Topic: Official Sales Thread

[BlackNMild2k1]

Mario Kart DS still pops up on the NPD Top 10 & the MC/Famitsu ones too from time to time. That's why.

It is an Evergreen title and will likely sell for the life of the handheld, like NSMB or WiiFit, WiiPlay & Mario Kart for Wii.

[Mop it up]

WiiWare games could be like that too. They are downloadable so they will always be available. Why not advertise for them?

[BeautifulShy]

Well they do advertise them on the Nintendo Channel.

[kraken613]

I got an email about WiiWare and VC today actually.

[TJ Spyke]

I think Mop meant other than the weekly VC/WW e-mail Nintendo sends out to subscribers. In Japan they actually have commercials for WiiWare games and advertise the new channels.

[SalesBot]

Media Create 6/22 - 6/28 updated

31./00. [360] Bionic Commando (Capcom)
32./25. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade (Hudson)
33./19. [NDS] Made in Ore (Wario Ware) (Nintendo)
34./24. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
35./00. [PS2] Under the Moon: Crescent (Dimple Entertainment)
36./23. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (Namco Bandai)
37./26. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (Konami)
38./21. [NDS] Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (SEGA)
39./14. [WII] Play on Wii: Chibi-Robo! (Nintendo)
40./30. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
41./28. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
42./20. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
43./36. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
44./32. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom)
45./35. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
46./29. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom)
47./22. [WII] Arc Rise Fantasia (Marvelous)
48./41. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
49./00. [PSP] Memories Off After Rain (5pb)
50./00. [NDS] Fushigi Yuugi DS (The Mysterious Play) (Idea Factory)

*. [ACC] Wii Motion+ (Nintendo) - 296,000 / NEW

NDS - 19
WII - 10
PSP - 8
PS3 - 7
360 - 4
PS2 - 2

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     45,480  |     45,995  |  1,656,077  |  26,775,712  |
|  PSP  |     26,789  |     27,884  |  1,161,805  |  12,519,908  |
|  WII  |     21,790  |     19,386  |    622,169  |   8,101,146  |
|  PS3  |     11,310  |     10,359  |    589,937  |   3,212,405  |
|  360  |      5,766  |      6,734  |    229,608  |   1,059,045  |
|  PS2  |      3,578  |      3,770  |    132,459  |  21,531,988  |
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|  DSi  |     39,885  |     40,464  |  1,363,629  |   2,594,988  |
|  DSL  |      5,595  |      5,531  |    292,448  |  17,595,253  |
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[SalesBot]

Nikkei Entertainment magazines Top 15 selling titles of 2009.
- Figures provided by Enterbrain/Famitsu.
- From Dec 29, 2008 to Jun 6, 2009.

01. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 631,165
02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best (Capcom) - 556,650
03. [PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Sega) - 485,630
04. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Biohazard) (Capcom) - 467,819
05. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 432,191
06. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) - 385,799
07. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 384,191
08. [PSP] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (Shin Sangoku Musou) (Koei) - 382,191
09. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Pokemon) - 338,568
10. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Bandai Namco Games) - 316,797
11. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco Games) - 313,668
12. [NDS] Style Savvy (Wagamama Fashion) (Nintendo) - 285,944
13. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Doubutsu no Mori) (Nintendo) - 256,057
14. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 254,631
15. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 250,437

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 27, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

UK:
01 (01) 360 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)
02 (04) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)
03 (02) PS3 Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts)
04 (03) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
05 (07) WII Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts)
06 (08) 360 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)
07 (13) 360 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)
08 (06) WII Ea Sports Active (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)
11 (__) PS3 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)
12 (05) 360 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)
13 (11) PS3 Ufc 2009: Undisputed (Thq)
14 (10) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
15 (__) 360 Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Ubisoft)
16 (__) WII Tiger Woods Pga Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)
17 (14) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
18 (25) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
19 (16) NDS Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo)
20 (09) PS3 Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Sony Computer Ent.)
21 (12) PS3 [prototype] (Activision Blizzard)
22 (22) PS3 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Activision Blizzard)
23 (17) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
24 (15) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
25 (18) PS3 Infamous (Sony Computer Ent.)
26 (26) PS3 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)
27 (33) 360 Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)
28 (21) 360 Overlord Ii (Codemasters)
29 (27) PSP Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite (Capcom)
30 (23) WII Virtua Tennis 2009 (Sega)
31 (19) 360 Red Faction: Guerrilla (Thq)
32 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
33 (28) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
34 (20) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
35 (__) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)
36 (32) 360 Sega Superstars Tennis (Sega)
37 (__) 360 Fallout 3: Game Add-on Pack (Bethesda Softworks)
38 (24) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
39 (__) NDS Transformers: Revenge - Autobots (Activision Blizzard)
40 (__) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Sales: 06/29 - 07/05

01. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 153,000 / 507,000
02. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (Sega) - 101,000 / NEW
03. [PSP] Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu (SCE) - 57,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 51,000 / 221,000
05. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) - 14,000 / 477,000
06. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best (Capcom) - 12,000 / 807,000
07. [PSP] Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2 (Acquire) - 12,000 / 58,000
08. [PS3] Atelier Rorona: Arland no Renkinjutsushi (Gust) - 11,000 / 59,000
09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 11,000 / 3,444,000
10. [NDS] Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Monogatari (Level 5) - 9,900 / 149,000

11. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 6,900 / 2,435,000
12. [PS3] BlazBlue (Arc System Works) - 6,900 / 42,000
13. [NDS] Infinite Space (Mugen Kouro) (Sega) - 6,500 / 55,000
14. [PSP] Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (Marvelous Entertainment) - 6,200 / 20,000
15. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 5,200 / 1,754,000
16. [NDS] Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (Gyakuten Kenji) (Capcom) - 5,200 / 273,000
17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 4,900 / 2,276,000
18. [NDS] Tago Akira no Atama no Taisou Dai-1-Shuu: Nazotoki Sekai Isshuu Ryokou (Level 5) - 4,900 / 22,000
19. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 4,500 / 652,000
20. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky (Pokemon) - 4,400 / 362,000
21. [WII] EA Sports: Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts) - 4,300 / NEW
22. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 4,300 / 5,026,000
23. [PS3] Agarest Senki Zero (Compile Heart) - 4,200 / 19,000
24. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco Games) - 4,100 / 582,000
25. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 3,700 / 1,120,000
26. [360] BlazBlue (Arc System Works) - 3,600 / 26,000
27. [NDS] Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Pokemon) - 3,500 / 5,681,000
28.
29. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 3,400 / 3,461,000
30. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu: 20th Anniversary (Hudson) - 3,300 / 290,000

__. [360] BioShock, Xbox 360 Platinum Collection (Spike) - 1,200 / NEW
__. [NDS] Minna no Oekaki Yasan (Taito) - 750 / NEW
__. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5, PlayStation 3 the Best (Koei) - 620 / NEW

DSL　7400
DSi　49000
PSP　36000
Wii　24000
PS3　10500
PS2　5500
360　5100

[Deguello]

Go Mario and Luigi 3!  You are the best selling game this year!

For about 3 more days at least...

[Stratos]

Monster Hunter G already passed Mario & Luigi 3. WS Resort is coming on fast as well.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Gosh PS3 sales are pathetic now, so much for the tide turning when it was outselling the Wii by a MASSIVE 5k a week (yes that is meant to be sarcastic).

[Deguello]

Yeah I wonder where all those "PS3 in trouble" editorials are?  I hope Marvelous has a temper tantrum about one of their PSP games flopping, though the cynic in me doubts it.

My main beef with most of those PS3 games is that they should have been made on Wii.  Even if they sold the same, you'd save money on development.

Japanese third parties totally fail at economics this gen.

[Mop it up]

Sales of Wii Sports Resort are half as much as the first week. How many were produced? Not enough I'm guessing...

[GoldenPhoenix]

Sales of Wii Sports Resort are half as much as the first week. How many were produced? Not enough I'm guessing...

That would probably be correct if they had a virtual sell out the first week.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Sales of Wii Sports Resort are half as much as the first week. How many were produced? Not enough I'm guessing...

Yeah but the 1st two weeks are twice as much as Wii Sports, so its obviously off to a good start.

[Deguello]

I have a question about Wii Sports Resort.

Can we still consider it a "casual" game when people have been pre-ordering the hell out of it?  I mean doesn't the whole idea of "casual" sorta preempt the whole notion of pre-ordering?

[BlackNMild2k1]

Maybe its the "gamers" that are pre-ordering it for their "casual" friends/family since the "gamers" are trying to get the "casuals" to play something other than WiiSports, WiiPlay, & WiiFit for atleast the last year if not longer.

Or maybe because the "gamers" are excited to play the "casual" game of WSR too?

[Mop it up]

Or maybe it just goes to show how ridiculous the labels are?

[Deguello]

Can a casual be hardcore at being casual?  That's some Zen, right there.

[TJ Spyke]

Anybody know the actual total sales of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G? For some reason the "BEST" (which is like the Japanese version of the Greatest Hits line) version of games are tracked separately. So the "PSP The Best" version of the game has sold 807K, but the game itself has sold a lot more.

[SalesBot]

Media Create: 06/29 - 07/05

01./01. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 155,000 / 514,000 (-57%)
02./00. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (SEGA) - 101,000 / NEW
03./02. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) - 63,000 / 237,000 (-12%)
04./00. [PSP] Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 (My Summer Vacation 4): Youth Detective Group in Seto - Me and the Secret Map (SCEI) - 50,000 / NEW
05./09. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 14,000 / 776,000 (+8%)
06./07. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) - 13,000 / 492,000 (-41%)
07./10. [NDS] Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story (Level 5) - 12,000 / 168,000 (-4%)
08./04. [PSP] Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 2 (Sword & Magic & School 2) (Acquire) - 12,000 / 50,000 (-69%)
09./03. [PS3] Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland (Gust) - 11,000 / 54,000 (-75%)
10./28. [NDS] Infinite Space (SEGA) - 10,000 / 56,000

11./12. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
12./14. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.)
13./05. [PS3] BlazBlue (Arc System Works)
14./00. [WII] EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis (Electronic Arts Victor)
15./11. [PSP] Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (Marvelous)
16./13. [NDS] Gyakuten Kenji (Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth) (Capcom)
17./23. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
18./16. [NDS] Akira Tago's Mind Exercises (Atama no Taisou) Vol. 1: Puzzle Solving Journey Around the World (Level 5)
19./06. [360] BlazBlue (Arc System Works)
20./25. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai)
21./08. [PS3] Agarest Senki Zero (Compile Heart)
22./24. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Pokemon Co.)
23./27. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo)
24./29. [PSP] Evangelion: Jo (Prologue) (Namco Bandai)
25./21. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires (Koei)
26./17. [PSP] Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable (Capcom)
27./32. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade (Hudson)
28./41. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
29./36. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (Namco Bandai)
30./33. [NDS] Made in Ore (Wario Ware) (Nintendo)

NDS - 13
PSP - 7
WII - 5
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

[KDR_11k]

What I find funny is that BlazBlue has 2x as many PS3 sales as 360 sales despite the PS3 having a 3x larger userbase.

Can a casual be hardcore at being casual?  That's some Zen, right there.

Casuals are pretty damn hardcore about their games (go play Tetris against a casual gamer...), they just aren't hardcore about buying many games or dealing with the whole gaming "culture". They're just people who love some games. Obviously the label got applied by people who didn't have a clue and it's hilarious to see people argue "casual gamers do X because they're casual".

[GoldenPhoenix]

What I find funny is that BlazBlue has 2x as many PS3 sales as 360 sales despite the PS3 having a 3x larger userbase.

Can a casual be hardcore at being casual?  That's some Zen, right there.

Casuals are pretty damn hardcore about their games (go play Tetris against a casual gamer...), they just aren't hardcore about buying many games or dealing with the whole gaming "culture". They're just people who love some games. Obviously the label got applied by people who didn't have a clue and it's hilarious to see people argue "casual gamers do X because they're casual".

"Casual" gamers enjoy games that is what they primarily care about, self proclaimed "hardcore" gamers think their opinion matters more then anyone else and think they are special. One doesn't care about ego, one tries to make up for low self esteem.

That is how I will define those categories from now on.

[Deguello]

LOL.  I didn't mean to spark a definition clavern.  Just picture somebody who's really hardcore and concentrating really hard on having a fleeting interest and a yeah-whatever flippancy about video games.