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Media Create October 25-31

01. / 00. [PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) - 263.150 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 215.227 / NEW
03. / 01. [WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) - 119.485 / 427.240 (-61%)
04. / 02. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) - 68.686 / 4.311.998 (-16%)
05. / 00. [NDS] Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Nintendo) - 46.516 / NEW
06. / 05. [WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) - 25.257 / 153.170 (-29%)
07. / 00. [NDS] Solatorobo: Sore kara Coda e (Bandai Namco) - 21.915 / NEW
08. / 00. [360] Fable III (Microsoft Game Studios) - 20.025 / NEW
09. / 03. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 (Bandai Namco) - 19.090 / 82.765 (-70%)
10. / 10. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 17.337 / 1.155.964 (+9%)
11. / 00. [PSP] Dream Club Portable (D3 Publisher) - 15.181 / NEW
12. / 00. [PS2] Hakuouki: Reimeiroku (Idea Factory) - 14.864 / NEW
13. / 00. [PSP] Da Capo I & II Plus Situation Portable (Kadokawa Shoten) - 14.256 / NEW
14. / 04. [PS3] Vanquish (Sega) - 14.042 / 62.360 (-71%)
15. / 07. [PSP] Lord of Arcana (Square Enix) - 12.056 / 106.928 (-52%)
16. / 00. [PSP] Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Ryouran Sangokushi Engi - Wei-Hen (Yeti) - 9.887 / NEW
17. / 11. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Square Enix) - 9.405 / 151.153 (-37%)
18. / 00. [360] My Wife: A Wife Just for You (Idea Factory) - 8.369 / NEW
19. / 06. [PS3] Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts) - 8.260 / 33.625 (-67%)
20. / 08. [PS3] Beat Sketch! (SCE) - 7.130 / 29.295 (-68%)

21. / 18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom)
22. / 15. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two Interactive)
23. / 19. [PS3] Sports Champions (SCE)
24. / 00. [PSP] Carnage Heart EXA (Artdink)
25. / 00. [PSP] Phantom Brave Portable (Nippon Ichi Software)
26. / 09. [PS3] FIFA 11: World Class Soccer (Electronic Arts)
27. / 31. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
28. / 25. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle (Bandai Namco)
29. / 28. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
30. / 21. [PSP] Black Leopard: A New Tale of Yakuza (Sega)
31. / 23. [PSP] K-On! After School Live!! (Sega)
32. / 24. [PSP] Eiyuu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki (Nihon Falcom)
33. / 30. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
34. / 26. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
35. / 33. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
36. / 00. [360] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami)
37. / 20. [PS3] Gekijouban Macross F: Itsuwarino Utahime - Hybrid Pack (Bandai Namco)
38. / 00. [NDS] Zack and Ombra: Amusement Park of Illusion (Konami)
39. / 00. [PSP] Tsuyo Kiss 2 Portable (NetRevo)
40. / 12. [PS3] Time Crisis: Razing Storm (Bandai Namco)
41. / 34. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village (Capcom)
42. / 29. [PS3] F1 2010 (Codemasters)
43. / 39. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)
44. / 41. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo)
45. / 38. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco)
46. / 00. [360] Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo (5pb.)
47. / 16. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Move Special Pack) (Capcom)
48. / 27. [PSP] Class of Heroes 3 (Acquire)
49. / 49. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
50. / 45. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5)

00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 1.286.742 / 47.818.254 (+22%)


PSP - 15
PS3 - 12
NDS - 11
WII - 7
360 - 4
PS2 - 1



HARDWARE

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     59.126  |     34.409  |  2.057.880  |  31.336.960  |
|  PSP  |     41.905  |     33.515  |  1.709.307  |  15.452.395  |
|  PS3  |     28.255  |     20.128  |  1.169.779  |   5.671.146  |
|  WII  |     12.710  |     11.971  |  1.110.223  |  10.715.422  |
|  360  |      2.669  |      2.162  |    174.655  |   1.384.327  |
|  PS2  |      1.400  |      1.222  |     69.873  |  21.680.050  |
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| DSiLL |     32.137  |     15.819  |  1.036.454  |   1.543.361  |
|  DSi  |     23.614  |     14.703  |    821.871  |   5.160.817  |
|  DSL  |      3.375  |      3.887  |    199.555  |  18.047.311  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|  PSP  |     38.874  |     32.591  |  1.653.965  |  15.321.298  |
| PSPgo |      3.031  |        924  |     55.342  |     131.097  |
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[Regulus Tera]

I hope Dark Dawn makes a profit at least. Otherwise people are gonna be pissed off when they finish the game.

 

[Busaiku]

2D Mario is just a crazy entity.

 

[longdi]

Move bombed in Japan? Oh so sad.

 

[apana]

I guess people didnt really get excited by this Kirby game, was it seen as too kiddy?

 

[Pureauthor]

05. / 00. [NDS] Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Nintendo) - 46.516 / NEW

It is a day of great lamentations, of a black sky and a grey dawn.

 

[Negator]

What the fuck, Dark Dawn? What's going on?

 

[JordanLMiller]

Well, enjoy Golden Sun 3 guys, last one anybody's gonna get for a while.

 

[Chris1964]

Pokemon played its small role at Dark Dawn performance.

 

[Canova]

Wii ran out of steam in Japan

 

[Oxx]

Come on Camelot, Mario Tennis RPG for 3DS to pay the bills.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Well, enjoy Golden Sun 3 guys, last one anybody's gonna get for a while.

SPOILERS for Dark Dawn:

Spoiler

The game pretty much ends on a cliffhanger. If this doesn't have legs we might have another Mega Man Legends 3 tragedy.

 

[Pureauthor]

To put into perspective, Etrian Odyssey 3, AKA niche dungeon crawler series by niche jRPG publisher, managed 88K in it's first week.

Dark Dawn bomba total.

 

[Regulus Tera]

To put into perspective, Etrian Odyssey 3, AKA niche dungeon crawler series by niche jRPG publisher, managed 88K in it's first week.

Dark Dawn bomba total.

Maybe Dark Dawn would have sold better if Atlus handled the publishing? :lol

 

[apana]

I havent played much of the golden sun series but wasnt the original in 2d? If so maybe that's the reason.

 

[Mockingbird]

amazon sold out of the Super Mario Collection Special Pack already. The only ones left on the site are from 3rd party sellers charging 500 yen above MSRP.

 

[Nirolak]

I havent played much of the golden sun series but wasnt the original in 2d? If so maybe that's the reason.

I think it has more to do with franchise mismanagement, which Nintendo is fantastic at when it comes to their smaller franchises.

We haven't had a Golden Sun game in forever, and then they finally release the new one only a few months before they release their next handheld.

 

[Regulus Tera]

I havent played much of the golden sun series but wasnt the original in 2d? If so maybe that's the reason.

The GBA games came out early during the handheld's lifetime, and were among the first jRPGs in the system. Dark Dawn is launching at the dusk of the DS, with much stronger competition around.

 

[cvxfreak]

amazon sold out of the Super Mario Collection Special Pack already. The only ones left on the site are from 3rd party sellers charging 500 yen above MSRP.

It's in stock in Japanese stores as of yesterday, though.

Nintendo says it'll meet demand requirements up until the middle of January, which means that we really should worry about its stock issues during that month.

! Attention !
By the way, with the holiday season about to kick off, I will definitely update my Twitter account occasionally with pictures taken in Japanese stores. Like last year, I'll be photographing sold out signs, line ups, promo material, etc. using my iPhone. Why Twitter? Well, it provides a convenient and quick avenue for getting pictures disseminated. I encourage someone to follow it and repost my pics here.

 

[Mrbob]

Nintendo should have held back Golden Sun and tweaked it for the 3DS launch. Would have given the game better exposure.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Congratulations to Chris1964 in the rankings by units and Spiegel in the points one!

Results	By Units			By Points	
1	 72014	Chris1964		 93,41%	Spiegel
2	 78000	Kurosaki Ichigo		149,23%	Chris1964
3	 88443	Road			155,83%	Kurosaki Ichigo
4	109000	Spiegel			171,48%	Road
5	177000	Orgen			288,43%	The_lascar
6	182000	The_lascar		316,87%	Orgen
7	201000	thestopsign		335,26%	thestopsign
8	201500	onken			397,57%	onken
9	219000	BladeoftheImmortal	480,27%	BladeoftheImmortal
10	543000	donny2112		1100,94%donny2112

10/25-10/31	Sales	Spieg	thest	Chris	Orgen	donny	Blade	onken	Kuro	The_l	Road
NDS Golden Sun	47000	55000	110000	67890	97000	125000	95000	95000	75000	70000	66666
NDS Solatorobo	22000	30000	30000	34567	34000	40000	25000	30000	35000	40000	33333
PSP GE: Burst	263000	225000	180000	234567	202000	125000	180000	220000	295000	190000	222222
PSP DreamClub	15000	15000	8000	12345	13000	99000	55000	30000	15000	25000	22222
PS3 WE2011	215000	270000	240000	210987	246000	410000	250000	280000	215000	265000	222222
360 Fable III	20000	20000	35000	23456	41000	50000	30000	42500	25000	28000	22222
											
Difference	0	109000	201000	72014	177000	543000	219000	201500	78000	182000	88443									
Difference (%)	0,00%	93,41%	335,26%	149,23%	316,87%	1100,94%480,27%	397,57%	155,83%	288,43%	171,48%
											
NDS Golden Sun	0	8000	63000	20890	50000	78000	48000	48000	28000	23000	19666
NDS Solatorobo	0	8000	8000	12567	12000	18000	3000	8000	13000	18000	11333
PSP GE: Burst	0	-38000	-83000	-28433	-61000	-138000	-83000	-43000	32000	-73000	-40778
PSP DreamClub	0	0	-7000	-2655	-2000	84000	40000	15000	0	10000	7222
PS3 WE2011	0	55000	25000	-4013	31000	195000	35000	65000	0	50000	7222
360 Fable III	0	0	15000	3456	21000	30000	10000	22500	5000	8000	2222

Spiegel got DreamClub and Fable right, and Kurosaki Ichigo got DreamClub and WE2011 (for nothing! )

Past Predictions Results:
10/18-10/24 Predictions Results
10/04-10/10 Predictions Results
09/27-10/03 Predictions Results

 

[ccbfan]

Did the DS have a new color or something? Thats a huge jump.

Also the 8000+ jump for the PSP and PS3 did those have a new bundle too?

Could be because of getting close to holiday season but the Wii only have an under 1000 jump and Nintendo is king of the holiday boost.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

after all this time waiting on a Golden Sun and thats all it got for sales? damn

 

[jman2050]

Did the DS have a new color or something? Thats a huge jump.

Also the 8000+ jump for the PSP and PS3 did those have a new bundle too?

Could be because of getting close to holiday season but the Wii only have an under 1000 jump and Nintendo is king of the holiday boost.

I think the PS3 jump is for the Move launch.

 

[cvxfreak]

Did the DS have a new color or something? Thats a huge jump.

Yes. Red Mario-themed 25th Anniversary DSi (limited) and DSi XL (somewhat less limited) were released.

 

[Chris1964]

Did the DS have a new color or something? Thats a huge jump.

Also the 8000+ jump for the PSP and PS3 did those have a new bundle too?

Could be because of getting close to holiday season but the Wii only have an under 1000 jump and Nintendo is king of the holiday boost.

DSi LL Mario 25th anniversary
DSi Mario 25th anniversary

PS3 Winning Eleven bundle

PSP Go price drop ¥26.800 -> ¥16.800

I think the PS3 jump is for the Move launch.

Ahaha

 

[creamsugar]

no more no more heores

 

[Psychotext]

I think the PS3 jump is for the Move launch.

That was last week wasn't it? Surely this is caused by PES?

 

[Regulus Tera]

no more no more heores

So did it end up beating the Wii version?

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Media Create October 25-31

02. / 00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 212.227 / NEW

Its 215.257, you nearly made me recall the predictions

 

[Brazil]

Sad week, with both Dark Dawn and Solatorobo bombing.

 

[Chris1964]

Media Create (Famitsu numbers 2 threads before)

[PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco) - 295.405 / 579.000
[PSP] God Eater: Burst (Bandai Namco) - 263.150 / 263.150

[PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) - 141.432 / 332.486
[PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (Konami) - 168.405 / 430.762
[PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 217.848 / 387.940
[PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) - 215.227 / 215.227

[GBA] Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Nintendo) - 135.486 / 184.149
[NDS] Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (Nintendo) - 46.516 / 46.516

[360] Fable II (Microsoft Game Studios) - 42.186 / 60.470
[360] Fable III (Microsoft Game Studios) - 20.025 / 20.025

[360] Dream Club (D3 Publisher) - 45.629 / 59.256
[PSP] Dream Club Portable (D3 Publisher) - 15.181 / 15.181

[PS2] Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan (Idea Factory) - 12.917 / 37.028
[PS2] Hakuouki: Zuisouroku (Idea Factory) - 16.937 / 30.332
[PS2] Hakuouki: Reimeiroku (Idea Factory) - 14.864 / 14.864

 

[Laguna]

Golden Sun really underperformed , the competition is just to big.

I think the PS3 jump is for the Move launch.

Move launch wasn´t this week in Japan. PS3s jump was caused by WinningEleven bundles.

 

[Chris1964]

Mario platformers second weeks on Wii

[WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 74.457 / 325.042
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 431.198 / 1.365.937
[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 105.149 / 445.050
[WII] Super Mario Collection: Special Pack (Nintendo) - 119.485 / 427.240

New million seller if Nintendo ships that much.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

they waited too much for GS. But I agree a 3DS port wouldve been better at this point

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I wonder if the long wait for GS3 was because of Camelot or Nintendo.

 

[Regulus Tera]

^^^Camelot: "Golf is serious bizness, dawg".

they waited too much for GS. But I agree a 3DS port wouldve been better at this point

They would have had to redo the engine and remodel everything.

 

[spwolf]

Golden Sun really underperformed , the competition is just to big.



Move launch wasn´t this week in Japan. PS3s jump was caused by WinningEleven bundles.

i wonder if sports franchise that gets out every year can actually push people to buy new ps3, without considering it before. I dont doubt that WE bundles sold well, i doubt they attracted new audience that somehow didn't know about WE 2010 or WE WC special edition from few months ago.

 

[Chris1964]

They would have had to redo the engine and remodel everything.

Level 5 did it.

 

[cvxfreak]

They would have had to redo the engine and remodel everything.

Not necessarily...

Not that I agree with the 3DS magically saving this game.

 

[Kagari]

I think the PS3 jump is for the Move launch.

There was a PES bundle again this year I think.

 

[Nirolak]

Not necessarily...

Not that I agree with the 3DS magically saving this game.

Yeah, they would need an early gen 3DS title that was actually made for the 3DS to save this franchise.

 

[Rolf NB]

No anniversary hardware bump for the Wii? Haven't the red Wiis been released alongside the game?

*stares at Chris*

 

[Chris1964]

No anniversary hardware bump for the Wii? Haven't the red Wiis been released alongside the game?

*stares at Chris*

November 11

 

[Rolf NB]

Ok thanks.

 

[manueldelalas]

SPOILERS for Dark Dawn:

Spoiler

The game pretty much ends on a cliffhanger. If this doesn't have legs we might have another Mega Man Legends 3 tragedy.

Spoiler

Is it as bad as GS1?

 

[Chris1964]

Next week releases (11/11/10)

[NDS] Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami)
[NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Challenge (Bandai Namco)
[NDS] Koede Asobu: Heart Catch PreCure (Toei Animation)
[NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 [Special Price] (Sega)

[PSP] Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fate (Square Enix)
[PSP] God of War: Ghost of Sparta (SCE)
[PSP] Renai Banchou: Inochi Meishi, Koiseyo Otome! Love is Power!!! (Idea Factory)
[PSP] Shinkyouku Soukai Polyphonica: After School (Prototype)
[PSP] Kaeru Batake de Tsukamaete Portable (Takuyo)
[PSP] Puyo Puyo 7 [Special Price] (Sega)
[PSP] Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2 [PSP the Best Reprint] (Koei Tecmo)

Red Wii + Red Wiimote Plus + Super Mario Bros.
Black Wii + Black Wiimote Plus
White Wii + White Wiimote Plus
Wiimote Plus Red / Blue / Pink / Black / Whte
Red Nunchuck
[WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote Plus) (Nintendo)
[WII] Party Game Box 100 (Hudson)
[WII] Jinsei Game: Happy Family (Takara Tomy)
[WII] Puyo Puyo 7 [Special Price] (Sega)

[PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco)
[PS3] Dynasty Warriors Online: Souten Ranbu (Koei Tecmo)
[PS3] Mafia II (Take-Two Interactive)
[PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Capcom)
[PS3] Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Koei Tecmo)
[PS3] Sacred 2: Fallen Angel [PlayStation 3 the Best] (Spike)

[360] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Bandai Namco)
[360] Mafia II (Take-Two Interactive)
[360] Forza Motorsport 3: Ultimate Edition (Microsoft Game Studios)
[360] Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 [Platinum Collection] (Cave)
[360] Sacred 2: Fallen Angel [Platinum Collection] (Spike)

[PS2] Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica: After School (Prototype)

 

[matmanx1]

Both Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 and Vanquish numbers seem low. Maybe in Vanquish's case it's just too "western" in style unlike, say, Bayonetta?

I honestly thought Naruto was a bigger franchise in Japan and would have guessed for an easy 100k sales for this iteration. Is it a case of too much competition on the PS3 right now or has the popularity of the franchise waned or am I just that out of touch?

 

[cvxfreak]

No anniversary hardware bump for the Wii? Haven't the red Wiis been released alongside the game?

*stares at Chris*

Promotion's just begun:

 

[gundamkyoukai]

The Wii should see a bump next week thanks to new colors i would hope.