I think almost all if not all console Dragon Ball z games got televisions ads. I even remember Ultimate Battle 22 got a television ad.B wrote:Tenkaichi 3 was the only game I remember having a commercial, sans Legacy of Goku.
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When they make games they will need to break even or profit for sequels.
Investing in advertising is a great idea.
As for them advertising games in the UK it would most likely have been done by previews, reviews and advertise on gaming mags.
I've not seen any tv advertise for Dragonball games, but then again I don't watch advertisements.
During the month after release these games are really difficult to find in gaming retail stores. Low stock, so that demand is always more than supply.
Even UK based online is difficult to buy. So people will have to go to EU based online to buy games that will work on UK game systems. (Perhaps they should have region free gaming)
Investing in advertising is a great idea.
As for them advertising games in the UK it would most likely have been done by previews, reviews and advertise on gaming mags.
I've not seen any tv advertise for Dragonball games, but then again I don't watch advertisements.
During the month after release these games are really difficult to find in gaming retail stores. Low stock, so that demand is always more than supply.
Even UK based online is difficult to buy. So people will have to go to EU based online to buy games that will work on UK game systems. (Perhaps they should have region free gaming)
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I remember back in the day when we didn't have any DBZ games and I was like, "Wow, I sure wish they would make a DBZ game." Oh how the times have changed lol.
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After Kai hits DVD, BD, and TV maybe sales will pick up.
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Only if it becomes a big hit, which I think it will.Kendamu wrote:After Kai hits DVD, BD, and TV maybe sales will pick up.
I mean, look at the success of Dragon Ball Z.
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I don't know if it will be such a big hit like Z was. Reason being because Kai will be on extended cable and not basic cable. Less people will have access to the show. I guess the best way to judge this is to look at the views of Shippuden on DisneyXD vs Naruto on CN.Piccolo Daimaoh wrote:Only if it becomes a big hit, which I think it will.Kendamu wrote:After Kai hits DVD, BD, and TV maybe sales will pick up.
I mean, look at the success of Dragon Ball Z.
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You have a point there. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.SparkyPantsMcGee wrote:
I don't know if it will be such a big hit like Z was. Reason being because Kai will be on extended cable and not basic cable. Less people will have access to the show. I guess the best way to judge this is to look at the views of Shippuden on DisneyXD vs Naruto on CN.
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Fun thing here, the only upcomming release is the domestic release of Origins 2, and that's a DragonBall game. Which have historically always done bad, even when the series was airing on TV here.
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Yeah, Origins 2 is definately going to bomb. I guess more people are in to the fighting of Z than the adventure of Dragon Ball.Super Saiyan Prime wrote:Fun thing here, the only upcomming release is the domestic release of Origins 2, and that's a DragonBall game. Which have historically always done bad, even when the series was airing on TV here.
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Mediacreate released their Top 500 selling video game titles of 2009:
62 [NDS] Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (Bandai Namco Games) 196,858
116 [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Bandai Namco Games) 103,093
296 [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World (Bandai Namco Games) 35,874 / 172,315
309 [WII] Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (Bandai Namco Games) 33,869
344 [NDS] Dragon Ball: Origins (Bandai Namco Games) 29,967 / 213,493
The cutoff for the Top 500 was 16,000 odd units. This means [PSP]DragonBall Evolution and [360] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast sold less than that (unless my searching skills failed me, and they did chart). They should appear on the Top 1000 chart that will be released soon.
Edit- Should mention, these are sales numbers for Japan.
62 [NDS] Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (Bandai Namco Games) 196,858
116 [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Bandai Namco Games) 103,093
296 [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World (Bandai Namco Games) 35,874 / 172,315
309 [WII] Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (Bandai Namco Games) 33,869
344 [NDS] Dragon Ball: Origins (Bandai Namco Games) 29,967 / 213,493
The cutoff for the Top 500 was 16,000 odd units. This means [PSP]DragonBall Evolution and [360] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast sold less than that (unless my searching skills failed me, and they did chart). They should appear on the Top 1000 chart that will be released soon.
Edit- Should mention, these are sales numbers for Japan.
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Frankly I can see why they bombed. DBZ games have been the same thing over and over and I think people's interest have just died because of that. And yes I'm aware Dragonball Origins 2 and Attack of the Saiyans aren't the same old shit, but who really cares enough to research that is the question.
I'm personally tired of DBZ games and from now on I'll only be spending my money on really stellar games like Monster Hunter 3 and Galaxy 2. DBZ games just have too much of a "been there, done that" feeling. Oh and I've never seen an advertisement for any DBZ game for the record since Legacy of Goku 2.
I'm personally tired of DBZ games and from now on I'll only be spending my money on really stellar games like Monster Hunter 3 and Galaxy 2. DBZ games just have too much of a "been there, done that" feeling. Oh and I've never seen an advertisement for any DBZ game for the record since Legacy of Goku 2.
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I haven't seen any DBZ adverts since Evolution, and nothing before that since Tenkaichi
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I think that's because DB games have been advertised way less since Atari stopped lincensing them. Which may explain the poor sales for recent DB games.Silver Sinspawn wrote:I haven't seen any DBZ adverts since Evolution, and nothing before that since Tenkaichi
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I have never seen a Dragon Ball Z game commercial on TV in the UK ever. The only Dragonball related advertisment on TV I have seen here is Evolution and back when Toonami was still running.
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I saw a Dragonball Raging Blast advert on Channel 4, I was so suprised. I was eating my food and then I heard Goku's voice, I looked up and got excited but it was only for Raging Blast.
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Top 1000 was released:
728 [360] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Bandai Namco Games) 9,745
893 [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Bandai Namco Games) 6,942 / 152,582
[PSP] DragonBall: Evolution did not chart in Mediacreate's Top 1000, meaning it sold less than the 1000th game, which sold 5,508 units.
728 [360] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (Bandai Namco Games) 9,745
893 [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Bandai Namco Games) 6,942 / 152,582
[PSP] DragonBall: Evolution did not chart in Mediacreate's Top 1000, meaning it sold less than the 1000th game, which sold 5,508 units.
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wait, Bust Limit(PS3) only pushed roughly 7,000 units in Japan? I thought it did way better than that. Wow, that is truly depressing.
Also what is the "152,582" is that worldwide sales for the PS3 or total Japanese sales between the 360 and PS3?
Also what is the "152,582" is that worldwide sales for the PS3 or total Japanese sales between the 360 and PS3?
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Re: Boy did the recent games bomb (Sales Thread)
Namco Bandai released their fiscal year report:
Bandai Namco Top 10 FY2010
Title Name - Platform - Region - Unit Sales
Tekken 6 PS3,360 E,J,A 1,840,000
Ben 10 Alien Force Multi US,E 1,080,000
Ben 10 Alien Force 2 Multi US,E 810,000
Dragon Ball Raging Blast PS3,360 WW 700,000
God Eater PSP J 610,000
Ben 10 Protector of the Earth Multi US,E 610,000
Active Life Extreme Challenge Wii WW 600,000
Tales of Vesperia PS3,360 WW 500,000
Tekken 6 PSP WW 470,000
Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus PSP J,A 430,000
Note: These are shipment numbers.
J - Japan
US - North America
A - Asia
E - Europe
WW - Worldwide
I'm surprised they got retailers to buy 700,000 copies of Raging Blast worldwide.
Overall unit sales split by platform:
Platform - New Titles - Unit Sales
PSP 22 5,483,000
Wii 12 5,211,000
NDS 35 4,218,000
PS3 7 3,230,000
PS2 5 2,363,000
360 4 2,182,000
Others 1 50,000
Total 86 22,737,000
Toy Sales:
Bandai Namco Top 10 FY2010
Title Name - Platform - Region - Unit Sales
Tekken 6 PS3,360 E,J,A 1,840,000
Ben 10 Alien Force Multi US,E 1,080,000
Ben 10 Alien Force 2 Multi US,E 810,000
Dragon Ball Raging Blast PS3,360 WW 700,000
God Eater PSP J 610,000
Ben 10 Protector of the Earth Multi US,E 610,000
Active Life Extreme Challenge Wii WW 600,000
Tales of Vesperia PS3,360 WW 500,000
Tekken 6 PSP WW 470,000
Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus PSP J,A 430,000
Note: These are shipment numbers.
J - Japan
US - North America
A - Asia
E - Europe
WW - Worldwide
I'm surprised they got retailers to buy 700,000 copies of Raging Blast worldwide.
Overall unit sales split by platform:
Platform - New Titles - Unit Sales
PSP 22 5,483,000
Wii 12 5,211,000
NDS 35 4,218,000
PS3 7 3,230,000
PS2 5 2,363,000
360 4 2,182,000
Others 1 50,000
Total 86 22,737,000
Toy Sales:
Those 7000 sales are what it did in 2009. Burst Limit was released in 2008. The second number on all the games I posted are the life-time-to-date sales in Japan. The first is unit sales in 2009 in Japan.SparkyPantsMcGee wrote:wait, Bust Limit(PS3) only pushed roughly 7,000 units in Japan? I thought it did way better than that. Wow, that is truly depressing.
Also what is the "152,582" is that worldwide sales for the PS3 or total Japanese sales between the 360 and PS3?
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Where are you seeing this year's report? I'm not seeing it on their website, and I'm not pulling up the PDF by replacing last year's version/URL with any date range around right now...
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It's right here: http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/E8A3 ... GLISH).pdfVegettoEX wrote:Where are you seeing this year's report? I'm not seeing it on their website, and I'm not pulling up the PDF by replacing last year's version/URL with any date range around right now...