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Dragon Ball Game Sales [Those phone games ... yikes]

Post by Super Sayian Prime » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:04 am

Note: Game names will be of the English titles simply for ease.

So Namco Bandai released their quarterly report (third quarter), and here's there wasn't a single DragonBall game to be found, despite Namco Bandai now controlling the property worldwide, and the release of three new games. What topped the chart:

Ben 10: Alien Force (NA+EU) Multi - 870,000
Ben 10: Protector Of Earth (NA+EU) Multi - 540,000
Tales Of Vesperia (WW) PS3/360 - 490,000
Active Life: Extreme Challenge (WW) Wii - 460,000
Ben 10: Alien Force 2 (NA+EU) Multi - 430,000
Afro Samurai (NA+EU) PS3/360 - 420,000
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next (JP) PSP - 410,000
Tekken 6 (JP) PS3/360 - 400,000
Taiko Drum Master 2 (JP) Wii - 380,000
SD Gundam G Generation Wars (JP) PS2/Wii - 370,00

Notice how DragonBall Raging Blast (WW) PS3/360, DragonBall: Revenge Of King Piccolo (NA+EU) Wii, and DragonBall Z: Attack Of The Sayians (NA+EU) DS failed to crack these sales numbers.

Europe never releases concrete numbers, so meh. I have a bit of information regarding the three title's first month performance in the US, but aren't that concrete either:
Sales Sub 20k
Raging Blast 360> Raging Blast PS3> Attack Of The Sayians> Revenge Of King Piccolo

I'd say 100k combined might be pushing it, although that's probably close to their current life time to date in the US. I'd rather not use VGChartz (because they're often times random guesses based on past performance), so I won't.

Japan on the otherhand, we [will soon] have numbers for the games via Famitsu's Top 100, and Top 500 selling titles of 2009. DragonBall: Raging Blast, Revenge Of King Piccolo, and Evolution (missing from the US part because I have no clue about what it did, and not included in the release frame for the quarterly report) failed to crack the Top 100. I will update this thread when the Top 500 appears, these titles should appear on that. Unless Revenge Of King Piccolo, and Evolution bombed spectacularily. Which, seeing the initial MediaCreate numbers, could happen. That said, DragonBall Z: Saiyan Invasion cracked the Top 100:

DragonBall Z: Saiyan Invasion (DS) - #62 - 192,200

The Japanese numbers for Saiyan Invasion, and Revenge Of King Piccolo are not included in the worldwide third quarter report as their release was before that period.
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Re: Boy did the recent games bomb (Sales Thread)

Post by SSJmole » Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:31 am

In Europe (or at least uk) The games were not advertised, Some shops didn't even carry them. That might explain low numbers.

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Post by Sshadow5001 » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:39 am

Yeah, we get zero DBZ advertisements here in the UK.
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Post by Big Momma » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:11 pm

I really dislike Ben 10. Ever since it first started, that series has just rubbed me the wrong way.
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Post by Kendamu » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:18 pm

Question is, what are the numbers compared to when Atari had Dragonball?
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Post by SSJSteve » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:59 pm

Sshadow5001 wrote:yeah we get zero DBZ advetisement here in the UK.
I was watching TV and I did see a Raging Blast advert with Goku speaking. That and Dragonball Evolution are the only things I've seen advertised in the UK for a while.

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Post by SparkyPantsMcGee » Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:22 pm

Kendamu wrote:Question is, what are the numbers compared to when Atari had Dragonball?
That's a good question. I think the only game that did notably well(as far as I know of) was Budokai 3. I think low sales have to do with the fact that many casual fans are sick of a new game year after year. Every time I went to check out news for Raging Blast(or hell if any gaming site did any stories for them) all the comments were "not another DBZ game, I'm so sick of them."
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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:41 pm

I think they bombed because video games based on animes don't tend to sell that well, due to low popularity. Or something like that, anyway.

Oh, and the fact that everyone knew that Raging Blast was gonna be shit from the start and typical DBZ fans don't give two shits about pre-Z Dragon Ball.
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Post by SparkyPantsMcGee » Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:44 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:I think they bombed because video games based on animes don't tend to sell that well, due to low popularity. Or something like that, anyway.

Oh, and the fact that everyone knew that Raging Blast was gonna be shit from the start and typical DBZ fans don't give two shits about pre-Z Dragon Ball.

There are three anime based games on there and three games based on Ben 10, I don't think anime games not being popular had anything to do with it. The second two might be better theories but what about Attack of the Sayians? Game wasn't bad, it didn't have a bad reputation and it took place during the Z time line.
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Re: Boy did the recent games bomb (Sales Thread)

Post by Super Sayian Prime » Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:52 pm

These numbers are way down from when Atari had the license. The DS game probably performed the same in the West as previous entries. But Burst Limit performed much better then what Raging Blast is doing. Raging Blast is actually on a slower pace then Infinite World was.
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Post by SparkyPantsMcGee » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:12 pm

Looks like we're getting a Burst Limit 2 before we ever see a Raging Blast 2. Really, I'd like to see one last "redemption" game from Namco Bandi and then a small DBZ video game break.
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Post by Big Momma » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:06 am

I'd like for them to actually just wait 2/3 years before they release another game. That way they can build up interest and take more time to work on it.
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Post by Chuquita » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:31 am

Big Momma wrote:I'd like for them to actually just wait 2/3 years before they release another game. That way they can build up interest and take more time to work on it.
I wouldn't mind this at all. I'd like them to take a time out and put more work into a product so it comes out higher quality. They don't need to rush out a new console game every year in time for the holiday season.
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:52 pm

I think the games bombed since no one cares for DBZ games now since I think people are just sick of them now.
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Post by Kendamu » Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:57 pm

Super Saiyan Prime wrote:These numbers are way down from when Atari had the license. The DS game probably performed the same in the West as previous entries. But Burst Limit performed much better then what Raging Blast is doing. Raging Blast is actually on a slower pace then Infinite World was.
Hopefully this means more Budoukai style games and less Sparking style games.
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Post by Innagadadavida » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:34 pm

Unfortunately if they did take the time to release a really polished product, I have a feeling it wouldn't sell much better. DBZ games have already suffered from overkill as it is and it's too little too late to be using "actually good" as a selling point.

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Post by Kendamu » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:46 pm

Seems they were selling well when they first came out because it was a new thing. Then, they were still selling well when the Orange Bricks were coming out. I'm guessing that not too many people are collecting the Dragonbox because they already have the Orange Bricks. Maybe DBZ excitement is dying down due to there no big exciting releases amongst the majority of fans.

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Post by sangofe » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:30 am

Kendamu wrote:
Super Saiyan Prime wrote:These numbers are way down from when Atari had the license. The DS game probably performed the same in the West as previous entries. But Burst Limit performed much better then what Raging Blast is doing. Raging Blast is actually on a slower pace then Infinite World was.
Hopefully this means more Budoukai style games and less Sparking style games.
I might be to hopeful, but I'm hoping for an interly new game style...

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Post by Super Sayian Prime » Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:27 pm

Kendamu wrote:Seems they were selling well when they first came out because it was a new thing. Then, they were still selling well when the Orange Bricks were coming out. I'm guessing that not too many people are collecting the Dragonbox because they already have the Orange Bricks. Maybe DBZ excitement is dying down due to there no big exciting releases amongst the majority of fans.

If I'm right, maybe Kai will change that!
Kai didn't save the games in Japan.

Although the only Kai branded game did the best of all of them.
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