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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan Sales - Media Create,Famitsu, & dengeki: week 44 (Oct. 28 - Nov. 3)

Kresnik on 06 November 2013
RolStoppable said:

You must be new to Japanese sales threads. If you look at sales of games that still chart, like Pokémon X and Y, Monster Hunter 4 and Animal Crossing, you will find that Media Create and Famitsu show significant differences because of download cards.


I put that down to the sheer volume of games being sold leading to differences between the two.  The higher the number; the more the differences between the two I'd expect, whether there are download cards included or not.

Which then brings up the issue of VGChartz's tracking.  Since they merely seem to add Media Create and Famitsu together and divide by two; that seems to indicate that we've been tracking 50% of the download cards sold.

Which leads me on further to ask why we aren't tracking download cards sold in the west if we're tracking them for games sold in Japan.



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fedfed on 06 November 2013

Finally wii u



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Kresnik on 06 November 2013
RolStoppable said:

I don't think download cards are being sold outside of Japan, but don't quote me on that.


At least in the UK, you can buy a download card for many PS1 classics; PSN titles and even some 3DS titles I've noticed recently.  Hence why I brought it up.

We also get plenty of consoles bundled with digital vouchers for games; but no extra sales added for this.

Regardless, it just seems like a strange way of tracking.  Count them as a separate SKU; I'd have no problem with that.  Throwing them in as the same as a retail boxed version just seems odd to me.



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BuckStud on 06 November 2013
trestres said:
All SW sold this week for the Wii U is basically that that was bundled, save for Wii Party which sold around 40k on its own. The rest of the old games didn't even chart, which is strange for an entry level of 2,5k.

Hopefully this wasn't pent up demand for the system that got accumulated since the announcement of the new bundles around a month ago. If next week sales drop a lot, then Wii U is in deep trouble as it would indicate that interest on the system didn't increase, just people wanting to buy the console beforehand, but awaiting these new value added bundles.


Even that wouldn't be the end as you have Super Mario 3D World soon, then Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros.  Those are all system sellers coming very soon.



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Kresnik on 06 November 2013

Threw Famitsu numbers in the second post.  The code in that post is buggered though, so they're not formatting properly, and I'm too tired to fix it since it's legible so you get the idea.

Here's some stuff from GAF that I always find interesting:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=88872360&postcount=415

[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience - 166.187 / NEW
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience Boost - 60.727 / NEW
[3DS] Little Battlers eXperience Explosive Boost - 54.354 / NEW
[PSV] Little Battlers eXperience W - 16.842 / NEW
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience W - 77.457 / NEW
[3DS] Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom - 27.242 / NEW 
[3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Wars - 50.217 / NEW

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=88875160&postcount=421

[GBA] Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire (Pokémon Co.) {2002.11.21} - 336.847 / 2.374.796
[NGB] Pokemon Gold / Silver (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} - 301.003 / 2.618.551
[NDS] Pokémon Diamond / Pearl (Pokémon Co.) {2006.09.06} - 231.627 / 2.542.958
[NDS] Pokémon Black / White (Pokémon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 231.161 / 4.013.237
[3DS] Pokémon X / Y (Pokémon Co.) {2013.10.12} - 137.720 / 3.090.779 
[NDS] Pokémon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokémon Co.) {2012.06.23} - 113.901 / 2.331.128

 

For example, the PS3 and PS Vita versions of Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 have already outsold their previous entry. The cheaper price probably helped a lot, and maybe the release date (October instead of July)? I don't know, I'm not into Baseball.

Second week for 2013 edition vs lifetime sales for 2012 edition:

[PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} - 60.157 / 144.260 
[PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) {2012.07.19} - 134.431

[PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} - 32.139 / 70.121 
[PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) {2012.07.19} - 82.791

[PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} - 13.339 / 35.735 
[PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) {2012.07.19} - 32.765



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Zero999 on 06 November 2013
spurgeonnintendoryan said:
tbone51 said:
spurgeonnintendoryan said:
So Japan does not really care about Nintendo's big franchises, but when you give them Wii U Party they go crazy?

Should be up in America as well because we just got 3-4 new games here as well. Wii U party, Zumba fitness, and a few others. Pacman is coming as well. Still waiting for Ghosts as Walmart....my Walmart.

Japan is PSP'ing the Vita!


What big franchise? Only game that should of did well was pikmin 3 which t did. Only other 1st party was a remake which onlyUS cares about

You are happy with how sales have been in Japan? I am saying that it certainly takes a lot for Japan to get interested in a Wii U. Pikmin 3 sales were decent, but I was not that impressed with hardware sales lasting power.

why change the subject? you said: "So Japan does not really care about Nintendo's big franchises, but when you give them Wii U Party they go crazy?"

the only big franchise is NSMBU, pikmin 3 is a small/medium one.



hiimnew on 06 November 2013
Kresnik said:
RolStoppable said:

I don't think download cards are being sold outside of Japan, but don't quote me on that.


At least in the UK, you can buy a download card for many PS1 classics; PSN titles and even some 3DS titles I've noticed recently.  Hence why I brought it up.

We also get plenty of consoles bundled with digital vouchers for games; but no extra sales added for this.

Regardless, it just seems like a strange way of tracking.  Count them as a separate SKU; I'd have no problem with that.  Throwing them in as the same as a retail boxed version just seems odd to me.


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Farsala on 06 November 2013

Not to bad Wii U sales, combined with past 3 weeks it is around 12k. And the 4 weeks before that was about 6k, so the bundle effectively doubled Wii U sales despite going so low last month.

3DS kind of lower then I thought but still great. Vita sales are better then I thought for just a 10$ price drop.

Wii almost down to 360 levels.



Kresnik on 07 November 2013

Dengeki:

Ranking

Last week

Model

Title name

Manufacturer

Release Date

Estimated
number of sales

Total 
number of sales

One

One

3DS

Pokemon X

Pokemon

13/10/12

74,076

1,529,397

Two

-

Wii U

Wii Party U

Nintendo

13/10/31

70,556

70,556

Three

Two

3DS

Pokemon Y

Pokemon

13/10/12

64,141

1,433,875

Four

Three

PS3

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013

KONAMI

13/10/24

58,430

142,169

Five

-

3DS

Little Battlers Wars

Level-5

13/10/31

47,044

47,044

Six

Five

3DS

Monster Hunter 4

Capcom

13/09/14

46,524

2,932,783

Seven

Seven

PSP

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013

KONAMI

13/10/24

34,306

72,673

Eight

-

Vita

Gundam Breaker

NAMCO BANDAI Games

13/10/31

33,650

33,650

Nine

71

Wii U

New Super Mario Bros. U

Nintendo

12/12/08

32,078

602,216

Ten

-

Vita

Ultra next dimension Geimu Neptune Constitution Loon Re; Birth1

Compile Heart

13/10/31

31,507

31,507

Eleven

Six

PS3

Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar Games

13/10/10

30,582

457,385

Twelve

-

PS3

Descendants of Overlord 2 Tears to Tiara

Aqua plus

13/10/31

24,647

24,647

13

Eight

Vita

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013

KONAMI

13/10/24

14,682

39,026

14

Ten

3DS

Survival Battle and Nin in combat Legend!

NAMCO BANDAI Games

13/10/17

13,394

79,201

Fifteen

Four

PS3

Bray Blue Chrono Phantasmagoria

Arc System Works

13/10/24

11,897

89,957

Sixteen

18

3DS

Animal Crossing Tobidase

Nintendo

12/11/08

5,506

3,402,958

17

-

PSP

Alice ~ Wonderful Wonder World ~ Country Heart New Edition

QuinRose

13/10/31

5,189

5,189

18

Fifteen

3DS

Disney Magic Castle My Happy Life

NAMCO BANDAI Games

13/08/01

5,067

312,620

19

Twenty

3DS

Tomodachi Collection new life

Nintendo

13/04/18

4,865

1,485,425

Twenty

-

PSP

I started youth!

honeybee

13/10/31

4,622

4,622

21

Nine

PSP

Diabolic Lovers More Blood

Idea Factory

13/10/24

4,050

25,323

22

Twelve

PS3

FIFA14 World Class Soccer

Electronic Arts

13/10/17

3,976

32,131

23

-

PSP

Cat not laugh and pervert prince.

C-Territory

13/10/31

3,753

3,753

24

17

PS3

Tales of Symphonia Unizo Nantes pack

NAMCO BANDAI Games

13/10/10

3,106

101,411

25

14

PS3

I Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club to take Saka!

SEGA

13/10/10

2,922

100,881

26

25

3DS

Yokai Watch

Level-5

13/07/11

2,856

207,429

27

Sixteen

PS3

BEYOND: Two Souls

SCE

13/10/17

2,841

28,858

28

19

Vita

Dangan refute 1.2 Reload

Spike CHUNSOFT

13/10/10

2,831

90,144

29

Eleven

PSP

Mischief of the Gods (play)

Broccoli

13/10/24

2,830

16,643

Thirty

27

3DS

Mario Kart 7

Nintendo

11/12/01

2,688

2,101,902

31

23

PS3

Fairy fencer F

Compile Heart

13/10/10

2,544

58,243

32

29

3DS

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Nintendo

12/07/28

2,469

2,033,955

33

21

PS3

Saint Seiya Brave Soldiers

NAMCO BANDAI Games

13/10/17

2,389

28,200

34

31

3DS

Luigi Mansion 2

Nintendo

13/03/20

2,382

916,914

35

28

3DS

Mario & Luigi RPG4 Dream Adventure

Nintendo

13/07/18

2,378

345,135

36

24

PS3

OROCHI2 Ultimate Warriors

Tecmo Koei Games

13/09/26

2,311

130,161

37

13

PS3

Sengoku Musou 2 with Moushouden & Empires HD Version

Tecmo Koei Games

13/10/24

2,233

9,202

38

184

Vita

GOLF 6 of Minna (PlayStation Vita the Best)

SCE

13/10/10

2,072

3,126

39

22

3DS

Sonic Lost World

SEGA

13/10/24

1,994

6,569

Forty

42

Wii U

Tact HD Legend of Zelda Wind

Nintendo

13/09/26

1,961

45,193

41

26

Vita

I Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club to take Saka!

SEGA

13/10/10

1,822

45,076

42

35

PS3

Final Fantasy XIV: newborn Eoruzea

Square Enix

13/08/27

1,750

235,271

43

Forty

3DS

Ace Attorney 5

Capcom

13/07/25

1,639

348,768

44

37

PS3

Armored Core Livadi project Day

From Software

13/09/26

1,483

87,682

45

39

Wii

Tatsujin Wii ultra-luxury version of the drum

NAMCO BANDAI Games

12/11/29

1,465

566,447

46

Thirty

PSP

I J.LEAGUE Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! 8 EURO PLUS

SEGA

13/10/17

1,406

10,686

47

41

3DS

Donkey Kong Returns 3D

Nintendo

13/06/13

1,378

283,904

48

48

PSP

God Eater Burst (PSP the Best)

NAMCO BANDAI Games

13/06/06

1,361

34,200

49

34

Vita

Trajectory of the Legend of Heroes blende

Japan Falcom

13/09/26

1,256

106,406

Fifty

44

3DS

Bear Tomo

NAMCO BANDAI Games

13/06/20

1,228

61,893

 

Model

Week estimated sales October 28

October 28 week composition ratio (%)

2013 fiscal year estimated sales

2013 Composition ratio (%)

PS3

10,263

6.1%

372,162

9.6%

Vita

26,396

15.8%

470,597

12.2%

PSP

3,828

2.3%

176,967

4.6%

Wii U

38,905

23.2%

281,100

7.3%

Wii

818

0.5%

34,004

0.9%

3DS LL

58,780

35.1%

1,778,968

46.1%

3DS

28,328

16.9%

732,571

19.0%

X360

256

0.2%

10,925

0.3%

Total

167,574

100.0%

3,857,294

100.0%


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Kresnik on 07 November 2013
hiimnew said:

You quoted! How could you!


I do not understand this post.  Not one bit.



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