Japan Sales Thread

[Silent_Buddha]

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.

If it included a "girlfriend simulator" or a karaoke segment or "photograph the female characters" mode I'd be pretty up on it's chances. As is, though it'll be interesting to see how it's received over there. "Novel games" are fairly popular but usually only in regards to the previously mentioned game types or in Hentai games.

Regards,
SB

 

[SG79]

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.

Yakuza 4 will be huge of course, but aren't most of those out in late March to early April?

 

[obonicus]

GT5 is March, I think.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

It's sorta only FFXIII. A few early next year, I think, but after March, I think, it'll be a bit barren...

Which doesn't bode well for the motion controls if they launch in March to be followed with no games at all!

 

[thop]

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

New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii 158,994
ファイナルファンタジーXIII 41,663

PSP 145,682
Wii 76,772
PS3 61,591
DSi 50,178
DSi LL 45,221
DS Lite 10,067
Xbox 360 5,461
PS2 3,092
PSP go 2,841

 

[obonicus]

NSMB Wii seems to be stock-constrained, for what it's worth.

 

[Arwin]

What caused the PSP spike?

 

[obonicus]

Birth By Sleep released, the new KH game (and more of a 'main' title than anything since KH2).

 

[thop]

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

New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii 138,683
ファイナルファンタジーXIII <20,370

PSP 71,186
Wii 57,349
PS3 35,156
DSi LL 30,418
DSi 27,292
DS Lite 6,574
Xbox 360 4,622
PS2 2,580
PSP go 2,027

 

[NavNucST3]

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

New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii 138,683
ファイナルファンタジーXIII <20,370

PSP 71,186
Wii 57,349
PS3 35,156
DSi LL 30,418
DSi 27,292
DS Lite 6,574
Xbox 360 4,622
PS2 2,580
PSP go 2,027

DSiLL holding much stronger than I think most people would have imagined.

 

[obonicus]

Hopefully it becomes a trend, and we get bigger and bigger handhelds (or laptops, hopefully).

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Heh, I wouldn't mind bigger handhelds as I get older and older and my eyesight gets worse and worse. I'll be needing reading glasses soon. It's a bit odd to go from living your entire life being nearsighted to suddenly being farsighted and unable to focus on objects up close... I'm rambling aren't I?

Regards,
SB

 

[thop]

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

PSP 52,909
Wii 45,167
PS3 26,966
DSi LL 24,059
DSi 20,373
DS Lite 4,966
Xbox 360 3,343
PS2 2,088
PSP go 1,773

 

[patsu]

Cool, Valkyria 2 launched.

 

[baten]

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

PSP 52,909
Wii 45,167
PS3 26,966
DSi LL 24,059
DSi 20,373
DS Lite 4,966
Xbox 360 3,343
PS2 2,088
PSP go 1,773

What's up with the PSP? How can it dare sell more than the DSL+DSi+DSiLL combined?

 

[patsu]

3 new games released in Oct, including Valkyria 2 !

 

[JPT]

3 new games released in Oct, including Valkyria 2 !

Valkyria could be the reason for me to get a PSPGO, even though its more expensive than a Wii....

 

[obonicus]

The Wii's not getting Valkyria, though.

On the other hand, Nintendo announced the date for Other M today, as well as a Mistwalker/Hironobu Sakaguchi game and they renamed Monado in Japan to Xenoblade, and it looks sorta like a Xeno* game. So, uh, Wii's looking up.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

The Wii's not getting Valkyria, though.

I think JPT's point is just that PSPGo is dead expensive!

 

[obonicus]

I think JPT's point is just that PSPGo is dead expensive!

Oh, sure, I understood. I just don't think it's a good comparison. The Wii's not particularly expensive, and the situations in which you're in the market for either a Go or a Wii seem pretty rare. Especially if you go by game selection.