Famitsu software sales (Japan): 12/21 - 12/27 (Mario fireballs Lightning)

Famitsu ten best-selling software: 12/21 - 12/27 (sale rankings only)

01. [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii
02. [DS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks*NEW*
03. [DS] Tomodachi Collection
04. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII
05. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
06. [WII] Wii Fit Plus
07. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 2
08. [WII] Wii Sports Resort
09. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2
10. [DS] Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute

Mario fireballs Lightning after one week!

Look's like that FFXIII hate actually impacted the sales

Look's like that FFXIII hate actually impacted the sales

SimoSays2541

Look's like that FFXIII hate actually impacted the sales

SimoSays2541

I don't think that there was any hate happening in Japan...

And given this is the Japanese we're talking about, I thought that there would be at least one of their dating sims on the list.

Here comes the disclaimers and spinnings.

NSMBwii release date: Dec 3

Spirit Tracks release date: Dec 23

XIII release date: Dec 17

Meh, I guess there isn't a correlation after all.

Look's like that FFXIII hate actually impacted the sales

SimoSays2541

No thats normal FFs are always like this first week 1.5+ mils then 2nd week it will be around 200k~300k.

FFXIII is a frontloaded title while Mario is a game that will have strong legs. Most people predicted that so there are no surprises here.

[QUOTE="SimoSays2541"]

Look's like that FFXIII hate actually impacted the sales

Kashiwaba

No thats normal FFs are always like this first week 1.5+ mils then 2nd week it will be around 200k~300k.

i guess this is right besides i expect the game is be around in the top 10 chart for quite long time,

So many silly people in this thread, the game sold 1.5 million copies to a 4.3 million userbase, its already the best selling third-party console game of the generation and is expected to sell 300k, totaling at 2 million by the time its done.GulliversTravel

So many silly people in this thread, the game sold 1.5 million copies to a 4.3 million userbase, its already the best selling third-party console game of the generation and is expected to sell 300k, totaling at 2 million by the time its done.GulliversTravel

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"]So many silly people in this thread, the game sold 1.5 million copies to a 4.3 million userbase, its already the best selling third-party console game of the generation and is expected to sell 300k, totaling at 2 million by the time its done.AgentA-Mi6

FF hasn't a chance in hell of regaining top spot next week. don't kid yourself. PS3 userbase is at about 4.3 million like he said. That is last weeks number

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="GulliversTravel"]So many silly people in this thread, the game sold 1.5 million copies to a 4.3 million userbase, its already the best selling third-party console game of the generation and is expected to sell 300k, totaling at 2 million by the time its done.ActicEdge

FF hasn't a chance in hell of regaining top spot next week. don't kid yourself. PS3 userbase is at about 4.3 million like he said. That is last weeks number

I know youll disagree but this late in the life cycle, games rarely sell at such a high attach rate, MGS4s hardware sales were nowhere as high. This could be the proper beginning of the PS3 in Japan.

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"] The Userbase may be as large as five millions by now and 250k New Ps3's were sold mostly because FF came out, Its not like we have solid hardware sales figures for december in Japan. What Im saying is that FFXIII could regain the top spot next week.GulliversTravel

FF hasn't a chance in hell of regaining top spot next week. don't kid yourself. PS3 userbase is at about 4.3 million like he said. That is last weeks number

I wish I understood why you think this. Development will not shift to Ps3. That's where it has been this entire time.

Quite a large adoption rate of FFXIII in the first place leads me to believe its unlikely to stay in the top 10 for long anyways, while the Wii has nearly double, and its a mario game. 110million

[QUOTE="110million"]Quite a large adoption rate of FFXIII in the first place leads me to believe its unlikely to stay in the top 10 for long anyways, while the Wii has nearly double, and its a mario game. caughtjoo

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"][QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

FF hasn't a chance in hell of regaining top spot next week. don't kid yourself. PS3 userbase is at about 4.3 million like he said. That is last weeks number

ActicEdge

I wish I understood why you think this. Development will not shift to Ps3. That's where it has been this entire time.

If i understood you correctly that is... if not then as weve discussed before, the Wii isnt selling third-party software there at all. The PS3 is doing way better in that regard. Mid-tier development will kick into gear now which is what really drives Japanese hardware sales as we saw with the Saturn, PC-E and even the Mega Drive, and seeing how the PS3 is already doing well on the big-budget stuff, id say Japanese gamers will have no reason to ignore the system.

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"] The Userbase may be as large as five millions by now and 250k New Ps3's were sold mostly because FF came out, Its not like we have solid hardware sales figures for december in Japan. What Im saying is that FFXIII could regain the top spot next week.GulliversTravel

FF hasn't a chance in hell of regaining top spot next week. don't kid yourself. PS3 userbase is at about 4.3 million like he said. That is last weeks number

I know youll disagree but this late in the life cycle, games rarely sell at such a high attach rate, MGS4s hardware sales were nowhere as high. This could be the proper beginning of the PS3 in Japan.

Realistically, no system selling at gamecube levels gets a game of FF13's importance while still havin far better support than the market leader. I agree this is the Trey's real beginning in Japan, I disagre development is going to switch.

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"]Yeah it simply wont, but the PS3 userbase is about to hit 4.5 million this week. Its exciting though, a few weeks of good sales could shift Japanese development for the rest of the generation.GulliversTravel

I wish I understood why you think this. Development will not shift to Ps3. That's where it has been this entire time.

If i understood you correctly that is... if not then as weve discussed before, the Wii isnt selling third-party software there at all. The PS3 is doing way better in that regard. Mid-tier development will kick into gear now which is what really drives Japanese hardware sales as we saw with the Saturn, PC-E and even the Mega Drive, and seeing how the PS3 is already doing well on the big-budget stuff, id say Japanese gamers will have no reason to ignore the system.

I agree to some extent. Wii 3rd party sales are flat in Japan since it doesn't get support. It could have been different but that's irrelevant, they are mediocore. My real problem is mid tier stuff is has always been on the Try, its not going to ramp up considerably. The Trey will perform better than ever but this developmet you speak of, its always been on the PS3. The idea that its going to get considerably stronger confuses.

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"]

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

I wish I understood why you think this. Development will not shift to Ps3. That's where it has been this entire time.

ActicEdge

If i understood you correctly that is... if not then as weve discussed before, the Wii isnt selling third-party software there at all. The PS3 is doing way better in that regard. Mid-tier development will kick into gear now which is what really drives Japanese hardware sales as we saw with the Saturn, PC-E and even the Mega Drive, and seeing how the PS3 is already doing well on the big-budget stuff, id say Japanese gamers will have no reason to ignore the system.

I agree to some extent. Wii 3rd party sales are flat in Japan since it doesn't get support. It could have been different but that's irrelevant, they are mediocore. My real problem is mid tier stuff is has always been on the Try, its not going to ramp up considerably. The Trey will perform better than ever but this developmet you speak of, its always been on the PS3. The idea that its going to get considerably stronger confuses.