First day sales Japan 12/3 (NSMBWii, PSP2 and Gundam vs Gundam Next)

[Majin-Tenshinhan]

jarrod said:

Majin-Tenshinhan said:

jarrod said:
Funny enough, Pokemon actually sort of shatters the idea that RPGs will always be frontloaded. The most successful RPGs actually seem to NOT be as frontloaded (Pokemon, Monster Hunter and now even Dragon Quest).

Actually, Dragon Quest is generally frontloaded. Sure, it has some legs right now, but they aren't very noteworthy. Same for Monster Hunter. The legs are there, but they aren't strong enough to say the games aren't frontloaded ... Atleast I don't think so.

Pokémon is another story, though.

DQIX is looking like it's going to double it's 1st week sales... that's actually something of a change for the series, and likely reflects on the game's core change in design and marketing.

MoHun is also anything but frontloaded. On PSP the games only did 15-30% 1st week (that's basically Pokemon level), and even on Wii it's looking like it'll be around 50% 1st week.  

Neither really comes close to "frontloaded" imo, that'd be more along the lines of Final Fantasy when tends to do 75% it's total sales 1st week.

Sorry, I was just thinking of Monster Hunter 3 and completely forgot the PSP games for some reason. You're absolutely right about Monster Hunter, I apologize.

However, I stand by Dragon Quest being heavily frontloaded, even though DQ9 may be less so than previous iterations.