Latest Japanese Hardware Sales

[AlphaPrime]

November 10 - 16

Hardware

DSi - 85,327

PSP - 38,153

Wii - 26,787

PS3 - 17,448

360 - 7,983

PS2 - 5,421

DSL - 3,559

[alphaomegainfinity]

Why is the 360 still selling so low numbers? The Japanese market doesn't seem to be suited for that console.

[The Teej]

Well, DSi has officially failed to be a DS Lite successor :p Only 2 weeks over 100,000, what a lightweight! DSL went over 70 weeks without dropping under 100k!

[George P Global Moderator]

Why is the 360 still selling so low numbers? The Japanese market doesn't seem to be suited for that console.

Well, it's actually doing better than many thought it would, last week it had a nice jump, this week it's back down to around it's average. Sure it's low compared to the Wii and DS, but hell, even the PS3 isn't doing super great either.

Now that it's starting to get more games out in Japan and more Japanese dev games, like RPGs etc, it's sales are slowly going higher on average per week I'd say.

What used to be in the 2-3k a week range, then went to 5-6k, now it's been over 7k and higher quite often.

I wouldn't be surprised if it pushes over 10k per week as an average for next year. This though depends on what other games MS can get out there that the region likes.

Still, compared to the original, MS is doing a good job, slow and steady.

[AlphaPrime]

November 17 - 23

Hardware

DSi 88,843

PSP 61,226

Wii 35,298

DSL 18,580

PS3 17,436

X360 15,474

Software

01. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk - 305,180

02. [NDS] Chrono Trigger - 270,868

03. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam - 266,932

04. [360] The Last Remnant - 101,543

05. [NDS] Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct - 71,661

06. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra - 55,470

07. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode - 25,275

08. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven - 24,731

09. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum - 24,173

10. [PS3] Way of the Samurai 3 - 19,641

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Last Remnant pushing some hardware (Y)

Shame about the game though :/

God damn Square making us wait till FF before they get their best titles out.

ps. No PS2 numbers this week Alpha?

[AlphaPrime]

ps. No PS2 numbers this week Alpha?

Hmm, not yet, you might have to wait until tomorrow for those.

[The Teej]

Wow, great numbers for everyone this week. 360 IMO has no shame in coming last this time around, 15k is most definitely a credible number. Anyway, what's up with the DSL sales boost? Not enough DSi to meet demand?

[George P Global Moderator]

What's wrong with LR? I haven't played it yet, I started playing IU, which others didn't score well in reviews but I like regardless, once you get the hang of the battle system.

Same thing with LO before, average or a bit low review scores but I really liked it. I'll still get LR regardless of the review scores out there it seems.

[AlphaPrime]

PS2 - 5,281

[The Teej]

Wow, epic plummet :p I guess 360 isn't bottom after all? :p

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HARDWARE

DSi 87,185

PSP 55,090

Wii 49,848

PS3 34,978

DSL 26,851

X360 11,423

PS2 5,628

SOFTWARE

1. NDS Layton 3 - 347360 / NEW (51.45%)

2. PS3 PES 2009 - 168405 / NEW (54.86%)

3. WII Animal Crossing - 108547 / 413727 (51.32%)

4. NDS Chrono Trigger - 80157 / 351025 (84.93%)

5. PSP Yu-Gi-Oh Tag Force 3 - 64179 / NEW (76.51%)

6. PSP Gundam vs. Gundam - 56557 / 323489 (79.43%)

7. NDS Kirby Superstar Ultra - 56176 / 474749 (76.36%)

8. PSP Kenka Banchou 3 - 53966 / NEW (69.52%)

9. PSP Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin - 45809 / NEW (57.95%)

10. PSP Higurashi Daybreak - 32639 / NEW (73.91%)

[George P Global Moderator]

So it looks like the 360 is staying up over 10k still. Not great compared to the others, but still a good jump for MS. They don't really have to win in japan, coming 3rd is fine since the video game market is so big today. They just need to get 1mil+ units sold for all the devs to jump on. They should be getting there soon if not by the end of this year, then by January I bet.

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So it looks like the 360 is staying up over 10k still. Not great compared to the others, but still a good jump for MS. They don't really have to win in japan, coming 3rd is fine since the video game market is so big today. They just need to get 1mil+ units sold for all the devs to jump on. They should be getting there soon if not by the end of this year, then by January I bet.

In October

LTD: 721,230 (Life to Date)

So probably a bit longer than a few months if it's only doing around 10k - Although we'll see what happens at Christmas.

[The Teej]

In October

LTD: 721,230 (Life to Date)

So probably a bit longer than a few months if it's only doing around 10k - Although we'll see what happens at Christmas.

To be honest, I only really forsee a couple of million on the XBOX 360. If MS is smart, they'll make their next console backwards compatible, and push 360 games into the next generation, which will hopfully push the third XBOX into a decent sales bracket.

[George P Global Moderator]

To be honest, I only really forsee a couple of million on the XBOX 360. If MS is smart, they'll make their next console backwards compatible, and push 360 games into the next generation, which will hopfully push the third XBOX into a decent sales bracket.

I think it will be, I don't think MS will change the basic arch of the Xbox again, just beef it up. Instead of 3 cores it'll have 6, and probably 2 GPUs like top of the line PC gfx cards do now. And loads of ram etc. This keeps the devs happy since they have more resources to work with but don't have to learn anything new. If you've already coded your game engine to run on 3 cores, and it's multithreaded, then moving it up to a 6 core system or dual GPU setup should be automatic or very very easy.

That's how I'd do it anyways.

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DSi 126,700

PSP 54,800

Wii 56,700

PS3 30,300

DSL 12,100

360 10,000

PS2 5,700

[AlphaPrime]

Software: Dec 1-7

1. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel - 87,100 / 434,400

2. [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World - 76,500 / 76,500

3. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk - 75,600 / 489,300

4. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra - 60,200 / 535,000

5. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 - 42,400 / 210,800

6. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode - 37,900 / 278,600

7. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum - 37,300 / 2,008,800

8. [WII] 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de - 34,000 / 34,000

9. [360] Fallout 3 - 30,600 / 30,600

10. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven - 29,600 / 1,244,100

[AlphaPrime]

December 8 - 14

Hardware

DSi - 173,693

Wii - 91,641

PSP - 71,540

PS3 - 33,688

DSL - 31,120

360 - 11,797

PS2 - 6,659

Software

01. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco Bandai) 105,941 / NEW

02. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) 97,677 / 587,000

03. [NDS] Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo) 94,485 / 629,400

04. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo) 63,055 / 341,700

05. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami) 58,986 / NEW

06. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) 57,600 / 492,000

07. [NDS] Pok?mon Platinum (Pok?mon) 57,510 / 2,066,300

08. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 45,244 / 1,289,400

09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 43,015 / 2,916,900

10. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 34,339 / 1,938,400

[George P Global Moderator]

Man it's all Wii and DS games in the top 10.

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Hardware

DSi 204,100

PSP 146,000

Wii 131,000

DSL 50,300

PS3 39,100

X360 12,900

PS2 8,700

Software

01. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 489,100 / NEW

02. [PS3] Gundam Musou 2 (Bandai Namco) - 176,400 / NEW

03. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 149,600 / 779,100

04. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 144,500 / 731,500

05. [NDS] Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition (Bandai Namco) - 123,600 / NEW

06. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo) - 99,900 / 441,600

07. [PS2] Gundam Musou 2 (Bandai Namco) - 99,700 / NEW

08. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 85,800 / 2,152,100

09. [PS2] Fate/Unlimited Codes (Capcom) - 82,900 / NEW

10. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu: 20th Anniversary (Hudson) - 79,700 / NEW

Good start for Dissidia!

[perochan]

cant wait for Dissidia to be released here in the state!

[The Teej]

AB, could you please post the dates with the numbers from now on please? It's getting very confusing :p

[George P Global Moderator]

That's just the Final Fantasy effect. Even a ****ty FF game sells good in japan. :p

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Famitsu Sales: 12/22 - 12/28

Software

01. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCE) - 203,000 / NEW

02. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 168,000 / 895,000

03. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 159,000 / 855,000

04. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 157,000 / 660,000

05. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo) - 120,000 / 549,000

06. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 94,000 / 2,187,000

07. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 93,000 / 1,351,000

08. [NDS] Phantasy Star Zero (Sega) - 86,000 / NEW

09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 80,000 / 2,967,000

10. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 74,000 / 2,003,000

Hardware

DSi　218000

Wii　162000

PSP　120000

DSL　58000

PS3　48000

PS2　13000

360　13000