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Editorial:Eroge sales ranking top 20, Year of 2006 - part of the "Best of Japan" series

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by user Afker

The following data is taken from PC-NEWS sales ranking data for 2006. Some fan in Japan actually compiled the promotional movies for each of the games into a single movie, watchable online (note: the movies are flv files, but current gaming.wikia extension cannot embed it yet like youtube movies).

I recommend you to watch the movie in a new window while reading the rest of this post (the movie does not have explicit nudity, though some parts may be considered PG-17)

A couple of things to keep in mind:

  1. The tally is only for sales between January 1st 2006 to December 31 2006. Thus games released late in the year had a disadvantage. Games released in mid/late December have a significant handicap. Also, games released before 2006 start counting from 0 also.
  2. The promotional trailer often does not reflect the quality of the game whatsoever, except to show off the character designs. This is especially true of trailers that are ADV games and do not show any gameplay.
  3. Many games sold well (or got a significant boost) simply by the virtue of their trailer/music, or by being the sequel of another successful game.
  4. I did not make this video. I merely found it online and share it with you.

[edit] The 2006 Top 20

And here are the rankings, noteworthy stats marked in bold:

Rank1 Game Developer Sales Release date2 Genre Price3 Comments Official Website (must be 18+ to enter)
20 Princess Waltz Pulltop 21,725 2006/04/28 ADV + Card battle 8800 - OHP (18+)
19 Fate/stay night Type-Moon 22,276 2004/01/30 Novel 8800 Sales were perhaps helped by its all-ages anime adaptation. OHP (18+)
18 Summer Days Overflow 23,351 2006/10/27 ADV 8500 Anime adaptation of its prequal, School Days, will begin airing in Japan in 2007 July OHP (18+)
17 Kono Aozora Ni Yakusoku wo Giga 23,480 2006/06/23 ADV 8800 Anime adaptation began airing in April 2007. OHP (18+)
16 Minefukakiseni Tayutauuta Eushully 24,198 2006/08/25 RPG 8600 It's long name is abbreviated to "Tayuuta". OHP (18+)
15 Baldr Bullet "Revellion" Giga 24,880 2006/09/29 ADV + ACT 8800 Remake of their old game Baldr Bullet. OHP (18+)
14 Boy Meets Girl Front Wing 27,189 2006/02/24 ADV 8800 - OHP (18+)
13 Fullani Leaf 27,251 2006/07/28 Mahjong 8800 The title might be short for "Fully animated" OHP (18+)
12 Yokubari Saboten Alice Soft 27,302 2006/04/21 ADV 2800 Aka "Bari Ten". Alice Soft distributed their earlier game Shima Ima for free to help promote Bari Ten. OHP (18+)
11 Happiness! Re:Lucks Windmill 27,334 2006/09/15 ADV 6800 - OHP (18+)
10 Minikiss CandySoft 28,519 2006/12/15 Variety 5800 A fandisc of Tsuyokiss. The dark/horror part of the trailer is just a proposal for a play during the school festival... OHP (18+)
9 Circus Disk ~Christmas Days~ Circus 29,452 2006/12/22 ADV 3800 Fandisc. Collection of short stories of various heroines from past Circus games OHP (18+)
8 Tsumashibori Alice Soft 30,335 2006/08/04 ADV + Training 8500 - OHP (18+)
7 Welcome to Pia carrot!! G.O. Cocktail Soft 36,510 2006/06/30 ADV + Training 8800 Fourth main game in the Pia Carrot series. OHP (18+)
6 Scarlett NekonekoSoft 37,453 2006/07/21 Novel 7800 Last game of the company -
5 ef - the first tale Minori 40,843 2006/12/22 Novel 6800 Part one of "ef - a fairy tale of two". OHP (18+)
4 Really? Really! Navel 42,280 2006/11/24 Quiz 8800 Its prequal, Shuffle!, has been adapted into anime. OHP (18+)
3 D.C.II Circus 54,881 2006/05/26 ADV 8800 Also has all-ages adaptations on console systems OHP (18+)
2 Muv-Luv Alternative Age 62,516 2006/02/24 ADV 8800 - OHP (18+)
1 Sengoku Rance Alice Soft 63,634 2006/12/15 Conquest SLG 8500 This is the seventh main game in the Rance series. OHP (18+)
(c)アリスソフト
Sengoku Rance took first place
1 Some games have a "first edition" which packs extra goodies in them, and PC-NEWS tallies them separately, affecting some games' ranking. The creator of this video used PC-NEWS' ranking order, but added the sale numbers of the various editions together.
2 All dates are in Asian YYYY/MM/DD order for intuitive sorting.
3 Prices listed in the table are for normal editions, before tax, in Japanese yen.

[edit] Noteworthy stuff

  • Alice Soft was the grand winning developer, with all three of its 2006 games making it into the top 20, and a combined 121,271 sales.
  • Giga also had two games in the top 20.
  • Two different fandiscs made their way into top 20.
  • Four of the top 10 titles (2 games and the two fandiscs) were released in the middle or latter half of December, which means the sales figures were within the first two weeks of them hitting the shelves.
  • Fate/stay night, an early 2004 title, remained on the top 20 for 2006. Remember, this is not cumulative sales.

[edit] Disappointments

  • I was surprised that Man At Work! 4 by Studio e.go! didn't make it into the top 20.
  • May Illusion fans will probably be disappointed by the fact that Sexy Beach 3 didn't make it to the top 30. Though honestly speaking, while Illusion games tend to have a (relatively) huge following outside Japan, its 3D games are their own niche within the niche market of Japanese eroge.

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