Friday, July 20, 2012

Taiko 3DS first week sales and Famitsu review score

Media Create figures for the week ending July 15th, 2012.

01./01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) - 122.242 / 2.289.408 (-34%)
02./00. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) - 65.462 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Pocket Soccer League: Calciobit (Nintendo) - 26.449 / NEW
04./06. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) - 18.245 / 812.452 (-34%)
05./03. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost (Level 5) - 18.152 / 72.507 (-67%)
06./04. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 (Bandai Namco Games) - 15.187 / 53.827 (-61%)
07./02. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV: Denshou no Kyojin (Atlus) - 14.639 / 110.145 (-85%)
08./00. [PSV] Time Travelers (Level 5) - 9.332 / NEW
09./11. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 9.090 / 481.414 (-18%)
10./00. [3DS] Time Travelers (Level 5) - 9.054 / NEW

Taiko 3DS lands in an impressive 2nd place in the top ten for its opening week! In four days of sales too; the last time any Taiko game reached 2nd place in the weekly chart was last year (Taiko PSP DX). DX had more units sold on week one than 3DS though, this could be because the userbase for 3DS is still growing in Japan. The DS userbase who bought Dororon! Youkai Daikessen! and Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken are transitioning in nicely, Media Create reports.

Well it could have been first place, but it's up against the eternal sales juggernaut that is Pokemon, which just came out a month ago. Maybe next game.

For the record, all the 10th anniversary Taiko no Tatsujin console games are in the Top 50 this week! Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Ketteiban is in 25th place while the much older Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX is still hanging on at 45th! Group photo everyone, nice work!

Launch week comparison:

Taiko 3DS: 65462 (4 days)
Taiko Wii 4: 32098 (5 days)
Taiko PSP DX: 80215 (5 days)
Taiko Wii 3: 29328 (4 days)
Taiko DS 3: 70000 (3 days)
Taiko Wii 2: 28282 (3 days)
Taiko DS 2: 55950 (4 days)

Average daily sales on launch week:

Taiko 3DS: 16366/day
Taiko Wii 4: 6420/day
Taiko PSP DX: 16043/day
Taiko Wii 3: 7332/day
Taiko DS 3: 23333/day
Taiko Wii 2: 9427/day
Taiko DS 2: 13988/day

Famitsu score for Taiko 3DS: 8/8/8/7 = 31/40 (same score as Wii 4)