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- Famitsu has conducted user poll after the Tokyo Game Show 2008, to find the future trend in the market.

The most anticipated handheld game?

  • Dragon Quests IX (NDS, Square Enix) - 125 votes
  • Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP, Square Enix) - 78
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam VS Gundam (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 51
  • Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryukou (NDS, Level 5) - 43
  • Chrono Trigger (NDS, Square Enix) - 36
  • Gyakuten Kenji (NDS, Capcom)- 34
  • Idol Master SP (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 28
  • Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP, Square Enix) - 20
  • Tales of Hearts (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 18
  • Phantasy Star Zero (NDS, Sega) - 17

    The most anticipated console game?

  • Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom) - 174
  • Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix) - 100
  • Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom) - 74
  • Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360, Square Enix) - 54
  • The Last Remnant (PS3/360, Square Enix) - 50
  • Ryuga Gotoku 3 [Yakuza 3] (PS3, Sega) - 23
  • Animal Forest: Dobutsu no Mori (Wii, Nintendo) - 19
  • White Knight Chronicles (PS3, Sony) - 18
  • Gundam Musou 2 (PS3/360/PS2, Namco Bandai) - 16
  • Street Fighter IV (PS3/360, Capcom) - 15
  • - Here are the latest Famitsu Most Wanted games for the week:

    1. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
    2. Dragon Quest IX (NDS, Square Enix)
    3. Biohazard 5 (PS3, Capcom)
    4. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom)
    5. Dragon Quest VI (NDS, Square Enix)
    6. Chrono Trigger (NDS, Square Enix)
    7. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
    8. The Last Remnant (PS3, Square Enix)
    9. Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP, Square Enix)
    10. White Knight Chronicles (PS3, Sony)
    11. Animal Forest: Dobutsu no Mori (Wii, Nintendo)
    12. Star Ocean: The Last Hope (X360, Square Enix)
    13. Ryuga Gotoku 3 [Yakuza 3] (PS3, Sega)
    14. Christmas Kiss (PS2, Enterbrain)
    15. Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PSP, Square Enix)


    There seems to be a typo there since MH3 is represented twice. Maybe FFvsXII should be third, I don't know.
    What surprised me the most was seeing WKC so low in the list.



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    yeah WKC is very low down, looks as though it will do good to sell double what TOV did which is not good as TO has never been big. SO4 will be big though, even with the lower install base I predict it will sell close to WKC.



    Reject said:
    yeah WKC is very low down, looks as though it will do good to sell double what TOV did which is not good as TO has never been big. SO4 will be big though, even with the lower install base I predict it will sell close to WKC.

    Because Famitsu represents the whole Japanese community... right?

     



    Xen said:
    Reject said:
    yeah WKC is very low down, looks as though it will do good to sell double what TOV did which is not good as TO has never been big. SO4 will be big though, even with the lower install base I predict it will sell close to WKC.

    Because Famitsu represents the whole Japanese community... right?

     

     

    When did I say that, you like putting words in peoples mouths? I think SO4 close to WKC due to being from tri-ACE, looking graphically superior to WKC and being an established franchise.



    Monster Hunter 3 will outsell Final Fantasy XIII in Japan, period.



     

     

     

     

     

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    DQ 9 will outsell Monster Hunter 3 and FFXIII, your point?



    Reject said:
    Xen said:
    Reject said:
    yeah WKC is very low down, looks as though it will do good to sell double what TOV did which is not good as TO has never been big. SO4 will be big though, even with the lower install base I predict it will sell close to WKC.

    Because Famitsu represents the whole Japanese community... right?

     

     

    When did I say that, you like putting words in peoples mouths? I think SO4 close to WKC due to being from tri-ACE, looking graphically superior to WKC and being an established franchise.

    Because based on famitsu polls, you predict sales. Therefore, you view those polls as the preferences of the whole Japanese gaming community.

     



    These lists have done a pretty poor job at predicting sales. Many of the best selling titles never even made the list.



    Monster Hunter 3 and Animal Crossing: City Folk are going to be huge haha.

    Of course as FishyJoe says they are not necessarily indicative of sales, but I"m pretty sure we can say those 2 games will be monsters(no pun intended).



    @Zucas: Yea, but they seem to be the last HUGE games for the Wii in Japan. So far, there's nothing else coming out that may remotely make it on that list.



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    Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
    Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.

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