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[Chris1964]

Famitsu (as of 04/07/10)

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|    |[GCN]Mario Sunshine| [WII]Mario Galaxy |[WII]Mario Galaxy 2|       difference      |
|    |     (19/07/02)    |    (01/11/07)     |     (27/05/10)    |                       |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  SMG2-SMS |  SMG2-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |  280.610|  280.610|  256.431|  256.431|  337.569|  337.569|     56.959|     81.228|
|  2 |  102.576|  383.186|   78.439|  334.690|  116.153|  453.722|     70.536|    119.032|
|  3 |   59.975|  443.161|   43.317|  378.007|   71.803|  525.525|     82.364|    147.518|
|  4 |   39.562|  482.723|   37.484|  415.491|   49.304|  574.829|     92.106|    159.338|
|  5 |   43.921|  526.644|   36.354|  451.845|   38.461|  613.290|     86.646|    161.445|
|  6 |   22.794|  549.438|   48.750|  500.595|   30.470|  643.760|     94.322|    143.165|
|  7 |   18.588|  568.026|   70.541|  571.136|         |         |           |           |
|  8 |   13.739|  581.765|  109.029|  680.165|         |         |           |           |
|  9 |    9.891|  591.656|   67.519|  747.684|         |         |           |           |
| 10 |    8.929|  600.585|   62.017|  809.701|         |         |           |           |
| 11 |    8.820|  609.405|   17.617|  827.318|         |         |           |           |
| 12 |    6.827|  616.232|   16.643|  843.961|         |         |           |           |
| 13 |    5.927|  622.159|    9.056|  853.017|         |         |           |           |
| 14 |    6.146|  628.305|    7.234|  860.251|         |         |           |           |
| 15 |    5.194|  633.499|    6.344|  866.595|         |         |           |           |
| 16 |    5.112|  638.611|    5.868|  872.463|         |         |           |           |
| 17 |    4.366|  642.977|    4.357|  876.820|         |         |           |           |
| 18 |    2.156|  645.133|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 19 |    2.651|  647.784|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 20 |    2.721|  650.505|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 21 |    3.481|  653.986|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 22 |    4.446|  658.432|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 23 |    9.965|  668.397|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 24 |    9.043|  677.440|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Year|   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |  SMG2-SMS |  SMG2-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |  677.440|  677.440|  747.684|  747.684|  643.760|  643.760|    -33.680|   -103.924|
|  2 |   84.358|  761.798|  197.442|  945.106|         |         |           |           |
|  3 |   28.191|  789.989|         |         |         |         |           |           |
|  4 |        -|        -|         |  977.178|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| LTD|        -|  789.989|        -|  977.178|        -|  643.760|   -146.229|   -333.418|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. [N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - 162.111 / 1.639.921
2. [NDS] Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) - 120.062 / 1.162.478
3. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 256.431 / 977.178
4. [GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) - 280.610 / 789.989
5. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 337.569 / 643.760

 

[Michan]

That Taiko Drum master, Is it the third one on the DS?

You're right! #3.

Also Love PLus + is slipping. I can't imagine Konami is happy with 150k LTD, didn't that game had insane amount of production value?

It's being bundled with hardware (in three designs) too, so it's possible the game has sold a lot more.

 

[Stumpokapow]

It's being bundled with hardware (in three designs) too, so it's possible the game has sold a lot more.

Eh, assuming you take "base" DS sales as 30k a week and attribute any increase over that to Love Plus+ (even though Ghost Trick, Art Academy, Tokimeki Memorial, Inazuma Eleven 3, Taiko Drum Master 3, Digimon Story, and Harvest Moon launched within the last 3 weeks and clearly they account for some hardware bump), you'd only add around 70k to the total L++ sales.

 

[Chris1964]

Eh, assuming you take "base" DS sales as 30k a week and attribute any increase over that to Love Plus+ (even though Ghost Trick, Art Academy, Tokimeki Memorial, Inazuma Eleven 3, Taiko Drum Master 3, Digimon Story, and Harvest Moon launched within the last 3 weeks and clearly they account for some hardware bump), you'd only add around 70k to the total L++ sales.

I think Michan doesn't know that bundled sales are counted at software totals from Japanese trackers.

 

[Stumpokapow]

I think Michan doesn't know that bundled sales are counted at software totals from Japanese trackers.

Well, yes, but even if they weren't it wouldn't exactly manifestly change the outcome

Also, your text graph in your last post isn't showing up for me. If I quote or edit the post, I see the data, but in Firefox 3.6 I just see a big empty quote/code block in the actual post. Really weird, never seen anything like this before.

 

[AFreak]

So, what was WKC2's famitsu score this time and did it score better than WKC? I'm trying to see if the did anything for the title or not.

 

[Chris1964]

Also, your text graph in your last post isn't showing up for me. If I quote or edit the post, I see the data, but in Firefox 3.6 I just see a big empty quote/code block in the actual post. Really weird, never seen anything like this before.

You don't see only this or you don't see code at all?

 

[Stumpokapow]

You don't see only this or you don't see code at all?

Weirdly, I don't see the code tag at all. I did about 15 seconds ago! What the heck?

 

[Khrno]

Weirdly, I don't see the code tag at all. I did about 15 seconds ago! What the heck?

Time to restart. At least once every month is ok.

 

[king zell]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road Victory (this week biggest release)

http://www.true-gaming.net/home/13085

Last Ranker (Capcom RPG comeback)

http://www.true-gaming.net/home/13081

Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu (DAMN this a long name)

http://www.true-gaming.net/home/13083

more release for the week

http://www.true-gaming.net/home/13079

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Well, Wii Party was given so little hype by Nintendo I think it was reasonable for people to think it would start out lower.

The commercials have been running non-stop here for the last few weeks. I mean, I guess they've done a poor job of hyping the Japanese release for American message board members, but I'm sure they're okay with that.

 

[schuelma]

The commercials have been running non-stop here for the last few weeks. I mean, I guess they've done a poor job of hyping the Japanese release for American message board members, but I'm sure they're okay with that.

I guess I just meant that it didn't seem to get the same big unveil that Wii Sports/Wii Fit/Wii Music got in terms of getting a big E3 blowout, etc. I realize that isn't quite rational to equate E3 presence with Japanese marketing, but at least for me the nature of the announcement and unveiling made me think it wasn't as big a launch for Nintendo, hence my lower expectations.

 

[Chris1964]

The commercials have been running non-stop here for the last few weeks. I mean, I guess they've done a poor job of hyping the Japanese release for American message board members, but I'm sure they're okay with that.

We are talking about a title that was announced just 2 months ago. That's a very short time even for a Wii_ title.

What happened to HG/SS at Media Create? Out of top 30 when it is 7th at Famitsu.

Next week releases (22/07/10)

[NDS] Densha de Go! Special Version: Revived! Showa Yamanote Line (Square Enix)
[NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble XX: Kessen! Real 6 Chouka (Takara Tomy)
[NDS] TV Anime: Fairy Tale Gekitou! Madoushi Kessen (Hudson)
[NDS] Quiz! Hexagon II (Bandai Namco)
[NDS] Chibi Maruko-Chan DS: Maru-Chan no Machi [Welcome Price 2980] (Bandai Namco)

[PSP] Fate/Extra (Marvelous Entertainment)
[PSP] Nisenochigiri (Idea Factory)
[PSP] S.Y.K.: Journey to the West Portable (Idea Factory)
[PSP] Trick x Logic: Season 1 (SCE)

[WII] Lost in Shadow (Hudson)

[PS3] Class of Heroes 2G (Acquire)
[PS3] Blur (Square Enix)

[360] Ninety-Nine Nights II (Konami)
[360] Blur (Square Enix)

 

[Cosmonaut X]

I guess I just meant that it didn't seem to get the same big unveil that Wii Sports/Wii Fit/Wii Music got in terms of getting a big E3 blowout, etc. I realize that isn't quite rational to equate E3 presence with Japanese marketing, but at least for me the nature of the announcement and unveiling made me think it wasn't as big a launch for Nintendo, hence my lower expectations.

I think you probably had to take its positioning at E3 more as Nintendo's emphasis for that particular event, rather than an indication of how important the title would be outside of their conference. Whereas in previous years, Wii Party would have had big billing, this year was clearly all about the 3DS and presenting the company as focusing on gamers' games.

I'm not too surprised we didn't hear much about its marketing in Japan from GAFers, though - it barely featured in Famitsu (unsurprisingly) and its not the kind of title most Japanese GAFers would be posting breathlessly about here, or linking to its ad campaigns.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Wii Party numbers isn't just a surprise to our predictions, YSO guys predictions all had it lower than its result, and we're talking about ~30 predictions there from japanese guys with most of them being between 90 and 150k.

Guess the TV push started late as usual with these of kinds and worked perfectly. We even saw 1st day sales being much more inline what everyone was thinking and then, boom 4x weekend multiplier out of nowhere.

ED: Also, watch it Famitsu have Wii Party at 100k less when we get their numbers for hilarity issues.

 

[Vinnk]

I'm not too surprised we didn't hear much about its marketing in Japan from GAFers, though - it barely featured in Famitsu (unsurprisingly) and its not the kind of title most Japanese GAFers would be posting breathlessly about here, or linking to its ad campaigns.

Its possible that I am just very busy this month or watching the wrong TV channels, but I live in Japan and I totally forgot it was out this week.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Its possible that I am just very busy this month or watching the wrong TV channels, but I live in Japan and I totally forgot it was out this week.

Amusingly, I just saw another ad on Nittele. It's the usual Arashi shite, but they've got all the members and the comfy couch is actually in a real room instead of a big white space!

 

[kassatsu]

New PSN Best 10 came out
Reporting Period: (06/10/10 – 06/23/10)


Games

01. / 01. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010
02. / 00. [PSP] Disgaea 2 Portable
03. / 02. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
04. / 04. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
05. / 05. [PS3] After Burner Climax
06. / 00. [PSP] Metal Slug XX
07. / 03. [PSP] Blaze Union
08. / 08. [PS3] Bomberman Ultra
09. / 06. [PSP] Dead Or Alive Paradise
10. / 00. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2


Game Archives

01. / 01. Final Fantasy 9
02. / 01. Final Fantasy 7 International
03. / 02. Final Fantasy 8
04. / 00. Gradius
05. / 05. Xenogears
06. / 00. Detana!! TwinBee
07. / 07. Final Fantasy Tactics
08. / 08. Saga Frontier
09. / 06. Metal Gear Solid
10. / 04. DoDonPachi

Threads of Fate came out the 23 but didn't make the list. It will be there next time though.
It is currently #2 on the weekly rankings

 

[Frillen]

HW!

DSi LL 28,916
Wii 24,604
PSP 24,421
PS3 18,345
DSi 17,356
Xbox 360 5,688
DS Lite 4,992
PS2 1,558
PSP go 1,046

 

[dolemite]

If the 360 can maintain the same 1 to 3 ratio compared to the PS3, then it's MSFT's best case scenario.

 

[Parmenides]

Media Create: PS3 Slim Sales Top 2 Million

Sony: SCEJ to introduce PS3 With 160GB and 320 GB Hard Disk Drive (Available from July 29, 2010)

the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system (CECH-2500 series) with 160GB and 320GB hard disk drive (HDD) will become available on July 29, 2010 in Japan at a recommended retail price (RRP) of 29,980 yen and 34,980 yen (including tax) respectively. As an additional color to the popular “Charcoal Black,” the 160GB PS3 system will come in “Classic White.” DUALSHOCK®3 Wireless Controller and Vertical Stand for the PS3 system will also come in this new color on the same day in Japan at a RRP of 5,500 yen and 2,000 yen (including tax) respectively. Additionally, SCEJ will introduce a “PlayStation®3 Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Recorder Pack,” that comprises the 160GB PS3 system (body color: “Charcoal Black”) and “torne,” digital terrestrial tuner and application. The special bundle pack will become available together with the release of the new PS3 systems as a limited offer at a RRP of 36,980 yen (including tax).

 

[John Harker]

The World Ends With You caps 200k, considered poor.
Xenoblade crawls toward 150k, considers not bad.

Either way, we don't get a TWEWY sequel and the US don't get Xenoblade.
So really, we all lose

 

[cvxfreak]

Wii Party gave the Wii a nice hardware boost.

 

[Chris1964]

31. / 39. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
32. / 21. [NDS] Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Capcom)
33. / 37. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
34. / 30. [PSP] Fairy Tail: Portable Guild (Konami)
35. / 36. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
36. / 27. [NDS] Kaidan Restaurant: Ura Menu 100-Sen (Bandai Namco)
37. / 38. [WII] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)
38. / 00. [PS2] Hana to Otome ni Shukufuku o: Harekaze no Okurimono (Alchemist)
39. / 00. [PS3] Dead to Rights: Retribution (Bandai Namco)
40. / 33. [NDS] Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! DS World Challenge 2010 (Sega)
41. / 41. [NDS] Medarot DS: Kabuto / Kuwagata (Rocket Company)
42. / 00. [NDS] Mega Man Zero Collection (Capcom)
43. / 34. [PSP] Starry Sky: In Spring - PSP Edition (Asgard)
44. / 00. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami)
45. / 28. [PSP] Daito Giken Official Pachislot Simulator: Ossu! Misao + Maguro Densetsu Portable (Paon Corporation)
46. / 43. [PS3] 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa (Electronic Arts)
47. / 00. [PSP] The Conveni Portable (Hamster)
48. / 11. [360] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Arc System Works)
49. / 40. [PS3] White Album: Winter Memories (Aqua Plus)
50. / 00. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix)

00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 1.125.460 / 28.693.771 (-14%)


NDS - 19
PSP - 10
WII - 8
PS3 - 8
360 - 3
PS2 - 2


HARDWARE

__________________________________________________________________
|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|  NDS  |     51.264  |     56.271  |  1.231.484  |  30.510.564  |
|  PSP  |     25.467  |     25.709  |  1.127.133  |  14.870.221  |
|  WII  |     24.604  |     21.964  |    843.549  |  10.448.748  |
|  PS3  |     18.345  |     20.077  |    774.670  |   5.276.037  |
|  360  |      5.688  |      7.303  |    111.657  |   1.321.329  |
|  PS2  |      1.558  |      1.594  |     46.930  |  21.657.107  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
| DSiLL |     28.916  |     32.661  |    657.032  |   1.163.939  |
|  DSi  |     17.356  |     18.271  |    452.739  |   4.791.685  |
|  DSL  |      4.992  |      5.339  |    121.713  |  17.969.469  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|  PSP  |     24.421  |     24.685  |  1.088.326  |  14.755.659  |
| PSPgo |      1.046  |      1.024  |     38.807  |     114.562  |
------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[BishopLamont]

I miss Mario Kart DS lurking somewhere in the top 50.

 

[cvxfreak]

How the heck did HeartGold/SoulSilver place at #31 on the MC chart, but at #7 for Enterbrain? :lol

 

[donny2112]

Media Create: PS3 Slim Sales Top 2 Million

Because every PS3 (except for maybe 1,089 of them) sold since the Slim launched was a Slim.

 

[BishopLamont]

Because every PS3 (except for maybe 1,089 of them) sold since the Slim launched was a Slim.

Yeah, I still think the Slim is ugly as shit.

 

[Sadist]

Didn't expect Wii Party to be at 200k +.

Hold on SMG 2!

 

[Chris1964]

Since Final Fantasy XIII has stopped selling (less that 10k the last 3 months with HUGE price cuts from retailers) it's time for the comparison.

18/12/87 [NFC] Final Fantasy (Square) - / 520.000
17/12/88 [NFC] Final Fantasy II (Square) - / 760.000
27/04/90 [NFC] Final Fantasy III (Square) - / 1.400.000
19/07/91 [SFC] Final Fantasy IV (Square) - / 1.440.000
06/12/92 [SFC] Final Fantasy V (Square) - / 2.450.000
02/04/94 [SFC] Final Fantasy VI (Square) - / 2.550.000
31/01/97 [PS1] Final Fantasy VII (Square) - 2.034.879 / 3.277.776 / 62,08%
11/02/99 [PS1] Final Fantasy VIII (Square) - 2.504.044 / 3.501.588 / 71,51%
07/07/00 [PS1] Final Fantasy IX (Square) - 1.954.421 / 2.707.301 / 72,19%
19/07/01 [PS2] Final Fantasy X (Square) - 1.749.737 / 2.325.215 / 75,25%
13/03/03 [PS2] Final Fantasy X-2 (Square Enix) - 1.472.914 / 1.960.937 / 75,11%
16/03/06 [PS2] Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) - 1.840.397 / 2.322.541 / 79,24%
17/12/09 [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 1.516.532 / 1.891.435 / 80,18%

80% first week to LTD ratio (budget re-releases are not included).

 

[t3nmilez]

Also Love PLus + is slipping. I can't imagine Konami is happy with 150k LTD, didn't that game had insane amount of production value?

Eh, it's just an updated version of the original game. The hardcore fans will buy it, along with those who wanted to try the game out but never bought the original, but I think that a lot of people are satisfied enough with the original game.

I'm sure we'll see a proper sequel on the 3DS eventually, though.

 

[Michan]

I think Michan doesn't know that bundled sales are counted at software totals from Japanese trackers.

I knew software with peripherals counted, but assumed only hardware was given the count for console + software bundles. Sorry about that.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Because every PS3 (except for maybe 1,089 of them) sold since the Slim launched was a Slim.

While the point is well taken and that's an issue with the graph, IIRC Sony did not discount the original PS3s when transitioning to the Slim like they did in North America, so the ongoing original sales would likely be lower than comparable transitions in the past.

 

[Chris1964]

I knew software with peripherals counted, but assumed only hardware was given the count for console + software bundles. Sorry about that.

Speaking about Japanese trackers it's hard to believe how little information goes public every week comparing to what is given to subscribers. Of course we still get a huge ammount of data unlike everywhere else in the world.

Famitsu gives hardware + top 50 with sellthrough + new game releases + top 20/10/5 for every system (I guess it goes DS top 20, PSP top 10, Wii top 10, PS3 top 10, 360 top 5, PS2 top 5) with games in top 20/10/5 going also 3 weeks back in sales + extended market analysis. There is also a different report every Friday for first day sales.

I don't think we ever had a complete Media Create leak but judging by older leaks it is confirmed that it provides at least hardware + top 100 with sellthrough + new game releases. There is also a different report every Friday for first day sales.

 

[Road]

Dengeki Sales, Jul 05 - 11, 2010:

01 / 00 [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 230,568 / 230,568
02 / 00 [PS3] White Knight Chronicles 2: Hikari to Yami no Kakusei (SCE) - 162,289 / 162,289
03 / 00 [NDS] Harvest Moon: Futago no Mura (Marvelous Entertainment) - 69,463 / 69,463
04 / 01 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark (Level 5) - 59,400 / 320,390
05 / 02 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Bomber (Level 5) - 51,654 / 273,834
06 / 03 [NDS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!! (Bandai Namco Games) - 30,244 / 97,785
07 / 06 [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 24,722 / 692,556
08 / 08 [NDS] Art Academy DS (Nintendo) - 14,211 / 81,211
09 / 09 [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (Konami) - 14,156 / 187,346
10 / 12 [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (Konami) - 14,017 / 122,227
11 / 00 [360] Crackdown 2 (Microsoft) - 12,831 / 12,831
12 / 07 [NDS] LovePlus+ (Konami) - 12,238 / 139,443
13 / 17 [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 11,600 / 3,221,039
14 / 15 [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) - 10,882 / 1,247,682
15 / 10 [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami) - 10,113 / 87,249
16 / 16 [PSP] Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable 2: Nazo Nazo Shimai to Chinbotsusen no Himitsu (SCE) - 9,089 / 44,791
17 / 21 [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 8,850 / ?
18 / 19 [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 8,750 / 3,915,337
19 / 13 [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Capcom) - 8,400 / 119,597
20 / 04 [PS3] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Arc System Works) - 8,294 / 58,813



Other software (first week / LTD):
[PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCE) - 195,000 / 329,000
[WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 361,000 / 1,940,000
[WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - 268,000 / 1,513,000



Notes:
1) Sell-through:
- [WII] Wii Party ~70% (~20% of sales were the controller bundles)
- [PS3] White Knight Chronicles 2 ~75%

Hardware |  This Week |  Last Week |    YTD     |    LTD
------------------------------------------------------------
NDS      |     47,877 |     49,494 |  1,385,148	| 30,349,845
PSP      |     25,986 |     26,413 |  1,268,879	| 14,658,271
PS3      |     24,643 |     24,399 |    876,958	|  5,361,656
WII      |     23,642 |     20,019 |    974,111	| 10,519,547
360      |     	7,402 |      9,082 |    138,665	|  1,347,320
PS2      |     	1,588 |      1,577 |     	| 	
------------------------------------------------------------
Total    |    131,138 |    130,984 |

http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/537/537746/
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/280/280882/
http://research.ascii.jp/elem/000/000/051/51423/index.html


Jun 28 - Jul 04, 2010
Jun 21 - 27, 2010

 

[donny2112]

While the point is well taken and that's an issue with the graph, IIRC Sony did not discount the original PS3s when transitioning to the Slim like they did in North America, so the ongoing original sales would likely be lower than comparable transitions in the past.

Sure. I don't think the number of regular PS3s is a particularly significant portion of the PS3s sold since the Slim's launch. Just pointing out that he was assuming facts not reasonable to assume with his graph, which would be the point you took.

 

[Road]

From 2ch:

ゲーマガ2010年上半期売上(メディクリ調&#12409
[Wii]バイオDC 14万1215本
[DS]世界樹3 13万7041本
[DS]Newマリオ 592万4579本
[Wii]NewマリオWii 390万5184本
[DS]DQ9(廉価&#29256 14万7321本
[DS]DQ6 132万1437本
[DS]ポケレン光 47万3578本
※2010年1月4日～2010年6月27日付

Supposedly on Gemaga, Media-Create up to 06/27:

[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 5.924.579
[NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie (Square Enix) - 1.321.437
[NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Pokemon Co.) - 473.578
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies [Ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) - 147.321
[NDS] Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City (Atlus Co.) - 137.041

[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 3.905.184
[WII] Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Capcom) - 141.215

 

[BishopLamont]

NSMB DS will probably be the best selling Mario by the time I have kids.

 

[onken]

Yeah those freaking Arashi Wii Party ads are kinda getting on my nerves now.

 

[noobie]

No boast to PS3 hardware cuz of WKC2..

 

[Metalmurphy]

No boast to PS3 hardware cuz of WKC2..

Why would there be one? It's a sequel. If anything the boost with be with WKC1

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

I'm surprised DS price-cut bump is still keeping it on the same numbers:
53.523 -> 64.191 -> 56.271 -> 51.264

Given it was doing <30k, its a major improvement for, even being the first, a little pricedrop. I'd had expected some kind of spike, or even a bump that goes slowly down to its previous pace but right now it seems its riding a new wave.

Makes me wonder why isn't Sony shuffling PSP SKUs as usual, not price I mean but colors, bundles, limited editions...they are really doing nothing with it compared to previous years. Its kinda making 2010 PSP HW another 2009. I'm still thinking 2010 will not be like 2009 but like 2007-2008 with a PSP4000, MHP3rd and such, but now I'm not that sure it'll actually work.

 

[Chris1964]

Looking at some comments from Japanese retailers Wii Party is expected to show major legs. We should see it in top 10 for many weeks.

 

[BishopLamont]

Looking at some comments from Japanese retailers Wii Party is expected to show major legs. We should see it in top 10 for many weeks.

I'm certain Nintendo made Wii Party to troll every third party.

 

[Chris1964]

Comgnet report (12/07/10-18/07/10)

01. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) -390pt
02. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo) - 297pt
03. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 265pt
04. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 193pt (273pt)
05. [PSP] Last Ranker (Capcom) - 163pt
06. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 115pt
07. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness (SCE) - 104pt (414pt)
08. [NDS] Digimon Story: Lost Evolution (Bandai Namco) - 62pt (37pt)
09. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment) - 57pt (214pt)
10. [PSP] Momotaro Railway Tag Match: Friendship - Cooperation - Winning Volume! (Hudson) - 53pt
11. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco) - 48pt (63pt)
12. [PSP] Busou Shinki: Battle Masters (Konami) - 47pt
13. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive (Bandai Namco) - 46pt
14. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark (Level 5) - 44pt (93pt)
15. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Bomber (Level 5) - 43pt (71pt)
16. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 32pt (50pt)
17. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami) - 28pt (36pt)
18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom) - 24pt (-)
19. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami) - 23pt (30pt)
20. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakugami Susanoh Shuurai! (Hudson) - 23pt

Don't try to extrapolate numbers from this sample

 

[Chris1964]

Since Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded got a 2010 release date every major DS upcoming DS title is scheduled for this year.

18/09/10 [NDS] Pokemon Black / Whie (Pokemon Co.)
30/09/10 [NDS] Okamiden (Capcom)
07/10/10 [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded (Square Enix)
09/12/10 [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5)

[NDS] Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Nintendo) and
[NDS] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo)
will be out this year

Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle moved to 3DS and the other 2 Level 5 remaining titles
[NDS] Fantasy Life (Level 5)
[NDS] Mystery Room (Level 5)

were originally planned for 2010.

Japan looks to be the country with the higher chances for a 2010 3DS release.

 

[jj984jj]

Xenoblade didn't make it on Comgnet this week.

I hope it didn't drop out of the MC Top 30 but it likely has at this point. Reaching Xenosaga 3 is looking like an unlikely stretch, never mind XS2. ~150k LTD is looking a lot more realistic.

Honestly, I still think renaming the game Xenoblade was a mistake. I think it was more the initial strong word of mouth that got it this far than the Xeno name it-self, but I guess we'll never find out though.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Honestly, I still think renaming the game Xenoblade was a mistake. I think it was more the the initial strong word of mouth that got it this far than the Xeno name it-self, I guess we'll never find out though.

Why? Unless your argument is that the "Xeno-" name actually worked against it? Do you honestly think it would have done better than the 150k it will likely end up around if it had remained "Monado"?

 

[jj984jj]

Why? Unless your argument is that the "Xeno-" name actually worked against it? Do you honestly think it would have done better than the 150k it will likely end up around if it had remained "Monado"?

Have you seen the sales trend of the Xeno games? It's a downward spiral. I think the first week sales would've been worse if people hadn't come out and say they think the game is good since going into release the reception for the game wasn't exactly on a high point either. As for the name Monado, I don't think it would have been the final name regardless of whether they used the Xeno prefix or not.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Have you seen the sales trend of the Xeno games? It's a downward spiral. I think the first week sales would've been worse if people hadn't come out and say they think the game is good since going into release the reception for the game wasn't exactly on a high point either. As for the name Monado, I don't think it would have been the final name regardless of whether they used the Xeno prefix or not.

Yeah, I've seen the way the Xeno titles have gone. I just don't believe that the sales would have been any stronger with a different name - Monado or otherwise - and I think that using "Xeno" may have brought in people who otherwise wouldn't have looked at Random Wii RPG x.

As you say, though, it's not a situation where either of us will ever know for sure!