Japan’s best-selling games of June 2015
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 16 Comments
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of June 2015. You can check out the full results below.
1. [WIU] Splatoon – 368,538 (348,557 physical, 19,981 digital)
2. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 232,459 (225,296 physical, 7,163 digital)
3. [3DS] Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou – 97,189 (N/A physical, 97,189 digital)
4. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 88,707 (86,338 physical, 2,369 digital)
5. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – 54,544 (51,574 physical, 2,970 digital)
6. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 52,890 (45,912 physical, 6,978 digital)
7. [3DS] Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – 47,146 (44,902 physical, 2,274 digital)
8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 45,077 (38,146 physical, 6,931 digital)
9. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 44,470 (42,762 physical, 1,708 digital)
10. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition – 37,804 (30,757 physical, 7,047 digital)
11. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus – 30,887 (22,088 physical, 8,799 digital)
12. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 27,164 (25,272 physical, 1,892 digital)
13. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution – 27,034 (24,984 physical, 2,050 digital)
14. [3DS] Stella Glow – 23,857 (22,294 physical, 1,563 digital)
15. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 19,125 (17,611 physical, 1,514 digital)
16. [PS4] Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho – 17,840 (14,294 physical, 3,546 digital)
17. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Kurosensei – 16,912 (15,556 physical, 1,356 digital)
18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 15,406 (14,690 physical, 716 digital)
19. [3DS] Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki – 15,064 (13,403 physical, 1,661 digital)
20. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 13,955 (12,127 physical, 1,828 digital)
21. [PSV] Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo tr. – 13,691 (12,904 physical, 787 digital)
22. [PS3] Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho – 13,475 (10,515 physical, 2,960 digital)
23. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 11,645 (11,205, 440 digital)
24. [PSV] Possession Magenta – 11,571 (11,007 physical, 564 digital)
25. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 10,919 (9,715 physical, 1,204 digital)
26. [3DS] Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland – 10,773 (9,908 physical, 865 digital)
27. [PSV] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou with Power-Up Kit – 10,458 (9,360 physical, 1,098 digital)
28. [PS3] Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition – 9,362 (N/A physical, 9,362 digital)
29. [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster – 8,991 (7,642 physical, 1,349 digital)
30. [3DS] BoxBoy! – 8,879 (715 physical, 8,164 digital)
Note that these sales are based on data between May 25 and June 21.
SEGA posts Q1 FY2016 financial results
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
A couple of days ago, SEGA Sammy posted its latest financial results. There was a downturn during the first quarter of FY2016, though the company’s gaming division performed a bit better.
Here’s a full breakdown of SEGA Sammy’s latest financials:
– SEGA Sammy (parent company of game publisher SEGA) said that gains in its gaming unit could not offset overall losses
– Revenue of ¥52.9 billion ($425 million)
– That’s down 41.2 percent compared to last year’s number of ¥90 billion ($723 million)
– Profit: ¥7.9 billion ($63.5 million) loss for the quarter
– That’s down sharply from a profit of ¥5.1 billion ($41 million) during the same period last year
– The poor results were attributed the downturn to a number of factors, including the economy
– SEGA said the gains in digital games for smart devices in Japan were not substantial enough to offset the “shrinking” packaged game software business
– SEGA’s gaming division (Entertainment Contents Business) did better than the company as a whole
– Entertainment Contents Business posted net sales of ¥41.9 billion ($336 million)
– That’s up 4.1 percent compared to last year
– Operating loss of ¥739 million ($5.9 million) during the period
– This number was better than the ¥1.4 billion ($11.2 million) loss during the same quarter last year
– In the packaged game business, SEGA sold 1.83 million games “in spite of the lack of sales of major titles”
– No specific sales figures for any SEGA games
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Media Create software sales (7/20 – 7/26) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
02./00. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi #
03./00. [PS4] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi #
04./05. [WIU] Splatoon
05./00. [PSV] Makai Shin Trillion #
06./07. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
07./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol.3
08./06. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom / White Kingdom
09./02. [PS4] Batman: Arkham Knight
10./03. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World #
11./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
12./04. [3DS] Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken #
13./00. [3DS] Langrisser: Re:Incarnation Tensei
14./08. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version
15./11. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
16./13. [3DS] Super Run For Money Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi
17./12. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
18./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./00. [PSV] Vamwolf Cross #
20./19. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Coord
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Capcom posts latest financial results, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate closing in on 4 million units sold
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Capcom’s financial results for the three-month quarter ended June 30 are in. The company performed well as a whole, and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate continues to sell well.
Here’s a quick breakdown of Capcom’s results, courtesy of GameSpot:
– Overall net sales up to ¥14.5 billion ($116 million)
– That’s an increase of 51.9 percent compared to last year
– Total net income rose 104.9 percent to ¥1.57 billion ($12.6 million)
– Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Resident Evil Revelations 2, and Resident Evil HD enjoyed “robust” sales
– Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has now sold more than 3.9 million units worldwide
– The company’s online games “remained soft”
– Mobile titles also were “generally soft”
– Capcom’s video game business (Digital Contents) overall posted ¥6.3 billion ($50.7 million) net sales
– That’s up ¥5.5 billion ($44.3 million) this time last year
– Operating income was ¥1.1 billion ($8.8 million)
– This number is down 2.2 percent from last year
– “Amusement Equipments” business (like Pachinko) performed the best during the quarter
More: Capcom, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, sales
Nintendo sold 4.2 million amiibo in Q1, total up to 14.7 million
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
Nintendo reported its first quarter results of the fiscal 2016 year yesterday. Bloomberg reveals that, during this period (April 1 through June 30), the company sold another 4.2 million amiibo. Total sales of the figures are now up to 14.7 million since last year’s launch.
Update: More details – Mercenaries Saga 2 sales have exceeded Circle Entertainment’s expectations
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments
Update (7/29)
Bumped to the top. More details from Circle Entertainment:
– The game has already sold 5000 copies in North America in a “very short time”, appearing on the bestselling list.
– North American sales seem stronger than the equivalents for Japan – this is surprising as the genre and style is, from CIRCLE’s experience, typically better received in Japan.
– The response in Europe has also been “good”.
– The publisher was unable to arrange for the game to have its own promotional eShop shelf in North America, though better support has been forthcoming in Europe.
– Numbers are “encouraging”, and look on track to be better than for Adventure Bar Story.
Original (7/28)
Mercenaries Saga 2 launched on the North American 3DS eShop earlier this month. It also arrived in Europe last week.
Thus far, Circle Entertainment says that Mercenaries Saga 2 has achieved higher sales than expected. The company also pointed out the many positive comments on its Miiverse community.
Source: Circle Entertainment PR
Nintendo comments from the company’s latest financial results
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments
We’ve been posting bits and pieces from Nintendo’s latest financial results throughout the day, but we have one final excerpt to share. The company’s report includes some comments about its activities and sales during the last quarter, which we thought was worth sharing.
Here’s the full excerpt:
During the three months ended June 30, 2015, for Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL, which were launched during the previous fiscal year as the newest members of the Nintendo 3DS family, continue to expand their sales, and the global sales of the Nintendo 3DS hardware reached 1.01 million units. As for the Nintendo 3DS software, Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright/Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, which were released in June for Japan, got off to a good start, while titles such as GIRLS MODE 3 Kirakira?Kode (translation of Japanese title) and Rhythm Tengoku (temp.) gained popularity among female consumers in Japan. In the overseas markets, with the contribution from the release of Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition, which is the overseas version of popular games in Japan, the global sales of the Nintendo 3DS software reached 7.92 million units.
With respect to Wii U, Splatoon, which was released globally in May and gathered attention, marked 1.62 million units in sales and contributed to vitalizing the Wii U platform. The worldwide sales of the Wii U hardware and software were 0.47 million and 4.55 million units respectively.
Updated listing of Nintendo’s million seller titles
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 7 Comments
As part of its latest financial results, Nintendo has once again updated its listing of million seller titles. We have the included lineup for both Wii U and 3DS.
Here are the full listings from Nintendo’s site:
Wii U
– Mario Kart 8 – 5.43 million
– Nintendo Land – 4.88 million
– New Super Mario Bros. U – 4.84 million
– Super Mario 3D World – 4.30 million
– Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 3.83 million
– New Super Luigi U – 2.26 million
– Splatoon – 1.62 million
– The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – 1.57 million
– Wii Party U – 1.57 million
3DS
– Pokemon X/Y – 13.99 million
– Mario Kart 7 – 11.92 million
– Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 10.27 million
– Super Mario 3D Land – 10.10 million
– New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 9.30 million
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 9.17 million
– Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 7.04 million
– Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – 4.54 million
– Tomodachi Life – 4.30 million
– The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 3.77 million
Media Create sales (7/20 – 7/26)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 21,028
PS4 – 17,656
Vita – 13,843
Wii U – 11,257
New 3DS – 5,753
PS3 – 2,956
3DS – 1,286
3DS LL – 807
Vita TV – 642
Xbox One – 211
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 24,266
New 3DS LL – 19,432
Vita – 13,190
Wii U – 11,028
New 3DS – 5,437
PS3 – 2,947
3DS – 1,376
3DS LL – 726
Vita TV – 618
Xbox One – 242
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters – 95,369 / 1,009,905
2. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 58,889 / NEW
3. [PS4] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 35,161 / NEW
4. [WIU] Splatoon – 24,289 / 455,158
5. [PSV] Makai Shin Trillion – 18,506 / NEW
6. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 16,110 / 359,603
7. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster Cinderella G4U! Pack Vol.3 – 15,060 / NEW
8. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 14,023 / 377,775
9. [PS4] Batman: Arkham Knight – 12,273 / 61,076
10. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 11,733 / 42,891
11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 10,180 / 263,487
12. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 9,554 / 169,161
13. [3DS] Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei – 9,300 / NEW
14. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 8,277 / 66,959
15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 7,076 / 1,074,513
16. [3DS] Cho Tousouchuu Atsumare Saikyou no Tousousya Tachi – 6,757 / 25,277
17. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 5,414 / 2,668,433
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,343 / 4,007,043
19. [PSV] Vamwolf Cross + – 3,369 / NEW
20. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 2,966 / 170,166
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Nintendo Q1 FY15 results – beats analyst expectations
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 28 Comments
Nintendo’s latest financial results are in. The company reported its latest data today, which covers April 1 through June 30.
Here’s a quick look at how Nintendo performed during the most recent quarter:
– Generated more than $729 million (90 billion yen) in sales
– Up from $603 million (75 billion yen) during the same period last year
– Operating income of $9.3 million (1.1 billion yen)
– Major improvement from the loss of $76 million (9.5 billion yen) the company reported during Q1 2015
– Outpaced analyst estimates in this area as well
– Wall Street and financial experts around the world were expecting the company to report a loss of around $1 million
– Nintendo also reported an earnings per share of 56 cents
– Q1 2016 wasn’t only a decent quarter for Nintendo in comparison to 2014
– In terms of net sales, Nintendo hasn’t made this much money since its fiscal 2012
– First positive operating income for a Nintendo Q1 since its fiscal 2011
– Even though the company generated more revenue in fiscal 2012, that was the year it spent a serious amount of cash on research and development for the Wii U
– Splatoon sold 1.62 million copies
– This even helped push a few extra Wii U systems, according to Nintendo
– Nintendo still expects to generate $4.6 billion in sales and $404 million in operating income for its entire fiscal 2016
– Those estimations are in line with what the company previously predicted at the end of fiscal 2015
– Wii U has now sold over 10 million units
Market Expectations for Q1 were as followed:
EARNINGS FORECAST: Net loss of ¥125 million is the consensus of four analysts surveyed by Nikkei, compared with a year-earlier loss of ¥9.9 billion.
REVENUE FORECAST: Revenue of ¥89.17 billion is the market forecast, compared with ¥74.7 billion a year earlier.
Nintendo Q1 FY15 Results:
Net Sales: ¥90.233 billion yen
Operating Income: ¥1.149 billion yen
Net Income: ¥8.284 billion yen
Hardware & Software Q1 Results:
3DS HW: 1.01 million
Wii U HW: .47 million
3DS SW: 7.92 million
Wii U SW: 4.55 million
Nintendo FY15 Guidance:
Net Sales: ¥570 billion yen
Operating Income: ¥50 billion yen
Net Income: ¥35 billion yen
Hardware & Software FY15 Guidance:
3DS HW: 7.6 million
Wii U HW: 3.4 million
3DS SW: 56 million
Wii U SW: 23 million
Additional Information Q4 (Software/Hardware Shipments, Digital Sales, Cash & Equivalents):
Splatoon: 1.62 million
Digital Sales: ¥12.0 billion yen
Cash & Equivalents: ¥882.808 billion yen
LTD Figures:
Pokemon XY – 13.99 million
Pokemon ORAS – 10.27 million
Super Smash 3DS – 7.04 million
Super Smash Wii U – 3.83 million
Mario Kart 8 – 5.43 million
