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Media Create Sales: Week 43, 2013 (Oct 21 - Oct 27)

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Aquamarine

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[B]FAMITSU HARDWARE SALES, WEEK 43, 2013 (October 21th - October 27th):[/B]

3DS - 117,010
PSV - 24,002
PS3 - 12,129
PSP - 3,451
[B]WIU - 3,010[/B]
WII - 865
360 - 169

It's interesting how Media Create is showing a dramatic drop into the 2.5K territory, but Famitsu is staying firm at above 3K.
 
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Dr. Feel Good

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Aquamarine said:
Code: 
[B]FAMITSU HARDWARE SALES, WEEK 43, 2013 (October 21th - October 27th):[/B]

3DS - 117,010
PSV - 24,002
PS3 - 12,129
PSP - 3,451
[B]WIU -3,010[/B]
WII - 865
360 - 169

It's interesting how Media Create is showing a dramatic drop into the 2.5K territory, but Famitsu is staying firm at above 3K.
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Is this serious? At 500 units this is basically statistical noise. It's not like they are going out an counting by hand what was sold, at the end of the day it's still an estimate and being within 500 units of each other is pretty close. As a percentage maybe not, but when you're dealing with small numbers percentages fluctuate much more drastically.
 
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emb

Member
Aquamarine said:
Code: 
[B]FAMITSU HARDWARE SALES, WEEK 43, 2013 (October 21th - October 27th):[/B]

3DS - 117,010
PSV - 24,002
PS3 - 12,129
PSP - 3,451
[B]WIU -3,010[/B]
WII - 865
360 - 169

It's interesting how Media Create is showing a dramatic drop into the 2.5K territory, but Famitsu is staying firm at above 3K.
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People must be downloading Wii Us.
 
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ambientmystic

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BadWolf said:
Had no idea Sonic did so terribly in Japan as a series, wow.
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Wasn't the idea of Sonic (as both a mascot and a game franchise) conceived by Sega during the Genesis era to appeal to American youth/teen sensibilities during the 90s?

Y'know, with the wagging finger, the cool attitude and not to mention the gotta go fast mentality.

Heck the second game was basically made completely in America and was a collaboration between Sonic Team and STI (headed by Mark Cerny at the time!) which was also based in the States, AFAIR. Sega Japan had nearly nothing to do with the Genesis series from 2 onwards.
 
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Ty4on

Member
Alrus said:
I wonder what happened with the Sonic brand in Japan. Sonic Adventure on GC did rather well iirc.
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Have Sonic games ever been popular in Japan? Sonic 2 was developed in the US and the only Sega console to do well in Japan was the one without Sonic.

Aquamarine said:
It's interesting how Media Create is showing a dramatic drop into the 2.5K territory, but Famitsu is staying firm at above 3K.
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I wouldn't call 10 over firmly above :p
 
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gigantor21

Member
ambientmystic said:
Wasn't the idea of Sonic (as both a mascot and a game franchise) conceived by Sega during the Genesis era to appeal to American youth/teen sensibilities during that era?

Y'know, with the wagging finger, the cool attitude and not to mention the gotta go fast mentality.

Heck the second game was basically made in completely in America and was a collaboration between Sonic Team and STI (headed by Mark Cerny at the time!) which was also based in the States, AFAIR.
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Cerny worked on Sonic 2!?

Jesus Christ, what part of my gaming history HASN'T this guy been involved in?
 
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enishi

Member
Sinobi shows the top 50 selling titles in 21st century in Japan. As expected, DS ruled Japan in last decade.
http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/entry-11658137027.html

Data from 2000/1/1 - 2013/9/29

01：NDS「New Super Mario Bros.」6,424,042
02：NDS「Pokemon Diamond/Pearl」5,826,538
03：NDS「Pokemon Black/White」5,488,538
04：GBA「Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire」5,337,045
05：NDS「Animal Crossing WW」5,239,465
06：NDS「Brain Training 2」5,082,322
07：Wii「New Super Mario Bros. Wii」4,567,937
08：PSP「Monster Hunter Portable 3rd」4,502,846
09：NDS「Dragon Quest IX」4,155,855
10：NDS「Mario Kart DS」4,002,914

11：NDS「Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver」3,936,086
12：NDS「Brain Training」3,847,136
13：3DS「Animal Crossing NL」3,823,486
14：Wii「Wii Sports」3,724,264
15：NDS「Tomodachi Collection」3,690,500
16：Wii「Mario Kart Wii」3,674,565
17：Wii「Wii Fit」3,561,787
18：PS2「Dragon Quest VIII」3,555,459
19：Wii「Wii Sports Resort」3,143,214
20：GBA「Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green」3,076,047

21：NDS「Pokemon Black 2/White 2」2,997,712
22：Wii「Wii Play」2,804,201
23：NDS「Pokemon Platinum」2,604,510
24：3DS「Monster Hunter 4」2,542,114
25：PSP「Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G」2,453,132
26：Wii「Wii Fit Plus」2,409,957
27：Wii「Wii Party」2,382,177
28：PS2「Final Fantasy X」2,325,215
29：PS2「Final Fantasy XII」2,322,541
30：Wii「Smash Bros. Brawl」2,279,108

31：NDS「English Training」2,228,912
32：GBA「Pokemon Emerald」2,197,017
33：3DS「New Super Mario Bros. 2」2,114,108
34：NDS「Mario Party DS」2,112,218
35：3DS「Mario Kart 7」2,087,411
36：NDS「Nintendogs」2,080,644
37：PS2「Final Fantasy X-2」1,960,937
38：NDS「Rhythm Heaven Gold」1,917,454
39：PS3「Final Fantasy XIII」1,905,979
40：3DS「Super Mario 3D Land」1,881,831

41：PSP「Monster Hunter Portable 2nd」1,723,187
42：PS2「Dragon Quest V」1,614,806
43：3DS「Monster Hunter 3G」1,589,804
44：NDS「Big Brain Academy」1,589,539
45：NDS「Knowledge Training」1,569,882
46：NDS「Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness」1,551,640
47：Wii「Mario Party 8」1,470,332
48：NDS「Dragon Quest Monster Joker」1,467,179
49：PS2「GT3 A-spec」1,438,743
50：3DS「Tomodachi Collection New Life」1,433,836
 
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L~A

Member
Exterminieren said:
Sonic doesn't sell shit in Japan, regardless of platform.

What figures are you looking at? 3DS is over 100K in both trackers.
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I may jumping the guns here, but I doubt it'll stay above 100k next week (I'm not sure what's releasing this week, but nothing that would actually boost sales significantly).

I expect next week to be around 90k or something.
 
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RM8

Member
So... at this point, is a scenario where XB1 eventually outsells WiiU in Japan not that farfetched? Japan seems to think WiiU is part of the Xbox family or something :(
 
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Nibel

Member
Z3M0G said:
Wait a minute, where is Sonic Lost Worlds WiiU? Did it release a previous week?
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Probably not in the top 20, Chris will post more data at a later date (if I haven't missed it)
 
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roddur

Member
the nintendo's image is so tarnished in the console area, it's kinda impossible for them to make the masses interested in their console.
 
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Jamix012

Member
Bruno MB said:
List of Sonic platform games:

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[GBA] Sonic Advance (SEGA) {2001.12.20} - 38.454 / 204.542
[GBA] Sonic Advance 2 (SEGA) {2002.12.19} - 28.974 / 176.541
[GBA] Sonic Advance 3 (SEGA) {2004.06.17} - 6.732 / 42.574
[NDS] Sonic Rush (SEGA) {2005.11.23} - 3.536 / 3.536
[NDS] Sonic Rush Adventure (SEGA) {2007.10.18} - 2.545 / 2.545
[NDS] Sonic Colors (SEGA) {2010.11.18} - ? / 11.431
[3DS] Sonic Generations (SEGA) {2011.12.01} - 4.600 / 23.096
[B][3DS] Sonic: Lost World (SEGA) {2013.10.24} - 5.369 / 5.369
[/B]
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Look guys! Handheld Sonic is back on the rise! After hitting the lowers of Sonic Rush Adventure it can surely hit over 200,000 again someday!!!!!

In all seriousness, what about the Sonic Rivals games for the PSP?
 
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Magicpaint

Member
L~A said:
How could anyone expect otherwise with the beastly Monster Hunter + Pokémon X and Y combo?
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Personally for me it will be interesting to see if it can actually stay ahead YoY. Animal Crossing: New Leaf was released in early November last year and 3DS hardware pretty much stayed 'beast mode' for the rest of the year.
 
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evilromero

Member
Those Wii U numbers are unlike anything I've seen from them. Well, maybe the Virtual Boy. I really question how effective the next couple of games will be. It seems gamers have written it off.
 
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Aquamarine

Member
Dr. Feel Good said:
Is this serious? At 500 units this is basically statistical noise. It's not like they are going out an counting by hand what was sold, at the end of the day it's still an estimate and being within 500 units of each other is pretty close. As a percentage maybe not, but when you're dealing with small numbers percentages fluctuate much more drastically.
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Why are you so hostile against my post?

It was a just an off-hand comment as to the discrepancy between the two. I made it because I was sure that it would go below 3K this week in Famitsu.

I know full well that Enterbrain's f-ism retail aggregate service deals with estimates. Hell, I even subscribe to one of their services every week. :p


Nibel said:
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Probably not in the top 20, Chris will post more data at a later date (if I haven't missed it)
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Wait for Dengeki. ;-)
 
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Tripon

Member
ambientmystic said:
Wasn't the idea of Sonic (as both a mascot and a game franchise) conceived by Sega during the Genesis era to appeal to American youth/teen sensibilities during the 90s?

Y'know, with the wagging finger, the cool attitude and not to mention the gotta go fast mentality.

Heck the second game was basically made completely in America and was a collaboration between Sonic Team and STI (headed by Mark Cerny at the time!) which was also based in the States, AFAIR. Sega Japan had nearly nothing to do with the Genesis series from 2 onwards.
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The reason why Sonic 2 was made in America was to get away from his bosses injapan as far away as possible.
 
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Busaiku

Member
Following the release of Monster Hunter, Pokemon, and Puzzle & Dragons, along with whatever comes next year, I expect weekly averages to be higher next year.
Keep in mind that prior to Monster Hunter, 3DS was still down this year, so I think that situation could be changed.

I definitely don't expect a big explosion in the year end sales in 2014 though.
 
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DarkLordMalik

Member
Seeing VITA stable made me smile.

Honestly, i can never understand how people are expecting some bundles to sell loads of WiiUs. If it was new hardware revision, sure. But we are talking strictly about bundles here and even if they offer more value for their price, they won't matter much. The only upcoming game that can cause a stir in Wii U sales is Mario 3D World so unless it is going to be released next week in bundle, i don't expect to see Wii U get close to 20k-25k.
 
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zroid

Banned
DarkLordMalik said:
Seeing VITA stable made me smile.

Honestly, i can never understand how people are expecting some bundles to sell loads of WiiUs. If it was new hardware revision, sure. But we are talking strictly about bundles here and even if they offer more value for their price, they won't matter much. The only upcoming game that can cause a stir in Wii U sales is Mario 3D World so unless it is going to be released next week in bundle, i don't expect to see Wii U get close to 20k-25k.
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I don't think many people are expecting the bundles to improve Wii U sales, overall. However, it's clear the very steep decline we've been seeing over the last few weeks is because no one in their right minds would purchase a Wii U in the weeks leading up to the bundles' release. So the sales will get a bump temporarily to compensate for all those people who didn't buy one recently.
 
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Spiegel

Member
One thing Sony did right with the Vita-2000 is releasing that many colors at the same time. And it's even more genious because the consoles aren't fully colored and the front is white or black, so they can release, say, blue again, but with the front also in blue.

I think Nintendo did the same thing with the 3DS.
 
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Sammy Samusu

Member
Too early to talk about 3DS 2014 but we can dream!

- 3DSi
- Dragon Quest XI
- Final Fantasy V
- Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Z
- Monster Hunter 4G

Final Fantasy would bring new audience to the 3DS.
 
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L~A

Member
Magicpaint said:
Personally for me it will be interesting to see if it can actually stay ahead YoY. Animal Crossing: New Leaf was released in early November last year and 3DS hardware pretty much stayed 'beast mode' for the rest of the year.
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Well, the holiday 2012 line-up wasn't that hot, iirc. It was mainly Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing, and Animal Crossing. I think Pokémon and MH4 alone can do really great for tholidays, and other games like Daigasso Band Brothers P should do really well.

Granted, I still have some doubts about the 3DS doing better in 2013, compared to 2012, but I think it's quite possible.
 
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Magicpaint

Member
SmokyDave said:
Fingers crossed for a smartphone game!

(Seriously though, why would people pay twice as much to play them on a weaker, bulkier system?).
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Final Fantasy V is already on iOS/Android (w/ FFVI coming)...and it's a cheap, low budget effort compared to the remakes of III/IV. You're not going to get DS level FF remakes on that format anytime soon so what does it matter about hardware power anyway? But a proper FFV remake is also something not happening on 3DS either. That ship has long sailed.

L~A said:
Well, the holiday 2012 line-up wasn't that hot, iirc. It was mainly Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing, and Animal Crossing. I think Pokémon and MH4 alone can do really great for tholidays, and other games like Daigasso Band Brothers P should do really well.

Granted, I still have some doubts about the 3DS doing better in 2013, compared to 2012, but I think it's quite possible.
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Animal Crossing was honestly all that was needed though, as it launched at the perfect time and the hardware sales just soared. There's nothing on that level now leading into the holiday season BUT there's certainly quantity (and we have a wild card in P&D Z) which might have a similar level of effect but I'm not convinced. We'll see.

Band Bros DX did well iirc (450k?) so it'll be interesting to see how the new one does. Wonder if we'll ever get another Rhythm Tengoku as well.
 
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