Topic: Official DS Sales Thread

[Artimus]

Considering that 7 of the top 10 and 15 of the top 30 are DS titles (3 and 12 are PS2, respectively) I'd say it's Nintendo for the win.

[KDR_11k]

3. (NEU) Melty Blood: Act Cadenza (PS2, Ecole)

Hey Lik-Sang, where the hell is MY copy?

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: vudu
90 is Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Ore no Sora, which sounds like a PS2 title.  But who knows on this one.

Google proclaims you correct:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-46-49-en-70-17jg.html

[BlackNMild2k1]

Media Create Sales: August 7-13

Software
1. NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 117,706 / 2,731,934
2. NDS Tamagotchi Shop 2 (Bandai) - 66,564 / 334,875
3. PS2 Melty Blood: Act Cadenza (Ecole) - 64,980 / *NEW*
4. NDS More Brain Training (Nintendo) - 59,585 / 2,985,432
5. NDS Cooking Navi (Nintendo) - 57,257 / 290,960
6. NDS Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 44,201 / 3,077,295
7. NDS Brain Training (Nintendo) - 38,954 / 2,688,146
8. PSP SD Gundam Generation G Portable (Bandai) - 36,592 / 192,227
9. PS2 Fist of the North Star Pachislot (Sega) - 33,951 / 116,507
10. NDS Kirarin * Revolution: Kira Kira Idol Audition (Konami) - 33,332 / *NEW*
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11. NDS Mario Basket 3-on-3 (Nintendo)
12. NDS English Training (Nintendo)
13. PS2 Sengoku Basara 2 (Capcom)
14. GBA Rhythm Tengoku (Nintendo)
15. PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 13 (Konami)
16. NDS Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
17. NDS Star Fox Command (Nintendo)
18. NDS Tetris DS (Nintendo)
19. NDS Fist of the North Star Pachislot SE (Sega)
20. NDS Atsumare! Power Pro Kun no DS Koushien (Konami)
21. PSP Fist of the North Star Pachislot SE (Sega)
22. NDS Digimon Story (Bandai)
23. PS2 Battle Stadium D.O.N (Bandai)
24. PS2 Kamaitachi no Yoru x 3 (Sega)
25. NDS Pokemon Ranger (Nintendo)
26. PSP Monster Hunter Portable -Greatest Hits- (Capcom)
27. NDS Mushiking Greatest Champion e-no Michi 2 (Sega)
28. NDS Big Brain Academy / Yawaraka Atama Juku (Nintendo)
29. PS2 True Crime Urban Chaos (Activision)
30. NDS Puzzle Series Vol.3 SUDOKU (Hudson)
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31.) PS2 Winning Eleven 10
32.) PS2 Persona 3
33.) PSP Ghouls 'N Ghosts
34.) DS Naruto RPG 3
35.) DS Kanji Training
36.) PS2 Maid Clothes & the Machine Gun (D3 Publisher)
37.) PS2 Namco fighting game
38.) DS Project Hacker
39.) GC Battle Stadium D.O.N.
40.) PS2 Some Sony game
41.) PS2 Growlanser V
42.) PSP LocoRoco (including the bundle)
43.) DS Rockman ZX
44.) PSP Some Sony game
45.) PS2 2nd Kiss (Konami)
46.) PSP Derby Stallion
47.) DS Clubhouse Games
48.) DS Phoenix Wright (best price)
49.) PSP Bleach: Heat the Soul 3
50.) PSP Tekken


complete Nintendomination!!!
DS = 19 of 30
DS + GBA = 2/3 of the Top 30  

[Mario]

DSL - 196,719
PSP - 41,289
PS2 - 26,547
GBASP - 3,051
GBM - 2,031
Xbox360 - 1,204
GC - 940
DS - 934
GBA - 23
Xbox - 6

DS Lite up, PSP down. All is returning to normal.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Xbox is also down and GC is up, this battle for 2nd place isn't over yet

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | Total 2006 Sales

1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 196,719 | 163,572 | 3,730,118
2.) PlayStation Portable - 41,289 | 49,352 | 1,157,364
3.) PlayStation 2 - 26,547 | 25,987 | 908,778
4.) Game Boy Advance SP - 3,051 | 2,784 | 182,649
5.) Game Boy micro - 2,031 | 1,928 | 113,475
6.) Xbox360 - 1,204 | 1,389 | 65,987
7.) GameCube - 940 | 904 | 61,357
8.) Nintendo DS - 934 | 1,159 | 951,837
9.) Game Boy Advance - 23 | 34 | 2,979
10.) Xbox - 6 | 14 | 1,630

[KDR_11k]

36.) PS2 Maid Clothes & the Machine Gun (D3 Publisher)

Wait, WHAT? Oh, this. Strange, Lik-Sang doesn't list that. I've seen a link to a GAF post complaining about the game, he says there's nothing but fighting in there but then forgets to describe the fighting itself. That's like complaining about the storyline of Serious Sam!

40.) PS2 Some Sony game

Best. Title. Ever.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Media Create Sales: August 14th - 20th  

Software:
1. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers - 103,774 / 2,835,708
2. (DS, Bandai Namco) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisetchi Gohiikini - 65,554 / 400,429
3. (DS, Nintendo) DS Cuisine Navigator - 55,759 / 346,719
4. (DS, Nintendo) More Brain Training - 45,978 / 3,031,411
5. (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing Wild World - 41,813 / 3,119,108
6. (PS2, Daito Giken) Daito Giken Pachislot Hihouden - 39,070
7. (GBA, Nintendo) Rhythm Tengoku - 29,911 / 88,089
8. (DS, Nintendo) Tetris DS - 26,791 / 781,110
9. (PSP, Bandai Namco) SD Gundam G-Generation Portable - 25,716 / 217,943
10. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Training - 25,139 / 2,713,284
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11. Mario Kart DS
12. Pachislot: Fist of the North Star SE (PS2)
13. English Training DS
14. Sengoku BASARA 2
15. Kirarin Star Revolution Kirakira Idol Audition (DS)
16. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 13
17. Atsumare! Power Pro Kun no DS Koushien
18. Mario Basket 3 on 3
19. Star Fox Command
20. Digimon Story
21. Melty Blood Act Cadeza
22. Battle Stadium DON (PS2)
23. Pokemon Ranger
24. Mushiking Greatest Champion e-no Michi 2
25. Monster Hunter Portable The Best
26. Kamaitachi no Yoru x 3
27. Everyone's DS Seminar Kanpeki Kanji
28. Big Brain Academy
29. True Crime New York City
30. Puzzle Series Vol. 3 SUDOKU

Hardware:
to follow
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NSMB remains at teh top of the charts, that game is unstoppable.
AC:WW climbs another spot on the charts
Tamagotchi is well on its way to 1 million
Cuisine looks like it could be on its way to atleast 750k+
and Brain Training 2 is now officially the newest member to the 3million + club!!!

[Artimus]

Mario better be ready to take 2nd, FFIII has already sold out in less than 24 hours.

[Neodymium]

Man, someone get that Gundam blemish off the charts.

[Aussiedude]

Media Create Hardware Sales: August 14th - 20th   Source

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | % change
DSL 74,495  [196,719  -62%]
PSP 41,535  [41,289  +0.6%]
PS2 26,833  [26,547]
GBASP 3,823 [3,051]
GBM 2,266     [2,031]
Xbox360 1,493 [1,204]
GC 922 [940]
DS 712 [934]
GBA 20 [23]
Xbox 7 [6]

The end of DS-Lites reign has occured, dropping a massive 62% in one week of sales. Even if PSP sales stay the same PSP will take over the lead with this continued massive drop.
Nintento need to pull something out of the bag immediately, havent they learnt anything from GCN? Surely they can get some third party to release a system seller rather than always relying on "brain training" and "mario" to lead the brigade.

With this projected rate of decline DS-lite sales will be in single figures in 10 weeks time!

Projected DS-lite sales based on weekly decline of 62%
W1 28,210
W2 10,683
W3 4,045
W4 1,532
W5 580
W6 220
W7 83
W8 32
W9 12
W10 5
 

[nitsu niflheim]

Final Fantasy 3 was just released.

[couchmonkey]

Oh yeah, like an 18 year old port is going to sell systems.  You're all blind fanboys!

[Artimus]

Heheheh. I can't wait to see the sales. It sold out on the first day, so how many do you think it shipped?

[BlackNMild2k1]

more than 350k copies is my guess
probably closer to 500k though, and Nintendo held back on DSL shipments to have enough for the release day of FFIII

[Mario]

Not enough.

[vudu]

I heard 450,000 copies.  Although I don't know if that includes copies bundled with the limited edition FFIII DSL.

I also heard there were 600,000 pre-orders, so not everyone who pre-ordered got their copy.  

The FFIII DSL is probably also the reason for the drop in DSL sales for the week prior.  Nintendo probably agreed to make a certain number of them and they had to take some stock from the regular ones.

[couchmonkey]

I hear they sold so many that if they were to produce them all the planet would collapse under the gravity and become a black hole.

[Hocotate]

I wonder if FFIII will have lasting power or have a crazy high amount sold in the first few weeks and then drop off the charts? I think it'll be up there for awhile. And we have Pokemon right around the corner... then Zelda. DS will be around for a loooooong time. Any thoughts of a new Gameboy anytime soon are long gone.

[Kairon]

Wow, the DS hits just keep on coming. VERY good release schedule.

*ahem* Wii? Please follow your little brother's example. Consistency is key!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[couchmonkey]

On Hocotate's comment: I'm interested to see how FFIII does too.  I've heard some comments that RPGs tend to sell like crazy for a couple of weeks and then drop quickly in Japan, so I'll be watching the performance of this game closely.

You know, I just had a thought.  Maybe part of the reason DS games sustain high sales for so long is due to the shortages.  I mean, if everyone in Japan who wants a DS had one, maybe the games would just sell 2 million up front and then taper off.  Anyway, yeah, curious about those FFIII sales.

[Hocotate]

If it does have lasting power in the top 10, it may cause Square-Enix to rethink who is the better platform for their main franchise The DS is doing so well. While I don't think it will outlast Mario or Animal Crossing, I have a feeling FFIII will be up there for awhile.

[Mario]

I think it will sell fairly consistant, moreso than any other FF at least. The main reason is due to the weekly DS shortages. A large chunk of FF3 sales I imagine will be from people buying a DS for that game, these people might have to wait weeks and months to be able to get a DS, then they'll pick up FF3 and keep it floating in the top 10.

[Artimus]

First week estimates have it at 500,000+.

[Mario]

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Final Fantasy Tops Half Million

August 29, 2006 - Japan's biggest game is, once again, Final Fantasy. According to a report on the entertainment page of Japan's Mainichi Interactive news site, Square Enix's Final Fantasy III topped the 500,000 mark in its first week of sales. The title was released for the DS on 8/24.

The site reports that Square Enix was originally expecting first week sales to cap off at 350,000 units.

Stupid idiots, only 350,000 for a high profile DS game? How dumb can you be? No wonder there's shortages. FLOP