows of the Damned <ADV> (Electronic Arts) {2011.09.22} (¥7.665) - 9.145 / NEW

Ouch! And after that big marketing campaign too. Posters and flyers in nearly every game store. Kiosks too. And the big name Japanese voice cast.

Maybe the Cero Z rating killed it's chances?

Poor Suda, can't he ever catch a break in his home country.

 

[Acosta]

i've always wondered: while those people are programing jiggling 3D blobs to appear as tits, are they thinking it's a dream come true, or is it one of those 'how did my life come to this' moments?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9abUz7udro

That one with the mask is the lead designer.

Judge by yourself.

 

[PdotMichael]

great!

King's Field -> Demons Souls > Dark Souls

From totally niche game to a mainstream title

 

[east of eastside]

PS3 post price drop sales are impressive. Shows you the eventual $199 is gonna do a lot of damage on the charts.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

Very good numbers for Dark souls and PS3, Acosta should be happy that the time machine was built for this week. Also surpised with 3DS.

I wonder if the 3DS JPN sales boost will transfer over to NA and NPD. Probably will

For the holidays it might but the 3DS isn't going to get a dramatic boost in September from the anouncement of MH Tri G and MH4.

 

[tiku]

this time From Soft get all the money, since they're the publisher.

so yeah Sony is a fool, one of their worst mistakes this generation is to abandon Demon's Souls.

Dark Souls is going to sell millions worldwide, more than most of Sony's first parties

Ok it's a big mistake from Sony... but, come on, are you serious with "is going to sell millions worldwide, more than most of Sony's first parties"

I don't think so, yet it's going to sell very well, that's right.

 

[dallow_bg]

this time From Soft get all the money, since they're the publisher.

so yeah Sony is a fool, one of their worst mistakes this generation is to abandon Demon's Souls.

Dark Souls is going to sell millions worldwide, more than most of Sony's first parties

Time for USA to do it's part.

 

[Plinko]

...and the 3DS is saved.

 

[RurouniZel]

Yeah but what's curious is the post price cut we saw drops week after week, it's pretty amazing then that the 3DS would rise in two successive weeks after big announcements.

This is why the bump happened.

 

[Busaiku]

3DS software are going up to.
With the Pink system launching in a few weeks, the next months look really, really good.

Poor Suda, can't he ever catch a break in his home country.

It's really not fair either.
I want some No More Heroes toilet paper.

 

[Effect]

Wondering if the PSP's continued healthiness will have an adverse effect on Vita sales, like the DS appeared to with the 3DS prior to the price cut.

Rhythm Heaven will pass half a million in a few weeks. It seems to be stabilising around 15k/week.

Wouldn't be surprised if it did. There is another problem here with the Vita I think. Not being able to play PSP games on it. With the 3DS you could still play DS games if nothing excited you on the 3DS front at first. You still got use out of the 3DS if you bought it at launch. Can the same be said for the PS Vita? You might be able to get digital PSP games but what if you have a collection of PSP disc games or are able to pick them up at a much lower price. The PSP would still seem like the better buy at that moment, not the Vita because of not being able to kill two birds with one stone the way you could with the 3DS.

 

[TheNatural]

This is why the bump happened.

... IN MY PANTS

 

[RPGamer92]

Now imagine the bump 3DS will get from MH, Love Plus, and MK O_0

 

[noobie]

Has any other IP done so that the sequel did more than Life time sales of the previous entries in the first week?

 

[matmanx1]

Nice opening for Dark Souls. Hopefully the game will have some legs and do well for From. Ico/Sotc box set also did very, very well and certainly more than I had anticipated.

3DS seems to be selling based on future catalogue or a rabid love for ninja boobies. Or maybe both.

 

[vicissitudes]

PS3 post price drop sales are impressive. Shows you the eventual $199 is gonna do a lot of damage on the charts.

Well their software lineup for the past few weeks was: Monster Hunter 3rd HD -> Tales of Xilia -> Dark Souls + ICO/SOTC.

 

[MetatronM]

By the way, was Dark Souls released on the 360 in Japan, or is that a West only thing?

 

[xero273]

By the way, was Dark Souls released on the 360 in Japan, or is that a West only thing?

Japan is PS3 only release

 

[Smiles and Cries]

nice 3DS numbers

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Wow at Dark Souls. And highly impressive and good to see the limited box for the HD collection selling so well. It looks AMAZING.

 

[catashtrophe]

Media Create Sales: Week 38, 2011 (Sep 19 - Sep 25)

01./00. [PS3] Dark Souls <RPG> (From Software) {2011.09.22} (¥7.800) - 279.567 / NEW

Dark Souls came with the Thunder

Can't wait for the UK release, got my pre-order with Amazon

 

[Tailzo]

01./00. [PS3] Dark Souls <RPG> (From Software) {2011.09.22} (¥7.800) - 279.567 / NEW

I just wanted to say; this makes me happy

 

[RamzaIsCool]

Shouldn't that Champion Jockey game be a PS3 game (listed as Wii)? Making the amount of PS3 games in the top 20 a healthy 9! Is that some kind of record for the system?

Dark Souls is unreal. If it shows the legs of it's predecesor then 500k+ isn't out of the question. I genuinely think it has the potential to be a millionseller on a handheld machine. Namco should go all MoHun on this series.

Ico&SotC did also very good 100k and 110k. Ico might have done better now then it did then.

Wow @ 3DS

 

[M3d10n]

This is why the bump happened.

3DS boxes look so much better in black. Nintendo should use that color scheme for all 3DS boxes, would help a lot in differentiating them from DS games.

 

[Takuya]

| 360 | 3.897 |
| PS2 | 1.517 |

Japan needs to redeem themselves next week.

 

[Busaiku]

Oh, just noticed the Monster Hunter Freedom 3 budget print.
I wonder if it can take off, despite the high sales of the initial release this time around.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Great numbers for Dark Souls and 3DS!

 

[pharmboy044]

Dark Souls, coming in with some great numbers.

Hopefully it hits 500k.

 

[Syphon Filter]

3DS doing great,PS3 holding up well.

 

[dallow_bg]

Time for Dark Souls spinoff to go handheld.

Rake it in.

 

[Mpl90]

Now talking about the other games

01./00. [PS3] Dark Souls <RPG> (From Software) {2011.09.22} (¥7.800) - 279.567 / NEW

OUTSTANDING.
Another success story for Bandai Namco.
And an unbelievable result for From Software...maybe the best one result ever for them?
Word of mouth of Demon's Souls did a lot...and now Dark Souls is a success. Probably it will do 350-400k as LTD. Wow.

02./00. [PS3] ICO / Shadow of the Colossus Limited Box <ADV> (SCE) {2011.09.22} (¥6.980) - 91.902 / NEW
14./00. [PS3] Shadow of the Colossus <ADV> (SCE) {2011.09.22} (¥3.980) - 13.420 / NEW
20./00. [PS3] ICO <ADV> (SCE) {2011.09.22} (¥3.980) - 7.941 / NEW

100k for both re-releases. Very good.
It's a very good period for PS3: it has good / very good games, and they sell well... in certain cases, more than what everyone expected.

03./00. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 6 <ACT> (Konami) {2011.09.22} (¥5.250) - 64.350 / NEW

IIRC, best FW for a Yu-Gi-Oh! title in a while, right? Building the userbase on PSP worked.

04./00. [360] Gears of War 3 # <ACT> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2011.09.22} (¥7.140) - 56.113 / NEW

Best debut for a Gears of War. 56k. ...Even if in 5 days. However, good. A bit of life for 360.

05./01. [WII] Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary: Famicom & Super Famicom Dragon Quest I-II-III <RPG> (Square Enix) {2011.09.15} (¥4.440) - 54.775 / 318.174 (-79%)

Good. DQ is strong on Nintendo platforms... even on Wii.

07./00. [PSP] Busou Shinki: Battle Masters Mk. 2 <ACT> (Konami) {2011.09.22} (¥5.800) - 32.318 / NEW
08./00. [PS3] To Heart 2 DX Plus # <ADV> (Aqua Plus) {2011.09.22} (¥8.379) - 24.429 / NEW

Not bad... I think, right?

09./02. [PS3] Tales of Xillia # <RPG> (Bandai Namco) {2011.09.08} (¥8.379) - 22.484 / 595.386 (-52%)

600k, here we come!

10./00. [WII] Champion Jockey: Gallop Racer & G1 Jockey <TBL> (Koei Tecmo) {2011.09.22} (¥7.140) - 18.281 / NEW

It's the PS3 version. And Move did a miracle.

11./05. [WII] Rhythm Heaven <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.07.21} (¥5.800) - 17.354 / 469.914 (+18%)

It has stabilized in 15-17k range, it seems. Good, it will reach 800k this Holiday.

12./00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.09.22} (¥2.990) - 14.924 / NEW

MH sells ALWAYS.

13./04. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus <SPT> (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) - 14.876 / 566.992 (-2%)

This is a little bastard :lol

15./07. [NDS] Kirby Mass Attack <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.08.04} (¥3.800) - 12.658 / 231.815 (+16%)

...Wow. Already near 250k.
It will reach 300k. The week of Kirby Wii's release

16./08. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} (¥4.800) - 11.596 / 391.734 (+10%)

DS: Nintendogs = 3DS: Zelda OoT 3D
No, really

17./06. [PS3] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 HD Ver. <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.08.25} (¥4.800) - 9.263 / 383.276 (-30%)

400k are very near. MH sells ALWAYS...and two

18./00. [PS3] Shadows of the Damned <ADV> (Electronic Arts) {2011.09.22} (¥7.665) - 9.145 / NEW

Damned, indeed.

19./12. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble Blast <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2011.08.11} (¥4.800) - 8.722 / 170.367 (+13%)

Near 200k. Here's Pokemon's legs! Obviously helped by 3DS' great weekly performances.

 

[Takuya]

Now talking about the other games

01./00. [PS3] Dark Souls <RPG> (From Software) {2011.09.22} (¥7.800) - 279.567 / NEW

OUTSTANDING.
Another success story for Bandai Namco.
And an unbelievable result for From Software...maybe the best one result ever for them?
Word of mouth of Demon's Souls did a lot...and now Dark Souls is a success. Probably it will do 350-400k as LTD. Wow.

Didn't Sony publish it in Japan?
Edit: FROM published it themselves?

 

[walking fiend]

Demon's Souls is the new MH on home consoles.

 

[OceansAndEarth]

Well done, FROM Software, well done

The 3DS is finally doing great numbers; I wonder what numbers it is going to do this holiday season.

Also, the 360 beats the PS2 after quite a while, lol.

 

[Canova]

Didn't Sony publish it in Japan?
Edit: FROM published it themselves?

Yup Its all From Soft, Sony got nothing to do with Dark Souls

 

[Mpl90]

Didn't Sony publish it in Japan?
Edit: FROM published it themselves?

...Oh,right. They published it themselves in Japan.
It's in Europe the place where DS is published by Namco.
Then, absolute success for From Software

 

[onken]

Damn Dark Souls and 3DS hardware.

 

[Fantastical]

Holiday season should be absolutely huge for 3DS. I'm surprised to see it so high right now, I thought it would be mostly dead until the big games came out.

 

[OceansAndEarth]

Holiday season should be absolutely huge for 3DS. I'm surprised to see it so high right now, I thought it would be mostly dead until the big games came out.

Price cut + MH announcement did the trick.

 

[Mpl90]

Price cut + MH announcement did the trick.

That was last week.
Probably also this week... but I wanna go with the romantic theory: boobs boosted the 3DS

 

[manueldelalas]

Price cut + MH announcement did the trick.

3D boobs man, it's all thanks to 3D boobs.

 

[Fantastical]

Price cut + MH announcement did the trick.

Well even with the price cut I didn't think it would be doing great until the first first big game (not sure what that is in Japan) for the holiday season came out. I guess MH has that power, I just thought a lot of people would wait until it came out.

Edit: Also boobs.

 

[angelfly]

Awesome numbers for Dark Souls and 3DS. Also good first week for Senran Kagura. I wonder if it'll have legs since from what I've been hearing it's been selling quite well and a bunch of places were sold out.

 

[Chris1964]

Price cut + MH announcement did the trick.

Senran Kagura did the trick this week. Retailers were reporting simultaneous purchases with 3DS.

 

[JasoNsider]

Really happy to see both 3DS and Dark Souls finding homes in Japan. This is already a great fall season!

 

[Busaiku]

Senran Kagura did the trick this week. Retailers were reporting simultaneous purchases with 3DS.

So that means New Love Plus will probably move systems too.

 

[Infinite Justice]

DARK SOULS!!!!


BOOOBIES!!!!!


starwarsemperorgood.gif

 

[Cipherr]

That is an impressive 3DS number. Wonder where the baseline will settle. 4M by end of year looks pretty reachable.

Crazy, weeks ago we were saying the userbase would probably be a bit over 2m if that by the time MH3G dropped, now itll be 2m in 2 weeks in early October. Its like pest repellent for all those people who just popped up claiming 3DS was dead because of the iPhone and the like. Niiiiiice and quiet now.

06./00. [3DS] Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei <ACT> (Marvelous Entertainment) {2011.09.22} (¥5.980) - 52.206 / NEW

Was a 60k shipment right?

 

[Mpl90]

Senran Kagura did the trick this week. Retailers were reporting simultaneous purchases with 3DS.

Romantic theory WINS.
BOOBALITY.

...Ah, Kagura is even one of the best debuts ever for a game published by Marvelous.

 

[RPGamer92]

Crazy, weeks ago we were saying the userbase would probably be a bit over 2m if that by the time MH3G dropped, now itll be 2m in 2 weeks in early October. Its like pest repellent for all those people who just popped up claiming 3DS was dead because of the iPhone and the like. Niiiiiice and quiet now.
Was a 60k shipment right?

Just like what everyone said about DS in 2004/early 2005