Wii Motion + might be responsible. The other Zelda that needed an accessory (MM needing the Expansion Pack) also didn't perform too well (Not to mention that the series has been on a decline for quite a while now).
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Media Create Sales: Week 51, 2013 (Dec 16 - Dec 22)
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Wii Motion + might be responsible. The other Zelda that needed an accessory (MM needing the Expansion Pack) also didn't perform too well (Not to mention that the series has been on a decline for quite a while now).
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
You got most of them:
Dragons Dogma
Demons Souls
White Knight Chronicles
Resonance of Fate
I was thinking having SE behind it might mean something but alas. I mean 360 had a couple of good selling jrpgs:
Blue Dragon - 200k
Last Remnant - 150k
I thought a sequel was in the works since I remember a teaser some time ago. I can't remember for the life of me though.
Sammy Samusu
Member
1. Because they have hinted at
2. The game is more popular now than when it was released as a new IP
3. Solid sales worldwide
I found the article about the auditions :
It doesn't exactly confirms much, but it's a positive sign... then again, it was back in 2012. That's quite a long time between audition and potential game release (provided it's for TWEWY2).
It doesn't exactly confirms much, but it's a positive sign... then again, it was back in 2012. That's quite a long time between audition and potential game release (provided it's for TWEWY2).
I always wondered why Square never bothered with that port, it could have been rather successful and the PC changes actually made the game quite good (if you ignore the awful story that is).
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I wouldn't say 160k sales as solid sales for the West.
Maybe a deal with Microsoft.
Glass Rebel
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Captain Smoker
Member
Just for fun, worldwide Legend of Zelda sales:
A Link between Worlds sold 405.000 (digital + retail + bundle) in the USA.
Going to be interesting where it ends up overall.
Code:
[B]Sys. Game LTD units As of[/B]
N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 7.600.000 Dec 06
Wii The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 7.070.000 Dec 12
NES The Legend of Zelda 6.510.000 Dec 06
NDS The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 4.750.000 Dec 12
SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 4.610.000 Dec 06
GCN The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 4.420.000 Dec 06
NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 4.380.000 Dec 06
GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons 3.990.000 Dec 06
GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 3.830.000 Dec 06
Wii The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 3.590.000 Dec 12
N64 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3.360.000 Dec 06
NDS The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 2.930.000 Dec 12
GBA The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures 2.720.000 Dec 06
GBA The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 1.760.000 Dec 06
GCN The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 1.320.000 Mar 07
3DS The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 2.950.000 Mar 13
GBC The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX 2.220.000 Dec 06
Wii Link's Crossbow Training (with Wii Zapper) 5.780.000 Dec 12A Link between Worlds sold 405.000 (digital + retail + bundle) in the USA.
Going to be interesting where it ends up overall.
Square Enix has yet to officially cancel The Last Remnant on PS3. It's listed as an upcoming release on their site. It still pops up on Famitsu Most Wanted lists too, haha.
will they port the pc version to ps4 ???
will they port the pc version to ps4 ???
Magicpaint
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Wii Link's Crossbow Training (with Wii Zapper) 5.780.000 Dec 12
Damn.
Damn.
They're in a contest with Sony and The Last Guardian: whoever launches their game first loses.
Is that Twilight Princess number correct? That's incredibly low considering it was launched on GC and also on Wii, although it was Wii launch game.
Oh, nvm. I'm dumb as fuck.
The games are separated on the list and I was only looking at GC version numbers. Silly me.Captain Smoker
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A japanese .pdf - file where they listed all Wii & NDS million sellers as of December 2012, it's somewhere on my hard-drive. ^^
Allan Holdsworth
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I'm thinking 350-500k LTD for Zelda. Last comparable game is Minish Cap with an LTD of 235k (Famitsu). Bundle will help; I don't think Minish Cap had one in Japan.
Same range for Donkey Kong.
Same range for Donkey Kong.
Interesting data, is possible to find this PDF using google?
Glass Rebel
Member
I didn't know Twilight Princess was the best selling Zelda. Best Zelda keep slaying.
Captain Smoker
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I found it again:
http://www.okasan.co.jp/market/stock_j/20130318_sector.pdf#page=39&zoom=150,0,544
But the file is offline. :/
Need to find it on my pc.
If you find and can send me...
I would you like to have these more updated data.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
So the price drop incresed the sales a lot, if I'm not completely mistaken? Comparing Skyward Sword to TP pre-pricedrop, SS actually sold quite OK, considering it needs an add-on and came very late in Wii's lifecycle, when all the hype was gone already.
Me too
Gamecube version? I think the Wii and GameCube versions always were reported seperately.
Looking at the numbers again, I think it's fairly likely that Captain Smoker's source combined both versions and got to 7.1 million that way.
No, both versions are listed separately. And it wouldn't be surprising for the game to have sold an additional 2 millions during the past 2.7 years, especially with the Nintendo Selects re-print.
And yeah, Wii Motion Plus really didn't help Skyward Sword, especially in Japan. A mandatory accessory is the best way to make sure your game doesn't sell to its full potential. Should've packed a WiiMotion Plus with each copy, along with the WiiMote Plus bundle.
:O...
What gets me though is that they've implied that they intend to stop doing this model.
Like if this was just their obvious plan and they were going to move on to Theatrhythm: Dragon Quest and Theatrhythm: Kingdom Hearts with 3DS -> iOS/Android strategies, it would seem entirely logical to me, but why halt what is a successful business model if it's notably successful?
PSN 2013 (January 1st - December 15th) rankings
Top 10
01.[Vita] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
02.[PS3] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
03.[PSP] Super Robot Wars Operation Extend (Namco Bandai)
04.[Vita] God Eater 2 (Namco Bandai)
05.[Vita] Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (Marvelous AQL)
06.[Vita] Toukiden (Tecmo Koei)
07.[Vita] Soul Sacrifice (SCE)
08.[PS3] Earth Defense Force 4 (D3)
09.[Vita] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa)
10.[PSP] Summon Night 5 (Namco Bandai)
>36,488
Vita Top 10
01.[Vita] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
02.[Vita] God Eater 2 (Namco Bandai)
03.[Vita] Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (Marvelous AQL)
04.[Vita] Toukiden (Tecmo Koei)
05.[Vita] Soul Sacrifice (SCE)
06.[Vita] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa) > 36,488
07.[Vita] Oboro Murasama (Marvelous AQL)
08.[Vita] Persona 4 Golden (Atlus)
09.[Vita] Monster Monpiece (Idea Factory)
10.[Vita] Valhalla Knights 3 (Marvelous AQL)
PS3 (retail) Top 10
01.[PS3] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
02.[PS3] Earth Defense Force 4 (D3)
03.[PS3] Terraria (Spike Chunsoft)
04.[PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 (Tecmo Koei)
05.[PS3] FFXIV (Square Enix) >29323
06.[PS3] Gundam Breaker (Namco Bandai)
07.[PS3] Terraria Release Key? (Spike Chunsoft)
08.[PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami)
09.[PS3] Hatsune Miku-Project DIVA-F (Sega)
10.[PS3] Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (Capcom)
Famitsu estimates for FFXIV in September+October (29323)
+ PSP, PSN, PSX and F2P games
http://www.jp.playstation.com/psn/store/sp/131227storerank2013/?ref=rss
Edit
Just realized that Rain is not in the TOP10 of best selling games (number 2 in the PSN Top 10), so all of the games in the overall Top 10 and the Top 6 Vita games sold at least 36,488 copies on the PSN this year
Top 10
01.[Vita] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
02.[PS3] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
03.[PSP] Super Robot Wars Operation Extend (Namco Bandai)
04.[Vita] God Eater 2 (Namco Bandai)
05.[Vita] Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (Marvelous AQL)
06.[Vita] Toukiden (Tecmo Koei)
07.[Vita] Soul Sacrifice (SCE)
08.[PS3] Earth Defense Force 4 (D3)
09.[Vita] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa)
10.[PSP] Summon Night 5 (Namco Bandai)
>36,488
Vita Top 10
01.[Vita] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
02.[Vita] God Eater 2 (Namco Bandai)
03.[Vita] Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (Marvelous AQL)
04.[Vita] Toukiden (Tecmo Koei)
05.[Vita] Soul Sacrifice (SCE)
06.[Vita] Demon Gaze (Kadokawa) > 36,488
07.[Vita] Oboro Murasama (Marvelous AQL)
08.[Vita] Persona 4 Golden (Atlus)
09.[Vita] Monster Monpiece (Idea Factory)
10.[Vita] Valhalla Knights 3 (Marvelous AQL)
PS3 (retail) Top 10
01.[PS3] Dragon's Crown (Atlus)
02.[PS3] Earth Defense Force 4 (D3)
03.[PS3] Terraria (Spike Chunsoft)
04.[PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 (Tecmo Koei)
05.[PS3] FFXIV (Square Enix) >29323
06.[PS3] Gundam Breaker (Namco Bandai)
07.[PS3] Terraria Release Key? (Spike Chunsoft)
08.[PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami)
09.[PS3] Hatsune Miku-Project DIVA-F (Sega)
10.[PS3] Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (Capcom)
Famitsu estimates for FFXIV in September+October (29323)
+ PSP, PSN, PSX and F2P games
http://www.jp.playstation.com/psn/store/sp/131227storerank2013/?ref=rss
Edit
Just realized that Rain is not in the TOP10 of best selling games (number 2 in the PSN Top 10), so all of the games in the overall Top 10 and the Top 6 Vita games sold at least 36,488 copies on the PSN this year
I can hum the Dragon Quest theme all day. Why we haven't seen Theatrhythm: Dragon Quest is absolutely insane.
ohbabyitsken
Banned
That's seems very high for digital sales in Japan. That would mean Demon Gaze probably sold more online than retail. Seems weird. Does anyone know how much Dragon's Crown sold at retail?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Wow at Dragons Crown. That game was a real success for Vanillaware.
Ah yes, I see now. Well, Curtain Call is probably gonna get the iOS treatment down the road too, I think. I don't believe it's gonna remain a 3DS exclusive, and it wouldn't exactly be a new Theatrhythm game either.
Surprised they aren't doing it for DQ, though, I'm sure they'd have plenty of stuff to pick from.
from where did we get the data for Rain's sales?
It's probably better to wait for Famitsu top 100 and MC top 1000, to have a better look on overall sales.
Considering the kind of title (and how retail sales trended), I suppose Senran Kagura should be in the 40-45k ballpark (around 20-30k back in March). Some good / great results there.
evilromero
Member
It's pretty clear that gamers want the OoT/TP style Zelda. You hear that Nintendo?
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Nice for Dragon Crown. Hope to see more Thick Vikings in the near future.
Well, these are estimates by Famitsu and we don't know how accurate they are.
But Spike Chunsoft, which publishes Terraria in Japan, said to Famitsu that Terraria was around 120k sold to consumers, with 45% being download, so ~54k. (I don't know if they publish the game in other Asian countries, though.)
So everything in the overall top 10 would be over
Cap. Smoker listed them separately, but if I remember correctly (I didn't save the pdf either...) there were only Wii numbers; the GC numbers are from Nintendo's reports. It is possible, yes, the source combined both. But then the numbers should be even higher than 7.07 million...
GE2 should be getting closer to 400k on Vita alone adding PSN + retail.
Same link as FFXIV's sales
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=91459969&postcount=1159
Terraria is listed twice in the PS3 chart, so maybe it could have gotten a place in the overall Top 10 if counted together.
Same link as FFXIV's sales
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=91459969&postcount=1159
Terraria is listed twice in the PS3 chart, so maybe it could have gotten a place in the overall Top 10 if counted together.
Demon Gaze over 54k just with digital sales, and no report about the game being over 100k units sold to customers ever, since the last updated had it at 60k? That sound a bit fishy, unfortunately.
Edit: Just saw Spiegel post, that should explain things.
Captain Smoker
Member
Found the file, they probably changed the link. ^^
http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j...Hp9rBfe_io7sHSQ&bvm=bv.58187178,d.Yms&cad=rja
Page 33: NDS & 3DS
Page 41: Wii & Wii U
http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j...Hp9rBfe_io7sHSQ&bvm=bv.58187178,d.Yms&cad=rja
Page 33: NDS & 3DS
Page 41: Wii & Wii U
Yeah, GCN + Wii would be over 7.07, so it isn't combined.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Wasn't there a comment from them (probably Anouma) about WWHD being a test for an HD Zelda style? Maybe I'm misremembering, I hope I am anyway because if not it really makes me want to facepalm.
Captain Smoker
Member
He said that they were experimenting with HD-artstyles for the next Wii U game.
The E3 demo was one of these tests too. But they thought that it changed Wind Wakers look that much that they should release a HD version of it.
Oh, I missed that. Makes sense, then. So at least 27k for everything in the top 10 going by Spike Chunsoft.
The Game Archives rankings are always surprising:
1. [PS1] Final Fantasy IX
2. [PS1] Final Fantasy VII International
3. [PS1] Final Fantasy VIII
4. [PS1] Final Fantasy VI
5. [PS1] Final Fantasy V
6. [PS1] Chrono Trigger
7. [PS1] Chrono Cross
8. [PS1] Legend of Mana
9. [PS1] Final Fantasy Tactics
10. [PS1] Super Robot Wars Alpha
Nintendo was so aggressive moneyhating Dragon Quest outside of Sony they can't even put it on the PSN. At the same time, they were so focused on their immediate competition they forgot SE had other option -- smartphones. =P
But seriously, do we know the reason why DQ was never put on PSN or Virtual Console?
That's different file. It is more recent, actually, sales until Jun 2013. It lists Fire Emblem Awakening over 1 million, for instance.
Holy!
Thank you Cap'n.
So DQIX only sold 0,06M more in the west after the first FY shipment.
Wait.
Punch-Out, in the end...has been a million seller?!? It must have sold fantastic in US, then.
EDIT: Wait again. Wario Land: Shake It!! sold over a million as well? What...