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johnsobas on 06 August 2009
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WOw these are some sexy numbers! And it sold so much only in 2 days, it will easily crack a million, and who knows maybe the game will become such hit as the PSP versions. It will be interesting to see what will be the second week drop. Soo... hardcore games can sell on the Wii?

Nice sales for the Wii as well, hopefully MH and WSR can sustain some nice numbers in Japan.


http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=30098&region=All

Previous one so far haven't even doubled it's first week sales.

We will see if MH3 with a paid for online gameplay can mantain legs like PSP version.


1) previous ones had 4 days in first week, MH3 had 2.

2) MH wasn't as popular back then

3) controller bundles appear to have sold out

Munster Hunter wasn't popular 15 weeks ago?


I know what you're getting at but back when MH2 came out the game was far less popular, and didn't have the casual following the series does now on the PSP, it was mostly built on hardcore followers hence being so frontloaded. The question is whether some of those more casual players will see MH3 and jump over or not. That would determine whether the game has legs or not. Obviously it isn't gonna sell nearly as much as the PSP version but some of the success with casuals should carry over.

I don't think the japanese know what your talking about with that casual bs. I think japan is above the use of stereotypes and media branding/manipulation to sell violent games to teenagers, if they like a game they buy even if its got non HD graphics.

The rest of us are Uri Gellars spoons, bent to the whim of MS and Sony executives trying to keep any market share they still have.


that's a bunch of BS. It is very well known that many games sell in Japan due to brand power, this has nothing to do with HD graphics or selling violence to teenagers I don't know where you got that from. 



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megaman79 on 06 August 2009

^ Ok so why the difference here? Why don't enough people buy Wii versions of "brand power" games? Tell me why bcoz i dk.

Truth is DS is huge and its not about graphics in graphics, its different here.



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johnsobas on 06 August 2009
megaman79 said:
^ Ok so why the difference here? Why don't enough people buy Wii versions of "brand power" games? Tell me why bcoz i dk.

Truth is DS is huge and its not about graphics in graphics, its different here.

what are you talking about?  This has nothing to do with graphics at all, it's about brand name in Japan.  Yes big brands do sell on wii, hence why DQ, MH, Resident Evil, Taiko no Tatsujin and Tales have sold on Wii.  The problem is that games without brand power haven't always been so lucky.



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Kenology on 06 August 2009

Media Create has it at only 520k. Maybe they're not counting bundles?

01. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii) - 520,000 / NEW
02. Dragon Quest IX (DS) - 180,000 / 3,382,000
03. Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 82,000 / 510,000
04. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - 66,000 / 828,000
05. Puyo Puyo 7 (DS) - 52,000 / NEW
06. Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) - 49,000 / NEW
07. CR Shinseiki Evangelion: Saigo no Mono (PS2) - 42,000 / NEW
08. Armored Core 3 Portable (PSP) - 41,000 / NEW
09. Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji (DS) - 23,000 / 58,000
10. To Heart 2 Portable (PSP) - 22,000 / NEW

11. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP)
12. Penguin no Mondai x Tenkuu no 7 Senshi (DS)
13. The King of Fighters XII (PS3)
14. Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu (PSP)
15. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (PS2)
16. Hisshou Pachinko*Pachi-Slot Kouryaku Series DS: Shinseiki Evangelion - Saigo no Mono (DS)
17. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 (PS3)
18. Tsuyo Kiss 2 Gakki: Swift Love (PS2)
19. Katamari Tribute (PS3)
20. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Battle Orchestra Portable (PSP)
21. Wii Fit (Wii)
22. Pokemon Platinum (DS)
23. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble X (DS)
24. Miku Hatsune Project Diva (PSP)
25. Shugo Chara! Norinori! Chara-Nari Zumu (DS)
26. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
27. Nuga-Cel! (PS2)
28. Doki Majo Plus (DS)
29. Lucian Bee's: Resurrection Supernova (PS2)
30. Dragon Ball: Tenkaichi Daibouken (Wii)



starbruin on 06 August 2009

Glad it sold well, look forward to when it arrives in the states! It may actually pull me back from the neglect I've given my poor wii



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johnsobas on 06 August 2009

read that on neogaf a while ago, they do include bundles. It's not that unusual for famitsu and media create to be off by that much. Leaked MC numbers have wii over 100k though.



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Kenology on 06 August 2009

So would we rather have MH3 down over 50k or the Wii over 100K?



c03n3nj0 on 06 August 2009

Wow, those are monster sales! This could easily sell a million wiuthin a month...

I'm more interested in how it will hold up in the west, though.



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Kenology on 08 August 2009

Something is very wrong with the article below... *sigh*  No matter what, the Wii just can't win!

 

Wii Surges in Japan

Monster Hunter 3 and black color variation cause sales spike.

by Anoop Gantayat

August 7, 2009 - After weeks and weeks of Dragon Quest IX-influenced DS dominance, Nintendo's other half took over in Japan this past week, topping both the hardware and software charts out of Media Create. This was, of course, the doing of Monster Hunter 3 and the new black Wii unit.

MH3 sold 520,000 units in its first week, becoming the only third party Wii game to top the half million mark in first week sales in Japan. It's also the third fastest selling Wii game to date in Japan, behind only Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii.

But there's somewhat of a dark side to the story here. You might recall an announcement from Capcom last week about a million in shipments for MH3. Media Create reports today that the game managed to sell just 54.36% of its stock. The Classic Controller Pro and black Wii bundles performed well, selling, respectively, 70% and upwards of 80% of their stock. But the standalone version of the game didn't even reach the 40% mark in sell-through.

We'll have to continue to watch the weekly sales charts for long term sales trends.

Here's the full software chart for the week covering July 27 through August 2. Total sales for older releases are in parentheses.

  • 1. Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom, Wii): 520,000
  • 2. Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix, DS): 180,000 (3,382,000)
  • 3. Friend Collection (Nintendo, DS): 82,000 (510,000)
  • 4. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 66,000 (828,000)
  • 5. Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega, DS): 52,000
  • 6. Gears of War 2 (Microsoft, X360): 49,000
  • 7. Pachinko Pachislot Strategy Series Vol.14 CR Evangelion (D3 Publisher, PS2): 42,000
  • 8. Armored Core 3 Portable (From Software, PSP): 41,000
  • 9. Okaeri! Chibi Robo! Happy Rich Daisouji! (Nintendo, DS): 23,000 (58,000)
  • 10. ToHeart2 Portable W Pack (Aqua Plus, PSP): 22,000


Thanks to the black Wii, the Wii saw a huge sales surge to nearly four times its previous week total. Of the 95,000 total Wii units sold, Media Create reports 45,000 were for the standalone black unit and 20,000 were for the Monster Hunter 3 Special Set.

Here's the full hardware chart:

  • Wii: 95,357 (23,995)
  • DSi: 73,710 (80,362)
  • PSP: 33,049 (30,523)
  • DS Lite: 12,027 (12,385)
  • PS3: 8,760 (8,997)
  • PS2: 3,617 (3,305)
  • Xbox 360: 3,552 (3,080)


The Wii's two summer Japanese hits are now out with Wii Sports Resort and Monster Hunter 3. The next major Japanese release for Nintendo is Wii Fit Plus, which hits on October 1. With CEO Satoru Iwata indicating that Nintendo still has no plans for a price drop, we'll have to see if the system can keep its momentum for the next couple of months.



Chrizum on 08 August 2009

I'm pretty sure Media Create undertracked MH3.

Previous versions of MH, shipment data, Famitsu AND VGChartz data all disagree with Media Create. 520k does seem ridiculously low, I even found VGChartz' 561k a bit on the low side.