Media Create figures for the week ending November 24th, 2013.
01./00. [PS3] Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) {2013.11.21} (¥7.770) - 277.082 / NEW
02./00. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) - 99.588 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.980) - 83.605 / NEW
04./05. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) - 72.932 / 3.002.738 (-12%)
05./00. [3DS] Aikatsu! 2-nin no My Princess (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480) - 72.087 / NEW
06./01. [PSV] God Eater 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) - 39.052 / 305.378 (-85%)
07./03. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) - 35.879 / 187.678 (-76%)
08./02. [PS3] Call of Duty: Ghosts - Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) - 29.252 / 219.883 (-85%)
09./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) - 21.120 / 2.959.789 (-20%)
10./00. [PSP] God Eater 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) - 20.508 / 132.531
11./00. [PS3] Monster Hunter Frontier G: Beginner's Package (Capcom) {2013.11.20} (¥6.090) - 19.334 / NEW
12./00. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version! # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480) - 19.265 / NEW
13./00. [PSV] New Atelier Rorona: Hajimari no Monogatari - The Alchemist of Arland # (Gust) {2013.11.21} (¥6.090) - 17.536 / NEW
14./00. [PS3] New Atelier Rorona: Hajimari no Monogatari - The Alchemist of Arland # (Gust) {2013.11.21} (¥7.140) - 14.060 / NEW
15./09. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) - 13.548 / 593.370 (-33%)
16./06. [3DS] Daigasso! Band Brothers P (Nintendo) {2013.11.14} (¥4.800) - 12.635 / 52.831 (-69%)
17./12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥3.980) - 9.485 / 190.659 (-30%)
18./10. [PS3] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts) {2013.11.07} (¥7.665) - 9.134 / 150.124 (-53%)
19./11. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥3.980) - 7.624 / 24.600 (-55%)
20./16. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) - 7.046 / 102.350 (-12%)
... well, this surely is underwhelming for the latest console Taiko game. After the big hits of Taiko 3DS and Wii 5 (100,000 in its first week), Taiko Wii U debuts as one of the worst-performing console Taikos to date. NBGI games in general are still performing well (with last week's first 2 podium places for two different console versions of God Eater 2, no less!) and another, better-known Wii U highlight (Mario 3D World) sold a lot this week.
The main reason why Taiko Wii U sold poorly can be attributed to how few people actually own a Wii U in the first place. With little to no advertising for Wii U games (until recently with Mario 3D World), it would be obvious that anything released for it wouldn't do so well, even if it was Taiko. If the installed userbase was larger, more people would have bought into it. Here's hoping it stays on that chart for the weeks to come.
Launch week comparison:
Taiko Wii U: 19265 (4 days)
Taiko Wii 5: 115955 (4 days)
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 Wii U: 4814/day
Taiko Wii 5: 28989/day
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 Wii U: 9/8/7/8 = 32/40
Source: Media Create
