How to Understand the Charts:
Japan: COMG! is a chain of ~16 video game stores in Japan and unlike most stores they publish daily pre-order numbers for games. As a general rule 1 point = 1 pre-order in a COMG! store, what these numbers translate into for launch day sales is really depends on the game, but 1 pre-order at a COMG! usually translates into 1k sales in all of Japan at launch. Though Nintendo games don't always follow this formula and are often <1 point = 1k pre-orders.
As for reading the chart, the top across row tells the game the data under it is for while the first down row tells the number of days before launch that data is for.
US: VGChartz is a website that estimates and tracks video game sales data. The numbers are the amount of pre-orders the game has, what these numbers translate into for launch day sales is really depends on the game and time of year.
As for reading the chart, the top across row tells the game the data under it is for while the first down row tells the number of days before launch that data is for.
Japan (source: COMG via tbone51 on VGC)
DAYS MK7 NSMBU DQX SM3DW Pikmin 3 Mario Kart 8
45 days ~ 33 points 47 points
44 days ~ 34 points 47 points
43 days ~ 34 points 48 points
42 days ~ 34 points 49 points
41 days ~ 35 points 49 points
40 days ~ 37 points 50 points
39 days ~ 38 points 52 points
38 days ~ 40 points 53 points
37 days ~ 40 points 55 points
36 days ~ 42 points 55 points
35 days ~ 43 points 57 points
34 days ~ 44 points 62 points
33 days ~ 45 points 65 points
32 days ~ 45 points 68 points
31 days ~ 49 points 47 points 69 points
30 days ~ 52 points 48 points 70 points
29 days ~ 58 points 48 points 74 points
28 days ~ 74 points 48 points 75 points
27 days ~ 79 points 48 points 78 points
26 days ~ 86 points 51 points 84 points
25 days ~ 92 points 59 points 90 points
24 days ~ 95 points 64 points 17 points 94 points
23 days ~ 97 points 70 points 19 points 103 points
22 days ~ 100 points 74 points 21 points 105 points
21 days ~ 104 points 80 points 23 points 108 points
20 days ~ 107 points 85 points 24 points 109 points
19 days ~ 118 points 91 points 24 points 112 points
18 days ~ 126 points 95 points 30 points 24 points 124 points
17 days ~ 128 points 100 points 30 points 27 points 131 points
16 days ~ 129 points 107 points 34 points 31 points 136 points
15 days ~ 131 points 115 points 37 points 33 points 137 points
14 days ~ 135 points 120 points 39 points 38 points 143 points
13 days ~ 140 points 125 points 41 points 44 points 146 points
12 days ~ 145 points 134 points 42 points 48 points 162 points
11 days ~ 157 points 141 points 45 points 49 points 182 points
10 days ~ 162 points 143 points 45 points 50 points 189 points
9 days ~ 170 points 149 points 46 points 24 points 54 points 192 points
8 days ~ 185 points 156 points 47 points 26 points 57 points 195 points
7 days ~ 193 points 160 points 50 points 29 points 59 points 204 points
6 days ~ 206 points 167 points 54 points 35 points 64 points 208 points
5 days ~ 219 points 175 points 55 points 43 points 65 points 221 points
4 days ~ 241 points 185 points 59 points 51 points 67 points 238 points
3 days ~ 253 points 187 points 58 points 55 points 70 points 244 points
2 days ~ 274 points 193 points 59 points 59 points 73 points 251 points
FINAL ~ 297 points 200 points 59 points 66 points 74 points 259 points
First Week Sales SM3DW= 99,588 NSMBU= 163,528 MK7= 423.619
Pikmin 3= 92,720 MH3= 106,388 Nintendo Land= 72.121
US (source: VGChartz via me):
NSMBU LegoCity Pikmin 3 WWHD SM3DW DKC:TF MK7 MK8
27 weeks ~ 38,943
26 weeks ~ 39,820
24 weeks ~ 40,679
23 weeks ~ 41,577
22 weeks ~ 42,258
21 weeks ~ 43,127
20 weeks ~ 43,901
19 weeks ~ 44,626
18 weeks ~ 45,420
17 weeks ~ 46,227
16 weeks ~ 47,048 49,787
15 weeks ~ 48,217 52,414
14 weeks ~ 35,296 48,953 54,922
13 weeks ~ 40,739 49,929 56,909
12 weeks ~ 42,595 50,909 32,129 59,404
11 weeks ~ 43,628 51,698 35,570 63,176
10 weeks ~ 44,813 52,193 40,931 66,582
9 weeks ~ 46,547 52,634 50,585 61,741 71,588
8 weeks ~ 47,873 53,154 60,095 66,912 77,274
7 weeks ~ 49,129 53,654 67,516 75,084 83,658
6 weeks ~ 50,569 54,126 72,767 87,848 88,400
5 weeks ~ 52,683 69,997 78,253 110,385 105,892
4 weeks ~ 53,051 54,473 73,173 81,875 144,517 144,069
3 weeks ~ 64,327 56,134 76,821 86,329 193,028 175,476
2 weeks ~ 82,970 59,917 81,555 70,568 65,904 90,999 263,359 231,863
1 week ~ 114,207 66,714 85,633 78,079 96,619 97,638 423,986 279,054
NSMBU = 266,344 Lego City Undercover = 76,854 Pikmin 3 = 103,345 Wind Waker HD = 128,371 SM3DW = 144,156 Donkey Kong Country: TF = 108,845 Mario Kart 7 = 643,733
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So far so good for Mario Kart 8. It looks as though it could become the fastest selling Wii U game at launch by quite a bit.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
April Fools! (+Technology Hobbit Reboot)
16 days late saying it was a joke, but The Technology Hobbit is staying The Technology Hobbit!
Also I'd like to announce that I'm going to try rebooting this place soon. Maybe give it a new look (already changed it some) and without a doubt start posting regularly.
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| April Fools! |
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The Technology Hobbit is now The Technology Goat!
I was playing Goat Simulator when I realized my true purpose in life, to make a blog about everything goat/technology related! I hope you enjoy the new focus.