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[Dalthien]

PSP go 871

Just noticed this. Is this the first time the PSPGo has fallen below 1k?

I wonder if Sony is even still manufacturing these things anymore (although we probably would have heard about it if they had shut down all manufacturing completely). They still aren't anywhere close to even selling out their launch-day shipments yet in Japan. And the Go isn't putting up any worthwhile numbers anywhere else in the world either.

It actually probably makes a price drop more difficult for Sony when you get down to the ridiculously low manufacturing numbers that the Go must be at right now. Once you cross a certain numerical threshold, it becomes quite a bit more expensive to manufacture once the numbers get too low.

April is out but Road didn't post it yet so here it is

Top 20 + DS top 10 + PS2 top 10 (29/03/10-25/04/10):

I have to wonder why they even still bother with the PS2 top ten any longer. Damn near the entire top ten is like 2,000 units for the whole month. I'm not sure why they haven't switched over to reporting the PSP monthly top ten or the PS3 monthly top ten instead.

 

[cvxfreak]

I predict Super Mario Galaxy 2 to sell around the level of Super Mario Sunshine.

Spoiler

Depressed? Me too. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[duckroll]

I want to see it crawl to 2m in Japan actually. :lol

I don't think that's ever going to happen. I can't imagine any situation where that can actually happen.

 

[ULTROS!]

I don't think that's ever going to happen. I can't imagine any situation where that can actually happen.

Maybe if they sell the game for 100Y or give it away for free.

 

[bttb]

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[Darthdevidem01]

I don't think that's ever going to happen. I can't imagine any situation where that can actually happen.

FFX LTD was 2.3 Million before re-releases which took it up to 3 Million

So if we count FFXIII re-releases (& I'm sure ther'll be a Versus XIII + FFXIII combo like there was with X& X-2) then it will be well above 2 million.

With re-releases it will get there

On its own though its never getting there & I blame some secret propoganda

 

[duckroll]

FFX LTD was 2.3 Million before re-releases which took it up to 3 Million

So if we count FFXIII re-releases (& I'm sure ther'll be a Versus XIII + FFXIII combo like there was with X& X-2) then it will be well above 2 million.

With re-releases it will get there

On its own though its never getting there & I blame some secret propoganda

Not a great example. Let's look at how re-releases have sold since FFX:

Final Fantasy X International - 240k
Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission - 288k
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System - 137k

Final Fantasy X Mega Hits - 199k
Final Fantasy X Ultimate Hits - 179k
Final Fantasy X International Ultimate Hits - 47k
Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimate Hits - 44k
Final Fantasy X + X-2 Ultimate Hits - 25k
Final Fantasy XII Ultimate Hits - 29k (Media Create number, waiting for Enterbrain 2009 Top1000)
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System Ultimate Hits - 5k (Media Create number, waiting for Enterbrain 2009 Top1000)


It's obvious that FFX's huge sales in the budget re-releases is something that FFX-2 and FFXII does not share at all. This indicates that a budget FFXII release might not do enough to cover the 150k needed to break 2 million.

An International release will certainly help, but how well that sells will depend on how much additional content there is added, and even then, honestly I don't feel that International releases really "count" towards the original release since they can generally be considered as expansion packs or new releases in their own right. Even if there is one, and we do count it, it could end up doing 100k or less, and if there is only a single budget re-release this time, then even in 3-4 years FFXIII might still not have crossed 2 million in Japan combined.

 

[The_lascar]

Japan Sales Results for 2009

|  System  |  Hardware    |  Software    |
------------------------------------------
|  PS2     |     260,000  |   1,510,000  |
|  PS3     |   1,730,000  |   6,090,000  |
|  WII     |   1,980,000  |  10,520,000  |
|  360     |     330,000  |   1,080,000  |
|  PSP     |   2,310,000  |   6,700,000  |
|  NDS     |   4,030,000  |  21,160,000  |
------------------------------------------
|  Total   |  10,640,000  |  47,060,000  |

Source: Famitsu Game Hakusho 2010

Thanks!

Edit: SW figures are based on Top 30.

 

[bttb]

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[donny2112]

Famitsu May 3-9

01./01. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) - 209,832 / 891,846 (-69%)
02./02. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) - 136,227 / 582,360 (-69%)
03./04. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 39,087 / 3,810,933 (0%)
04./06. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 30,971 / 2,706,497 (+22%)
05./08. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) - 27,594 / 3,235,122 (+24%)
06./10. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 26,143 / 1,904,021 (+37%)
07./11. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki (Path of Light) (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 19,415 / 450,567 (+13%)
08./03. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) - 16,761 / 96,864 (-79%)
09./14. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 13,858 / 153,021 (-10%)
10./18. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 11,931 / 3,719,126 (+39%)

11./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 11,510 / 1,875,168 (+13%)
12./07. [PS3] NieR RepliCant (Square Enix) - 10,597 / 100,119 (-57%)
13./20. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 8,853 / 5,815,062 (+24%)
14./17. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST Reprint) (Capcom) - 8,048 / 285,458 (-11%)
15./21. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 7,654 / 673,130 (+12%)
16./29. [NDS] Nicola Kanshuu: Model * Oshare Audition (Alchemist) - 6,619 / 47,141 (+23%)
17./19. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 6,390 / 148,731 (-25%)
18./27. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - 5,677 / 360,836 (+2%)
19./28. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (ULTIMATE) (Square Enix) - 5,578 / 126,208 (+2%)
20./24. [WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 2 (BEST/Minna no Susume Selection) (Namco Bandai Games) - 4,685 / 17,315 (-20%)
21./00. [NDS] Crayon Shin-Chan: Obaka Daininden - Susume! Kasukabe Ninja Tai! (Namco Bandai Games) - 4,428 / 56,808
22./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (Konami) - 4,397 / 128,804
23./22. [PS3] Hokuto no Ken: Musou (Koei-Tecmo) - 4,390 / 534,046 (-30%)
24./09. [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Fate of Heat III: Snow Attack! (Takara Tomy) - 4,257 / 25,065 (-80%)
25./00. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) - 4,130 / 1,117,285
26./30. [WII] Momotarou Dentetsu 16 (BEST/Minna no Susume Selection) (Hudson) - 4,047 / 12,530 (-16%)
27./15. [PSP] Ikki Tousen: Xross Impact (Marvelous) - 4,033 / 18,007 (-71%)
28./05. [360] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) - 3,929 / 33,626 (-87%)
29./00. [PS2] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 3,738 / 51,707
30./00. [PS3] Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (Bethesda Softworks) - 3,291 / 22,751



Bar Chart May 3-9 (thanks to JoshuaJSlone/garaph.info)

Note: Image may be delayed from the time of this post, but will automatically show once the data is ready.

82,360 until New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the best-selling console game released in the last 15 years in Japan.


Recent Famitsu Top 30s

Apr 5-11, 2010
Apr 12-18, 2010
Apr 26-May 2, 2010

 

[donny2112]

Software LTDs from FGH2010.

Thanks, bttb!

 

[duckroll]

Wtf is Professor Layton and the Unwound Future?

 

[The_lascar]

Layton 3.

 

[slaughterking]

Wtf is Professor Layton and the Unwound Future?

It's the US/EU name for the third game. There was a news about this yesterday.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=395982

 

[duckroll]

Oh cool, hope it comes out before the end of the year!

 

[Chris1964]

I predict Super Mario Galaxy 2 to sell around the level of Super Mario Sunshine.

Spoiler

Depressed? Me too. I hope I'm wrong.

That's what I predict

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|    |[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|  300.000|  300.000|           |           |
|  2 |  102.576|  383.186|   78.439|  334.690|         |         |           |           |
|  3 |   59.975|  443.161|   43.317|  378.007|         |         |           |           |
|  4 |   39.562|  482.723|   37.484|  415.491|         |         |           |           |
|  5 |   43.921|  526.644|   36.354|  451.845|         |         |           |           |
|  6 |   22.794|  549.438|   48.750|  500.595|         |         |           |           |
|  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|         |         |           |           |
|  2 |   84.358|  761.798|  197.442|  945.106|         |         |           |           |
|  3 |   28.191|  789.989|         |         |         |         |           |           |
|  4 |        -|        -|         |  977.178|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| LTD|        -|  789.989|        -|  977.178|        -|         |           |           |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 300.000 / 900.000
5. [GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) - 280.610 / 789.989

 

[cw_sasuke]

64 DS outsold Galaxy 1 ? Daaaamn

 

[donny2112]

4. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 300.000 / 900.000

Those should be the minimum legs on the game. If it actually has a 300K first week, 1m suddenly becomes a strong possibility.

 

[LOCK]

Chris SMG has finally hit a million. Are those famitsu or media create numbers?

 

[cvxfreak]

64 DS outsold Galaxy 1 ? Daaaamn

I mentioned awhile back that I think Japan would be far more responsive to a New Super Mario 64 rather than any game with the Galaxy or Sunshine monicker. So I wouldn't say 3D Mario is a lost cause for Japan until Nintendo returns to SM64's style.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

So...are we predicting for Galaxy 2 (+ extra SRT and/or Sakatsuku)?

 

[selig]

So...are we predicting for Galaxy 2 (+ extra SRT and/or Sakatsuku)?

200k first week, 550k YTD, 750k LTD

 

[Chris1964]

So...are we predicting for Galaxy 2 (+ extra SRT and/or Sakatsuku)?

These three seem to be also YSO main predictions. They look good.

Chris SMG has finally hit a million. Are those famitsu or media create numbers?

Famitsu
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

Media Create
1. [N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - no numbers
2. [NDS] Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) - 151.373 / 1.084.301
3. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 250.585 / 1.002.048
4. [GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) - no numbers

200k first week, 550k YTD, 750k LTD

You 'll be way off at first week and YTD.


Tracker hardware comparison (up to 09/05/10)

System  release date	   Famitsu     MediaCreate     Shipment
			
Consoles 7th Generation			
WII	      02/12/06	10.306.269	10.268.103           -
PS3 	      11/11/06	 5.096.773	 5.103.710           -
360	      10/12/05	 1.268.763	 1.274.223           -

handhelds 3rd Generation			
NDS	      02/12/04	30.309.117	30.156.042           -
PSP	      12/12/04	14.457.503	14.651.238           -

consoles 6th Generation			
PS2	      04/03/00	21.846.627	21.644.319           -
GCN	      14/09/01	 4.008.743	 4.180.061   4.002.000
SDC	      27/11/98	 1.924.662	         -   2.250.000
XBX	      22/02/02	   472.992	   469.101     500.000

handhelds 2nd Generation			
GBA	      21/03/01	15.527.291	15.348.849           -
BWS	      04/03/99	 1.764.488	         -   3.000.000
NGP	      28/10/98	   311.315	         -     500.000

consoles 5th Generation			
PS1	      03/12/94	18.850.444	         -  18.900.000
PoS	      18/01/99	 3.872.135	         -           -
SAT	      22/11/94	         -               -   5.900.000
N64	      23/06/96	 4.501.578	         -   5.540.000
3DO	      20/03/94	         -               -     720.000
PC-FX	      23/12/94	         -               -     400.000
Pippin        17/06/05	         -               -      30.000

handhelds 1st Generation			
GameBoy       21/04/89	         -               -  32.430.000
GameGear      13/12/96	         -               -   1.780.000
VirtualBoy    21/07/95	         -               -     630.000

consoles 4th Generation			
SFC	      21/11/90	         -               -  17.150.000
PCE	      30/10/87	         -               -   3.920.000
GEN	      29/10/88	         -               -   3.580.000
PCE CDROM2    04/12/88	         -               -   1.920.000
NeoGeo	      01/07/91	         -               -   1.000.000
Mega CD	      01/12/91	         -               -     400.000

consoles 3rd Generation			
FC	      15/07/83	         -               -  19.230.000
FC DS	      21/02/86	         -               -   4.440.000

I also have these hw numbers from Sinobi but I can't understand what systems they are.
BB: 2.697.000
LA: 420.000

Famitsu was initially undertracking Dreamcast, NeoGeoPocket, WonderSwan and Nintendo64, and Media Create overtracked GameCube.

Previous entries for predicted games. 3d Mario is above (Famitsu)

29/05/08 [NDS] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier (Bandai Namco) - 90.248 / 120.556
25/02/10 [NDS] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier Exceed (Bandai Namco) - 78.773 / 91.200

20/11/08 [NDS] Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! DS Touch and Direct (Sega) - 72.530 / 137.051

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Its set then, bit later than usual oh well

Prediction League 05/24-05/30
[NDS] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: The Lord of Elemental (Bandai Namco) -
[NDS] Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! DS World Challenge 2010 (Sega) -
[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) -

I've seen bttb has edited out his posts in this thread, any particular reasons? I thought about using Famitsu again through azalyn (compared leaked 3-9 may week with Famitsu top30 and it fits perfectly being always rounded to the lower hundred) but I guess its less risky to use Media Create.

 

[Chris1964]

I've seen bttb has edited out his posts in this thread, any particular reasons? I thought about using Famitsu again through azalyn (compared leaked 3-9 may week with Famitsu top30 and it fits perfectly being always rounded to the lower hundred) but I guess its less risky to use Media Create.

He posted total software numbers thinking they were from 2009 Famitsu yearly report when they were actually from weekly top 30.

edit: He edited all his posts. I don't know why he did that.

 

[Vinnk]

Maybe if they sell the game for 100Y or give it away for free.

I know this is just a joke, but it would almost have to be that way. Stores in my town are selling brand new copies for 1600yen (and there are plenty of them) and used ones for as low as 900yen.

Unless the Ultimate Hits version adds a lot of new content, I don't know how square can expect people to spend the around 3000-4000yen those re-releases usually cost.

 

[duckroll]

I know this is just a joke, but it would almost have to be that way. Stores in my town are selling brand new copies for 1600yen (and there are plenty of them) and used ones for as low as 900yen.

Unless the Ultimate Hits version adds a lot of new content, I don't know how square can expect people to spend the around 3000-4000yen those re-releases usually cost.

Huh? Ultimate Hits never have any new content. They're just re-releases of existing games, unaltered. The only ones with new content are the International versions, and those are all full price games, never budget.

 

[Road]

April is out but Road didn't post it yet so here it is

Thanks.

I saw it this week but I couldn't do it at the time then I forgot. haha (Don't wait for me, though.)

I also have these hw numbers from Sinobi but I can't understand what systems they are.
BB: 2.697.000
LA: 420.000

LA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_LaserActive ?




Dengeki Sales, May 10 - 16, 2010:

01 / 01 [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) - 120,239 / 986,001
02 / 02 [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) - 61,094 / 602,670
03 / 03 [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 17,848 / 3,818,172
04 / 08 [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) - 13,976 / 118,291
05 / 05 [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 12,388 / 3,117,861
06 / 04 [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 12,333 / 2,716,538
07 / 12 [PS3] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) - 12,328 / 113,381
08 / 00 [PSP] Hakuouki: Yuugi Roku (Idea Factory) - 10,583 / 10,583
09 / 06 [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 10,413 / 1,896,087
10 / 00 [PS3] 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts) - 9,924 / 9,924
11 / 13 [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best Reprint) (Capcom) - 7,271 / 311,639
12 / 07 [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Path of Light (Pokemon) - 7,247 / 455,108
13 / 09 [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 6,939 / 171,335
14 / 00 [NDS] Trick DS-han: Kakushi Kami no Sumukan (Konami) - 6,643 / 6,643
15 / 10 [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 6,453 / 1,899,981
16 / 11 [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 5,363 / ?
17 / 00 [360] Metro 2033 (Spike) - 5,273 / 5,273
18 / 14 [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 (Konami) - 4,925 / 141,744
19 / 16 [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Sky (Ultimate Hits) (Square Enix) - 3,265 / ?
20 / 17 [WII] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise 2 - Awakening of the Hero (Everyone's Recommendation Selection) - 2,994 / ?

Notes:

1) Total software: 592,000 units (-44.3% from last week).

Hardware |  This Week |  Last Week |    YTD     |    LTD
------------------------------------------------------------
PSP      |     26,451 |     40,220 |  1,066,660 | 14,456,052
NDS      |     26,388 |     45,020 |  1,062,110 | 30,026,807
PS3      |     20,722 |     24,617 |    709,647 |  5,194,345
WII      |     17,382 |     31,928 |    814,653 | 10,360,089
360      |     	4,235 |      4,315 |     85,497 |  1,294,152
PS2      |     	1,429 |      1,952 |     	| 	
------------------------------------------------------------
Total    |     96,607 |    148,052 |

http://research.ascii.jp/elem/000/000/045/45702/index.html
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/263/263309/
http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/522/522730/

May 3 - 9

 

[Vinnk]

Huh? Ultimate Hits never have any new content. They're just re-releases of existing games, unaltered. The only ones with new content are the International versions, and those are all full price games, never budget.

I know. But in this case a regular UH has very little chance of selling. At least until all the low prices original copies have cleared out. But yeah, if it had additional content it would indeed be an international or some other special subtitle edition.

 

[Road]

He posted total software numbers thinking they were from 2009 Famitsu yearly report when they were actually from weekly top 30.

edit: He edited all his posts. I don't know why he did that.

Like ALL of his posts in EVERY thread... How can you even do that without the forum search?

Weird.

 

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

Unless the Ultimate Hits version adds a lot of new content, I don't know how square can expect people to spend the around 3000-4000yen those re-releases usually cost.

3d version is eventually coming(one could assume) that should make a cool 10K extra!

Next week PS3 prediction: 26K

 

[donny2112]

Like ALL of his posts in EVERY thread... How can you even do that without the forum search?

bttb is gone. :O

You've been awesome, bttb. You will be greatly missed.

 

[overthehill99]

Is Peace Walker up on the JP PSN too?

 

[ULTROS!]

I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post this: Does anyone know the LTD Sales WW of every main Final Fantasy entry (even including x-2) including the latest one (FFXIII)?

 

[Takao]

Is Peace Walker up on the JP PSN too?

It is.

 

[Chris1964]

bttb is gone. :O

You've been awesome, bttb. You will be greatly missed.

He found Japanese data from the most incredible sources. What made him leave?

Is it a mod's work?

 

[Chris1964]

Predictions

[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 345.678
[NDS] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: The Lord of Elemental (Bandai Namco) - 76.543
[NDS] Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! DS World Challenge 2010 (Sega) - 54.321

 

[schuelma]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BTTB NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[The_lascar]

Did he actually find 2009 software totals before he edits his last post and if so can someone who saved them repost them?

I didn't exactly saved them but I used them to update the DS best sales. All the new data are in:
http://www.gamescharts.fr/consoles-japon/meilleures-ventes-japonaises-sur-nintendo-ds/

Some are from the 2009 top 1000, some (like Layton 3) from the FY top 100.

 

[Orgen]

Predictions

[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 325.000
[NDS] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: The Lord of Elemental (Bandai Namco) - 85.000
[NDS] Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! DS World Challenge 2010 (Sega) - 50.000

 

[Celine]

bttb is gone. :O

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/vader.jpg

You've been awesome, bttb. You will be greatly missed.

:-|
Bye bttb.

The only platform with BB initials I can think of is the balance board but the numer is off.
A > 2 million system that is relatively unknown sound strange to me.

 

[duckroll]

No, I have no idea what happened to bttb.

 

[donny2112]

Predictions:
[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 300K
[NDS] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: The Lord of Elemental - 85K
[NDS] Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! DS World Challenge 2010 (Sega) - 60K

 

[ULTROS!]

From nintendoeverything.com

Media Create hardware sales totals for April 2010:

PSP – 183,919
PS3 – 151,943
Wii – 135,075
DSi LL – 100,346
DSi – 67,072
DS Lite – 17,185
Xbox 360 – 15,493
PSP go – 8,978
PS2 – 7,838

 

[velvet_nitemare]

I wonder how those numbers will compare to May, what with PS3 and Wii threatening to dip below 20K.

 

[Datschge]

bttb apparently left sales age the same way he joined: out of the blue at the top of his game. He was one person who enriched sales age by just being informative, no unneeded discussions and the likes. I still recall how he joined like an old veteran, irritating everyone with his "junior member" tag.

 

[The_lascar]

But... why?

 

[Nirolak]

But... why?

Looking at his post edit times, it seems he spent many hours deleting all his old posts.

 

[lowlylowlycook]

Looking at his post edit times, it seems he spent many hours deleting all his old posts.

Got in trouble at work? Just speculating, obviously.

 

[Chris1964]

The only platform with BB initials I can think of is the balance board but the number is off.
A > 2 million system that is relatively unknown sound strange to me.

Bingo. This number is from November 2008.

For the week 03/11/08-09/11/08 it was

[WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 15.840 / 2.696.700
and
PS3: 25.707 / 2.446.315

Sinobi was comparing PS3 to Balance Board install bases. Road must have also found what LA meant.

If I post Famitsu top 1000 when it comes out and after that start deleting all my posts we will have finally found what happened to bttb.
If he deleted only the posts that were connected with Media Create and Famitsu top 1000 I would assume that geimin.net was the only problem but the fact that he deleted all his posts (with Media Create and Enterbrain trying lately to clear every leak there is) makes me wonder if any tracker directly contacted him...