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Observations on Media Create for the Week of April 28, 2014 – May 4, 2014

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Software Sales

  1. +2/ [3DS] Yo-kai Watch <RPG> (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 62.777 / 860.824
  2. NEW/ [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour <SPT> (Nintendo) {2014.05.01} (¥4.937) – 49.889 / NEW
  3. -2/ [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.24} (¥6.664) – 32.512 / 177.541
  4. -2/ [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call <ACT> (Square Enix) {2014.04.24} (¥6.264) – 24.908 / 105.431
  5. -1/ [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour <ETC> (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (¥4.800) – 22.581 / 343.071
  6. +5/ [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 10.046 / 569.949
  7. +5/ [3DS] Pokemon X / Y <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 8.512 / 4.049.142
  8. -2/ [WIU] Famicom Remix 1+2 <ETC> (Nintendo) {2014.04.24} (¥3.086) – 8.216 / 19.295
  9. NEW/ [3DS] Touch Detective: Ozawa Rina Rising 3 – Nameko wa Banana no Yume o Miru ka? <PZL> (Success) {2014.05.01} (¥5.184) – 8.190 / NEW
  10. NEW/ [PS4] Child of Light <RPG> (Ubisoft) {2014.05.01} (¥2.138) – 7.807 / NEW
  11. +2/ [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters – Tokimeki Up! <ETC> (Nintendo) {2014.04.17} (¥4.936) – 7.708 / 25.949
  12. -7/ [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.10} (¥8.715) – 7.000 / 193.396
  13. -3/ [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes <ADV> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥2.980) – 6.964 / 211.462
  14. -6/ [PSV] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.10} (¥7.689) – 6.173 / 160.842
  15. +12/ [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear <RPG> (Nintendo) {2014.02.27} (¥4.800) – 5.905 / 149.703
  16. +4/ [WIU] Just Dance Wii U <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.04.03} (¥6.156) – 5.246 / 39.180
  17. -3/ [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.20} (¥7.560) – 4.963 / 222.974
  18. +5/ [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 4.925 / 3.726.695
  19. +21/ [WIU] Super Mario 3D World <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) – 4.851 / 537.274
  20. +2/ [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 <ACT> (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 4.596 / 3.268.963
  21. +5/ [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400)
  22. -1/ [3DS] Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi o Yobu Kasukabe Eiga Stars! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.10} (¥5.119)
  23. -14/ [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 1-2-3 – Naruhodo Selection <ADV> (Capcom) {2014.04.17} (¥4.309)
  24. -17/ [PSV] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma <FTG> (Arc System Works) {2014.04.24} (¥6.264)
  25. +6/ [3DS] Harvest Moon: Linking the New World <SLG> (Marvelous AQL) {2014.02.27} (¥5.040)
  26. +12/ [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800)
  27. +12/ [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind <ACT> (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.12.05} (¥6.090)
  28. -13/ [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.04.14} (¥3.394)
  29. +4/ [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770)
  30. +7/ [3DS] Hero Bank <RPG> (Sega) {2014.03.20} (¥5.550)
  31. +5/ [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 <SPT> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥7.600)
  32. 0/ [PS3] J-Stars Victory Vs <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.03.19} (¥7.980)
  33. +15/ [WIU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze <ACT> (Nintendo) {2014.02.13} (¥5.985)
  34. -5/ [3DS] Detective Conan: Phantom Rapsody <ADV> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.04.17} (¥6.145)
  35. +11/ [PS4] Battlefield 4 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665)
  36. +7/ [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4 <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.20} (¥7.140)
  37. +5/ [PSV] J-Stars Victory Vs <FTG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.03.19} (¥6.980)
  38. -4/ [PSV] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd <ACT> (Sega) {2014.03.27} (¥7.350)
  39. BACK/ [3DS] Tomodachi Life <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800)
  40. +10/ [PSV] Soul Sacrifice Δ <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.03.06} (¥4.980)
  41. BACK/ [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980)
  42. BACK/ [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800)
  43. BACK/ [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 <SPT> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥3.980)
  44. +3/ [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi <RPG> (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (¥5.490)
  45. -1/ [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes <ADV> (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥2.980)
  46. -1/ [PS3] Dark Souls II <RPG> (From Software) {2014.03.13} (¥7.800)
  47. BACK/ [PS3] Winning Post 8 <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2014.03.27} (¥8.190)
  48. +1/ [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.30} (¥7.980)
  49. BACK/ [3DS] Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480)
  50. -34/ [PS3] Monster Hunter Frontier GG: Premium Package <ACT> (Capcom) {2014.04.23} (¥6.264)

 

Hardware Sales

  1. Nintendo 3DS — 39,623 (33,987) / 15,503,219 (+17%)
  2. PlayStation Vita — 24,717 (23,942) / 2,874,648 (+3%)
  3. PlayStation 4 — 11,486 (12,712) / 558,367 (-10%)
  4. PlayStation 3 — 9,252 (6,726) / 9,948,372 (+38%)
  5. Wii U — 8,079 (5,710) / 1,722,201 (+41%)
  6. PlayStation Portable — 2,321 (1,957) / 20,135,929 (+19%)

 

Color captions:

  • home Nintendo software and hardware (Wii U, Wii) are color-coded in red,
  • home Sony PlayStation software and hardware (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3) are in blue,
  • portable Nintendo software and hardware (Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS) are in gold,
  • portable Sony PlayStation software and hardware (PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable) are in turquoise.
  • Titles in gray are past-week titles.
  • Titles in silver are re-charted titles.

 

Software captions, in order of display:

  • +0-rank change/, or NEW/ or BACK/
  • [PLATFORM]
  • Title, Bold if New or Back
  • <GENRE>
  • (Publisher)
  • {title/release/date format yyyy/mm/dd}, {italics if past years}
  • (¥price)
  • – week sales #Top20Only
  • / lifetime sales #Top20Only, or / NEW

 

Hardware captions, in order of display:

  • System
  • — week sales
  • (past week sales)
  • / lifetime sales
  • (sales change)

 

Grand totals:

Total Nintendo titles: 28
Total Sony PlayStation titles: 22
Total home Nintendo titles: 4 / 28
Total portable Nintendo titles: 24 / 28
Total home Sony PlayStation titles: 14 / 22
Total portable Sony PlayStation titles: 8 / 22

1st, 3DS — 24
2nd, PS3 — 10
3rd, PSVita — 7
4th, Wii U — 4
4th, PS4 — 4
6th, PSP — 1

 

Brand-new titles (3):

NEW/ [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour
NEW/ [3DS] Touch Detective: Ozawa Rina Rising 3 – Nameko wa Banana no Yume o Miru ka?
NEW/ [PS4] Child of Light

1st, 3DS — 2
2nd, PS4 — 1

 

Out-charted titles (9):

NEW/ [360] Monster Hunter Frontier GG: Premium Package
NEW/ [PS3] 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
NEW/ [PSV] Imasugu Oniichan ni Imouto Datte Iitai!
NEW/ [PSP] Chronostacia
-17/ [PSP] Jyuzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden 2
NEW/ [PSP] Kuroyukihime: Snow Black
NEW/ [PS3] MuvLuv: Photon Flowers
NEW/ [PS3] Harem Tengoku da to Omottara Yandere Jigoku Datta
NEW/ [3DS] MapleStory 3DS

1st, PS3 — 3
1st, PSP — 3
3rd, PSVita — 1
3rd, 3DS — 1

 

Re-charted titles (6):

BACK/ [3DS] Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess
BACK/ [PS3] Winning Post 8
BACK/ [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2014
BACK/ [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2
BACK/ [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
BACK/ [3DS] Tomodachi Life

1st, 3DS — 4
2nd, PS3 — 1
2nd, PSP — 1

 

Previously released titles (47):

Wii U: 4 / 4
Nintendo 3DS: 22 / 24
PlayStation 4: 3 / 4
PlayStation 3: 10 / 10
PlayStation Vita: 7 / 7
PlayStation Portable: 1 / 1

1st, 3DS — 22
2nd, PS3 — 10
3rd, PSVita — 7
4th, Wii U — 4
5th, PS4 — 3
6th, PSP — 1

 

Staying Power Index:
[(previously released titles) / (total previously released titles)] * 100

Wii U: [4 / 47] * 100 = SPI 8.51 | last week: [3 / 37] * 100
Nintendo 3DS: [22 / 47] * 100 = SPI 46.81 | last week: [17 / 37] * 100
PlayStation 4: [3 / 47] * 100 = SPI 6.38 | last week: [3 / 37] * 100
PlayStation 3: [10 / 47] * 100 = SPI 21.28 | last week: [8 / 37] * 100
PlayStation Vita: [7 / 47] * 100 = SPI 14.89 | last week: [5 / 37] * 100
PlayStation Portable: [1 / 47] * 100 = SPI 2.13 | last week: [1 / 37] * 100

1st, 3DS — SPI 46.81 | last week: SPI 45.95
2nd, PS3 — SPI 21.28 | last week: SPI 21.62
3rd, PSVita — SPI 14.89 | last week: SPI 13.51
4th, Wii U — SPI 8.51 | last week: SPI 8.11
5th, PS4 — SPI 6.38 | last week: SPI 8.11
6th, PSP — SPI 2.13 | last week: SPI 2.70

 

Past-years released titles (13):

Wii U: 1 (1 2013)
Nintendo 3DS: 11 (8 2013, 2 2012, 1 2011)
PlayStation 4: N/A
PlayStation 3: 1 (1 2013)
PlayStation Vita: 0
PlayStation Portable: 0

1st, 3DS — 11
2nd, Wii U — 1
2nd, PS3 — 1
4th, PSVita — 0
4th, PSP — 0
N/A, PS4 — N/A

 

Super Staying Power Index:
[(past-years released titles) / (total ranking titles)] * 100

Wii U: [1 / 50] * 100 = SSPI 2 | last week: [1 / 50] * 100
Nintendo 3DS: [11 / 50] * 100 = SSPI 22 | last week: [7 / 50] * 100
PlayStation 4: N/A | last week: N/A
PlayStation 3: [1 / 50] * 100 = SSPI 2 | last week: [1 / 50] * 100
PlayStation Vita: [0 / 50] * 100 = SSPI 0 | last week: [0 / 50] * 100
PlayStation Portable: [0 / 50] * 100 = SSPI 0 | last week: [0 / 50] * 100

1st, 3DS — SSPI 22 | last week: SSPI 14
2nd, Wii U — SSPI 2 | last week: SSPI 2
2nd, PS3 — SSPI 2 | last week: SSPI 2
4th, PSVita — SSPI 0 | last week: SSPI 0
4th, PSP — SSPI 0 | last week: SSPI 0
N/A, PS4 — N/A | last week: N/A

 

Momentum:

Wii U: (highest) +21/ [WIU] Super Mario 3D World > (lowest) -2/ [WIU] Famicom Remix 1+2
Nintendo 3DS: (highest) +12/ [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear > (lowest) -14/ [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 1-2-3 – Naruhodo Selection
PlayStation 4: (highest) +11/ [PS4] Battlefield 4 > (lowest) -13/ [PS4] Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Real Reborn
PlayStation 3: (highest) +5/ [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 > (lowest) -34/ [PS3] Monster Hunter Frontier GG: Premium Package
PlayStation Vita: (highest) +10/ [PSV] Soul Sacrifice Δ > (lowest) -17/ [PSV] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
PlayStation Portable: (highest) N/A = (lowest) N/A

Highest: +21/ [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
Lowest: -34/ [PS3] Monster Hunter Frontier GG: Premium Package

 

Momentum Index:
[(mean rank change) + (total brand-new titles) – (out-charted titles) + (re-charted titles)]

Wii U: [+9.50 + 3 – 0 + 0] = MI +12.50 | last week: [-5.00 + 13 – 0 + 0]
Nintendo 3DS: [+3.06 + 3 – 1 + 4] = MI +9.06 | last week: [-5.71 + 13 – 5 + 0]
PlayStation 4: [-1.00 + 3 – 0 + 0] = MI +2.00 | last week: [-14.00 + 13 – 0 + 0]
PlayStation 3: [-4.22 + 3 – 3 + 1] = MI -3.22 | last week: [-8.50 + 13 – 3 + 0]
PlayStation Vita: [-1.00 + 3 – 1 + 0] = MI +1.00 | last week: [-14.00 + 13 – 3 + 0]
PlayStation Portable: [0.00 + 3 – 3 + 1] = MI +1.00 | last week: [-17.00 + 13 – 2 + 0]

1st, Wii U — MI +12.50 | last week: MI +8.00
2nd, 3DS — MI +9.06 | last week: MI +2.29
3rd, PS4 — MI +2.00 | last week: MI -1.00
4th, PSVita — MI +1.00 | last week: MI -4.00
4th, PSP — MI +1.00 | last week: MI -6.00
6th, PS3 — MI -3.22 | last week: MI +1.50

 

Super Momentum Index:
[(Momentum Index) * (Staying Power Index)]

Wii U: [+12.50 * 8.51] = SMI +106.375 | last week: [+8.00 * 8.11]
Nintendo 3DS: [+9.06 * 46.81] = SMI +424.099 | last week: [+2.29 * 45.15]
PlayStation 4: [+2.00 * 6.38] = SMI +12.760 | last week: [-1.00 * 8.11]
PlayStation 3: [-3.22 * 21.28] = SMI -68.522 | last week: [+1.50 * 21.62]
PlayStation Vita: [+1.00 * 14.89] = SMI +14.890 | last week: [-4.00 * 13.51]
PlayStation Portable: [+1.00 * 2.13] = SMI +2.130 | last week: [-6.00 * 2.70]

1st, 3DS — SMI +424.099 | last week: SMI +105.226
2nd, Wii U — SMI +106.375 | last week: SMI +64.880
3rd, PSVita — SMI +14.890 | last week: SMI -54.040
4th, PS4 — SMI +12.760 | last week: SMI -8.110
5th, PSP — SMI +2.130 | last week: SMI -16.200
6th, PS3 — SMI -68.522 | last week: SMI +32.430

 

Staying Power Index:
[(previously released titles) / (total previously released titles)] * 100

The Staying Power Index defines platform software “Staying Power” as the ratio of a platform’s previously released ranking titles to all the platforms’ previously released ranking titles combined.

Simply put, it’s the power of the titles that stayed in the charts: hence Staying Power.

 

Super Staying Power Index:
[(past-years released titles) / (total ranking titles)] * 100

The Super Staying Power Index defines platform software “Super Staying Power” as the ratio of a platform’s past-years released ranking titles to all of the 50 charting titles combined.

Simply put, it’s the power of the titles that came out last year and even the years before for a platform. I think it’s safe to say that a title would need some super appeal to staying in the charts for so long in such a windy industry as videogames: hence Super Staying Power.

 

Momentum Index:
[(mean rank change) + (total brand-new titles) – (out-charted titles) + (re-charted titles)]

The Momentum Index defines platform software “Momentum” as the average momentum of a platform’s ranking software opposed to the number of brand-new releases with a malus for each of the platform’s out-charted titles and a bonus for each of its re-charted titles.

Simply put, it’s the momentum of all of a platform’s titles, all things considered: Momentum, plain and simple.

 

Super Momentum Index:
[(Momentum Index) * (Staying Power Index)]

The Super Momentum Index defines platform software “Super Momentum” as the Momentum of a platform when adjusted to its Staying Power.

Simply put, it’s how good or how bad a platform’s momentum truly is: Super Momentum, just like Super Mario.

 

Source materials:
Weekly Top 50 Media Create Charts (April 28, 2014 – May 4, 2014).
Weekly Top 20 Media Create Charts (April 28, 2014 – May 4, 2014).
NintendObservations, Media Create #8 (April 21, 2014 – April 27, 2014).

 

 

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