Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Wow Japan is weird

Professor_Chris said:
Ah. Things are back to normal in the land of the rising sun. :)

Top 10 for the 11th-17th of December:
#. (System, Publisher) Title - #Sold Last Week / #Sold Total
1. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond - 123,573 / 2,119,848
2. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Pearl - 97,409 / 1,766,776
3. (DS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad - 92,173 / 557,634
4. (DS, Sega) Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren - 88,242
5. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers - 77,761 / 3,617,021
6. (DS, Sega) Love and Berry DS Collection - 72,841 / 608,545
7. (DS, Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 71,339 / 349,979
8. (PS2, SCE) Wild Arms 5 - 70,476
9. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 69,923 / 318,473
10. (Wii, Pokemon) Pokemon Battle Revolution - 67,607

Pokemon DP total: 220,982 / 3,886,624

Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134741

No Blue Dragon or Zelda in the Top 30. Zelda's absence can be attributed to the lack of Wiis available (and the fact that no one wants the "inferior" GC version I suppose) but that doesn't seem to stop Wii Sports and Pokemon. I'm so glad I own a DS and a Wii. :D
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I feel compelled to bow to Wild Arms 5 for being The Lone Ranger there. LOL
 
Professor_Chris said:
Ah. Things are back to normal in the land of the rising sun. :)

Top 10 for the 11th-17th of December:
#. (System, Publisher) Title - #Sold Last Week / #Sold Total
1. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond - 123,573 / 2,119,848
2. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Pearl - 97,409 / 1,766,776
3. (DS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad - 92,173 / 557,634
4. (DS, Sega) Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren - 88,242
5. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers - 77,761 / 3,617,021
6. (DS, Sega) Love and Berry DS Collection - 72,841 / 608,545
7. (DS, Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 71,339 / 349,979
8. (PS2, SCE) Wild Arms 5 - 70,476
9. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 69,923 / 318,473
10. (Wii, Pokemon) Pokemon Battle Revolution - 67,607

Pokemon DP total: 220,982 / 3,886,624

Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134741

No Blue Dragon or Zelda in the Top 30. Zelda's absence can be attributed to the lack of Wiis available (and the fact that no one wants the "inferior" GC version I suppose) but that doesn't seem to stop Wii Sports and Pokemon. I'm so glad I own a DS and a Wii. :D
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heres some food for thought...
if there is a lack of Wii's then how come Pokemon Battle Rev. and Wii Sports are there?
 
King3567 said:
heres some food for thought...
if there is a lack of Wii's then how come Pokemon Battle Rev. and Wii Sports are there?
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There is a lack of Wiis. However, this means the attach rate in Japan for Wii Sports is really great. Pokemon Battle Revolution is also selling well because it's new and it's Pokemon. However, Zelda is doing worse than those (and Wii Play). There's no denying that. However, the lack of Wiis are probably hurting it's sales more because its not a "no duh" for the mainstream Japanese audience. Which means that those people who want Zelda are in the minority and thus it is harder for one of them to be able to purchase one with all those Pokemon fanatics and DS lovers lining up. ;\ The lack of Wiis are definately holding back sales all across the board. It just hurts Zelda more because its only the 4th popular of them all.

EDIT:

Hardware sales for Japan for last week:
DSL 319,708
Wii 108,237
PS3 70,942
PSP 48,962
PS2 37,730
Xbox360 17,168
GBASP 1,867
GBM 1,491
GC 1,152
DS 158
GBA 42
Xbox 3

The Top 3 selling out completely every week, of course.

Also, While Zelda did not hit the T30, it came in at #33 while Blue Dragon plummeted to #46.

The Top 50 looked like this:
System: #of games in T50
NDS:31
PS2:7
Wii:6
PSP:2
PS3:2
GBA:1
XBOX360:1

Also, apparently the Wii has sold more than PS3+360 together in Japan. :D Here's some PIE CHARTS! Nintendowned.

Also, the Wii is enjoying a nice 2.0 software tie ratio (meaning that for every Wii bought two Wii games were bought) while the PS3 has an abysmal .84 software tie ratio (meaning not even one game was sold for every PS3 sold).
 
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I gotta show this thread to my friend just to show him that DS is killing the PSP in Japan. Now I just need to find if DS is killing PSP in the west.
 
survivor said:
I gotta show this thread to my friend just to show him that DS is killing the PSP in Japan. Now I just need to find if DS is killing PSP in the west.
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Three diseased fruit flies are killing the PSP in the west, dude. XD
 
It's that time of the week again! MC Sales Data for 12/18-12/24! :D

Top 10
#. (Platform / Publisher) Title - #Sold Last Week / #Sold to date
1. (NDS / Nintendo) Pokemon Diamant - 209.379 / 2.329.227
2. (PSP / Konami) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops - 178.370 / NEW
3. (NDS / Nintendo) Pokemon Pearl - 164.670 / 1.931.445
4. (NDS / Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. - 154.107 / 3.771.128
5. (Wii / Nintendo) Wii Sports - 152.756 / 471.229
6. (PS2 / Square Enix) Seiken Densetsu 4 - 152.062 / NEW
7. (NDS / Nintendo) Kirby Squeak Squad - 149.350 / 706.984
8. (NDS / Sega) Love and Berry DS Collection - 139.382 / 747.926
9. (Wii / Nintendo) Wii Play - 137.495 / 439.323
10. (NDS / Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 134.551 / 484.529

The REST:
11. (PSP / Bandai Namco) Tales of the World Radiant Mythology / NEW
12. (NDS / Nintendo) Animal Crossing: Wild World
13. (NDS / Nintendo) Otona no Joushikiryoku Training DS
14. (NDS / Nintendo) Dr. Kawashima: More Brain Training
15. (NDS / Bandai Namco) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisetchi Gohiikini
16. (NDS / Spike) Nounai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS / NEW
17. (NDS / Nintendo) Mario Kart DS
18. (NDS / Nintendo) Shaberu! Oryouri Nabi
19. (Wii / Nintendo) Pokemon Battle Revolution
20. (Wii / Nintendo) Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
21. (Wii / Nintendo) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
22. (NDS / Nintendo) Dr. Kawashima: Brain Training
23. (PS2 / Sega) Yakuza 2
24. (NDS / Tomy Entertainment) Naruto Shinobi Retsuden DS
25. (NDS / IE Institute) 200 Bannin no Kan Ken: Tokoton Kanji Nou
26. (PS3 / From Software) Armored Core 4 / NEW
27. (NDS / Bandai Namco) Heisei Kyouikuiinkai DS / NEW
28. (360 / Capcom) Lost Planet: Extreme Condition / NEW
29. (NDS / Shogakukan Production) DS Kageyama Method
30. (NDS / Capcom) Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus

31. Magic Taizen (DS)
32. Cooking Navi (DS)
33. English Training for Adults (DS)
34. Gundam SEED Destiny Alliance vs ZAFT II Plus (PS2)
35. Ryusei no Rockman Leo (DS)
36. Kirarin Revolution (DS)
37. Kanji Training (DS)
38. Ryusei no Rockman Dragon (DS)
39. Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book (DS)
40. Ryu ga Gotoku The Best (PS2)
41. Fuurai no Shiren (DS)
42. PawaPuro-kun Pocket 9 (DS)
43. Tetris DS (DS)
44. Momotetsu 16 (PS2)
45. Prince of Tennis Doki Doki Survival (PS2)
46. Mario Basket 3on3 (DS)
47. Final Fantasy III (DS)
48. Winning Eleven 10 (PSP)
49. Power Pro Baseball 13 (PS2)
50. Need For Speed Carbon (PS2)

TOP 50
NDS:32
PS2:8
Wii:5
PSP:3
XBOX360:1 (Lost Planet)
PS3:1 (Armored Core)

Hardware:
DSL 485,584
Wii 279,277
PSP 138,588
PS3 76,882
PS2 46,209
Xbox360 17,213
GBM 2,394
GBASP 1,858
GC 1,250
DS 380
GBA 57
Xbox 11

Wii Dominate Pie Charts
Last few weeks animated
Moar charts

PSP Title as a #2 and #11 are suprising. Even though they did launch along a newly colored PSP during the holiday season and in bundles. (Both MGS and TotW were made into limited edition PSP bundles) However, I don't expect them to perform nearly as well this week. Especially since Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is released on the DS this week. :D

As usual, information is taken from the most recent MediaCreate thread on GAF.
 
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PSwhat?

My store got 8 PS3s in this morning, the first one didn't sell until 2:30 PM, and there were still 4 left when we closed at 10 PM...

And I still get dozens of people asking me if we have any Wiis.
 
Tagrineth said:
PSwhat?

My store got 8 PS3s in this morning, the first one didn't sell until 2:30 PM, and there were still 4 left when we closed at 10 PM...

And I still get dozens of people asking me if we have any Wiis.
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Yeah, my friend works at Walmart, and his store had four 60gig PS3's just lying there. ^_^
 
Tagrineth said:
PSwhat?

My store got 8 PS3s in this morning, the first one didn't sell until 2:30 PM, and there were still 4 left when we closed at 10 PM...

And I still get dozens of people asking me if we have any Wiis.
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By the way, how large and frequent are the Wii shipments on average anyway?
 
I thought Pokemon Diamond/Pearl already sold 5 millions units.

I wonder if these PS3 are lying around because nobody knows that they were shipped.
 
survivor said:
I thought Pokemon Diamond/Pearl already sold 5 millions units.
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These are last week's numbers. It may very well break 5 mil this week. Besides, I think they said 5 million units were shipped.
 
Professor_Chris said:
By the way, how large and frequent are the Wii shipments on average anyway?
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Weekly, 12-18 units, and we get lines starting at midnight every single shipment.

I wonder if these PS3 are lying around because nobody knows that they were shipped.
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Anyone that gives a crap will know they're shipped. People line up at midnight for our Wiis, and there are sites which track both Wii and PS3 shipments.

I don't even get people asking me if we have PS3s anymore, everyone asks if we have any Wiis.
 
Well, since the numbers were delayed for the holidays here's the Media Create #'s for 12/25-12/31

T10:
#/ Title (System, Publisher) #Sold [LTD]
1/ Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (NDS, Square-Enix) 593,994 [NEW]
2/ Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo) 95,479 [566,707]
3/ Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) 83,487 [522,810]
4/ Common Sense Training (NDS, Nintendo) 72,159 [953,520]
5/ New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) 69,168 [3,840,296]
6/ Brain Training 2 (NDS, Nintendo) 61,033 [3,706,467]
7/ Pokémon Diamond (NDS, Nintendo) 56,222 [2,385,450]
8/ Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (PSP, Konami) 51,951 [230,321]
9/ Animal Crossing Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) 50,248 [3,748,915]
10/ Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square-Enix) 48,405 [200,467]

The rest:
11/ Yakuza 2 (PS2, Sega)
12/ Pokémon Pearl (NDS, Nintendo)
13/ Tales of the World (PSP, Namco)
14/ Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS, Nintendo)
15/ Kirby Squeak Squad (NDS, Nintendo)
16/ Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo)
17/ Yakuza - The Best (PS2, Sega)
18/ Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Wii, Nintendo)
19/ DS Menu Collection (NDS, Nintendo)
20/ Zelda Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo)
21/ Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
22/ 200 millions Kanjis (NDS, IE Institute)
23/ Oshare Majô Love & Berry (NDS, Sega)
24/ Momotarô Densetsu 16 (PS2, Hudson)
25/ Kanji Test (NDS, Rocket Co.)
26/ English Training (NDS, Nintendo)
27/ Kanji Exercise (NDS, Nowpro)
28/ Pokémon Battle Revolution (Wii, Nintendo)
29/ Gundam Seed Destiny Union Vs. ZAFT II + (PS2, Bandai)
30/ Tetris DS (NDS, Nintendo)

Break down:
DS: 18
Wii: 5
PS2: 5
PSP: 2
GC: 0
PS3: 0
360: 0

Moar the rest:
31.) Tamagotchi Corner Shop 2 (NDS, Bandai Namco)
32.) Cooking Navi (NDS, Nintendo)
33.) Shiren DS (NDS, Sega)
34.) Formula One Championship Edition (PS3, SCE)
35.) Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
36.) Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA, Square Enix)
37.) Kanji IQ Test (NDS, Spike)
38.) Gundam Target in Sight (PS3, Bandai Namco)
39.) World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 (PSP, Konami)
40.) Armoured Cord 4 (PS3, From Software)
41.) Magic Taizen (NDS, Nintendo)
42.) Resistance (PS3, SCE)
43.) Live Power Pro Baseball 13 (PS2, Konami)
44.) Monster Hunter Portable (The Best) (PSP, Capcom)
45.) Ridge Racer 7 (PS3, Bandai Namco)
46.) Formula One 2006 (PS2, SCE)
47.) Rockman Pegasus (NDS, Capcom)
48.) Power Pro Pocket 9 (NDS, Konami)
49.) Chocobo & the Magic Picturebook (NDS, Square Enix)
50.) Wild Arms 5 (PS2, SCE)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | Total 2006 Sales | LTD
1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 176,219 | 485,584 | 7,423,324 | 7,423,324
2.) Nintendo Wii - 96,332 | 279,277 | 919,643 | 919,643
3.) PlayStation 3 - 71,727 | 76,882 | 457,558 | 457,558
4.) PlayStation Portable - 68,675 | 138,588 | 1,849,173 | 4,532,129
5.) PlayStation 2 - 38,169 | 46,209 | 1,450,235 | 20,154,859
6.) Xbox 360 - 16,909 | 17,213 | 194,136 | 264,702
7.) Game Boy micro - 2,082 | 2,394 | 144,241 | 559,930
8.) Game Boy Advance SP - 1,743 | 1,858 | 220,746 | 5,915,040
9.) GameCube - 847 | 1,250 | 75,878 | 4,169,468
10.) Nintendo DS - 102 | 380 | 935,406 | 6,582,355
11.) Game Boy Advance - 51 | 57 | 3,459 | 8,823,109
12.) Xbox - 4 | 11 | 1,770 | 475,613

Charts and Graphs galore

Source: GAF

Nintendo Domination. MGS is doing suprisingly well for a PSP game. Sales are obviously down this week but DS and Wii are still under supply restraints. I assume they were holding back for last week which is supposed to be bigger for sales. So, later today when I get MC numbers from last week we'll see. :D
 
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