Japan Sales Thread

[thop]

Just for completeness last week. Only important titles highlighted, not hard to figure out

01 ファイナルファンタジーXIII 1,501,964
02 New スーパーマリオブラザーズ 567,890
03 トモダチコレクション 165,575
04 ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド／ソウルシルバー 111,454
05 Wiiフィット プラス 92,561
06 イナズマイレブン2 〜脅威の侵略者〜 ファイア／ブリザード 71,085
07 ポケパークWii 〜ピカチュウの大冒険〜 70,750
08 レイトン教授と魔神の笛 54,128
09 ファンタシースターポータブル2 50,466
10 クイーンズブレイド スパイラルカオス 49,728

And this week. A bit disappointing second week for FFXIII, while NSMBW keeps selling.

01 New スーパーマリオブラザーズ　506,000 / 2,440,000
02 ゼルダの伝説 大地の汽笛　291,000 / 291,000
03 トモダチコレクション　227,000 / 2,317,000
04 ファイナルファンタジーXIII　189,000 / 1,690,000
05 ポケットモンスターハートゴールド/ソウルシルバー　125,000 / 3,465,000
06 Wii Fit Plus　114,000 / 1,315,000
07 イナズマイレブン2 驚異の侵略者　99,000 / 908,000
08 Wii Sports Resort　72,000 / 1,568,000
09 太鼓の達人Wiiドドーンと2代目　64,000 / 200,000
10 レイトン教授と魔神の笛　64,000 / 559,000

 

[Nesh]

Well...I dont speak Japanese

 

[thop]

Well one game is NSMBW and the other is FFXIII Anyway, hardware numbers for this week.

Wii 215,129
DSi 113,984
PS3 110,519
PSP 105,801
DSi LL 81,430
DS Lite 17,695
Xbox 360 6,489
PSP go 4,192
PS2 3,747

http://www.m-create.com/ranking/

I bet total Wii hardware sales of the next two weeks will be higher than PS3, despite FFXIII.

I'll take that bet.

Me too.

PS3 237,086 110,519 347,605
Wii 191,915 215,129 407,044

 

[thop]

Also worth noting is that 16 titles in the Top 20 and and 37 in the Top 50 are on Nintendo systems.

 

[SG79]

~60K difference, not bad at all compared to the pre-price cut periods, especially last year. Still, the Wii remains king and that 200K+ figure isn't mostly attributed to NSMB (at 500K+), whereas last week's and this week's PS3 figure is FFXIII's magic still working.

Another 188K for FFXIII. I suppose the shipment may have exceeded 2 million now.

 

[Arwin]

Heh, Nice one thop! At least I was right to say earlier that the PS3 wouldn't overtake the Wii in terms of yearly sales ...

 

[djskribbles]

Well one game is NSMBW and the other is FFXIII Anyway, hardware numbers for this week.

Wii 215,129
DSi 113,984
PS3 110,519
PSP 105,801
DSi LL 81,430
DS Lite 17,695
Xbox 360 6,489
PSP go 4,192
PS2 3,747

http://www.m-create.com/ranking/



PS3 237,086 110,519 347,605
Wii 191,915 215,129 407,044

Marge: Lisa, no one likes a gloater, right Homie?
Homer: Uh huh
Marge: See...

 

[thop]

If that qualifies as gloating then prepare for proper gloating next time

 

[djskribbles]

I'm jk.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Interesting watching this play out. After reading some of the impressions of FFXIII combat I'm not entirely surprised that sales of it have dropped so relatively quickly. And with the drop in sales, it also pretty much determined what PS3 hardware sales would be in relation to the Wii.

I was expecting both to do a little better. Not at all surprised that Wii still managed to do a bit better. I was figuring a close battle either way for top hardware sales with it having a chance to go either way.

That in itself speaks volumes for either [1] How well PS3 can compete now, [2] How Wii is more "normal" now, or [3] a combination of [1] and [2].

Regards,
SB

 

[NavNucST3]

Interesting watching this play out. After reading some of the impressions of FFXIII combat I'm not entirely surprised that sales of it have dropped so relatively quickly. And with the drop in sales, it also pretty much determined what PS3 hardware sales would be in relation to the Wii.

I was expecting both to do a little better. Not at all surprised that Wii still managed to do a bit better. I was figuring a close battle either way for top hardware sales with it having a chance to go either way.

That in itself speaks volumes for either [1] How well PS3 can compete now, [2] How Wii is more "normal" now, or [3] a combination of [1] and [2].

Regards,
SB

I don't really understand this sentiment, it is essentially tracking as most other FF titles have "good"/"bad" combat or not.

 

[djskribbles]

Yeah, all FF games are extremely front-loaded, especially in Japan.

 

[obonicus]

FFXIII didn't drop quickly, it's in line with how FF games drop off, normally. 1.5M was way above what a lot of people were predicting, but also well below how the PS2 games opened.

As for normalcy, we can't really say much about that looking only at December. We have to see what effect Mario has on Wii sales in the long term.

 

[thop]

This week.

1 Wii New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii 268,212
4 PS3 ファイナルファンタジーXIII（同梱版含む）111,705

Wii 163,855
PSP 132,911
PS3 114,368
DSi 92,461
DSi LL 70,643
DS Lite 17,388
Xbox 360 6,878
PS2 4,023
PSP go 3,903

http://www.m-create.com/ranking/

 

[djskribbles]

Surprised the PS3 went up a little.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

PS3 continuing to do well, so that's definitely encouraging. Are there any other big PS3 titles recently launched other than FFXIII over there?

Regards,
SB

 

[obonicus]

It's sorta only FFXIII. A few early next year, I think, but after March, I think, it'll be a bit barren, barring unforeseen releases. Wii isn't much better, but Mario might (will?) show up in top 10 for a good chunk of 2010.

 

[SG79]

I think the only notable release is a re-release of RE5 (with the DLC) called Alternative Edition that's hitting mid Feb. Incidentally, you'd need that version if you want to play the new scenarios ASAP, otherwise it's March 9 for DLC's worldwide and later in the month for the western disc versions.

 

[djskribbles]

There's more than that... there's GT5, a few RPG's, Yakuza 4 and a Gundam (I think) game. Not sure how this will do, but there's also the "This is it" bundle.

 

[Arwin]

I'm actually quite curious how Heavy Rain will do in Japan. It probably won't do great, but there is something about it that makes me feel that it could be popular there.