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[Chris1964]

Media Create August 30-September 5

01. / 01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village (Capcom) - 88.405 / 344.480 (-65%)
02. / 03. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 55.837 / 915.570 (+2%)
03. / 00. [WII] Metroid: Other M (Nintendo) - 45.398 / NEW
04. / 02. [PSP] Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (Bandai Namco) - 27.560 / 85.345 (-52%)
05. / 00. [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 (SCE) - 25.374 / NEW
06. / 07. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 11.933 / 807.536 (+0%)
07. / 08. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo) - 10.248 / 159.007 (-1%)
08. / 06. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) - 10.022 / 820.739 (-22%)
09. / 00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [Reprint] (Square Enix) - 9.162 / NEW
10. / 04. [PS3] Another Century's Episode R (Bandai Namco) - 8.880 / 257.083 (-69%)
11. / 12. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 8.052 / 3.405.925 (-1%)
12. / 16. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 7.902 / 2.053.170 (+9%)
13. / 17. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom) - 7.783 / 408.303 (+11%)
14. / 43. [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 7.342 / 92.126
15. / 15. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) - 6.468 / 243.989 (-13%)
16. / 14. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco) - 6.359 / 199.914 (-15%)
17. / 10. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 6.010 / 367.463 (-32%)
18. / 20. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 5.858 / 2.920.669 (-5%)
19. / 13. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (Sega) - 5.676 / 327.931 (-28%)
20. / 05. [PSP] Hakuouki: Zuisouroku Portable (Idea Factory) - 5.518 / 29.986 (-77%)

21. / 18. [PS3] Super Dimensional Game Neptune (Compile Heart)
22. / 00. [NDS] Metal Max 3 (Kadokawa Shoten)
23. / 21. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment)
24. / 22. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
25. / 19. [NDS] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson)
26. / 09. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco)
27. / 23. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami)
28. / 24. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo)
29. / 26. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
30. / 31. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami)
31. / 29. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
32. / 27. [NDS] Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen (Bandai Namco)
33. / 30. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami)
34. / 38. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
35. / 28. [NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco)
36. / 25. [PSP] Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear (5pb.)
37. / 36. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco)
38. / 34. [PS3] Assassin's Creed II: Special Edition (Ubisoft)
39. / 35. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
40. / 40. [NDS] Digimon Story: Lost Evolution (Bandai Namco)
41. / 48. [PS2] Persona 4 [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Atlus Co.)
42. / 32. [PS3] Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (Square Enix)
43. / 46. [NDS] Love Plus + (Konami)
44. / 41. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 [PSP the Best] (Sega)
45. / 00. [NDS] Nintama Rantarou: Gakunen Taikousen Puzzle! no Dan (Russel)
46. / 39. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
47. / 45. [PSP] Pop 'n Music Portable [Best Selection] (Konami)
48. / 44. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix)
49. / 00. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
50. / 50. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakugami Susanoh Shuurai! (Hudson)

00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 712.936 / 36.751.637 (-22%)

NDS - 20
PSP - 12
WII - 10
PS3 - 7
PS2 - 1
360 - 0



HARDWARE

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     39.936  |     39.992  |  1.597.598  |  30.876.678  |
|  PSP  |     35.766  |     56.248  |  1.421.679  |  15.164.767  |
|  PS3  |     22.227  |     25.053  |    997.187  |   5.498.554  |
|  WII  |     16.080  |     15.989  |  1.000.442  |  10.605.641  |
|  360  |      2.860  |      2.665  |    150.649  |   1.360.321  |
|  PS2  |      1.370  |      1.358  |     58.649  |  21.668.826  |
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| DSiLL |     18.929  |     19.010  |    838.284  |   1.345.191  |
|  DSi  |     16.968  |     17.057  |    602.432  |   4.941.378  |
|  DSL  |      4.039  |      3.925  |    156.882  |  18.004.638  |
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|  PSP  |     34.839  |     55.412  |  1.376.399  |  15.043.732  |
| PSPgo |        927  |        836  |     45.280  |     121.035  |
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[Road]

14. / 43. [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 7.342 / 92.126
17. / 10. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 6.010 / 367.463

Hmm... Any special Wii discount this past week?

 

[Vinci]

What is Monster Hunter Diary exactly? I found some images online, but I've no idea what the game is about.

 

[cvxfreak]

Hmm... Any special Wii discount this past week?

Yodobashi mentioned to customers that they would restock the Wii version in early September.

 

[Spiegel]

What is Monster Hunter Diary exactly? I found some images online, but I've no idea what the game is about.

Animal Crossing + Patapon

 

[sillik]

bleach :lol
heat the soul :lol :lol
7:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Chris1964]

14/02/03 [GBA] Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - 50.500 / 50.500
28/02/03 [GCN] Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 40.500 / 40.500
27/05/04 [GBA] Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo) - 37.396 / 51.477
26/05/05 [GCN] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 16.105 / 16.105
19/01/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Pinball (Nintendo) - 6.000 / 6.000
01/06/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) - 32.467 / 94.549
06/03/08 [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 32.388 / 69.059
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 7.215 / 21.519
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 2.342 / 7.216
02/09/10 [WII] Metroid: Other M (Nintendo) - 45.398 / 45.398

24/03/05 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul (SCE) - 36.678 / 52.140
01/09/05 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 (SCE) - 26.446 / 26.446
20/07/06 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 (SCE) - 35.476 / 76.035
24/05/07 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 (SCE) - 37.764 / 89.072
15/05/08 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 (SCE) - 39.403 / 102.000
23/10/08 [PSP] Bleach: Soul Carnival (SCE) - 17.944 / 54.382
14/05/09 [PSP] Bleach: Heat The Soul 6 (SCE) - 41.558 / 93.414
10/12/09 [PSP] Bleach: Soul Carnival 2 (SCE) - 10.485 / 25.664
02/09/10 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 (SCE) - 25.374 / 25.374

 

[Wazzim]

nvm.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Been away for quite a lot of time, but it is nice to come back and see Inazuma selling this much. How does it compare with the previous games?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Damn, they're on Heat the Soul 7.

well i guess if it still sells...

 

[Neil]

PS3 nearly overtaken Wii YTD sales...

 

[Chris1964]

this week's new games aren't out yet but who cares.

Next week releases

18/09/10 [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.)
16/09/10 [NDS] Manepa 1000-Bannin no FX Training: Leverage Kisei Taiouban (Genki)

16/09/10 [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 (Konami)
16/09/10 [PSP] Trick x Logic: Season 2 (SCE)
16/09/10 [PSP] Blue Roses: Yousei to Aoi Hitomi no Senshitachi (Nippon Ichi Software)
16/09/10 [PSP] Pachinka Mania P: CR Tekken Tafu (Dorart)
16/09/10 [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix)
16/09/10 [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Universal Tuning [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix)

16/09/10 [WII] Deca Sports 3 (Hudson)

16/09/10 [PS3] Front Mission: Evolved (Square Enix)
16/09/10 [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Bandai Namco)
16/09/10 [PS3] Fuel [Codemasters the Best] (Codemasters)

15/09/10 [360] Halo: Reach (Microsoft Game Studios)
16/09/10 [360] Front Mission: Evolved (Square Enix)

 

[Metroid Killer]

Not bad for Other M, but I doubt there'll be any legs whatsoever

 

[Chris1964]

Previous thread

Was thinking if any reprint of a re-release made it to the top10 on its start, but so-so. Yakuza 1 no number, MHP1 no number, Mingol 4 did 4,638...but then there's MHP2G with 30k...but it was in December and didn't make it to top10.

So, impressive for MW2 lol.

That's the first re-release.

 

[JordanLMiller]

Next week releases

18/09/10 [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.)

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Not bad for Other M, but I doubt there'll be any legs whatsoever

Why not?

I think it should be able to easily shift another 20-30k LTD when all's said and done, making it the best-selling Wii/GCN entry in the series - and making it one of the better performances for a Metroid title in Japan.

100k is likely out of reach, but something in the 70k range seems plausible.

EDIT:

...and I wasn't far off my Other M guess in the other thread

SMG2 and Art Academy showing good legs, and Wii Party rocking on with an increase over last week.

DOUBLE EDIT:

Hmm..I might possibly have to eat crow on SMG2. I am not pleased.

You're one of my favourite posters, especially in the sales threads, but I always felt you were too pessimistic on SMG2. Of course, I was possibly too optimistic but it looks like my optimism may be rewarded for once

 

[schuelma]

Hmm..I might possibly have to eat crow on SMG2. I am not pleased.

 

[mclem]

Not bad for Other M, but I doubt there'll be any legs whatsoever

It's the best opening week by some margin since Fusion, that's pretty impressive. I could see it beating Corruption overall, but Hunters would be optimistic.

Are there any (vague, presumably) numbes for how Metroid, Metroid II and Super Metroid did?

 

[Santiako]

|System | This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD |
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| PSPgo | 927 | 836 | 45.280 | 121.035 |
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That is just sad

 

[mclem]

|System | This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD |
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| PSPgo | 927 | 836 | 45.280 | 121.035 |
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That is just sad

But it's on the up!

 

[Chris1964]

It's the best opening week by some margin since Fusion, that's pretty impressive. I could see it beating Corruption overall, but Hunters would be optimistic.

Are there any (vague, presumably) numbes for how Metroid, Metroid II and Super Metroid did?

Famitsu numbers are more complete.

06/08/86 [NFC] Metroid (Famicom Disc System) (Nintendo) - / 1.040.000
14/02/03 [GBA] Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - 49.680 / 155.528
28/02/03 [GCN] Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 39.829 / 78.384
27/05/04 [GBA] Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo) - 39.112 / 85.045
10/08/04 [GBA] Famicom Mini: Metroid (Nintendo) - 14.900 / 50.353
26/05/05 [GCN] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 17.680 / 40.355
19/01/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Pinball (Nintendo) - / 15.541
01/06/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) - 32.613 / 90.028
06/03/08 [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 34.151 / 74.647
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 5.200 / 20.607
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 1.700 / 12.427

 

[Jeels]

Ps3 should surpass Wii YTD by next week.

 

[Shinriji]

Damn, they're on Heat the Soul 7.

And they refuse to create Blade Battlers 3 for the PS3.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Previous thread

That's the first re-release.

Ahh, reprint mention fooled me into thinking it was a Legendary Hits reprint, but that was the first one. Pretty weird branding though, shouldn't it be MW2 Legendary Hits or regular the best! branded re-release, sold pretty good to earn it.

 

[Kenka]

Friend Collection will probably earn a non-non-non-non-(4 times !)game status before 2012.

 

[Celine]

Hmm..I might possibly have to eat crow on SMG2. I am not pleased.

What was your expectation ?

 

[markatisu]

14. / 43. [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 7.342 / 92.126
17. / 10. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 6.010 / 367.463

It is turning out to be a good idea to go both systems, the Wii will cross 100k and it looks like it will top out past 500k total

 

[Cosmonaut X]

It is turning out to be a good idea to go both systems, the Wii will cross 100k and it looks like it will top out past 500k total

...it's what should have been done with all suitable franchises a couple of years back, but...

 

[Anony]

so relatively speaking, other m did pretty decent in japan

 

[charlequin]

Hmm..I might possibly have to eat crow on SMG2.

What did you theorize again?

 

[hxa155]

How is Bleach doing compared to the part iterations? It seems pretty low on sales this year.

 

[schuelma]

What did you theorize again?

I didn't think it would end up coming close to the original and would probably not even hit 900K. Its holding better than I thought.

 

[charlequin]

I didn't think it would end up coming close to the original and would probably not even hit 900K. Its holding better than I thought.

But that's not something to be displeased about! :lol

 

[Chris1964]

Yodobashi mentioned to customers that they would restock the Wii version in early September.

I figured something was wrong with the very low sales the previous 2 weeks (famitsu)

[WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 54.601 / 54.601
[WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 13.053 / 67.654
[WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 10.643 / 78.297
[WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 3.805 / 82.102
[WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 1.215 / 83.317

How is Bleach doing compared to the part iterations? It seems pretty low on sales this year.

Sinobi said there was was lack of advertising and bonuses for this iteration.

 

[m.i.s.]

Media Create August 30-September 5

06. / 07. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 11.933 / 807.536 (+0%)

Mario still jumping up the charts!

 

[Metroid Killer]

so relatively speaking, other m did pretty decent in japan

For a Metroid game it did a great first week.

 

[Chris1964]

3rd Birthday Team Aims for Half a Million Units

In the latest batch of Tweets at The 3rd Birthday official Twitter, Tetsuya Nomura and director Hajime Tabata shared some details into the game's target sales figures and what exactly such figures mean.

When The 3rd Birthday did the old platform switch from a cell phone game to PSP, producer Yoshinori Kitase gave a figure of 500,000 units to the team.

This doesn't mean that Square Enix has a sales target of half a million units for the game, though. Explained Nomura, this type of target figure is "an ideal sales figure image from the producer to help determine the scale of the project." For Crisis Core, he noted, Kitase gave out a one million target. They used this to determine the game content and formation of the staff.

In terms of actual sales, going by Dissidia Final Fantasy and Crisis Core, 3rd Birthday should have no problem beating the 500,000 mark domestically.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/09/3rd_birthday_half_million/

 

[Osuwari]

so, bringing Metroid's development home didn't do jackshit to increase the sales significantly and instead, it will probably sell worse in the west.
nice job Nintendo :lol

 

[ivysaur12]

Next week's Pokemon.

It's all over.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

so, bringing Metroid's development home didn't do jackshit to increase the sales significantly and instead, it will probably sell worse in the west.
nice job Nintendo :lol

...would probably be an idea to at least wait for the US sales to roll in before crowing.

 

[bernardobri]

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/09/3rd_birthday_half_million/

I'd be surprised if T3B doesn't sell more than 500k, actually.

 

[Chris1964]

I'd be surprised if T3B doesn't sell more than 500k, actually.

I won't.

Are we having again predictions this week?

Previous entries

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
28/09/06 [NDS] Pokemon Diamond / Pearl (Pokemon Co.) - 1.586.360 / 5.767.283

14/09/06 [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Tag Force (Konami) - 20.491 / 47.761
27/09/07 [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Tag Force 2 (Konami) - 30.168 / 121.285
27/11/08 [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Tag Force 3 (Konami) - 63.885 / 161.878
17/09/09 [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (Konami) - 52.235 / 107.914

19/03/08 [WII] Deca Sports (Hudson) - 66.790 / 271.525
16/04/09 [WII] Deca Sports 2 (Hudson) - 8.594 / 86.202

23/02/96 [SFC] Front Mission: Gun Hazard (Square) - 78.853 / 184.044
25/09/97 [PS1] Front Mission 2nd (Square) - 284.380 / 496.199
02/09/99 [PS1] Front Mission 3 (Square) - 183.478 / 298.346
18/12/03 [PS2] Front Mission 4 (Square Enix) - 128.583 / 242.438
29/12/05 [PS2] Front Mission 5: Scars of the War (Square Enix) - 125.040 / 203.060

25/04/02 [XBX] Halo (Microsoft Game Studios) - 31.041 / 76.963
11/11/04 [XBX] Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios) - 29.235 / 45.917
27/09/07 [360] Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios) - 61.143 / 83.696

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Deca Sports 3 should be interesting to watch - I remember the surprise when the sequel flopped hard, selling a fraction of the overconfident first shipment. Wonder how they're approaching this one...

 

[Dash Kappei]

I see Other:M reaching close to MP:Hunters LTD actually.
That's good, in perspective.

 

[Vanpira]

so, bringing Metroid's development home didn't do jackshit to increase the sales significantly and instead, it will probably sell worse in the west.
nice job Nintendo :lol

Bring Metroid's development home? Why do people keep saying this? Sakamoto was making Metroid games and releasing them at the same times as Retro Studios did starting in 2002. If anything this is his third game to match Retro's three. It only stands out because it's 3D and on the Wii instead of a handheld. I would say instead of it being an attempt for it to do better in Japan, it was just a matter of Sakamoto being given the budget to do a Wii game. I'm sure they wanted it to do better than it is, but I don't see this has to do with any of it. As far as how it will sell in the west, how did Fusion and Zero Mission do?

 

[AceBandage]

so, bringing Metroid's development home didn't do jackshit to increase the sales significantly and instead, it will probably sell worse in the west.
nice job Nintendo :lol

I don't understand this post at all...

 

[farnham]

But that's not something to be displeased about! :lol

maybe he likes the original more. anyway im glad that galaxy 2 is doing good.

 

[schuelma]

maybe he likes the original more. anyway im glad that galaxy 2 is doing good.

I have nothing against the game- I just like being right once and a while:lol

 

[farnham]

Deca Sports 3 should be interesting to watch - I remember the surprise when the sequel flopped hard, selling a fraction of the overconfident first shipment. Wonder how they're approaching this one...

deca 1 did like 300k right ? deca 2 did like 100k. i believe deca 3 will probably do 50k if its lucky.

 

[Leon S. Kennedy]

Famitsu numbers are more complete.

06/08/86 [NFC] Metroid (Famicom Disc System) (Nintendo) - / 1.040.000
14/02/03 [GBA] Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - 49.680 / 155.528
28/02/03 [GCN] Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 39.829 / 78.384
27/05/04 [GBA] Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo) - 39.112 / 85.045
10/08/04 [GBA] Famicom Mini: Metroid (Nintendo) - 14.900 / 50.353
26/05/05 [GCN] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 17.680 / 40.355
19/01/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Pinball (Nintendo) - / 15.541
01/06/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) - 32.613 / 90.028
06/03/08 [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 34.151 / 74.647
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 5.200 / 20.607
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 1.700 / 12.427

Metroid sold 1 million copies?? What about Super Metroid? Why would it drop off so drastically since then?