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damkira on 22 September 2007

How do you think it will do when it is released in the US and Canada on Oct. 1?

I'm really hoping it will be #1 on VGCharts BUT I seriously doubt it will be because it will be the second week of Halo 3's release and, other than Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, DS games haven't really been debuting big (although they generally have good legs.)

 

 



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damkira on 23 September 2007

Hmmmm.... no replies.. I'll just elaborate on my first message.

The last Zelda handheld game, The Minish Cap, sold just over 1 million copies worldwide, including only 270,000 copies in Japan.

So far, sales of Phantom Hourglass in Japan have nearly equaled the total worldwide sales for Minish Cap, despite the fact that the Zelda series is not nearly as popular there as it is in North America and Europe...

I think Phantom Hourglass will sell about 350k in its first week, not enough to dethrone Halo 3, but still a pretty good seller.

 



fkusumot on 23 September 2007
damkira said:

Hmmmm.... no replies.. I'll just elaborate on my first message.

The last Zelda handheld game, The Minish Cap, sold just over 1 million copies worldwide, including only 270,000 copies in Japan.

So far, sales of Phantom Hourglass in Japan have nearly equaled the total worldwide sales for Minish Cap, despite the fact that the Zelda series is not nearly as popular there as it is in North America and Europe...

I think Phantom Hourglass will sell about 350k in its first week, not enough to dethrone Halo 3, but still a pretty good seller.

 


 What did Zelda TP sell in the first week? If PH has a similar pattern in NA as Japan it will have long legs.



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damkira on 23 September 2007
fkusumot said:
damkira said:

Hmmmm.... no replies.. I'll just elaborate on my first message.

The last Zelda handheld game, The Minish Cap, sold just over 1 million copies worldwide, including only 270,000 copies in Japan.

So far, sales of Phantom Hourglass in Japan have nearly equaled the total worldwide sales for Minish Cap, despite the fact that the Zelda series is not nearly as popular there as it is in North America and Europe...

I think Phantom Hourglass will sell about 350k in its first week, not enough to dethrone Halo 3, but still a pretty good seller.

 


What did Zelda TP sell in the first week? If PH has a similar pattern in NA as Japan it will have long legs.


Well, TP was released on 11/19/06, as a launch title for the Wii. TP sold 441,285 that week compared to 535,008 Wiis sold which is pretty impressive.. nearly everyone who got a Wii bought TP to go with it.

A month later, the GameCube version debuted with 292,353.  



mrstickball on 23 September 2007

I think Zelda:PH should do around your prediction of 350k. Anywhere from 350-450k should happen.

IMO, it should do NSMB numbers in the US (around 2-2.5m units).

But from what I've seen, PH deserves far more.



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Ishy on 23 September 2007

Zelda Phantom Hourglass is doing better in Japan then TP so far... it should sell a million within 3 weeks...



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Games purchased since December 30th 2006:
GBA:The Legend of Zelda:The Minish Cap
DS:Lunar Knights, Pokemon Diamond, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ,Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Hotel Dusk:Room 215, Mario vs DK 2: March of the Mini's and Picross DS
PS2: Devil May Cry 3:Dante's Awakening, Shadow of the Colosuss, Sega Mega Drive Collection, XIII , Sonic Mega Collection,Fifa 08 and Fifa 09.
GC:Fight Night Round 2
Wii VC:Super Mario 64 ,Lylat Wars ,Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Super Castlevania IV, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage, Kirby's Adventure, Super Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 2Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting,Wave Race 64 and Lost Winds

Wii: Sonic and the Secret Rings, Godfather:Blackhand Edition, Red Steel, Tony Hawks Downhill Jam, Eledees, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Mario Strikers Charged Football,Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy,House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return, Wii Fit, No More Heroes and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

X360: Spider Man
PS3: Resistance: Fall of Man

 

 

 

 

nintendo_fanboy on 23 September 2007

I expect this game to sell like hotcakes; a million in NA is the least it'll do imo. mrstickball's number sounds pretty reasonable to me.



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DarkNight_DS on 23 September 2007

Hard to say really... Minish Cap was an awesome game, with a much higher install base. You would think that Minish cap would have easily outsold this game especially in the states. I'm expecting great things from the game but great sales may not go hand in hand with the quality of the game.

We haven't seen a lot of advertising from Nintendo yet, so many hardcore Zelda fans might not even know it exists.

I keep forgetting how soon it's coming out.



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damkira on 23 September 2007
DarkNight_DS said:

Hard to say really... Minish Cap was an awesome game, with a much higher install base. You would think that Minish cap would have easily outsold this game especially in the states. I'm expecting great things from the game but great sales may not go hand in hand with the quality of the game.

We haven't seen a lot of advertising from Nintendo yet, so many hardcore Zelda fans might not even know it exists.

I keep forgetting how soon it's coming out.


 Yeah a lot of people say that... I never tried it myself but I'll have to get it after I'm done beating PH. It looks like a lot of fun.

 



DarkNight_DS on 23 September 2007
damkira said:
DarkNight_DS said:

Hard to say really... Minish Cap was an awesome game, with a much higher install base. You would think that Minish cap would have easily outsold this game especially in the states. I'm expecting great things from the game but great sales may not go hand in hand with the quality of the game.

We haven't seen a lot of advertising from Nintendo yet, so many hardcore Zelda fans might not even know it exists.

I keep forgetting how soon it's coming out.


Yeah a lot of people say that... I never tried it myself but I'll have to get it after I'm done beating PH. It looks like a lot of fun.

 


 On the portable side, Links Awakening is by far the best in the series.  Have you played it yet?



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