Japan Sales Thread

[deepbrown]

First day sales:

[PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 222k
[360] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 56k
[NDS] 7th Dragon (Sega) - 60k
[PS2] Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc (Bandai Namco) - 21k

http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/entry-10219569935.html

Big sales this week for RE5, PS3 version will probably sell more throughout the rest of the week as well.

My first week estimate would be 335k PS3, 75k 360 for RE5.

For reference here are the first day sales for RE4:

[GCN] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) - 117k
[PS2] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) - 145k
[Wii] Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (Capcom) - 27k

Good work! I think RE5 could be the biggest selling game of the year.

 

[NathansFortune]

Good work! I think RE5 could be the biggest selling game of the year.

Monster Hunter 3 says hello, along with FFXIII or GT5 should they make 2009.

 

[V3]

For Japan ? Don't forget DQ9, it got delayed, but should be out mid year.

 

[catisfit]

I think it's probably better to post monthly numbers rather than weekly ones as the stats:comments ratio is pretty far off :smile:

I can provide weekly, YTD, LTD numbers on request.

I'll keep the dates aligned with the NPD dates.

So here's February as it's NPD week (02/02/2009 - 02/03/2009, 4 week period):

[B]Home[/B]
       Feb      YTD
PS3:  87,400  171,347
Wii:  76,277  199,901
360:  55,273   91,173
PS2:  20,549   43,278

[B]Handheld[/B]
       Feb       YTD
NDS: 229,721   548,739
PSP: 134,365   319,834

[B]NDS Split[/B]
       Feb       YTD
DSi: 180,678   428,635
DSL:  49,043   120,104

 

[NathansFortune]

http://dubai.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1236414826/841
http://dubai.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1236414826/877
http://dubai.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1236414826/878

01. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 320,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Seventh Dragon (Sega) - 82,000 / NEW
03. [360] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 79,000 / NEW
04. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid (Koei) - 68,000 / 296,000
05. [PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Sega) - 57,000 / 414,000
06. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 43,000 / 378,000
07. [NDS] Aibou DS (Tecmo) - 33,000 / NEW
08. [PS2] Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc (Bandai Namco) - 29,000 / NEW
09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best (Capcom) - 23,000 / 474,000
10. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 19,000 / 3,219,000

11. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco) - 14,000 / 437,000
12. [NDS] Tennis no Oji-Sama: Doubles no Oji-Sama - Girls, Be Gracious! (Konami) - 13,000 / NEW
13. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 13,000 / 1,612,000
14. [WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 2 - Mezameru Yuusha (Bandai Namco) - 13,000 / 60,000
15.
16. [PSP] Idolmaster SP: Perfect Sun/Missing Moon/Wandering Star (Bandai Namco) - 8,900 / 154,000
17. [NDS] Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 (Bandai Namco) - 8,700 / 55,000
18. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo) - 8,300 / 769,000
19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 7,500 / 2,180,000
20. [360] Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (Square Enix) - 7,400 / 194,000
21. [PSP] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) - 7,100 / 194,000
22. [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) - 6,900 / 194,000
23. [NDS] Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi (Konami) - 6,700 / 313,000
24. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 6,600 / 2,355,000
25. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 6,600 / 187,000
26. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 6,400 / 1,045,000
27. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 6,300 / 4,946,000
28. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCE) - 6,200 / 83,000
29. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 6,000 / 1,090,000
30. [WII] Wii de Asobu: Mario Tennis GC (Nintendo) - 5,500 / 150,000

__. [PS3] Senjou no Valkyria, PlayStation 3 the Best (Sega) - 4,700 / NEW
__. [NDS] Simple DS Series Vol. 47: The Suiri: Shinshou 2009 (D3 Publisher) - 3,200 / NEW
__. [PSP] Minna no Golf Portable 2, PSP the Best (SCE) - 2,700 / NEW
__. [NDS] Kimokawa E! (5pb.) - 1,700 / NEW
__. [WII] Relaxuma: Minna de Goyururi Seikatsu (MTO) - 1,700 / NEW
__. [NDS] Sukashishipanman DS: Shokotak Koto Nakagawa Shouko Produce! (Interchannel) - 750 / NEW

DSL　10000
DSi　35000
PSP　61000
Wii　20000
PS3　40000
PS2　5000
360　14000

 

[Xenus]

Was there a new PSP model/color released this week? As I don't really see a new game to account for the sales spike.

 

[Gerry]

And the Media Create numbers for the week were...

PSP 59,568
PS3 39,835
DSi 32,102
Wii 16,560
Xbox 360 14,994
DS Lite 11,240

PS3 continues apace thanks to RE5. Wii almost overtaken by the 360.

 

[ErnstH]

Wii almost overtaken by the 360.

That would be the day.

 

[obonicus]

That would be the day.

I think it's happened already. What we haven't seen, though, is the Wii in 3rd place for consoles, which is what people thought was gonna happen last week.

 

[mrcorbo]

That would be the day.

*cough*

 

[fearsomepirate]

Wii's really fallen off. I think Nintendo was banking on Wii Music repeating the success of Wii Sports.

 

[obonicus]

This week's numbers:

Media Create

01. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z (KOEI) 112,000 / NEW
02. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) 61,000 / 381,000
03. [NDS] Picross 3D (Nintendo) 38,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (Nintendo) 38,000 / 389,000
05. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou MULTI RAID (KOEI) 33,000 / 316,000
06. [WII] Wii Play: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) 29,000 / NEW
07. [PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (SEGA) 24,000 / 449,000
08. [NDS] Seventh Dragon (SEGA) 22,000 / 102,000
09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Capcom) 16,000 / 484,000
10. [PSP] Resistance Retaliation (SCE) 16,000 / NEW

11. [NDS] Aibou DS (Tecmo)
12. [360] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
13. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 1st Love Plus (Konami)
14. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
15. [NDS] Atelier Annie: Alchemist of Sera island (Gust)
16. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
17. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco Bandai)
18. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
19. [PSP] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
20. [PS2] Galaxy Angel II (Broccoli)
21. [WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 2 - Mezameru Yuusha (Namco Bandai)
22. [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
23. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo)
24. [NDS] Shounen Sunday x Shounen Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine (Konami)
25. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon)
26. [NDS] Tennis no Oji-Sama: Doubles no Oji-Sama - Girls, Be Gracious! (Konami)
27. [PS2] Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc (Namco Bandai)
28. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Playstation 2 The Best) (SEGA)
29. [360] Idolmaster Twins (Namco Bandai)
30. [WII] Sonic and the Black Knight (SEGA)

PSP 43,463
PS3 28,014
DSi 27,564
Wii 17,941
DS Lite 11,571
Xbox 360 8,378
PS2 4,844

 

[JPT]

What is going on with the Wii, is the interest really dabbing of like that? Or is there lack of units in the channel? And the PS3 numbers looks good if you compare it to DSi and Wii, unless they supply constrained that is....

 

[Teasy]

What is going on with the Wii, is the interest really dabbing of like that? Or is there lack of units in the channel? And the PS3 numbers looks good if you compare it to DSi and Wii, unless they supply constrained that is....

PS3 sales have dropped off from nearly 40,000 to 28,000 so we'll have to wait and see if it continues to drop next week. Wii is selling quite consistently around 17,000-20,000 at the moment. Which suggests there aren't any big new games that appeal to the Japanese market being released at the moment (otherwise we'd at least see sales spikes).

The slowing of sales could also be partly due to the length of time Wii has been on the market without a price drop.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Yes, could well be market saturation at this price point.

 

[NathansFortune]

Yes, could well be market saturation at this price point.

Lack of games to drive it. Nintendo need to do something, but unfortunately it doesn't look like they have anything until Monster Hunter 3 which is much later in the year. MHG could possibly push it, but I have my doubts about MH series on home consoles; MHP does well because of the awesome ad-hoc co-op mode, but the Wii online service is terrible, the game would be much more suited to PS3/360 which have very mature online capabilities, but in a rare case it looks like Capcom made a bad decision (well two bad decisions, MH3 Wii exclusive and RE5 not on Wii).

 

[ManuVlad3.0]

Lack of games wasn't a issue to Wii before. Marketing saturation is a better explanation.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Lack of games wasn't a issue to Wii before. Marketing saturation is a better explanation.

I think we'll find the Wii unsaturated when the next Wii Sports comes out. And there will also be a ton of sales for the Motion Plus.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

I think we'll find the Wii unsaturated when the next Wii Sports comes out. And there will also be a ton of sales for the Motion Plus.

I wouldn't bet on that too heavily. Especially with the world wide economic downturn hitting Japan quite a bit harder than it is hitting the US.

Added to that I'd agree with previous comments that Wii is much closer to market saturation than one might think.

There will probably be some more bumps to sales, but I doubt we'll see any sustained significant growth for a while. Possibly when the economy there goes into an upswing, but even then I have some doubts.

Regards,
SB

 

[obonicus]

Why would the Wii be near saturation? Are we supposing that the expanded market isn't as big as the core market? The Wii still has a good ways to go before it reaches PS2 numbers.