Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Shaymin]

In case anyone's curious how BD could be 2nd in the top 10 and 10th in the combined list, as well as both ahead of and behind Lightning Returns:

Lightning Returns (PS3 + 360) > Bravely Default > Lightning Returns (PS3 or 360 alone).

[BranDonk Kong]

Wii U sold more in its first three weeks, so I have my doubts that the PS4 will ever surpass it. Plus, I think the Wii U has more games that appeal to the Japanese audience, and that will likely continue.

You can't be serious. Wii U sold really well in most places for its first few weeks, and then it fell off the map. PS4 is in limited supply (still can't find any stock nearby, sold out online - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/playstation-4-ps4/playstation-4-ps4-hardware-console/pcmcat296300050017.c?id=pcmcat296300050017). Nintendo did a great job with supply in Japan, SONY did not.


Yes, Wii U has all of those games that appeal to the Japanese, like that one game in the top 20.

[Ceric]

I honestly can't believe there is a supply cap that is make it to ~30,000 in Japan.  They are closer to there supplier and they wouldn't want to starve there home region after slighting them with a late launch.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

I don't know, maybe they saw how great it was already doing in the US and decided not to chase the third place market and focus on the one that matters most, Sony might be HQ in Japan but their culture is very much world wide, Nintendo is a Japanese company first, Sony is just a multinational company that happens to be based in Japan.

[Luigi Dude]

You can't be serious. Wii U sold really well in most places for its first few weeks, and then it fell off the map. PS4 is in limited supply (still can't find any stock nearby, sold out online - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/playstation-4-ps4/playstation-4-ps4-hardware-console/pcmcat296300050017.c?id=pcmcat296300050017). Nintendo did a great job with supply in Japan, SONY did not.


Yes, Wii U has all of those games that appeal to the Japanese, like that one game in the top 20.

I like how you post a link to an American retailer when once again, we're talking about Japan.  The home console market is dying over there and the PS4's launch lineup was terrible, making the supply constant argument pointless for that country.  Sony could have had a million PS4's ready for the Japanese launch and it'd still be selling what it is now. 

It wasn't just the Wii U, but the Vita also was selling better in it's first 3 weeks then the PS4 in Japan as well, and yet that system also dropped like a rock in the coming weeks because of it's lack of games.  If a handheld system being the successor to the PSP which was popular in Japan did terrible after launch because of a crappy lineup, what makes you think the PS4, a home console system in Japan with a crappy lineup is going to do any better?

[Ian Sane]

Good to see Bravely Default sell well.  It's the only game I've played since it came out and localizing the sequel was dependent on its sales.

[BranDonk Kong]

I pointed to Best Buy to show that there is a shortage of PS4 consoles everywhere. To say that the PS4 won't catch up to the Wii U in Japan is just silly.

[Mop it up]

There have been conflicting reports over whether or not the PS4 is having supply problems in Japan, but considering the pitiful software sales so far, I don't yet believe it has supply issues in Japan. We'll see how the numbers keep going.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

The PS4 is having supply issues world wide, what makes you think that Japan was given an infinite supply when the US and EU are still having supply issues? Every unit shipped to Japan is  a unit not shipped to the US, where it has been selling out since launch pretty much. I think they are getting production up to speed now but they are spread pretty thin as a company who is struggling just to keep their doors open so I can see them allocating resources very strategically at this point. Next year will be the real indicator.

[BranDonk Kong]

The PS4 is having supply issues world wide, what makes you think that Japan was given an infinite supply when the US and EU are still having supply issues? Every unit shipped to Japan is  a unit not shipped to the US, where it has been selling out since launch pretty much. I think they are getting production up to speed now but they are spread pretty thin as a company who is struggling just to keep their doors open so I can see them allocating resources very strategically at this point. Next year will be the real indicator.

Exactly my point and why I showed stock at Best Buy in the US. How are the software sales pitiful? It has 3 (non-Knack) games in the top 20, Wii U has one.

[Ceric]

Because 35,000 is a really low number.  Especially considering the Delay and proximity to were PS4 are made.

You don't sell what was it 400,000 the first week and don't even plan on continue a 10% supply rate of that per week.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

you do if they weren't expecting to sell all 400,000 the first week, maybe that was the months allocation and they just sold out too fast and need to reallocate?

[RedBlue]

I just checked Amazon japan and they still have units for sale http://www.amazon.co.jp/Playstation-Limited-%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B34%E5%B0%82%E7%94%A8%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88-%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E7%94%A8-%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%80%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89/dp/B00FJ08HQ0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1394938027&sr=8-3&keywords=playstation+4

And you can use prime with it  :

[Ceric]

They jacked the price of the camera up here in the States.

[Enner]

Japan numbers!

http://67.227.255.239/forum/showthread.php?t=787295

Top-seller: Dark Souls II  - 255.197

Nintendo 3DS/3DS XL sales:     34.144 /  15.249.158

PlayStation Vita/Vita TV sales:  29.717 /  2.676.270

Wii U sales: 7.654 /   1.666.726

PlayStation 4 sales : 29.677 /    439.810

Media Create Sales: Week 11, 2014 (Mar 10 - Mar 16)

01./00. [PS3] Dark Souls II <RPG> (From Software) {2014.03.13} (Â¥7.800) - 255.197 / NEW
02./02. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch <RPG> (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (Â¥4.800) - 37.247 / 569.720 (+3%)
03./03. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (Â¥5.490) - 18.728 / 737.593 (-40%)
04./01. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice Δ <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.03.06} (¥4.980) - 17.357 / 66.143 (-64%)
05./04. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Linking The New World <SLG> (Marvelous AQL) {2014.02.27} (Â¥5.040) - 15.883 / 176.180 (-46%)
06./06. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear <RPG> (Nintendo) {2014.02.27} (Â¥4.800) - 13.362 / 93.900 (-40%)
07./09. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (Â¥4.800) - 12.225 / 501.835 (-13%)
08./10. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (Â¥4.800) - 10.106 / 3.994.938 (-6%)
09./07. [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin! <ADV> (Sega) {2014.02.22} (Â¥8.600) - 10.034 / 222.147 (-49%)
10./14. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (Â¥7.770) - 7.910 / 736.810 (+8%)
11./11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (Â¥4.400) - 7.755 / 1.407.075 (-26%)
12./12. [PS4] Battlefield 4 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (Â¥7.665) - 7.539 / 55.286 (-23%)
13./05. [PS3] Ar Nosurge: Umareizuru Hoshi e Inoru Uta # <RPG> (Gust) {2014.03.06} (Â¥7.140) - 6.751 / 33.787 (-75%)
14./00. [360] Dark Souls II <RPG> (From Software) {2014.03.13} (Â¥7.800) - 5.950 / NEW
15./13. [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin! <ADV> (Sega) {2014.02.22} (Â¥8.600) - 5.451 / 119.722 (-41%)
16./21. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (Â¥5.990) - 5.132 / 3.239.571
17./15. [WIU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.02.13} (Â¥5.985) - 5.117 / 72.401 (-29%)
18./23. [3DS] Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Daimakyou - Peko to 5-nin no Tankentai <ACT> (FuRyu) {2014.03.06} (Â¥5.229) - 4.813 / 9.665
19./22. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (Â¥4.800) - 4.759 / 3.692.937
20./17. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.30} (Â¥7.980) - 4.395 / 338.323 (-25%)


Top 20

3DS - 10
PS3 - 5
PS4 - 2
360 - 1
PSV - 1
WIU - 1

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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| 3DS # |     34.144 |     35.068 |     69.439 |    587.238 |  1.114.862 |  15.249.158 |
| PSV # |     29.717 |     33.287 |     36.028 |    320.913 |    263.191 |   2.676.270 |
|  PS4  |     29.677 |     35.294 |            |    439.810 |            |     439.810 |
|  PS3  |     14.128 |     12.102 |     20.676 |    165.467 |    261.903 |   9.875.141 |
|  WIU  |      7.654 |      7.773 |      9.539 |    141.296 |    192.733 |   1.666.726 |
| PSP # |      3.461 |      3.425 |     12.721 |     48.460 |    184.826 |  20.116.869 |
|  360  |        278 |        300 |        543 |      3.047 |      8.340 |   1.642.363 |
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|  ALL  |    119.059 |    127.249 |    150.269 |  1.706.231 |  2.048.542 |  51.666.337 |
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| PSVTV |      1.447 |      1.962 |            |     22.557 |            |      98.801 |
|  PSV  |     28.270 |     31.325 |     36.028 |    298.356 |    263.191 |   2.577.469 |
| 3DSLL |     23.372 |     24.192 |     47.985 |    398.913 |    706.013 |   5.824.799 |
|  3DS  |     10.772 |     10.876 |     21.454 |    188.325 |    408.849 |   9.424.359 |
|  PSP  |      3.461 |      3.425 |     12.721 |     48.460 |    184.826 |  19.940.882 |
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Dark Souls 2 comes to Japan and tops the chart. Monster Hunter 4 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf sneak back in and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze proves to be resilient.

[Ian Sane]

DKC seems to drop by about 30% each week.

You really get an idea of how bad the Wii U is selling when you look at the sales of Pokémon, Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter on the 3DS and realize that the total sales for those individual games is more than twice the sales of the Wii U.  It would be impossible to recreate those sales figures on the Wii U and that more than anything is why third parties are staying away from it.  Any Wii U game selling 1 million copies in Japan would be effectively impossible and these days 1 million doesn't make up your budget.

[azeke]

Any Wii U game selling 1 million copies in Japan would be effectively impossible and these days 1 million doesn't make up your budget.

There was only 1 (one) million selling game in Japan on non-Nintendo home console last gen. One of them Final Fantasy games.

GTAV is kinda getting close to million though...

[ymeegod]

"I just checked Amazon japan and they still have units for sale"

LOL guess you never been to Japan but they are very pro-Japanese and Amazon is an American retailer.

The truth is the top 5 retailers in Japan have been out of PS4 since launch and only getting a small handful of units--not sure if sony bothered sending out more since the Limited Edition MGS one launches this week.

[RedBlue]

And if you actually click on the link you would have seen that Amazon doesn't fulfill said orders but Japanese retailers. LOL.

[ymeegod]

Doesn't matter if it's an third party sale, amazon is still getting an cut and Japanese people are very economic aware. 

It's like having us Amercian's buy steaks at an Chinese store.  Why bother with an 3rd party when you can deal directly.

[ymeegod]

Also since I never did bother clicking your link until you mentioned it but that's an markup price PS4 Camera bundle.  It should be 43,980 but they are "reselling" it at 49000 yen so no wonder why they have it in stock .

[Enner]

Japan numbers!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=791138

Top-seller: Mario Party: Island Tour  - 132.668

Nintendo 3DS/3DS XL sales:    40.276 /  15.289.434

PlayStation Vita/Vita TV sales:  37.128 /   2.713.398

Wii U sales: 9.982 /   1.676.708

PlayStation 4 sales : 30.201 /     470.011

Media Create Sales: Week 12, 2014 (Mar 17 - Mar 23)

01./00. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour <ETC> (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (Â¥4.800) - 132.668 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.20} (Â¥7.560) - 120.452 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes <ADV> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (Â¥2.980) - 119.615 / NEW
04./00. [PS3] J-Stars Victory Vs # <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.03.19} (Â¥7.980) - 118.240 / NEW
05./00. [PSV] J-Stars Victory Vs # <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.03.19} (Â¥6.980) - 97.821 / NEW
06./00. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes <ADV> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (Â¥2.980) - 91.903 / NEW
07./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 <SPT> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (Â¥7.600) - 63.898 / NEW
08./02. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch <RPG> (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (Â¥4.800) - 44.659 / 614.379 (+20%)
09./00. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4 <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.20} (Â¥7.140) - 39.597 / NEW
10./01. [PS3] Dark Souls II <RPG> (From Software) {2014.03.13} (Â¥7.800) - 37.285 / 292.482 (-85%)
11./00. [3DS] Retro Game Challenge: 3-Choume no Arino # <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.03.20} (Â¥5.480) - 33.618 / NEW
12./00. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 <SPT> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (Â¥6.983) - 30.261 / NEW
13./00. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 <SPT> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (Â¥3.980) - 27.823 / NEW
14./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2014.03.20} (Â¥6.090) - 26.845 / NEW
15./00. [PSV] Phantasy Star Online 2 Episode 2: Deluxe package <RPG> (Sega) {2014.03.20} (Â¥5.229) - 16.152 / NEW
16./00. [3DS] Hero Bank <RPG> (Sega) {2014.03.20} (Â¥5.550) - 15.060 / NEW
17./07. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (Â¥4.800) - 14.060 / 515.895 (+15%)
18./06. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear <RPG> (Nintendo) {2014.02.27} (Â¥4.800) - 13.512 / 107.413 (+1%)
19./03. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (Â¥5.490) - 13.283 / 750.876 (-29%)
20./05. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Linking The New World <SLG> (Marvelous AQL) {2014.02.27} (Â¥5.040) - 10.293 / 186.473 (-35%)


Top 20

3DS - 8
PS3 - 6
PSV - 5
PSP - 1

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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| 3DS # |     40.276 |     34.144 |     76.553 |    627.514 |  1.191.415 |  15.289.434 |
| PSV # |     37.128 |     29.717 |     41.073 |    358.041 |    304.264 |   2.713.398 |
|  PS4  |     30.201 |     29.677 |            |    470.011 |            |     470.011 |
|  PS3  |     15.455 |     14.128 |     22.942 |    180.922 |    284.845 |   9.890.596 |
|  WIU  |      9.982 |      7.654 |     11.398 |    151.278 |    204.131 |   1.676.708 |
| PSP # |      3.563 |      3.461 |     12.690 |     52.023 |    197.516 |  20.120.432 |
|  360  |        288 |        278 |        610 |      3.335 |      8.950 |   1.642.651 |
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|  ALL  |    136.893 |    119.059 |    166.986 |  1.843.124 |  2.215.528 |  51.803.230 |
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| PSVTV |      1.754 |      1.447 |            |     24.311 |            |     100.555 |
|  PSV  |     35.374 |     28.270 |     41.073 |    333.730 |    304.264 |   2.612.843 |
| 3DSLL |     28.291 |     23.372 |     40.924 |    427.204 |    746.937 |   5.853.090 |
|  3DS  |     11.985 |     10.772 |     35.629 |    200.310 |    444.478 |   9.436.344 |
|  PSP  |      3.563 |      3.461 |     12.690 |     52.023 |    197.516 |  19.944.445 |
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The Mario Party for 3DS takes the top spot as it is followed by many new releases such as Samurai Warriors 4 and Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes. The much derided Retro Game Challenge 3 is in the 11th spot while Sega's Hero Bank at 16th picked the wrong week to be released.

[Ian Sane]

The Wii U sold better but had no games in the top 20?  Weird.

[Khushrenada]

Go, go, Kirby Triple Deluxe! 248,577 copies to go and 5% of 3DS owners in Japan will have bought this game. Got to stay ahead of PS4 sales.

[BranDonk Kong]

That's a lot of people paying full price for a 2 hour game. Someone on IGN beat Ground Zeroes in under 10 minutes.