Japan Sales 12/02 - 19/02

[AaronSOLDIER]

Models	Sales volume
3DS	94,667
PS3	21,993
PSP	14,824
Vita	12,309
Wii	7,874
PS2	1,433
Xbox 360	983
DSi LL	901
DSi	656

Ranking	Models	Title	Studio Name	Release Date	Unit sales total number of	Reader reviews
One		NEW Love Plus (Limited Edition, including Bundle)	KONAMI	12/02/14	104,969 104,969	89
Two		BINARY DOMAIN (binary domain)	SEGA	12/02/16	73,683 73,683
Three		Final Fantasy port shear rhythm	Square Enix	12/02/16	67,206 67,206	61
Four		Mario Kart 7	Nintendo	11/12/01	22,015 1,506,522	78
Five		3D Super Mario Land	Nintendo	11/11/03	17,791 1,348,776	83
Six		(Including Bundle (tri) G Monster Hunter 3)	Capcom	11/12/10	17,490 1,249,833	80
Seven		Sengoku Musou 3 Z Special	Koei Tecmo	12/02/16	17,125 17,125
Eight		Resident Evil Ribereshonzu	Capcom	12/01/26	15,666 231,907	83
Nine		Hundred years to when spun Suikoden	KONAMI	12/02/09	13,695 75,479	28
Ten		Perturbation in the feedback to the upper layer, resulting in her universe: gravitational dizziness GRAVITY DAZE /	SCE	12/02/09	10,219 53,680	94
11		Prime 3D Edition Tekken	NAMCO BANDAI Games	12/02/16	9,421 9,421
12		Good people escape extreme Shiboudesu ADV	CHUNSOFT	12/02/16	9,307 9,307
13		Gran Turismo 5 Spec II	SCE	12/02/02	8,169 42,198	80
14		JUST DANCE Wii	Nintendo	11/10/13	7,643 542,589	67
15		Good people escape extreme Shiboudesu ADV	CHUNSOFT	12/02/16	6,538 6,538
16		Armored Core V	From Software	12/01/26	6,430 212,784	49
17		Inazuma Eleven GO Shine / Dark	Level Five	11/12/15	6,268 393,130	80
18		Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best)	Capcom	11/09/22	5,223 197,031	87
19		(Including Bundle) (Wii Remote Plus) Wii Sports Resort	Nintendo	10/11/11	5,135 873,120	75
20		nintendogs + cats ( Shiba / Toy Poodle /French Bull & New Friends)	Nintendo	11/02/26	4,839 501,169	90

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[Soldier 95B]

I WAS RIGHT!!! 983 for the Xbox 360! Dropped to a record low!!! Honestly, the PS2 nearly doubled it. Time to pull out yet MS?

Vita at record low as well.

[AaronSOLDIER]

Everything is doing poor except PS3 and 3DS

[radgamer420]

Wow. 360 numbers are abysmal. I dont think I've ever seen it that low. And Vita sales are nose diving as well.

[Soldier 95B]

Why is the 3DS selling so well?

[Thorzilla]

Wow. 360 numbers are abysmal. I dont think I've ever seen it that low. And Vita sales are nose diving as well.

Yup. Seems like Japanese don't like Vita after all. Shame really, they'll keep giving love to Mario Kart 35 and Mario Land 1005.

[Cuguy]

Yup. Seems like Japanese don't like Vita after all. Shame really, they'll keep giving love to Mario Kart 35 and Mario Land 1005.

I think it is because the Vita launch line up is very westernized right now... just my thoughts, but there aren't many games that people consider "Japanese" is there?

[radgamer420]

I think it is because the Vita launch line up is very westernized right now... just my thoughts, but there aren't many games that people consider "Japanese" is there?

Yep exactly. As soon as some Japanese games start releasing on it sales in that territory should pick up.

[Thorzilla]

I think it is because the Vita launch line up is very westernized right now... just my thoughts, but there aren't many games that people consider "Japanese" is there?

Well, Gravity Daze and Ragnarok Odyssey come to mind. Sure, those are not too well known, but even though they sold decently, they didn't move any units. I'm amazed how I seem to be more hyped for RO than Japanese people

[Cuguy]

Well, Gravity Daze and Ragnarok Odyssey come to mind. Sure, those are not too well known, but even though they sold decently, they didn't move any units. I'm amazed how I seem to be more hyped for RO than Japanese people

LOL in my mind, the vita should not be doing this poorly.

[Soldier 95B]

Well, Gravity Daze and Ragnarok Odyssey come to mind. Sure, those are not too well known, but even though they sold decently, they didn't move any units. I'm amazed how I seem to be more hyped for RO than Japanese people

Yup. Those two games were supposed to set Vita on fire in sales. They are as japanese ease as they get.

[radgamer420]

LOL in my mind, the vita should not be doing this poorly.

Price drop incoming despite Sony denials.

[Cuguy]

Price drop incoming despite Sony denials.

If history proves anything is, never believe PR. I guarantee they drop the price the minute they think sales are poor.

[F34R]

Why is the 3DS selling so well?

price + games....

[AaronSOLDIER]

Why is the 3DS selling so well?

New Love Plus is a girlfriend dating sim which is pretty big, there's not much else like it on the market except the eroge games mainly by Illusion on PC (which are never allowed by Sony/Nintendo on their consoles).

[Thorzilla]

New Love Plus is a girlfriend dating sim which is pretty big, there's not much else like it on the market except the eroge games mainly by Illusion on PC (which are never allowed by Sony/Nintendo on their consoles).

One of the reasons 3DS sells so well. I said it jokingly in another thread but I was dead serious
Throw in Hefner's Mansion: The Game to Vita and it'll sell like hotcakes...However, those guys are deep into penis shaped tentacles with eyes, so who knows.

[AaronSOLDIER]

I played the original Love Plus on DS and can see why it does as well as it does, its actually more than just a dating sim but also a kind of visual novel as well. With this new one I believe it has facial and voice recognition so when someone else plays it they know its not you. So Konami have actually put some effort into these games.

[coolguy]

3ds is burning up the charts even the ps3 is only selling 21k a week thats not good either.vita needs a price drop asap

[AaronSOLDIER]

For a home console, anything above 15K is good in Japan

[Suley]

PSP is doing better than the Vita.

[Yungstar 2006]

LOL in my mind, the vita should not be doing this poorly.

i think it will follow the same pattern in the UK in that ok sales for the 1st week (to the core) and then downwards. can't see the people who did not buy into PSP buying into Vita at the overly high price.

[skinny_jr]

Let us wait until a MH game reach nippon audience before the starting of the doom and gloom threads. Who am I kidding doom and gloom articles started already.

[Sylar]

It needs more appealing titles for the market not a price drop, more people will spend the money if they feel it's worth it in the long run. Hopefully the Vita will follow the path of the 3DS!

[davin_g]

It needs more appealing titles for the market not a price drop, more people will spend the money if they feel it's worth it in the long run. Hopefully the Vita will follow the path of the 3DS!

Exactly...I remember the 3DS not doing so hot at first either. Games will sell the device. It needs games desperately. PSP still has games so that is why it is still selling. Could the price be cheaper..sure...is Sony making a profit off the console..yes..and they see no reason to drop the price yet. Sure a price drop is nice but it still won't sell much better...because it still won't have games yet. 500,000 still isn't too bad with no games. That is what Sony thinks...if you can sell a 500,000 at launch with the price they had would you not do it??? Dropping $50 and they would have lost $25 million dollars.....any questions?? No doubt it will see a price drop but another 500,000 in NA and EU first at least.

I believe recent polls stated that 1/3 EU PS3 gamers wanted a Vita...so they have a market no doubt...couple that with this crossplatforming between ps3 and vita and I am sure they will be in no hurry to drop the price until they see how this works out....its only just launched.

[Avrum]

Yup. Seems like Japanese don't like Vita after all. Shame really, they'll keep giving love to Mario Kart 35 and Mario Land 1005.

If Mario Kart 35 and Mario Land 1005 are helping the 3DS then Sony could take some notes about what people are looking to play on their handhelds. It's not a case of the Japanese not liking the Vita but a case of there not being any software to really kickstart any momentum for the device. Even when the 3DS was struggling there were points here and there of games coming that helped the 3DS along including a port of one of the best chapters in the Zelda series and a fleshed out version of Resident Evil's Mercenaries minigame. What's doing good for the 3DS now is having a consistent stream of recognizable series mixed in with newer software where the momentum is kept going. Heck, I'm not even sure what else hits the 3DS next month but I know Kingdom Hearts is going to be another biggie to help maintain that momentum or elevate sales even higher from their current average.

The problem with Vita is that it doesn't have that kind of consistency... at least not yet and very little known future software has the potential to change that. People rested on the idea that Ragnarok and Gravity Daze might do something but the effect was of little to no benefit. Vita needs a big game or a popular recognizable franchise to really kick start interest. Price alone isn't the problem and we saw that with the 3DS last year as cutting the price brought about a jump, but it was the release of compelling software that did the brunt of the work. After all, a cheaper system with nothing of interest to play isn't going to turn as many heads in the long run.