Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:07 pm 0

Going to be a busy time for Soul Calibur fans, what with this on the Wii and SC4 on the 360/ps3.

If Sophitia isn't playable in both, I'm liable to get annoyed.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:34 pm 0

Nice to see a bit of corporate humility/responsibilty (for a change) -

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/field-notes/ ... 268449.php

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:58 am 0

Japanese software sales - Week ending June 10th

01./00. [PS2] Hisshou Pachinko/Pachislo Capture Series, Vol. 10: CR Neon Geneses Evangelion (D3 Publisher) - 80,586 / NEW
02./01. [NDS] Practice by Observing: DS Observation Training (Nintendo) - 62,537 / 157,371
03./00. [PSP] Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road (Bandai-Namco) - 44,337 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Final Fantasy II (Square-Enix) - 36,637 / NEW
05./05. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 29,570 / 1,687,388
06./03. [NDS] Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (Nintendo) - 26,078 / 139,988
07./00. [WII] Harvest Moon: Tree of Peace (Marvelous Interactive) - 21,866 / NEW
08./06. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo) - 21,680 / 4,349,623
09./08. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 20,897 / 1,376,899
10./07. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 19,715 / 4,519,879

11./02. [WII] Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Capcom)
12./09. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
13./13. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
14./10. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan (Hudson)
15./17. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
16./12. [NDS] Kurikin: Nano Island Story (Nintendo)
17./22. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (Level 5)
18./16. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)
19./15. [NDS] Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo)
20./18. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
21./14. [WII] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
22./11. [PSP] Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War (Square-Enix)
23./20. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2M (IE Institute)
24./00. [NDS] Detailed Japanese History B Total Training (Bandai-Namco)
25./00. [NDS] Stock Trader Shun (Capcom)
26./21. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
27./25. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 4 (Capcom)
28./28. [NDS] Kekkaishi: Tale of the Raven Forest (Bandai-Namco)
29./27. [NDS] Common Knowledge Training (Nintendo)
30./00. [NDS] Detailed World History B Total Training (Bandai-Namco)

NDS - 20
WII - 6
PSP - 3
PS2 - 1

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:10 am 0

An Evangelion branded Pachinko game at number one. This is why Western companies never crack Japan, the market's just completely unpredictable

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:14 am 0

It's nice to see Ouendan 2 well on track for 200,000 copies. That's pretty good seeing as the first one sold, what, 12 in Japan?

James

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:18 am 0

Not such a bad week for sony, one PS2 game (at no.1) and two PSP games in the top 10. Still, considering this is the once unstoppable playstation brand we're talking about, and there's not even a single PS3 game in the top 30(!!), they can't be too happy.

fuwafuwa · Post by **fuwafuwa** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:38 am 0

Flabio wrote:An Evangelion branded Pachinko game at number one. This is why Western companies never crack Japan, the market's just completely unpredictable

Well, Pachinko games have solid fan base, so it's easier to predict. Especially this Eva one is a sequel, that predictability is what Japanese retailers love

The key elements Western companies usually miss are:
solid localization(bad one can ruin the game) + proper press coverage(get recognized) + good retailer relation (no stock = no sale)

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:00 am 0

The problem there is that as a non-Japanese company it's damned hard to build any kind of relationship with retail. Unless you've got cool on your side like Apple, it's a horrendous uphill battle.

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:06 am 0

Flabio wrote:The problem there is that as a non-Japanese company it's damned hard to build any kind of relationship with retail. Unless you've got cool on your side like Apple, it's a horrendous uphill battle.

Even Apple aren't *that* big a force in Japan. Macs have their market, just like they do in the UK, but for PC and even music player stuff, Sony are still king. (last time I checked, anyway).

fuwafuwa · Post by **fuwafuwa** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:39 am 0

Atty wrote:Even Apple aren't *that* big a force in Japan. Macs have their market, just like they do in the UK, but for PC and even music player stuff, Sony are still king. (last time I checked, anyway).

Speaking of music player, Apple dominate the Japanese market. Sony's PR still claim that they are not losing, though...

Acronym · Post by **Acronym** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:36 pm 0

Flabio wrote:An Evangelion branded Pachinko game at number one. This is why Western companies never crack Japan, the market's just completely unpredictable

Does it have three hours of religious symbolism and existentialist despair every time you lose a life? It's not the Eva experience without that.

arbster · Post by **arbster** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:06 am 0

NPD Details for May 2007:

Hardware

[NDS] 423,150
[WII] 338,278
[PSP] 221,120
[PS2] 187,765
[360] 154,932
[PS3] 81,604
[GBA] 80,554
[NGC] 10,728

Software
331k NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION
314k WII MARIO PARTY 8
249k PS2 SPIDER-MAN 3
238k NDS POKEMON PEARL VERSION
227k WII PLAY W/ REMOTE
217k 360 FORZA MOTORSPORT 2
184k 360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR
140k 360 SPIDER-MAN 3
138k 360 COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS
131k PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR

Nintendo continues to kick bottom in the US (and Canada - breakdown for that can be found online too).

Now, I really need a better sleeping pattern!

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:51 am 0

That's seriously good numbers for Forza, it was only out for under a week in May in the states...

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:35 am 0

This graph here suggests that the Wii has now sold 8 million units.

Based on the current rate of consumption (and a bit of judgement by eye), moving these lines forward means the Wii will overtake the 360 sometime in November.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:41 am 0

That graph is even more interesting if you tick "align launches"...

It would appear that the PS3 is following almost exactly the XB360 sales in the same time period after launch... ???