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[FINALFANTASYDOG]

Huh? Where? Based on first day sales reports, the initial shipment was about 600k.

Well my memory is incredibly hazy, I meant order numbers, not shipping numbers... also it's hearsay of hearsay, so your info is probably more correct, but oosakaking has generally been known to give accurate info http://ameblo.jp/oosakaking/entry-10525394763.html

 

[Bebpo]

Wow, did the original DQMJ sell anything near that? I didn't remember it being such a huge seller.

Shame about MGS sales. In all honesty it's doing about what MGS does in Japan meaning it's selling to the MGS audience and not really expanding to the mainstream despite all Kojima's psp-audience focused additions. And without the western sales to help like a normal MGS game, it'll probably end up being the lowest selling kojima MGS.

 

[duckroll]

Wow, did the original DQMJ sell anything near that? I didn't remember it being such a huge seller.

The original sold over a million. Did about the same as DQMJ2 in the first week.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Wow, did the original DQMJ sell anything near that? I didn't remember it being such a huge seller.

Shame about MGS sales. In all honesty it's doing about what MGS does in Japan meaning it's selling to the MGS audience and not really expanding to the mainstream despite all Kojima's psp-audience focused additions. And without the western sales to help like a normal MGS game, it'll probably end up being the lowest selling kojima MGS.

There was no way japan was going to make up for western sales unless Kojima thought it was going sell 2 million plus and even then .
If it was on ps3 it may have had a chance for it to sell better than 4 but with it being on psp it was always going to be lowest selling MGS main game world wide.

 

[Bebpo]

I really thought it could be the first MGS to break a million in Japan. Seems unlikely now :X Peace Walker is very catered to the current Japanese game market.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Given the really high 1st day numbers I was expecting nearly everyone to do way worse, but in the end low weekend ratios helped.

Congrats to onken in the ranking by units and iifu in the rankings by percents

Results  	By Units  	 	By Points  	
1 	38000 	onken 		15,26% 	iifu 	
2 	48000 	iifu 		18,47% 	slaughterking 	
3 	51000 	neutralgamer02 	18,62% 	faridmon 	
4 	56000 	hxa155 		25,58% 	Chris1964 	
5 	60000 	Kurosaki Ichigo 25,71% 	Baki 	
6 	68000 	slaughterking 	27,29% 	hxa155 	
7 	69000 	MemoirsofMimi 	29,13% 	Magicpaint 	
8 	69000 	justchris 	30,62% 	neutralgamer02 	
9 	71000 	Chris1964 	30,73% 	Orgen 	
10 	72000 	TruePrime 	31,22% 	onken 	
11 	73000 	jj984jj 	31,71% 	pseudocaesar 	
12 	81000 	Nirolak 	33,32% 	Kurosaki Ichigo 	
13 	88000 	pseudocaesar 	36,52% 	Nirolak 	
14 	89000 	Baki 		38,20% 	donny2112 	
15 	92000 	Road 		40,69% 	TruePrime 	
16 	99000 	faridmon 	40,80% 	ULTROS! 	
17 	101000 	Magicpaint 	44,32% 	MemoirsofMimi 	
18 	110000 	Orgen 		45,77% 	jj984jj 	
19 	116000 	V_Arnold 	46,97% 	cw_sasuke 	
20 	128000 	duckroll 	50,27% 	duckroll 	
21 	138000 	Blablurn 	50,36% 	justchris 	
22 	139000 	ULTROS! 	51,58% 	Road 	
23 	141000 	donny2112 	53,63% 	Blablurn 	
24 	146000 	cw_sasuke 	63,49% 	gundamkyoukai 	
25 	193000 	gundamkyoukai 	67,49% 	Brazil 	
26 	270000 	Aru 		68,05% 	Aru 	
27 	286000 	Spiegel 	72,70% 	V_Arnold 	
28 	366000 	Brazil 		91,95% 	Spiegel

04/26-05/02 	Sales 	Baki 	Spieg 	Brazi 	duckr 	hxa15 	Memoi 	donny 	jj984 	Aru 	justc 	Chris 	Nirol 	gunda 	iifu 	Blabl 	Magic 	pseud 	ULTRO 	slaug 	cw_sa 	onken 	TrueP 	Road 	V_Arn 	Orgen 	farid 	Kuro 	neutr 	
NDS DQMJoker2 	624000 	650000 	480000 	950000 	700000 	600000 	614000 	700000 	655000 	870000 	600000 	650000 	670000 	725000 	650000 	685000 	550000 	690000 	520000 	670000 	585000 	615000 	667000 	599000 	670000 	676000 	550000 	587000 	627000 	
PSP MGS:PW 	434000 	490000 	540000 	400000 	460000 	450000 	404000 	380000 	445000 	435000 	425000 	400000 	420000 	500000 	450000 	485000 	450000 	440000 	415000 	450000 	525000 	440000 	432000 	399000 	455000 	385000 	410000 	435000 	463000 	
PS3 Super SF4 	81000 	88000 	45000 	75000 	55000 	65000 	52000 	70000 	50000 	58000 	45000 	70000 	60000 	55000 	75000 	55000 	70000 	65000 	65000 	75000 	65000 	58000 	54000 	49000 	130000 	72000 	80000 	59000 	62000 	

Difference 	0 	89000 	286000 	366000 	128000 	56000 	69000 	141000 	73000 	270000 	69000 	71000 	81000 	193000 	48000 	138000 	101000 	88000 	139000 	68000 	146000 	38000 	72000 	92000 	116000 	110000 	99000 	60000 	51000 	
Difference (%) 	0,00% 	25,71% 	91,95% 	67,49% 	50,27% 	27,29% 	44,32% 	38,20% 	45,77% 	68,05% 	50,36% 	25,58% 	36,52% 	63,49% 	15,26% 	53,63% 	29,13% 	31,71% 	40,80% 	18,47% 	46,97% 	31,22% 	40,69% 	51,58% 	72,70% 	30,73% 	18,62% 	33,32% 	30,62% 	

NDS DQMJoker2 	0 	26000 	-144000 326000 	76000 	-24000 	-10000 	76000 	31000 	246000 	-24000 	26000 	46000 	101000 	26000 	61000 	-74000 	66000 	-104000 46000 	-39000 	-9000 	43000 	-25000 	46000 	52000 	-74000 	-37000 	3000 	
PSP MGS:PW 	0 	56000 	106000 	-34000 	26000 	16000 	-30000 	-54000 	11000 	1000 	-9000 	-34000 	-14000 	66000 	16000 	51000 	16000 	6000 	-19000 	16000 	91000 	6000 	-2000 	-35000 	21000 	-49000 	-24000 	1000 	29000 	
PS3 Super SF4 	0 	7000 	-36000 	-6000 	-26000 	-16000 	-29000 	-11000 	-31000 	-23000 	-36000 	-11000 	-21000 	-26000 	-6000 	-26000 	-11000 	-16000 	-16000 	-6000 	-16000 	-23000 	-27000 	-32000 	49000 	-9000 	-1000 	-22000 	-19000

Past Predictions Results:
02/22-02/28 Predictions Results
01/25-01/31 Predictions Results
12/07-12/13 Predictions Results

 

[Boney]

Hmm was expecting DQ's and Metal Gear's numbers to be the other way around.

 

[Aru]

Given the really high 1st day numbers I was expecting nearly everyone to do way worse, but in the end low weekend ratios helped.

Congrats to onken in the ranking by units and iifu in the rankings by percents

Results  	By Units  	 	By Points  	
1 	38000 	onken 		15,26% 	iifu 	
2 	48000 	iifu 		18,47% 	slaughterking 	
3 	51000 	neutralgamer02 	18,62% 	faridmon 	
4 	56000 	hxa155 		25,58% 	Chris1964 	
5 	60000 	Kurosaki Ichigo 25,71% 	Baki 	
6 	68000 	slaughterking 	27,29% 	hxa155 	
7 	69000 	MemoirsofMimi 	29,13% 	Magicpaint 	
8 	69000 	justchris 	30,62% 	neutralgamer02 	
9 	71000 	Chris1964 	30,73% 	Orgen 	
10 	72000 	TruePrime 	31,22% 	onken 	
11 	73000 	jj984jj 	31,71% 	pseudocaesar 	
12 	81000 	Nirolak 	33,32% 	Kurosaki Ichigo 	
13 	88000 	pseudocaesar 	36,52% 	Nirolak 	
14 	89000 	Baki 		38,20% 	donny2112 	
15 	92000 	Road 		40,69% 	TruePrime 	
16 	99000 	faridmon 	40,80% 	ULTROS! 	
17 	101000 	Magicpaint 	44,32% 	MemoirsofMimi 	
18 	110000 	Orgen 		45,77% 	jj984jj 	
19 	116000 	V_Arnold 	46,97% 	cw_sasuke 	
20 	128000 	duckroll 	50,27% 	duckroll 	
21 	138000 	Blablurn 	50,36% 	justchris 	
22 	139000 	ULTROS! 	51,58% 	Road 	
23 	141000 	donny2112 	53,63% 	Blablurn 	
24 	146000 	cw_sasuke 	63,49% 	gundamkyoukai 	
25 	193000 	gundamkyoukai 	67,49% 	Brazil 	
26 	270000 	Aru 		68,05% 	Aru 	
27 	286000 	Spiegel 	72,70% 	V_Arnold 	
28 	366000 	Brazil 		91,95% 	Spiegel

04/26-05/02 	Sales 	Baki 	Spieg 	Brazi 	duckr 	hxa15 	Memoi 	donny 	jj984 	Aru 	justc 	Chris 	Nirol 	gunda 	iifu 	Blabl 	Magic 	pseud 	ULTRO 	slaug 	cw_sa 	onken 	TrueP 	Road 	V_Arn 	Orgen 	farid 	Kuro 	neutr 	
NDS DQMJoker2 	624000 	650000 	480000 	950000 	700000 	600000 	614000 	700000 	655000 	870000 	600000 	650000 	670000 	725000 	650000 	685000 	550000 	690000 	520000 	670000 	585000 	615000 	667000 	599000 	670000 	676000 	550000 	587000 	627000 	
PSP MGS:PW 	434000 	490000 	540000 	400000 	460000 	450000 	404000 	380000 	445000 	435000 	425000 	400000 	420000 	500000 	450000 	485000 	450000 	440000 	415000 	450000 	525000 	440000 	432000 	399000 	455000 	385000 	410000 	435000 	463000 	
PS3 Super SF4 	81000 	88000 	45000 	75000 	55000 	65000 	52000 	70000 	50000 	58000 	45000 	70000 	60000 	55000 	75000 	55000 	70000 	65000 	65000 	75000 	65000 	58000 	54000 	49000 	130000 	72000 	80000 	59000 	62000 	

Difference 	0 	89000 	286000 	366000 	128000 	56000 	69000 	141000 	73000 	270000 	69000 	71000 	81000 	193000 	48000 	138000 	101000 	88000 	139000 	68000 	146000 	38000 	72000 	92000 	116000 	110000 	99000 	60000 	51000 	
Difference (%) 	0,00% 	25,71% 	91,95% 	67,49% 	50,27% 	27,29% 	44,32% 	38,20% 	45,77% 	68,05% 	50,36% 	25,58% 	36,52% 	63,49% 	15,26% 	53,63% 	29,13% 	31,71% 	40,80% 	18,47% 	46,97% 	31,22% 	40,69% 	51,58% 	72,70% 	30,73% 	18,62% 	33,32% 	30,62% 	

NDS DQMJoker2 	0 	26000 	-144000 326000 	76000 	-24000 	-10000 	76000 	31000 	246000 	-24000 	26000 	46000 	101000 	26000 	61000 	-74000 	66000 	-104000 46000 	-39000 	-9000 	43000 	-25000 	46000 	52000 	-74000 	-37000 	3000 	
PSP MGS:PW 	0 	56000 	106000 	-34000 	26000 	16000 	-30000 	-54000 	11000 	1000 	-9000 	-34000 	-14000 	66000 	16000 	51000 	16000 	6000 	-19000 	16000 	91000 	6000 	-2000 	-35000 	21000 	-49000 	-24000 	1000 	29000 	
PS3 Super SF4 	0 	7000 	-36000 	-6000 	-26000 	-16000 	-29000 	-11000 	-31000 	-23000 	-36000 	-11000 	-21000 	-26000 	-6000 	-26000 	-11000 	-16000 	-16000 	-6000 	-16000 	-23000 	-27000 	-32000 	49000 	-9000 	-1000 	-22000 	-19000

Past Predictions Results:
02/22-02/28 Predictions Results
01/25-01/31 Predictions Results
12/07-12/13 Predictions Results

I may be second to last, but I had the closest prediction on PW (with Kuro)

 

[TheThunder]

Great numbers for SSF4.

 

[onken]

Given the really high 1st day numbers I was expecting nearly everyone to do way worse, but in the end low weekend ratios helped.

Congrats to onken in the ranking by units and iifu in the rankings by percents

Huzzah! And SSF4 did much better than I expected.

 

[Zen]

Yeah those aren't very good sales for Peace Walker. I guess we're looking at... 1.5 million WW, maybe? Pretty horrible dissapointing for MGS.

I'm really surprised that the PSP experiment didn't pay off in Japan considering the popularity of handhelds. I guess MGS fans want their console MGS. MAYBE it will have slightly better legs than MGS4 did (relative to units sold), but damn, that's a shame.

Although Portable Ops+ did really well at a lower price in Japan, so maybe a cheaper Peace Walker re-release can do some respectable numbers.

Maybe they should have called it MGS5. I can see a decent amount of Japanese fans 'not bothering' with it because of the uniformed perception that it wasn't a mainline MGS.

They could have called it MGS5 in Japan, and not anywhere else. :lol

The good news is that the costs and marketing budget for this one were probably much smaller than MGS4.

There was no way japan was going to make up for western sales unless Kojima thought it was going sell 2 million plus and even then .
If it was on ps3 it may have had a chance for it to sell better than 4 but with it being on psp it was always going to be lowest selling MGS main game world wide.

True, but it's probably going to be lower than expected.

 

[gerg]

Yeah those aren't very good sales for Peace Walker. I guess we're looking at... 1.5 million WW, maybe? Pretty horrible for MGS.

I'm really surprised that the PSP experiment didn't pay off in Japan considering the popularity of handhelds. I guess MGS fans want their console MGS. MAYBE it will have slightly better legs than MGS4 did (relative to units sold), but damn, that's a shame.

I just think we're seeing consolidation of the user base. MGS4 was released four years after MGS3, and there were three years between both that and MGS2 as well as MGS2 and the original Metal Gear Solid. So it wouldn't surprise me if the two-year release period between Peace Walker and MGS4 may have stunted sales.

Maybe they should have called it MGS5. I can see a decent amount of Japanese fans 'not bothering' with it because of the uniformed perception that it wasn't a mainline MGS.

I don't think that was the case, either.

The good news is that the costs and marketing budget for this one were probably much smaller than MGS4.

I'm sure the buckets of in-game advertising helped even things out.

 

[onken]

Yup, PW isn't looking fantastic. I just hope the cheaper development makes up for the lost sales.

 

[Busaiku]

What cause the New Super Mario Bros Wii bump?
Was it just because of Golden Week, or is there any other reason?

 

[MemoirsofMimi]

What cause the New Super Mario Bros Wii bump?
Was it just because of Golden Week, or is there any other reason?

A better question is what caused the Mario Kart Wii bump.

 

[Moor-Angol]

MGS first weeks :

MGS1 (PS1) - 316.833
MGS2 (PS2) - 456.747
MGS3 (PS2) - 487.156
MGS4 (PS3) - 476.334
MGSPW (PSP) - 434.000


i don't understand why PW numbers are disappointing when it sold similar to its predecessors... MGS has alwasy sold around 700-800k, i wonder why PW couldn't do that...

who thought PW could have been million seller probably doesn't know so much about this franchise sales...

 

[Busaiku]

A better question is what caused the Mario Kart Wii bump.

I didn't even notice it there.
I guess it probably was just the typical Golden Week Nintendo bump.

 

[Tmac]

No mC this week?

 

[neutralgamer02]

I may be second to last, but I had the closest prediction on PW (with Kuro)

Cool, third by numbers.

 

[MemoirsofMimi]

I didn't even notice it there.
I guess it probably was just the typical Golden Week Nintendo bump.

I think it may be because of the new advertisements the game has been getting lately.

 

[slaughterking]

i don't understand why PW numbers are disappointing

It was the same with Valkyria Chronicles 2. The Japanese numbers are good by themselves, but the shift to PSP may not be justified considering the western sales of PSP software -- even though I do think PW will at least do pretty good for a PSP game.

 

[Zen]

MGS first weeks :

MGS1 (PS1) - 316.833
MGS2 (PS2) - 456.747
MGS3 (PS2) - 487.156
MGS4 (PS3) - 476.334
MGSPW (PSP) - 434.000


i don't understand why PW numbers are disappointing when it sold similar to its predecessors... MGS has alwasy sold around 700-800k, i wonder why PW couldn't do that...

who thought PW could have been million seller probably doesn't know so much about this franchise sales...

OK I'm on crack and clearly can't remember Japanese MGS sales data, for some on crack reason I thought MGS4 was 650k first week and I am retarded. :lol Still the 2nd lowest opening ever, but when everything from MGS2 to MGS4 has a range of about 50k units, it's not really a big deal.

Anyway, respectable numbers for Peace Walker! Let's see how it does in week two.

 

[Spiegel]

MGS first weeks :

MGS1 (PS1) - 316.833
MGS2 (PS2) - 456.747
MGS3 (PS2) - 487.156
MGS4 (PS3) - 476.334
MGSPW (PSP) - 434.000


i don't understand why PW numbers are disappointing when it sold similar to its predecessors... MGS has alwasy sold around 700-800k, i wonder why PW couldn't do that...

who thought PW could have been million seller probably doesn't know so much about this franchise sales...

The game did fine in the first week. Also the number would be a bit (at least) higher if we could count downloadable sales.

I'm disappointed with the awful day two-four sales. If the leaked numbers are right the game easily should have had the best first week ever for a MGS game.

 

[jesusraz]

Wow, did the original DQMJ sell anything near that? I didn't remember it being such a huge seller.

It eventually went on to sell ~1.5 million, despite initial stock shortages. Surely hopes must be high for DQMJ2 to at least match that.

 

[Zen]

Sorry, am I missing something? Peace Walker got a split sales week? Or are you just saying that it dropped off pretty hard after the first two days.

 

[turnbuckle]

Has Etrian Odyssey III been announced for a NA release yet? I can't seem to find anything saying that it has and now I'm starting to feel an incredible sadness come over me.