Media Create sales (8/31 – 9/6)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 54,494
New 3DS LL – 26,976
Vita – 11,099
Wii U – 10,232
New 3DS – 5,179
PS3 – 2,817
3DS – 1,692
3DS LL – 909
Vita TV – 609
Xbox One – 180
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 38,498
PS4 – 18,539
Vita – 12,125
Wii U – 11,781
New 3DS – 7,089
PS3 – 2,571
3DS – 2,216
3DS LL – 1,116
Vita TV – 567
Xbox One – 168
And here are the software charts:
1. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 239,652 / NEW
2. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 117,547 / NEW
3. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 106,823 / 691,539
4. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 49,542 / 1,450,344
5. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 30,840 / 989,889
6. [WIU] Splatoon – 18,826 / 626,497
7. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 9,292 / 455,284
8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,355 / 317,041
9. [PSV] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge – 7,643 / NEW
10. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 5,935 / 1,117,394
11. [3DS] LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin – 5,011 / NEW
12. [3DS] Ultimate NES Remix – 4,523 / 12,000
13. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online – 3,660 / 32,976
14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 3,422 / 4,038,451
15. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX – 3,189 / 114,978
16. [PS3] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge – 2,973 / NEW
17. [PS4] Until Dawn – 2,839 / 20,301
18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 2,807 / 2,692,914
19. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 2,563 / 415,150
20. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 2,446 / 92,992
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales, top
Japan: More on Dragon Quest VIII’s sales, Metallic Red New 3DS sold 13,000 units
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 0 comments
Dragon Quest VIII sold 585,000 copies in its first week in Japan, according to Media Create. The sales tracker has since provided additional information about the game’s performance.
Dragon Quest VIII ended up selling through 72.27 of its initial stock. For titles released on the 3DS during 2015, it places second next to Yo-kai Watch Busters, which sold 694,000 copies in its opening week. However, when compared to the Dragon Quest VII remake on 3DS (first week sales of 828,000 units, 83.29 percent sell-through, debuted on February 2013), both sales numbers and sell-through have fallen.
On the other hand, big name titles have been a driving force in 3DS hardware sales. Of special note was the sales of the New 3DS XL. The Metallic Red color debuted in Japan, and sold 13,000 units sold having been released on the same day as those games. New 3DS hardware rose to 38,000 units sold, an increase of 192.87 percent compared to last week.
More: Dragon Quest VIII, Japan, Media Create, sales, Square Enix
Sakaguchi says Final Fantasy VI didn’t sell well in the U.S. when it originally hit the SNES
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 30 Comments
Some have been under the impression that Final Fantasy VI was a disappointment from a sales perspective in Japan whereas it sold moderately well in America. However, this isn’t actually true.
Hironobu Sakaguchi, who produced Final Fantasy VI, has now cleared things up. It turns out that is was the United States is where the RPG didn’t sell. He added that Final Fantasy VII “actually did very well in Japan.”
Interestingly, bigger characters were used in future Final Fantasy titles – starting with Final Fantasy VII – due to the response to VI. Sakaguchi is also “mystified” by VI’s newfound popularity in the west.
“In terms of numbers, [Final Fantasy VI] didn’t sell in the States. It actually did very well in Japan. I’m mystified, because I see [Americans] are playing the [mobile] version. I think size of the characters really matters to an American audience, so from Final Fantasy VII onward, we used bigger characters. [I think] that’s why Final Fantasy VII took off. But I am kind of mystified [by VI’s current popularity in the West], because [Americans] didn’t buy Final Fantasy VI back then.”
Media Create software sales (8/24 – 8/30) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
02./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
03./03. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
04./00. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online
05./04. [WIU] Splatoon
06./00. [PS4] Until Dawn
07./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol.4
08./00. [3DS] Famicom Remix Best Choice
09./05. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
10./01. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX
11./07. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
12./00. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma Online
13./08. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
14./09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
15./00. [PSV] Jyuzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden 1 + 2
16./11. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
17./10. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest
18./00. [PS4] Dishonored: Definitive Edition
19./12. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World #
20./13. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales
Splatoon beats out Smash Bros. Wii U through first 14 weeks of sales in Japan
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 39 Comments
Splatoon has been selling very, very well – especially in Japan. The game is also quickly catching up on another one of Nintendo’s releases from late last year, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Splatoon has actually sold more than Smash Bros. Wii U through their first 14 weeks. You can see a comparison of sales below.
Splatoon is sitting at nearly 610,000 units in Japan at the moment. As for Smash Bros. Wii U, its lifetime sales are at roughly 670,000 copies.
Media Create sales (8/24 – 8/30)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 12 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 38,498
PS4 – 18,539
Vita – 12,125
Wii U – 11,781
New 3DS – 7,089
PS3 – 2,571
3DS – 2,216
3DS LL – 1,116
Vita TV – 567
Xbox One – 168
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 19,960
PS4 – 14,495
Vita – 11,605
Wii U – 11,302
New 3DS – 5,967
PS3 – 2,549
3DS – 1,557
3DS LL – 795
Vita TV – 554
Xbox One – 160
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 584,716
2. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 48,978 / 959,049
3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 48,868 / 1,400,802
4. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online – 29,316 / NEW
5. [WIU] Splatoon – 23,403 / 607,670
6. [PS4] Until Dawn – 17,472 / NEW
7. [PS3] TV Anime IdolM@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol. 4 – 15,496 / NEW
8. [3DS] Ultimate NES Remix – 14,079 / NEW
9. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 13,716 / 445,991
10. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX – 13,423 / 111,789
11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,685 / 308,686
12. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma Online – 8,202 / NEW
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 6,849 / 1,111,459
14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,176 / 4,035,029
15. [PSV] Juusanshi Engi: Engetsu Sangokuden 1?2 – 3,692 / NEW
16. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 3,582 / 2,690,106
17. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 3,399 / 412,588
18. [PS4] Dishonored: Definitive Edition – 2,875 / NEW
19. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 2,812 / 66,741
20. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 2,634 / 90,547
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales, top
Super Robot Wars BX sold through 85% of its initial shipment
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
In an official report, Media Create shares more information about sales on the Japanese market for the week of August 17.
Super Robot Wars BX was the big seller having moved 98,000 units. According to Media Create, that amounted to a 85.42 percent sell-through rate. It couldn’t beat out the first week sales of the previous entry in the series, Super Robot Wars UX, which sold 115,000 units in March 2013 (and a 70.85 sell-through rate). The difference with BX’s sales could have been caused due to a shortage in stock.
Overall, 447,000 pieces of software were sold between August 17 and August 23. That is 75.64 percent when compared to the previous week. Now that the holiday period of Obon is over, total sales decreased by more than 250,000 units and new titles couldn’t fill the gap. Media Create mentions that the decline was especially remarkable for games on Nintendo systems, like Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (sold 66,000 units, which is 47 percent when compared to the last week sales). Total software sales were also below 500,000 units for the first time in seven weeks.
More: Bandai Namco, Japan, Media Create, sales, Super Robot Wars BX
Media Create software sales (8/17 – 8/23) – Top 50
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX
02./01. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
03./02. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
04./03. [WIU] Splatoon
05./04. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
06./00. [PSV] Reine des Fleurs #
07./05. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
08./06. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
09./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
10./07. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest
11./13. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
12./10. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World #
13./12. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version
14./14. [3DS] Super Run For Money Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi
15./09. [PSV] Luminous Arc: Infinity
16./26. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate [1/1][Best Price!]
17./16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
18./11. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi #
19./15. [3DS] Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken #
20./21. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales
Japan’s best-selling games of July 2015
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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of July 2015. You can check out the full results below.
1. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 1,064,431 (1,031,188 physical, 33,243 digital)
2. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 531,721 (492,651 physical, 39,070 digital)
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 185,946 (138,782 physical, 47,164 digital)
4. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 183,392 (167,829 physical, 15,563 digital)
5. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 149,883 (143,141 physical, 6,742 digital)
6. [PSV] Persona 4: Dancing All Night – 117,244 (112,000 physical, 5,244 digital)
7. [3DS] Battle Cats – 83,673 (N/A physical, 83,673 digital)
8. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version – 69,770 (61,653 physical, 8,117 digital)
9. [PS4] Batman: Arkham Knight – 69,648 (62,367 physical, 7,281 digital)
10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 55,681 (47,990 physical, 7,691 digital)
11. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 52,803 (48,048 physical, 4,755 digital)
12. [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward – 47,705 (42,202 physical, 5,503 digital)
13. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 47,542 (46,291 physical, 1,251 digital)
14. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 42,529 (40,505 physical, 2,024 digital)
15. [3DS] Cube Creator 3D – 41,654 (N/A physical, 41,654 digital)
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 39,488 (26,184 physical, 13,304 digital)
17. [3DS] Chou Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi – 31,962 (30,468 physical, 1,494 digital)
18. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 30,720 (29,207 physical, 1,513 digital)
19. [PS4] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 27,768 (24,848 physical, 2,920 digital)
20. [PSV] Fushigi no Gensokyo The Tower of Desire – 25,970 (N/A physical, 25,970 digital)
21. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 25,301 (24,709 physical, 592 digital)
22. [3DS] Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – 22,404 (21,422 physical, 982 digital)
23. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition – 21,845 (19,177 physical, 2,668 digital)
24. [PSV] Makai Shin Trillion – 20,163 (16,687 physical, 3,476 digital)
25. [PSV] Chaos;Child – 17,978 (16,327 physical, 1,651 digital)
26. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 17,956 (15,792 physical, 2,164 digital)
27. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster Cinderella G4U! Pack Vol.2 – 17,389 (17,389 physical, N/A digital)
28. [PSV] Deemo: Last Recital – 15,898 (N/A physical, 15,898 digital)
29. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 15,599 (12,283 physical, 3,316 digital)
30. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 14,675 (13,662 physical, 1,013 digital)
Note that these sales are based on data between June 22 and July 26.
Media Create sales (8/17 – 8/23)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 7 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 19,960
PS4 – 14,495
Vita – 11,605
Wii U – 11,302
New 3DS – 5,967
PS3 – 2,549
3DS – 1,557
3DS LL – 795
Vita TV – 554
Xbox One – 160
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 30,105
PS4 – 18,503
Vita – 17,400
Wii U – 16,567
New 3DS – 8,326
PS3 – 3,448
3DS – 2,752
3DS LL – 1,065
Vita TV – 672
Xbox One – 195
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX – 98,366 / NEW
2. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 65,904 / 910,071
3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 48,592 / 1,351,934
4. [WIU] Splatoon – 23,874 / 584,268
5. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best PLus – 12,083 / 432,276
6. [PSV] Reine Des Fleurs – 11,191 / NEW
7. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,073 / 300,001
8. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 6,113 / 1,104,610
9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,837 / 4,030,853
10. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 4,154 / 409,189
11. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 3,750 / 2,686,525
12. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 3,340 / 63,930
13. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 3,173 / 87,913
14. [3DS] Cho Tousouchuu Atsumare Saikyou no Tousousya Tachi – 3,078 / 41,507
15. [PSV] Luminous Arc Infinity – 2,716 / 24,980
16. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Best Price) – 2,570 / 9,535
17. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 2,501 / 2,274,753
18. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 2,364 / 84,566
19. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 2,283 / 186,616
20. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 2,227 / 668,555
