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Arius Dion on 12 November 2009
jarrod said:

Arius Dion said: 

NoName: Had no idea Taiko was near MGS4 numbers that's pretty impressive. Isn't there a sequel on the way though? Wouldn't that cut into the originals sales?

You'd think so, but Taiko DS 2 actually increased sales on Taiko DS 1.

Sequels spurring interest in their predecessors is actually pretty common in Japan.  Another example, when DMC4 released, the Best release of DMC3 jumped back into the top 30.  Brain Training 1 also surged when Brain Training 2 released.  I'm sure there's other examples.

Ah, got you. That's pretty interesting actually. Does that same occurence happen in the states as well?



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jarrod on 12 November 2009
Arius Dion said:
jarrod said:

Arius Dion said: 

NoName: Had no idea Taiko was near MGS4 numbers that's pretty impressive. Isn't there a sequel on the way though? Wouldn't that cut into the originals sales?

You'd think so, but Taiko DS 2 actually increased sales on Taiko DS 1.

Sequels spurring interest in their predecessors is actually pretty common in Japan.  Another example, when DMC4 released, the Best release of DMC3 jumped back into the top 30.  Brain Training 1 also surged when Brain Training 2 released.  I'm sure there's other examples.

Ah, got you. That's pretty interesting actually. Does that same occurence happen in the states as well?

I've no idea, we really don't have enough insight into the US market thanks to NPD's monopoly and NeoGAF's devil's bargain clamping down on leaks.  Chartz is getting better and better, but I think there's always going to be questions of legitimacy here.  

It's really too bad, there's so much data so freely available out of Japan from multiple trackers.



cgkc17 on 12 November 2009

It's definitely not a flop, but it's not a HUGE success either... I'd call it more of a moderate success.

Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed 2, Wii Sports, Mario Kart, Halo 3, most things pokemon...
Those are HUGE successes.

I remember a few people saying this will have insane legs, and then being called out on it when it didnt happen. But i don't remember anybody calling it a flop.



patjuan32 on 12 November 2009

@cgkc17,

Monster Hunter 3 is indeed a big success if it is compared to the other Monster Hunter games on the PS2. Secondly, there were people calling the game a flop because they were comparing the game to the PSP versions on Monster Hunter. It was a huge thread that would not seem to die. This was back when the game was first released in Japan, by the way.



If Nintendo is successful at the moment, it’s because they are good, and I cannot blame them for that. What we should do is try to be just as good.----Laurent Benadiba

 

samus aran rules on 12 November 2009
cgkc17 said:
It's definitely not a flop, but it's not a HUGE success either... I'd call it more of a moderate success.

Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed 2, Wii Sports, Mario Kart, Halo 3, most things pokemon...
Those are HUGE successes.

I remember a few people saying this will have insane legs, and then being called out on it when it didnt happen. But i don't remember anybody calling it a flop.


Oh yes there were plenty of people who cried failure on this game, very much so the second week when the sales fell pretty bad. Some have consistently bashed the games performance (I wont mention any names but there is a guy from Japan who really goes way over himself trying to find bad news about the sales).

The ones who thought MH3 would have the kind of legs the PSP games have were also quite annoying since it was pretty obvious it wouldn´t. However I actually really think this game is a HUGE success if you consider how rare big sellers are on homeconsoles these days in Japan. Millionsellers are very rare for homeconsoles and it´s only Nintendo who has achieved it so far this gen. Here comes Capcom and scores one and as a thirdparty for a Nintendo console none the less which hasn´t happened since SNES. I think that´s pretty great.



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jarrod on 12 November 2009

MH3's legs have been pretty good honestly, very comparable to MHP2 actually (though it's upfront sales were somewhat lower). If it gets a BEST release, I think it could sail to 1.5-1.6m Japan.

More likely though, I think we'll just see MH3G next summer, and it'll probably move about the same.