Comgnet 12/31

KH:BBS- 849 (+17)

DQ6- 466 (+9)

RE:DC- Unchanged

Media Create- 12/21-12/27- New Super Mario Bros. Wii dominates

Media Create Dec 21-27

01. / 02. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 506,000 / 2,440,000
02. / 00. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 291,000 / NEW
03. / 03. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 227,000 / 2,317,000
04. / 01. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 189,000 / 1,690,000
05. / 04. [NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver (Pokemon) - 125,000 / 3,465,000
06. / 05. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 114,000 / 1,315,000
07. / 06. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) - 99,000 / 908,000
08. / 11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 72,000 / 1,568,000
09. / 12. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2 (Bandai Namco) - 64,000 / 200,000
10. / 08. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Spirits (Level 5) - 64,000 / 559,000



11. / 07. [WII] PokePark Wii: Picachu's Great Adventure (Pokemon Co.)
12. / 09. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega)
13. / 14. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
14. / 16. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
15. / 13. [NDS] Pen 1 Grand Prix: A Penguin's Trouble Special (Konami)
16. / 18. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami)
17. / 24. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
18. / 27. [WII] Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson)
19. / 20. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 (Koei)
20. / 15. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (Namco Bandai)
21. / 17. [PSP] Naruto: Shippuden Narutimate Accelerator 3 (Namco Bandai)
22. / 22. [NDS] Powerful Pro-Kun Pocket 12 (Konami)
23. / 25. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (Namco Bandai)
24. / 19. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix)
25. / 28. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
26. / 35. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (Namco Bandai)
27. / 00. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (reprint) (Capcom)
28. / 32. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Square Enix)
29. / 00. [PS2] Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype)
30. / 30. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus (Hudson)

Comgnet 12/30

KH:BBS- 832 (+31)

DQ6- 457 (+8)

RE:DC- 21, 18, 39 total

Famitsu Top 10 12/21-12/27- New Super Mario Bros Wii, Zelda at the top

1. [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii
2. [DS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
3. [DS] Tomodachi Collection
4. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII
5. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
6. [WII] Wii Fit Plus
7. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 2
8. [WII] Wii Sports Resort
9. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2
10. [DS] Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute


Link

Lepton Orders- 12/21-12/27

Top 10

NSMB Wii- 1086 (+216)

FF13- 623 (-2118()

Z:ST- 620

Friend Collection- 519 (+217)

Pokemon G/S- 197, 149, 346 total (+92)

PSP2- 267 (+16)

DQ9- 254

Monster Hunter Portable 2G BEST- 194 (+73)

Gundam V- 167 (+8)

WSR- 133 (+60)

Other numbers

NSMB DS- 131 (+21)

Pikachu Adventure- 128 (+49)

Momoturo Wii- 104

ToG- 86 (+6)

MK Wii- 79

SW3- 73

Comgnet 12/29

KH:BBS- 801 (+26)

DQ6- 449(+9)

RE:DC- 20, 18, 38 total

Comgnet 12/28

KH:BBS- 775 (+22)

DQ6- 440

RE:DC- 20, 18, 38 total

Comgnet 12/27- Weekly Orders (New Super Mario Bros Wii, Final Fantasy 13)

KH:BBS- 753 (+24)

RE:DC- 19 for the standard edition, 17 for the collectors edition for a total of 36. (the same amount of days before release, Umbrella Chronicles had 37 orders)

Weekly Orders- Starting this week I am going to list the complete top 20, since to the best of my knowledge no one else keeps track of weekly orders

1. NSMB Wii- 912 (down 27 from last week)(if this is somewhat in line nationwide, expect another 500K+ week for NSMB Wii)

2. Friend Collection- 472 (up 259 from last week)

3. Z:ST- 453

4. FF13- 431 (down 2351, down by a multiplier of 6.45, which would equal a 232K 2nd week)

5. Little Busters PSP- 212

6. Layton Devil's Flute- 162

7. PSP2- 162 (down 1)

8. Gundam V- 103 (up 14)

9. Wii Fit Plus standalone- 120 ( up 43)

10. WSR- 115 (up 62)

11. Pokemon Silver- 115

12. Mario and Sonic Winter Olympics DS- 111

13. Taiko 2 Wii- 103 (up 51)

14. Pikachu Adventure- 94 (up 20)

15. Pokemon Gold- 92

16. Penguin DS- 84

17. NSMB DS- 75

18. Inazuma 2 Fire- 70

19. Inazuma 2 Blizzard- 69

20. Naruto PSP- 64

Comgnet 12/26

KH:BBS- 729 (+21)

DQ6- 423 (+12)

RE:DC- 18 (+1)

Lepton 12/24

KH:BBS- 1440

DQ6- 1031

RE:DC- 57

Basara 3 PS3- 42

Comgnet 12/25

Missed yesterday, here is today's:

KH:BBS- 708

RE:DC- 17

A few famitsu numbers- New Super Mario Bros. Wii sells 570K, almost to 2 million, plus hardware

[NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 188k (2.065m)
[WII] New Super Mario Bro. Wii - 570k (1.972m)
[NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver - 109k
[WII] Wii Fit Plus - 104k
[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 - 85k
[WII] NHK Kouhaku Quiz Gassen - 5.6k

DSL - 13k
DSi - 111k
DSi LL - 75k
PSP - 78k
PSP go - 3.2k
Wii - 208k
PS3 - 245k
360 - 7.1k


Link

Is the Famitsu leak dead?

This is the 2nd week in a row without any Famitsu top 30 weeks and the first week without any sort of data at all via sinobi. Looks like we'll have to wait an extra week for Famitsu numbers from now on.

Media Create- 12/14-12/20

PS3 237,086 237,086
Wii Wii 191,915 191,915
DSi DSi 95,227 95,227
PSP PSP 79,194 79,194
DSi LL DSi LL 75,241 75,241
DS Lite DS Lite 12,879 12,879
Xbox 360 Xbox 360 8,965 8,965
PSP go PSP go 3,260 3,260
PS2 PS2 2,982 2,982

Famitsu Software- 12/7-12/13

Famitsu Dec 7-13

01./01. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 464,824 / 1,401,558 (-50%)
02./00. [WII] Tales of Graces (Namco Bandai Games) - 143,309 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix) - 117,391 / NEW
04./06. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) - 96,917 / 1,877,103 (+37%)
05./00. [PSP] Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 3 (Namco Bandai Games) - 70,841 / NEW
06./09. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 66,069 / 1,060,500 (+26%)
07./11. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 65,929 / 3,124,150 (+81%)
08./02. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (SEGA) - 63,082 / 347,965 (-78%)
09./00. [360] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix) - 60,517 / NEW
10./07. [WII] PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Big Adventure (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 55,125 / 112,310 (-4%)

11./05. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Devil's Flute (Level 5) - 49,657 / 435,069 (-41%)
12./03. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT PLUS (Namco Bandai Games) - 48,640 / 286,292 (-80%)
13./00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 46,138 / NEW
14./13. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) - 42,993 / 731,759 (+45%)
15./04. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 (Koei) - 33,868 / 160,514 (-73%)
16./00. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 31,184 / NEW
17./17. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 29,840 / 1,406,753 (+39%)
18./00. [NDS] Luminous Arc 3: Eyes (Marvelous) - 22,357 / NEW
19./21. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - 22,042 / 83,527 (+39%)
20./20. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 20,294 / 82,662 (+25%)
21./00. [NDS] Extreme Escape: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors (Spike) - 16,967 / NEW
22./08. [PS3] Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft) - 16,478 / 72,267 (-70%)
23./12. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 12 (Konami) - 16,281 / 50,624 (-53%)
24./24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 15,490 / 5,602,410 (+31%)
25./18. [WII] Momotarou Dentetsu 2010: Sengo Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson) - 14,569 / 79,151 (-31%)
26./23. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 13,901 / 350,278 (-5%)
27./27. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (Namco Bandai Games) - 13,436 / 55,564 (+74%)
28./10. [PSP] Tokimeki Memorial 4 (Konami) - 12,901 / 60,370 (-73%)
29./19. [NDS] Stitch! DS Rhythm and Ohana Adventure (Disney Interactive Studios) - 12,767 / 32,906 (-37%)
30./00. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 12,032 / 2,388,921

Famitsu Top 30- 11/30-12/6

01./00. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 936,734 / NEW
02./00. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (SEGA) - 284,883 / NEW
03./00. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT PLUS (Namco Bandai Games) - 237,652 / NEW
04./00. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 (Koei) - 126,646 / NEW
05./01. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Devil's Flute (Level 5) - 84,122 / 385,412 (-72%)
06./02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) - 70,977 / 1,780,186 (+4%)
07./00. [WII] PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Big Adventure (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 57,185 / NEW
08./00. [PS3] Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft) - 55,789 / NEW
09./03. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 52,303 / 994,431 (+9%)
10./00. [PSP] Tokimeki Memorial 4 (Konami) - 47,469 / NEW

11./05. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.) - 36,520 / 3,058,221 (-1%)
12./00. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 12 (Konami) - 34,343 / NEW
13./06. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) - 29,662 / 688,766 (+20%)
14./00. [360] Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft) - 28,085 / NEW
15./00. [WII] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W (Namco Bandai Games) - 22,832 / NEW
16./00. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus (Hudson) - 21,906 / NEW
17./10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 21,435 / 1,376,913 (+41%)
18./04. [WII] Momotarou Dentetsu 2010: Sengo Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson) - 21,034 / 64,582 (-52%)
19./00. [NDS] Stitch! DS Rhythm and Ohana Adventure (Disney Interactive Studios) - 20,139 / NEW
20./07. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 16,205 / 62,368 (-21%)
21./09. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - 15,841 / 61,485 (-3%)
22./00. [NDS] Monster Busters (Namco Bandai Games) - 15,658 / NEW
23./08. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 14,655 / 336,377 (-16%)
24./25. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 11,805 / 5,586,920 (+107%)
25./19. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) - 7,955 / 4,046,945 (-5%)
26./14. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 7,920 / 66,154 (-16%)
27./23. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (Namco Bandai Games) - 7,709 / 42,128 (+12%)
28./21. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 7,571 / 1,093,586 (+6%)
29./00. [NDS] Cross Treasures (Square Enix) - 7,494 / NEW
30./12. [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (SEGA) - 7,393 / 133,548 (-44%)

Comgnet 12/23- Resident Evil:Dakrside Chronicles debut

KH:BBS-671 (+27)

RE:DC- 15

Famitsu top 10- 12/14/-12/20

1. [PS3] FFXIII (Square Enix)
2. [Wii] NSMB Wii (Nintendo)
3. [NDS] Tomodachi (Nintendo)
4. [NDS] Pokemon (Pokemon)
5. [Wii] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
6. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 (Level 5)
7. [Wii] Pokemon Wii (Pokemon)
8. [NDS] Layton 4 (Level 5)
9. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
10. [PSP] Queens Blade (Namco Bandai)

Link

(copy and paste the link into your browser to get Famitsu links to work)

Comgnet 12/22- Kingdom Hearts and Zelda update

KH:BBS- 644 (+10)

Z:ST- 198 (+10)

Lepton Weekly Orders- 12/14-12/20. Final Fantasy 13 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii on top

Top 10

FF13- 2741 (preorders were 5321)

NSMB Wii- 870 (last week, 882)

Friend Collection- 312

Pokemon G/S- 129, 125- 254 total

PSP2- 251

Gundam V- 159

Dragon Quest 9- 150


Modern Warfare 2 PS3- 126 (427 last week)

Monster Hunter Portable 2G BEST- 121

NSMB DS- 120

Other numbers

Pikachu's Adventure- 79

Tales of Graces- 78 (429 last week)

Wii Sports Resort- 73

Monster Hunter 3- 30

Early Media Create release- Final Fantasy 13, PS3 hardware, New Super Mario Bros. Wii all see big numbers

Final Fantasy 13 1.501 million sold 1st week, PS3 hardware up to 237K

Perhaps more surprisingly, Super Mario Bros. Wii reaches 1.9M sold and did 530K this week- an increase of about a 100K.

At this point NSMB Wii could reach 3 million by the end of the year and 5 million LTD.

Link

Comgnet 12/21

KH:BBS- 634 (+9)

Z:ST- 188 (+16)

Is there a Wii hardware revision coming in 2010?

We've all heard the speculation about Wii HD in 2010 or a new console in 2011. On the surface it seems unlikely. The Wii is still the best selling console worldwide and common logic says you keep selling a console that is making you money.

However, if you look closer at Nintendo's home region, there seems to be some possibility of some sort of hardware revision coming in 2010.

What appears most likely is a revision adding HD capability, possibly bundling Motion + and the CC Pro and possibly some sort of memory solution. This would lead to HD games becoming more easily ported and would also lead to unified controller in the hands of every Wii buyer, something I have argued is important. I don't expect any radical chance to the system specs.


Possible reasons for a hardware revision


1. Nintendo's own words

Nintendo has admitted to studying high definition.

Here are some quotes from Nintendo's most recent financial briefing:

During the firm's recent financial results briefing, Genyo Takeda, general manager of Nintendo’s Integrated R&D Division, said that the industry’s shift to high definition “appears a natural flow", although he stopped short of confirming HD support for future products.


“Since our division has been reviewing and developing a number of hardware, we are looking into many different things, including HD and SD… However, we have not come to the stage where we can announce which is the most appropriate means. Since an increasing number of the TV sets at home around the world are becoming HD today, it will be natural for a machine to be able to generate graphics that people will be accustomed to see on HD televisions. Since the ordinary TV programmes are now shifting to HD, moving to HD appears to me a natural flow.

“Regarding the question of SD or HD, it must depend on each software. For example, we have to ask ourselves if HD is really necessary to develop Wii Fit. Won't HD be better for the games like Pikmin? The developers should choose the most appropriate graphical format depending on the software they make. To Nintendo, our theme is how we can prepare the SDK library to cater to the needs of the developers, with which the developers can more easily develop their games.”

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Obviously this is not conclusive of anything, but this shows that Nintendo has HD on its mind and is communicating to investors that it is aware of the rising HD penetration rates.

2. Nintendo has a history of such revisions

This doesn't need much explanation. In many ways Nintendo has tried to replicate the success of the DS with the Wii, giving many of its biggest DS games Wii versions. It would follow that Nintendo would try and repackage the Wii and gain sales similar to what it has done with the DS.

3. Nintendo has faltered in its home market.

Worldwide Nintendo is still doing very well. However, for most of 2009 it has struggled in Japan, and since September has lost momentum to the PS3. Nintendo is still a Japanese company and they want to win their home region. If Nintendo decides that software alone is not enough, a hardware revision could happen.

4. Nintendo's lineup for 2010.

The first three arguments were more general. This is specific. As of now, December 21st 2009, the Wii's 2010 lineup looks incredibly sparse.

First party wise, we know of Reginleiv in February, a niche title from a niche developer, and that's it for dated software. We know Galaxy 2 is coming, and we know WiiRelax is presumably on its way, in addition to Metroid: Other M.

But that is basically it. Additionally, there are still many games from Nintendo's 2008 Japanese conference still not dated.

To further add to the sparse lineup, many Nintendo franchises have not appeared on the Wii at all- Star Fox, Kirby, Pikmin, F-Zero, and 2007 franchises that should have been announced for second iterations have not been unveiled- Paper Mario, Mario Party, and Fire Emblem.

The situation is even worse third party wise. Right now there are 2 relatively high profile games announced for 2010, both from Capcom- Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles and Basara 3. That is it. Now, either 3rd party development has dropped off a cliff or software is being held back. I think its unlikely to be the former because games coming out in 2010 were presumably in development in 2007 and 2008 when the Wii was still generally selling very well.

Add it all up and you have a simple conclusion- there are literally dozens of games and franchises from Nintendo that should be announced but haven't been. There is also basically no known 3rd party software announced. Nintendo hasn't had any conferences since E3 2009 in late May. It wouldn't surprise me if we are getting some sort of upgrade in 2010 which would explain the lack of software announcements. Of course, it also wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo just doesn't have anything in the pipeline and 2010 is going to wind up being the worst year in the Wii's history.

Nothing left to do but find out.

Final Fantasy 13 sells 1.516 million first week , PS3 hardware sells 245K

Excellent start for FF13- this could lead to at least a small second shipment and with any sort of legs it could reach 2 million.

Highest PS3 hardware week by far, beating the Slim launch where it sold 150K or so. Still, with all the talk of 200K bundles selling out, I was thinking it might be something higher. Wii is assured of the YTD and December victories now.

Link

Comgnet projection- New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Final Fantasy 13

Again, this is a very limited tool but I think its interesting to see how the Comgnet number end up matching up.

NSMB Wii did 1.125 better this week. Applying that number to last weeks NSMB Wii number, this week would get sales of 523K. I doubt this will actually be the number, but I think we can expect a minimal dropo ff.

For FF13, 79% of the total orders were preorders. If we start with 1.15, which is probably close to the "over a million without the bundles" P.R SE released Friday, we would get about 1.4M sales for the week.

Also, Pikachu would see another increase and Graces would see a 2nd week around 20K if the Comgnet ratio's hold out. For Graces I expect a bit better, but not much.

Comgnet 12/20

KH:BBS- 625 (+20)


Z:ST- 172 (+22)


Weekly Orders

FF13- 2782

NSMB Wii- 939

Friend Collection- 214

PSP2- 161

Gundamv V- 89

Wii Fit Plus standalone- 77

Pikachu- 74

ToG- 61

WSR- 53

Taiko 2- 52


Short story- Wii games get a bump. NSMB Wii actually went up from last week. FF13 did 79% of its total orders from the preorders, which would be in line with FFX and FF12 first day/first week ratio's.

The Wii/PS3 2009 race- can PS3 win?

If, as described in the last post, the PS3 sells 350K or so, could the PS3 overtake the Wii with only one week left?

Its possible. I think we can assume the Wii will rise between 40-60K (2008 rose 39k, 2007 rose 62K) this week and get to 180-190K.

The Wii is currently ahead by approximately 138K. If the PS3 sells 350K and the Wii sells 180K, the PS3 would then move ahead by about 42K. In that scenario I think the Wii will overcome that in the last week. Wii sales should remain steady, maybe decrease slightly, but PS3 sales with the FF13 first week gone should go down significantly, maybe down to 120K or so. Of course, if the PS3 sells 400K this week then it becomes that much harder for the Wii to overcome that lead.

PS3 Hardware this week- how high can it go?

I've waffled on this from the start. I've thought for a while it would be somewhere just south of 200K which would still be the highest PS3 week ever.

However, we now have a rumor of 200K special bundles being introduced and reports from a reliable neogaf poster that at least in the Tokyo area the bundles are sold out.

If there really were 200K bundles and they are close to a sell out, could we see hardware sales approaching 400K?

That number still seems a bit high to me- it would be 2.5 times higher than the previous week high for the console.

I do think we could see a 325-350K week though, if the bundle number was correct.

I doubt we're going to see all 200K bundles sold, but even if it sold 150-175K, we can probably assume the normal Slim numbers were at least double that which could give us a 350K week.

The good news is we should get FF13 and PS3 news tomorrow morning with a Famitsu special report.

Comgnet 12/19

KH:BBS- 605 588 (+17)

Z:ST- 150 (+12)

Amazon Japan Spot check- 12/19

A caveat- Amazon rankings are of course incredibly unreliable and should not in any way be relied upon. That said, I think they can show trends that later bear themselves out when we get actual software numbers.

- As in real life, NSMB Wii keep trading spots at the top with each going in and out of stock

-Friend Collection has been near the top, currently at #3 since the holiday season started

-Hardware wise, PS3 has been lodged at #4 while Wii is at 37 and #10

-Wii software in general is rising. Wii Fit Plus bundle is at #6, Wii Sports Resort is at #8, the Pikachu Adventure game is at #13, and most surprisingly the Taiko Wii bundle is at #14. For perspective, when that software launched a month ago it never got higher than the mid-30's.

- NSMB Wii is at #20

- Other games hanging around the top 25- PSP2 at #19, Layton at #12, Momorotou at #29, Gundam V at #31 and Graces at #25

- SW3 is at #45

- You can detect an increase in Wii awareness by old games suddenly rising into the top 100. Mario Kart Wii is at #37, Wii Sports is at #53, and Smash Bros. Brawl is at #65.

- Finally, Monster Hunter Tri standalone, marked down to 3100 yen, over half off, makes it back to the top 100 at #91.

Comgnet 12/18

KH:BBS- 588 (+7)

Z:ST- 138 (+4)

Something Odd- Final Fantasy 13's 1st day sales are not coming from a tracker

But instead they are coming from SE's internal trackers. Might not mean anything, but it is odd that for the first time in memory we did not get a Famitsu/Enterbrain leak and all we have to go on is SE's press release, which was extremely vague and did not include bundle sales.

Monday morning when Famitsu will presumably give FF13's first week sales and PS3 hardware will be interesting.

Extremely Early Final Fantasy 13 Lifetime Sales Projection- 1.78 million

We don't have an exact number, but I think we're probably looking at between 1.1M and 1.15M copies sold day one. FFX and FF12 had about 63% of total sales come from the first day,and applying that same ratio to the 1.1-1.15 range you get about 1.75M or a bit above. Given the 1.8 million first shipment, I think it will get close to that number and end up around 1.78M or so.

Not a disaster, but still a significant downturn from FF12 (78%).

Final Fantasy 13 comparisons

Per sinobi, FFX did 1.456M first day and 1.75M the first week. FF12 did 1.44M the first day and 1.84M the first week.

For FFX- 294K the rest of the weekend, with 83% of first week sales coming from the first day.

For FF12, 400K the rest of the weekend, with 78% of first week sales coming on the first day.

From this data, you get a sense of how frontloaded the series truly is.

If FF13 did 1.15M including the bundles, we would have 1st week of 1.4M with FFX's ratio, a bit less than 1.5M if it follows FF12's ratio.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii exceeds 2 million shipped in Japan

Great start for NSMB Wii, and I expect a sell through of 2.5 million or so by the 1st week of January.

Link

Final Fantasy 13- Exceeds 1 million copies sold first day, not including bundles

Stellar start, I'm thinking 1.4-1.5M copies first week.

Link

Another link

Official Media Create Hardware- 12/7- 12/13

Wii 135,898
PS3 75,086
PSP 71,885
DSi 68,184
DSi LL 58,006
DS Lite 11,376
Xbox 360 10,646
PSP go 3,077

- The Wii goes up approximately 138K YTD, 110K for December

Early Media Create leak from thedrill

These are usually pretty accurate.

Here is the hardware, check out the software at the blog.

DSｉ 66400
DSi LL 59300
DSL 10800
Wii 134600
PS3 77800
PS2 2500
PSP 72100
PSP go 3200
X360 9800

Final Fantasy 13 First Day Sales out tonight- check back later

1st day numbers from the sinobi blog have been appearing around 2:00 A.M EST lately, so hopefully we will have 1st day numbers for FF13 in the next 7 hours or so.

Comgnet 12/17

Kind of slow now with all the big holiday hitters out


Z:ST- 134 (+4)

KS:BBS- 581 (+26)

Lepton 12/17

Not much of note, except FF13 which finishes at 5321 orders.

Zelda:ST up to 279

Link

Final Fantasy 13- Comgnet Comparisons

FF13 ended up at 2201

FF12- 3510. FF13 did 62% of that number, which would give it a 1st week of 1.14M.

DQ 9- 2917. FF13 did 75% of that number, which would give it a 1st week of 1.75M.

Pokemon G/S- 2298. FF13 did 96% of that number, which would give it a 1st week of 1.351M.

What number will it be closer to? My best is on Polemon G/S.

Wada confirms 1.8M FF13 day 1, 200K in bundles

Pretty insane first shipment. Either SE and retailers have massively miscalculated or FF13 is going to sell better than anyone thinks.


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Comgnet 12/16- Final Fantasy 13's Final Day

FF13- Final day numbers- 2201 (+57)


For comparisons sake:


FF12 ended up at- 3510

DQ 9- 2917

Pokemon G/S- 2298

Other numbers-

KH:BBS- 555 (+8)

Zelda:ST- 130 (+8)

So why did Tales of Graces fail?

Yes, its early, but given how frontloaded the Tales series tends to be, we can say right now that Graces is very disappointing. It sold less first week than Symphonia:KoR, a poorly received spinoff and sold over 80K worse than Vesperia PS3.

Why did it do so poorly?

A lot of potential reasons come to mind, some more valid than others


1- "Third Party games don't sell on Wii"


I think there is some validity to this statement, as there really are few 3rd party successes on the platform. I don't think its that simple though- what seems to me the likeliest possibility is that the PS2 audience has simply not moved to the Wii in any substantive numbers making most core PS2 franchises likely candidates for weak sales. Now, for Graces that excuse holds less weight given the presence of Symphonia on the GameCube and the spinoff on the Wii last year.

2- Final Fantasy 13

This is something I discounted early but it might have well played a factor. I think its possible FF13 completely overshadowed Graces to such an extent that normal RPG players that would buy Graces day 1 are instead waiting for FF13 and will buy Graces used in a month.

3- The Symphonia spinoff led to skepticism about Graces


From most accounts, the spinoff was not a quality product. Is it possible that this made it less likely that people would be interested in Graces even though it is the superior game? Possibly. How else do you explain a mainline entry selling less initially than the poorly received spinoff?

4- The market for RPG's on the Wii is very low and the Symphonia spinoff only did as well as it did because of the Symphonia name.

This seems possible as well. There really is no RPG market on the Wii, probably Nintendo's fault as well as 3rd parties. And yet Symphonia:KoR did decent, i.e over 200K. That led me and other to just assume a better effort would do better. But maybe the only reason KoR did that well was because of the Symphonia name and the true market for RPG's on the Wii is generally much lower.

Whatever the reason, Graces is a clear disappointment and no matter how valid some of these excuses may be, there comes a point where the exceptions swallow the rule- and in this case, I feel confident in saying Graces is an example of a game that has done better on other platforms, namely the PS3, and was hurt by being on the Wii.

Full Famitsu Hardware

Hardware:

WII 142.000
PS3 76.000
360 10.000+
DSI 70.000
DSILL 60.000
DSL 10.000
PSP 71.000
PSPgo 3.300

More Famitsu Numbers- Tales of Graces bombs, Modern Warfare 2 does well

Graces- 143K. For perspective, that is lower by 8K than the poorly received Symphonia spinoff. This might be the end of Tales on the Wii.

Modern Warfare 2- PS3- 117K, 360, 61K

Naruto PSP- 71K

PSP2- 63K

Gundam V PSP- 49K

Wii Fit Plus- 66K

Pikachu Wii- 55K

SW3- 34K


Sinobi


NeoGaf translation

Early Famitsu Numbers- Wii 142K, PS3 76K, NSMB Wii 465K

Famitsu

Neogaf confirmation

Obviously a great start for NSMB Wii and amazing Wii hardware sales.

The YTD and December race between the Wii and PS3 is essentially over, and next week the Wii has a decent chance at beating PS3 even with FF13.

Last second random software predictions for 12/7-12/13

NSMB Wii- 475K

ToG- 160K

PSP2- 150K

Gundam PSP- 50K

SW3- 45K

Tsutaya- Expects at least a million for Final Fantasy 13 1st week, possibly first day

From Anoop:


Matsuo says that the game is pretty much assured of selling a million in its first week. He even feels that it could reach this figure in one day.

Either would be an impressive feat for the PS3, as the system has yet to see a single million seller here in Japan.

Famitsu 12/15- New Monster Hunter spinoff confirmed

[PSP] Monster Hunter: Poka Poka Airu Mura

From the scans, it looks like some sort of Animal Crossing game maybe? Interesting

Comgnet 12/15

FF13- 2144 (+40). FF12 was at 3425 (+92) at the same point.



Pokemon G/S was at 2204 (+53)



Other numbers:


KH:BBS- 547 (+5)

Zelda:ST- 122 (+7)

Lepton Orders- 12/7-12/13

NSMB Wii- 882

ToG- 429

MW2 PS3- 427

PSP2- 338

Naruto PSP- 267

Gundam V- 241

sw3- 84

Comgnet 12/14

FF13- 2104 (+33). FF12 was at 3333 (+92) at the same point.

DQ9 was at 2730.

Pokemon G/S was at 2151

Other numbers:


KH:BBS- 542 (+5)

Zelda:ST- 115 (+9)

Famitsu software, new games- 11/30-12/6

I was going to wait until we got a top 30 but apparently that leak is gone for now.

NSMB Wii- 937K
PSP2 - 285k
GvGN+ - 238k
Tokimemo 4 - 47k
LBP - 4100
SM3 - 126k
Pokepark - 57k
AC2 PS3 - 56k
AC2 360 - 28k
Pocket 12 - 34k
Kaiju Busters - 16k

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Predicting Final Fantasy 13

Finally, the most anticipated PS3 game for years comes out in Japan this Thursday.

Almost everyone expects some sort of downturn from its heights of 2 million plus.

What should we expect?

Well, unless SE makes a massive 2nd shipment its 1st week sales are going to be capped at 1.3 million or so.

That would be well under FF12 and FFX's first weeks of 1.84M and 1.75m respectively.

Now, if that shipment is sold out immediately, its always possible SE could make an unexpected second shipment and still capture that demand, but for now its safe to assume the 1st week sales will be capped somewhat.

The issue then is because the series tends to see massive drops (FF12 dropped to 217K 2nd week, FFX dropped to 233K). Its conceivable that FF13 could top out at 1.5M or so simply because the initial shipment was too small leading to the used market taking sales in the weeks ahead.

Predictions..I'll go with 1.2M first week and 1.6M LTD, which would be a significant downturn from FF12 but not a total disaster.

Media Create- 11/30-12/6

Wii 106,555
PSP 67,880
PS3 57,782
DSi LL 53,791
DSi 51,635
DS Lite 8,367
Xbox 360 5,314
PSP go 3,412
PS2 2,277

Final Fantasy 13- First Day Shipment- 1.15M, Possible 1.3M total

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Tales of graces Comgnet Tales of Versus comparison

Disclaimer- Comgnet is a single online retailer and is not necessarily representative of the actual performance of titles. However, it is probably the best resource we have and so for this post I'll give it more credence than it probably deserves.


Graces did 71.5% of its total orders with its preorders (357/498. Versus did 62.3& of its orders from preorders. In terms of the real software numbers, Versus did 58% of its 1st week from its 1st day.

So, taking this ratio- if Graces does 71.5% of its business from first day, the total would be about 158K first week. This would be about 150K if we took away 7-8K for 1st day bundle sales which could skew the comparison.

If the percentage is 4.5% lower, similar to Versus' real number, the number would be 67% and so the first week would be 168K first week.

One other analysis- Versus had 216 orders after the preorders. Graces had 141, 65.2%. Versus did 64K after its first day- 65.2% of 64K is 42K, so from this analysis Graces would do 155K.

So what does this all mean? First, I think its likely to beat ToS:KoR's first week. That conclusion is not just based on comgnet, but just common sense- KoR was a poorly received spinoff that logically would get more sales during its first day and then tail off drastically.

I think if we assume that we would get 160K or so, then add 5-10K for holiday rush and bundle sales, we will see a 165-170K first week for Graces.

Comgnet 12/13

FF13- 2071 (+70)


Weekly Orders

NSMB Wii- 834 (44% of last week, which would be 412K).

ToG- 498 (72% of orders were preorders, Versus had 573, 62%)

MW2 PS3- 253

Naruto PSP- 236

PSP2- 214

Gundam Vs- 161

PSP WE- 102

PS2 WE- 88

SW3- 65 for the regular edition- 29.5% of the regular edition's orders last time.

Wii Fit Plus- 63 for the separate

Pikachu- 58

Momotaro- 36

Lepton 12/13

They didn't rank Graces.

FF13- 4523

Zelda- 164

RE:DC- 53

Galaxy 2- 50

Comgnet 12/12

FF13- 2001 (+38)

Comgnet 12/11

FF13 1963 (+41)

ToG- 113k first day, comparisons:

ToS:KoR- 79.5% of sales first day. (would do about 141K)

ToV PS3- 64.7% (177k)

ToV 360- 70% (160k)

Tales of V- 58% (195k)

November 2009 NPD

PlayStation 2 203.1K
PlayStation 3 710.4K
PSP 293.9K
Xbox 360 819.5K
Wii 1.26M
Nintendo DS 1.70M


CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 4.20M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 1.87M
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 1.39M
ASSASSIN'S CREED II 360 UBISOFT Nov-09 794.7K
LEFT 4 DEAD 2 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 744.0K
WII SPORTS RESORT* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 720.2K
WII FIT PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 679.0K
ASSASSIN'S CREED II PS3 UBISOFT Nov-09 448.4K
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS* 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 362.1K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 315.0K

Comgnet 12/10

FF13- 1921 (+37)

Samurai Warriors 3 Initital shipment- about 130K

First day numbers were 55K for the regular version for 57% sell through, 23K for the LE version at 69% sell through. Extrapolating those numbers, you would have a first shipment of 97K for the regular version, 33K for the LE for a total 130K.

Comgnet 11/9

FF13 1884 (+21)

ToG- Finishes up at 357 (+7)

This compares to the previous Tales games the following:

Tales of Vesperia- 483

ToRM2- 590

Tales of VS- 357

Tales of Hearts Anime edition- 236, CG version at least 35 but under 54

Tales of Symphonia KoR: 406

Other software finishing:

MW2 PS3- 121, 360 version 51

PSP WE 2010 at 44

Naruto PSP 140

Comgnet 11/8

FF13- 1863 (+35)

ToG- 350, (+3)

Lepton Weekly Orders- 11/30- 12/6

NSMB Wii- 1726

Gundam V Gundam 2- 916

PSP2- 775

SW3- 220,81- 301 total

Pikachu- 70

Momotaru- 66

MH Tri- 37

Lepton Weekly Orders- 11/23- 11/29

Layton 442

Momotaro 89

MH Tri 57

Comgnet 12/7

FF13 1824 (+20)

ToG- 347 (+8)

New Super Mario Bros. Wii sells 936,734 copies in its first week in Japan

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NSMB Wii Comgnet Weekly Order comparisons

44% of DQ 9, which would equal 1.049 million (69% of total orders were preorders, in comparison, NSMB Wii had 57% as preorders)

78% of Pokemon, which would equal 1.099 million

Its hard to remember what Monster Hunter had, but I believe it was around 1200. If that is true, NSMB Wii did 1.569 for 914K

12/6 Comnget Update

FF13- 1804 (+41)

ToG- 339 (+11)



Weekly Orders

NSMB Wii- 1883 (+811 from the preorders)

PSP2- 1177 (+642)

GvG- 766 (+364)


SW3- 217, 59, 33 for 309 total (+ 172 including 33 for the Treasure Box, would be 139 without that)

Tokimeki 4- 150

Stitch 132

Kamen Rider- 121

Power Pocket 12- 75

Pikachu- 56

Wii Fit+ - 52 for the standalone

Comgnet 12/15

FF13 1763 (+50)

ToG 328 (+5)

Comgnet 12/4

FF13- 1713 (+29).

ToG- 323 (+7)

Pikachu finishes at 45

1st day sales- New Super Mario Bros. Wii with steady start

NSMBW - 420k
PSP2 - 202k
GvsGN+ - 170k
Tokimemo 4 - 28k
LBP - 2200
Sengoku Musou 3 - 81k
AC2 PS3 - 28k
AC2 360 - 21k
Power Pro Pocket 12 - 23k
Kaiju Busters - 10k
Yggdra Unision - 4700

For SW3, DM2 did 106K first day and 162 1st week, so 65% on first day.

Comgnet 12/3

FF13- 1684 (+42) FF12 was at 2447, +72

ToG- 316 (+9). ToS was at 361.

Zelda ST- 66

Pikachu- 41

End of Eternity PS3 enters at 34

Lepton 12/3

FF13 3904

NSMB Wii 1627 (+790)

Gundam V- 902

PSP2- 714

ToG- 646 (+85)

SW3- 229, 134- 363 (+100)

Power Pocket 12 DS finished with 73 orders

Assassins Creed 2 PS3 finished with 180

Pikachu debuts with 84

Famitsu Software- 11/23- 11/29

DSi LL　75.000
WII　42.000
PSP　40.000
PS3　39.000
DSi　35.000
DSL　4.600
PSP Go　3.900
360　3.200
PS2　2.500

01 . [NDS] Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) - 301.000 / 301.000
02 . [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 68.000 / 1.709.000
03 . [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 48.000 / 942.000
04 . [WII] Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson) - 44.000 / 44.000
05 . [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 37.000 / 3.022.000
06 . [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 25.000 / 659.000
07 . [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 21.000 / 46.000
08 . [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 18.000 / 322.000
09 . [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Namco Bandai) - 16.000 / 46.000
10 . [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 15.000 / 1.355.000

11 . [360] Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 (Cave) - 15.000 / 15.000
12 . [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club! 6: Pride of J (Sega) - 13.000 / 126.000
13 . [PSP] La Pucelle: Ragnarok (Nippon Ichi Software) - 11.000 / 11.000
14 . [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 9.500 / 58.000
15 . [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Namco Bandai) - 9.400 / 90.000
16 . [WII] Naruto: Shippuuden Ryujinki (Takara Tomy) - 8.900 / 8.900
17 . [PSP] Higurashi Daybreak Portable: Mega Edition (Alchemist) - 8.700 / 8.700
18 . [NDS] Doraemon Baseball 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (Namco Bandai) - 8.700 / 28.000
19 . [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) - 8.400 / 4.039.000
20 . [NDS] Strike Witches: Aoi no Dengekisen - Shin Taichou Funtousuru! (Russel) - 7.800 / 7.800
21 . [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (Capcom) - 7.100 / 1.088.000
22 . [NDS] 4 Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) - 7.000 / 179.000
24 . [PSP] Armored Core: Silent Line Portable (From Software) - 6.300 / 24.000
25 . [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 5.700 / 5.575.000
26 . [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 5.700 / 2.370.000
27 . [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (SCE) - 5.400 / 20.000
28 . [360] Left 4 Dead 2 (Electronic Arts Victor) - 5.300 / 33.000
29 . [NDS] Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star (Capcom) - 5.300 / 44.000
30 . [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii DX (Hudson) - 4.800 / 4.800

xx . [PSP] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) - 3.900 / 3.900
xx . [NDS] Cooking Mama 3 (Taito Corporation) - 3.900 / 3.900
xx . [WII] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) - 3.200 / 3.200
xx . [PSP] L no Kisetsu: Double Pocket (5pb.) - 3.200 / 3.200
xx . [PSP] Gakuen Heaven: Boy's Love Scramble! (NEC Interchannel) - 3.100 / 3.100
xx . [PS3] Fallout 3 (PlayStation 3 the Best) (Bethesda Softworks) - 3.000 / 3.000
xx . [PSP] Itsuka Kono Te ga Kegareru Toki ni: Spectral Force Legacy (Idea Factory) - 2.300 / 2.300
xx . [NDS] Tea Dog's Room DS 4: Ochaken Land de Hotto Shiyo? (MTO) - 1.800 / 1.800
xx . [PS2] Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenka Sousei with Power-Up Kit (Koei Teiban Series) (Koei) - 1.500 / 1.500

First day numbers for random Nintendo games

NSMB DS- 480K

Mario Kart Wii- 300K

SSBB- 500K

Galaxy- 130K

Animal Crossing= 175K

NSMB Wii- Comgnet Comparisons

With 1072 preorders, NSMB Wii did:



1.55 times better than NSMB DS (would equal 1.336m, 744K first day)

2.38 times better than Mario Kart Wii (1.447m, 714K)

5.33 times better than Galaxy (1.364m, 692K)

2.7 better than Animal Crossing Wii (828k, 472k)

1.09 better than MH Tri (635K in 2 days)

.88 as well as SSBB (718K, 440k)

Comgnet 12/2

Final day for NSMB Wii, SW3, Kamen Riders, PSP, and Gundam

NSMB Wii- 1072 (+94). NSMB DS was at 688, +79

ToG- 307 (+6)

SW3- 84, 53 for 137 (+8)

Kamen Riders- 69 (+8)

FF13- 1642 (+32) FF12 was at 2375, +41

PSP- 535 (+17). The first finished with 303

Gundam V Gundam- 402 (+18) The first finished with 393

Comgnet 12/1

NSMB Wii- 978 (+94). NSMB DS was at 609, +68

ToG- 301 (+7)

SW3- 78, 51 for 129 (+6)

Kamen Riders- 61 (+8)

FF13- 1610 (+21)

PSP- 518 (+20)

Gundam V Gundam- 384 (+7)

Comgnet 11/30

NSMB Wii- 884 (+55). NSMB DS was at 541, +60


ToG- 294 (+2)

SW3- 75, 48 for 123 (no change)

Kamen Riders- 53 (+5)

Comnget 11/29

NSMB Wii- 829 (+117) NSMB DS was at 481, +72

ToG- 292 (+13)

SW3- 76, 47 for 123 (+7)

Kamen Riders- (+7)

FF13- 1565


Weekly Orders

Layton with 625

Momotaro with 64

Taiko software version with 33

Comgnet 11/28

NSMB Wii 712 (+94) NSMB DS was at 409 (+66)

ToG 279 (+11)

SW3- 74, 43, 117 (+9)

Kamen Riders enters at 41

Comgnet 11/27

NSMB Wii 618 (+80). NSMB DS was at 343, +26

ToG 268 (+8)

SW3- 70 and 38, for 108 (+6)

Famitsu Software 11/16-11/22

01 . [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 59.000 / 1.641.000
02 . [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 42.000 / 894.000
03 . [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 40.000 / 2.985.000
04 . [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Namco Bandai) - 29.000 / 29.000
05 . [360] Left 4 Dead 2 (Electronic Arts Victor) - 28.000 / 28.000
06 . [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 27.000 / 634.000
07 . [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 26.000 / 26.000
08 . [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club! 6: Pride of J (Sega) - 23.000 / 113.000
09 . [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 21.000 / 304.000
10 . [NDS] Doraemon Baseball 2: Nettou Ultra Stadium (Namco Bandai) - 19.000 / 19.000

11 . [PSP] Armored Core: Silent Line Portable (From Software) - 18.000 / 18.000
12 . [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Namco Bandai) - 17.000 / 81.000
13 . [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (SCE) - 15.000 / 15.000
14 . [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 11.000 / 1.340.000
15 . [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 10.000 / 49.000
16 . [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Square Enix) - 8.800 / 44.000
17 . [NDS] 4 Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) - 8.700 / 171.000
18 . [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) - 8.500 / 4.031.000
19 . [NDS] Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star (Capcom) - 7.800 / 39.000
20 . [WII] Metal Fight Beyblade: Gachinko Stadium (Hudson) - 7.300 / 7.300
21 . [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (Namco Bandai) - 7.200 / 28.000
22 . [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (Capcom) - 6.700 / 1.079.000
23 . [PSP] Persona 3 Portable (Atlus Co.) - 6.000 / 170.000
24 . [PS3] Bayonetta (Sega) - 5.100 / 183.000
25 . [PSP] Hexyz Force (Atlus Co.) - 4.900 / 17.000
26 . [PS3] Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai) - 4.800 / 155.000
27 . [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 4.500 / 2.364.000
28 . [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 4.300 / 5.569.000
29 . [PS3] Infamous (SCE) - 3.700 / 29.000
30 .

xx . [WII] Calling (Hudson) - 2.300 / 2.300
xx . [PSP] Minna no Navi (Zenrin) - 1.900 / 1.900
xx . [NDS] Moomon Tani no Okurimono (Sonic Powered) - 1.600 / 1.600
xx . [PSP] Jak and Daxter: The Last Frontier (SCE) - 1.100 / 1.100
xx . [NDS] Akogare Girls Collection: Lovely Youchien (Creative Core) - 1.100 / 1.100

Media Create 11/16-11/22

DSi LL 100,553
PS3 34,752
Wii 32,844
PSP 32,752
DSi 32,070
DS Lite 5,051
PSP go 4,574
Xbox 360 4,085
PS2 2,024

Comgnet 11/26

NSMB Wii with 538 (+73) NSMB DS was at 316

ToG 260 (+2)

SW3 at 66 for the standalone, 36 for the CC Pro for 102 total

Lepton 11/26 update

NSMB Wii 837 (+424)

ToG 565 (+103)

SW3- 164 standard, 99 for the CC Pro for 263 total (+65)

FF13 3434 (+397)


Releases

Layton with 504

Momotaro 2010 with 57

Comgnet 11/25

NSMB Wii with 465 (+43) (NSMB DS was at 289, +21)

ToG at 258 (+5)

SW3 at 64 for the standalone, presumed 30 for the CC Pro for 94 total

Comgnet 11/24

NSMB Wii 422 (+ 31)(NSMB DS was at 268 (+16) at the same point.

ToG- 253 (+6)


SW3- 61 for the standalone, presumed 30 for the CC Pro, 91 total

Comgnet 11/23

NSMB Wii 391 (+54). At this same point NSMB DS had 252

ToG 247 (+6)

SW3- 59 for the standalone, presumed 30 for the CC Pro, 89 total

Comgnet 11/22- NSMB Wii continues to rise

NSMB Wii- 337 (+58) (NSMB DS had 231 at this point)

ToG 241 (+11)

SW3- 57 for the standalone, presumed 30 for the CC Pro, for 87

FF13 up to 1351

For the week, Taiko Wii had 70 total orders.

Comgnet Historical Numbers

This website has detailed comgnet preorder data going back several years. Its a great resource.

Here are a few games and their preorder numbers upon release:

NSMB DS- 688

Tales of Vesperia- 483

ToRM2- 590

Tales of VS- 357

Tales of Hearts Anime edition- 236, CG version at least 35 but under 54

Tales of Symphonia KoR: 406

Resident Evil the Umbrella Chronicles- 67

Super Mario Galaxy- 201

Mario Kart Wii- 450

SSBB- 1217

Animal Crossing- 396 total

Dynasty Warriors 6- 381

Gundam Musou- 333


Gundam Musou 2- 283

Orochi Z- 159

RE5- 663

Yakuza 3- 635

Dragon Quest Swords- 300

Taiko Wii- 131

Pokemon GS Remake- 2298

MGS4- 678

MH3- 981

DQ9- 2917

Phantasy Star Portable- 303

Gundam vs. Gundam- 393

Comgnet 11/21- NSMB Wii explodes

NSMB Wii goes up to 279 preorders- a jump of 71 spots.

ToG goes up to 130.

SW standalone goes up to 55, CC Pro pack assumed at 30 for 85 total

11/20 Comgnet Update

ToG 224

NSMB Wii 208

SW3 54 standalone, presumed 30 for the CC pro, 84 total


Zelda enters at 32

Media Create 11/9-11/15

PSP 38,770
PS3 38,498
DSi 33,749
Wii 26,764
PSP go 6,427
DS Lite 5,036
Xbox 360 4,124
PS2 2,031

Comgnet 11/19

ToG 219

NSMB Wii 180

SW3- 53 for the standalone, assumed 30 for the CC Pro, 83 total.

Famitsu Software- 11/9-11/15

01. [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club wo Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (Sega) - 90,000 / NEW
02. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Bandai Namco Games) - 64,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 63,000 / 1,581,000
04. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 54,000 / 852,000
05. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 49,000 / 2,945,000
06. [PS3]　World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 48,000 / 283,000
07. [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Square Enix) - 35,000 / NEW
08. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 34,000 / 607,000
09. [NDS] Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star (Capcom) - 31,000 / NEW
10. [Wii]　Mario & Sonic at Vancouver Olympics　(Nintendo) - 14,000 / 39,000


11. [PSP] Hexyz Force (Atlus) - 12,000 / NEW
12. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable (Atlus) - 12,000 / 164,000
13. [PSP] Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star (GungHo Works) - 12,000 / NEW
14. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 11,000 / 1,329,000
15. [PSP] Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Jan (AQ Interactive) - 10,000 / NEW
16. [PS3] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts) - 10,000 / NEW
17. [PS3] Bayonetta (Sega) - 10,000 / 178,000
18.
19. [PSP] Battle Spirits: Kiseki no Hasha (Bandai Namco Games) - 9,200 / NEW
20. [PS3] Tekken 6 (Bandai Namco Games) - 8,500 / 150,000

21. [NDS] Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) - 8,300 / 163,000
22. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix) - 8,100 / 4,022,000
23. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) (Capcom) - 8,100 / 1,072,000
24. [PS3] inFAMOUS (SCE) - 7,800 / 25,000
25. [PSP] Sengoku Hime: Senran ni Mau Otometachi (SystemSoft Alpha) - 7,700 / NEW
26. [360] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Bandai Namco Games) - 6,900 / NEW
27. [NDS]　Summon Night X: Tears Crown (Bandai Namco Games) - 6,700 / 33,000
28. [PSP] Warship Gunner 2 Portable (Koei) - 6,700 / NEW
29. [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Universal Tuning (Square Enix) - 5,300 / 42,000
30. [PS2] Sengoku Hime: Senran ni Mau Otometachi (SystemSoft Alpha) - 4,800 / NEW

__. [NDS] Uchi no 3 Shimai DS 2: 3 Shimai no Dekake Daisakusen (Culture Brain) - 2,500 / NEW
__. [PSP] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts) - 1,700 / NEW
__. [360] Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts) - 1,500 / NEW
__. [360] Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection (Square Enix) - 830 / NEW
__. [PSP] Shaun White Snowboarding (UBI The Best) (Ubisoft) - 650 / NEW
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PSP - 40000
DSi - 33000
PS3 - 33000
Wii - 23000
go - 6600
360 - 4100
DSL - 2800
PS2 - 2500

Lepton 11/19

FF13 3037

ToG 462

NSMB Wii 413


SW3- 122 standard, 76 for the CC Pro for 198 total

Left For Dead 2 finished with 88

Taiko Wii did not chart

Comgnet 11/18

ToG 216

NSMB Wii 159

SW3- 53 for the standalone, assumed 30 for the CC Pro, 83 total.

Taiko Wii does not chart- last time I believe it had over a 100 preorders. Might be a low number next week.

Famitsu software predictions and Comgnet Comparison

First, updated Famitsu software predictions:

(Wii) New Super Mario Bros. : 1,03-1,29M / 2,50M or more
(PS3) Final Fantasy XIII : 1,01-1,36M / 1,00-1,50M
(DS) Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks : 320-430k / 720-880k
(DS) Layton 4 : 300-400k / 540-690k
(PSP) Kingdom Hearts : 240-330k / 450-580k
(PSP) MS Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus : 230-320k / 320-400k
(PSP) Phantasy Star Portable 2 : 200-260k / 270-350k
(Wii) Tales of Graces : 200-260k / 230-290k
(DS) Power Pro Pocket 12 : 130-180k / 230-290k
(PSP) Winning Eleven 2010 : 110-160k / 180-230k
(DS) Fushigi no Dungeon 4 : 100-140k / 100-130k
(PSP) Valkyria Chronicles 2 : 100-130k / 160-200k
(???) End of Eternity : 100-140k / 110-140k
(Wii) RE Darkside Chronicles : 100-130k / 180-230k
(PS3) Call of Duty MW2 : 90-130k / 140-170k


Now Comgnet comparisons for NSMB Wii and FF13:


29 days to release:
Final Fantasy XII - 1865pt
Final Fantasy XIII - 1223pt

Release date:
Final Fantasy XII - 3510pt
Final Fantasy XIII - ?

15 days to release:
New Super Mario Bros. - 160pt
New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 120pt

Release date:
New Super Mario Bros. - 688pt
New Super Mario Bros. Wii - ?

Comgnet 11/17

ToG 211

NSMB Wii 134

SW3- standalone 51, presumed 30 for the CC Pro bundle, for 81.

Comgnet 11/16

ToG 207

NSMB Wii 120

SW3 50 for the standalone, assuming 30 for the pack, for 80.

Comgnet 11/15

ToG 206


NSMB Wii 103

SW3 49, presumed 30 for the CC Pro pack for 79 total

FF13 with 1203



Weekly Totals

J League 107

Dragon Ball PS3 167


Crystal Bearers with 32

Comgnet 11/14

ToG up to 193

NSMB Wii up to 79

SW3- 46, and assumedly 30 for the Pro pack for 76

Comgnet 11/13

ToG 191

NSMB Wii 61

SW3, 44 and 30 for 74 total.

Crystal Bearers bomba

27K first day.

Absolute bomb

Media Create 11/2-11/8

PS3 48,925
DSi 37,421
PSP 33,784
Wii 31,810
PSP go 13,992
DS Lite 5,515
Xbox 360 4,679
PS2 2,066

NPD October 2009

PlayStation 2 117.8K
PlayStation 3 320.6K
PSP 174.6K
Xbox 360 249.7K
Wii 506.9K
Nintendo DS 457.6K

UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES (PS3; Oct-09) 537,000
WII FIT PLUS* (WII; Oct-09) 441,000
BORDERLANDS (360; Oct-09) 418,000
WII SPORTS RESORT* (WII; Jul-09) 314,000
NBA 2K10* (360; Oct-09) 311,000
HALO 3: ODST (360; Sep-09) 271,000
NBA 2K10* (PS3; Oct-09) 213,000
FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 (360; Oct-09) 175,000
KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS (NDS; Sep-09) 169,000
FIFA SOCCER 10 (360; Oct-09) 156,000

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

Comgnet 11/12

ToG up to 188

NSMB Wii up to 59

SW3 up to 43 and 30, for a total of 73.

Famitsu Software- 11/2-11/8

DSL　3.600
DSi　34.000
PSP　38.000
PSPgo　15.000
WII　24.000
PS3　43.000
PS2　2.300
360　4.000

01. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 235.000 / 235.000
02. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 66.000 / 798.000
03. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 66.000 / 1.519.000
04. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 56.000 / 2.896.000
05. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable (Atlus Co.) - 44.000 / 152.000
06. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 37.000 / 573.000
07. [NDS] 4 Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) - 35.000 / 155.000
08. [PS3] Bayonetta (Sega) - 29.000 / 168.000
09. [NDS] Summon Night X: Tears Crown (Namco Bandai) - 27.000 / 27.000
10. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 24.000 / 24.000
11. [PS3] Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai) - 21.000 / 142.000
12. [PS3] Infamous (SCE) - 17.000 / 17.000
13. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 17.000 / 1.318.000
14. [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Universal Tuning (Square Enix) - 16.000 / 36.000
15. [360] Bayonetta (Sega) - 12.000 / 78.000
16. [PS3] 3D Dot Game Heroes (From Software) - 12.000 / 12.000
17. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (Namco Bandai) - 11.000 / 11.000
18. [360] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 9.100 / 9.100
19. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) - 8.900 / 4.014.000
20. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (Capcom) - 8.600 / 1.064.000
21.
22. [PSP] Dynasty Warriors 6: Special (Koei) - 6.600 / 43.000
23. [NDS] Rune Factory 3 (Marvelous Entertainment) - 6.400 / 54.000
24. [PSP] Gran Turismo: The Real Driving Simulation (SCE) - 5.600 / 228.000
25. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 4 (Konami) - 5.200 / 213.000
26. [PS3] Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (SCE) - 5.100 / 89.000
27. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 4.800 / 940.000
28. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 4.800 / 157.000
29. [NDS] Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (CyberFront) - 4.600 / 15.000
30. [PS3] NBA Live 10 (Electronic Arts Victor) - 4.600 / 4.600
xx. [360] Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (5pb.) - 4.200 / 4.200
xx. [360] Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade (Namco Bandai) - 3.300 / 3.300
xx. [PSP] NBA Live 10 (Electronic Arts Victor) - 2.900 / 2.900
xx. [NDS] Sakura Note: Imanitsu na Garu Mirai (Marvelous Entertainment) - 2.000 / 2.000
xx. [PS3] Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters) - 1.800 / 1.800
xx. [PSP] Suikoden I + II (Konami the Best) (Konami) - 1.800 / 1.800
xx. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Konami Dendou Selection) (Konami) - 1.600 / 1.600
xx. [360] Fallout 3 (Platinum Collection) (Bethesda Softworks) - 1.400 / 1.400
xx. [360] Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters) - 790 / 790
xx. [NDS] Rika-Chan DS Motto! Onna no Ko Lesson: Oshare Oshigoto Otetsudai Daisuki! (Takara Tomy) - 520 / 520


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Of note, MH Tri returns and is well on its way to selling a millon units.

Lepton 11/12 Update

FF13 with 2705

ToG with 397

NSMB Wii with 244

SW3 with 88 for the standalone, 53 for the CC Pro pack for a total of 141.


For software releasing this week:

Dragonball PS3 with 225

J League with 210

Rockman with 65

Crystal Bearers ended up with 53 orders.

Comgnet 11/11

ToG with 186

NSMB Wii with 56

SW3 with 41 for the preorder,for 70 total

Dragon Ball PS3 ended up with 87

J League ended up with 84

Crystal Bearers Update

It is officially available on Amazon and is at #15. It barely charted on Lepton and is still not charting on Comgnet. SE's only hope is that it somehow catches on and displays some impressive legs, because it clearly will not have a strong opening.

Why the Wii has faltered in Japan and what Nintendo can do about it

The Wii has been successful in every region, selling unprecedented numbers of consoles, and in no region was it a hit faster than in Japan. The console was virtually sold out for almost a year and in contrast to the West has not yet had a viable console competitor. It seemed a matter of time before Wii would have PS2 level domination. Now, in late 2009, this has not been the case, and after the launch of the PS3 Slim the Wii’s dominance seems more tenuous than ever. Nintendo profits and hardware projections have dropped. Iwata admitted that Wii sales have stagnated. Where has Nintendo went wrong in its home country?


1. Lack of Strong Third Party Support


This is undoubtedly the most obvious factor, but still crucial when analyzing the Wii‘s troubles in Japan. Whether this is Nintendo’s fault or not, third parties have not given the Wii a steady stream of successful software since its launch in late 2006. Last year, 2008, Wii had three third party titles that sold more than 200,000 units- Tales of Symphonia Knights of Ratatousk, Deca Sports, and Taiko Wii (Joysound Karaoke reached that amount in early 2009). By contrast, for this holiday season, Wii arguably has five third party titles alone that could reach that number (Biohazard:Darkside Chronicles, Samurai Warriors 3, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Crystal Bearers, Taiko Wii 2, and Tales of Graces). Nintendo needed these titles, which can maintain momentum and attract a different type of consumer than the Wii Fit crowd, much later than Holiday 2009. This lineup in 2007 would have quickly established the Wii as a system that the PS2 owners could feel comfortable moving on to. Instead, coming now, this lineup is quite possibly too little too late.
After a respectable Holiday 2008 (approximately 415 thousands units sold in December according to Japanese tracker Media Create), the Wii fell swiftly to unheard of levels during the first half of 2009, flirting with ten thousand units solid weekly. The biggest third party release during that period, by far, was Monster Hunter G, an identical port to the PS2 game pushed out by Capcom to help build the audience for Monster Hunter Tri. Of course, Nintendo itself didn’t help matters with its biggest release prior to Wii Sports Resort being the GCN port Mario Tennis. That is the crux of the matter- possibly the Wii could have better maintained sales with a steadier stream of 3rd party titles despite their own substandard 1st half of 2009 lineup.
The other concern with the lack of strong third party support has been the inability to build a “core” gamer market that supports niche titles such as Arc Rise Fantasia, Fragile, Muramasa and others. This leads to a cycle where smaller titles under-perform leading publishers to refuse to devote more assets towards the platform. In many ways Nintendo and third parties flipped the usual pattern on its head- instead of releasing the big high profile titles first and providing a home for lesser titles, they released the lesser titles first, leading to a weak market for those niche titles. Because of this, for the most part, when third party games are released they do not do well, further exacerbating the perception of the Wii user base not being friendly towards third party games. By contrast, the PS3 has received many PS2 franchise entries that at this point have lead to friendlier eco system for more niche titles such as Demon’s Souls (first party published but third party developed), Bladestorm, Way of the Samurai, Rorona Alterier, and others.
This is not to just put the blame on Nintendo for whatever failings they exhibited by not lining up more significant third party support; All parties share the blame. Third parties absolutely expected the PS3 to dominate and planned many of its franchises accordingly. If you don’t build a market, the market won’t exist. On the other hand, Nintendo, with its vast war chest, undoubtedly could have been and still could be more aggressive in securing major third party franchises that help build a different audience. The only question is whether it is too late, with increasing competition from the PSP, DS, and the PS3. As previously stated, this holiday is the first period where there is a consistent stream of high profile third party software. However, there is currently not much announced for 2010, and if this holiday represents the high water mark for third party franchises on the system then the Wii is in serious trouble in its homeland, no matter what type of impact Nintendo’s first party franchises have.



2. Lack of RPG’s.


Nintendo has done a woeful job building an RPG market on the Wii. Despite having two first party studios who make RPG‘s, Monolith Soft and Intelligent Systems, after 3 years on the market Nintendo has released two- Fire Emblem and Super Paper Mario, which were both in 2007, and are not traditional JRPG‘s. Third party support hasn’t been much better aside from low profile projects like Arc Rise Fantasia and spinoffs like Dragon Quest Swords. In fact, the Wii’s first truly first rate high profile traditional RPG is only coming out this December, Tales of Graces. Square Enix, which has given the portables and the HD systems significant support, still has not given the Wii a high profile traditional RPG. Dragon Quest X is announced, but won’t be arriving for years. Crystal Bearers, which has received positive early impressions, is not a traditional RPG. Chocobo’s Dungeon is probably the closest, but even that genre (rogue like RPG) is relatively niche.

What could Nintendo do? First, increase their own RPG output. This may very well be going on behind the scenes, but it is a point that bears making. Second, and this may be easier said than done, get Square Enix on board with significant support. Dragon Quest 7 remake. More Final Fantasy. Companies follow the leader and the leader is Square Enix. There is no reason PS2 franchises that cannot afford to go HD should not come to Wii. Without legitimate RPG support, the Wii will never enjoy PS2 level success and may cede ground to the PS3, not to mention the handhelds.

3. Lack of consistency in controller output.

Another problem for Nintendo in trying to revitalize Japanese market is the lack of consistency as to what the Wii is supposed to represent to the public in terms of how you control the software. On one hand Nintendo released Wii Sports Resort with Motion Plus to much fanfare this summer and recently released the Balance Board supported Wii Fit Plus. On the other hand, Nintendo is pushing the traditional Classic Controller Pro with 3rd party titles such as Monster Hunter 3, Tales of Graces, Samurai Warriors 3, and even Winning Eleven 2010. Nintendo is essentially engaging in one marketing push towards the new motion based output and another push at the same time to capture the PS2/traditional gaming crowd.
Clearly Nintendo is trying to thread the needle and appeal to both the casual grandmother’s and the traditional teen market, but without a coherent strategy, this seems doomed to fail. If Nintendo really wants to push its machine as for everyone, they need to bundle every single Wii with a Motion Plus and a Classic Controller Pro and market Wii Sports Resort right along side Monster Hunter. That way, right out of the box, both markets have their controller and the parents can play their Wii Sports Resort while the teenager is already equipped to play Monster Hunter or Samurai Warriors. Right now, Nintendo’s marketing in Japan is disjointed and at odds with each other. The gamers who buy Monster Hunter probably aren’t buying Wii Fit Plus, and unless you at least tie the two outputs together in the SKU, The Wii marketing has no real continuity and the two competing messages can possibly harm each other.


4. Lack of continued support for peripherals

Related to the previous point, Nintendo has done a terrible job following through on initially successful peripherals. The Balance Board has an install base nearly equal to the PS3 and yet as of nearly two years after its release in Japan, there has been zero Nintendo games supporting the platform and two third party titles- the two We Ski titles from Namco. For a peripheral with as much success as the Balance Board, to have Nintendo and third parties essentially ignoring that success is inexplicable. Similarly, Wii Sports Resort/Motion Plus has been followed by one announced Nintendo game supporting Motion Plus, Span Smasher, and zero Japanese third party games. Contrast this to the situation in the U.S and across PAL territories where the device actually launched with third party software (EA’s Tiger Woods and Grand Slam Tennis), and a major third party game is launching exclusively with Motion Plus early next year (Ubisoft’s Red Steel 2).
This is a missed opportunity for Nintendo. The Wii sold for nearly a year after Wii Fit and the Balance Board launched, and that impact could have been even larger with immediate and strong support for the balance board. Motion Plus with just the promise of Wii Sports Resort is not going to give consumers confidence to invest in the peripherals. Consumers are more likely to invest in the system and the peripheral if they know it is going to be supported. This again speaks to confusion and the lack of a clear strategy for Nintendo in Japan. Nintendo has to communicate to its consumers what benefit’s the system brings, and the continued introduction of peripherals with no following software undermines the success and appeal of every new piece of white plastic introduced.




5. For core titles, lack of a differentiator



Finally, a fundamental problem with the Wii design is there is no real differentiating factor to spur developing of core games on the system. This is not to say that core games cannot succeed- the argument is that these games succeed based on their own merits, not on any inherent advantages to the Wii system. Compare the Wii to its competitors. The PS3 offers increased graphical capability. For developers and customers, this can be a draw. Compare the DS and PSP- both offer portability, a differentiator to the usual PS2 software. Now, looking at the Wii, it offers very little over the PS2 in terms of traditional, core games. Monster Hunter 3,Tales of Graces and Samurai Warriors 3 could easily have been done on the PS2. There is nothing besides a little bit of graphical capability that distinguishes the two systems. The only “core franchise games on Wii that take advantage of the systems controller is Dragon Quest Swords, the Biohazard Chronicles series, and the upcoming Crystal Bearers. This incongruence makes it less likely for developers to commit to the system and less likely for PS2 games to make the jump to the Wii.

One partial solution is for developers to utilize the pointer functionality, which could provide some interesting mechanics for RPG’s and action games. However, one potential issue is that when you try a different controller output you risk alienating the reliable, core audience. Take Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles the Crystal Bearers; The game uses the pointer technology and from all accounts is not an RPG at all, but rather is being pushed as a pure adventure game. Square Enix is apparently trying to tap into the more casual part of the Wii user base. However, there is a risk- if the title fails to catch on with the casual crowd, the title could flop. It appears (based on lack of retailer preorders), that the traditional RPG and Crystal Chronicles audience is not on board. This illustrates the danger to third parties; if you create a core game that does not use anything unique about the Wii, your software might have a ceiling and sales might not be maximized. On the other hand, if you do use the Wii’s strengths, you risk alienating that core group and not selling at all. There is no easy answer to this issue as it is inherent in the actual design of the Wii hardware. However, this issue can be minimized by solid marketing and fostering of third party relations.


Conclusions


To conclude, there are no easy solutions for the Wii in Japan. It has competition not only from the portables but also as of late from the PS3, and aside from New Super Mario Bros. Wii there is no title on the horizon that could anticipate being a genuine system seller. Some problems can only be solved with a complete retooling in software development, and some problems are so inherent in the actual Wii hardware that they can probably never be satisfactorily dealt with. However, Nintendo could start taking efforts right now to stop the bleeding and at least remain competitive in the market. Essentially, Nintendo needs to streamline and focus in its marketing of the system and its controller outputs; increase support of its peripheral; and improve first and third party software marketing and outreach.



Solutions

Short Term:

1. Bundle the hardware with CC Pro and Motion Plus and streamline the marketing approach to include the casual and core gamer.

2. More promotion for core titles, even lesser titles such as Dynamic Slash, Monado, etc. Build up hype and promotion in Famitsu and other gaming outlets instead of stealth releasing any title that isn’t expected to be a big seller.

Long Term:

1. More RPG development from Nintendo’s internal studios and invest in third party developed RPG’s.

2. More software support for already existing peripherals.

3. Increased Third Party support through incentives and co-marketing.

Comgnet 11/10

ToG up to 183

NSMB Wii up to 54

SW3 normal software only up to 39, while the CC Pro pack enters at 29, giving SW3 a total of 68.

Crystal Bearers nowhere to be found even though there is a day before its release.

Comgnet 11/9

ToG up to 177

NSMB Wii up to 52

SW3 38

Comgnet 11/8

ToG with 174

NSMB Wii with 48

SW3 with 38

FF13 with 1069

For total orders, WE 2010 PS3 with 468

Summon Tears with 99

Mario and Sonic with 35

Comgnet 11/7

ToG up to 171

NSMB Wii up to 41

SW3 up to 38

Comgnet 11/6

ToG with 165

SW3 with 36

NSMB Wii with 36

Media Create 10/26-11/1

DSi 37,517
PS3 36,061
PSP 34,911
PSP go 29,109
Wii 28,888
DS Lite 6,902
Xbox 360 6,047
PS2 1,966

Comgnet 11/5

ToG with 163

SW3 with 33

NSMB Wii with 33

Lepton 11/5 Update

FF13 up to 2460

WE 2010 PS3 finished with 730

ToG up to 336

NSMB Wii up to 153

Summon Tears finished with 111

SW3 up to 80

Super Mario Galaxy 2 enters with 50

FF:CC:CB enters with 46

Comgnet 11/4

ToG up to 157

SW3 at 33

NSMB Wii at 30

WE 2010 finishes at 230

Summon Tears ended up at 48

Famitsu Software, 10/26-11/1

01. [PS3] Bayonetta (Sega) - 138,000 / NEW
02. [PS3] Tekken 6 (Bandai Namco Games) - 120,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) - 120,000 / NEW
04. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable (Atlus) - 108,000 / NEW
05. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 73,000 / 733,000
06. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 69,000 / 2,840,000
07. [360] Bayonetta (Sega) - 66,000 / NEW
08. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 53,000 / 1,453,000
09. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 40,000 / 536,000
10. [WII] Super Robot Taisen Neo (Bandai Namco Games) - 32,000 / NEW

11. [360] Tekken 6 (Bandai Namco Games) - 26,000 / NEW
12. [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Universal Tuning (Square Enix) - 20,000 / NEW
13. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 18,000 / 1,302,000
14. [NDS] Fresh Precure! Asobi Collection (Bandai Namco Games) - 15,000 / NEW
15. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (Koei) - 13,000 / 36,000
16. [NDS] Rune Factory 3 (Marvelous Entertainment) - 12,000 / 57,000
17. [PS3] Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (SCE) - 11,000 / 84,000
18. [WII] Sin and Punishment 2 (Nintendo) - 10,000 / NEW
19. [NDS] Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (CyberFront) - 10,000 / NEW
20. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix) - 9,700 / 4,005,000
21. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) (Capcom) - 8,500 / 1,055,000
22. [PSP] Gran Turismo (SCE) - 8,100 / 223,000
23. [PS3] Samurai Dou 3 Plus (BEST) (Spike) - 8,000 / NEW
24. [PSP] Elminage II: Sousei no Megami to Unmei no Daichi (Starfish SD) - 7,600 / NEW
25. [NDS] Umihara Kawase Shun: Second Edition Kanzenhan (Genterprise) - 7,000 / NEW
26. [360] Steins;Gate (5pb.) - 6,100 / 27,000
27. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 4 (Konami) - 6,000 / 207,000
28. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 6,000 / 152,000
29. [PS2] Sekirei: Mirai Kara no Okurimono (Alchemist) - 6,000 / NEW

Outside top 30:

[PSP] Kenka Banchou Portable (Spike) - 5,300 / NEW
[NDS] Game Book DS: Sword World 2.0 (Broccoli) - 3,800 / NEW
[PSP] Taishou Yakyuu Musume: Otometachi no Seishun Nikki (5pb.) - 2,600 / NEW
[PS2] Nadepro!! Kisama mo Seiyuu Yatte Miro! (GungHo Works) - 2,500 / NEW
[PSP] Purisaga! Portable (Views) - 1,100 / NEW
[NDS] Date ni Game Tsui Wake Jane! Dungeon Maker Girls Type (Idea Factory) - 1,000 / NEW
[NDS] Konami Arcade Collection (BEST) (Konami) - 760 / NEW
[PSP] MotorStorm: Arctic Edge (SCE) - 590 / NEW

Hardware:

PSP　42000
PSPgo　28000
DSi　36000
DSL　4400
PS3　37000
Wii　27000
360　4800
PS2　2700

Comgnet 11/3

ToG with 154


SW3 still at 33

NSMB Wii at 28

Comgnet 11/2

ToG lost one to 151

SW3 stays at 33

NSMB Wii enters with 24

Comgnet Update- 11/1

FF13 with 939

ToG with 152

SW3 with 33


For the week,

Bayonetta PS3 had 410 orders

P3P had 323

Tekken 6 PS3 had 317

FF Gaiden had 209

Bayonetta 360 had 126

SRW Neo had 65

Wii Fit Plus had 63

Lepton Update- 10/29

FF13- 2204

Tekken 6 PS3- 458

Bayonetta PS3- 393

P3P- 355

ToG- 279

NSMB Wii- 115

FF Gaiden- 111

SRW Neo- 84


SW3- 65

Famitsu software 10/19-10/25

Famitsu Oct. 19-25:

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 100,000 / 2,771,000
02. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 89,000 / 660,000
03. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 52,000 / 1,400,000
04. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 49,000 / 495,000
05. [NDS] Rune Factory 3 (Marvelous Entertainment) - 45,000 / NEW
06. [360] Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft) - 30,000 / NEW
07. [PS3] FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 24,000 / NEW
08. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (Koei) - 23,000 / NEW
09. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 18,000 / 1,284,000
10. [PS3] Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (SCE) - 18,000 / 73,000

11. [PSP] Gran Turismo (SCE) - 12,000 / 215,000
12. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix) - 12,000 / 3,995,000
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) (Capcom) - 8,900 / 1,047,000
14. [PSP] Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Unmei no Meikyuu Aizouban (Koei) - 8,500 / NEW
15. [PSP] Macross: Ultimate Frontier (Bandai Namco Games) - 8,300 / 126,000
16. [PSP] Undead Knights (Tecmo) - 8,000 / 26,000
17. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 4 (Konami) - 7,300 / 201,000
18. [360] FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 6,800 / NEW
19. [PSP] Antiphona no Seikahime: Tenshi no Gakufu Op.A (Nippon Ichi Software) - 5,700 / NEW
20.
21. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Atlus) - 5,300 / 109,000
22. [WII] Okami (Capcom) - 5,000 / 30,000
23. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco Games) - 5,000 / 312,000
24. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 4,800 / 930,000
25. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PLATINUM) (Square Enix) - 4,600 / 63,000
26. [PSP] Minna no Sukkiri (SCE) - 4,500 / 38,000
27. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 4,500 / 146,000
28. [360] Steins;Gate (5pb.) - 4,300 / 21,000
29. [NDS] Element Hunter (Bandai Namco Games) - 4,200 / NEW
30. [PS3] Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (BEST) (SCE) - 4,100 / 26,000

Outside top 30:

00. [NDS] Kurayami no Hate de Kimi wo Matsu (D3 Publisher) - 3,700 / NEW
00. [PSP] FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 3,200 / NEW
00. [PS2] FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 1,900 / NEW
00. [NDS] Grand Trucker Aniki: Shigoto to Kenka to Koimoyou (Generprise) - 1,400 / NEW


Hardware:

DSL　 3,700
DSi　44,000
PSP　40,000
PS3　31,000
Wii　25,000
360　 2,800
PS2　 2,600

Comgnet 10/30

ToG with 140

SW3 with 31

Media Create 10/9-10/25

DSi 42,199
PSP 32,865
PS3 29,977
Wii 25,917
DS Lite 6,550
Xbox 360 4,470
PS2 1,951

Comgnet 10/29

ToG up to 138

SW3 enters with 29

Comgnet 10/28

Bayonetta PS3 finished with 201, the 360 version with 66.

FF Gaiden finished with 70

Tekken 6 PS3 finished with 186


SRW Neo finished with 43

ToG is up to 132

Comgnet 10/27

ToG with 130, SRW Neo with 42

Comgnet 10/26

ToG with 129

SRW Neo with 41

Comgnet 10/25

ToG up to 126

FF 13 to 816

Comgnet Update 10/24

ToG up to 120.

Comgnet Update 10/23

ToG up to 115.

SRW Neo up to 40.

Comgnet 10/22

ToG up to 111.

Media Create Hardware- 10/12-10/18

DSi 49,145
PSP 33,508
PS3 30,231
Wii 29,965
Xbox 360 3,662
DS Lite 2,590
PS2 2,109

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Comgnet Update- 10/21

ToG with 107 preorders

Famitsu Software- 10/12-10/18

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 151,000 / 2,672,000
02. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 112,000 / 571,000
03. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 73,000 / 446,000
04. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 60,000 / 1,348,000
05. [PS3] Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (SCE) - 55,000 / NEW
06. [WII] Okami (Capcom) - 25,000 / NEW
07. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 21,000 / 1,266,000
09. [PS2] BeatMania IIDX 16: Empress + Premium Best (Konami) - 20,000 / NEW
09. [PSP] Gran Turismo: The Real Driving Simulation (SCE) - 19,000 / 202,000
10. [PSP] Undead Knights (Tecmo) - 18,000 / NEW

11. [PSP] Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Senaka wo Takuseshi Mono (Bandai Namco Games) - 17,000 / NEW
12. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 17,000 / 141,000
13. [360] Steins;Gate (5pb.) - 16,000 / NEW
14. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix) - 15,000 / 3,984,000
15. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Atlus) - 13,000 / 104,000
16. [PSP] Macross: Ultimate Frontier (Bandai Namco Games) - 12,000 / 118,000
17. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 4 (Konami) - 9,700 / 194,000
18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (BEST) (Capcom) - 9,500 / 1,038,000
19. [PS3] UFC 2009 Undisputed (Yuke's) - 7,700 / NEW
20. [NDS] Kimi ni Todoke: Sodateru Omoi (Bandai Namco Games) - 7,400 / NEW
21.
22. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco Games) - 6,600 / 307,000
23. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Special (Koei) - 6,100 / 48,000
24. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PLATINUM) (Square Enix) - 5,100 / 58,000
25. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 5,000 / 925,000
26. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Tecmo) - 4,900 / 55,000
27. [NDS] Blue Dragon: Ikai no Kyoujuu (Bandai Namco Games) - 4,900 / 15,000
28. [PS3] Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (BEST) (SCEI) - 4,000 / 22,000
29. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 3,800 / 2,344,000
30. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (Konami) - 3,500 / 81,000


[PS3] NBA 2K10 (Spike) - 3,300 / NEW
[NDS] Shounen Sunday & Shounen Magazine: White Comic (Konami) - 3,000 / NEW
[PS2] Slotter Up Mania 11: 2027 vs 2027 II (Dorasu) - 2,100 / NEW
[360] UFC 2009 Undisputed (Yuke's) - 1,300 / NEW
[PSP] NBA 2K10 (Spike) - 990 / NEW
[360] NBA 2K10 (Spike) - 650 / NEW



DSL　3900
DSi　53000
PSP　39000
Wii　27000
PS3　27000
PS2　2700
360　3000
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Comgnet Update 10/20

ToG up to 100 preorders.

SRW Neo to 37.

Comgnet Update- 10/19

ToG up to 97 preorders

Comgnet Update- 10/18

ToG with 93 preorders

FF13 with 718

For weekly orders, Wii Fit plus separate SKU with 71 orders.

Comgnet Update- 10/17

ToG with 84 preorders

Comgnet- 10/16

ToG up to 73 preorders.

SRW Neo up to 33

Media Create Hardware 10/5-10/11

DSi 50,144
PSP 40,100
PS3 30,896
Wii 30,741
DS Lite 5,454
Xbox 360 3,326
PS2 2,133

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Famitsu Software 10/5-10/11

DSi　52.497
PSP　44.230
Wii　29.053
PS3　28.671
DSL　5.307
360　3.221
PS2　2.547

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) 12/09/09 - 183.000 / 2.520.000
02. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) 01/10/09 - 140.000 / 459.000
03. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Atlus Co.) 08/10/09 - 91.000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) 01/10/09 - 76.000 / 373.000
05. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) 18/06/09 - 64.000 / 1.288.000
06. [PSP] Gran Turismo: The Real Driving Simulation (SCE) 01/10/09 - 39.000 / 183.000
07. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) 03/09/09 - 26.000 / 124.000
08. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) 25/06/09 - 24.000 / 1.244.000
09. [PSP] Macross: Ultimate Frontier (Namco Bandai) 01/10/09 - 21.000 / 105.000
10. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) 11/07/09 - 20.000 / 3.969.000
11. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 4 (Konami) 17/09/09 - 13.000 / 184.000
12. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Special (Koei) 01/10/09 - 12.000 / 42.000
13. [PSP] Everybody's Cleaner (SCE) 01/10/09 - 11.000 / 27.000
14. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Tecmo) 01/10/09 - 11.000 / 50.000
15. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best) (Capcom) 30/10/08 - 10.000 / 1.029.000
16. [NDS] Blue Dragon: Giants of the Spirit World (Namco Bandai) 08/10/09 - 10.000 / NEW
17. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai) 17/09/09 - 9.900 / 301.000
18. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Legendary Hits) (Activision) 10/09/09 - 5.700 / 53.000
19. [NDS] SaGa 2: Legendary Secret Treasure - Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix) 17/09/09 - 5.300 / 146.000
20. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) 01/08/09 - 5.000 / 920.000
21. [WII] Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga (Marvelous Entertainment) 08/10/09 - 4.700 / NEW
22.
23. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles: EX Edition (SCE) 08/10/09 - 4.500 / NEW
24. [PSP] Kurogane no Linebarrels (Hudson) 08/10/09 3.900 / NEW
25. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 10/04/08 - 3.900 / 2.340.000
26. [PS3] Trinity Universe (Nippon Ichi Software) 01/10/09 - 3.700 / 17.000
27. [NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) 30/07/09 - 3.300 / 176.000
28. [PS3] Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Playstation 3 the Best) (SCE) 03/09/09 - 3.100 / 18.000
29. [NDS Paul Sloan & Des MacHale's Mysterious Story 2 (Level 5) 03/09/09 - 3.000 / 60.000
30. [NDS] A Penguin's Troubles X: 7 Warriors of the Sky (Konami) 23/07/09 - 3.000 / 152.000
xx. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable (PSP the Best) (Sega) 08/10/09 - 3.000 / NEW
xx. [NDS] Iron Master (Genterprise) 08/10/09 - 1.500 / NEW
xx. [PSP] Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (Konami the Best) (Konami) 08/10/09 - 870 / NEW
xx. [NDS] Professor Tago's Mind Exercises Vol. 3: Mystery Kingdom Puzzle Solving Fairy Tales (Level 5) 08/10/09 - 850 / NEW
xx. [NDS] Professor Tago's Mind Exercises Vol. 4: Time Machine Puzzle Solving Adventure (Level 5) 08/10/09 - 680 / NEW

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Comgnet 10/15

ToG up to 68 preorders

Comgnet Update 10/13

ToG up to 63.

SRW Neo 32

Comgnet 10/12

ToG 56 preorders, SRW Neo still at 31

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Comgnet 10/11

ToG up to 50 preorders.

FF13 up to 629

SRW Neo stuck at 31


For the week, Wii Fit Plus had 108 orders


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Comgnet- 10/10

ToG with 40 preorders

SRWNeo still with 31

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Comgnet 10/9

ToG with 32 preorders

Media Create Hardware- 9/28-10/4

DSi 53,293
PSP 51,215
PS3 37,538
Wii 35,392
DS Lite 10,661
Xbox 360 4,244
PS2 2,179

Comgnet Update- 10/7

Strange Journey ended up with 53 preorders.

ToG up to 29 preorders.

SRW Neo stays at 32.

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Nintendo Retailer Conference- Release Dates

No megatons, but the holiday schedule is now pretty much confirmed:

* New Super Mario Bros. Wi: 12/3
* Samurai Warriors 3: 12/3
* Wii Remote Blue: 12/3
* Wii Remote Pink: 12/3
* Poke Park Wii -- Pikachu's Big Adventure: 12/5
* Tales of Graces: 12/10
* NHK Kouhaku Quiz Chorus: 12/17
* Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks: 12/23

Also, Tales of Graces and Samurai Warriors 3 will have their own console bundle.

Famitsu Software- 9/28-10/4

Famitsu Sales: 09/28 - 10/04

DSL　6600
DSi　57000
PSP　55000
Wii　32000
PS3　37000
PS2　2800
360　2600

01. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 319,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) - 297,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 270,000 / 2,338,000
04. [PSP] Gran Turismo (SCE) - 144,000 / NEW
05. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier (Bandai Namco Games) - 85,000 / NEW
06. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 68,000 / 1,224,000
07. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Tecmo) - 39,000 / NEW
08. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (Koei) - 30,000 / NEW
09. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 26,000 / 1,220,000
10. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix) - 24,000 / 3,949,000

11. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (Konami) - 21,000 / 172,000
12. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco Games) - 18,000 / 291,000
13. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 17,000 / 98,000
14. [PSP] Minna no Sukkiri (SCE) - 16,000 / NEW
15. [PS3] Trinity Universe (Idea Factory) - 13,000 / NEW
16. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) (Capcom) - 11,000 / 1,018,000
17. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix) - 11,000 / 141,000
18. [PSP] Mana Khemia 2: Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi Tachi Portable+ (Gust) - 7,100 / NEW
19.
20. [PSP] Winning Post 7 2009 (Koei) - 6,700 / NEW
21. [360] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce) (Koei) - 6,700 / NEW
22. [PS2] Hiiro no Kakera: Shin Tamayorihime Denshou (Idea Factory) - 6,600 / NEW
23. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (Square Enix) - 6,600 / 47,000
24. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 6,300 / 915,000
25. [NDS] Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Monogatari 2 (Level 5) - 4,600 / 57,000
26. [PSP] Ys Seven (Nihon Falcom) - 4,500 / 58,000
27. [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft) - 4,000 / 37,000
28. [NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) - 3,900 / 173,000
29. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 3,700 / 2,336,000
30. [NDS] Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshuu: Shiranai Mama dewa Son wo Suru - Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS (Nintendo) - 3,500 / 51,000

xx. [360] Cross Edge Dash (Compile Heart) - 3,300 / NEW
xx. [PS2] Touka Gettan: Koufuu no Ryouou (Kadokawa Shoten) - 3,200 / NEW
xx. [PS2] Shin Hisui no Shizuku: Hiiro no Kakera 2 (Idea Factory) - 3,200 / NEW
xx. [PSP] Like Life Every Hour (GN Software) - 2,800 / NEW
xx. [PS2] Hiiro no Kakera Aizouban (Twin Pack) (Idea Factory) - 2,700 / NEW
xx. [WII] Dead Space Extraction (Electronic Arts) - 2,600 / NEW
xx. [PS2] Hiiro no Kakera Aizouban (Idea Factory) - 1,900 / NEW
xx. [PSP] Shadow of Memories (Konami) - 670 / NEW
xx. [PS2] Osouji Sentai Clean Keeper H (Idea Factory) - 600 / NEW
xx. [NDS] MySims Agents (Electronic Arts) - 520 / NEW


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Taiko Wii 2 coming 11/19

As speculated, a sequel to last years 600K plus selling Taiko Wii is on its way November 19th. Maybe we'll get more info tonight at the Nintendo retailer meeting?


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Comgnet Update- 10/6

A new Wii game enters- Tales of Graces with 27 preorders.

SRW Neo is at 32

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Media Create Hardware- 9/12-9/27

DSi 63,342
PS3 39,960
PSP 17,334
DS Lite 15,057
Wii 11,731
Xbox 360 4,854
PS2 2,347


Notes-

Lowest Wii week ever, PS3 much lower than Famitsu

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Comgnet Update- 10/4

The winner was Inazuma 11 2 with 364 orders between the 2 SKU's.

Wii Fit Plus had an impressive week- 282 orders for the standalone, 32 for the bundle, so 314 total.

Grand Turismo PSP followed with 278 orders.

Wii Sports Resort had 32 orders and Monster Hunter Tri did not make the list.


For an update on preorders, FF13 is at 534, while SRW Neo is at 30.


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Famitsu Software- 9/21-9/27

DSL　10000
DSi　66000
PSP　20000
Wii　13000
PS3　50000
PS2　3500
360　3700

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 166,000 / 2,068,000
02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 90,000 / 1,156,000
03. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco Games) - 45,000 / 272,000
04. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (Konami) - 43,000 / 151,000
05. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 34,000 / 1,194,000
06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix) - 34,000 / 3,925,000
07. [360] Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft) - 33,000 / NEW
08. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix) - 29,000 / 130,000
09. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (Konami) - 14,000 / 66,000
10. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (Square Enix) - 11,000 / 41,000

11. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) (Capcom) - 11,000 / 1,007,000
12. [PSP] Ys Seven (Nihon Falcom) - 10,000 / 53,000
13. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 9,100 / 909,000
14. [NDS] Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Monogatari 2 (Level 5) - 8,100 / 52,000
15. [WII] Forever Blue 2: Umi no Yobigoe (Nintendo) - 7,700 / 25,000
16. [PS3] Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki (Bandai Namco Games) - 6,800 / 210,000
17. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 6,400 / 81,000
18. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 6,300 / 3,536,000
19.
20. [NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) - 5,800 / 169,000
21. [NDS] Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshuu: Shiranai Mama dewa Son wo Suru - Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS (Nintendo) - 4,800 / 47,000
22. [PSP] 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (Spike) - 4,700 / 21,000
23.
24. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 4,000 / 2,333,000
25. [PSP] Taikou Risshiden V (Koei) - 3,900 / 11,000
26. [NDS] Idolmaster: Dearly Stars (Bandai Namco Games) - 3,900 / 37,000
27. [PSP] Samurai Dou 2 Portable (Spike) - 3,700 / 27,000
28. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 3,600 / 5,074,000
29. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 3,400 / 3,508,000
30. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (BEST) (Konami) - 3,300 / 37,000

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Famitsu Software and Media Create Hardware for 9/14-9/20

First, Famitsu Software:



DSL　10000
DSi　71000
PSP　22000
Wii　15000
PS3　55000
PS2　2900
360　4000

01. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 492,000 / 1,901,000
02. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco Games) - 228,000 / NEW
03. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (Konami) - 108,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix) - 101,000 / NEW
05. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 73,000 / 1,066,000
06. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 (Konami) - 52,000 / NEW
07. [PSP] Ys Seven (Nihon Falcom) - 43,000 / NEW
08. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito (Square Enix) - 36,000 / 3,892,000
09. [NDS] Idolmaster: Dearly Stars (Bandai Namco Games) - 33,000 / NEW
10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 29,000 / 1,160,000

11. [WII] Forever Blue 2: Umi no Yobigoe (Nintendo) - 18,000 / NEW
12. [PS3] Tears to Tiara Gaiden: Avalon no Nazo (Aqua Plus) - 16,000 / NEW
13. [PSP] Katei Kyoushi Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena 2: Spirit Burst (Marvelous Entertainment) - 16,000 / NEW
14. [PSP] 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de (Spike) - 16,000 / NEW
15. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (BEST) (Square Enix) - 14,000 / 30,000
16. [PS3] Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki (Bandai Namco Games) - 12,000 / 203,000
17. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 12,000 / 75,000
18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) (Capcom) - 11,000 / 997,000
19. [NDS] Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Monogatari 2 (Level 5) - 9,700 / 44,000
20. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - 8,700 / 900,000
21. [NDS] Ookami to Koushinryou: Umi wo Wataru Kaze (ASCII Media Works) - 8,300 / NEW
22. [NDS] KORG DS-10 Plus (AQ Interactive) - 7,100 / NEW
23. [PSP] Taikou Risshiden V (Koei) - 7,000 / NEW
24. [NDS] Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: Akuma no Satsujin Koukai (Creative Core) - 5,800 / NEW
25. [NDS] Bae Yong-Joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (D3 Publisher) - 5,700 / NEW
26. [NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) - 5,700 / 163,000
27. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 5,300 / 3,530,000
28. [NDS] Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshuu: Shiranai Mama dewa Son wo Suru - Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS (Nintendo) - 5,000 / 42,000
29.
30. [PSP] Samurai Dou 2 Portable (Spike) - 4,900 / 23,000

xx. [PSP] Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Hai to Diamond (Arc System Works) - 4,800 / NEW
xx. [PS3] Makai Senki Disgaea 3 Append Disc: Raspberyl-hen Hajime Mashita (Nippon Ichi Software) - 4,600 / NEW
xx. [PS3] Wet (Bethesda Softworks) - 4,600 / NEW
xx. [WII] The House of the Dead: Overkill (Sega) - 4,400 / NEW
xx. [360] Left 4 Dead (PLATINUM) (Electronic Arts) - 3,700 / NEW
xx. [PS3] Terminator Salvation (Taito) - 3,700 / NEW
xx. [360] Velvet Assassin (Ubisoft) - 2,600 / NEW
xx. [PS3] Fuel (Codemasters) - 1,400 / NEW
xx. [360] Terminator Salvation (Taito) - 1,100 / NEW
xx. [360] Fuel (Codemasters) - 790 / NEW




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Media Create Hardware:


DSi 66,073
PS3 51,055
PSP 21,073
Wii 16,698
DS Lite 13,555
Xbox 360 4,965
PS2 2,723

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