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BKK2 on 21 February 2009
Hyruken said:
Jai93485 said:
Hyruken said:
If those numbers are true that is stunning. Considering White Knight Chronicles sold 100k 1st day and Valkyria Chronicles sold 70k in its 1st week this should easily be the biggest opening for a rpg in Japan. The fact that it's going to be a 360 game is mind boggling. The 360 could see a huge sales spike this week then.

 

WKC sold 132k first day, not 100k.

 

I thought that 132k was proved to be actually "around 100k"?

Having just googled it to see a lot of people/sites have it at 100k. 

How do you mean by "proved"?

bttb AKA crho:

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First Day Sales (12/25)

[PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCE) - 132,000 (54%)
[NDS] Phantasy Star Zero (Sega) - 63,000 (31%)
[WII] Wii de Asobu: Pikmin (Nintendo) - 25,000 (22%)
[NDS] Team Batista no Eikou: Shinjitsu o Tsumugu 4-tsu no Karte (Hudson) - 16,000 (40%)
[WII] BioHazard (Capcom) - 11,500 (21%)

[PS3] Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (CyberFront) - 2,400 (35%)
[PS3] Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) - 1,900 (18%)
[360] Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (CyberFront) - 1,700 (34%)
[PS3] BioShock (Spike) - 978 (10%)

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Jai93485 on 21 February 2009
Hyruken said:
Jai93485 said:
Hyruken said:
If those numbers are true that is stunning. Considering White Knight Chronicles sold 100k 1st day and Valkyria Chronicles sold 70k in its 1st week this should easily be the biggest opening for a rpg in Japan. The fact that it's going to be a 360 game is mind boggling. The 360 could see a huge sales spike this week then.

 

WKC sold 132k first day, not 100k.

 

I thought that 132k was proved to be actually "around 100k"?

Having just googled it to see a lot of people/sites have it at 100k. 

EDIT: i see the problem. Your quoting Famitsu's numbers where as i was looking at media Create numbers which were said to be 130k. So i was getting confused. Either way considering there are only 900k or so 360's in Japan matching sales of a console with nearly a 3 to 1 user base is pretty good.

 

I think you have it the other way around. Some preliminary source said 100k, then the usual source we get our first day sales from said 132k. I mean, there's no way WKC would have debuted with roughly 210k units sold in its first week if the first day numbers were 100k.



Star Scream on 21 February 2009

It sold 132,000 on day one, no 'ifs' and 'buts'.



MANUELF on 21 February 2009

Good number for a 360 game, but if you consider is a main line game, exclusive and the development costs are higher this gen than the past then they are bad sales.



Dgc1808 on 21 February 2009

Solid SO4 sales.



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Shadowblind on 21 February 2009
BKK2 said:
Hyruken said:
If those numbers are true that is stunning. Considering White Knight Chronicles sold 100k 1st day and Valkyria Chronicles sold 70k in its 1st week this should easily be the biggest opening for a rpg in Japan. The fact that it's going to be a 360 game is mind boggling. The 360 could see a huge sales spike this week then.

 

OT: Maybe I'll pick up a 360 with this game tomorrow, does the JP version also have English, or should I wait for the NA release?

 

 

No. Wait 4 days. And get Tales of vesperia if you do.



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BKK2 on 21 February 2009
Shadowblind said:
BKK2 said:
Hyruken said:
If those numbers are true that is stunning. Considering White Knight Chronicles sold 100k 1st day and Valkyria Chronicles sold 70k in its 1st week this should easily be the biggest opening for a rpg in Japan. The fact that it's going to be a 360 game is mind boggling. The 360 could see a huge sales spike this week then.

 

OT: Maybe I'll pick up a 360 with this game tomorrow, does the JP version also have English, or should I wait for the NA release?

 

 

No. Wait 4 days. And get Tales of vesperia if you do.

Thanks, will do.

 



dolemit3 on 22 February 2009

The following week appears to have an immense number of new releases, Yakuza 3 the most notable of them:

02/23 - 03/01/2009

PSP:
02/26 Dragon Dance
02/26 Kamen no Maid Guy: Boyoyon Battle Royale
02/26 Kamen no Maid Guy: Boyoyon Battle Royale (First Print Limited Edition)
02/26 Kiniro no Corda 2 f
02/26 Kiniro no Corda 2 f (Premium Box)
02/26 Kiniro no Corda 2 f (Treasure Box)
02/26 Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (EA Best Hits)
02/26 Mimana Iyar Chronicle
02/26 NBA Live 08 (EA Best Hits)
02/26 Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid
02/26 Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid (Bundle)
02/26 Your Memories Off: Girl's Style
02/26 Your Memories Off: Girl's Style (Limited Edition)


NDS:
02/26 Dragon Dance
02/26 Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou (Welcome Price 2800)
02/26 Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2
02/26 Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 (w/DVD)
02/26 Honki de Manabu: LEC de Goukaku - DS Hishou Kentei 2-Kyuu/3-Kyuu
02/26 Honki de Manabu: LEC de Goukaku - DS Takuchi Tatemono Torihiki Shuninsha
02/26 Kemeko Deluxe! DS: Yome to Meka to Otoko to Onna
02/26 Kemeko Deluxe! DS: Yome to Meka to Otoko to Onna (Limited Edition)
02/26 Net Ghost Pipopa: Pipopa DS @ Daibouken!!!
02/26 Sunday x Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine
02/26 Take-Out Series Vol. 2: Yachou Daizukan
02/26 Uchida Yasuou Mystery: Meitantei Senken Mitsuhiko Series: Fukutoshin Renzoku Satsujin Jiken


X360:
02/26 Battlefield: Bad Company (Platinum Collection)
02/26 Chaos;Head Noah
02/26 Chaos;Head Noah (Limited Edition)
02/26 Halo 3 (Platinum Collection)
02/26 Halo Wars
02/26 Halo Wars (Limited Edition)
02/26 Samurai Dou 3
02/26 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Platinum Collection)


PS2:
02/26 Akudaikan 3 (Global the Best)
02/26 Kira * Kira: Rock 'n' Roll Show
02/26 Kira * Kira: Rock 'n' Roll Show (First Print Limited Edition)
02/26 NBA Live 08 (EA Best Hits)
02/26 The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match


PS3:
02/26 NBA Live 08 (EA Best Hits)
02/26 Yakuza 3
02/26 Yakuza 3 (Nobori Ryuu Pack)
02/26 Tom Clancy's EndWar
02/26 Tom Clancy's EndWar (w/Headset)


Wii:
02/26 Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (EA Best Hits)
02/26 One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 2 - Mezameru Yuusha

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Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

Rhonin the wizard on 22 February 2009

How did the Wiimake of Metroid Prime do? It was released on February 19.



Legend11 on 22 February 2009
tombi123 said:
I can't believe Darth got banned for his comments in this thread. They are not even remotely trollish or offensive. He just put forward a good point and got banned for it. I have seen far worse go unpunished on this site. I'm very disappointed.

 

I got banned in a WKC thread in the sales forum by Naznatips before for making a post that mentioned SO4.  He was annoyed at the time because of the HD RPG competition.  Now I come into this thread and see many people including mods comparing such HD RPGs and no sign of Naznatips giving out even one ban because of it.

I also got a warning in another thread for posting something that Sqrl felt was off topic (I don't agree it was off-topic since I felt it addressed the original post).  Anyways if you look around you can see literally hundreds if not thousands of posts that could be considered off-topic but I doubt Sqrl is handing out warnings left and right for them.

The point my post?  Bans and warnings can be handed out on a whim and users treated differently so don't be surprised at any bans you see.  Also the forum rules on this site are a joke since they give a false sense of security.  They should add a rule where you can be banned at the whim of a mod even if you don't break any rules and others aren't banned for the reason given for banning you.