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Media Create Sales: Week 29, 2011 (Jul 18 - Jul 24)

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Mockingbird

Member
Can't really expect Wii Play Motion sales to to spike much when you consider the fact that it's not the only software bundled with the Wii Remote Plus I suppose =/ If people really wanted the Wii Remote Plus, they can just get Wii Sports Resort. It's only if you want a second one that you'd buy Wii Play Motion or Flingsmash. But Wiis nowadays are bundled with two wii remote pluses?
 
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Kurosaki Ichigo

Member
So I'm wondering if any platform dropped its price more than 40% in a single cut, but have only found two tid-bits:
- Dreamcast dropped 50% from 20k to 10k (although it was the 2nd pricedrop, 1st was 30k to 20k so just 33%).
- SNES dubious numbers seemed to go from 25k (for six years) straight to 10k? Would be 60%.

Although I guess the best fit is the european Xbox launch which went from 479€ to 299€ like real soon, 37.5%.

Also worth noting 3DS will go from being the most expensive system after PS3 (30/35k) and 360 320GB/Kinect (30k) to being cheaper than a barebones PSP (17k), a PS2 (16k), the new Wii bundle (20k), 360 4G (20k), DSi LL (18k) and exactly the same as a DSi (15k).
 
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enishi

Member
We will probably see very low number for 3ds next 2 weeks. And see if the price drop can save everything.

At this price, I would say DSi/LL sales will almost stop instantly. And it will be interesting to see the response from Sony. It is an unexpected move to Sony (large price drop 3 months before Vita launch) as the same for the price announce of Vita to Nintendo.
 
Cygnus X-1

Cygnus X-1

Member
_Alkaline_ said:
Man, I have a feeling we might not be seeing a new Starfox game for a long, long time.
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The series is dead. Like F-Zero. Nintendo has to move on working on new IP.

PSFan said:
See Nintendo? If you released more games, then Wii sales wouldn't drop so much all the time.
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I'm so happy they got screwed up and they're losing money. This will put on them such a pressure that they will stop being lazy giving us only remakes. For God's sake: we had more innovation in term of new IP during the Gamecube than whatever we had in last 2 years.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Famitsu Sales: Week 29, 2011 (Jul 11 - Jul 17)

01./00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 | SPT | (Konami) {2011.07.14} | ¥6.980 | - 111.727 / NEW
02./00. [PSP] Taiko Drum Master Portable DX | ACT | (Bandai Namco) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.229 | - 110.242 / NEW
03./00. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Strikers | SPT | (Level 5) {2011.07.16} | ¥5.980 | - 73.323 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 | SPT | (Konami) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.250 | - 67.134 / NEW
05./00. [NDS] Puyo Puyo! 20th Anniversary # | PZL | (Sega) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.040 | - 37.590 / NEW
06./00. [3DS] Star Fox 64 3D | STG | (Nintendo) {2011.07.14} | ¥4.800 | - 36.858 / NEW
07./00. [PSP] UnchainBlades ReXX | RPG | (FuRyu) {2011.07.14} | ¥6.090 | - 20.603 / NEW
08./07. [WII] Wii Sports Resort | SPT | (Nintendo) {2009.06.25} | ¥4.800 | - 14.772 / 2.356.850 (+14%)
09./06. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D | ACT | (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} | ¥4.800 | - 11.399 / 273.730 (-13%)
10./01. [PS3] L.A. Noire | ADV | (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.07.07} | ¥7.770 | - 11.106 / 57.481 (-76%)
11./05. [PSP] Little Battler Xperience | RPG | (Level 5) {2011.06.16} | ¥5.980 | - 10.925 / 249.680 (-26%)
12./04. [WII] Wii Play: Motion | ETC | (Nintendo) {2011.07.07} | ¥4.800 | - 9.892 / 27.208 (-43%)
13./10. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition | FTG | (Capcom) {2011.06.30} | ¥3.990 | - 9.480 / 65.048 (-7%)
14./03. [PS3] Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon | ACT | (D3 Publisher) {2011.07.07} | ¥7.140 | - 9.354 / 39.578 (-69%)
15./16. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White | RPG | (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} | ¥4.800 | - 8.756 / 5.240.342 (+28%)
16./02. [PS3] Infamous 2 | ACT | (SCE) {2011.07.07} | ¥5.980 | - 8.275 / 38.541 (-73%)
17./09. [WII] GoldenEye 007 | ACT | (Nintendo) {2011.06.30} | ¥5.800 | - 8.166 / 56.899 (-28%)
18./24. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends | ETC | (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} | ¥4.800 | - 6.685 / 258.687 (+52%)
19./00. [3DS] UnchainBlades ReXX | RPG | (FuRyu) {2011.07.14} | ¥6.090 | - 5.805 / NEW
20./11. [3DS] Tales of the Abyss | RPG | (Bandai Namco) {2011.06.30} | ¥6.090 | - 4.850 / 83.250 (-52%)
21./22. [WII] Mario Kart Wii | RCE | (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} | ¥5.800 | - 4.822 / 3.196.951 (+2%)
22./15. [PSP] Steins;Gate # | ADV | (Kadokawa Shoten) {2011.06.23} | ¥6.090 | - 4.785 / 112.176 (-36%)
23./14. [PSP] To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers # | RPG | (Aqua Plus) {2011.06.30} | ¥5.040 | - 4.735 / 56.200 (-37%)
24./21. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional | RPG | (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} | ¥4.440 | - 4.288 / 485.332 (-17%)
25./00. [NDS] Kokoro no Kokoron | ETC | (Bandai Namco) {2011.07.14} | ¥5.040 | - 3.722 / NEW
26./00. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii | ACT | (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} | ¥5.800 | - 3.643 / 4.259.982
27./27. [WII] Wii Party | ETC | (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} | ¥4.800 | - 3.544 / 1.900.183 (-2%)
28./18. [PS3] Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 # | RPG | (Gust) {2011.06.23} | ¥7.140 | - 3.446 / 125.379 (-43%)
29./29. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 | ACT | (Capcom) {2010.12.01} | ¥5.800 | - 3.292 / 4.459.372 (-1%)
30./28. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP | ADV | (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} | ¥6.090 | - 3.131 / 128.532 (-9%)

Top 30

PSP - 7
WII - 7
3DS - 6
PS3 - 6
NDS - 4

SOFTWARE
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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |
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|  PSP  |      33,3% |      19,5% |      21,7% |
|  PS3  |      23,9% |      33,6% |      16,4% |
|  WII  |      17,7% |      16,2% |      26,9% |
|  NDS  |      12,6% |      12,8% |      32,9% |
|  3DS  |      10,9% |      11,5% |       0,0% |
|  360  |       1,3% |       5,9% |       1,3% |
|  PS2  |       0,2% |       0,4% |       0,8% |
|  OTH  |       0,1% |       0,1% |       0,1% |
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HARDWARE
Code: 
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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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|  3DS  |     45.949 |     23.219 |          0 |  1.254.604 |          0 |   1.254.604 |
| PSP # |     25.013 |     25.778 |     30.994 |  1.155.102 |  1.331.144 |  17.432.033 |
|  PS3  |     22.807 |     21.199 |     25.641 |    684.344 |    907.134 |   6.634.231 |
|  WII  |     14.260 |     12.848 |     21.403 |    452.114 |  1.000.366 |  11.682.406 |
| NDS # |      6.447 |      7.108 |     45.796 |    635.372 |  1.537.744 |  32.759.670 |
|  360  |      1.582 |      1.911 |      5.897 |     74.091 |    123.533 |   1.480.754 |
|  PS2  |      1.048 |      1.078 |      1.459 |     38.180 |     57.831 |  21.934.091 |
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|  ALL  |    117.106 |     93.141 |    131.190 |  4.293.807 |  4.957.752 |  93.177.789 |
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|  DSi  |      6.279 |      6.924 |     41.076 |    609.669 |  1.409.375 |   8.170.542 |
|  DSL  |        168 |        184 |      4.720 |     25.703 |    128.369 |  18.139.922 |
| PSPGo |         56 |         98 |        858 |     19.639 |     42.415 |     160.091 |
|  PSP  |     24.957 |     25.680 |     30.136 |  1.135.463 |  1.288.729 |  17.271.942 |
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zomgbbqftw

Banned
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
So I'm wondering if any platform dropped its price more than 40% in a single cut, but have only found two tid-bits:
- Dreamcast dropped 50% from 20k to 10k (although it was the 2nd pricedrop, 1st was 30k to 20k so just 33%).
- SNES dubious numbers seemed to go from 25k (for six years) straight to 10k? Would be 60%.

Although I guess the best fit is the european Xbox launch which went from 479€ to 299€ like real soon, 37.5%.

Also worth noting 3DS will go from being the most expensive system after PS3 (30/35k) and 360 320GB/Kinect (30k) to being cheaper than a barebones PSP (17k), a PS2 (16k), the new Wii bundle (20k), 360 4G (20k), DSi LL (18k) and exactly the same as a DSi (15k).
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PS3 went from €599 to €399 in less than six months in Europe. That's a pretty big price reduction.
 
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Elios83

Member
zomgbbqftw said:
PS3 went from €599 to €399 in less than six months in Europe. That's a pretty big price reduction.
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That is also a different story, the 399$ model had nowhere the features of the 599$ model.
 
S

Spiegel

Member
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
So I'm wondering if any platform dropped its price more than 40% in a single cut, but have only found two tid-bits:
- Dreamcast dropped 50% from 20k to 10k (although it was the 2nd pricedrop, 1st was 30k to 20k so just 33%).
- SNES dubious numbers seemed to go from 25k (for six years) straight to 10k? Would be 60%.

Although I guess the best fit is the european Xbox launch which went from 479€ to 299€ like real soon, 37.5%.

Also worth noting 3DS will go from being the most expensive system after PS3 (30/35k) and 360 320GB/Kinect (30k) to being cheaper than a barebones PSP (17k), a PS2 (16k), the new Wii bundle (20k), 360 4G (20k), DSi LL (18k) and exactly the same as a DSi (15k).
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Wow

I'm guessing Sony will make one last psp price drop in September if 3DS starts doing big numbers
 
S

Souldriver

Member
Spiegel said:
Wow

I'm guessing Sony will make a last psp price drop in September if 3DS starts doing big numbers
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Wow indeed.

This makes me realize just how drastic the cut is. Cheaper than the PSP and its own predecessor! :O
 
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slaughterking

Member
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Also worth noting 3DS will go from being the most expensive system after PS3 (30/35k) and 360 320GB/Kinect (30k) to being cheaper than a barebones PSP (17k), a PS2 (16k), the new Wii bundle (20k), 360 4G (20k), DSi LL (18k) and exactly the same as a DSi (15k).
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Thanks for pointing that out.
Now I'm stating the obvious here, but that's some extremely agressive pricing. It'll be interesting to see how many of those 10-odd thousand weekly DS(i) buyers will be left after the price cut.
 
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mclem

Member
thestopsign said:
Golden Eye surpassed most people's expectations,
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Why *is* that? It's an FPS in Japan on the Wii, it sounds like it should be a perfect storm of poor sales, but it's doing okayish. Is the N64 title better-respected there than we might think?
 
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zomgbbqftw

Banned
mclem said:
Why *is* that? It's an FPS in Japan on the Wii, it sounds like it should be a perfect storm of poor sales, but it's doing okayish. Is the N64 title better-respected there than we might think?
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There has been such a huge software drought in the Wii that any new content will do tbh.
 
M

Majanew

Banned
Japan =/= World!!!! 360 is doing best in North America!

*posts NPD to prove it*

Seriously, MS should probably not even worry about releasing the next Xbox in Japan. Is it even worth it money-wise? 1,480,754 LTD? Damn, it's almost been passed by 3DS.
 
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onipex

Member
Truth101 said:
3DS sales are going to explode pretty soon.
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Nintendo hopes so because if they don't things will look bleak.

Edit:

I think sales will go up though. Doesn't a pokemon spinoff come out next week or this week?
 
onken

onken

Member
I wonder what the price drop will do for 3DS long-term. It will be the ultimate yard stick of whether hardware price of software quality is the deciding factor.
 
T

Truth101

Banned
onipex said:
Nintendo hopes so because if they don't things will look bleak.

Edit:

I think sales will go up though. Doesn't a pokemon spinoff come out next week or this week?
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They delayed it to August sometime. I guess to coincide with the price drop.
 
E

electroplankton

Banned
Devil Survivor 2 should put around 70-80k next week. What do you think?
The first one barely overcame the 100k mark, but it seems it left positive impressions on gamers.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
onken said:
I wonder what the price drop will do for 3DS long-term. It will be the ultimate yard stick of whether hardware price of software quality is the deciding factor.
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This is true but the price drop is so big that we won't have clear results for the first weeks.

DS price drop must not be far and Wii price drop in Japan must be coming too. 3DS alone can't justify the drop in projected profit.
 
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lunchwithyuzo

Banned
Chris1964 said:
This is true but the price drop is so big that we won't have clear results for the first weeks.

DS price drop must not be far and Wii price drop in Japan must be coming too. 3DS alone can't justify the drop in projected profit.
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Nintendo's clarified that there won't be any DSi/XL price drops btw. I could see a Japan Wii drop happening, but the WSR bundle seems to have already turned things around slightly.
 
T

TheNatural

My Member!
lunchwithyuzo said:
Nintendo's clarified that there won't be any DSi/XL price drops btw. I could see a Japan Wii drop happening, but the WSR bundle seems to have already turned things around slightly.
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Yeah I think the point is to move the 3DS into the DS family of pricing. The DS has still been selling great in the US, putting it $170 next to a $170 DSi XL and a $150 DSi is kinda the point to get people to move to buy the 3DS instead of just getting a DSi or something.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
lunchwithyuzo said:
Nintendo's clarified that there won't be any DSi/XL price drops btw. I could see a Japan Wii drop happening, but the WSR bundle seems to have already turned things around slightly.
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Nintendo clarifies many things. DS won't remain at this time for long unless they want to kill it completely within 6 months.

First day estimates from get-6. Queen's Blade and Devil Survivor 2 did 20-30k
 
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zomgbbqftw

Banned
Chris1964 said:
This is true but the price drop is so big that we won't have clear results for the first weeks.

DS price drop must not be far and Wii price drop in Japan must be coming too. 3DS alone can't justify the drop in projected profit.
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Well Bloomberg were quoting Nintendo saying that the 3DS would be selling for a loss at the new price point. Not sure if the translation was correct, but that would make up a large drop in net profits.
 
C

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
Cygnus X-1 said:
R&D, Yen being strong are all counted apart, right?
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Obviously but they were included at 2011 forecast before Nintendo decides the price drop. They aren't responsible for the new expectations.
 
T

Truth101

Banned
I guess there is no way to correctly estimate how the price-drop will affect sales. I expect quite a boost, but how much is what I can`t guess at. Does Pokemon battle release the 4th or 11th, I`m on my phone so can`t look it up.
 
M

Madao

Member
wait, so the 3DS is cheaper than a DSiXL in japan now? that's a bit extreme lol.

when was the last time a system was cheaper than it's predecessor while both were being sold?
 
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Father_Brain

Banned
Truth101 said:
I guess there is no way to correctly estimate how the price-drop will affect sales. I expect quite a boost, but how much is what I can`t guess at. Does Pokemon battle release the 4th or 11th, I`m on my phone so can`t look it up.
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11th. It was evidently delayed to coincide with the price cut.
 
T

Takao

Banned
FINALFANTASYDOG said:
I don't want to live in a world where in Japan this:

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Outsells this:

greatestgameever.jpg

Less then 7k, not even charting :(((((((((((((((((((((((((( Sadness to the extreme

Where did you go wrong Japan?
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I'd just like to say Natsume decided to localize this and not a game that would eventually do 100k. Dem priorities.

Inb4 "No one cares about Medabots Takao".
 
T

Truth101

Banned
Father_Brain said:
11th. It was evidently delayed to coincide with the price cut.
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I thought so. I expect to see a drop in 3DS because of people deciding to wait for the price-drop on the 11th, depending on how aggresive the new price advertisement is.
 
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mutsu

Member
Truth101 said:
I thought so. I expect to see a drop in 3DS because of people deciding to wait for the price-drop on the 11th, depending on how aggresive the new price advertisement is.
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There's no need to advertise. News is all over the place in the morning already apparently.
 
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