Famitsu celebrates 1,300th issue with a look back on sales for the 21st century
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This week, Famitsu put out its 1,300th issue. The magazine celebrated by giving insight into Japanese sales since the beginning of the 21st century.
Some notable statistics:
– Roughly 14,000 console and portable titles have come out in Japan since January 1, 2001
– Handheld systems have dominated the Japanese market since the DS’ arrival
– 32.9 million DS units sold in Japan
– PSP sold just under 20 million
– 39 DS titles are in the top-100 sales ranking
– 22 PS2 titles are in the top-100 sales ranking
– 16 Wii titles are int he top 100-sales ranking
– Year 2006: most titles in the top 100 with 14
– New Super Mario Bros. sol 6,424,042 copies in Japan
– Nintendo took up all five top slots for software sales since 2001
– Pokemon Diamond/Pearl is number two, followed by Black/White, Ruby/Sapphire, Animal Crossing: New Leaf
– All of these games sold at least 5 million copies
– Brain Age, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Dragon Quest IX and Mario Kart DS round out the top 10
– 8 Nintendo-published titles overall
– Nintendo has sold 99.8 million pieces of retail software in Japan since 2001
– Combined with the 33 million or so Pokemon games sold, that’s nearly 133 million Nintendo-produced game cards and discs floating around Japan
– That’s enough to give every Japanese citizen one game and still have about seven million left over
– Runner-up in software sales: Square Enix
– Square Enix has sold just over 30 million retail copies
– Only 11 publishers produced all of the games that made the top 100 sales ranking
Famitsu concluded with the following:
“More users are downloading their software purchases, and the flow toward free-to-play can’t be ignored. Games are being played in an expanding number of ways, and there’s been a massive rise in the number of users who play games on their smartphones. We’re approaching an era where software sales aren’t necessarily a direct reflection of what gamers like.”
Wii/Wii U sales account for 1.3% of EA’s sales this past quarter
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EA earned $695 in revenue across console, mobile, and PC software sales during the latest financial quarter. Unsurprisingly, just $9 million of the total came from Wii U and Wii U titles, or 1.3 percent.
If you were to disregard handheld and PC sales, Wii and Wii U’s total increases to 3 percent. Still, that’s nothing compared to the Xbox 360 (54 percent) and PlayStation 3 (42 percent).
Also worth mentioning, handheld sales encompass 14 percent of all EA mobile sales. Sony handhelds take up 8 percent while Nintendo portables account for 6 percent.
Media Create hardware sales (10/21 – 10/27)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 69,001
3DS – 40,507
Vita – 24,513
PS3 – 11,460
PSP – 3,807
Wii U – 2,598
Wii – 742
Xbox 360 – 351
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 94,988
3DS – 59,590
Vita – 25,763
PS3 – 11,643
PSP – 3,651
Wii U – 2,999
Wii – 806
Xbox 360 – 539
GameStop ad (10/30 – 11/5)
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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. With the holidays and Black Friday quickly approaching, the retailer is very much light on deals this week. There aren’t a whole lot of sales, but you check to see what GameStop is offering this week through the flyer below.
Activision intends to sell a lot of Skylanders products on Nintendo platforms
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The Wii is on its way out, and the Wii U hasn’t performed up to Nintendo’s expectations. Given these two factors, MCV decided to ask Activision’s UK MD, Roy Stackhouse, about whether the publisher’s expectations for the game have been negatively impacted.
Not at all, Stackhouse said. In fact, he along with Activision as a whole “expect to sell a lot of Skylanders on the Nintendo platforms.” Stackhouse also said the company still considers Nintendo to be “a very integral part of our sales mix going forward.”
Stackhouse’s comments in full:
“Not at all. We still expect to sell a lot of Skylanders on the Nintendo platforms. Just because the sales may have softened doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of consoles out there that children are still playing on. We still see Nintendo as a very integral part of our sales mix going forward.”
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UK software sales (Week ending 10/26)
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Young Justice: Legacy cancelled on Wii U and Wii
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Little Orbit has announced through an official Facebook page that Young Justice: Legacy has been cancelled for Wii U and Wii.
The decision to pull the plug on both versions was “based on several factors.” For one thing, there were concerns about Young Justice’s quality on Wii U and Wii, not to mention a lack of support from retailers. Little Orbit still intends to ship the 3DS version of Young Justice: Legacy.
The official cancellation notice reads:
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Media Create software sales (10/14 – 10/20) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
02./03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
03./02. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
04./00. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
05./00. [PS3] Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers #
06./00. [PS3] FIFA 14 #
07./00. [PS3] Beyond: Two Souls
08./06. [PS3] Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club!
09./04. [PS3] Tales of Symphonia Chronicles
10./05. [PSV] Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload
11./11. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
12./00. [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club! 8: Euro +
13./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
14./07. [PS3] Fairy Fencer F #
15./08. [PSV] Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club!
16./10. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate #
17./17. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
18./16. [3DS] Youkai Watch
19./19. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team #
20./22. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
