Thursday, June 17, 2010

Zero Collection Off To A Good Start In Japan

How's Zero Collection fairing sales-wise in Japan? According to the weekly Media Create sales rankings, the game debuted at number four with approximately 22,000 units sold -- just ahead of Dragon Quest Monsters 2, but behind the likes of GTA, Mario Galaxy 2 and Xenoblade. Not too shabby for a compilation!

Will sales pick up from here? Or will Zero Collection suffer the same dwindling fate as Operate Shooting Star? Only time will tell.

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12 comments:

  1. AlilatiasJune 17, 2010 at 12:49 AM

    That is a really slow start, even for a Zero game. OSS debuted at like what, 34,000+?

    Then again, Zero collection is a collection, and was advertised as nothing more than that. So it sort of makes sense.

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  2. Krazy MonkeyJune 17, 2010 at 3:51 AM

    Good to hear, I suppose. Hopefully, this'll increase the chances of Mega Man Mania finally seeing the light of day.

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  3. Roy L.June 17, 2010 at 5:19 AM

    Zero collection is gonna do way better than OSS I think.. I got my copy at least :3

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  4. shineJune 17, 2010 at 6:11 AM

    I wonder how many were shipped in the US. My gamestop only got 1 copy of the game and that was my copy that I preordered.

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  5. StefanJune 17, 2010 at 6:44 AM

    I disagree with this Bias list.

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  6. Roy L.June 17, 2010 at 7:17 AM

    Well maybe not WAY better, but.. I think somewhat better? :P

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  7. TheOpinionatedOneJune 17, 2010 at 9:19 AM

    Honestly, that's to be expected. Those numbers are most likely people who pre-ordered the game and picked it up the first week. It pains me to say it, but I fear the numbers are only going to go down from here...

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  8. EnzioJune 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    You have to realize, it beat Dragon Quest Monsters 2. Dragon Quest is HUGE in Japan, color me surprised it managed to beat that game out. I'd say that's pretty good!

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  9. kotipeltoxJune 17, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    That was predictable, what´s the surprise?

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  10. TreIIIJune 17, 2010 at 1:04 PM

    I guess the thing that's perfectly reasonable to assume is that Japanese Zero fans are like Zero fans every where else: you more than likely have these games already, in the original GBA form, and perfectly legit means of playing them. A largely no-frills collection that doesn't add anything to what you already possess is a hard-sell.

    So, bottom-line, I'm thinking Capcom will likely have reason to be pleased with these sales. 22,000 units for what amounts to a "quickly put together" port collection likely abodes much better than 30,000+ for OSS, which was more of a remake to a game line that's used to grossing in the hundreds of thousands.

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  11. UnknownJune 28, 2010 at 12:14 AM

    Where'd you get the picture from?

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  12. ProtodudeJune 28, 2010 at 1:17 AM

    @calvin:
    http://megaman.capcom.com/mmzc/

    go to downloads, wallpapers.

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