Posted March 6, 2013 Just realised that PSO2 sold over 60,000 copies despite being available free on PSN. That's absolutely fucking amazing. Sega really need to hurry up and just make an official English patch for it rather than bother with the segregated western servers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 6, 2013 Tell that to Polyphony Digital. Nevermind PD, tell it to Silicon Knights. Too Human was developed across 3 generations and pretty much killed the company in its wake. And it was critically panned unlike anything PD have done. But at 5 years in development, I don't think anyone can accuse Pikmin 3 of being rushed. There is a flipside argument of it not being given priority and that's why it's taken so long though but they clearly weren't in a rush. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 6, 2013 My point with PD is that they released a pretty tepid game and then released about a billion content updates and actually made it into a good game; hence, a rushed game isn't forever ruined. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 6, 2013 My point with PD is that they released a pretty tepid game and then released about a billion content updates and actually made it into a good game; hence, a rushed game isn't forever ruined. Sorry. I thought you were just referring to the super long gestation of GT5 which when launched got called out by some for being the just the PS2 games but in HD. All credit to the guys for sticking with it though and yeah, absolutely proof that games can improve after release but the release version itself was a still quite a muted affair in some circles desipte the long delays. Of course it helps if you have a decent online service via which to deliver the content. That Miyamoto statement whilst true at the time is starting to lose significance in the modern day. I guess it utimately depends on what the problems are as to whether it can be fixed with a delay of the title as it stands or whether it needs binning entirely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 13, 2013 Vita 63,581 3DS LL 39,801 3DS 21,207 PS3 19,567 PSP 18,023 Wii U 9,454 Wii 1,363 Xbox 360 738 The Vita actually beat the 3DS this week, mostly due to the release of Soul Sacrifice and Tales of Hearts R Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 13, 2013 Vita 63,5813DS LL 39,801 3DS 21,207 PS3 19,567 PSP 18,023 Wii U 9,454 Wii 1,363 Xbox 360 738 The Vita actually beat the 3DS this week, mostly due to the release of Soul Sacrifice and Tales of Hearts R Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2013 (Mar 04 - Mar 10) 01./00. [PS3] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f <ACT> (Sega) {2013.03.07} (¥7.329) - 110.229 / NEW 02./00. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (¥5.980) - 92.396 / NEW 03./00. [PSP] Uta no Prince-Sama: All Star # <ACT> (Broccoli) {2013.03.07} (¥6.090) - 67.217 / NEW 04./05. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) - 63.285 / 2.802.940 (-14%) 05./00. [PSV] Tales of Hearts R # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.07} (¥6.480) - 55.258 / NEW 06./01. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8 # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.02.28} (¥7.560) - 46.866 / 250.090 (-77%) 07./00. [PS3] Far Cry 3 <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2013.03.07} (¥7.770) - 33.281 / NEW 08./02. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Legacy of Civilization A <ADV> (Level 5) {2013.02.28} (¥5.500) - 30.078 / 160.764 (-77%) 09./10. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.02.07} (¥6.090) - 24.045 / 1.159.265 (-49%) 10./00. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice: "United Front" Double Pack <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (¥7.980) - 22.050 / NEW 11./04. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission <TBL> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.02.28} (¥5.800) - 21.915 / 110.302 (-75%) 12./08. [PS3] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance # <ACT> (Konami) {2013.02.21} (¥6.980) - 17.833 / 386.908 (-70%) 13./03. [PSV] Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: Otome Shoujotachi no Shoumei # <ACT> (Marvelous AQL) {2013.02.28} (¥6.980) - 17.138 / 111.461 (-82%) 14./00. [3DS] Doraemon: Nobita to Himitsu Dougu Hakubutsukan <ETC> (FuRyu) {2013.03.07} (¥5.229) - 12.768 / NEW 15./07. [PSV] Phantasy Star Online 2: Special Package <RPG> (Sega) {2013.02.28} (¥5.229) - 10.031 / 71.258 (-84%) 16./00. [PS3] Crysis 3 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2013.03.07} (¥7.665) - 9.602 / NEW 17./06. [PS3] Macross 30: Ginga o Tsunagu Utagoe # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.02.28} (¥8.380) - 9.294 / 72.383 (-85%) 18./09. [PSP] Shining Ark <RPG> (Sega) {2013.02.28} (¥6.279) - 9.161 / 63.999 (-83%) 19./13. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) - 8.452 / 1.950.816 (-17%) 20./14. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) - 8.096 / 252.737 (-12%) Top 20 3DS - 7 PS3 - 6 PSV - 5 PSP - 2 HARDWARE Code: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | PSV | 63.581 | 62.543 | 10.041 | 227.163 | 170.076 | 1.357.988 | | 3DS # | 61.008 | 77.439 | 68.951 | 1.045.423 | 960.496 | 10.825.303 | | PS3 | 19.567 | 25.725 | 34.816 | 241.227 | 343.201 | 9.101.311 | | PSP # | 18.023 | 11.171 | 16.176 | 172.105 | 221.110 | 19.801.116 | | WIU | 9.454 | 10.021 | | 183.194 | | 810.481 | | WII | 1.363 | 1.383 | 8.322 | 21.364 | 133.478 | 12.660.200 | | 360 | 738 | 486 | 1.290 | 7.797 | 14.630 | 1.621.631 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ALL | 173.734 | 188.768 | 142.311 | 1.898.273 | 1.877.333 | 56.178.030 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 3DSLL | 39.801 | 50.265 | | 658.028 | | 2.748.399 | | 3DS | 21.207 | 27.174 | 68.951 | 387.395 | 960.496 | 8.076.904 | | PSP | 18.023 | 11.171 | 16.176 | 172.105 | 221.110 | 19.625.129 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another Tales game bombed!! Decent Vita sales. Not amazing but pretty good. If they can stabalise at 30k - 40k then its moving forward. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) 3 way tie for Top 10 software sold by platform as well. 3 vita, 3 PS3 and 3 3DS games. A surprising week for sales, I wonder if the Vita can keep it up with this weeks releases. Games out this week: Vita: Nobunaga game Two Steins Gate visual novels 3DS: Super Robot Wars I'm guessing 3DS will retake the lead next week, but Vita is still suffering from stocking problems (seriously Sony, the thing was nearly dying a couple of weeks ago, how can you drop the price without adequate stock?) so maybe it can keep going at its current pace. Edited March 13, 2013 by Debug Mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 13, 2013 Someone on GAF brought up a good point. Monster Hunter 4 was originally due for release around now, so the whole thing is strategically valid for Sony to have tried to take steam out of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Someone on GAF brought up a good point. Monster Hunter 4 was originally due for release around now, so the whole thing is strategically valid for Sony to have tried to take steam out of it. It's definitely one of the main things they capitalised on, but like I said earlier in the topic, they clearly timed this price cut very well Whether it holds beyond April or not I'm unsure of myself, but I think this month has been carefully timed by Sony as a good time to pounce and I think it might pay off in the mean time. Nintendo has a slightly dry month this month on both 3DS and Wii U. Also, those Wii U sales aren't looking too healthy right now. Just a couple weeks left to go until DQX and Game & Wario kick some life into it. Edited March 13, 2013 by Debug Mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 It's definitely one of the main things they capitalised on, but like I said earlier in the topic, they clearly timed this price cut very well Maybe, maybe not. It wasn't like MH4 suddenly got delayed at the last minute - it was known to be delayed until summer last year which would have been more than enough time for Sony to either stop or start planning a price reduction for around now. Also, Soul Sacrifice, the Monster Hunter clone, was due out at the end of last year and then got bumped to March so I suspect that is the real catalyst for the sales drop as Sony will be hoping it taps into that same crowd that helped sustain the PSP and make it successful - PSO2 landing around this time would have helped too. It also helps to explain why it wasn't a world wide reduction because there is nothing in the West to really promote alongside the machine right now. And lets face it, even a price reduction wouldn't have upset MH4 sales as there are too many 3DSes out there already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) MS still #1 in the US. 26 Months on the trot!! Xbox 360 sold 302,000 units in February – marking the 26th consecutive month as the number-one selling console in the U.S. (Source: NPD Group, February 2013) February 2013 NPD highlights: · Holding 41 percent share of current-generation console sales, Xbox 360 sold 302,000 units in February, maintaining the number-one console spot in the U.S. (Source: NPD Group, February 2013) · Total retail spend on the Xbox 360 platform in February (hardware, software and accessories) was the most for any console in the U.S. (Source: NPD Group, February 2013) · During the month of February, Xbox 360 held five of the top 10 console game titles including: “Crysis 3,” “Aliens: Colonial Marines,” “Dead Space 3,” “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” and “NBA 2K13.” (Source: NPD Group, February 2013) This spring, Xbox 360 continues to bring incredible offerings to consumers. Available for a limited time, the new Spring Value Bundle includes a 250GB Xbox 360, wireless controller, wired headset, “Darksiders II” and “Batman: Arkham City” for $299 – showcasing the expansive reach of entertainment and gaming available on Xbox 360. The highly anticipated “Gears of War: Judgment,” developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by Epic Games and People Can Fly, launches next week on Tuesday, March 19. The “Gears of War” series is one of the most popular franchises in Xbox history, having sold more than 19 million games worldwide, and spawning New York Times-bestselling novels, toys, collectibles, graphic novels and more. Software: 1. Dead Space 3 (360, PS3, PC) 2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, Wii U PC) 3. Crysis 3 (360, PS3, PC) 4. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC) 5. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3, 360) 6. Aliens: Colonial Marines 2013 (360, PS3, PC) 7. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, PS3, Wii U) 8. Far Cry 3 (360, PS3, PC) 9. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3, PSV) 10. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U) Wonder how much Fire Emblem sold and how much Nintendo managing to mess up the shipping effected its sales. Edited March 14, 2013 by liger05 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 All credit to MS! Xbox is a beast in the US! Nintendo messed up big time with the fire emblem shipping numbers. What a clusterfuck!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 In a separate statement, Nintendo reported that 455,000 units of hardware were sold in the U.S. in February, pushing 3DS past 8 million units to date. 180,000 copies of Fire Emblem Awakening were sold in the U.S. in February (117,000 at retail and 63,000 digitally). Nintendo added that "by comparison, the previous hand-held entrant in the franchise – Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon – has sold a little more than 250,000 units life to date in the United States http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/...es-in-february Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Such a shame that they grossly under-shipped FEA in the US. Hopefully it'll still have some legs at retail once they get the physical copies back in stores. Despite this setback, I reckon that it still has a chance at becoming the best selling game in the series in the US! Previous FE game LTDs for comparison's sake. Fire Emblem = 393K (First week = 76K) Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones = 247K (First week = 54K) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance = 86K Edited March 14, 2013 by Dcubed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Such a shame that they grossly under-shipped FEA in the US. Hopefully it'll still have some legs at retail once they get the physical copies back in stores. Despite this setback, I reckon that it still has a chance at becoming the best selling game in the series in the US! Previous FE game LTDs for comparison's sake. Fire Emblem = 393K Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones = 247K Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance = 86K It's crazy that still people are struggling to get it @ retail. They should of fixed the problem by now. Also the Nintendo PR suggests Wii U sales are bad. Edited March 14, 2013 by liger05 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 In a separate statement, Nintendo reported that 455,000 units of hardware were sold in the U.S. in February, pushing 3DS past 8 million units to date. 180,000 copies of Fire Emblem Awakening were sold in the U.S. in February (117,000 at retail and 63,000 digitally). Nintendo added that "by comparison, the previous hand-held entrant in the franchise – Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon – has sold a little more than 250,000 units life to date in the United States http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/...es-in-february Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 It's crazy that still people are struggling to get it @ retail. They should of fixed the problem by now. Also the Nintendo PR suggests Wii U sales are bad. Wii U sales are supposedly around 69K according to the guys on GAF. The fact that it has gone up from January lends credence to that theory of the January NPD sales being crushed by mass returns by scalpers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 Wii U sales are supposedly around 69K according to the guys on GAF. The fact that it has gone up from January lends credence to that theory of the January NPD sales being crushed by mass returns by scalpers. 69K is horrific regardless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 14, 2013 69K is horrific regardless. Yes it is. Mind you though, thankfully the Wii U has actual games (yes, games!) being released in March in all territories so hopefully this will help light a fire up the Wii U's arse. Hopefully with the software drought coming to an end, so too will the declining sales. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Yes it is. Mind you though, thankfully the Wii U has actual games (yes, games!) being released in March in all territories so hopefully this will help light a fire up the Wii U's arse. Hopefully with the software drought coming to an end, so too will the declining sales. The Lego game could do pretty well. Looking at the sales over the last 2 months you can see why ubisoft pulled Rayman Legends. Rayman stuggles to sell at the best of times and I see why they made the decision to pull it when the wii u install base is so low right now. Brain Age training bombed as well. Those casual gamers have moved on. Edited March 15, 2013 by liger05 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 15, 2013 Brain Age training bombed as well. Those casual gamers have moved on. Yeah, I read that it did less than 10k. Whilst I suspect it might do a bit better than most digital games due to the convenience of always having it with the 3DS, there is no way it's so high as to move it into the "acceptable" category. And I'm sure they would have mentioned it, like FE, if it had done. Now I know the BT games tend to be slow burners/evergreen and eschew the giant opening/fast tail off model but I think this really does highlight who is buying the 3DSes in America right now and it's still only the more dedicated gamers. Being $29.99 certainly doesn't help either when you can get alternatives for cheap/free on mobile devices which also have the benefit of being a device you always tend to keep about your person to enable quick play sessions in your downtime regardless of where you are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Yeah, I read that it did less than 10k. Whilst I suspect it might do a bit better than most digital games due to the convenience of always having it with the 3DS, there is no way it's so high as to move it into the "acceptable" category. And I'm sure they would have mentioned it, like FE, if it had done. Now I know the BT games tend to be slow burners/evergreen and eschew the giant opening/fast tail off model but I think this really does highlight who is buying the 3DSes in America right now and it's still only the more dedicated gamers. Being $29.99 certainly doesn't help either when you can get alternatives for cheap/free on mobile devices which also have the benefit of being a device you always tend to keep about your person to enable quick play sessions in your downtime regardless of where you are. Wii u fit will be the next one to show how much the casual audience has moved on. I would like to think Nintendo recognise this and realise that audience just isn't there anymore but I'm sceptical. Edited March 16, 2013 by liger05 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 17, 2013 To be fair, the US was always Brain Training 1 & 2's worst selling region. It should fare much better in Europe. Nintendogs & Cats didn't hit the heights of its predecessor, but it has done at least over 2 million worldwide so far (most of that being in Europe - just like the original) so that's nothing to scoff at. New Art Academy is also doing pretty well (probably nearing 1 million WW at this point), so while I don't expect it to be the big massive 10-20+ million seller that the original 2 games were, I still expect it to do quite well in Europe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 17, 2013 The US might have been the worst of the 3 main regions, but even that is one heck of a drop off. The 3DS version, allegedly, did sub 10k in 3 weeks on sale whereas the first Brain Age on the DS did 120k in the same time frame so sales are down by over 90% for the same period. That's got to raise some eyebrows in the Nintendo camp concerning just who it is that are buying 3DSs and should also be factored in when designing these sort of games for the Wii U too. They've been quite adamant that same market that powered the Wii to success is there when nearly ever armchair quarterback begs to differ - and even those in the press too. Neither one has been yet to truly proven right but the signs aren't good so far for Nintendo. As for Nintendogs and Cats, that had the benefit of being one of the few launch games that wasn't a port (and most of the ports were bad ones too)... even if it hadn't moved on much from the first game. I'm not sure if that had been released today that it would be hitting those numbers even with the higher install base. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2013 Some UK Wii U sales numbers, as well as all the other consoles, have arrived via Gaf. I would go more in depth but I'm posting from my phone. http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=526191 The Wii U was really struggling in Feb. Of course the lack of any compelling software doesnt help things. This months titles ( Lego, Monster Hunter, Need for Speed ) surely have to cause a slight increase. Right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
