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Dengeki Sales, Aug 02 - 08, 2010:

01 / 00 [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco) - 113,836 / 113,836
02 / 03 [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 79,853 / 601,764
03 / 01 [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 64,033 / 306,115
04 / 02 [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd (Sega) - 41,386 / 279,278
05 / 05 [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 17,172 / 71,008
06 / 11 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark (Level 5) - 16,506 / 410,410
07 / 00 [NDS] Tetris Party Premium (Hudson) - 16,150 / 16,150
08 / 09 [NDS] Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo - Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu (Nintendo) - 15,811 / 218,438
09 / 00 [NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco) - 15,600 / 15,600
10 / 00 [NDS] Battle Spirits: Digital Starter (Bandai Namco) - 15,330 / 15,330
11 / 14 [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 14,933 / 765,035
12 / 13 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Bomber (Level 5) - 14,211 / 351,441
13 / 08 [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) - 13,906 / 208,602
14 / 04 [NDS] Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen (Bandai Namco) - 13,856 / 69,373
15 / 16 [NDS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!! (Bandai Namco) - 13,539 / 159,185
16 / 00 [PSP] Storm Lover (D3 Publisher) - 13,138 / 13,138
17 / 12 [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 12,110 / 99,762
18 / 06 [NDS] Metal Max 3 (Kadokawa Games) - 12,029 / 55,965
19 / 22 [NDS] Art Academy DS (Nintendo) - 11,689 / ?
20 / 10 [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 11,520 / 197,009


Other software (first week / LTD):
2006-12 [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (Bandai Namco) - 129,000 / 256,000



Notes:
1) Sell-through:
- [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri... ~65%

2) Market in July (06/28~08/01) compared to the same period in 2009:
- hardware: 13.7 billion yen (-24.1%)
- software: 31.2 billion yen (-26.2%)
- total: 44.9 billion yen (-25.6%)

Hardware |  This Week |  Last Week |    YTD     |    LTD
------------------------------------------------------------
NDS      |     45,172 |     45,835 |  1,570,780 | 30,535,477
PSP      |     29,415 |     37,802 |  1,392,607 | 14,781,999
PS3      |     27,929 |     38,575 |    995,995 |  5,480,693
WII      |     19,061 |     20,442 |  1,060,117 | 10,605,553
360      |     	5,886 |      7,828 |    167,612 |  1,376,267
PS2      |     	1,311 |      1,398 |     	| 	
------------------------------------------------------------
Total    |    128,774 |    151,880 |

http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/546/546642/
http://news.dengeki.com/soft/ranking/ranking.html

Jul 26 - Aug 01, 2010
Jul 19 - 25, 2010
Jul 12 - 18, 2010
Jul 05 - 11, 2010
Jun 28 - Jul 04, 2010
Jun 21 - 27, 2010

 

[spwolf]

i wanted to post this for a while now but 360 is doing well in Japan these days. Next gen will probably be pretty decently popular by then.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

i wanted to post this for a while now but 360 is doing well in Japan these days. Next gen will probably be pretty decently popular by then.

Are you serious?

Why do I have the impression Tales of Graces F won't reach PS3 Vesperia numbers.

Well, Tales of Graces doesn't have an anime...

 

[allan-bh]

Next Xbox may have a GameCube level of sales. It would be pretty decent for Microsoft.

 

[Chris1964]

i wanted to post this for a while now but 360 is doing well in Japan these days. Next gen will probably be pretty decently popular by then.

Next Xbox may have a GameCube level of sales. It would be pretty decent for Microsoft.

...

Xbox720 will have the success of GameCube only if Nintendo and Sony don't release Wii 2 and PS4.

 

[BishopLamont]

Software guys, you might want to compare the two consoles.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

DQM Battle Road Victory 45% off in amazon.co.jp

Is it hitting bargain bins to clear the 300k shipment or is this just a particular amazon offer? (AKA anyone want to spice this thread up with some musings lol)

 

[cvxfreak]

DQM Battle Road Victory 45% off in amazon.co.jp

Is it hitting bargain bins to clear the 300k shipment or is this just a particular amazon offer? (AKA anyone want to spice this thread up with some musings lol)

Haven't seen this in stores, but it's only a matter of time.

The last notable game to hit the bomba bin was Peace Walker, by the way.

 

[Spiegel]

Haven't seen this in stores, but it's only a matter of time.

The last notable game to hit the bomba bin was Peace Walker, by the way.

That must be the reason the game is still hanging in the Top 50 months after its release. Maybe it'll have a small second shipment.

Is DQMJ2 also in the bomba bins? I've seen it heavily discounted at amazon in the last few days.

 

[Chris1964]

Are Japanese so excited for Pokemon Black / White as comgnet makes it look?
It's coming out in 5 weeks and by the end of this week it will already have more preorders than every previous Pokemon with preorders increasing rapidly every day.

If we use previous Pokemon preorders as a base it should have an opening week (2 days) of ~3M. Obviously this won't happen but >2M is definetely a lock. I think first week numbers will depend more on what Nintendo will decide to ship.

 

[cvxfreak]

Are Japanese so excited for Pokemon Black / White as comgnet makes it look?
It's coming out in 5 weeks and by the end of this week it will already have more preorders than every previous Pokemon with preorders increasing rapidly every day.

If we use previous Pokemon preorders as a base it should have an opening week (2 days) of ~3M. Obviously this won't happen but >2M is definetely a lock. I think first week numbers will depend more on what Nintendo will decide to ship.

Every single time I've been to a game store in the last 2 weeks, I've always seen an eager child and his/her parent go forward to reserve the game. They bring the slip to the counter or request for it.

I am 90% certain Pokemon Black and White will have the biggest debut of the series thus far. I don't see why it can't be bigger than Diamond and Pearl. Even supply-constrained HeartGold/SoulSilver came close. 2 Million? If Nintendo ships that many, then there's a good chance, although an exactly 2 Million shipment will result in a lower figure for the trackers.

Let's see if the DS can set one more record by having the biggest game debut of all time. It's sold the most hardware, I believe it has the most million sellers, and the highest selling single SKU for both first and third parties (aside from the original SMB). One more before the 3DS hits.

 

[Pureauthor]

It's genius. Have a ridiculously popular video game series with tonnes of niggling (and not so niggling) flaws that they keep sticking with, generation after generation.

And then, BAM! That's fixed, this is fixed, that's fixed too, and did we mention it's in an all new region? And we have tonnes of new stuff?

BW is going to clean house.

 

[Chris1964]

Biggest first week for a Pokemon game is a a sure bet.

27/02/96 [NGB] Pokemon Red / Green / Blue (Nintendo) - 140.074 / 7.783.101
21/11/99 [NGB] Pokemon Gold / Silver (Nintendo) - 1.425.768 / 6.089.503
21/11/02 [GBA] Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) - 1.245.003 / 5.337.045
29/01/04 [GBA] Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green (Pokemon Co.) - 955.337 / 3.054.165
28/09/06 [NDS] Pokemon Diamond / Pearl (Pokemon Co.) - 1.586.360 / 5.767.283
12/09/09 [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 1.408.980 / 3.832.980

Biggest first week ever would demand a very big first shipment from Nintendo.

11/02/99 [PS1] Final Fantasy VIII (Square) - 2.504.044 / 3.501.588
11/07/09 [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix) - 2.343.440 / 4.152.985
27/11/04 [PS2] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) - 2.236.881 / 3.555.469
31/01/97 [PS1] Final Fantasy VII (Square) - 2.034.879 / 3.277.776
07/07/00 [PS1] Final Fantasy IX (Square) - 1.954.421 / 2.707.301

Even supply-constrained HeartGold/SoulSilver came close

Every Pokemon debut is supply-constrained.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Let's see if the DS can set one more record by having the biggest game debut of all time. It's sold the most hardware, I believe it has the most million sellers, and the highest selling single SKU for both first and third parties (aside from the original SMB). One more before the 3DS hits.

Im pretty sure the NES hast still the most million sellers - but everything else... yeah DS xD

 

[Chris1964]

Im pretty sure the NES hast still the most million sellers - but everything else... yeah DS xD

Just looked at YSO and they have these games listed as the expected next million sellers.

[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5)
[WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.)
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom)
[3DS] Mario Kart (Nintendo)
[3DS] Animal Crossing (Nintendo)
[3DS] Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo)

The last 3 3DS games must best be those they predict to be Nintendo's 3DS launch (close to launch) titles.

 

[BishopLamont]

Every Pokemon debut is supply-constrained.

Pokemon games sell at least 5M, why are they so afraid to ship say 3M on launch day/week? Is it up to to the retailers, I thought it was a two way street where Nintendo gets a say in it too.

 

[Chris1964]

Pokemon games sell at least 5M, why are they so afraid to ship say 3M on launch day/week? Is it up to to the retailers, I thought it was a two way street where Nintendo gets a say in it too.

I don't think retailers Nintendo would a have a problem if Nintendo wanted to ship 3 million. HG/SS was in limited supply for many weeks, this is situation no one wants. But there isn't an excuse for Nintendo not to ship many copies as there isn't a pokewalker this time. There will be a big first shipment, how big we will see.

 

[BishopLamont]

I don't think retailers Nintendo would a have a problem if Nintendo wanted to ship 3 million. HG/SS was in limited supply for many weeks, this is situation no one wants. But there isn't an excuse for Nintendo not to ship many copies as there isn't a pokewalker this time. There will be a big first shipment, how big we will see.

Ah the pokewalker, I forgot bout that. Yeah it looks like it'll easily be Pokemon's biggest shipment, but I don't think they'll ship enough to be the biggest debut of all time. Only a few more weeks to go.

 

[cvxfreak]

Every Pokemon debut is supply-constrained.

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were released at a time when the DS was surging all over the world and games were supply constrained as a result. It came out shortly after other DS games like New Super Mario Bros. and Final Fantasy III and before other big hits from the 2006 holiday season. This was around the time Europe was experiencing those plastic shortages, if I remember correctly. This is why DP didn't have the debut it was certainly capable of.

Black and White are much more ambitious games than DP. BW makes DP look like mere extensions of the GBA games that came before them. BW is also being released at a time when the DS has already passed its prime, and apparently will have no bundled accessories to inflate its packaging. Nintendo will have little excuse not to have an exceptionally large and healthy shipment for BW.

Now, this is no guarantee BW will outsell DP, although the chances are good, particularly if Platinum's high sales compared to Yellow/Crystal/Emerald were a result of lost sales for DP, thus BW drawing from all three games.

 

[Chris1964]

Nintendo will have little excuse not to have an exceptionally large and healthy shipment for BW.

Nintendo can always find an excuse. Printing cards for 3DS.

Spoiler

Red color case for NSMBW

 

[cvxfreak]

Nintendo can always find an excuse. Printing cards for 3DS.

Spoiler

Red color case for NSMBW

Or Black and White colored cartridges and cases. :lol

 

[Chris1964]

Famitsu top 10: 09/08/10-15/08/10 (Obon)

01. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
02. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom)
03. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5)
04. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco)
05. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (Sega)
06. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix)
07. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco)
08. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
09. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)
10. [NDS] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson)

Art Academy went from 19th to 9th place, Galaxy 2 from 14th to 8th.

Judgment day for 4gamer is today.

 

[Road]

Judgment day for 4gamer is today.

http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20100818071/

I think it's been posted (can't access from work).