Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Stratos]

Even just looking at FF sales data in Japan alone shows something (console gaming and/or FF in general) is floundering. The PS1 games sold better than the PS2 & PS3 games.

[Peachylala]

The sales were better, but in terms of quality with gameplay/story, the PS1 games almost ruined the franchise for me. Final Fantasy VI pretty much spoiled me, because it was awesome.
 

I've obviously never played the game, but I think Friend Collection is like
Animal Crossing meets The Sims using Miis (possibly with a little bit of Facebook thrown in).

There are some videos on Youtube, but for the life of me, I can't figure out the appeal of the game.
But I don't use Facebook, never played The Sims and I'm not really a fan of Animal Crossing.

This could really catch on in North America and/or Europe.

[Louieturkey]

I'd love to see a chart for Friend Collection show the peaks and pits of its weekly sales.  It seems to go up and down more than any other game, especially at that level of sales.

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 1, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)

UK:
01 (02) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
02 (03) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
03 (01) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
04 (04) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
05 (05) 360 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
06 (__) 360 Bayonetta (Sega)
07 (10) PS3 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
08 (07) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
09 (09) 360 Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
10 (__) 360 Darksiders (Thq)
11 (08) 360 Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
12 (12) PS3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Ent.)
13 (06) WII Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
14 (__) PS3 Bayonetta (Sega)
15 (11) PS3 Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
16 (15) 360 Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
17 (17) 360 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
18 (14) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
19 (__) PS3 Darksiders (Thq)
20 (20) PS3 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
21 (33) PC Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
22 (19) 360 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
23 (13) 360 Left 4 Dead 2 (Electronic Arts)
24 (18) PS3 Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
25 (26) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix Europe)
26 (21) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
27 (23) 360 Borderlands (Take 2)
28 (16) NDS Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
29 (31) 360 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix Europe)
30 (25) PS3 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
31 (29) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
32 (__) WII Your Shape (Ubisoft)
33 (24) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
34 (38) WII Monopoly (Electronic Arts)
35 (36) 360 Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
36 (32) NDS Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
37 (__) NDS Peppa Pig: The Game (Ubisoft)
38 (__) NDS Puzzler World (Ubisoft)
39 (28) 360 Halo 3: Odst (Microsoft)
40 (40) 360 Pure (Disney Interactive Studios)

Ireland:
01 (04) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
02 (02) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
03 (03) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
04 (01) Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
05 (06) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06 (__) Darksiders (Thq)
07 (05) Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
08 (07) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
09 (09) James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
10 (__) Fracture (Lucasarts)
11 (__) Bayonetta (Sega)
12 (10) The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)
13 (12) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
14 (13) Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
15 (08) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
16 (14) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17 (16) Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Konami)
18 (19) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
19 (11) Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
20 (__) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)

Netherlands:
01 (01) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
02 (02) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
03 (04) [WII] Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
04 (03) [360] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
05 (08) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
06 (07) [PC] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
07 (09) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
08 (08) [NDS] Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
09 (__) [PS3] FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts)
10 (06) [WII] Wii Fit Plus(Nintendo)

France: Week 53, 2009
01 (01) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
03 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
04 (03) [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
05 (__) [360] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)

Spain: December 2009
01 (07) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
02 (01) [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
03 (__) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
04 (__) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
05 (__) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
06 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
07 (02) [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Konami)
08 (__) [NDS] Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
09 (05) [PS3] Assassin's Creed 2 (Ubisoft)
10 (04) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (Konami)

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Call of WHAT?

[Kairon]

Call of WHAT?

Call of combined format?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

This ain't Voltron.

I still see New Mario selling out, locally.

and LOL, Wal-Mart has a case dedicated to Crystal Bearers, and no one's buying it.

[Chozo Ghost]

and LOL, Wal-Mart has a case dedicated to Crystal Bearers, and no one's buying it.

I noticed that too. But that will suck if it doesn't sell because that would blow any hope of the Wii getting the main FF games.

[Peachylala]

Wii need more melodrama?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

It's entirely Square's fault for not hyping the game and making a game with actual gameplay.  Those low sales will be proudly earned.

[Louieturkey]

They will be proudly earned.  When there is no advertising outside of banner ads and sending a video of the game to certain media sites, it's not going to sell.
They're most likely going to put FFXIII ads in movie theatres, on primetime television and in multiple print ads as well as online.  It'll sell because of that.  If Crystal Bearers had the same ad space, it'd sell well I think.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Just saw an ad for this during FX's showing of Man on Fire!  15sec plus a Nintendo Power quote!  hooray?

Is Square even serious?

[Ymeegod]

Hello, I think people missed a few facts--

One FFXIII is being sold at a higher price tag than FFXII so if you factor in the $10-12 difference per copy.  FFXII costed 40=50 million to make.  FFXIII is rumored to be 100 million (though Square hasn't stated it) to make.  Two, you missed the fact this new engine is going be used in 2 other Square games so part of that developement costs should be split with that project. 

And you still haven't factor in MS--yeah MS had to GIVE $$$ for FF and we all know it and I bet that price alone is High. 


Hell Big N gave Square 150 million themsleves (right after Big N sold Rare) and all they got for it was FFCC series .  Well I guess they did get some DS titles too (DQIX) but not sure if that was part of the deal because Square wasn't even mergered with Enix at that time.

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Sales: 12/21 - 1/03
1. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 768,574 / 2,740,644
2. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - 449,441
3. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 430,134 / 2,495,157
4. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII - 285m763 / 1,802,295
5. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 257m676 / 1,422,007
6. [NDS] Pokemon HGSS - 232,435 / 3,465,912
7. [NDS] Inzauma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard - 194,251 / 1,010,607
8. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 184,579 / 1,641,373
9. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 - 120,476 / 252,368
10. [NDS] Prof. Leyton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny - 107,552 / 595,850

11. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 - 91,125 / 488,243
12. [WII] Mario Kart Wii - 85,156 / 2,495,816
13. [WII] Poke Park Wii - 83,589 / 268,431
14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Best Reprint - 80,374 / 86,278
15. [NDS] Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics - 74,280 / 194,737
16. [WII] Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 - 69,848 / 165,076
17. [PSP] Winning Eleven 2010 - 69,723 / 145,744
18. [NDS] Pen 1 Gran Prix: Penguin no Mondai Special - 67,564 / 108,118
19. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. - 55,051 / 5,681,604
20. [NDS] Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus - 49,207 / 362,933
21. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX - 47,381 / 4,122,392
22. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 - 45,722 / 227,154
23. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 12 - 45,152 / 113,061
24. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel - 44,315 / 125,249
25. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Ancel 3 - 43,246 / 137,151
26. [WII] Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics - 40,796 / 137,500
27. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 38,941 / 184,552
28. [NDS] Metal Fight Bayblade Bakutan! Cyber Pegasus - 36,501 / 85,166
29. [NDS] Dora Base 2 - 35,957 / 93,628
30. [WII] Karaoke Joysound DX - 32,426 / 56,847

DSI - 454,758
WII - 433,865
PS3 - 263,045
PSP - 258,875
DSL - 32,985
360 - 13,874
PS2 - 10,222
PSP Go - 9,679

Famitsu Top 10:  1/04 - 1/10
01. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (Square Enix)
02. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
03. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo)
04. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
05. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
06. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon)
07. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
08. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix)
09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Best Reprint) (Capcom)
10. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega)


Mario Sales: 1st Week / LTD
01. [NFC] Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - / 6.810.000
02. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 865.024 / 5.681.608
03. [NGB] Super Mario Land (Nintendo) - / 4.190.000
04. [NFC] Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo) - / 3.840.000
05. [SFC] Super Mario World (Nintendo) - / 3.550.000
06. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 936.734 / 2.740.644
07. [NGB] Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (Nintendo) - / 2.700.000
08. [NFC] Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) - / 2.650.000
09. [SFC] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Nintendo) - / 1.770.000
10. [N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - 162.111 / 1.639.921
11. [NFC] Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - / 1.630.000
12. [NGB] Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (Nintendo) - / 1.590.000
13. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 256.431 / 964.414
14. [GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) - 280.610 / 789.989

[KDR_11k]

Hello, I think people missed a few facts--

One FFXIII is being sold at a higher price tag than FFXII so if you factor in the $10-12 difference per copy.  FFXII costed 40=50 million to make.  FFXIII is rumored to be 100 million (though Square hasn't stated it) to make.  Two, you missed the fact this new engine is going be used in 2 other Square games so part of that developement costs should be split with that project. 

And you still haven't factor in MS--yeah MS had to GIVE $$$ for FF and we all know it and I bet that price alone is High. 


Hell Big N gave Square 150 million themsleves (right after Big N sold Rare) and all they got for it was FFCC series .  Well I guess they did get some DS titles too (DQIX) but not sure if that was part of the deal because Square wasn't even mergered with Enix at that time.

S-E stated that they need more sales than usual, I assume they accounted for all the secondary revenues already.

[TJ Spyke]

Hell Big N gave Square 150 million themsleves (right after Big N sold Rare)

I never saw ANY reliable magazine or site say this, where did you hear this rumor?

[broodwars]

Hell Big N gave Square 150 million themsleves (right after Big N sold Rare)

I never saw ANY reliable magazine or site say this, where did you hear this rumor?

I think he's referring to that development studio that Nintendo opened in partnership with Square-Enix back in the GC days to produce projects for the GC, a studio that no longer exists and never really amounted to much.

[Peachylala]

Ah, Q-Studio. Such wasted money, I forgot about them. One of the tragic events in Gamecube's lifespan.

Along with the Capcom 5.

[King of Twitch]

Never forget

[Peachylala]

Nope, no one will ever forget that. If it wasn't for Resi Evil 4, Capcom's rep with the Ninty fans would be akin to that of a fiery crater.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Always remembered

Hold those wounds open

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Sales: 12/28 - 1/03

01. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 255,494 / 2,740,644
02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 183,209 / 2,495,157
03. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 128,501 / 449,441
04. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 123,474 / 1,422,007
05. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 104,039 / 1,802,295
06. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 98,567 / 1,641,373
07. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon) - 83,315 / 3,465,912
08. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 66,992 / 1,010,607
09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Capcom) - 50,133 / 86,278
10. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 46,054 / 2,495,816

xx. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega) - 45,027 / 488,243
xx. [NDS] Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue (Level 5) - 43,765 / 595,850
xx. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Dodoon to 2 Yome! (Bandai Namco Games) - 43,285 / 252,368
xx. [WII] Momotaro Railway 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Hudson) - 39,582 / 165,076
xx. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) - 31,422 / 145,744
xx. [WII] PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken (Pokemon) - 25,356 / 268,431
xx. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) - 25,199 / 194,737
xx. [NDS] Pen 1 Grand Prix: Penguin no Mondai Special (Konami) - 23,974 / 108,118
xx. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus (Bandai Namco Games) - 23,899 / 362,933
xx. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 22,018 / 5,681,604
xx. [WII] Sengoku Musou 3 (Koei) - 21,784 / 227,154
xx. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) - 21,424 / 4,122,392
xx. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix) - 19,933 / 184,552
xx. [NDS] Powerful Pro-Kun Pocket 12 (Konami) - 19,506 / 113,061
xx. [PSP] Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accelerator 3 (Bandai Namco Games) - 16,688 / 137,151
xx. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (Bandai Namco Games) - 13,962 / 125,249

NDS - 224,280
WII - 187,913
PSP - 156,519
PS3 - 137,607
360 - 6,693

[TJ Spyke]

IIRC, Q Studio was just a general fund Nintendo set up to help third party studios, it was not specifically for Square.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Game Designers Studio was created to start the FFCC franchise.

[Chozo Ghost]

PS3 - 137,607
360 - 6,693

Wow! That's a HUGE disparity there.