Author Topic: Official DS Sales Thread (Read 708523 times)

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #1725 on:** April 20, 2006, 03:44:33 PM »

If there's anything to run out of, it's customers.

IceCold · « **Reply #1726 on:** April 20, 2006, 03:49:15 PM »

Heh, Nintendo must be sponsoring that Japanese government cash-for-babies incentive programme..

Mario · « **Reply #1727 on:** April 20, 2006, 07:08:04 PM »

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Originally posted by: thepoga
are there still hardware shortages in Japan?

Most likely. I think they're going to continue for a while because Nintendo has to start producing DS Lite systems for other parts of the world soon. If DS sells an average of 200,000 per week, it will take 65 weeks for it to outsell PS2, assuming PS2 doesn't sell any units from now on. Nintendo need to step up their game if they want to achieve such a feat, because right now it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

jasonditz · « **Reply #1728 on:** April 20, 2006, 08:38:48 PM »

Outselling the PS2 is probably a foregone conclusion. My concern is that unless they can ramp up past producing 200K per week in Japan there are people who might have to wait a solid decade before they can get one.

Maybe the stores should do some rationing... put every newborn on a wait list so that when they turn 10 they've got a pre-order. Make every elderly owner specify in his/her will who gets his when he/she dies... give priority to the people who haven't got a DS willed to them by someone likely to die in the next decade. This is a shortage people, we need to keep our wits about us!

Guitar Smasher · « **Reply #1729 on:** April 20, 2006, 09:53:11 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
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Originally posted by: thepoga
are there still hardware shortages in Japan?

Most likely. I think they're going to continue for a while because Nintendo has to start producing DS Lite systems for other parts of the world soon. If DS sells an average of 200,000 per week, it will take 65 weeks for it to outsell PS2, assuming PS2 doesn't sell any units from now on. Nintendo need to step up their game if they want to achieve such a feat, because right now it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

They could always turn a blind eye to product quality, and have half their customers rebuy their system. That's called learning from the market leader.

Artimus · « **Reply #1730 on:** April 21, 2006, 06:27:38 AM »

I'm pretty sure the shortages are over...

Mario · « **Reply #1731 on:** April 26, 2006, 07:50:12 AM »

For a nice change in pace here's the recent French gaming chart

1. Animal Crossing : Wild World (Nintendo, NDS)
2. Dragon Quest : L'odyssée du Roi Maudit (Square Enix, PS2)
3. Tomb Raider : Legend (Eidos, PS2)
4. FIFA Street 2 (EA, PS2)
5. Nintendogs : Labrador (Nintendo, NDS)
6. Tomb Raider : Legend (Eidos, Xbox 360)
7. Nintendogs : Teckel (Nintendo, NDS)
8. L'Age de Glace 2 : The Meltdown (Vivendi, NDS)
9. Tomb Raider : Legend (Eidos, Xbox)
10. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, NDS)

UncleBob · « **Reply #1732 on:** April 26, 2006, 08:22:39 AM »

So, um... anyone know what the worldwide sales for Animal Crossing: Wild World is? Seems like it should be pretty high...

vudu · « **Reply #1733 on:** April 26, 2006, 09:12:13 AM »

What the heck is 8. L'Age de Glace 2 : The Meltdown (Vivendi, NDS)?

MaryJane · « **Reply #1734 on:** April 26, 2006, 09:25:08 AM »

literally it would be the age of ice 2: the meltdown
we know it as, ice age 2 (i think the subtitle was removed for the american version)
although i didn't know there was a ds game for it, but they usually hit up all systems with movie related games so it's not too surprising

vudu · « **Reply #1735 on:** April 26, 2006, 09:47:22 AM »

What the Hell is wrong with the French?

FIFA Street 2? Three versions of Tomb Raider? And Ice Age? Jeez.

UncleBob · « **Reply #1736 on:** April 26, 2006, 11:53:04 AM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
What the Hell is wrong with the French?

Err... They're French?

I kid, I kid...

JGarcia050 · « **Reply #1737 on:** April 26, 2006, 03:47:25 PM »

can someone tell me whose leading in world wide sales DS or Japan

and also whose leading in sales in the U.S. DS or PSP

thanks

Toad0787 · « **Reply #1738 on:** April 26, 2006, 03:50:54 PM »

Huh?

JGarcia050 · « **Reply #1739 on:** April 26, 2006, 03:58:33 PM »

sry i meant to say

whose leading in hardware sales in Japan....DS or PSP?

and whose leading in hardware sales in the U.S.....DS or PSP?

IceCold · « **Reply #1740 on:** April 26, 2006, 04:52:14 PM »

In Japan the DS is the runaway leader.. it's a phenomenon there.

In North America, however, it's much closer. Although the DS should be ahead by a mile, it only has a slim lead. And much of that can be attributed to the fact that it launched quite a bit earlier than the PSP.

Worldwide the DS is doing much better than the PSP..

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #1741 on:** April 26, 2006, 05:31:03 PM »

1. GBA Mother 3 205,914
2. PS2 DQ Yangus 127,502
3. PS2 FFXI Aht Urhgan expansion 75,983
4. DS More Brain Training 70,831 (1,957,633)
5. PSP Dragonball Z 70,559
6. PS2 Okami 60,161
7. DS Brain Training 48,493 (1,977,999)
8. DS Animal Crossing 42,994 (2,505,056)
9. DS Eigo zuke 39,757 (886,471)
10. DS Pokemon Ranger 31,640 (390,641)

Mother 3 out on top!

And Okami is a massive flop...That's what Capcom gets for being retarded about not giving GC owners a chance to play...

Artimus · « **Reply #1742 on:** April 26, 2006, 05:52:35 PM »

Yay! 6/10 again! Including Mother. I knew Mother would do well! Bravo. Hopefully that'll secure it's NA release. I want me some Mother 3!

And BT 2 will pass the 2 million mark next week...As will the original. Can you say wow? Not to mention AC passed 2.5. Yowza yowza. Continued great numbers for Eigo Zuke (?) and PKMN Ranger.

Lovely lovely!

31 Flavas · « **Reply #1743 on:** April 26, 2006, 06:33:36 PM »

What is the highest selling (in units sold) PSP game, so far? Out of sheer curiosity... Anyone know?

Mario · « **Reply #1744 on:** April 26, 2006, 06:42:58 PM »

Monster Hunter Portable, at around 610,000. There's a few other PSP games at around 400,000 (Everybodys Golf, Ridge Racer, Sega Brain Training) and the rest are flops.

IceCold · « **Reply #1745 on:** April 26, 2006, 06:53:41 PM »

In North America GTALCS did pretty well; not a blockbuster but better than most PSP games.

And SEGA's Brain Training actually did that well? Wow..

Kairon · « **Reply #1746 on:** April 26, 2006, 07:56:22 PM »

Those are Japanese numbers? Where's FFXII?

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1747 on:** April 26, 2006, 08:23:51 PM »

Off the list? People bought FF12 in the first week and after that immediately stopped buying.

jasonditz · « **Reply #1748 on:** April 26, 2006, 08:55:15 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
Monster Hunter Portable, at around 610,000. There's a few other PSP games at around 400,000 (Everybodys Golf, Ridge Racer, Sega Brain Training) and the rest are flops.

Those are JPN only numbers, right? Last I saw, both Lumines and GTA: LCS were in a million-range.

jasonditz · « **Reply #1749 on:** April 26, 2006, 09:09:11 PM »

I was hoping DQ Yangus would garner a little more interest. I guess there was almost a 0% chance of US localization in the first place, but if it can't sell any better than that in Japan, it's probably going to die a quiet death.

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