Japan - First Day Sales (Wii Music debut)

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noname2200 said:

yushire said:

noname2200 said:

 

LOL WUT? Konami? Squeenix and Konami they are all the same just like Ubi shoveling software on the Wii. Except for Elebits and Dewy's adventure I think theres no Konami titles that I could say quality or making the publisher profited. I think you should make example on SEGA instead with their Lets tap game and other titles on the Wii like Madworld, Mario and Sonic, SEGA superstar tennis and Sonic Dark Knight, but Konami? Naah... and yeah, Im posting here in the casual japanese perspective.

 

I'm afraid I can't, Yushire. I'm not speaking of the quality of the games at all; I'm merely passing along the data for the sales in Japan, and Konami has actually had some good-selling games in Japan. Deca Sports, Power Pro Baseball, and PES 2008 have all done alright for themselves in Japan alone, most especially Deca Sports. Sega's making a killing off the Wii too, but more in the West than in Japan. Whether we like that or not sales are sales.

 

But while the last post was about sales, I'll reserve the rest of this one for your quality argument.

I actually hadn't thought about this before you posted, but I'm actually okay with Konami's Wii output so far. Pro Evolution Soccer is the first soccer game since Mega Man Soccer that I actually enjoyed playing (the fact that it's revolutionary doesn't hurt), and Power Pro was a fun game (even if it needs motion controls. Get on that Konami!) Elebits was flawed, but enjoyable, and the same can be said for Dewy's Adventure. The fact that the latter two are dirt cheap didn't hurt.

Mind you, there are plenty of other publishers who are ahead of them in my mind. Sega's definitely up there (never thought I'd say that after their post-Dreamcast days...), I've enjoyed most of Capcom's games, and Marvelous is looking just that. But you won't find me dumping on Konami anytime soon.

 

Konami has some "expanded" games for DS like Quiz Magic or others that seems appeal to girls (I don't know if they developed by Hudson though). And I agree with noname, I'm very happy with the Konami so far, it may not have a lot of support for the Wii, but at least with great quality, Elebits was fun and unique, with good use of the control and the first game to have online, Dewy's has some of the best graphics on Wii, Pro Evolution is revolutionary, and Power Pros (both of them) are great but I agree they are PS2 ports.

 

On topic, I think those were good sales for Wii Music, it's not a game that you'll pick on day one but it will have strong legs. Sky Crawlers sales however are very dissapointing. Current gen consoles are having a hard time in Japan and the traditional software is not selling, except Nintendo, huge franchises and PS2 games. It just seems japanese are still very satisfied with their PS2 and are in no hurry to buy a new console.