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New games are coming once again. See how your favorites are doing.
Jacob Mazel
Summary:
New games have begun releasing in Japan once more.Nonetheless, software sales are down a bit from last week. Hardwaresales continue to drop as well although not at the rates seen lastweek. The consoles had a fairly strong week in the preliminary data.Ten of the twenty titles to chart were on Wii, PS3 and PS2.
Key Points:
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Nintendo’sre-releases of Game Cube games with motion controls keep charting. It’sprobably time for some third parties to consider doing the same thing.
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ResidentEvil 5 (PS3) and Star Ocean 4 (360) are among the preorder leaders inJapan at the moment, although no game is in the same league as DragonQuest IX.
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With a relative dearth of PS2 content in the near future, this could be the year Xbox 360 outsells PS2 in Japan.
Understanding the Japanese Preview:
Rather than saying xgame for y platform sold between 20,000 and 28,000 units as in thepast, the preliminary data will be broken down into charts by platform.Within these charts, there will two additional categories besides therounded sales figure under ‘sales’. On the left will be ‘low end’depicting the lowest amount the title likely sold for the week, whileto the right will be ‘high end’ depicting the highest amount the titlelikely sold for the week. As always, this data is preliminary, andtherefore, not final, but it is based on a sample. The varying platformmarket share the sample represents is why consistent sellers like WiiFit do not always appear in the preliminary data. Sales for this report are for the week ending January 18, 2009.
Software by Platform Breakdown:
Wii Software – Six Wii titles charted in thepreliminary data. The remake of Mario Tennis on Game Cube sold 33,000units in its debut on Wii. Other titles to chart include Mario Kart,Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Animal Crossing and the Taiko drum game. ExpectWii hardware sales to drop into the 35,000 to 45,000 unit range thisweek.
Preliminary Top Twenty Wii Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Mario Tennis Wii
| | | | Wii Fit
| | | | Animal Crossing: City Folk
| | | | Wii Sports
| | | | Mario Kart Wii
| | | | Taiko no Tatsujin Wii
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PS3 Software – Three PS3 titles charted in thepreliminary data. The new Naruto game sold almost 40,000 units in itsdebut. Western hit Fallout 3 managed to sell 20,000 units in Japan inits first week of sales. In third place and likely in the preliminarydata for the last time, White Knight Chronicles sold 12,000 units.Expect PS3 hardware sales to drop into the 25,000 to 35,000 unit rangethis week.
Preliminary Top Twenty PS3 Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Naruto: Narutimate Storm
| | | | Fallout 3
| | | | White Knight Chronicles
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Xbox 360 Software – No Xbox 360 games charted inthe preliminary data. Expect Xbox 360 hardware sales to drop into the7,000 to 10,000 unit range this week.
PS2 Software – Gundam Musou 2 was the only PS2game to chart in the preliminary data. It sold an additional 12,000units this week. Expect PS2 hardware sales to drop into the 6,000 to9,000 unit range this week.
Preliminary Top Twenty PS2 Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Gundam Musou 2
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PSP Software – Three PSP games charted in thepreliminary data. Final Fantasy Dissidia sold another 33,000 units forthe platform. In second place, the re-release of Monster HunterPortable 2G sold nearly 30,000 units. Warriors Orochi 2 came in thirdwith sales of nearly 15,000 units. Expect PSP hardware sales to dropinto the 55,000 to 70,000 unit range this week.
Preliminary Top Twenty PSP Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Final Fantasy Dissidia
| | | | Monster Hunter Portable 2G (Cheap Edition)
| | | | Warriors Orochi 2
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DS Software – DS had the top seller of the week inMegami Ibunroku which sold nearly 60,000 units. After that, the usualcavalcade of hits sold between 9,000 and 29,000 units this week. RhythmHeaven Gold, Pokemon Platinum and Wagamama in particular continue tosell well, with each resisting selling fewer than 20,000 units perweek. With Dragon Quest IX arriving in March, and likely to top threemillion units within two weeks, it should be interesting to see if thecurrent batch of software with long legs begins to falter, or whetherit will get ‘stronger’. Expect DS hardware sales to drop into the85,000 to 105,000 unit range this week.
Preliminary Top Twenty DS Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor
| | | | Rhythm Heaven Gold
| | | | Wagamama Fashion: Gal's Mode
| | | | Pokemon Platinum
| | | | Kirby Superstar Ultra
| | | | Phantasy Star Zero
| | | | Penguin no Mondai
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