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[GrotesqueBeauty]

Dead Rising 2 -- 370K across all platforms
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep -- 225K
Metroid: Other M -- 173K

Oh, thank Jesus for posting Other M sales. My curiosity was consuming me. :lol

I guess those are okay-ish numbers. One has to wonder how much money they sunk into all those cut scenes though.

 

[Rainier]

Dead Rising 2 -- 370K across all platforms
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep -- 225K
Metroid: Other M -- 173K


Numbers are real, unable to comment further. And this is not a policy shift re: leaks, so don't get any ideas.

DR2 numbers seem lower than I thought, if that includes PC. Wait, that doesn't include Steam sales, right?

 

[Massa]

Good numbers for KH, gives me hope for God of War.

DR2 numbers seem lower than I thought, if that includes PC. Wait, that doesn't include Steam sales, right?

I would assume it's retail only.

 

[Truespeed]

Why? is apple tv an ultra success

It's got 8GB on board so they definitely have future plans for it.

 

[Pureauthor]

Well, that's decent sales for BbS.

I guess.

 

[Pooya]

nvm.

 

[Karma]

It's got 8GB on board so they definitely have future plans for it.

No controller and only powerful enough to run iPhone level games. Dont think it is a threat to any of the current console makers.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Dead Rising 2 released fairly late in the month.

 

[fernoca]

that's quite great actually, How did Days do?

The game released September 29, 2009 in the US; so:

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

September 2009
11. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360) / Square Enix (Eidos) / 208,600
12. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (NDS) / Square Enix / (N/A)
13. Scribblenauts (NDS) / Warner Bros. / 194,000

October 2009
09. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 (DS) / Square Enix / 169,000

 

[PSGames]

Dead Rising 2 -- 370K across all platforms
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep -- 225K
Metroid: Other M -- 173K


Numbers are real, unable to comment further. And this is not a policy shift re: leaks, so don't get any ideas.

Awesome. Thanks a lot for these man. Hopefully you'll continue to get nuggets like this for the 'big releases' going forward.

Dead Rising 2 is disappointing for such a fantastic game. One of my favorite games of the year so far. :-/

 

[jett]

Impressive BBS sales.

DR2 numbers seem on the low side. Most excellent.

 

[Busaiku]

that's quite great actually, How did Days do?

EDIT: 169k Oct NPD

It was out for a few days in September, did more than 194k, less than 208.6k.

 

[Rainier]

Dead Rising 2 released fairly late in the month.

Is there an accepted consensus as to how many days a front-loaded game needs to be on sale before said amount of days is not considered an issue? Serious question.

 

[Pooya]

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

September 2009
11. Batman: Arkham Asylum (360) / Square Enix (Eidos) / 208,600
12. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (NDS) / Square Enix / (N/A)
13. Scribblenauts (NDS) / Warner Bros. / 194,000


October 2009
09. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 (DS) / Square Enix / 169,000

So around 200k in Sep and 169k in Oct, 370k total, so that's not very good for BbS.

 

[Osuwari]

Dead Rising 2 -- 370K across all platforms
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep -- 225K
Metroid: Other M -- 173K

Numbers are real, unable to comment further. And this is not a policy shift re: leaks, so don't get any ideas.

shit. Other M might end selling as bad as Hunters at this rate.

 

[Infinite Justice]

So around 200k in Sep and 169k in Oct, 370k total, so that's not very good for BbS.

well it did 225k on a platform that's a software wasteland in the US so it gets some kudos.

Not expecting it appearing for October at all though.

 

[Spike]

I'm expecting the release of DKCR and a possible price drop to catapult Wii sales again.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Last PSP game to chart was Dissidia, right? very good news for BBS.

even beat out a Wii first party game, hehe

 

[Pooya]

well it did 225k on a platform that's a software wasteland in the US so it gets some kudos.

Not expecting it appearing for October at all though.

for a PSP game is very impressive of course but for Kingdom Hearts series and for a game like BbS (compared with what Days was), it's not :\ .

 

[Chris1964]

So around 200k in Sep and 169k in Oct, 370k total, so that's not very good for BbS.

358/2 Days was a slow burner. It sold way more than this.

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

How much did Dead Rising 1 sell in its first month compared to Dead Rising 2?

 

[Osuwari]

I'm expecting the release of DKCR and a possible price drop to catapult Wii sales again.

imo, a DKCR bundle with a special colored Wii and preloaded DKC trilogy might help more. the DKC bundle in the SNES days helped a lot and DK64's special N64 was also helpful.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Metroid: Other M -- 173K

Reggie can't be happy about this.

 

[szaromir]

Confession Time: It probably sold more in Europe

Isn't Metroid traditionally the strongest in the US?

I have a tip for Nintendo - release Metroid 2D on handhelds. The fact that we have to play Spiderman games for the Metroidvania fix should tell it all.

 

[Chris1964]

How much did Dead Rising 1 sell in its first month compared to Dead Rising 2?

August 8, 2006 release
[360] Dead Rising (Capcom) - 337.000

 

[Canova]

Dead Rising 2 -- 370K across all platforms
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep -- 225K
Metroid: Other M -- 173K


Numbers are real, unable to comment further. And this is not a policy shift re: leaks, so don't get any ideas.

Didn't Inafune predict 3M for DR2?

 

[hatchx]

173k is not as bad as it could have been for Metroid.

Software sales seems kind of low if you don't consider Halo.

 

[Chris1964]

Didn't Inafune predict 3M for DR2?

First target for it is to sell the initial shipment.

 

[Nirolak]

173k is not as bad as it could have been for Metroid.

Software sales seems kind of low if you don't consider Halo.

Yeah the charts have been getting more and more top loaded to the number one selling title of the month.

It's very rare for more than two titles to do well, so we're nearing a very hard collapse in the current development model at this rate.

 

[Branduil]

What is Other M at worldwide?

 

[Snuggles]

Dead Rising 2 -- 370K across all platforms

Across all platforms? Fuck, that's not so good.

Goddammit.

What a shame. This is all you guys's fault.

Didn't Inafune predict 3M for DR2?

Capcom expect 1.8 mil. Which is well under what the game deserves, but OH WELL.

 

[PSGames]

August 8, 2006 release
[360] Dead Rising (Capcom) - 337.000

Hmmm well as long as it does well in Europe hopefully it can break a million at least.

 

[Nirolak]

What is Other M at worldwide?

Well, it bombed way harder in Japan and Europe, so not good.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Wait

Does that mean Case Zero likely outsold DR2?

 

[Takao]

Thank you Nomura.

 

[PSGames]

Wait

Does that mean Case Zero likely outsold DR2?

Case Zero's sales were worldwide.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Case Zero's sales were worldwide.

Oh, that makes a lot more sense.

DR2's sales are curiously low, then. The game was well advertised, the original was a million seller.

The only thing I can think of, really, is that people bought the first game, didn't like it, and decided to pass on the sequel.

 

[Canova]

now, let's wait for Enslaved sale number, then DmC backlash will be complete

MWWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:lol

 

[Chris1964]

Capcom expect 1.8 mil. Which is well under what the game deserves, but OH WELL.

Capcom expects it to sell 3 million. That the forecast for the first half of FY -> meaning initial shipment.

 

[Takao]

I'd imagine the fact its been four years since the first Dead Rising probably had something to do with it. When you start a franchise out like that, and have the sequel released so far apart, you kind of have to keep the game relevant in people's minds somehow. Capcom didn't really do that with DR.

 

[Snuggles]

Either way, it's a shame. But I guess greatness isn't always recognized.

Capcom could have done a better job advertising it, but I gotta give em credit for taking in Blue Castle and making them Capcom Vancouver.

honestly I just wanna separate the 360 numbers since they're probably the majority so at least we can put a solid number on it, no matter how depressing it is.

 

[x Maiku x]

DR2 is probably going to do pretty good this month, too. It did almost 400K in just 3 days.

 

[Sean]

August 8, 2006 release
[360] Dead Rising (Capcom) - 337.000

Wow that's all DR1 sold in it's first month? I always thought it opened with like 700-800k. Maybe I'm mixing it up with Lost Planet.

Dead Rising 2's sales don't seem that bad then.

 

[Phenomic]

Well just a hunch but I don't think we are going to be seeing another Team Ninja Metroid. I enjoyed Other M so I'm kinda on the fence about if I think that's good or not. I think they might look at it and try to go back to 1st Person Adventure again which I'd rather not have at this point either despite me loving the Prime Series. Reggie wanting 1.5 million and getting less then 200k yeeeeeeah.

 

[Pooya]

I'd imagine the fact its been four years since the first Dead Rising probably had something to do with it. When you start a franchise out like that, and have the sequel released so far apart, you kind of have to keep the game relevant in people's minds somehow. Capcom didn't really do that with DR.

yeah, all they did was releasing a horrible Wii port, DR2 is two years late :| .

Wow that's all DR1 sold in it's first month? I always thought it opened with like 700-800k. Maybe I'm mixing it up with Lost Planet.

Dead Rising 2's sales don't seem that bad then.

it ranked 16th in September, couldn't find any numbers for that.

 

[szaromir]

173k is not as bad as it could have been for Metroid.

Software sales seems kind of low if you don't consider Halo.

That was obvious the moment NPD and Microsoft gave their numbers, software sales shrank 6% while Halo sales increased from 1.5M to 3.3M and Reach had more expensive SKUs then ODST, meaning the rest of the industry is much, much smaller than last year.

 

[Kusagari]

Man, I really want to see the breakdown on DR2 360 to DR2 PS3.

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

August 8, 2006 release
[360] Dead Rising (Capcom) - 337.000

Thanks. Interesting to see that across all platforms, Dead Rising 2 was just above Dead Rising 1 in sales. Dead Rising 2 might have had less time on the chart, but it had a whole lot more potential buyers between all systems, compared to just Xbox 360 back in 2006.

A proper demo across all platforms would have garnered more attention and potentially more sales to Dead Rising 2.

 

[Moegames]

looks like xbox 360 is taken over the wii in sales for good now..i was not quite convinced for the past few months the 360 outsold the wii..but its now confirmed in my book that wii is and will never surpass the 360 in terms of hardware sales in any month again this gen.

The 360 has really did some smooth marketing here.. they knew the wii could only last for so long with dated hardware..eventually people would want more graphics in their games.. MS decided on the kinetic later in 360's life cycle because the wii fanatics would most likely jump ship for a kinetic machine and 360 ...and you can clearly see that happening.

As for Sony's Move...ugh.. i just dont know how i feel about it being successful or not...

Overall im quite glad to see the xbox 360 take full control of hardware and software sales...i predicted this many moons ago when gafers would laugh at me and shove wii sales in my face...man it use to piss me off but i knew inside that the wii wont have legs this gen for the simple fact that people want HD graphics now days..more so now then the start of this gen.

The good news is this.. hopefully the wii will drop in price..to the point the less fortunate can afford one now.. that does make me happy inside

 

[Kusagari]

now, let's wait for Enslaved sale number, then DmC backlash will be complete

MWWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:lol

Enslaved won't make the top 10 so we won't get numbers.