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on 08.08.2008 at 14:36
Posted by Adam Riley (jesusraz)
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Rhythm Heaven, Media Create, Japanese Sales, Nintendo
Posted by Adam Riley (jesusraz) Tags:
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The latest sales data is in from Japan, showing that SEGA's PSP port of Phantasy Star Universe has stormed the chart, leaving Nintendo in the runner's-up spot. Check out the data below:
Media Create Top 50:
On the hardware front, this week the list is as follows:
1.) PlayStation Portable - 61,181
2.) Nintendo DS - 57,398
3.) Wii - 41,109
4.) PlayStation 3 - 9,508
5.) PlayStation 2 - 9,045
6.) Xbox 360 - 5,359
In terms of first day sales, the DS remake of the original NES Fire Emblem has sold 80,000 units, whilst Tales of Vesperia on Xbox 360 sold 70,000 and 10,000 special hardware bundles. Compared to the three GBA Fire Emblems, this DS game has started very well, since The Sealed Sword sold 126,267 in its entire first week, Blazing Sword did 109,429 and The Sacred Stones accrued 146,026 sales. Therefore, Fire Emblem DS with its strong start should hopefully be able to at least match The Sealed Swords's 120,000+ sales.
Media Create Top 50:
28th July-3rd August, 2008
| Position | Title/System/Publisher | Sales (Plus Total Where Available & Commentary) |
| 1.) | Phantasy Star Portable (PSP, Sega) | 342,000 | 342,000 |
| 2.) | Rhythm Heaven Gold (NDS, Nintendo) | 213,000 | 213,000 |
| 3.) | Dragon Quest V (NDS, Square Enix) | 112,000 | 946,000 |
| 4.) | Soul Calibur IV (PS3, Namco Bandai) | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| 5.) | Powerful Pro Baseball 15 (PS2, KONAMI) | 37,000 | 121,000 |
| 6.) | Soul Calibur IV (360, Namco Bandai) | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| 7.) | Fatal Frame IV (Wii, Nintendo) | 33,000 | 33,000 |
| 8.) | Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) | 32,000 | 2,442,000 |
| 9.) | Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) | 23,000 | 1,633,000 |
| 10.) | Gundam Battle Universe (PSP, Namco Bandai) | 21,000 | 201,000 |
| 11.) | Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii, Nintendo) | 18,000 | 42,000 |
| 12.) | SIREN: New Translation (PS3, SCEI) | |
| 13.) | Persona 4 (PS2, Atlus) | 12,000 | 274,000 |
| 14.) | Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (PSP, Capcom) | 12,000 | 2,363,000 |
| 15.) | Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble Hyper - Moeyo Mirai (NDS, Takara Tomy) | |
| 16.) | Beautiful Letter Training DS (NDS, Nintendo) | |
| 17.) | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 (Wii, Konami) | 12,000 | 30,000 |
| 18.) | Mame Goma 2: Uchi no Ko ga Ichiban! (NDS, TDK Core) | 12,000 | NEW |
| 19.) | Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo) | 12,000 | 3,067,000 |
| 20.) | Doki-Doki Majo Shinpan! 2 (NDS, SNK Playmore) | Famitsu has this selling 19,000 in its first week, strangely enough, when Media Create has it all the way down at No.20! |
| 21.) | Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd (PSP, Falcom) | 10,000 | 59,000 |
| 22.) | Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (NDS, Nintendo) | Now at 234,000 according to Famitsu |
| 23.) | Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan (NDS, Nintendo) | 10,000 | 79,000 |
| 24.) | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 (PSP, Konami) | |
| 25.) | PC Engine Best Collections: Tengai Makyou Collection (PSP, Hudson) | 10,000 | NEW |
| 26.) | Nobunaga no Yabou DS 2 (NDS, Koei) | 10,000 | NEW |
| 27.) | Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball (Wii, Nintendo) | 10,000 | 143,000 |
| 28.) | Taiko no Tatsujin 2 (NDS, Namco Bandai) | 10,000 | 262,000 |
| 29.) | Kirarin * Revolution: Minna de Odorou Furi Furi Debut! (NDS, Konami) | |
| 30.) | Major DS: Dream Baseball (NDS, Takara Tomy) | 10,000 | NEW |
| 31.) | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (PS3, Konami) | |
| 32.) | Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) | 10,000 | 3,151,000 |
| 33.) | Derby Stallion DS (NDS, Enterbrain) | 8,300 | 231,000 |
| 34.) | Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) | |
| 35.) | PC Engine Best Collections: Ginga Ojousama Densetsu Collection (PSP, Hudson) | 5,500 | NEW |
| 36.) | New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) | |
| 37.) | Pokémon Diamond (NDS, The Pokémon Company) | Both this and Pearl total 5,544,000 according to Famitsu and will likely climb again when Platinum launches |
| 38.) | Family Trainer (Wii, Namco Bandai) | |
| 39.) | Bully (PS2, Bethesda Softworks) | |
| 40.) | Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi (PS3, Aqua Plus) | |
| 41.) | We are Fossil Diggers (NDS, Nintendo) | |
| 42.) | Twilight Syndrome: Kinjiratera Toshi Densetsu (NDS, Spike) | |
| 43.) | Mesaze! Tsuri Master: Sekai ni Challenge! Hen (Wii, Hudson) | |
| 44.) | Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) | |
| 45.) | Pokémon Pearl (NDS, The Pokémon Company) | |
| 46.) | Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo) | |
| 47.) | Tottadoo! Yoiko's Deserted Island Life (NDS, Namco Bandai) | |
| 48.) | Mario Party DS (NDS, Nintendo) | |
| 49.) | Resident Evil 0 (Wii, Capcom) | |
| 50.) | Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii, Namco Bandai) | |
| XX.) | Kano-Kon SE (PS2) | 4,900 | NEW |
| XX.) | Panda's Diary (NDS) | 3,100 | NEW |
| XX.) | Dokapon Journey (NDS) | 3,100 | NEW |
| XX.) | Moe-Sta: Moeru English Cram Course for Tokyo University (NDS) | 2,000 | NEW |
| XX.) | Steal Princess (NDS) | 1,700 | NEW - a terrible start for Climax's new RPG |
| XX.) | Beijing Olympic Games 2008 (PS3) | 1,600 | NEW |
| XX.) | The Alchemist of Lemuol (NDS) | 1,500 | NEW |
| XX.) | Dokapon Kingdom (Wii) | 1,300 | NEW |
| XX.) | Windy x Windam (NDS) | 1,100 | NEW |
| XX.) | Ghost Hound DS (NDS) | 850 | NEW |
| XX.) | Tengai Makyou: Daiyon no Mokushiroku (Hudson the Best) (PSP) | 760 | NEW |
On the hardware front, this week the list is as follows:
1.) PlayStation Portable - 61,181
2.) Nintendo DS - 57,398
3.) Wii - 41,109
4.) PlayStation 3 - 9,508
5.) PlayStation 2 - 9,045
6.) Xbox 360 - 5,359
In terms of first day sales, the DS remake of the original NES Fire Emblem has sold 80,000 units, whilst Tales of Vesperia on Xbox 360 sold 70,000 and 10,000 special hardware bundles. Compared to the three GBA Fire Emblems, this DS game has started very well, since The Sealed Sword sold 126,267 in its entire first week, Blazing Sword did 109,429 and The Sacred Stones accrued 146,026 sales. Therefore, Fire Emblem DS with its strong start should hopefully be able to at least match The Sealed Swords's 120,000+ sales.
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Jump_button Reply Quote #1
L76 Ridley
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jumpButtonDS need a ARPG that online lol
D_prOdigy Reply Quote #2
L18 Stalchild
176 14 23.03.2008 D_prOdigyVery, very pleased to see a strong start for Fatal Frame IV. And also, as predicted by my SUPERIOR MOTHER BRAIN, Vesperia has failed to match Symphonia 2's first week sales. Bring on the next mothership title exclusively on Wii!( Edited 08.08.2008 19:30 by D_prOdigy )
uoɯıS Reply Quote #3
L81 Giant Bowser
3123 368 20.09.2006 <(^o^)>Jump_button said:
DS need a ARPG that online lol
DS need a ARPG that online lol
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MMOs and any RPGs involving level grinding are shite and a waste of time.
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mOojc Reply Quote #4
L95 Assassin
4511 214 06.06.2004 mOojcGood to see Wario doing alright.
jesusraz Reply Quote #5
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10731 434 22.01.2003 nonePhantasy Star Portable is just a PSP port of the underwhelming Phantasy Star Universe from PS2...a game that didn't sell very well on that format, but is selling gangbusters on PSP because SEGA's marketing it as the new Monster Hunter-style affair!
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Stulaw Reply Quote #6
L45 Lightning Ninja
778 58 11.05.2006 STUApparently portable gaming is THE big thing in japan because of travelling to work and stuff. I think the market for the DS may be starting to become saturated, but then, the sales are picking up again. DQIX should be interesting when it's out.
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rammpeth Reply Quote #7
L3 Gooba Guard
26 21 06.05.2007 noneWhen are they releasing that? it seems odd that they wait so long that the DS isnt at the peak of its popularity when they release it
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L81 Giant Bowser
3123 368 20.09.2006 <(^o^)>rammpeth said:
When are they releasing that? it seems odd that they wait so long that the DS isnt at the peak of its popularity when they release it
When are they releasing that? it seems odd that they wait so long that the DS isnt at the peak of its popularity when they release it
Dojo - (King of Brackets)
MMOs and any RPGs involving level grinding are shite and a waste of time.
Things to avoid when buying games
MMOs and any RPGs involving level grinding are shite and a waste of time.
Things to avoid when buying games
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