Media Create sales numbers are out for Deathsmiles:
06./00. [360] Death Smiles (Cave) - 20,000 / NEW
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=360145Asada said on the Deathsmiles blog that CAVE received 20,000 orders for the game. If Asada was talking about numbers shipped, then this means that the first shipment completely sold out. Still, I saw some copies at my local Sofmap so this means that there was probably already a second shipment since Media Create sales numbers are pretty reliable.
Other observations:
The game charted at #6 in game software sales. That is extremely good for a 360 game, and for a shooter. Quite curious to see how it charts next week.
I picked up a copy of the new Famitsu 360 mag and they indicate that Otomedius' first week sales were 14,586. DDPDOJBLEX had 10,526.
Once word spreads about the quality of the port I'm sure that it will be the best-selling shooter on the system and perhaps even push its way into the 40k range, which is enough to qualify along with games like Fallout 3 etc. in the top 10 360 games sales-wise per year. If that happens, MS will certainly start to pay more attention to shooters than it already is.