Japanese gamers have been presented with yet another perverse week of game sales – this time with IdolMaster 2 bombing with a pathetic 36,000 sales, but still better than the pathetic reception top PS3 blockbuster Killzone 3 received, with only 26,000.
The weekly sales figures for the last week of February, showing healthy sales for Disgaea 4, and distinctly unhealthy sales for IdolMaster 2 and Killzone 3:
1. Phantasy Star Portable 2 – PSP – 11/02/24 – 206,654/206,654
2. SD Gundam G Generation World – PSP – 11/02/24 – 192,981/192,981
3. Layton & The Mask of Miracles – 11/02/26 – 3DS – 119,591/119,591
4. Disgaea 4 – PS3 – 11/02/24 – 79,425/79,425
5. Nintendogs+Cats – 3DS – 11/02/26 – 64,213/64,213
6. Sengoku Musou Chronicle – 3DS – 11/02/26 – 49,327/49,327
7. Super Street Fighter IV 3D EDITION – 3DS – 11/02/26 – 44,649/44,649
8. Ridge Racer 3D – 3DS – 11/02/26 – 38,226/38,226
9. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – PSP – 10/12/01 – 36,323/4,325,672
10. IdolMaster 2 – 360 – 11/02/24 – 34,621/34,621
11 Rune Factory Oceans – PS3 – 11/02/24 – 28,939/28,939
12. SD Gundam G Generation World – Wii – 11/02/24 28,119/28,119
13. KILLZONE 3 – PS3 – 11/02/24 – 26,717/26,717
14. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5 – PSP – 11/02/24 – 26,345/26,345
15. Winning Eleven 3D Soccer – 3DS – 11/02/26 – 24,556/24,556
16. Sengoku Musou 3 Z – PS3 – 11/02/10 – 24,075/290,712
17. Catherine – PS3 – 11/02/17 – 21,183/163,008
18. Yu-Gi-Oh Over the Nexus – DS – 11/02/24 – 21,002/21,002
19. Marvel vs Capcom 3 – PS3 – 11/02/17 – 14,821/82,008
20. Rune Factory Oceans – Wii – 11/02/24 – 10,495/10,495
For historical comparison purposes:
Disgaea 3 – 55,000
IdolMaster Live for You – 44,000
Killzone 2 – 41,000
Whether the colourful fan reception of IdolMaster 2 is actually the cause of its low sales is somewhat in question – in Japan the Xbox 360 is barely capable of supporting sales of any great magnitude, and now plays host only to a handful of international ports and niche groping simulators.
In any case, Bandai’s canny use of DLC, character goods and mixed media probably makes the initial sales of IdolMaster a far less pressing concern than with a conventional game – although the same can not be said for the unfortunate publishers of all the international mega-blockbusters the Japanese mysteriously refuse to have anything to do with.
Seriously, you people get hooked over this lame idol master s♥♥t? What a waste of polygons. Thank goodness that we don’t have this in America. Imma gonna get back to mah Call of Duty. HEADSHOT, HEADSHOT, BAM, BAM!
just shows you how different east and west is. and that’s not a bad thing 😛
Meh, figures.
Colonel Radec doesn’t give a damn! Col. Radec loves to kill! Killzone!
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