Japan Sales Thread *renamed

Media Create 2/12 to 2/18 numbers:

01. (NDS, Level 5) Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 136,736 / NEW
02. (PSP, Bandai-Namco) Tales of Destiny 2 - 73,022 / NEW
03. (NDS, Sega) Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem - 45,486 / NEW
04. (NDS, Konami) Death Note - 44,600 / NEW
05. (PS2, Nippon Ichi Software) Soul Cradle: Sekai wo Kurau Mono - 43,253 / NEW
06. (NDS, Nintendo) Picross DS - 41,105 / 156,664
07. (NDS, Square-Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 39,598 / 1,134,069
08. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 39,128 / 1,043,683
09. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Play - 29,342 / 908,774
10. (NDS, Nintendo) More Brain Age - 28,254 / 3,991,966

11. (NDS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros.
12. (NDS, Nintendo) Wario: Master of Disguise
13. (NDS, Marvelous Interactive) Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On
14. (NDS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing Wild World
15. (NDS, Nintendo) Hotel Dusk: Room 215
16. (NDS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training
17. (PS2, Capcom) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
18. (NDS, Nintendo) Mario Kart DS
19. (NDS, Nintendo) Brain Age
20. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokémon Diamond
21. (NDS, Nintendo) English Training
22. (NDS, IE Institute) Kanji Brain Test 2M
23. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokémon Pearl
24. (PS2, Sega) J-League Pro Soccer 5
25. (PS3, Sega) Virtua Fighter 5
26. (PSP, Capcom) Monster Hunter Portable
27. (NDS, Bandai-Namco) Heisei Board of Education DS
28. (NDS, Sega) Puyo-Puyo!
29. (PS2, Marvelous Interactive) Zero no Tsukaima: Shou-akuma to Harukaze no Concerto
30. (NDS, Rocket Co.) Kanji Test

PS2 - 4
PSP - 2
PS3 - 1
NDS - 21
WII - 2

http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html
 
zeckensack said:
And while we're at it, the hardware chart:
*zong!*
edit: Scratch that. These numbers are identical to last week's, probably because they are last weeks ;)
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MediaCreate 2/5-11

DSL 201,177
Wii 78,550
PSP 32,175
PS3 23,431
PS2 16,033
Xbox360 4,811
GBASP 980
GBM 884
GC 383
DS 121
GBA 36


MediaCreate 2/12-18

DSL 136,846
Wii 63,618
PSP 34,505
PS3 20,676
PS2 16,192
Xbox360 5,210
GBM 953
GBASP 843
GC 347
DS 153
GBA 40
 
<nu>faust said:
MediaCreate 2/5-11

DSL 201,177
Wii 78,550
PSP 32,175
PS3 23,431
PS2 16,033
Xbox360 4,811
GBASP 980
GBM 884
GC 383
DS 121
GBA 36


MediaCreate 2/12-18

DSL 136,846
Wii 63,618
PSP 34,505
PS3 20,676
PS2 16,192
Xbox360 5,210
GBM 953
GBASP 843
GC 347
DS 153
GBA 40
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Well so much for Zeck's argument that the 360 is decreasing at the greatest rate.
 
TheChefO said:
wow ... seems either Nintendo's DS factories are stalling or demand is starting to settle (market saturation?)

Wii number is also curious. :???:
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DS seems to fluctuate between about 120,000 and, 160-200k every other week. It seems to be supply issues. DS sales are incredible. For example, it's absurd it sold 200k last week. This is not a holiday or anything.

Wii seems to bouncing between like 65-75k in the same way. It's also apparantly sold out, but I dont think it's in as high demand as DS. Somebody commented that Wii's are selling closer to retail price in Japan now, which indicates some minor lessening of demand.
 
Media Create Sales 2/19 - 2/25

01. (PSP, Capcom) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 705,281 / NEW
02. (PS2, Alchemist) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - 80,002 / NEW
03. (WII, Nintendo) Fire Emblem: Goddess of the Dawn - 75,359 / NEW
04. (NDS, EA) SimCity DS - 50,826 / NEW
05. (NDS, Level 5) Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 49,979 / 186,716
06. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 47,053 / 1,090,736
07. (WII, Takara-Tomy) Naruto: Shippuuden Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX - 45,792 / NEW
08. (NDS, Square-Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 40,507 / 1,174,576
09. (WII, Nintendo) Wii Play - 35,811 / 944,586
10. (NDS, Nintendo) Picross DS - 26,693 / 183,357

11. (PS2, Banpresto) Lupin the 3rd: Death for Lupin from Love of Money
12. (NDS, Nintendo) More Brain Age
13. (NDS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros.
14. (NDS, Nintendo) Hotel Dusk: Room 215
15. (NDS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing Wild World
16. (NDS, Bandai-Namco) Keroro Gunsou Enshuu da yo! Zen-in Shuugou Part 2
17. (NDS, Nintendo) Wario: Master of Disguise
18. (NDS, Marvelous Interactive) Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On
19. (NDS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training
20. (NDS, Nintendo) Mario Kart DS
21. (360, Microsoft) Crackdown
22. (NDS, Konami) Death Note
23. (NDS, Nintendo) Brain Age
24. (PS2, Nippon Ichi Software) Soul Cradle: Sekai wo Kurau Mono
25. (PSP, Bandai-Namco) Tales of Destiny 2
26. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokémon Diamond
27. (NDS, Nintendo) English Training
28. (NDS, IE Institute) Kanji Brain Test 2M
29. (NDS, Sega) Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem
30. (PS2, Capcom) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

PS2 - 4
PSP - 2
NDS - 19
360 - 1
WII - 4

http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html
 
Crackdown making it onto the list is a nice performance for that title.

Gundam Musou launches today/tomorrow in Japan; it'll be interesting to see how it does.
 
Capcom is really hitting its stride these days. Those are some awesome numbers for a PSP games in Japan. :oops: Especially this month, such a huge sales difference to the number 2, a factor 9 nearly.
 
NavNucST3 said:
Probably the same as most non-handheld titles, one week on top (or in the top 30) and then bye-bye.
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You might be right, but Koei is openly targeting big sales for the game during its life, and it's the most pre-ordered PS3 game to date in Japan. Maybe it will only last one week, but it's how it does in that one week that interests me. :)
 
Carl B said:
You might be right, but Koei is openly targeting big sales for the game during its life, and it's the most pre-ordered PS3 game to date in Japan. Maybe it will only last one week, but it's how it does in that one week that interests me. :)
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But does the most pre-ordered ps3 games to date relate to numbers? VF5 probably was the last most pre-ordered ps3 game and that only sold 70k or so in the first week. And dont these anime games almost always sell good in the first week (or 2) because all the fans buy it but after that there is no one left wanting the game?
 
Carl B said:
Crackdown making it onto the list is a nice performance for that title.

Gundam Musou launches today/tomorrow in Japan; it'll be interesting to see how it does.
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Word from Sinobi (1st day leaked sales data) is that Gundam Musou sold pretty well, but didn't move much hardware.
 
Arwin said:
A lot of people can cough up $250, but anything from $500 upwards makes people swallow rather hard at least a couple of times.
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However, very, very few people will buy an item for $250 that they did not plan to buy when they entered the store unless they run into an exceptional salesman. $250 is high enough that most people will have to budget for it and aren't going to buy it just because the box catches their eye on the way to the underwear aisle. But it's low enough that people who don't make video gaming the center of their lives will consider it, i.e. "mainstream."
 
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