The Japanese Sales Thread

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

LTD!

Long Term Disability? Sorry, not up on my acronyms

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by dereksworl

Long Term Disability? Sorry, not up on my acronyms

Lifetime to date.

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Lifetime to date.

Oh, thanks

[AranhaHunter]

520k for RGG3 before "The Best" would be superb and very close to Yakuza 2 full price sales.

I wonder if Demon's Soul can sell 100K, that would be incredible as the game was undershipped, scored low on famitsu and Sony didn't market it at all.

[dereksworl]

Not Japanese only, but didn't know where else to post it. Considering the user base gap and 360 getting exclusive content, I'd say PS3 came out with the "W".

When assessing the current console battle, one can always point towards top multiplatform sellers - when the product is mostly identical in quality across the competing consoles - as being good indicators. In this way, it's very interesting to hear about the massive accumulated sales for Grand Theft Auto IV, and how they're split between the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Well, they are split, apparently...almost right down the middle. We don't have the exact numbers but we do have the word straight from the horse's mouth, so-to-speak. During a conference call where Take-Two Interactive reviewed their first-quarter financial results, one analyst asked, "...can you give us an idea as to this 13 million GTA 4 units, how many of those are Xbox 360 platform? So what's the addressable market for the downloadable The Lost and Damned." In reply to the first question, Take-Two CFO said, "It's approximately 50/50, Ed." So, roughly, one can assume that the PS3 and 360 versions of GTAIV each sold equally well, which further begs the question: is it really sensible to have exclusive downloadable content? The current rumor concerning this very subject is that The Lost and Damned will eventually find its way to the PS3, but not until some time next year. GTA fans that are also PS3 owners and who don't own a 360 aren't happy about the situation, but there's little we can really do about it. Take-Two is obviously aware of the split in sales regarding the PS3/360 versions of GTAIV, so maybe now that it's staring at them in black and white, they'll do something about it.

As for the split itself, one has to remember that when the game launched in late April of last year, the user base gap between the PS3 and 360 was very large, and Sony certainly hadn't sold 22 million units as they have now. Therefore, it stands to reason that perhaps the blockbuster franchise garnered most of its fans during its exclusive PS2 days, and that remaining lot has caused the 50/50 split despite the PS3/360 gap (which is closing, but still separated by about 7 million units). It's just a theory, though. If you want to read the entire transcript for Take-Two's earnings call, feel free...it's a little long, but still interesting for business-oriented minds.

Source

TT transcript

[caliblue15]

Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 has sold almost 400,000 units in its first week on sale in Japan, with the PlayStation 3 version hitting the number one spot with 312,000 unit sales. The Xbox 360 version also performed well at number three, with 79,000 units sold.

Known in Japan as Biohazard, the first week totals for the latest entry in the long-running series are higher than for Resident Evil 4. However, they are significantly lower than the 1 million unit + debuts of Resident Evil 2 and 3 on the original PlayStation.

The second fastest seller of the week is Sega’s new role-playing game 7th Dragon on the Nintendo DS. The game has been developed by Luminous Arc creators ImageEpoch and overseen by the director of Etrian Odyssey.

New at number seven is Tecmo’s Aibou DS, a tie-in to a popular Japanese TV detective drama, with 43,000 units sold.

Also new at number eight is Namco Bandai’s Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc on PlayStation 2. Featuring new missions and units, the latest entry in the long running tactical role-playing series sold 28,000 units.

The final new entry of the week, with 14,000 units sold, is a new iteration in Konami’s The Prince of Tennis sports simulation and anime tie-in series. The new Nintendo DS title focuses on female characters, with a version subtitled Boys, Be Gracious! due out later this month.

Biohazard 5

Capcom

PS3 312,000

7th Dragon

Sega

DS 80,000

Biohazard 5

Capcom

360 79,000

Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid

Koei

PSP 64,000

Ryu ga Gotoku 3

Sega

PS3 53,000

Mario & Luigi RPG 3

Nintendo

DS 44,000

Aibou DS

Tecmo

DS 43,000

Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc

Namco Bandai

PS2 28,000

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G

Capcom

PSP 17,000

Tennis no Oji-Sama:

Konami

DS 14,000

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=22680

[AranhaHunter]

First Day Sales (03/12)

[PS3] Musou Orochi Z (Koei) - 79k (60%)
[NDS] Rittai Picross (Nintendo) - 10k
[WII] Wii de Asobu: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) - 10k

[NDS] Annie no Atelier: Sera Shima no Renkijutsushi (Gust) - 10k
[PSP] Resistance: Retribution (SCE) - 10k

http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/entry-10223394439.html

[Maximus]

60% sell through! Very nice, should do well this week, probably no. 1!

Could be three PS3 titles in the top ten next week!

[The Don]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

60% sell through! Very nice, should do well this week, probably no. 1!

Could be three PS3 titles in the top ten next week!

I feel like I missed something after reading your post.....

I know about Yakuza 3 selling well in Japan as well as RE5...

what are the top 3 games you are saying to be specific?....when reading Japanese titles, I go from half retard to full retard in acknowledgment...

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by The Don

I feel like I missed something after reading your post.....

I know about Yakuza 3 selling well in Japan as well as RE5...

what are the top 3 games you are saying to be specific?....when reading Japanese titles, I go from half retard to full retard in acknowledgment...

Musou Orochi Z just got released in Japan and it sold 79K first week, so it should be number 1 in the coming week and sell 100K+ and it should be #1 for the week, Resident Evil 5 should drop to about 60K and Yakuza 3 to about 20K and they should all chart in the Top 10 if those predictions are correct.

[Maximus]

Famitsu 03/09 - 03/15

1. PS3 Musou Orochi Z (Koei)
2. PS3 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
3. NDS Picross (Nintendo)
4. PSP Shin Sangoku Musou Multi Raid (Koei)
5. NDS Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo)
6. WII Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
7. PS3 Yakuza 3 (Sega)
8. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2G (Capcom)
9. NDS 7th Dragon (Sega)
10. WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)

Very nice, 3 PS3 titles in the top 10!

Numbers in the next couple of hours hopefully, but the relatively unreliable M-C preview blog has got this:

1. Musou Orochi Z - ~100K
2. PS3 RE5 - ~80K / ~400K
3. Picross DS - ~30K
4. Mario & Luigi 3 - ~30K
5. Musou: Multi-Raid - ~30K / ~300K

Nice second week for RE5 on PS3 and decent start for Orochi Z! Going by its position RGG3 has probably done around 20k this week as it's just above MHP:2G

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Very nice, 3 PS3 titles in the top 10!

Numbers in the next couple of hours hopefully, but the relatively unreliable M-C preview blog has got this:



Nice second week for RE5 on PS3 and decent start for Orochi Z! Going by its position RGG3 has probably done around 20k this week as it's just above MHP:2G

Nice! PS3 has been hittin' hard in Japan the last couple of weeks. Lets hope it continues

[AranhaHunter]

From GAF, taken from sinobi:

PS3 Musou Orochi Z 104k
PS3 Resident Evil 5 62k (~384k LTD)
360 Resident Evil 5 13k (~93k LTD)
NDS Picross 38k? (I'm not sure)
PS3 Yakuza 3 (~439k LTD)
NDS Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (~400k LTD)
NDS Atelier Annie 15k
PSP Resistance Retribution 13k
NDS 7th Dragon (~100k LTD)

[Maximus]

That looks much more reasonable for RE5. 25k week for RGG3, looks like it could show some decent legs...

[dereksworl]

Any hardware numbers yet?

[Maximus]

01位　PS3　龍が如く3　43.9万
02位　PS3　バイオハザード5　38.4万
03位　PSP　真三国無双 マルチレイド 29.6万
03位　PSP　テイルズオブザワールドレディアントマイソロジー2　　29.6万
05位　PSP　モンスターハンターポータブル2G（廉価版）　24.3万　（47.4万）
06位　PSP　ディシディアファイナルファンタジー　　20万　（86万）
07位　Wii　太鼓の達人Wii　　19.8万　（43.7万）
08位　PSP　ワールドサッカー ウイニングイレブン 2009　　19.4万
08位　PS2　ワールドサッカー ウイニングイレブン 2009 　19.4万
08位　360　スターオーシャン4　THE LAST HOPE　19.4万
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11位　NDS　ファイナルファンタジークリスタルクロニクル エコーズオブタイム　　18.7万
12位　PSP　アイドルマスターSP　15.4万
13位　PS3　ストリートファイターIV　11.1万

Top 10 for dates 29/12/08 - 18/3/08

PS3 games listed - Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 - 439k, Biohazard 5 - 384k, Street Fighter 4 - 110k.

http://dubai.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/g...387662/l50/981

[pacificvibes]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Top 10 for dates 29/12/08 - 18/3/08

PS3 games listed - Ryu Ga Gotoku 3, Biohazard 5, Street Fighter 4.

Max, you can read that???

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Max, you can read that???

No, I can read the 3, 5 and IV though...

[BIGSAPOTEER]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

Max, you can read that???

He can't, but I can. It says that a cheese burger is $2.50 a double cheese burger is $3.50 and fries are..... wait... damn it i thought it was spanish.

[Maximus]

01. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z - 104,000 / NEW
02. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 - 62,000 / 384,000
03. [NDS] Picross - 38,000 / NEW
04. [PSP] Dynasty Warriors: Multi Raid
05. [NDS] Mario and Luigi 3
06. [WII] Pikmin 2
07. [PS3] Yakuza 3 - 25,000 / 439,000
08. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G
09. [NDS] 7th Dragon
10. [WII] Wii Fit

XX. [NDS] Atelier Annie - 15,000 / NEW
XX. [360] Resident Evil 5 - 13,000 / 93,000
XX. [PSP] Resistance Retribution - 13,000 / NEW

Updated top 10 with some numbers added.