Famitsu First Day Sales (02/26) - Yakuza 3 does 232k

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First Day Sales (02/26)

[PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Sega) - 232,000 (60%)
[PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid (Koei) - 152,000 (60%)
[WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 2 - Mezameru Yuusha (Bandai Namco) - 32,000 (45%)
[NDS] Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 (Bandai Namco) - LE 18,500 (50%) / SE 8,000 (20%)
[PS2] The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match (SNK Playmore) - 13,000 (70%)
[360] Halo Wars (Microsoft) - LE 10,000 (30%) / SE 1,000 (20%)
[NDS] Sunday x Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine (Konami) - 9,500 (20%)
[360] Way of the Samurai 3 (Spike) - 7,000 (40%)

[KingDizzi]

Square Enix would do well to learn from Sega when it comes to what console to put their games on.

[TOO PAWNED]

Honestly i expecte more. WKC sold 220k in first day and so far has sold 330k in Japan. I expected at least 300k for Yakuza 3....let's see how good legs it is going to have....and what effect on hardware.

[UltimateIdiot911]

That is WW figure for now. As far as I know, WKC and Yakuza 3 isn't available outside of Japan.

[InfectedDK]

I'll pay 120$ for Yakuza 3 English version!
Pls. make that english version!

I cant understand why they are denying the crowd in the EU/US that wants this game. Hire some dudes to translate the game!

[kazuma]

"1.2 - lol
I thought worldwide numbers were all that mattered? =)

I doubt Yakuza 3 will even reach Lost Odyssey numbers."

good job owning yourself, as far as we know yakuza 3 might not even see the us/eu release.

just some light, because i can see your not that...

first day sales
Ryu ga Gotoku 73k
Ryu ga Gotoku 2 189k
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! 114k
Ryu ga Gotoku 3 232k

(oh and btw yakuza 1 and 2 were on ps2, ya know with that big install base in japan...guess yakuza 3 on the ps3 with less ps3's sold more...)

so, you were saying what about lost oddyssey?
2007-12-06 Lost Odyssey Microsoft 109,517

ya know what that 109,517 means? means how many copies the game sold so far since 2007 when it was released.
so erm...any yakuza game since number 2 outsold that game in it's first day.

[callahan09]

@ Too Pawned:

Just to clarify, WKC sold 220 in the first week, I think. It also came out on a Thursday. Yakuza 3 still has a few more days to go, and on the first day it sold more. Either way, this is nothing to sneeze at. Only one other game has sold more on the first day, and that's MGS4.

[gaffyh]

Wow 232k is A LOT, for first day. Star Ocean only did 162k in the first week! Square really needs to figure out their priorities, especially in Japan. Star Ocean is more popular than Yakuza, yet Yakuza outsold it's 1st week total in a day. 0_o

[ActionBastard]

Square is learning. They've basically opened their eyes to the money they're leaving on the table. So they release a game on the 360 b/c MS is such a "great partner", get good sales, wait for the exclusivity contract to expire, then release the PS3 version for even more money.

Regarding Yakuza3...those are some impressive numbers. If it can get to 4-500K in JP, I think we'll see it in the States. Hell, with the numbers so far I think we'll see it in the States.

[ngg12345]

This doubled it. It will sell mgs4 numbers at around 500k.

[sonarus]

Yea what Ngg said. 230.000 is the highest i have seen for first day sales of a PS3 exclusive in Japan since MGS4

[Rampant]

I'm just saying, Square/Enix can make more money and gain a new audience for their games outside of Japan (lol one country) by releasing them on the 360. I'm not saying that it's A LOT SMARTER to do that, just that it's pretty silly to say that it would be worse.

@Kazuma: I'm not from an englishspeaking country, but my eyes hurt anyway.

[Sarcasm]

"Square/Enix can make more money and gain a new audience for their games outside of Japan (lol one country) by releasing them on the 360"

Right, just like Infinite Undiscovery which to date has only sold under 460,000 WORLDWIDE...

Yakuza 3 already sold half in ONE DAY in ONE COUNTRY.

So the LEAST Square Enix could do to maximize sales is have a true multiplatform strategy. Not "We're a multiplatform company, exclusively on Xbox360!"

[The gaming GOD]

Good Job Kazuma lol

Facts always do 1 of 2 things to fanboys. 1, they either shut them up or 2, put them childish insult mode because they feel owned

oh and as for this comment:

""Square/Enix can make more money and gain a new audience for their games outside of Japan (lol one country) by releasing them on the 360""

You do realize that SE's profits are way down right? They are close to being down 70% in their OWN country which loves rpg games. And their games haven't been selling well overseas either. So just how "big" a worldwide audience are we talking. Obviously, this "audience" isn't biting too well considering the profit drops correct?

[Rampant]

@Kazuma: Yeah!!

@The Gaming God: Maybe if they put their games on Wii they would have made a load of money, but I find it hard to see how their games could have sold better on the ps3. I'm not arguing that putting the games on the 360 is smarter, only that it wouldn't have made much of a difference. Yakuza 3 is big in Japan, so they put it on the ps3. Star Ocean is a huge IP worldwide, so they put it on 360. Obviously they could've made more putting their games on both consoles (SO4 is probably gonna end up on the ps3 somewhere down the line), but I'm guessing each company earns a little extra money for keeping it exclusive on the respective platform.

[The gaming GOD]

I'm sorry but no. Star Ocean is only big in japan. Outside of the Japanese territory Star Ocean only has a moderate size following. And of course they probably get more from MS to keep it exclusive, even if it is possible timed exclusive. But that obviously doesn't negate the fact that they have had a down slide in profit.

As for your Wii comment, would they have made more if they put it on that system? Maybe because of the install base. But then again, maybe not because the good games from third parties haven't been doing well on the Wii. Only the shovel ware orientated games or Nintendo brand games seem to do well on that system

[SaiyanFury]

@1.0

No kidding. I played through the demo of Yakuza 3 like 5 times and I loved it every time. I cannot WAIT for a North American release of this game. It's too bad that the translations often take a year or more....

[myothercar]

lol @ that last statement, true! Just like Capcom.

[Helghast Slayer]

Wow wow wow. Yakuza just destroyed Star Ocean's short lived victory lol. The ps3 is simply kicking a$$ and taking names. It has gotten to the point where no matter what M$ releases for the 360, the ps3 has something of a higher caliber to destroy it and take the cake.

The 360's days are numbered people. The plethora great news for the past month for the ps3 has been nothing short of spectacular with no signs of slowing down. I think i speak to most(non-bot)people when i say PS3 FTMFW.

[Foxgod]

and in other news, in feb the 360 outsold the ps3 2:1 in the usa.

Usa = 5 x bigger market then japan.

[BLUR111]

the droids think they all live in japan

[Foxgod]

Lol true, and they think Japan = the world.

[Aquanox]

Funny enough, how Sony boys automatically forget the "superior marketshare" factor they complain about all the time when NPD Software numbers are released.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

Oh well, if they want to DIE ;-D like the xBox 360 will, then stick with Micro$oft!!! ;-D

@Helghast Slayer ;) Yes, 'PS3 FTMFW'!!! ;-P
(I just worked out what the 'MF' was!!!) ;-D
+ I hope 'Yakuza 3' sold LOADS of PS3's to, this week;)

[IzKyD1331]

The bots have forgotten that Star Ocean 4 sold 160K in a week, while this sold 230K in a DAY

[Darkiewonder]

They'll get over it ^^

[Omega4]

Not bad but expected more considering the PS3 install base, that attach rate is nothing compared to the 360 and SO4s

Strange how the Halo Wars LE is selling more than the standard addition and thats not just in Japan either it seems like that everywhere, MS will likely make loads of $$$ of that game

[PotNoodle]

What you need to remember is that in japan, most of these people bought 360's for those few JRPG's they have been bringing out, so ofcourse they are going to buy them straight away.

[Foxgod]

japan is indeed buying the 360 for rpg's, but isnt Yakuza a huge hit in Japan ?
Even thought the number are impressive, the attach rate on the other hand isnt.

[vasilisk]

The Star Ocean franchise is a big hit in Japan, Yakuza on the other hand wasn't up until now.

Yakuza 1 First WEEK= 130k
Yakuza 2 First WEEK = 281k
Yakuza 3 First DAY = 232k

Considering that the other ones were on PS2 we cal all understand the significance of these numbers. Also these number do not include the Yakuza 3 bundles, famitsu never takes them into account.

@jahcure below. You are 100% right, bubbles

[jahcure]

I didn't know Software companies made money on attach rates? To me 232k is more than 130k. If i made games and ps3 sold 5 billion consoles and i sold 500k copies of my game, while the 360 sold 100k consoles and i got 130k sold which is more copies than consoles...who made me more money?

Do i go on touting that hey my game sold more than consoles...

This is the point i think the other guys are making with SO4. Attach rate is great but SE is still in a hole. Attach rates won't provide profit for the company. Only gives us forum analyst with no idea of what's going on, something to talk about.

SE directors and investors can't be looking at SO4's numbers and be happy after they see Yakuza's numbers... furthermore last time i checked SO4 wasn't doing good in the US either...where it's the "bigger" gaming market...heck no one's even taking the time of day to even review the game.

[Pennywise]

Vasilik just owned you all. Do people really expect every single person buying a game to buy it on its first day of release. Lets hold off to see a full week of sales before we go jumping to conclusion as usual.

[Baka-akaB]

People should just drop the install base thing ... like said above , PS2 ad the biggest install base ever , and yet that serie , along many others didnt perform any better .

[Foxgod]

@pennywise.

yeah why not, afterall everybody expects that SO4 wont sell anything anymore next week.

[Pennywise]

foxgod, Is there ever a time in life that you talk and actually make sense?

[Foxgod]

@Pennywise,

Yep, but only when theres smart people around.

[UnwanteDreamz]

Yep cause smart people are better at interacting with children. Why can't we just leave the sales BS alone. Guess how much Shadow of the Colossus sold on week one in the US.......79,413. Do you need more proof that sales have nothing to do with good games.

[thereapersson]

Knock it off, you're making us all dizzy!

[Argento-Nox]

@Omega4

If your going by attach rates, then pretty much every 360 fanboy can STFU with regards to most multi-platform games that have a better attach rate on the PS3, like GTA4, DMC4, SF4 and no doubt even RE5 due to be released soon.

Here I thought, the most important thing to 360 fans were sales numbers like GeOW2, Fables 2, yet now attach ratio is status quo? A sword cuts both ways, and regardless of how you look at it, there's no denying that Yakuza 3 did well for an exclusive.

[Superduper09]

I hope they will release Yakuza 3 in US & Europe.

[TheTwelve]

Of course they will.

Meanwhile, 232K on the first day is fantastic.

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[kazuma]

indeed they should, i SO need this game

[mgsfan55]

Sub it and bring it over here SEGA!

[DelbertGrady]

That's very impressive. Even higher than WKC which I thought would be bigger. Yakuza is a big thing over there. I saw a video of the first 10 minutes of it and it reminded me a lot about Shenmue. I was sceptic to it at first but after watching that vid my opinion about it changed completelty. Here's a link.

http://www.gamersyde.com/ne...

And I want Way of the Samurai 3 to come to Europe, although I doubt it ever will. Loved those games on the PS2.

[Snatcher]

I freaking loved Shenmue.

The sales are also very good.

[ActionBastard]

You weren't a skeptic, you were a hater. Now, you're just back-pedaling so you don't look like a hypocrite.

[Foxgod]

3 million owners, and only 232k people got this game.
Thats 1 out of 14 ps3 owners bought it.

SO4 was bought by 1 out of 6 360 owners.
Yakuza did horrible.

[LTC]

LOL

SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN NN

[Darkiewonder]

yeah like those 360 units are still that high if you don't include that system were returned or RROD.

WKC Did more than SO4 for first day sale [230k] and it was a new IP.

[Foxgod]

if 30 % is broken, like you state, then the attach rate is even higher.

Then 1 out of 4 360 owners bought SO4, as compared to 1 out of 14 ps3 owners that bought yakuza.

You shot yourself in the foot, and i kicked you in the arse after it.

[BLUR111]

Foxgod just owned your asses

truth hurts don't it?

[Pennywise]

First day compared to first week is pretty fair, right?

[vasilisk]

Foxgod really made me think...
Should I release a game that sells 132K in the first day and brag that 1:6 owners got it (see Square-Enix and foxgod) or
Should I release a game that sells 232K in the first day and NOT brag about the attach rate (see SEGA)
I still wonder which company made more money, and will make more money: SE on X360 or SEGA on PS3. Tough one, I guess Foxgod really owned us
/facepalm

[Foxgod]

It may say Yakuza first day sales, but its actually first week sales, because this week is practically over.

And vasiliks, thank you for pointing out i am right, you however, dont have to punch yourself in the face, thats a bit too much.

[vasilisk]

/facepalm AGAIN

Dude you're making it worse for yourself, whether you like or not you're comparing 1 day sales for Yakuza 3 to 7 day sales for Star Ocean....
However you spin it, SEGA will make a lot more money on the PS3 than SE will ever do on the X360.

[crinale]

The first week sales would come next Wed.

[Foxgod]

and MS makes more money then sony, globally, when adding up the numbers of the entire business.

And stop punching yourself, you could get brain herpes like that.

Edit:
@ below, thats still an 1 out of 6 attachment rate for Geow2 on the 360.
Resistance 2 sold 1 million so thats 1 ouf of 20, thats pretty bad.
And it doesnt matter that the ps3 does ok on the us market, cause the 360 is doing way better, and the japanese market add no weight to that, as its insignificat.

Doing great in USA > Doing great in Japan.

[OmarJA]

28 millions 360 owners & only 5 millions bought GeoW 2...

The funny thing is that the 360 is almost dead in Japan, While SONY's platforms are doing great in the USA.

[BLUR111]

and 4 million only bought MGS (4)
AFTER BEING OUT FOR A YEAR!

so um what's your point droid?

[vasilisk]

Foxgod once again shares with us his infinite wisdom and entertains us with such witty comments. If a man could get paid for stupidity he would be one of the richest men in the world right now...

[Pennywise]

vasilik, This guy has no idea what common sense is. I think he has turrets and just spits stuff out. Rarely if ever, does he ever have a ounce of reasoning in his posts. It amazes me how he doesnt join the one bubble crowd. Just goes to show you how die-hard hardcore the 360 guys are clinging to spokespersons like this lame-o.

[Chris399]

Retardation is a serious condition, I hope that you are getting proper care.

Regarding MGS4...

4 million units at an average price of $60 per unit = 240,000,000 dollars.

That figure is nothing to sneeze at and definitely covers development, production and marketing costs with truck-loads of money to spare.

And if you are a fan of the "attach rate" argument; MGS4 has sold to approximately 1 in 5 PS3 users.

Those figures are amazing by any measurement. I'm not sure if you can't afford a PS3, if one called you a dirty name, or if a PS3 stole your girlfriend (probably really, really reaching with that one, I doubt you've had much besides a pillow-kiss), but it's a really great system. All 3 systems, in fact, have their merits.

If you weren't such a blind fanboy you could see that.

P.S. Pennywise and Vasilisk, bubbles for your arguments and your courage in attempting to bring some reason to this discussion.

[Chris399]

Is there any particular reason why you suddenly copied my avatar? Trying to get people to trigger-finger disagree/ de-bubble me?

Creepy and strangely desperate.

Is it bannable behavior? Let's find out.

[UnwanteDreamz]

Leave Fox alone he thinks he works for MS and will get a bonus if they have good sales. Poor poor Foxy so preoccupied with sales like you can stick them in a console and play them. What a joke...

[Pennywise]

Unwanted, he probably does. Any free thinking human being cant believe a word he says. Only explanation is a paycheck!

[Darkiewonder]

Because Japan's Weekly Sales start Sunday/Monday LOL STFU Foxgod.

[jahcure]

Software companies made money on attach rates? To me 232k is more than 130k. If i made games and ps3 sold 5 billion consoles and i sold 500k copies of my game, while the 360 sold 100k consoles and i got 130k sold which is more copies than consoles...who made me more money?

Do i go on touting that hey my game sold more than consoles...

This is the point i think the other guys are making with SO4. Attach rate is great but SE is still in a hole. Attach rates won't provide profit for the company. Only gives us forum analyst with no idea of what's going on, something to talk about.

SE directors and investors can't be looking at SO4's numbers and be happy after they see Yakuza's numbers... furthermore last time i checked SO4 wasn't doing good in the US either...where it's the "bigger" gaming market

[Final_Rpg]

Will good sales heighten the chance of this game being brought abroad?

[UnwanteDreamz]

Of course......well at least in my opinion it will. I never played the first two games but I played the demo to this one. Reminds me of GTA in Japan with more focus on brawling/melee weapons then guns...... Demo was fun.

[mirroredderorrim]

I believe it could.

[Bengoshi-San]

232,000 DANG!

Sony needs to make more games like this. Wooo, damn that's selling well.

[Says you]

That game would've sold better on the PS3 Fact! you guys were celebrating for such insignificant little victory like 131k in the first day when White Knight chronicles sold more in its first week compared to Star Ocean IV [160k] vs [207k] and now Yakuza 3 man you XBox 360 fans are pathetic! and I wonder what it will be in the first week for Yakuza 3.

[dale1]

can,t take you serious,in the gta dlc post you said 22 exclusives for the 360 with 5 aaa titles please name them other wise i,m calling you a bull sh*tter of the highest cal,i await your list

[pwnsause]

Because you know every Bot is butt hurt after self-proclaimed victory.

Good Job SEGA. you just proved to SE themselves that they are retards.

[xbollox]

sega is on a roll, they make square look like a buncha old farts

[ShinGundam]

Who needs RPGs to sell in japan? XD

[mastiffchild]

Cool, they managed to up the number of first day sales over every previous iteration of the Yakuza series which I really doubted they would do.
As it's supposedly a much larger game and gameworld for them to translate/localise I would be worried over how long this latest Yakuza will take to arrive over here in the west.
But, whatever, the trailers look great with loads ofstuff to do beyond the last games efforts and I'mj so looking forward to the English version. Maybe they'll put an english audio option on one of the Asian releases like they did with WKC-you can only hope eh?
But it will arrive sooner or later and I'll be buying it as even Famitsu gave it huge scores IIRC(9, 10, 9, 10?)alongside the rest of the Japanese press. Shoulod be good and hopefully the numbers will remain high!

[Mad_Rhetoric]

or else I will be sads :(

[Gun_Senshi]

Yazuka > GTA

Bring it to Europe! I love the demo!!

[Mr_Luke]

Wow, good for Yakuza. I was expecting that tho, but it sold more than i thought. Let's see if it continues or it's only a first day number and then decrease (or disappear, like other titles).

[chidori666]

lol yakuza 3 pwnds the star ocean the last flop :P

[TheColbertinator]

Excellent work Sega.The lesson of the story is "If you create good games and market them well,they will succeed".

After playing the demo,I am hoping it comes out here in America.

[Da One]

is actually good and you tried taking a piece of the Monster Hunter audience like Sega(Phantasy Star Portable)

We'll see how Square Enix does with thier Attempt(FFAgito XIII)

[ps92117]

I think that is what I said, not sure though.

spoiler alert

............................. .360 is dead in japan.

[Shane Kim]

Man do I want this game or what. Too bad it's not coming to EU. (Or perhaps it will after a year or two).

[na2ru1]

The Yakuza PS3 is oh so lustful.

[Superduper09]

Wow that Yakuza PS3 looks awesome.

[SpoonyRedMage]

Wow good news for Sega I suppose and excellent sales. I didn't personally like the look of Yakuza 3(but I only saw one demo video thingy).

I hope it comes to America and Europe too because there's obviously a lot of people here who desperately want it.;)

[IzKyD1331]

Those are some monster numbers for Yakuza, expect the 360's SO4 momentum to end with this

[Andreas-Sword]

"Yakuza 3" and the new innovative KOEI game "Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce" are the best Action games in Japan.

"Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce" will hit retail stores in North America on March 24th and in Europe on April 3rd. I love this game :)

[PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid (Koei) - 152,000 (60%)

"Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid" is= "Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce"

;)

[jrsenkbe]

waiting for my copy of Kenzen, I ordered from PlayAsia.com for $30 USD, gonna need a great faq to understand the game. Playing Yakuza 2 and Killzone 2 now.

So much for Star Ocean, wait and see how many PS3's were sold with the limited edition PS3 bundles, they are awsome.

[bonesmccoy]

The Joystiq preview of Yakuza 3 isn't too positive. Apparently it suffers from the same problems that have afflicted Japanese games for the last few years: beautiful cut-scenes with boring, limited gameplay. I though the first Yakuza was one of the most mind-numbingly boring games for my PS2. Please, compare it to an also-ran sandbox like Godfather or Scarface, and you'll see what I mean.

[Argento-Nox]

Would that be the same mind-numbing boring gameplay I get from GTA4? You must find it more amusing that Yakuza undercut SO4's wind of influence on the 360 in one week. You might even like to see the Advent children blu-ray numbers on the PS3 later this quarter, and that's not even a game.

[Mc187]

HA

[Ldubbz]

They released Halo Wars early in Japan? And it did 11k in one day?! Wow. Not bad.

[VMAN_01]

Nice but people lets be honest lets just enjoy gaming and forget bout sales. If your a gamer you care about games not sales.

[Argento-Nox]

Not going to happen with fans on all sides throwing numbers left and right, it's a nice progressive thought though, kudos for your comment.

[TrueStoryGuy]

Just when you thought that SEGA was doomed from all the "Sonic" franchise rip-offs, they pull through with "Valkyria Chronicles" exclusive for the PS3. It sells moderately well but receives stellar reviews. Yakuza 3, another PS3 exclusive, not only sells well, but also has received positive reviews.

Sony should buy SEGA, it looks like. SEGA > Rare.

[jetlian]

this sells atleast a million!! then western world would be almost a sure thing. not a single yakuza game sold a million.

[SpoonyRedMage]

I like how a lot of people say Square Enix were payed off my MS but then say that they would have sold more on Playstation and that their profits are down. Does this not indicate that there's more than a financial motivation for this. I mean Sony never really seemed to appreciate them, may be it was a bad experience like what happened with Level 5 and Microsoft?

[JOEdANGEL]

If only it did those numbers over here. I guess most people in western countries aren't big fans of japanese culture.