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ethomaz on 26 March 2014

naruball said:

Good points, but still , with such a great number of titles released, one would expect sales to go much higher if they were so high (for vita standards) the week before with very few and less important releases.

I have to disagree with the bolded. I could not care less about One piece (never seen the anime, so no connection with the characters) and the dbz are no longer system sellers. There have been so many released recently that people have lost interest in dbz and the franchise in general. I'm sure there are plenty of Bleach, Naruto etc fans who don't like either show. I would buy a vita (if I didn't already have one) for J-stars being the first naruto game released on psvita. I expect quite a few to feel the same. Then again, maybe I am wrong, since these numbers don't support my theory.

One Piece and Dragon Ball sells more each one in Japan that Naruto, Bleach, and other popular franchises together... there is a abyss in terms of popularity between the first two and the others in Japan.

Naruto, Bleach and other are more popular in the western... not Japan.



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naruball on 26 March 2014
ethomaz said:

naruball said:

Good points, but still , with such a great number of titles released, one would expect sales to go much higher if they were so high (for vita standards) the week before with very few and less important releases.

I have to disagree with the bolded. I could not care less about One piece (never seen the anime, so no connection with the characters) and the dbz are no longer system sellers. There have been so many released recently that people have lost interest in dbz and the franchise in general. I'm sure there are plenty of Bleach, Naruto etc fans who don't like either show. I would buy a vita (if I didn't already have one) for J-stars being the first naruto game released on psvita. I expect quite a few to feel the same. Then again, maybe I am wrong, since these numbers don't support my theory.

One Piece and Dragon Ball sells more each one in Japan that Naruto, Bleach, and other popular franchises together... there is a abyss in terms of popularity between the first two and the others in Japan.

Naruto, Bleach and other are more popular in the western... not Japan.

You're right. I've read somewhere that One piece sold even better than DBZ back when it was THE manga to read. I guess you al have a point. In terms of poupularity, all the other anime together can't touch One piece at the moment and epxecting a bigger boost was not really justified based on the data we have about each franchise's popularity and releases.



ethomaz on 26 March 2014

naruball said:

You're right. I've read somewhere that One piece sold even better than DBZ back when it was THE manga to read. I guess you al have a point. In terms of poupularity, all the other anime together can't touch One piece at the moment and epxecting a bigger boost was not really justified based on the data we have about each franchise's popularity and releases.

It is THE manga to read in Japan... it never lost the first place (well few times due Nana).

2013 Manga Sales Ranking Top 30 (series)

1. One Piece (18,151,599)
2. Attack on Titan (15,933,801)
3. Kuroko's Basketball (8,761,081)
4. Magi (7,151,001)
5. Naruto (5,553,933)
6. Silver Spoon (4,858,699)
7. Assassination Classroom (4,595,820)
8. Hunter x Hunter (4,231,475)
9. FAIRY TAIL (3,790,151)
10. TERRA FORMARS (3,602,630)
11. Kimi ni Todoke (3,428,352)
12. Gintama (2,864,734)
13. Toriko (2,844,248)
14. Kingdom (2,805,945)
15. Bleach (2,752,588)
16. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2,588,910)
17. Space Brothers (2,543,140)
18. Saint Young Men (2,487,751)
19. Blue Exorcist (2,329,721)
20. Chihayafuru (2,311,857)
21. AO--HARU--RIDE (2,106,452)
22. Haikyu!! (2,056,241)
23. Ace of Diamond (2,010,045)
24. Detective Conan (1,966,206)
25. SKET DANCE (1,783,098)
26. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: bunko (pocket-size) version (1,684,749)
27. Tokyo Ghoul (1,666,348)
28. Black Butler (1,562,863)
29. To Love-Ru Darkness (1,558,973)
30. Nisekoi (1,542,417)

2013 Manga Sales Ranking Top 30 (volume)

1. One Piece 69 (3,147,224)
2. One Piece 70 (3,039,487)
3. One Piece 71 (2,890,263)
4. One Piece 72 (2,354,005)
5. Attack on Titan 9 (1,950,807)
6. Attack on Titan 10 (1,915,976)
7. Attack on Titan 11 (1,453,879)
8. Attack on Titan 8 (1,339,845)
9. Attack on Titan 1 (1,299,048)
10. Attack on Titan 2 (1,267,129)
11. Attack on Titan 7 (1,261,251)
12. Attack on Titan 3 (1,250,663)
13. Attack on Titan 6 (1,248,339)
14. Attack on Titan 5 (1,247,333)
15. Attack on Titan 4 (1,241,299)
16. Naruto 63 (1,205,558)
17. Hunter x Hunter 31 (1,193,383)
18. Hunter x Hunter 32 (1,186,245)
19. Naruto 64 (1,088,464)
20. Kimi ni Todoke 18 (1,152,347)
21. Naruto 65 (1,088,464)
22. Kimi ni Todoke 19 (1,069,793)
23. Naruto 66 (1,054,934)
24. Saint Young Men 8 (946,531)
25. Silver Spoon 6 (941,090)
26. Assassination Classroom 2 (910,006)
27. Sakamoro Desuga? 1 (896,968)
28. Kuroko's Basketball 20 (884,432)
29. Kimi ni Todoke 20 (847,264)
30. Blue Exorcist 10 (844,790)

 

I said the difference in popularity in Japan is abyssal.



Pristine20 on 26 March 2014

Vita is number one hardware? lol



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Kresnik on 26 March 2014

Who wants a couple of GAFParisons?  Answer: everyone.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105844493&postcount=82

Jump! Ultimate Stars - 169,740
Jump! Super Stars - 202,139
J-Stars Victory Vs. - 209,644 (118,737 + 90,907)

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105849107&postcount=140

03./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥7.980) - 101.389 / NEW 
04./00. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥3.980) - 80.618 
11./00. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥7.980) - 23.621 / NEW

(Yikes at that drop-off)



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outlawauron on 26 March 2014

PS4 Baseball needed ASAP.



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ethomaz on 26 March 2014
outlawauron said:
PS4 Baseball needed ASAP.

The Show is the next month, no?



naruball on 26 March 2014
ethomaz said:

naruball said:

You're right. I've read somewhere that One piece sold even better than DBZ back when it was THE manga to read. I guess you al have a point. In terms of poupularity, all the other anime together can't touch One piece at the moment and epxecting a bigger boost was not really justified based on the data we have about each franchise's popularity and releases.

It is THE manga to read in Japan... it never lost the first place (well few times due Nana).

2013 Manga Sales Ranking Top 30 (series)

2013 Manga Sales Ranking Top 30 (volume)

I said the difference in popularity in Japan is abyssal.

Thanks, Ethomaz. That was very informative. Quite a few manga surprised me (didn't expect a basketball manga to be above Naruto).



SnowPrince on 26 March 2014

A lot of things happened during this week.
Vita is so close to the 3DS on the Mediacreate charts, but beats it according to Famitsu. GOOO VITA!!
Also, all games did well I think, J stars didn't flop as hard as I thought.. 217k FW isn't that bad.



outlawauron on 26 March 2014
ethomaz said:
outlawauron said:
PS4 Baseball needed ASAP.

The Show is the next month, no?

Yes, but we're talking about Konami's Baseball series.



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