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.
UK software sales (week ending 1/24)
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News | 0 comments
This week’s UK software sales are as follows:
Individual Formats
All Formats
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UK software sales (week ending 1/24) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This weeks UK software Wii U/3DS specific sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo
7. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
8. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
9. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft
10. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – NIntendo
6. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Level 5
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
8. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
10. Fantasy Life – Nintendo
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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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U.S. sales for various Wii U and 3DS games
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 26 Comments
Reliable NPD leaker “creansugar” is back once again with another round of data from the latest NPD report. This time around, we have lifetime U.S. sales figures for various 3DS and Wii U titles, including Bravely Default, Bayonetta 2, and more.
Here’s the full set of data:
Hyrule Warriors has done pretty well for Koei Tecmo
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 14 Comments
Hyrule Warriors has done quite well overseas – the United States in particular. Take a look at some data compiled by NeoGAF’s “ZhugeEX” that compares sales of Hyrule Warriors to other Warriors entries in the states:
Since Japan is important, here’s a look at how Hyrule Warriors stacks up to other Musou entries:
Wii U
Hyrule Warriors ~130k
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper ~35k
Fist of the North Star 2 ~15k
Wii
Samurai Warriors Katana – 35k
Samurai Warriors 3 – 320k
Samurai Warriors 3XL – 80k
New IP Musou – sales in Japan for first game
340k – Dynasty Warriors 2
1060k – Samurai Warriors
670k – Warriors Orochi (excl PSP/PC)
660k – Dynasty Warriors Gundam (inc PS2)
660k – Fist of the North Star
70k – Warriors Legends of Troy
860k – One Piece Pirate Warriors
More: Hyrule Warriors, Koei Tecmo, Omega Force, sales, Team Ninja
Another round of French Nintendo sales figures
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Le Figaro has reported a few more Nintendo sales figures from France.
First, in terms of software, we know of the following:
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: 476,000 units
Tomodachi Life: 439,000 units
Mario Kart 8: 346,000 units
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS: 279,000 units
For 2014, Wii U hardware sales came in at 240,000 units, bringing its overall total up to 515,000 units. Nintendo also sold a total of 4.5 million games in France last year. Of the top twenty best-selling titles in France last year, eight were published by Nintendo.
Japan’s top 100 best-selling games of 2014
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s issue of Famitsu has a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan of last year. You can find the full set of data below.
01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
04. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
05. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
06. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
07. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
08. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi #
09. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
10. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
11. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
12. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour
13. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z
14. [PS4] Knack #
15. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost #
16. [PS3] Dark Souls II
17. [PSV] Freedom Wars
18. [WIU] Wii Party U #
19. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
20. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 #
Nintendo has sold 200,000 amiibo figures in France
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
200,000 amiibo figures have been sold in France, Nintendo has announced. That figure accounts for all sales since the product line launched in late November.
amiibo has been extremely successful in other territories as well. For instance, Nintendo confirmed earlier this month that nearly 2.6 million figures have been sold in the U.S. thus far.
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
