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jarrod on 28 November 2010
darthdevidem01 said:

I thought Tabata was making T3B {hype drops}

Well we don't even know how good Ninokuni is...lets wait and see....if its very good word of mouth could push it that far I guess. For Level-5's sake I hope it does well because its success will affect the PS3 versions success

Tabata is making T3B, but with an outside team (HexaDrive).  It's like Nomura working with Jupiter on TWEWY and h.a.n.d. on the DS KH games or Tokita working with Matrix on the FF remakes.  Or how Hori works with various outside devs on the DQ games.

For 100% internally developed Square Enix games this gen (that have gotten western releases), it's just been...

  • Final Fantasy XI: Online (360) 2006
  • Mario Hoops: 3-on-3 (DS) 2006
  • Front Mission (DS) 2007
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (DS) 2008
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Wii) 2008
  • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) 2008
  • Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS) 2008
  • The Last Remnant (360/PC) 2008
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS/Wii) 2009
  • Crystal Defenders R1 (Wii) 2009
  • Crystal Defenders R2 (Wii) 2009
  • Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP) 2009
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord (Wii) 2009
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii) 2009
  • Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP) 2010
  • Final Fantasy XIII (PS3/360) 2010
  • The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Chaotic Conflicts (Wii) 2010
  • The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Puzzling Pages (Wii) 2010
  • Final Fantasy XIV: Online (PC/PS3) 2010/2011
  • Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (PSP) 2011
  • Mario Sports Mix (Wii) 2011
  • Dissidia Duodecim 012 Final Fantasy (PSP) 2011
  • Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3) tba
  • Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PSP) tba


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italo244 on 28 November 2010

Does first shippment count the pre-orders?



jarrod on 29 November 2010

1st week sellthrough prediction from Azalyn...

 

GT5: 350,000 (ruh-oh!)



darthdevidem01 on 29 November 2010
jarrod said:

1st week sellthrough prediction from Azalyn...

 

GT5: 350,000 (ruh-oh!)

That deserves a new thread

And I wanna cry



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

KillerMan on 29 November 2010
jarrod said:

I dunno, I think those MHP3 shipments are fine.  Within a month Capcom will ship more copies of MHP3 than they did total for (full price) MHP2G, and they're expecting to ship another million on top of that by the end of March.  That's a HUGE increase for the series already, I think some people's expectations are getting bit unrealistic if they expect better than that.

Previous 1st week MH sales for comparison (via Famitsu)...

 

  • Monster Hunter (PS2) 124.060
  • Monster Hunter G (PS2) 128.051
  • Monster Hunter Portable (PSP) 118.317
  • Monster Hunter 2 ~dos (PS2) 368.057
  • Monster Hunter Portable 2nd(PSP) 746.313
  • Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 823.265
  • Monster Hunter G (Wii) 142.452
  • Monster Hunter 3 ~tri (Wii) 582.548
  • Monster Hunter Frontier Online (360) 82.490
  • MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Airu Mura (PSP) 280.521
  • Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 9.0 (360) 17.713

2nd G had huge second week though as firs week shipment was sold out quickly. Not to mention that in last Japan preview Souce said that pre-orders were over 1.7 million.



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jarrod on 29 November 2010
KillerMan said:
jarrod said:

I dunno, I think those MHP3 shipments are fine.  Within a month Capcom will ship more copies of MHP3 than they did total for (full price) MHP2G, and they're expecting to ship another million on top of that by the end of March.  That's a HUGE increase for the series already, I think some people's expectations are getting bit unrealistic if they expect better than that.

Previous 1st week MH sales for comparison (via Famitsu)...

 

  • Monster Hunter (PS2) 124.060
  • Monster Hunter G (PS2) 128.051
  • Monster Hunter Portable (PSP) 118.317
  • Monster Hunter 2 ~dos (PS2) 368.057
  • Monster Hunter Portable 2nd(PSP) 746.313
  • Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 823.265
  • Monster Hunter G (Wii) 142.452
  • Monster Hunter 3 ~tri (Wii) 582.548
  • Monster Hunter Frontier Online (360) 82.490
  • MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Airu Mura (PSP) 280.521
  • Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 9.0 (360) 17.713

2nd G had huge second week though as firs week shipment was sold out quickly. Not to mention that in last Japan preview Souce said that pre-orders were over 1.7 million.

So, they'll pretty much sell out and probably restock within the first week even... again, I'm not seeing much problem?  Do people expect it sell 4m just this year alone?



darthdevidem01 on 29 November 2010

How often is this azalyn person correct?

His name sounds like Azlan....who was a fraud in his respective book/film series!



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

jarrod on 29 November 2010
darthdevidem01 said:

How often is this azalyn person correct?

His name sounds like Azlan....who was a fraud in his respective book/film series!


I dunno, I really just started following the blog. All the info's there for comparison though, on GAF they say he's usually right.

He's a shop owner who tends to get his info leaked from big distributors and 1st hand from other shop owners though.



saicho on 29 November 2010
morenoingrato said:
jarrod said:
morenoingrato said:

Well, if we drive ourselves from the numbers, actually MHP3rd has the highest preorders ever for Japan by now, so they're not so unrealistic.

Highest preorders according to who exactly?  I haven't seen word from any of the retail blogs making that claim yet?

What's VGC say on preorders?  Actually, does VGC track JP preorders?


Well, it is according to COMG, and also TheSource said it was at 1.6m 10 days away from release, while Pokemon Black/White was at 1.7m the release day.

COMG also stopped taking preorder for Pkemon a week or so before launch.

@OP: only 120K for Shining Heart and AKB1/48? Thought Namco wants to sell 200K of AKB1/48...



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.