Tomoko Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 :|and wtf is Dream C Club? Looks to be one of those Japanese anime style games with scantily clad, very young looking girls. I guess Microsoft finally figured out what sells there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted September 13, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2009 Looks to be one of those Japanese anime style games with scantily clad, very young looking girls. I guess Microsoft finally figured out what sells there. Bingo! On another note, nothing like a new Gundam game to help sell systems. God do they love that series to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 very nice figure from PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted September 14, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted September 14, 2009 (edited) very nice figure from PS3. Well Famitsu think the FF13 release number will be 500k! Final Fantasy XIII Could Move Another Half Million PS3s In Japan The Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII might just do wonders for the PlayStation 3 in Japan, if the president of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain knows what he's talking about. A massive marquee game moving consoles? What you talkin' 'bout, Hamamura? Look, that's what Enterbrain prez Hirokazu Hamamura said at today's Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, according to Bloomberg Japan and by way of Andriasang. And it doesn't seem unreasonable, considering the PlayStation 3 just sold 150,000-plus units in a week on the strength of a price drop and the release of yet another Gundam game. Square Enix and Sony's plans for a PS3 bundle with Final Fantasy XIII packed in is sure to help that number, which, for the record, would represent about 15% of the PS3's sales to date in Japan. Final Fantasy XIII will ship on December 17th in Japan, a date just recently confirmed by PlayStation overlord Kaz Hirai. Whether Hamamura believes that will all happen in the calendar year 2009, we're not sure, but that might be pushing it. Source: http://kotaku.com/5359219/final-fantasy-xi...n-ps3s-in-japan edit: Gran Turismo 5 is also suppose to be hitting in December as well! Edited September 14, 2009 by Audioboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 FFXIII bundle alone, yes. However, in total? I could see as much as 1 million PS3s being sold the week before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted September 15, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted September 15, 2009 DSi ? 66,416 (125,524) PS3 ? 57,056 (207,888) PSP ? 19,572 (42,117) Wii ? 14,556 (32,643) DS Lite ? 9,206 (14,765) Xbox 360 ? 4,927 (9,541) PS2 ? 3,100 (6,788) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Where are those numbers from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted September 15, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hmmmm, If those are close, then that's 100k drop. Guess it'll go back to what it was yet again after this initial mini-boost. Only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 September 7 - 13 Hardware DSi - 66,498 PS3 - 55,344 PSP - 18,375 Wii - 17,568 DSL - 11,179 360 - 7,568 PS2 - 2,612 Software 1. [NDS] Pokemon Soul Silver - 723,000 2. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold - 720,000 3. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 74,000 4. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 37,000 5. [PS3] Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles - 33,000 6. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 32,000 7. [NDS] Love Plus - 22,000 8. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 - 15,000 9. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 13,000 10. [PSP] MAPLUS Portable Navigator 3 - 12,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted September 18, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted September 18, 2009 3,000 people didn't double dip :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy0 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 1. [NDS] Pokemon Soul Silver - 723,0002. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold - 720,000 It's Pokemon time baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted September 18, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 18, 2009 Those pokemon numbers are just crazy. Srsly I don't get why people keep buying more and more of the same game basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 they really love their pokemon :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 September 14 - 20 Hardware DSi - 66,073 PS3 - 51,055 PSP - 21,073 Wii - 16,698 DSL - 13,555 360 - 4,965 PS2 - 2,723 Software 01. [NDS] Pokemon Soul Silver - 222,579 02. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold - 220,554 03. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia - 216,593 04. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyou Portable 4 - 104,377 05. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu Goddess of Destiny - 91,547 06. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 72,629 07. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 - 50,697 08. [PSP] Ys Seven - 33,349 09. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 32,603 10. [NDS] Idolmaster: Dearly Stars - 30,786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted September 25, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 25, 2009 PS3 sales a bit lower, even with the strong ToV sales. Makes me wonder where it'd be without that game release to support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 September 21 - 27 Hardware DSi - 63,342 PS3 - 39,960 PSP - 17,334 DSL - 15,057 Wii - 11,731 360 - 4,854 PS2 - 2,347 Software 1. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 97,000 2. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold - 68,000 3. [NDS] Pokemon Soul Silver - 64,000 4. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia - 49,000 5. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 - 42,000 6. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 36,000 7. [NDS] SaGa 2 Legendary Secret Treasure: Goddess of Destiny - 32,000 8. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 30,000 9. [360] Halo 3: ODST - 30,000 10. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 - 14,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 2, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted October 2, 2009 So much for the slim I guess. Though the initial pop was good, it's looking like it's dropping back down to where it was with every week. I wouldn't be surprised if it's under 30k next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex566 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I never knew the Wii was selling as bad as it was in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 2, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 2, 2009 ^ All actual home consoles have been selling bad in Japan for ages, Japan has pretty much turned into the country of portable gaming. PS3 outsells Wii in Japan for September; thanks Slim! What do we know about Japan? Even after those weird commercials, the PlayStation 3 has managed to outsell the Wii in Japan following the (what you might call) successful launch of the newly "encheapened" PS3 Slim. Japanese market research firm Enterbrain estimates that from August 31 through September 27 309,939 PS3s were sold; a new monthly record for the console. If you've been following our weekly Japanese Hardware Sales updates, this is no surprise to you. The usually dominant DSi and DS Lite combo sold a combined 297,060 units, which came alarmingly close to the Sony record, considering the 7,350 percent boost the PS3 saw post-Slim. It's notable that this Bloomberg report doesn't even list the Wii's monthly sales; however, with Nintendo's Wii at ?20,000 (down from ?25,000) starting this month, we imagine next month's chart will look a little different. Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/02/ps3-outs...er-thanks-slim/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 2, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted October 2, 2009 That's one way to look at it. Yet the PSP started off **** poor, and only picked up later on, though even now that's down. It's been Nintendo all the way in Japan. It's nice to try and spin it to make it sound like weak console sales in Japan are because there is a shift to portable devices, yet that doesn't account for the Wii's huge success or the PS2s last gen? Portables where around then as well. While the initial boost to PS3 sales for Sept are nice, it doesn't seem to me that it was all the work of the slim. Price cut yes, but more so the release of a few big names also probably did more of the work. Software always, and still does, sells hardware in the end. If the slim was released back in a boring month with no games to back it you would have probably seen a even smaller/shorter spike in sales. Not to say that 309k for the month isn't good, it is, but it's not holding up from the looks of it. If/when sales for the PS3 drop yet again to the levels it was pre-slim, what will Sony have to do next? They already cut the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 3, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 3, 2009 That's one way to look at it. Yet the PSP started off **** poor, and only picked up later on, though even now that's down. It's been Nintendo all the way in Japan. It's nice to try and spin it to make it sound like weak console sales in Japan are because there is a shift to portable devices, yet that doesn't account for the Wii's huge success or the PS2s last gen? Portables where around then as well.While the initial boost to PS3 sales for Sept are nice, it doesn't seem to me that it was all the work of the slim. Price cut yes, but more so the release of a few big names also probably did more of the work. Software always, and still does, sells hardware in the end. If the slim was released back in a boring month with no games to back it you would have probably seen a even smaller/shorter spike in sales. Not to say that 309k for the month isn't good, it is, but it's not holding up from the looks of it. If/when sales for the PS3 drop yet again to the levels it was pre-slim, what will Sony have to do next? They already cut the price. FF13 and FF13 branded PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KICK Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I never knew the Wii was selling as bad as it was in Japan. Maybe everyone finally has one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 3, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted October 3, 2009 FF13 and FF13 branded PS3. IF they take a page out of the MS playbook and release specific branded PS3 hardware (not just a game bundle with a normal slim), then that speaks volumes imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 3, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 3, 2009 IF they take a page out of the MS playbook and release specific branded PS3 hardware (not just a game bundle with a normal slim), then that speaks volumes imo. Like this one announced at TGS? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apm1 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Famitsu isn't as spot on accurate as the numbers AlphaPrime usually posts though. Media Create's coverage rate is around 57%. http://www.m-create.com/biz/data.html Famitsu's coverage rate is over 80% for console and 60% for the PC market. http://www.f-ism.net/fmds/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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