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Jranation on 07 January 2014
Incubi said:

Famitsu top 10 2013

01. [3DS] Pokémon X / Y (Nintendo) {2013.10.12} - 3.976.829
02. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom) {2013.09.14} - 3.293.312
03. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} - 1.730.182 / 4.017.159
04. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} - 1.580.067
05. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden (Square Enix) {2013.02.07} - 1.223.268
06. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} - 1.005.697
07. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} - 982.737
08. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} - 605.882
09. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} - 965.794
10. [WIU] Wii Party U (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} - 518.766

With this being the last numbers for calendar year 2013, i see it fitting to address the top selling software for that year. As we can see there is a Nintendo combobreaker at number 8 with GTA5 being the top selling western published title in Japan. This is actually a historic event since at no prior year has this ever happened before. Could this be the sign of a paradigm shift where western publishers could have great success in Japan? 

So yes, another year of Nintendomination happened on the software front with Nintendo dominating the best seller list for 2013. 6 games in the top 10 was published by Nintendo, 1 game by Capcom, 1 game by SE, 1 game by GungHo, 1 game by T2 Interactive. 

Here's for 2014. Will Nintendo be dominant this year? I believe its going to be hard arguing against that. 

WOW, Those 3DS Softwares



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small44 on 07 January 2014
Kongfucius said:
archbrix said:
small44 said:
archbrix said:
So, in the land of the handhelds, Final Fantasy X HD debuts on the Vita and yet WiiU hardware sales edge out Vita hardware sales this week despite a healthy Vita sales bump?

What is this madness?

Because of this this games

06./03. [WIU] Wii Party U # (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) - 87.262 / 518.766 <60-80%> (-32%)
07./04. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U # (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) - 75.131 / 965.794 <80-100%> (-34%)
08./07. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) - 71.159 / 410.041 <60-80%> (-23%)

Of course, but it's not like any of those games debuted that week whereas the Vita, in a market where handhelds dominate, had a pretty popular game debut - even if it was just a remake.  

The point was not that the Vita did badly at all (in fact, quite the contrary) but that WiiU, a console that had 5k weekly sales earlier in the year, had comparable sales with a handheld that received a boost.

I think this is mainly timing imho, WiiU was still riding its pre-new year boost whereas Sony platforms tend to be bought by people for themsleves after new year rather than as gifts beforehand, so it is possible that WiiU will drop faster than Vita and be outsold when we get the figures tomorrow. Who knows though, may depend if the FFX boost wears off quickly, but given that it's supposed to be more or less sold out, that might suggest that Vita will keep doing OK for at least 1 more week

Psv could have bad sale in  January because psv don't have any game in the two first week  but February it should do ok they are many games but they are small ,march is the biggest month for PSV



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

forethought14 on 07 January 2014

Oh I just realized, looks like Animal Crossing crossed the 4 million mark before Pokemon in retail!



GuyDuke on 07 January 2014

Damn... Nintendo owns some serious ass.



archbrix on 07 January 2014
Kongfucius said:
archbrix said:
small44 said:

Because of this this games

06./03. [WIU] Wii Party U # (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) - 87.262 / 518.766 <60-80%> (-32%)
07./04. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U # (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) - 75.131 / 965.794 <80-100%> (-34%)
08./07. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) - 71.159 / 410.041 <60-80%> (-23%)

Of course, but it's not like any of those games debuted that week whereas the Vita, in a market where handhelds dominate, had a pretty popular game debut - even if it was just a remake.  

The point was not that the Vita did badly at all (in fact, quite the contrary) but that WiiU, a console that had 5k weekly sales earlier in the year, had comparable sales with a handheld that received a boost.

I think this is mainly timing imho, WiiU was still riding its pre-new year boost whereas Sony platforms tend to be bought by people for themsleves after new year rather than as gifts beforehand, so it is possible that WiiU will drop faster than Vita and be outsold when we get the figures tomorrow. Who knows though, may depend if the FFX boost wears off quickly, but given that it's supposed to be more or less sold out, that might suggest that Vita will keep doing OK for at least 1 more week

Yeah, I agree.  Sounds reasonable.



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trestres on 08 January 2014

Leaked numbers from GAF:

Famitsu data from David Gibson

3DS - 188.000
PSV - 83.000
Wii U - 61.000 (71k last year)
PS3 - 41.000


WiiU down YoY, very alarming. 3DS also down.

I think we might see sub 10k levels again for the WiiU.



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benji232 on 08 January 2014
trestres said:
Leaked numbers from GAF:

Famitsu data from David Gibson

3DS - 188.000
PSV - 83.000
Wii U - 61.000 (71k last year)
PS3 - 41.000


WiiU down YoY, very alarming. 3DS also down.

I think we might see sub 10k levels again for the WiiU.

When will the official data be released?



Predictions for LT console sales:

PS4: 120M

XB1: 70M

WiiU: 14M

3DS: 60M

Vita: 13M

Kowan on 08 January 2014

Media Create sales have been released for Dec 23d-29th. The sales for FFx/x-2 and Vita are even bigger than expected!:

Lw Tw Title Weekly Sales Total Sales Sys. Publisher
New 01. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 224,143 New 3DS Nintendo
01. 02. Puzzle & Dragons Z 205,654 1,005,658 3DS GungHo
New 03. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster 185,918 New PS3 Square Enix
02. 04. Pokémon X and Y 153,767 3,726,596 3DS Pokémon Co.
New 05. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Twin Pack) 149,132 New PSV Square Enix
05. 06. Super Mario 3D World 64,573 392,087 WiiU Nintendo
09. 07. Monster Hunter 4 42,927 3,110,240 3DS Capcom
03. 08. Shin Dynasty Warriors Gundam 37,626 163,645 PS3 Namco Bandai
07. 09. Animal Crossing: New Leaf 33,875 3,597,999 3DS Nintendo
10. 10. Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang and Supernova 30,383 185,871 3DS Level 5
08. 11. Tomodachi Collection: New Life 27,915 1,612,037 3DS Nintendo
New 12. Final Fantasy X HD Remaster 25,443 New PSV Square Enix
14. 13. One Piece Unlimited World: RED 23,793 193,181 3DS Namco Bandai
04. 14. Drakengard 3 22,472 136,496 PS3 Square Enix
18. 15. Sentouchuu: Survival Battle with the Legendary Ninjas 21,923 180,163 3DS Namco Bandai
06. 16. Shin Dynasty Warriors Gundam 21,543 74,210 PSV Namco Bandai
17. 17. Mario Kart 7 21,098 2,226,905 3DS Nintendo
12. 18. Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess 21,012 167,910 3DS Namco Bandai
19. 19. New Super Mario Bros. 2 20,940 2,203,347 3DS Nintendo
20. 20. Wii U Party 20,633 139,733 WiiU Nintendo

Hardware:
Top-seller: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 224,143

Nintendo 3DS sales: 61,836 | Total sales: 9,236,034

Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 139,867 | Total sales: 5,425,886

PlayStation Vita sales: 81,111 | Total sales: 2,279,113

Vita TV sales: 6,031 | 76,244

Wii U sales: 73,178 | Total sales: 1,525,430




EricFabian on 08 January 2014
trestres said:
Leaked numbers from GAF:

Famitsu data from David Gibson

3DS - 188.000
PSV - 83.000
Wii U - 61.000 (71k last year)
PS3 - 41.000


WiiU down YoY, very alarming. 3DS also down.

I think we might see sub 10k levels again for the WiiU.

2012

WiiU 633,377 (++53%) 633,377

2013

WiiU 890,324 (+41%) 1,523,701

Depressing Wii U numbers, I agree, but it is up YoY



Lawlight on 08 January 2014
EricFabian said:
trestres said:
Leaked numbers from GAF:

Famitsu data from David Gibson

3DS - 188.000
PSV - 83.000
Wii U - 61.000 (71k last year)
PS3 - 41.000


WiiU down YoY, very alarming. 3DS also down.

I think we might see sub 10k levels again for the WiiU.

2012

WiiU 633,377 (++53%) 633,377

2013

WiiU 890,324 (+41%) 1,523,701

Depressing Wii U numbers, I agree, but it is up YoY


He means for Week 1 - WiiU and 3DS are down.