Media Create sales (1/19 – 1/25)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 20,065
Vita – 14,991
PS4 – 13,793
PS3 – 8,600
New 3DS – 8,028
Wii U – 7,088
3DS LL – 3,882
3DS – 3,287
Vita TV – 589
Xbox One – 259
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 25,299
Vita – 16,823
PS4 – 15,480
New 3DS – 9,916
Wii U – 8,894
PS3 – 7,036
3DS LL – 4,776
3DS – 4,238
Vita TV – 682
Xbox One – 300
And here are the software charts:
1. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria – 340,891 / NEW
2. [3DS] The Legend of Legacy – 53,974 / NEW
3. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse – 32,137 / NEW
4. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 31,875 / 2,404,246
5. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 17,035 / 2,474,658
6. [PSV] Atelier Escha & Logy Plus – 15,778 / NEW
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 12,318 / 2,440,373
8. [PSV] Ken no Machi no Ihoujin – Kuro no Kyuuden – – 11,559 / NEW
9. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 10,475 / 2,122,433
10. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6 – 8,794 / 33,068
11. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 8,728 / 569,714
12. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 5,979 / 3,088,387
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 5,386 / 901,365
14. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers – 5,178 / 249,497
15. [3DS] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 5,052 / NEW
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,006 / 3,904,259
17. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 – 4,397 / 122,296
18. [WIU] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 4,207 / NEW
19. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V New Price Version – 4,133 / 116,633
20. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 3,831 / 154,713
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Kenka Bancho series sales on the decline
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Kenka Bancho 6: Soul & Blood came out in Japan on January 15. In its first week, the game sold just 24,000 copies. Media Create says that it sold through only 45.07 percent of its initial shipment.
Kenka Bancho has mainly been a PlayStation franchise. The last numbered release, Kenka Bancho 5, sold 59,000 copies (60.75 percent sell-through) during its first week in January 2011. Not only were initial sales halved with Kenka Bancho 6, but the sell-through rate was lower as well.
The decline of Kenka Bancho sales has been in effect for quite some time. Kenka Bancho 4 sold 72,000 units in its first week. Since then, the franchise has continued to see lower and lower sales.
Media Create offers some insight into Kenka Bancho’s decline. The main reason seems to be that as the series is extended by new installments, the age demographic of buyers increase as well, causing the scale to narrow. The sales scale therefore has a tendency to get reduced. It’s also possible that many fans of the series refrained from changing their hardware.
Media Create software sales (1/12 – 1/18) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
03./00. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6: Soul & Blood
04./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
05./03. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
06./05. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
07./06. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
08./09. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
09./07. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2
10./10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
11./08. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V #
12./12. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers
13./15. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V [Bargain Edition]
14./00. [PSV] Diabolik Lovers: More, Blood – Limited V Edition #
15./11. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2
16./13. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
17./21. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015
18./16. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days
19./24. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
20./22. [3DS] Tomodachi Life #
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Media Create sales (1/12 – 1/18)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 6 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 25,299
Vita – 16,823
PS4 – 15,480
New 3DS – 9,916
Wii U – 8,894
PS3 – 7,036
3DS LL – 4,776
3DS – 4,238
Vita TV – 682
Xbox One – 300
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 30,455
Vita – 21,536
PS4 – 19,118
New 3DS – 14,226
Wii U – 10,803
PS3 – 8,216
3DS – 6,685
3DS LL – 6,308
Vita TV – 791
Xbox One – 563
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 50,244 / 2,372,371
2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 24,964 / 2,457,623
3. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6 – 24,274 / NEW
4. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 15,588 / 2,428,056
5. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 15,443 / 2,111,958
6. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 12,858 / 560,986
7. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 7,906 / 3,082,408
8. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 6,915 / 895,979
9. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 – 6,670 / 117,899
10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 6,142 / 3,899,253
11. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 6,006 / 150,882
12. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers – 5,515 / 244,319
13. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V New Price Version – 4,886 / 112,500
14. [PSV] Diabolik Lovers MORE,BLOOD – 4083 / NEW
15. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 – 4,032 / 115,082
16. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 3,474 / 2,458,465
17. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 3,175 / 147,350
18. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days – 2,672 – 103,141
19. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 2,639 / 692,358
20. [3DS] Tomodachi Life – 2,602 / 1,779,383
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Gaming sales in Japan decreased following the holidays
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
New information from sales tracker Media Create indicates that gaming sales in Japan decreased during the second week of January, which is generally designated as the end of the “holiday season”.
As Siliconera points out, children usually spend their New Year’s money during January’s first week. This is accompanied by a drop in hardware and software sales in later weeks.
As expected, software sales lowered to 62.91 percent compared to the same period in January 2014. 3DS led the market in terms of holiday software sales, and the industry as a whole was affected when numbers for the portable dropped. There were also no significant titles during the second week of January. Kirby Triple Deluxe debuted last January and sold 214,000 copies in its first week.
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Youkai Watch 2, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire lead holiday sales in Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
According to Media Create, gaming software sales in Japan during the end-of-year holiday period came in at 10.854 million units. The sales tracker calculated end-of-year sales based on the seven weeks from November 17th, 2014 to January 4th, 2015.
Software sales in Japan stacked up similarly to the same period the year prior (100.36% of 2013). Youkai Watch 2 (2.447 million units) and Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (2.591 million units) accounted for 45 percent of total Japanese software sales during the end-of-year holiday period.
Wii U software sales were 112.95 percent of 2013. It was the only system aside from the 3DS to experience an increase in software sales.
Overall hardware sales on the Japanese market during the end-of-year season stood at 1.74 million units. Hardware decreased to 83.42 percent of the same period from 2013. The 3DS dipped a bit to 93.96 percent of 2013, which could be because most of its popular software sold to existing 3DS owners rather than new buyers.
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Media Create software sales (1/5 – 1/11) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
03./03. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
04./05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
05./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
06./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
07./09. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2
08./10. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V #
09./06. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
10./11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
11./12. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2
12./08. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers
13./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
14./13. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi
15./31. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V [Bargain Edition]
16./17. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days
17./15. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu
18./21. [PS3] Shining Resonance #
19./16. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain
20./00. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
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Media Create sales (1/5 – 1/11)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 30,455
Vita – 21,536
PS4 – 19,118
New 3DS – 14,226
Wii U – 10,803
PS3 – 8,216
3DS – 6,685
3DS LL – 6,308
Vita TV – 791
Xbox One – 563
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 76,439
Vita – 56,700
PS4 – 42,216
New 3DS – 40,338
Wii U – 30,031
3DS LL – 19,096
PS3 – 17,867
3DS – 17,293
Vita TV – 1,305
Xbox One – 637
And here are the software charts:
01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) – 74.998 / 2.322.127 (-64%)
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 38.420 / 2.432.659 (-65%)
03./03. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) – 23.667 / 2.096.515 (-67%)
04./05. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264) – 21.453 / 2.412.467 (-53%)
05./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) – 18.884 / 548.128 (-67%)
06./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level 5) {2014.07.10} (¥4.937) – 10.281 / 3.074.502 (-57%)
07./09. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥7.171) – 9.460 / 111.229 (-48%)
08./10. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992) – 9.211 / 144.876 (-47%)
09./06. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 8.884 / 889.064 (-69%)
10./11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 7.991 / 3.893.111 (-52%)
11./12. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.18} (¥8.208) – 6.640 / 111.050 (-57%)
12./08. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix) {2014.12.18} (¥6.264) – 5.007 / 238.804 (-78%)
13./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.691 / 2.454.992 (-64%)
14./13. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.11.27} (¥5.626) – 4.687 / 65.671 (-66%)
15./00. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V [Bargain Edition] (Rockstar Games) {2014.06.26} (¥5.389) – 4.641 / 107.614
16./17. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.12.04} (¥5.627) – 4.067 / 100.468 (-63%)
17./15. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) {2014.11.20} (¥5.184) – 4.052 / 90.569 (-66%)
18./00. [PS3] Shining Resonance # (Sega) {2014.12.11} (¥8.880) – 4.021 / 106.389
19./16. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.12.04} (¥5.378) – 3.860 / 73.879 (-65%)
20./00. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 3.764 / 347.793
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Software sales in Japan saw another dip during Christmas
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
During Christmas week, 1,517,000 games were sold in Japan. Media Create says that number is 79.45 percent compared to sales during Christmas week in 2013. Sales are also down compared to 2012 (1,701,000 units) and 2011 (1,621,000 units).
Gaming sales during the year-end season weren’t entirely underwhelming. All three versions of Youkai Watch 2 were top performers having sold a combined total of 5.079 million units. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has sold 2.34 million copies and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has sold 2 million.
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Media Create software sales (12/22 – 12/28) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 6 Comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
03./05. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
04./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
05./09. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
06./03. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers
07./08. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
08./10. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
09./07. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2
10./06. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2
11./00. [PSV] Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out of Order #
12./18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
13./13. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
14./15. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu
15./17. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days
16./14. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V #
17./20. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain
18./22. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi
19./00. [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
20./21. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
