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Cobretti2 on 19 July 2012

Discuss:

I am shocked that only five games have reached more than 1 million.

Couple games I would have expected to get there already:

RE: Revelations

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater

 

Arn't these the type of games the west wanted from 3rd parties?

 

http://www.vgchartz.com/platform/42/nintendo-3ds/

Nintendo 3DS

The top-selling Nintendo 3DS games (all figures in millions of units sold-through since launch).

Pos Game Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
1. Super Mario 3D Land 2011 Platform Nintendo 2.66 1.60 1.65 0.40 6.30
2. Mario Kart 7 2011 Racing Nintendo 2.12 1.56 1.79 0.35 5.82
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 2011 Adventure Nintendo 1.29 0.69 0.56 0.18 2.72
4. Nintendogs + cats 2011 Simulation Nintendo 0.89 0.73 0.58 0.15 2.36
5. Monster Hunter 3G 2011 Role-Playing Capcom 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.50
6. Pokémon Rumble Blast 2011 Action Nintendo 0.35 0.17 0.33 0.05 0.89
7. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition 2011 Fighting Capcom 0.37 0.25 0.13 0.06 0.81
8. Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D 2012 Role-Playing Square Enix 0.00 0.00 0.80 0.00 0.80
9. Kid Icarus: Uprising 2012 Action Nintendo 0.28 0.17 0.30 0.04 0.79
10. PilotWings Resort 2011 Simulation Nintendo 0.31 0.29 0.13 0.06 0.79
11. Star Fox 64 3D 2011 Shooter Nintendo 0.36 0.12 0.12 0.04 0.64
12. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars 2011 Action LucasArts 0.35 0.19 0.00 0.05 0.59
13. Resident Evil: Revelations 2012 Action Capcom 0.14 0.12 0.29 0.02 0.57
14. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 2012 Sports Sega 0.09 0.23 0.20 0.03 0.55
15. Rayman 3D 2011 Platform Ubisoft 0.17 0.27 0.00 0.04 0.49
16. Sonic Generations 2011 Platform Sega 0.28 0.15 0.01 0.04 0.49
17. Inazuma Eleven GO 2011 Role-Playing Level 5 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.00 0.46
18. Fire Emblem: Kakusei 2012 Strategy Nintendo 0.00 0.00 0.42 0.00 0.42
19. Ridge Racer 3D 2011 Racing Namco Bandai Games 0.16 0.12 0.11 0.03 0.42
20. Mario Tennis 2012 Sports Nintendo 0.07 0.08 0.22 0.01 0.38
21. Super Monkey Ball 3D 2011 Action Sega 0.19 0.11 0.04 0.03 0.37
22. Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle N/A Adventure Unknown 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00 0.36
23. Tales of the Abyss 2011 Role-Playing Namco Bandai Games 0.13 0.06 0.14 0.02 0.36
24. Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D 2011 Shooter Capcom 0.10 0.08 0.13 0.02 0.34
25. Samurai Warriors Chronicles 2011 Action Tecmo Koei 0.10 0.03 0.20 0.01 0.34
26. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game 2011 Action Disney Interactive Studios 0.14 0.16 0.00 0.03 0.33
27. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance 2012 Role-Playing Square Enix 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.00 0.32
28. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure 2011 Action Activision 0.19 0.09 0.00 0.03 0.30
29. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D 2011 Sports Konami Digital Entertainment 0.07 0.10 0.11 0.02 0.30
30. The Sims 3 2011 Simulation Electronic Arts 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.02 0.28
31. Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D 2011 Strategy Ubisoft 0.18 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.28
32. One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP N/A Action Namco Bandai Games 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.00 0.28
33. Asphalt 3D 2011 Racing Konami Digital Entertainment 0.14 0.09 0.02 0.02 0.27
34. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars 2011 Strategy Ubisoft 0.16 0.07 0.00 0.02 0.26
35. Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time 3D 2011 Adventure Ubisoft 0.08 0.15 0.00 0.02 0.25
36. Dead or Alive: Dimensions 2011 Fighting Tecmo Koei 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.01 0.25
37. Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic! 2011 Simulation 505 Games 0.19 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.25
38. FIFA Soccer 12 2011 Sports Electronic Arts 0.04 0.18 0.00 0.02 0.24
39. Bust-A-Move Universe 2011 Puzzle Square Enix 0.06 0.09 0.06 0.01 0.22
40. Tetris Axis 2011 Puzzle Tetris Online 0.10 0.05 0.06 0.01 0.22
41. Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin 2012 Simulation Marvelous Entertainment 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.21
42. Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy 2012 Misc Square Enix 0.04 0.01 0.16 0.00 0.20
43. Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns N/A Simulation Unknown 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.20
44. Madden NFL Football 2011 Sports Electronic Arts 0.18 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.20
45. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D 2011 Action Ubisoft 0.07 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.19
46. Steel Diver 2011 Action Nintendo 0.09 0.04 0.05 0.01 0.19
47. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 N/A Action Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 0.10 0.06 0.00 0.01 0.17
48. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D 2012 Action Konami Digital Entertainment 0.05 0.02 0.08 0.01 0.16
49. Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai 2012 Misc Sega 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.16
50. SD Gundam G Generation 3D 2011 Role-Playing Namco Bandai Games 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.15


 

 

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happydolphin on 19 July 2012

The west buying trends for 3DS haven't kicked off yet. Most of these sales are from Japan.

The US will begin spending on Nintendo handhelds as of holiday this year I believe.



Cobretti2 on 19 July 2012
KylieDog said:
Because for hardcore gamers there is next to nothing so the system isn't worth owning, and the Nintendo squad are waiting for Mario, Mario, and more Mario.

 

I do agree that other core gamers who are not mario fans probably dont have enough games to warrant a purchase. 


However, this is what annoys me. The nintendo squad as you call it really need to start supporting decent third party games. I like my mario but at least I also buy quality 3rd party games. 

Especially RE. So many complained about RE5 not coming to Wii and that it got on rails instead. Well look at 3ds. Proper RE game that is good and people are not buying it. then when the next one is annouced for vita instead of 3ds,  people will complain again lol.

I really hope this trent doesn't continue on Wii U, otherwise again no 3rd party support. There is a decent 3rd party line up on Wii U for those who only own a Wii and are going to upgrade.  I really hope they buy those games.



 

 

Aielyn on 19 July 2012

Not much by way of standout games on the system, yet, outside of first-party.

Cobretti2 said:
Couple games I would have expected to get there already:

RE: Revelations

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater

 

Arn't these the type of games the west wanted from 3rd parties?

Well, MGS:SE is a port, and had been released three different ways before 3DS, and was set for release on Vita, too. And it was released in February/March - it hasn't been through a holiday season, yet.

In fact, neither of the games you mentioned have been through a holiday season. Both were released this year, which would explain why they haven't broken the million mark, yet.

Meanwhile, Revelations is the best-selling handheld Resident Evil to date, and as I noted, it hasn't even been through a holiday season, yet. It has already easily outsold RE: The Mercenaries 3D, despite that title having been through a holiday season. There's really no doubt that it'll make it to 1 million, almost certainly by the end of the year.

Other third-party titles on that list that are probably going to break 1 million include Dragon Quest Monsters (probably Japan only, though) and Kingdom Hearts 3D (over 300,000 in Japan so far this year, set to release elsewhere at the end of the month, and usually sells significantly better in America than Japan).

I'm also not sure what you mean by "these... types of games". Are you saying "realistic"? Dark? Shooters?



enrageorange on 19 July 2012

People want those types of 3rd party games for nintendo consoles, not nintendo handhelds. Why on earth would you expect a metal gear solid remake to sell 1mil+ when even the ps3 remake that includes more games isn't close to 1mil.

Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3d land were a good start towards the type of games the west wants. But thats all nintendo has at the moment for the west. The zelda remake was just for the hardcore nintendo fans who would have eventually bought the 3ds regardless. Most nintendogs/brain age customers are now playing the same type of games on their phones. Nintendo will start improving in the west once they start selling more handheld oriented games that don't really have good competition from ios games. 2d mario, mainline pokemon game, brand new zelda, maybe the portable super smash bros, etc.
I firmly believe that the 3ds has absolutely no chance of matching the ds's performance in the west. But its unfair to criticize current sales considering how new the system is, and because there aren't alot of big games out yet. 



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Aielyn on 19 July 2012
Cobretti2 said:
However, this is what annoys me. The nintendo squad as you call it really need to start supporting decent third party games. I like my mario but at least I also buy quality 3rd party games.

Especially RE. So many complained about RE5 not coming to Wii and that it got on rails instead. Well look at 3ds. Proper RE game that is good and people are not buying it. then when the next one is annouced for vita instead of 3ds,  people will complain again lol.

I really hope this trent doesn't continue on Wii U, otherwise again no 3rd party support. There is a decent 3rd party line up on Wii U for those who only own a Wii and are going to upgrade.  I really hope they buy those games.

As I said in my other response, RE:Revelations hasn't been through a holiday season, yet. It'll do better during the holidays. As for RE5, the point is that RE4: Wii Edition sold very well considering it was a port, and that it had been on both PS2 and GameCube (thereby limiting its market as a fresh game) - it is now at over 2 million sold, not bad for a port. And then they released Umbrella Chronicles, which people were fine with - it was a way to see how Wii owners would respond to the franchise. It ALSO sold quite well - 1.5 million to date. And then, rather than making RE5 for Wii, they instead decided that the sales of Umbrella Chronicles proved that the Wii was a great place for rail shooters, rather than real RE titles.

The blame lays at the feet of Capcom, not Wii owners. Wii owners did everything asked of them, and Capcom spat in their faces.

Oh, don't get me wrong - they saw that RE4 had sold really quite well. Not bad at all for a port. So what did they do? More ports - RE Zero and RE1 both got ported... but no RE5, or any other new RE that plays like RE4.

So again I say it, the blame lays at Capcom's feet, not Wii owners' feet.



Conegamer on 19 July 2012

You should know by now that 'hardcore' gamers claim that they want 'hardcore' games for Nintendo consoles, but then don't buy them.

And if there is an exclusive 'hardcore' game (Resi 4, No More Heroes, Red Steel 2 etc.), then people complain that it's on a 'kiddy' system, and thus 'Nintendo systems have no gamez'.

They just can't win. It's been this way for years, and it continue to be so for the foreseeable future.

...

And the system had only been out for little over a year, with few heavy-hitters and multiple niche titles. With NSMB2, Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario etc. this year, I would expect Western sales to pick up very soon.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

kitler53 on 19 July 2012
Conegamer said:
You should know by now that 'hardcore' gamers claim that they want 'hardcore' games for Nintendo consoles, but then don't buy them.

And if there is an exclusive 'hardcore' game (Resi 4, No More Heroes, Red Steel 2 etc.), then people complain that it's on a 'kiddy' system, and thus 'Nintendo systems have no gamez'.

They just can't win. It's been this way for years, and it continue to be so for the foreseeable future.

...

And the system had only been out for little over a year, with few heavy-hitters and multiple niche titles. With NSMB2, Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario etc. this year, I would expect Western sales to pick up very soon.

why would the hardcore buy hardcore games for a console they don't own?



Aielyn on 19 July 2012
Conegamer said:
And if there is an exclusive 'hardcore' game (Resi 4, No More Heroes, Red Steel 2 etc.), then people complain that it's on a 'kiddy' system, and thus 'Nintendo systems have no gamez'. 

Actually, that's just the people online.

No More Hereos sales on Wii: 0.52 million.

No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise sales on PS3: 0.13 million (plus 0.09 million in Japan for the "Red Zone edition").

No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise sales on 360: 0.02 million.

For an undoubtedly niche title, No More Heroes did very well on the Wii. As did the sequel, at 0.34 million. In fact, if I remember correctly, they're Suda 51's best-selling games of all time, or close to it.

Resident Evil 4 sold over 2 million on the Wii. Not bad for a port that was on both PS2 and GameCube.

Red Steel 2 is a sad case - it would have sold so much better if they'd given it a completely new name. It sold poorly to people who liked the first game, because it was so different, and it sold poorly to people who disliked the first game, because it was "Red Steel". Even still, it managed a respectable 0.53 million.



NintendoPie on 19 July 2012
KylieDog said:
Because for hardcore gamers there is next to nothing so the system isn't worth owning, and the Nintendo squad are waiting for Mario, Mario, and more Mario.

The games he stated that aren't selling are "hardcore" games.

It's that "hardcore" gamers don't want to buy it.