Topic: Official Sales Thread

[BlackNMild2k1]

I'm glad someone picked up Salesbot's slack.

though everyone had just lost interest in sales altogether.

[Caterkiller]

All games that passed the million sold mark in the US as of August 2011.

• Wii Play   13.04
  Mario Kart Wii   10.64
  Super Mario Bros. Wii   8.36
  Wii Fit w/ Balance Board   8.15
  Wii Sports Resort   6.05
  Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance Board   5.35
  Super Smash Bros.: Brawl   5.28
  Just Dance 2   5.09
  Super Mario Galaxy   4.38
  Link's Crossbow Training   3.47
  Mario Party 8   3.47
  Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess   2.82
  Guitar Hero III   2.76
  Just Dance   2.71
  LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga   2.48
  Super Mario Galaxy 2   2.4
  Donkey Kong Country Returns   2.35
  Mario & Sonic at Olympic Games   2.12
  Carnival Games   1.88
  Michael Jackson: Experience   1.88
  Game Party   1.78
  Wii Fit Plus (Standalone)   1.71
  EA Sports Active   1.56
  Disney Epic Mickey   1.52
  Zumba Fitness: Join the Party   1.42
  Deca Sports   1.35
  Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games   1.34
  Rayman Raving Rabbids   1.28
  Super Paper Mario   1.27
  LEGO Batman   1.17
  Wii Music   1.16
  Mario Super Sluggers   1.13
  Cooking Mama: Cook Off   1.08
  LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures   1.08
  Animal Crossing: City Folk   1.06
  Wipeout: The Game   1.06
  Star Wars: Force Unleashed   1.06
  Resident Evil 4    1.05
  Guitar Hero World Tour   1.02
  uDraw   1.02
  Rock Band Special Edition   1.01
  Call of Duty: World at War   1.01
  

There are a total of 42 games on the list, 24 being third party titles.


Very happy that Donkey Kong did so well for Retro. No Metroid of course.


http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=16356

[Luigi Dude]

Of course it needs to be pointed out that those numbers for Twilight Princess are only for the Wii version.  When the Gamecube version is added, the actual sales for the game is around 4 million in North America.

[Chozo Ghost]

Wii Sports isn't on that list. Does this mean the non-pack in version hasn't sold a million?

[GoldenPhoenix]

Wii Sports isn't on that list. Does this mean the non-pack in version hasn't sold a million?

Not horribly surprising, most probably had it anyway since the vast majority likely bought a Wii with it packed in. Besides Wii Sports Resort would likely be the purchase if you had to choose between the two.

[Mop it up]

The Nintendo Selects version of Wii Sports was released back in May, so it wasn't all that long ago. Has the Wii itself even sold a million systems since that time? New owners are the only ones who'd buy the stand-alone Wii Sports, everyone else has it.

[Luigi Dude]

Yeah there's no reason for anyone to even buy the original Wii Sports when Resort is the much better game and even includes Golf, Tennis and Bowling, which were the three most popular sports in the original Wii Sports anyway.

The only reason to buy the original Wii Sports is if people really want to play Baseball and Boxing, but I doubt there's that many people who would buy it just to play those.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Resort doesn't have tennis, but it should.
It had table tennis though.

[nickmitch]

Tennis being the only thing going for Wii Sports makes it not worth it over WSR, and tennis was my most played game.

[NWR_insanolord]

Baseball is easily the game I got the most mileage out of in the original Wii Sports. That's why a friend of mine bought Wii Sports separately when he finally got around to buying a Wii a couple months ago.

[Enner]

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/12/this-week-in-sales-women-and-football/

Japan numbers.

Period: The week of October 3rd – October 9th (2011)

Top-seller: Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 – 272,036

Nintendo 3DS sales: 53,540 | Total sales: 2,017,645

Lw   Tw   Title   Weekly Sales   Total Sales   Sys.   Publisher
New   01.   Pro Evolution Soccer 2012   272,036   New   PS3   Konami
New   02.   AKB1/48: I Fell in Love With an Idol in Guam 236,587   New   PSP   Namco Bandai
New   03.   F1 2011   26,574   New   PS3   Codemasters
02.   04.   Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends   18,305   101,206   PS3   Tecmo Koei
01.   05.   The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue   16,423   144,361   PSP   Falcom
03.   06.   Dark Souls   15,853   330,139   PS3   From Software
05.   07.   Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection   15,338   349,810   Wii   Square Enix
New   08.   Rage   11,320   New   PS3   Bethesda Softworks
07.   09.   Rhythm Heaven   10,731   492,112   Wii   Nintendo
09.   10.   Wii Sports Resort   10,295   587,913   Wii   Nintendo
08.   11.   Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best)   8,901   34,742   PSP   Capcom
15.   12.   Kirby: Mass Attack   8,786   248,820   DS   Nintendo
06.   13.   Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 6   8,671   85,472   PSP   Konami
New   14.   Rage   7,853   New   360   Bethesda Softworks
12.   15.   The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D   7,559   408,123   3DS   Nintendo
New   16.   Makai Kingdom Portable 7,350   New   PSP   Nippon Ichi
19.   17.   Fishing Resort   7,252   57,874   Wii   Namco Bandai
New   18.   Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan: Sweet Never Land 6,265   New   PSP   QuinRose
18.   19.   PokΓ©mon Rumble Blast   6,008   182,746   3DS   PokΓ©mon Co.
New   20.   God of War Origins Collection 5,727   New   PS3   Sony

Good to see Kirby: Mass Attack hanging in there.

[Enner]

September 2011 NPD
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6339927/september-us-retail-sales-fall-despite-madden-nfl-npd

SEPTEMBER 2011 US GAME SALES
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES
Total retail sales: $1.16 billion (-6%)
Total non-PC retail sales: $1.13 billion (-4%)
Non-PC hardware: $349.0 million (-9%)
Non-PC software: $630.2 million (3%)
Accessories: $154.8 million (-14%)
Total software: $653.2 million (-1%)

TOP 10 GAMES FOR SEPTEMBER 2011
Title (Platforms) - Publisher
1. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) - Electronic Arts
2. Gears of War 3 (360) - Microsoft     >2,000,000 units sold
3. Dead Island (360, PS3, PC) - Deep Silver
4. Fifa Soccer 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, 3DS) - Electronic Arts
5. NHL 12 (360, PS3) - Electronic Arts
6. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (360, PS3, PC) - Square Enix
7. Resistance 3 (PS3) - Sony
8. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Wii, DS, 360, 3DS, PS3, PSP, PC) - LucasArts
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, DS, Wii, PC) - Activision Blizzard
10. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (360, PS3, PC) - THQ

Nintendo DS family - 145k bringing the US lifetime total over 50 million
3DS - 260k
Wii - 240k

Microsoft Xbox 360 - 438k

[broodwars]

I'm sad to see Deus Ex drop to #6, considering all the games above it.  I don't think Dead Island deserved to sell that well since I found the experience rather monotonous, but I'm not surprised to see it there either.  I am happy to see Resistance 3 at #7 (though, once again, it should have been higher), as that is a really good FPS (FAAAAAR better than the first two Resistance games).

And Space Marine at #10?  Really?  I just don't understand it being in the Top 10 games of the month after playing the demo.  At least probably most of these sports games will be off the Top 10 next month.

[Luigi Dude]

So Star Fox 64 3DS sold around 130k which is around what the last Star Fox, Command also sold it's first month.  Will be interesting to see if SF64 can have longer legs since Command dropped like a rock after its first month.

[Enner]

And Space Marine at #10?  Really?  I just don't understand it being in the Top 10 games of the month after playing the demo.  At least probably most of these sports games will be off the Top 10 next month.

The Imperium of Man has a fair number of zealous followers. Also, I guess it was a guilty pleasure for some people. I was surprised to see Space Marine at the top 10 because I thought the worst for it.  I hope this guarantees a sequel so that Relic my make a significantly superior follow up.

[Chozo Ghost]

I don't think Dead Island deserved to sell that well since I found the experience rather monotonous,

With all due respect, you said pretty much the same thing about Borderlands and I love Borderlands. Your opinions are no less valid than mine, but clearly our taste in what makes a great game differs somewhat. So I respect your criticism even though I never played that game, but I'm not going to let it influence my purchasing decision one way or the other because like I said, I loved Borderlands.

[broodwars]

I don't think Dead Island deserved to sell that well since I found the experience rather monotonous,

With all due respect, you said pretty much the same thing about Borderlands and I love Borderlands. Your opinions are no less valid than mine, but clearly our taste in what makes a great game differs somewhat. So I respect your criticism even though I never played that game, but I'm not going to let it influence my purchasing decision one way or the other because like I said, I loved Borderlands.

You'd probably like Dead Island, actually.  It has many of the same strengths and flaws Borderlands does, being very much the same design.  It's a better game than Borderlands, however, and it certainly isn't a bad game like I think Borderlands is.  The game just gets so tedious and monotonous with your weapons breaking every 5 seconds as you fight off constantly-respawning waves of zombies who are scaled to always be around your level.  Leveling-up is thus rendered nearly pointless, getting from Point A to Point B can be a chore, and playing the game solo is frustrating since being mobbed by 2 or more enemies pretty much means certain death.

Dead Island isn't a bad game, but it is one that's so frustrating to play that I never want to play it.

[broodwars]

And Space Marine at #10?  Really?  I just don't understand it being in the Top 10 games of the month after playing the demo.  At least probably most of these sports games will be off the Top 10 next month.

The Imperium of Man has a fair number of zealous followers. Also, I guess it was a guilty pleasure for some people. I was surprised to see Space Marine at the top 10 because I thought the worst for it.  I hope this guarantees a sequel so that Relic my make a significantly superior follow up.

Well, the problem I saw in the demo was that Relic seemed to focus on putting a lot of characters on-screen...and that's it.  In the demo, it was fun for 5 minutes to wade into a sea of Orks and massacre them with melee and deliver that one (and there only seems to be one) brutal chainsword finisher to regain my health.  And then I saw that the next 20 minutes was just more of that, making me ask aloud "Ok, Relic, you can put a lot of Orks on-screen to slaughter.  Do you have anything else?"  I can't speak for the retail game on that, but in the demo Relic certainly didn't (even after getting Jet Packs, which guarantees that Jonny's probably going to play that game for RFN at some point).

I don't know, that sort of mindless action seemed to serve Relic well with the first Dawn of War game (which is the only Warhammer 40K game I've played outside that demo).  I just don't think it was translated well into an action game there.

[Enner]

The Imperium of Man has a fair number of zealous followers. Also, I guess it was a guilty pleasure for some people. I was surprised to see Space Marine at the top 10 because I thought the worst for it.  I hope this guarantees a sequel so that Relic my make a significantly superior follow up.

Well, the problem I saw in the demo was that Relic seemed to focus on putting a lot of characters on-screen...and that's it.  In the demo, it was fun for 5 minutes to wade into a sea of Orks and massacre them with melee and deliver that one (and there only seems to be one) brutal chainsword finisher to regain my health.  And then I saw that the next 20 minutes was just more of that, making me ask aloud "Ok, Relic, you can put a lot of Orks on-screen to slaughter.  Do you have anything else?"  I can't speak for the retail game on that, but in the demo Relic certainly didn't (even after getting Jet Packs, which guarantees that Jonny's probably going to play that game for RFN at some point).

I don't know, that sort of mindless action seemed to serve Relic well with the first Dawn of War game (which is the only Warhammer 40K game I've played outside that demo).  I just don't think it was translated well into an action game there.

I had the same problems with the demo which is why I'm holding off on buying the game until it goes on sale or when the co-op feature is released. Even on Normal, I found it a bit too close for comfort to go all melee. I assume the game wants you to mix up your attack styles frequently. There are about 3 or so chainsword finishers (I started counting after while) which is much too low given how frequent you need to preform them. Funny thing about the lack of a cover mechanic: Relic scrapped the idea on the notion of Space Marines are too powerful to hide behind cover. That goes against the highly tactical nature of the Space Marines as depicted in Warhammer 40,000 books and the Dawn of War games where ordering Space Marines to take cover is paramount to survival.

Speaking of Dawn of War, I don't see how the first or Dawn of War 2 can be seen as having mindless action. Sure, they have their Attack+Move moments, but what little I've played of the games suggest there are strategies and tactics to consider.

[broodwars]

Speaking of Dawn of War, I don't see how the first or Dawn of War 2 can be seen as having mindless action. Sure, they have their Attack+Move moments, but what little I've played of the games suggest there are strategies and tactics to consider.

Yeah, "mindless action" was probably not the right phrase for what I was trying to say.  I found the SP Campaign in the original Dawn of War rather lacking (outside of Scott McNeil doing a hilarious rendition of his Dinobot voice for one of the villains), but the strongest memory I have of that game was the ridiculously high bodycount you'd rack up, which would lead to battlefields where I would have literally probably a hundred dead bodies lying in front of my base from running into the spray of my turrets.  I also remember base building being very simplified.  In any case, I think Relic didn't do a really go job translating whatever appeal the RTS games had to 3rd person shooting.  That demo just came off as incredibly generic.

[Enner]

Japan numbers.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/19/this-week-in-sales-just-dance-with-ace-combat-in-a-class-of-heroes/

Period: The week of October 10th – October 16th (2011)

Top-seller: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – 149,470

Nintendo 3DS sales: 55,025 | Total sales: 2,072,670

Lw   Tw   Title   Weekly Sales   Total Sales   Sys.   Publisher
New   01.   Ace Combat: Assault Horizon   149,470   New   PS3   Namco Bandai
New   02.   Just Dance Wii   90,039   New   Wii   Nintendo
01.   03.   Pro Evolution Soccer 2012   61,787   333,823   PS3   Konami
02.   04.   AKB1/48: I Fell in Love With an Idol in Guam   34,114   270,701   PSP   Namco Bandai
New   05.   Forza Motorsport 4   24,854   New   360   Microsoft
New   06.   Ace Combat: Assault Horizon   20,523   New   360   Namco Bandai
New   07.   Dead Rising 2: Off the Record   16,913   New   PS3   Capcom
New   08.   Class of Heroes Final: Her Majesty the Freshman!   16,904   New   PSP   Acquire
09.   09.   Rhythm Heaven   13,202   505,315   Wii   Nintendo
07.   10.   Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection   12,987   362,797   Wii   Square Enix
10.   11.   Wii Sports Resort   12,897   600,810   Wii   Nintendo
05.   12.   The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue   9,793   154,154   PSP   Falcom
12.   13.   Kirby: Mass Attack   9,540   258,361   DS   Nintendo
06.   14.   Dark Souls   9,476   339,615   PS3   From Software
04.   15.   Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends   8,553   109,760   PS3   Tecmo Koei
New   16.   Clock Zero: Shuuen no Ichibyou Portable   8,046   New   PSP   Idea Factory
13.   17.   Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 6   7,826   93,299   PSP   Konami
11.   18.   Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best)   7,781   42,524   PSP   Capcom
17.   19.   Fishing Resort   7,433   65,307   Wii   Namco Bandai
15.   20.   The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D   7,239   415,362   3DS   Nintendo

Criticisms aside, looks like a nice debut for Project ACES latest effort.


Hardware

3DS – 55,025
PS3 – 28,596
PSP – 25,271
Wii – 12,161
DSi XL – 2721
DSi -1999
Xbox 360 - 1887
PS2 – 1280
DS Lite - 71

[DAaaMan64]

So Star Fox 64 3DS sold around 130k which is around what the last Star Fox, Command also sold it's first month.  Will be interesting to see if SF64 can have longer legs since Command dropped like a rock after its first month.

Command sucked and SF64 3DS is a Remake and super short. Low sales shouldn't be surprising. In fact, I'm annoyed enough to say the titles deserve it.

[Enner]

Since this is kind of the armchair financial analysis thread...
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/nintendo-loss-idINL3E7LQ0HP20111026

* Nintendo to report July-Sept earnings on Thursday

* Forex losses of 40 bln yen expected -Nikkei

* First half net loss also likely larger than forecast -Nikkei

* Company projects full-year operating profit of 35 bln yen (Adds details,)

TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Nintendo Co is expected to post a recurring loss of about 100 billion yen ($1.32 billion) in the first half ending on Sept. 30, much worse than the 55 billion loss the company has forecast, the Nikkei business daily said on Wednesday.

Shares of the Japanese games maker tumbled as much as 7.5 percent after the news, to 10,800 yen.

By loss, do they mean Nintendo made a negative profit or didn't make as much money as last year/half? I wish I remembered more of my economics class.

[Enner]

Japan numbers.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/26/this-week-in-sales-it-was-a-namco-bandai-week/
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/ace-combat-assault-horizon/news/6342575/big-in-japan-oct-17-23-macross-f-naruto-shippuden

Period: The week of October 17th – October 23rd (2011)

Top-seller: Macross F: The Wings of Goodbye Hybrid Pack – 142,607

Nintendo 3DS sales: 73,933 | Total sales: 2,146,603


Lw   Tw   Title   Weekly Sales   Total Sales   Sys.   Publisher
New   01.   Macross F: The Wings of Goodbye Hybrid Pack   142,607   New   PS3   Namco Bandai
New   02.   Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact   53,148   New   PSP   Namco Bandai
New   03.   Go Vacation   47,209   New   Wii   Namco Bandai
02.   04.   Just Dance Wii   45,580   135,619   Wii   Nintendo
New   05.   Dead Island   39,945   New   PS3   Spike
New   06.   FIFA 12   25,640   New   PS3   Electronic Arts
03.   07.   Pro Evolution Soccer 2012   22,902   356,724   PS3   Konami
06.   08.   Ace Combat: Assault Horizon   18,120   167,591   PS3   Namco Bandai
04.   09.   AKB1/48: I Fell in Love With an Idol in Guam   17,562   288,263   PSP   Namco Bandai
New   10.   Dead Island   13,147   New   360   Spike
09.   11.   Rhythm Heaven   12,377   517,691   Wii   Nintendo
11.   12.   Wii Sports Resort   12,334   613,144   Wii   Nintendo
New   13.   Deus Ex: Human Revolution   8,707   New   PS3   Square Enix
New   14.   NBA 2K12   8,701   New   PS3   Take Two
10.   15.   Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection   8,354   371,151   Wii   Square Enix
26.   16.   Nintendogs + cats   7,980   332,292   3DS   Nintendo
13.   17.   Kirby: Mass Attack   7,309   265,670   DS   Nintendo
20.   18.   The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D   7,133   422,495   3DS   Nintendo
New   19.   Tetris Axis   6,787   New   3DS   Namco Bandai
18.   20.   Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best)   66,85   49,209   PSP   Capcom

3DS – 73,933
PS3 – 23,897
PSP – 22,095
Wii – 11,235
DSi XL – 2005
Xbox 360 – 1620
PS2 – 1296
DSi – 1293
DS Lite - 36

The 3DS pulled in some nice numbers.
Whoo! Macross! No chance of that coming to North America, to my sadness.

[Chozo Ghost]

The 3DS is selling more than everything else combined. This is good.