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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan sales! Week 28-July 09- July 15: Famitsu

Chandler said:
The "How does it feel to have a boner" thread has more traffic than the newest sales thread. Thats kinda sad.

Anybody care to predict how the LL will fare alongside NSMB2? I think 3DS+LL could go as high as 200k and the trinity could get a decent boost, too. I have no idea how well 2D marios sell first week, only that they have incredible legs. Is 600k for 2 days (saturday and sunday) too pessimistic?

Also I was wondering about holiday in Japan. I think the 3DS will dominate the PSV IN JAPAN because I dont think Vitas holiday line up is that good for the japanese audience. But could it be that the Wii U will be another casualty in 3DS's wake? I don't see anything appealing for japanese people outside of Nintendos own games and the 3DS line up is so strong that maybe a lot of people hold off on the Wii U to buy more 3DS games.


I think those numbers are right... and good. More or less 180-200k 3DS plus 600k NSMB2 FW is my prediction. Not pessimistic at all, imo.

As for Wii U, we don't know, as the japanese launch line-up hasn't been announced. Nintendo will hold a Wii U conference in the following months discussing that... presumably, pre-tgs. I expect at least a couple new games for launch, maybe even more.



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Chandler said:

Anybody care to predict how the LL will fare alongside NSMB2? I think 3DS+LL could go as high as 200k and the trinity could get a decent boost, too. I have no idea how well 2D marios sell first week, only that they have incredible legs. Is 600k for 2 days (saturday and sunday) too pessimistic?

3DS sales have been noticeably declining since the XL announcement, notwithstanding the release of several solid performing games, so I anticipate the first week for the XL is going to be pretty good for Nintendo. I believe the DSi XL did well in Japan, too. As for Mario, 600k is quite doable, although I wouldn't call it conservative. The games have a strong start as well as strong legs.



RIP XBOX360



sperrico87 said:
3DS hardware/software sales in Japan the week ending July 28th are going to be redonkulous. The trifecta of NSMB2/ Brain Age 3/ 3DS XL is going to be insane.

Finally something to look forward to.



nice 3d$ sw numbers...
i predict 4xxk for NSMB2, with high probability of strong legs



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Next week for software

Why don't we make a prediction game:

3DS:

Rune Factory 4

Hmm, I say 95k - but hope for 100+

Rayman Origins

For me, 8-10k - (More than time travelers PSP!)

Vita:

Jykkyou Powerful Baseball:

I don't really know... 35k?

Plus time travelers PSP (6k for me) and Digimon (95k - will battle with Rune Factory for the number 1)

Oh yeah! And there's alsothe new monster hunter for the PSP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 million week one???? ;)



I'll say 150k for Rune Factory 4, five k for Rayman Origins, and 30k for Jykkyou.

I'm not sure how to play COMG, so I guess I'll play here for now. :3



happydolphin said:
I'll say 150k for Rune Factory 4, five k for Rayman Origins, and 30k for Jykkyou.

I'm not sure how to play COMG, so I guess I'll play here for now. :3

No, I don't really think that's possible, unfortunately.

The third one opened with 50k, I'm stretching that to 95k cause I believe the Harvest Moon effect will take place here and because I'm very passionate about this game so I'm being overly optimistic! You can't be more optimistic than over-optimistic :)

150k is a nice LTD for me!



VicViper said:
happydolphin said:
I'll say 150k for Rune Factory 4, five k for Rayman Origins, and 30k for Jykkyou.

I'm not sure how to play COMG, so I guess I'll play here for now. :3

No, I don't really think that's possible, unfortunately.

The third one opened with 50k, I'm stretching that to 95k cause I believe the Harvest Moon effect will take place here and because I'm very passionate about this game so I'm being overly optimistic! You can't be more optimistic than over-optimistic :)

150k is a nice LTD for me!

Haha, you could be right! :D



Is it wrong to expect higher numbers for Nintendo consoles as well as its games?
I am not surprised PS2 still sells well here in Asia. It is still a viable console with a large, and p profitable market. I wish they implement better laws on piracy; not only is it prevalent, it is boldly out in the open.