Topic: Official Sales Thread

[BeautifulShy]

Why do you think that Europe buys the Wii version instead? Perhaps the controls.

[Stogi]

Or perhaps more people own a Wii.

[Chozo Ghost]

Wow that's cool.I recall Italy has the top hardware sales. What territories are next. Is Australia Nintendoland yet?

I wonder if Nintendo's popularity in Italy has something to do with the fact that the company's mascot is an Italian plumber...

I'm serious.

[Arbok]

Wow that's cool.I recall Italy has the top hardware sales. What territories are next. Is Australia Nintendoland yet?

I wonder if Nintendo's popularity in Italy has something to do with the fact that the company's mascot is an Italian plumber...

I'm serious.

Were they popular there during the Gamecube era? Probably get your answer from that.

[KDR_11k]

Wow that's cool.I recall Italy has the top hardware sales. What territories are next. Is Australia Nintendoland yet?

I wonder if Nintendo's popularity in Italy has something to do with the fact that the company's mascot is an Italian plumber...

I'm serious.

Er, about as much as I expect Sarotti to have success in Africa because their logo is a black man. Mario is pretty much a mixture of stereotypes and I doubt he's seen as a positive aspect of his games in Italy, probably closer to personified racism.

[Bill Aurion]

So Italians are masochists, confirmed?

[Chozo Ghost]

Wow that's cool.I recall Italy has the top hardware sales. What territories are next. Is Australia Nintendoland yet?

I wonder if Nintendo's popularity in Italy has something to do with the fact that the company's mascot is an Italian plumber...

I'm serious.

Were they popular there during the Gamecube era? Probably get your answer from that.

The Gamecube wasn't popular in any region during its lifetime, so even if it failed in Italy that doesn't really prove anything. Because it failed everywhere...

I really would be interested to hear how Mario and Luigi are viewed by the people of Italy. Are they viewed as lovable national heroes, or as racist stereotypes over there?

[KDR_11k]

I guess they're seen as comedic cartoon heroes that are expectably stereotyped. Not like there aren't plenty of stereotyped characters for non-americans in cartoons.

[vudu]

Mario's from Brooklyn, not Italy.

[BeautifulShy]

Does anybody have any sales data on all of the consoles from the previous generations?

[Bill Aurion]

Nintendo has put out their NPD data for the month of July:

NPD Data Shows Nintendo’ s Summer of Fun Isn’ t Done

Nintendo products kept people entertained in July, whether they wanted to get fit, rock out or just play around. According to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States, Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ again claimed the top two hardware spots for July, with more than 608,000 DS units and more than 555,000 Wii units sold. Wii claimed a 49 percent share of all console sales in July, and extended its lead as the best-selling console of this generation. Nintendo DS represented a 73 percent share of hand-held sales in July.

Five games made for Nintendo systems placed in the top 10 best-selling games of the month, including Wii Fit ™ , with 369,603 units sold at No. 2; Guitar Hero ® : On Tour for Nintendo DS, with 309,695 units sold at No. 3; Wii Play ™ , with 284,035 units sold at No. 4; Mario Kart ® Wii , with 174,464 units sold at No. 7; and Rock Band for Wii, with 162,886 units sold at No. 8.

“ Great hardware goes hand-in-hand with great software,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’ s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “ Various types of games for the Nintendo systems are represented in the top 10, demonstrating how we continue to break down the barriers between veteran and new players.”

[Bill Aurion]

And now time for the full monty!

July NPD

DS - 608k
Wii - 555k
Playstation 3 - 225k
PSP - 222k
Xbox 360 - 205k
Playstation 2 - 155k

360 NCAA FOOTBALL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS JULY 2008 397.6K
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2008 369.6K
NDS GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR ACTIVISION JUNE 2008 309.7K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 284K
PS3 NCAA FOOTBALL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS JULY 2008 242.5K
360 SOUL CALIBUR IV NAMCO BANDAI GAMES OF AMERICA JULY 2008 218.9K
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA APRIL 2008 174.5K
WII ROCK BAND SPECIAL ED BUNDLE MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS JUNE 2008 165.8K
PS3 SOUL CALIBUR IV NAMCO BANDAI GAMES OF AMERICA JULY 2008 155.8K
360 SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION REVOLUTION TAKE 2 INT. CORP. JULY 2008 147.6K

[BeautifulShy]

God I love reading this stuff.

[ShyGuy]

Didn't SCIV ship 2.5 million? ruh-roh.

[Bill Aurion]

To be fair, the game only had a single weekend in the NPD...

[Flames_of_chaos]

Now the big question which will be more popular on Wii GH:WT or Rock Band 2.

[Mario]

Who cares? They aren't proper games. In fact Mario Kart is the only good game there. The industry is a mess.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Mario Kart defeats HD breasticles on PS3.

[Mario]

Oh yeah to answer the question of is Australia Nintendo land yet?

[BeautifulShy]

God I love that chart.

[Flames_of_chaos]

Media Create 8/04 - 8/10

01. [PSP] Phantasy Star Universe Prtbl.   (SEGA)       148,000 / 490,000
02. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Drk Drgn &...(Nintendo)    145,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Rythem Tengoku Gold       (Nintendo)   130,000 / 343,000
04. [360] Tales of Vesperia       (Namco Bandai)   108,000 / NEW
05. [NDS] Dragon Quest V      (Square Enix)    73,000 / 1,019,000
06. [NDS] Sangokushi Taisen Ten    (SEGA)        33,000 / NEW
07. [NDS] Summon Night 2       (Namco Bandai)   30,000 / NEW
08. [WII] Wii Fit          (Nintendo)     27,000 / 2,470,000
09. [WII] Mario Kart Wii       (Nintendo)     23,000 / 1,656,000
10. [PS3] Soul Calibur 4       (Namco Bandai)   23,000 / 97,000

11. [PS2] Powerful Pro Baseball 15   (Konami)
12. [NDS] Code Geass         (Namco Bandai)   NEW
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Prtbl. 2G   (Capcom)
14. [NDS] Band Brothers DX      (Nintendo)
15. [WII] Wario Land: Shake It!      (Nintendo)
16. [PS2] Aokuro no Kusabi: Hiiro no...   (Idea Factory)   NEW
17. [PSP] Gundam Battle Universe   (Namco Bandai)
18. [NDS] Monsterfarm DS2      (Tecmo)      NEW
19. [NDS] Beautiful Letter Training   (Nintendo)
20. [WII] Fatal Frame IV      (Nintendo)
21. [WII] Wii Sports         (Nintendo)
22. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2       (Namco Bandai)
23. [PS2] Persona 4          (Atlus)
24. [PSP] Powerful Pro Baseball Prtbl 3 (Konami)
25. [360] Soul Calibur IV      (Namco Bandai)
26. [NDS] Hitman Reborn! Hyper      (Takara Tomy)
27. [NDS] Densetsu no Staafi      (Nintendo)
28. [WII] Powerful Pro Baseball 15   (Konami)
29. [PS3] SIREN: New Translation    (SCEI)
30. [WII] Super Mario Stadium      (Nintendo)


DS Lite    60,434
PSP       58,501
Wii       38,506
Xbox 360    24,962
PS3        9,673
PS2        8,503

Tales of Vesperia stormed Japan and DS taking first place again, it begins!

[BeautifulShy]

Rhythm Tengoku Gold continues to sell well.Phantasy Star Universe portable takes the top spot again. TOV is selling well.
The 360 sells a ok amount. In conclusion DS is number 1.

[NWR_insanolord]

I know it's just Vesperia and not a real trend, but 360 coming close to tripling PS3's sales in Japan while the PS3 barely tops the PS2 has to be at least somewhat humiliating for Sony.

[KDR_11k]

How does ToV's sales compare to ToS2?

[BeautifulShy]

I would like to know as well.