Author Topic: New Japanese Hardware & Software #s! (Read 6758 times)

Bill Aurion · « **on:** September 03, 2003, 03:27:13 PM »

Great numbers for ToS! And finally there are more GC then PS2 sales

It's also nice to see Kirby still hanging in there...

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mouse_clicker · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2003, 03:32:52 PM »

Holy crap!

The Gamecube ACTUALLY outsold the PS2! This is cause for celebration, my friends!!!

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2003, 03:58:15 PM »

*celebrates*

CardBoardBox · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:08:32 PM »

lets dance....*dances*

Dyne · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:13:22 PM »

So the PS2's actually stopped breaking this month.

Gup · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:13:34 PM »

Allow me to post these fabulous numbers:

1. GC Tales of Symphonia -- 193,500 / 193,500
2. GBA Sword of Mana -- 153,000 / 153,000
3. PS2 World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 -- 53,400 / 900,000
4. PS2 Winning Post 6 -- 33,900 / 33,900
5. GC Square Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicle -- 20,300 / 328,600
6. GBA Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire -- 19,400 / 170,247
7. GBA Super Mario Advance 4 -- 17,200 / 334,000
8. GC Kirby's Air Ride -- 16,500 / 278,500
9. PS2 Monster Farm 4 -- 15,600 / 143,400
10. PS2 On-the-spot Powerful Professional Baseball 10 -- 14,900 / 452,100

1. Gameboy Advance SP -- 42,600 / 1,575,400
2. GameCube -- 35,600 / 486,200
3. Playstation 2 -- 35,300 / 1,953,300
4.Game Boy Advance -- 12,100 / 1,031,800
5. Playstation -- 960 / 54,300
6. Xbox -- 650 / 72,500

Amazing, Tales of Symphonia becomes the first game to bring GCN sales past the PS2. Truly great. Oh, and Crystal Chronicles still doing well.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:19:51 PM »

Let's give it up for Namco...for the release of ToS in Japan and Soul Calibur II in the U.S.

Sirmorphix · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:41:14 PM »

Bleah, I am dying for ToS. I wonder if it will sell as well out here in North America as it has in Japan.

Darc Requiem · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:49:02 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bill
Let's give it up for Namco...for the release of ToS in Japan and Soul Calibur II in the U.S.

Thank you Namco. I remember having a heated debate in the forums about how if 3rd parties just put in the effort they could produce titles that would sell in droves. I thank you Namco for actually doing it. I can't wait for ToS to hit the stats and as with Capcom games on GC. I'll buy as many Namco games on GC that I can afford to show my appreciation for their excellent tites and excellent support of GC.

Darc Requiem

Darc Requiem · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2003, 04:50:18 PM »

Argh, just noticed it was a double post. Am I the only on having issues with the forums lately?

Bishman · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2003, 05:18:10 PM »

Yes! This is proof, that if 3rd parties actually put effort in their games, it will SELL! I really thank Namco for helping Nintendo, while no other company thought it was possible.

Marufy007 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2003, 05:21:17 PM »

im really surprised with Namco. out of all the many discussions that have been on the boards since the beginning of the Gamecube, i dont think any of us expected Namco to support Nintendo this way, nonetheless be the company that helped Nintendo sell its most systems for one week at least! if anyone even tried to state this a year ago, im sure they wouldve been flamed to Hell with everyone saying that only a Square Enix game couldve done this.

Namco has definitely caught my eye. I never used to care much for them, but now they are making lots of games i really want (even non Nintendo system ones). they can definitely count on more of my money in the future.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2003, 05:32:16 PM »

Well it's not just that ToS is a great game, it helps that it's incredibly popular in Japan.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2003, 06:05:40 PM »

Final Fantasy's even MORE popular, and it failed to raise Gamecube sales as much as Tales of Symphonia did. Although, to be fair, FF:CC is really only a Final Fantasy game in name.

Mario · « **Reply #14 on:** September 03, 2003, 06:34:31 PM »

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Originally posted by: Gup

1. Gameboy Advance SP -- 42,600 / 1,575,400
2. GameCube -- 35,600 / 486,200
3. Playstation 2 -- 35,300 / 1,953,300
4.Game Boy Advance -- 12,100 / 1,031,800
5. Playstation -- 960 / 54,300
6. Xbox -- 650 / 72,500

woooooooooooooooooooo!

The first GC game since SSBM to well more gamecubes than ps2!

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Man, those Sega ages titles sure flopped, maybe if they were on the NUMBER ONE console in japan, they would have sold better.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #15 on:** September 03, 2003, 06:40:59 PM »

what Mario said ^__^

rpglover · « **Reply #16 on:** September 03, 2003, 07:48:59 PM »

i cant wait till tales comes to the us- good job namco- hopefully they fulfill their half a million mark

PIAC · « **Reply #17 on:** September 03, 2003, 10:01:17 PM »

thats fan-fugu-tastic!

i totally didn't expect that to happen, if its moving cubes at this fast of a rate, then expect it to continue, obviously if it sold well yet cube sales didn't rise i wouldn't expect it to sit up the top for long, hurruh! can someone slap the rest of the 3rd parties in the face with these numbers to prove that yes effort + cube = sales = proffit? PLEASE?

MeddmaWamm · « **Reply #18 on:** September 03, 2003, 11:33:31 PM »

I hope ToS sells well in America. Namco hasn't really advertised the Tales series much in the US and it has had pretty awful sales. I hope they change that with Tales of Symphonia.

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can someone slap the rest of the 3rd parties in the face with these numbers to prove that yes effort + cube = sales = proffit? PLEASE?

...well, Tales of Symphonia probably would have sold better had it been on PS2.

Fish · « **Reply #19 on:** September 04, 2003, 12:30:54 AM »

GC actually gained PS2's lead by 300 consoles? WATCH OUT SONY, HERE WE COME!

Excellent news, hopefully it will keep up, atleast for few weeeks.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #20 on:** September 04, 2003, 01:58:04 AM »

WTF

Indeed.

*knods head

Gup · « **Reply #21 on:** September 04, 2003, 02:44:56 AM »

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...well, Tales of Symphonia probably would have sold better had it been on PS2.

and that's a great point.

Mario · « **Reply #22 on:** September 04, 2003, 03:05:54 AM »

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Originally posted by: Gup
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...well, Tales of Symphonia probably would have sold better had it been on PS2.

and that's a great point.

Not really. It maybe would have sold double on PS2, if its lucky, and the PS2 has about 10 times the user base of the GC. Which means more percentage of GC owners would have bought it. This is selling very good for a GC game.

That point is just... crap.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #23 on:** September 04, 2003, 03:27:11 AM »

The point is, though, the game can STILL sell great on the Gamecube, just as long as they put the effort (and advertising) into it.

ghostVi · « **Reply #24 on:** September 04, 2003, 04:48:57 AM »

1. If ToS was on PS2 it wouldn't have been the same game. Being multiplatform or PS2-only takes the image of a game in a completely new direction, including the point of having a competition in this genre (huge on PS2, not so on GC).

2. They wouldn't have had a _special_ PS2 to bundle it with (it's a game's selling point, not only a GC selling point IMHO.)

3. Sony wouldn't have put money in advertising the game at all (as big N did).

All in all : we don't have a clue how it would've sell if it was on PS2.

It's just more obvious now (again) that the Cube has a really strong and expanding games library (the best of all three "next-gen" IMO).

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