GCD: Games Chart Discussion

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-02-resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-tops-japan-chart

New Japanese charts are out and...

Software

Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City opens big and Mario Party does the business once again

01 - Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, PS3): 252,525 - NEW
02 - Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, Wii): 152,883 - NEW
03 - Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 3DS): 60,313 (302,913)
04 - Ciel Nosurge: Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Uta (Gust, Vita): 33,324 - NEW
05 - Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! (Spike Chunsoft, PSP): 29,846 - NEW
06 - Steins;Gate Hiyoku Renri no Darling (5pb., PSP): 24,849 - NEW
07 - Idolmaster Anime & G4U! Pack Vol.7 (Namco Bandai, PS3): 17,314 - NEW
08 - Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, Xbox 360): 16,285 - NEW
09 - Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 15,696 (1,534,999)
10 - Dynasty Warriors VS (Tecmo Koei, 3DS): 15,578 - NEW

Hardware

No big shifts this week, the only notable change being the Vita's slight improvement due to the release of Cile Nosurge

01 - 3DS: 74,282 (84,760)
02 - PSP: 22,457 (11,779)
03 - PlayStation 3: 21,114 (16,390)
04 - Vita: 12,299 (8206)
05 - Wii: 9200 (7025)
06 - PlayStation 2: 1395 (1172)
07 - Xbox 360: 1327 (1282)
08 - DSi XL: 895 (760)
09 - DSi: 717 (516)

[charlesr]

Code of Princess dropped straight out again

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-07-resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-sales-top-2-million

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has reached sales of 2 million

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/346707/uk-chart-modern-warfare-3-returns-to-top-ten/

This weeks UK Chart and Rebellion finally has a hit:

01 - Sniper Elite V2
02 - Prototype 2
03 - FIFA 12
04 - FIFA Street
05 - Mass Effect 3
06 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
07 - Kinect Star Wars
08 - Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
09 - Battlefield 3
10 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

[importaku]

So glad i import, although saying that the Jpn charts aren't much better, same kind of setup.

[importaku]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-top-2-million

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has reached sales of 2 million

Just goes to show you that you can slap **** in a box & it'll sell regardless.

[Kit]

01 - Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, PS3): 252,525 - NEW

That's a lot of disappointed people. ;0

[averybluemonkey]

Always love it when people get snidey because a game they didn't like sold copies. 100% satisfaction with this purchase from me and my gaming group, also brings me great satisfaction that one of the small handful of games each year that actually does something novel and interesting in the multiplayer space sold well.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-08-dark-souls-sells-over-a-million-in-the-west

More sales figures arrive for Western territories:

-Dark Souls: 1.19m
-Ace Combat: Assault Horizon: 1.07m
-Dragon Ball Ultimate Blast: 0.7m
-Soul Calibur V: 0.69m

Ace Combat did well for Namco Bandai whilst SCV tailed behind its predecessor. The most notable game is Dark Souls, it's still slightly behind Demon Souls sales figures which, whilst strong enough to mean a third game will arrive in the future, suggest that the series lost a lot of followers between installments and made the difference up by going multi-format.

[dataDave]

So, Kid Icarus can be considered a bomb then as it only sold around 250k units. That's a damn shame.

In 10 years no one will bother to make good games anymore apart from maybe Mario, as good games don't seem to sell all that well.

[Wools]

It is a divisive game and it’s not a surprise to see those numbers.

The reviews are split as although it’s clearly been made with a lot of love and it’s by no means bad, it does have control issues, it is uncomfortable to play in long periods and it arguably does nothing new.

Considering the advertising and the split reviews, it’s not done too bad.

[speedlolita]

That's not true, SFxT sold like crap - but it is crap.

Actually that doesn't contradict what you said.

[nakamura]

Always love it when people get snidey because a game they didn't like sold copies. 100% satisfaction with this purchase from me and my gaming group, also brings me great satisfaction that one of the small handful of games each year that actually does something novel and interesting in the multiplayer space sold well.

Good for you! There are some utter **** games that I like too! Operation Racoon though is not one of them.

[averybluemonkey]

You misunderstand me, I'm not complaining because someone doesn't like a game that I do. Nothing like that at all.

What I found annoying was someone speaking on behalf of others, assuming that everyone else shares their opinion. Sure express your own opinion, but don't assume it applies to others.

[Neon Ignition]

Two big sales news chunks today:

JAPANESE CHART

First Software Top 10 which has seen Nintendo once again take 8 of the 10 spots as Mario Party 9 does the business

01 - Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, Wii) - 144,585 (Life to date: 297,468; -5%)
02 - Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, PS3) - 52,428 / 304,953 (-79%)
03 - Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 3DS) - 42,347 (345,260; -30%)
04 - Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo, 3DS) - 28,528 (1,563,527; +82%)
05 - Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS) - 22,881 (1,695,305; +96%)
06 - Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo, 3DS) - 18,788 (261,883; +63%)
07 - Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom, 3DS) - 16,496 (1,433,370; +21%)
08 - Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 3DS) - 13,810 (157,337; re-entry)
09 - Conception: Please Have My Children! (Spike, PSP) - 10,193 (40,039; -66%)
10 - Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii) - 10,058 (935,555; +61%)

Hardware wise the 3DS see's its share grow once again. Vita takes a slight downturn heading back towards the sub-10k marker

01 - 3DS: 91,868 (Last week: 74,282)
02 - PlayStation 3: 23,478 (21,114)
03 - PSP: 20,033 (22,457)
04 - Wii: 15,789 (9200)
05 - Vita: 10,584 (12,299)
06 - PlayStation 2: 1611 (1395)
07 - Xbox 360: 1420 (1327)
08 - DSi XL: 1097 (895)
09 - DSi: 814 (717)

The next sales news is related to Modern Warfare 3

The State of Elite and MW3

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-09-call-of-duty-elite-has-10-million-users-2-million-pay

Elite has amassed 10 million users or which 2 million are now paid subscribers. The franchise as a whole now has 40 million active users per month

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-09-call-of-duty-sales-arent-down-theyre-just-different

Recent reports said that MW3 sales were slightly behind those of Black Ops however the games Producer disagree's saying that sales of COD are becoming increasingly front-loaded as players anticipate the launch rather than getting into it later on. Therefore the games would sell more at launch and less in the tail end of their life as a new installment looms. By that theory he's expecting MW3 to eventually overtake Black Ops sales however, I'd presume the release of the next COD would cut that chance short as players move on again. Most likely, is MW is no longer the lead franchise branch and BO has taken over. He also suggested a Modern Warfare 4 is likely.