Sales thread of meaningless numbers and complicated figures

#41

776 Xbox One units sold. Jesus, MS, pull the plug on Asia.

36k is surprising for AC in Japan. Too bad it had to be a buggy mess, more so than usual for an AC game.

#42

The previous Assassin’s Creed games sold about 150k LTD in Japan. Most of the huge western franchises have decent sales numbers there.

#43

#Media Create Sales: 11/24/14 – 11/30/14
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 298,613 (1,626,284)
  2. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova (Sega, 11/27/14) – 107,313 (New)
  3. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey Untold II: Knight of Fafnir (Atlus, 11/27/14) – 59,531 (New)
  4. [PSV] Fate/hollow ataraxia (Kadokawa Games, 11/27/14) – 53,979 (New)
  5. [PS3] Resident Evil (Capcom, 11/27/14) – 50,258 (New)
  6. [PS4] Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA, 11/27/14) – 29,274 (New)
  7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 27,624 (2,200,698)
  8. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 21,755 (1,758,790)
  9. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 20,577 (2,902,388)
  10. [PSV] Nisekoi: Yomeiri!? (Konami, 11/27/14) – 15,508 (New)
  11. [PSV] Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit! (Marvelous, 11/27/14) – 14,275 (New)
  12. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 (KOnami, 11/13/14) – 12,886 (104,801)
  13. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 12,742 (734,626)
  14. [Wii U] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 11/13/14) – 12,211 (54,053)
  15. [PSV] Oedo BlackSmith (NIS, 11/27/14) – 11,562 (New)
  16. [PS3] Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA, 11/27/14) – 11,294 (New)
  17. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Subtitled Version) (Square Enix, 11/13/14) – 10,291 (105,302)
  18. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Kyara to Nihon Senkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco, 11/27/14) – 9,936 (New)
  19. [3DS] Hero Bank 2 (Sega, 11/27/14) – 8,014 (New)
  20. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires (Koei Tecmo, 11/20/14) – 7,784 (45,907)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. New 3DS LL – 48,738 (42,184)
  2. PlayStation Vita – 27,935 (10,236)
  3. New 3DS – 22,875 (26,791)
  4. 3DS – 19,722 (8,144)
  5. 3DS LL – 15,182 (11,534)
  6. PlayStation 4 – 13,489 (12,430)
  7. Wii U – 12,496 (9,615)
  8. PlayStation 3 – 5,360 (4,324)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 1,285 (621)
  10. Xbox One – 1,237 (776)
  11. Xbox 360 – 108 (100)
  12. PSP – 18 (11)
#44

Wow. Way to go Vita. Huge bump thanks to Phantasy Star and Fate.

#45

The sales for the Etrian Odyssey 2 remake seem a bit on the low side. Perhaps people have gotten tired of getting a new game every year.

#46

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Gamasutra | NPD: Retail sales down, Xbox One outsells PS4

The Verge | Xbox One breaks the PS4’s winning streak with 1.2 million sales in November

#47

Microsofts aggressive pricing has paid off. I honestly feel that the initial pricing was what hurt MS more than anything else. Though we will see when the PS4 drops down to a similar price and if there is an edge to either one.

#48

The customer demographics for holiday shopping is quite different from the rest of the year. I wonder if the pendulum will swing back in January or if Microsoft has a permanent market lead now.

#49

Now that Sony has secured Street Fighter V as a permanent exclusive (and potentially extending to future updated SFV games since Sony is helping to fund the game), gamer influence is going to fall into their realm quite heavily. But we’re talking 2016 here. They should do aggressive console bundling with that game. I think it’ll do extremely well.

#50

Damn. Xbots everywhere.

:slight_smile:

#51

#Media Create Sales: 12/8/14 – 12/14/14

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 1,244,171 (New)
  2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 152,384 (1,950,481)
  3. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games, 12/11/14) – 81,659 (New)
  4. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 79,005 (306,533)
  5. [PS3] Shining Resonance (Sega, 12/11/14) – 67,282 (New)
  6. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 47,393 (1,835,852)
  7. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 32,168 (2,958,112)
  8. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 29,418 (2,255,273)
  9. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 24,938 (778,808)
  10. [PS3] Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft, 12/11/14) – 17,656 (New)
  11. [3DS] Derby Stallion Gold (Kadokawa Games, 12/04/14) – 16,659 (90,275)
  12. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco, 12/04/14) – 16,023 (49,174)
  13. [Wii U] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 11/13/14) – 14,628 (80,510)
  14. [PS3] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Creation with Power-Up Kit (Koei Tecmo, 12/11/14) – 14,054 (New)
  15. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind CHAIN (Spike Chunsoft, 12/04/14) – 12,650 (31,723)
  16. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi Koko ga Ochitsukun Desu (Nihon Columbia, 11/20/14) – 12,216 (36,053)
  17. [PS3] Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting (Bandai Namco, 12/11/14) – 10,675 (New)
  18. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova (Sega, 11/27/14) – 10,117 (137,263)
  19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 9,961 (3,830,376)
  20. [PS3] Resident Evil (Capcom, 11/27/14) – 8,493 (74,196)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. New 3DS LL – 83,041 (63,714)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 68,041 (15,971)
  3. New 3DS – 34,676 (25,541)
  4. Wii U – 27,334 (24,469)
  5. 3DS LL – 24,475 (17,319)
  6. PlayStation Vita – 24,039 (22,355)
  7. 3DS – 14,911 (38,846)
  8. PlayStation 3 – 7,803 (5,679)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 974 (986)
  10. Xbox One – 724 (790)
  11. Xbox 360 – 102 (189)
  12. PSP – 8 (8)
#52

Holy shit @ PS4 bump. Did GTAV do that or a console bundle?

#53

Yeah, that bump is huge. I’m guessing there was a price cut or a new color or something besides the release of GTA5.

#54

#55

#Media Create Sales: 12/22/14 – 12/28/14
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 262,310 (2,039,205)
  2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 165,239 (2,283,344)
  3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 91,857 (2,001,935)
  4. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 85,776 (471,236)
  5. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 51,306 (2,345,260)
  6. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix, 12/18/14) – 49,671 (210,869)
  7. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 42,765 (3,040,100)
  8. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 38,637 (851,776)
  9. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco, 12/18/14) – 26,477 (83,665)
  10. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco, 12/18/14) – 22,414 (88,946)
  11. [PSV] The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order (Bandai Namco, 12/25/14) – 21,978 (New)
  12. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 20,882 (3,868,448)
  13. [Wii U] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 11/13/14) – 19,074 (119,961)
  14. [3DS] Sumikkogurashi Koko ga Ochitsukun Desu (Nihon Colombia, 11/20/14) – 18,741 (74,642)
  15. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco, 12/04/14) – 17,301 (85,538)
  16. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games, 12/11/14) – 16,425 (118,214)
  17. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind CHAIN (Spike Chunsoft, 12/04/14) – 14,866 (58,966)
  18. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco, 11/27/14) – 14,549 (47,130)
  19. [PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros., 12/25/14) – 14,113 (New)
  20. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 13,629 (2,437,387)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. New 3DS LL – 105,947 (108,235)
  2. New 3DS – 49,503 (46,815)
  3. Wii U – 43,950 (38,314)
  4. PlayStation Vita – 42,405 (32,834)
  5. PlayStation 4 – 33,150 (30,951)
  6. 3DS LL – 25,653 (27,469)
  7. 3DS – 15,171 (13,832)
  8. PlayStation 3 – 12,578 (9,956)
  9. Xbox One – 1,162 (893)
  10. PlayStation Vita TV – 1,090 (963)
  11. Xbox 360 – 121 (129)
  12. PSP – 7 (6)
#56

Where are the Amibo sales numbers? :pouting_cat:

#57

Aren’t they all sold out? You can’t sell what you don’t have.

#58

Eurogamer | Japan’s console market at lowest point for 24 years

#59

I wonder if it would make better business sense for Japanese game developers to refocus console game development to North America and Europe first, and Japan second. I’m referring to console RPGs especially, as that’s the genre that’s doubly difficult to catch the attention of Japanese consumers. When they continuously make these RPGs that are hardly selling enough units to call it a significant success, then I think it’s time to give up on Japanese consumers for console gaming. But many game developers probably won’t do that. Their pride is at stake. Arguably, there’s stronger fan interest for console RPGs in the west compared to Japan. I believe it was Tabata who commented that a lot is riding on Final Fantasy 15 to deliver success, and it’ll ultimately determine the fate of Japanese console RPGs.

#60

Leo, I’m uncertain. Are you an RPG fan? :slight_smile: