Media Create Sales Dec 13 - Dec 19 and Dec 20 - Dec 26

[Teasy]

Hardware:

--------This week - (last week) - total
1: DS - 221,625 - (198,892) - 889,400
2: PS2 - 112,970 - (98,323) - 2,503,532
3: PSP - 85,059 - (160,019) - 245,078
4: GBASP - 80,271 - (48,912) - 2,340,693
5: GC - 29,991 - (25,359) - 588,528
6: GBA - 1,270 - (897) - 194,148
7: Xbox - 499 - (385) - 36,379
8: SC - 70 - (44) - 7388
9: PSone - 40 - (35) - 13,939

Software:

1. PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Limited Edition included) 548,186
2. PS2 Tales of Rebirth 335,014
3. PS2 Dragon Quest VIII 152,295 2,999,266
4. PS2 Movement Soldier Gundam Gundam VS. Z Gundam 64,267 247,850
5. DS Sawaru Made in Wario 63,474 270,382
6. PSP Shin Sangoku Musou 61,488
7. GC Mario Party 6 60,856 278,439
8. DS Super Mario 64 DS 59,373 265,575
9. PS2 Daito Pachislot Simulator 49,163 238,090
10. GBA Yoshi no Banyuuin Ryoku 48,681
11 Jungle Beat GC 46,000
12 Gundam PS2 46,000
13 Yoshi GBA 45,000
14 Super Robot Wars GC 36,000
15 Pokemon dash 35,000 109,000
16 Power Pro Baseball 11 PS2 34,000
17 Naruto 3 GC 31,000 209,000
18 Everybodys Golf PSP 31,000 97,000
19 Latest Namco Drum Outing 29,000
20 Ridge Racers PSP 27,000 87,000
21 R&C 3 PS2 25,000
22 MG:A PSP 24,000
23 Wario Turnaround thingy GBA 21,000
24 Bandai's white witch RPG PSP 21,000
25 Anywhere Together?? 18,000
26 FIFA Total Football 2 17,000
27 Power Pro Baseball Pocket 7 GBA 16,000
28 Mario Tennis GC 15,000
29 Hudson's board game thingy 14,000

 

[cthellis42]

That reminds me to cry that The MagicBox is having account problems now. Come back, my lovely source of Japanese sales information! Hehe...

 

[Deepak]

Good to see MGS3 on top. But where is Ridge Racers (PSP) in the list, didn't it sell well.

 

[cthellis42]

But where is Ridge Racers (PSP) in the list, didn't it sell well.

It's week #2, and the PSP doesn't have enough units out to show their games up in the top 10. Probably 2 or 3 of their prominent titles in the 11-20 slots, though. (PSP and Minna no Golf, and maybe Metal Gear Acid or Dynasty Warriors [perhaps Mojipittan?] which are other popular games to show up on the 16th. I don't know how popular Armored Core is, offhand.)

I've always wondered a bit about how small the performance for some high-profile titles are for new systems. Why does it seem like so many people buy a system (portable or not) and one game, and ride on that for a long time? I'm not even positive right now with the DS or PSP whether software sales are more than hardware sales, which means some people might have gotten the hardware with NO games! Which, I guess for new systems, is a possibility. (Buying simply to turn it around and sell on eBay, or buying a high-demand product to make sure you have it for when the games you DO want eventually come around...) Just seems weird to me.

 

[Deepak]

So maybe most people buy only one game with launch. BTW what is SC in the hardware list?

 

[Teasy]

Ridge Racer for PSP sold 27,000 and was number 20 on the list.

BTW, I've updated my post with some rough software sales that I found that where, apparently, from the same source. So the software list goes up to number 29 now.

 

[one]

So maybe most people buy only one game with launch. BTW what is SC in the hardware list?

Bandai Swan Crystal, maybe? Apparently it had Final Fantasy 1/2, but never 3 (3 was announced for NDS though)

... and DS already surpassed the total sales of GC in Japan. I imagine Iwata can't stop laughing now

 

[Teasy]

Here's the next week of Japanese sales

Media Create 20th to 26th:

------This week -- Last week -- Increase ---- Total

DS ------ 396,674 ---- 221,625 ---- 79% ---- 1,286,074
GBASP -- 190,268 ---- 80,271 ----- 136% -- 2,530,961
PS2 ----- 188,134 ---- 112,970 ---- 68% ---- 2,691,666
GC ------ 108,311 ---- 29,991 ----- 270% --- 696,839
PSP ----- 107,217 ---- 85,059 ----- 25% ----- 352,295
GBA ---- 3,877 ------- 1,270 ------ 200% ---- 198,025
Xbox --- 704 --------- 499 --------- 41% ----- 37,083
PSone -- 90 ---------- 40 ---------- 125% ---- 14,029
SC ------ 76 ---------- 70 ---------- 9% ------- 7464

 

[Deepak]

From MagicBox:

Here are the first day sales of new game titles released in Japan on December 28.

Gran Turismo 4 (PS2, Sony) - 343,000 units
To Heart 2 Primary Deluxe Edition (PS2, Aqua Plus) - 41,000 units
To Heart 2 Limited Edition (PS2, Aqua Plus) - 16,000 units
Hajime no Ippo: Victorious Boxers The Fighting All Stars (PS2, ESP) - 14,000 units
To Heart 2 (PS2, Aqua Plus) - 9,400 units
The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout Limited Edition (PS2, SNK Playmore) - 8,500 units
The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout (PS2, SNK Playmore) - 2,100 units
Chu Kana Janshi Limited Edition (PS2, CyberFront) - 1,000 units
Chu Kana Janshi (PS2, CyberFront) - 900 units

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Here are the Top 10 best selling titles in Japan for the week of December 20 - 26.

Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special (PS2, Square Enix) - 185,000 units
Super Mario 64 DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 125,000 / 366,000 units
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2, Konami) - 122,000 / 610,000 units
Dragon Quest VIII (PS2, Square Enix) - 118,000 / 3,281,000 units
Mario Party 6 (GC, Nintendo) - 104,000 / 373,000 units
Sawaru Made in Wario (NDS, Nintendo) - 100,000 / 350,000 units
Pokemon Emerald (GBA, Pokemon) - 84,000 / 1,335,000 units
Rockman EXE 5: Team of Blues (GBA, Capcom) - 83,000 / 204,000 units
Kessen III (PS2, Koei) - 78,000 / 78,000 units
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GC, Nintendo) - 74,000 / 121,000 units

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Here are the hardware sales in Japan for December 20 - 26, Nintendo DS breaks one million during the week.

Nintendo DS - 252,000 units
PlayStation 2 - 145,000 units
GameBoy Advance SP - 111,000 units
PlayStation Portable - 92,000 units
GameCube - 54,000 units

 

[Evil_Cloud]

Pokemon Emerald (GBA, Pokemon) - 84,000 / 1,335,000 units

Amazing the franchise is still doing very well.

 

[Blade]

Hey Deepak, where are my Xbox numbers?

 

[cthellis42]

Is it just me, or were some people looking forward to Dragon Quest VIII?

 

[hey69]

PSP ----- 107,217 ---- 85,059 ----- 25% ----- 352,295


that's more then what sony promised. 200k on launch with 100k a week after that
12-19 december: 200k
19-26 december:352k

hm or it is actually , week before 12/12 200k
+ 12-19 december: +85000
+ 19-26 december : +107.217

hm, ok it is what sony claimed 200k + 100k /week for december

 

[Evil_Cloud]

PSP ----- 107,217 ---- 85,059 ----- 25% ----- 352,295


that's more then what sony promised. 200k on launch with 100k a week after that
12-19 december: 200k
19-26 december:352k

hm or it is actually , week before 12/12 200k
+ 12-19 december: +85000
+ 19-26 december : +107.217

hm, ok it is what sony claimed 200k + 100k /week for december

Sony shipped 100k units around last week, and at that time they were already at +200k, so the numbers sound quite right.

 

[Li Mu Bai]

Media Create Sales: 20 - 26 Dec #1
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1 PS2 Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special 201,005
2 DS Super Mario 64 DS 150,550 (416,125)
3 GC Mario Party 6 138,124 (416,563)
4 GBA Yoshi no Banyuuin Ryoku 112,663 (161,344)
5 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Konami 110,438 (658,624)
6 GC Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat 107,467 (155,000)
7 DS Sawaru Made in Wario 106,861 (377,243)
8 GBA Rockman EXE 5 Blue Team 105,104
9 PS2 Dragon Quest VIII 104,211 (3,103,477)
10 GBA Konjiki no Gashbell! Unare Yujou no Dengeki 2 102,210

I suspect SM64 DS is easily closing in on a million already between JPN/NA. Mario Party numbers never cease to amaze me........how?

 

[Evil_Cloud]

Mario Party numbers never cease to amaze me........how?

They added a microphone, and if you knew about the Japanese karaoke tradition.

 

[Blade]

American reviews for the game (MP6) are pretty solid, too. I suspect it'll move at least 500K units over here in the US.

While Metroid Prime 2, a superior game, will probably sputter out somewhere below.. unless it's already passed 500K..

 

[Evil_Cloud]

American reviews for the game (MP6) are pretty solid, too. I suspect it'll move at least 500K units over here in the US.

While Metroid Prime 2, a superior game, will probably sputter out somewhere below.. unless it's already passed 500K..

Metroid (Prime) was never a big seller in Japan, sales almost fully depend on the North-American & European markets.