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Reasonable on 01 December 2010

Good launch for GT5.  Okay boost for PS3 but a little less than I thought it might be.

360 back down after Kinect launch - looks like those who thought Kinect would work some magic in the region might want to let go of the dream and just accept getting over 1M in Japan was a good enough improvement for this gen.  All the Kinect action is going to be in US / EMEAA I expect.



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bmmb1 on 01 December 2010
M.U.G.E.N said:

lol are some actually trying to say these numbers are bad for GT5? okie then

they are great, wish it hit 500k but still, those are some good numbers, that's all there is to it

PSP HW are on a roll!!!! Next week it should keep the same, good times for the device :)

PS3 had a nice lil jump as well, at least with this, PS3 has outsold Wii for the year, not too shabby (number of weeks)

Sonic Colors is an official bomba, I actually thought maybe some legs will kick in with holidays but it bombed hard in Jp

DKCR number should be interesting too, they are coming out in two weeks if I'm not mistaken?

MH3P numbers will be great but sadly, hearing about the sold out situations around Tokyo area, I think they might have undershipped big time for it, but it should have some great legs like the previous game

I'm curious, is your definition of a bomb - 1. not selling much OR 2. not selling as per expectations?

 

OT: great Wii hardware and software numbers.



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FinalEvangelion on 01 December 2010
bmmb1 said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

lol are some actually trying to say these numbers are bad for GT5? okie then

they are great, wish it hit 500k but still, those are some good numbers, that's all there is to it

PSP HW are on a roll!!!! Next week it should keep the same, good times for the device :)

PS3 had a nice lil jump as well, at least with this, PS3 has outsold Wii for the year, not too shabby (number of weeks)

Sonic Colors is an official bomba, I actually thought maybe some legs will kick in with holidays but it bombed hard in Jp

DKCR number should be interesting too, they are coming out in two weeks if I'm not mistaken?

MH3P numbers will be great but sadly, hearing about the sold out situations around Tokyo area, I think they might have undershipped big time for it, but it should have some great legs like the previous game

I'm curious, is your definition of a bomb - 1. not selling much OR 2. not selling as per expectations?

 

OT: great Wii hardware and software numbers.


My definition of bomb means not being able to pay dev./marketing costs.  Underperforming means not going to expectations.

 

In this case, GT5 slightly underperformed.  I was hoping for a bit more on both the SW and HW side.

It looks like the Wii is waking up for the holiday season.  I think the Wii will win the 2010 Japanese HW sales by a hair for the home console race.

As for 360, Tales of Vesperia is probably the best MS could have hoped for.  That game, along with some other jRPGs brought the Xbox brand from irrelevancy to underground status in the country.



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M.U.G.E.N on 01 December 2010
bmmb1 said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

lol are some actually trying to say these numbers are bad for GT5? okie then

they are great, wish it hit 500k but still, those are some good numbers, that's all there is to it

PSP HW are on a roll!!!! Next week it should keep the same, good times for the device :)

PS3 had a nice lil jump as well, at least with this, PS3 has outsold Wii for the year, not too shabby (number of weeks)

Sonic Colors is an official bomba, I actually thought maybe some legs will kick in with holidays but it bombed hard in Jp

DKCR number should be interesting too, they are coming out in two weeks if I'm not mistaken?

MH3P numbers will be great but sadly, hearing about the sold out situations around Tokyo area, I think they might have undershipped big time for it, but it should have some great legs like the previous game

I'm curious, is your definition of a bomb - 1. not selling much OR 2. not selling as per expectations?

 

OT: great Wii hardware and software numbers.


both? I wasn't ever thinking it will do amazing numbers in Jp, but these are horrible numbers no matter how you look at it



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bmmb1 on 01 December 2010
M.U.G.E.N said:
bmmb1 said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

lol are some actually trying to say these numbers are bad for GT5? okie then

they are great, wish it hit 500k but still, those are some good numbers, that's all there is to it

PSP HW are on a roll!!!! Next week it should keep the same, good times for the device :)

PS3 had a nice lil jump as well, at least with this, PS3 has outsold Wii for the year, not too shabby (number of weeks)

Sonic Colors is an official bomba, I actually thought maybe some legs will kick in with holidays but it bombed hard in Jp

DKCR number should be interesting too, they are coming out in two weeks if I'm not mistaken?

MH3P numbers will be great but sadly, hearing about the sold out situations around Tokyo area, I think they might have undershipped big time for it, but it should have some great legs like the previous game

I'm curious, is your definition of a bomb - 1. not selling much OR 2. not selling as per expectations?

 

OT: great Wii hardware and software numbers.


both? I wasn't ever thinking it will do amazing numbers in Jp, but these are horrible numbers no matter how you look at it

it's just that while I need to dig it up, I am quite certain these are typical Sonic numbers in Japan (when he's not with Mario), at least lately.

 

Edit - ok, found it:

Sonic games on Wii Japan first week

03/15/07 Sonic and The Secret Ring    10523
01/17/08 Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity    4197
12/18/08 Sonic Unleashed                      5810
03/12/09 Sonic and the Black Knight    4126



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BHR-3 on 01 December 2010

430 is very good it only was 3 days of sales

dont know why they didnt make more blue PS3s



                                                             

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psrock on 01 December 2010
Kenology said:

Even though GT5 has the avantage of releasing during the holiday season, I'm interested to see how it tracks compared to MH3tri.  Because the latter had a bigger opening was considered a flop by quite a few people.


You want to compare those two games?



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Carl on 01 December 2010
psrock said:
Kenology said:

Even though GT5 has the avantage of releasing during the holiday season, I'm interested to see how it tracks compared to MH3tri.  Because the latter had a bigger opening was considered a flop by quite a few people.


You want to compare those two games?

Why not? Next week we can also compare MH3tri to MHP3rd... And see that the Wii game gets outsold in Week 1 for the PSP game.



                            

Kenology on 01 December 2010
psrock said:
Kenology said:

Even though GT5 has the avantage of releasing during the holiday season, I'm interested to see how it tracks compared to MH3tri.  Because the latter had a bigger opening was considered a flop by quite a few people.


You want to compare those two games?


Why not?  GT definitely has the advantage but I think it might have the potential to turn out to be interesting...  GT also has a much bigger presence on consoles than Monster Hunter, which has the bulk of its audience primarily on handhelds - but I think it's a fun and fair comparsion.



psrock on 01 December 2010
Carl2291 said:
psrock said:
Kenology said:

Even though GT5 has the avantage of releasing during the holiday season, I'm interested to see how it tracks compared to MH3tri.  Because the latter had a bigger opening was considered a flop by quite a few people.


You want to compare those two games?

Why not? Next week we can also compare MH3tri to MHP4rd... And see that the Wii game gets outsold in Week 1 for the PSP game.

Amazing, huh. For a third place console, it bothers so many people that either the console or its games does well. People's expectations and reality is different. Sony shipped 500k, 430k was sold and people are talking shit.



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