Nerd Mentality

Xavius

Hey you three buttholes I just asked a question.

Hardware is about on par with where the US is at, maybe a tad lower (the DS is an exception lately). GBA seems to sell a hell of a lot more here too.

Software wise, it's a bit different I guess. If you've only been watching sales recently then it's not very accurate as Japan has recieved a wave of highly accepted games (Animal Crossing, Brain Training, Mario Kart, Kingdom Hearts, Rogue Galaxy, Pokemon), so numbers have been high. Typically when it's just a normal month you'll see the number one spot at maybe 40,000 units or so (and then totals at around 100,000 in month total). But with the holiday rush everything seems so much more.

The US however manages fairly high numbers, considering mature, violent games come out every week, one always seems to strike some note against the mainstream. Last month it was 50 Cent Bulletproof, who knows what it will be for December. Licensed stuff sells really well too, I think Star Wars Battlefront II took in around 400,000 for PS2 last month.

So yeah, long story short, hardware = similar, software = higher in the US and more wide spread across games, rather in Japan you see one game sell really high and everything else in lower numbers.

As for hard numbers you'll have to talk to nenned, I don't think anyone posted the software NPD sales for November, and I don't remember where I saw them, so I can't help you there.

AdamChrisH

What I really hope this amazing sales bring, is much more 3rd party support, since lets face it, the DS success has been purely down to Nintendo - no one else's games have gone anywhere near to matching their game sales or driving console sales, the nearest would Tamagotchi.

Now developers have had over a year to get used to the console and it's obvious it isn't some novelty that will die out... I hope that they'll concentrate on bringing innovative and fulfilling games of their own, rather than minigamesque creations or token useage of the features.

What I hope is that western developers learn to use DS properly because Tony Hawk is basically the only GOOD DS game not developed in Japan at the moment. Next Year´s Japanese support looks outstanding (Final Fantasy III, Children of Mana, ASH, Rune Factory, Tales of the Tempest, etc...) but where are all the good western releases? That worries me a bit...

?huh?

holy ****.

GCX

Hardware (official Media Create numbers):

DS 597.000
GC 36.000
SP 35.000
GBM 19.000

Wow, Nintendo is moving tons of hardware.

nenned

DS lead over PSP = 2,684,550

That's in Japan right?

csny

That's in Japan right?

Yes

Rocksteady

Software?

OP pretty much covered software, don't you think?

Pretty phenomenal sales for KH2. Perhaps it's worth looking into now that I've got PS2 and all. Oh and gotta get the original KH sometime too.
So KH2 was slated to release when exactly?

nenned

BTW, LTD hardware figures for Japan are as follows:

Playstation 2 = 19,753,674
Game Boy Advance = 9,619,306
Game Boy Advance SP = 5,675,226
Nintendo DS = 5,256,771
Gamecube = 4,286,241
PSP = 2,572,121
Xbox = 473,077
Game Boy Micro = 403,854
Xbox 360 = 58,267

DS wll sure have over 6 mill by the end of this holiday season.
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gradualmeltdown

Yo,

I am in Tokyo right now. Let me first say Shinjuku ROCKED on New Years Eve. Second Nintendo DS is possibly the biggest fad in Japan right now. I have pictures at my blog of some of the advertisements. Every train station has "Touch Generations" and "Mario and Luigi" adds all over the place. On the trains there are video screens demonstrating Brain Training.

I have seen around 30 people playing DS,only 1 PSP. The White PSP does look slick though. Graphite Gray DS is sold out everywhere. Doh! I was going to lose mine on purpose so i would "have too" buy one.

I don't plan on heading to Akihabara again,because it sucked. Osaka's Den-Den distrcit made it look so lame. I'll say it once,Akihabara is a tourist trap. There is cool stuff but you can find it many other places.

Aww I'm glad it sounds like you're having a good time!!