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Dragon Quest VI, which hadnever been re-made or re-released, debuted to sales of 900,000+ inJapan this week. It was not the only big game though: Ar Tonelico 3& End of Eternity opened well on PS3.                     Summary & A Look Ahead
It was RPG week in Japan. Square-Enix opened its vault once againfor the DS, choosing to release an updated version of SNES hit DragonQuest VI on Nintendo’s portable. The results were excellent – DragonQuest VI had an opening of over 900,000 on the DS. In distant secondplace, Sega’s End of Eternity debuted to almost 200,000 units acrossPS3 and X360. New Super Mario Bros. Wii fell slightly again for theweek, but the game sold nearly 100,000 units once again which is ofcourse pretty strong for a ‘week-nine’ figure.
With increases in DS and PS3 software, and the return of PS2 andX360 software to the preliminary data for the first time in weeks, PSPand Wii software dropped substantially. By mid-February we should havea good idea of how the platforms are going to perform in Japan, as thisis the last major push for software for many weeks in Japan with theexception of God Eater on PSP which may be capable of a 400,000 debutnext week. Its preorders stand at 225,000, way up from last week.
As I mentioned last week, with Nintendo’s investor relationsbriefing in, we did get some new release dates for key Nintendoproducts. GameFaqs has the long in-limbo Kirby Wii game releasing inJapan on March 20, 2010 though that is not confirmed, and Xenoblade(formerly Monando from Monolith) is supposedly releasing in “Spring2010” whenever that is. When other Japanese companies like Sony beginreporting their quarterly data for Oct-Dec 2009 later this week, weshould get some more release dates for big titles like Gran Turismo 5.
Understanding the Japanese Preview:
Rather than saying x game for y platform sold between 20,000 and28,000 units as in the past, the preliminary data will be broken downinto charts by platform. Within these charts, there will two additionalcategories besides the rounded sales figure under ‘sales’. On the leftwill be ‘low end’ depicting the lowest amount the title likely sold forthe week, while to the right will be ‘high end’ depicting the highestamount the title likely sold for the week. As always, this data ispreliminary, and therefore, not final, but it is based on a sample. Thevarying platform market share the sample represents is why consistentsellers like Wii Fit do not always appear in the preliminary data. Sales for this report are for the week ending January 31, 2010.
Software by Platform:
Wii Software – Four Wii games charted in the preliminary data. NewSuper Mario Bros. Wii sold another 98,000 units in Japan as itcontinues its sprint towards at least 4m units in Japan. The game-onlysku of Wii Fit Plus came in at 24,000 units for the week, meaning botheditions should be at 30,000 units or so. Wii Sports Resort came in at14,000 units, and Kamen Riders Wii rose to 4,000 units. Resident Evil:The Darkside Chronicles, Mario Kart Wii, Momotarou Dentetsu 2010, Taiko2, and Pokepark should also be above 5,000 units in the final data.Expect Wii hardware sales to fall into the 35,000 to 45,000 unit rangefor the week.

Preliminary Top Twenty Wii Software	Sales	Low End	High End
New Super Mario Bros. Wii	98,000	89,000	107,000
Wii Fit Plus (game only)	24,000	22,000	26,000
Wii Sports Resort	14,000	12,000	16,000
Kamen Riders Wii	4,000	2,000	6,000

PS3 Software – The PS3 had its first significant shot of softwarefor 2010. Sega’s End of Eternity came in at 166,000 for the PS3, one ofthe strongest debuts for a PS3 game in Japan. Ar Tonelico III came insecond at 74,000 units, a similar debut to the last iteration of theseries on PS2 a few years ago. MAG debuted to 12,000 units. Lastly,Final Fantasy XIII dropped to 6,000 units. Expect PS3 hardware sales torise into the 30,000 to 40,000 unit range for the week.

Preliminary Top Twenty PS3 Software	Sales	Low End	High End
End of Eternity	166,000	149,000	183,000
Ar Tonelico III	74,000	67,000	81,000
MAG (Massive Action game)	12,000	10,000	14,000
Final Fantasy XIII	6,000	4,000	8,000

X360 Software – End of Eternity was the only X360 game to chart thisweek. The game sold 28,000 units, meaning the PS3 version topped it byabout 6:1 even though the hardware base advantage is only 4:1. ExpectX360 hardware sales to rise into the 3,500 to 5,500 unit range for theweek.

Preliminary Top Twenty Xbox 360 Software	Sales	Low End	High End
End of Eternity	28,000	25,000	31,000

PS2 Software – Princess Saver: Eternal Love was the only game tochart for the PS2 this week. The game had two skus, but only thespecial edition appeared, and it sold 6,000. Overall, the game shouldbe a bit north of 10,000 units for the week. Expect PS2 hardware salesto remain in the 1,800 to 3,200 unit range for the week.

Preliminary Top Twenty PS2 Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Princess Saver! Eternal Love for My Lady (Special Limited   Edition)	6,000	4,000	8,000

PSP Software – Seven PSP games charted in the preliminary data, butnone of them topped 25,000 units for the week. Kingdom Hearts: Birth bySleep fell to 24,000 units, while Valkyria Chronicles 2 came in secondat 20,000 units. Monster Hunter Portable 2G and Shiren 3 came in at10,000 units. The Battle of Aces sku which sold less last week, came inat 8,000 units this week – meaning both editions of the game should beat 20,000 or so. Phantasy Star Portable 2, and Shin Sangoku MusouEmpires 5 fell to the four digit range for the week. Tekken 6 andWinning Eleven should also be above 5,000 units for the week. ExpectPSP hardware sales to fall into the 30,000 to 45,000 unit range for theweek.

Preliminary Top Twenty PSP Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep	24,000	22,000	26,000
Valkyria Chronicles 2	20,000	18,000	22,000
Monster Hunter Portable 2G (New Best Edition)	10,000	8,000	12,000
Fushigi no Dungeon Fuurai no Shiren 3 Portable	10,000	8,000	12,000
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces	8,000	6,000	10,000
Phantasy Star Portable 2	8,000	6,000	10,000
Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires	4,000	2,000	6,000

DS Software – Only three games charted for the DS this week. DragonQuest VI came in at 912,000 units, beating the opening of every DragonQuest game released on DS save for Dragon Quest IX which was a new,main-line game by several hundred thousand units. Tamodatchi Collectionwas in second place on DS, almost 900,000 units lower with sales of43,000 units. Kaiju Busters came in third at 5,000 units. The LastWindow, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Inazuma Eleven 2, New SuperMario Bros. DS, and Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver should also be over5,000 units in the final data. Expect DS hardware sales to rise intothe 60,000 to 80,000 unit range for the week.

Preliminary Top Twenty DS Software	Sales	Low End	High End
Dragon Quest VI	912,000	821,000	1,003,000
Tamodachi Collection	43,000	39,000	47,000
Kaiju Busters	5,000	3,000	7,000

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