Japanese Smash Bros. 3DS release sold over 90,000 copies digitally in September
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 11 Comments
While we do receive Japanese sales reports each week, the data only pertains to games sold in stores. Famitsu thankfully comes through with some notable information regarding digital sales in its latest issue.
According to the magazine, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS sold 1,432,246 physical copies between September 1 and September 28. Another 90,538 units were sold as digital downloads. As such, that means 5.9 percent of Super Smash Bros. copies were purchased digitally during the month of September.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS was the best-selling title in Japan for the month of September. That’s not only for retail, but download sales as well.
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Media Create software sales (10/20 – 10/26) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
02./00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014
03./00. [PS3] The Evil Within
04./00. [PS4] The Evil Within
05./00. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2014
06./00. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia
07./02. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
08./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
09./00. [PSV] Super Hero Generation #
10./00. [PS3] Super Hero Generation #
11./04. [PSV] Chaos Ring III: Prequel Trilogy
12./05. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX #
13./00. [XB1] The Evil Within
14./08. [WIU] Mario Kart 8
15./10. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online
16./06. [PS3] FIFA 15 #
17./00. [360] The Evil Within
18./16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./14. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
20./11. [PSV] DanganRonpa: Another Episode
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Capcom hopes to ship nearly 4 million units of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments
Capcom already shipped two million copies of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in Japan as of the middle of October. From here on out, the company is hoping to move another 1.9 million units worldwide. Capcom states in its latest financial results that the 3DS game has a target of 3.9 million units in total.
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Iwata on overseas 3DS sales
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
Check out some noteworthy comments from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata regarding overseas 3DS sales below:
When it comes to the overseas markets, we do not plan to launch New Nintendo 3DS/3DS XL for the U.S. or Europe this year. Additionally, there are only a couple of big titles, “Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS,” and “Pokémon Omega Ruby” and “Pokémon Alpha Sapphire,” overseas as no “YOKAI WATCH” franchises or “Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate” will be scheduled this year there. Based on these observations, some might wonder if, apart from the domestic market, the sales of Nintendo 3DS will really be able to gain momentum in the overseas markets.
The overseas markets are different from the Japanese market in both their stages of popularization of Nintendo 3DS and their market characteristics.
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Iwata discusses early New 3DS sales
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 0 comments
This information comes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata…
Here I would like to tell you about the current situation of New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL (known as New Nintendo 3DS LL in Japan), launched on October 11 in Japan in advance of markets overseas.
The sell-through results of the two models combined was 234 thousand units, which is the largest first-week sales of remodeled devices we have ever released. New Nintendo 3DS XL has been more popular and was out of stock at many stores. We are sorry about the shortage of supply.
As you can see from the graph, the sales momentum was maintained in the second week
And third week. We feel that the new “super-stable 3D” function, new “C” stick, and accelerated CPU of the new models have been well-received by our consumers.
With the new models in addition to the consecutive release of games which could be double-million sellers, we are confident that Nintendo 3DS will establish a presence in the market in the year-end sales season in Japan.
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Latest Nintendo release schedule, million sellers list
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 31 Comments
Nintendo posted supplementary information about its latest financial results just a few minutes ago. We have an updated release schedule, plus a new million sellers list. View the gallery above for all of this information.
Images: Comparing Wii U and 3DS hardware sales to recent Nintendo systems
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, GameCube, GBA, Images, Wii, Wii U | 40 Comments
With Nintendo having released its latest financial results earlier today, one fan has created a couple of charts comparing Wii U and 3DS sales to some of the company’s more recent systems.
First, here’s a look at how the Wii U is stacking up against the Wii and GameCube:
And below is a look at 3DS sales compared to the DS and GBA:
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Details from Capcom’s latest financial results (FY14 Q2)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
Like Nintendo, Capcom posted its latest financial results today for the second quarter of the FY2014 period. GameSpot picked up on some of the more interesting tidbits, which we’ve rounded up below.
– Results down as a whole
– ¥25.9 billion ($239.6 million) in revenue gained
– That’s down 51.3 percent compared to the same period last year
– Profits fell to ¥2.9 billion ($26.8 million) for a drop of 39.9 percent
– Capcom says the downturn is due to a lack of major titles compared to last year
– Ultra Street Fight IV and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy saw “steady sales”
– Monster Hunter Frontier G and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite performed “solidly”
– Capcom’s video game business unit (“Digital Contents”) saw even worse results than the company did overall
– Revenue was ¥13.5 billion ($124.9 million)
– This is down 64.1 percent compared to last year
– Operating income was ¥2.1 billion ($19.4 million) for a drop of 60 percent compared to last year
Media Create software sales (10/20 – 10/26)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 10 Comments
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 172,348 / 1,945,850
2. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 81,981 / NEW
3. [PS3] The Evil Within – 59,388 / NEW
4. [PS4] The Evil Within – 59,209 / NEW
5. [PSV] 50,836 / NEW
6. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 47,037 / NEW
7. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 36,625 / 1,647,529
8. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 30,497 / 2,786,183
9. [PSV] Super Hero Generation – 16,802 / NEW
10. [PS3] Super Hero Generation – 12,566 / NEW
11. [PSV] Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy – 6,967 / 19,402
12. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 6,238 / 123,546
13. [XBO] The Evil Within – 3,233 / NEW
14. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 2,821 / 693,208
15. [3DS] Dragon Quest X – 2,676 / 111,276
16. [PS3] FIFA 15 – 2,451 / 23,062
17. [360] The Evil Within – 2,419 / NEW
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,367 / 3,800,198
19. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 2,234 / 1,289,968
20. [PSV] Danganronpa: Another Episode – 2,132 / 98,528
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Media Create hardware sales (10/20 – 10/26)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 13 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 59,386
New 3DS – 21,281
Vita – 12,230
3DS LL – 10,665
PS4 – 8,942
3DS – 5,258
PS3 – 5,138
Wii U – 4,273
Vita TV – 795
Xbox One – 613
Xbox 360 – 89
PSP – 76
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 60,348
New 3DS – 29,341
3DS LL – 16,771
Vita – 8,761
PS4 – 8,046
3DS – 6,778
Wii U – 5,293
PS3 – 4,779
Xbox One – 728
Vita TV – 630
PSP – 100
Xbox 360 – 88
