Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Luigi Dude]

Is it.. going to overtake SMB3 as the best-selling non pack-in game ever?

No because Super Mario Bros 3 was only 1 game.  Nintendogs is like Pokemon since it's several different games counted as one.  So Bros 3 still holds the record for best selling stand alone title.

[Mikintosh]

The PS3 is selling better and better each week in Japan. I don't think this bodes well for the future of the Wii...

Supply issues =/= a trend.

[Kairon]

Well, actually, Nintendo's DS and Wii both trend VERY STRONGLY with whatever supply issues they have right now...

[SalesBot]

Popping in from my extensive training for everyone to know that I am indeed back from the transition but still learning my way around.

Media Create Feb. 4th - 10th

01./01. [Wii] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 251,789 / 1,071,000
02./00. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Ambition, The Axis' Threat (Bandai-Namco) - 122,522 / New!
03./05. [Wii] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 65,163 / 1,421,000
04./02. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 32,045 / 237,000
05./08. [DS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 25,899 / 200,000
06./11. [Wii] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 20,978 / 2,759,000
07./00. [DS] L, the Prologue to Death Note: Rasen's Trap (Konami) - 20,493 / New!
08./12. [Wii] Family Ski (Bandai-Namco) - 18,108 / 42,000
09./03. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (Bandai-Namco) - 16,562 / 133,000
10./13. [DS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 16,488 / 1,617,000

11./14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
12./21. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo)
13./10. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami)
14./06. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software)
15./20. [DS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
16./09. [PS3] Assassin's Creed (Ubi Soft)
17./04. [PS2] Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (Banpresto)
18./17. [DS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5)
19./19. [DS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
20./22. [DS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)

21./18. [DS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
22./31. [DS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
23./26. [DS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
24./28. [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
25./29. [Wii] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
26./00. [Wii] Major Wii Throw! Gyro Ball!! (Takara-Tomy)New!
27./25. [DS] After-School Boy (Konami)
28./24. [DS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
29./32. [DS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
30./30. [DS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)

31./27. [Wii] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
32./33. [DS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
33./40. [DS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
34./07. [360] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
35./00. [PSP] Coded Soul (Sony)New!
36./38. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
37./39. [DS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
38./15. [PS3] Need for Speed: Pro Street (EA)
39./35. [DS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
40./00. [PS3] Transformers: The Game (Activision)New!

41./43. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
42./44. [DS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
43./48. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)
44./36. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
45./45. [DS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
46./47. [DS] More English Training (Nintendo)
47./46. [DS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
48./41. [DS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
49./00. [DS] MySims (EA)New!
50./50. [DS] Brain Age (Nintendo)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. WII - 81,737 | 94,473 | 624,719 | 5,240,879
2. PSP - 75,912 | 72,528 | 620,689 | 8,222,283
3. NDS - 60,464 | 67,472 | 659,818 | 21,832,869
4. PS3 - 23,985 | 41,796 | 241,351 | 1,883,027
5. PS2 - 11,038 | 12,115 | 94,565 | 21,021,602
6. 360 - 3,615 | 6,060 | 32,976 | 540,317
# of Games Sold by System (Currently in no order):
Wii- 9 games (18%)
DS- 25 games (50%)
PS3- 6 games (12%)
PS2- 5 games (10%)
PSP- 4 games (8%)
XBox 360- 1 game (2%)

Number of New Games: 6 games (12%)

# First Party Games Split by Company:
Nintendo 18 (36%)
Sony 1 (2%)
Microsoft 0 (0%)

# Third Party Games Split by Company:
Nintendo 16 (32%)
Sony 14 (28%)
Microsoft 1 (2%)

First to Third Party Number and Ratios by Company:
16 out of 34 or 47% of games Published for a Nintendo System were 3rd Party.
14 out of 15 or 93% of games Published for a Sony System were 3rd Party.
1 out of 1 or 100% of games Published for a Microsoft System were 3rd Party.
Legend:
Game- Nintendo System
Game- Sony System
Game- Microsoft System
Disclaimer: All of the above non-Media Create links and data were auto-generated from the Media Create Data.  Therefore the accuracy of the links have not been verified.

[Chozo Ghost]

Yikes! PSP is outselling the DS consistently now?

[DAaaMan64]

There are no more people to sell DSs to

[UltimatePartyBear]

I came back from lunch today to see a bag from Gamestop at a coworker's desk.  It turns out he lucked into a Wii today, and he spent a large part of the afternoon calling all his friends to tell them the good news.  It's been a while since I last had the Wii's phenomenal success demonstrated to me personally.

So, you know, consider this an early scoop on North America sales for February: at least 1.

[SalesBot]

Like to note that the Numbers have been updated with some minor improvements.

[SalesBot]

Media Create Feb. 11th - 17th

01./01. [Wii] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 141,544 / 1,213,000
02./03. [Wii] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 62,769 / 1,484,000
03./00. [DS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 2nd Season (Konami) - 56,202 / New!
04./00. [PS2] Poison Pink (Banpresto) - 52,659 / New!
05./00. [PS2] Ebi Kore+ Kimi Kiss (Enterbrain) - 33,510 / New!
06./06. [Wii] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 22,120 / 2,781,000
07./02. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Ambition, The Axis' Threat (Bandai-Namco) - 21,643 / 144,000
08./05. [DS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 21,086 / 222,000
09./04. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 17,774 / 255,000
10./00. [DS] Naruto: Shippuuden Dairansen! Kage Bunshin Emaki (Takara-Tomy) - 17,329 / New!

11./00. [DS] Digimon Championship (Bandai-Namco) New!
12./12. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo)
13./07. [DS] L, the Prologue to Death Note: Rasen's Trap (Konami)
14./10. [DS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
15./11. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
16./08. [Wii] Family Ski (Bandai-Namco)
17./21. [DS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
18./15. [DS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
19./22. [DS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
20./13. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami)

21./00. [DS] Fist of the North Star: Warriors' Road (Spike) New!
22./09. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (Bandai-Namco)
23./14. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software)
24./18. [DS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5)
25./16. [PS3] Assassin's Creed (Ubi Soft)
26./23. [DS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
27./20. [DS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)
28./24. [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
29./30. [DS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
30./29. [DS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)

31./25. [Wii] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
32./00. [DS] Love Revolution DS (GungHo Works) New!
33./00. [PSP] Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (EA) New!
34./32. [DS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
35./28. [DS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
36./31. [Wii] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
37./36. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
38./00. [PS2] WWE 2008 Smackdown vs. Raw (THQ Japan) New!
39./19. [DS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
40./41. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)

41./33. [DS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
42./37. [DS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
43./44. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
44./39. [DS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
45./27. [DS] After-School Boy (Konami)
46./00. [PS3] WWE 2008 Smackdown vs. Raw (THQ Japan) New!
47./46. [DS] More English Training (Nintendo)
48./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) New!
49./43. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)
50./42. [DS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. WII - 78,583 | 81,737 | 703,302 | 5,319,462
2. NDS - 62,362 | 60,464 | 722,180 | 21,895,231
3. PSP - 59,654 | 75,912 | 680,343 | 8,281,937
4. PS3 - 17,637 | 23,985 | 258,988 | 1,900,664
5. PS2 - 11,266 | 11,038 | 105,831 | 21,032,868
6. 360 - 2,198 | 3,615 | 35,174 | 542,515
# of Games Sold by System (Currently in no order):
Wii- 8 games (16%)
DS- 25 games (50%)
PS3- 6 games (12%)
PS2- 7 games (14%)
PSP- 4 games (8%)

Number of New Games: 11 games (22%)

# First Party Games Split by Company:
Nintendo 15 (30%)
Sony 0 (0%)

# Third Party Games Split by Company:
Nintendo 18 (36%)
Sony 17 (34%)

First to Third Party Number and Ratios by Company:
18 out of 33 or 54% of games Published for a Nintendo System were 3rd Party.
17 out of 17 or 100% of games Published for a Sony System were 3rd Party.
Legend:
Game- Nintendo System
Game- Sony System
Game- Microsoft System
#- Risen since last week
#- Dropped since last week
#- Stayed the same or is new
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[Deguello]

You know it makes me wonder why they are even buying PSPs if they aren't buying the games.

The PSP is almost twice the Gamecube's user base, but the GC owners bought around 7 million more games at the moment.  The PSP might have the worst tie ratio in the history of the industry.

[Mario]

PSP is the worst thing to ever happen to the gaming industry. Thankfully it's not a significant part of it or we'd be in trouble.

[Ceric]

Everyone I know that has a PSP has it hacked to play Rom games.  Be they rips of PSP or old systems.

[DAaaMan64]

PSP is the worst thing to ever happen to the gaming industry. Thankfully it's not a significant part of it or we'd be in trouble.

I don't know I hate these rising game prices and very large system investments. Thats pretty bad for me.  As this new generation of gamers breed(techno whores and "mature" gamers), prices are going to go up for awhile and incentive for innovation will go down.  I think we could end up in another Atari incident.

[KDR_11k]

I don't think it's going to reach a crash, you grow out of that "extremeness" so the expensive, "hardcore" games will remain a small part of the market primarily appealing to teenagers while the less extreme games (not talking about nongames, just games that don't sell on great graphics or stuff) remaining the majority. Of course innovation will always stagnate a bit between shakeups, kinda like a post-revolutionary government. There's a need for constant shakeups, a constant revolution to keep the market dynamic and moving.

[Deguello]

"I don't know I hate these rising game prices and very large system investments."

The PSP fits in with this.  Gameboys and stuff set the standard at $150 or below.  Then along comes PSP demanding $250.

[DAaaMan64]

I don't think it's going to reach a crash, you grow out of that "extremeness" so the expensive, "hardcore" games will remain a small part of the market primarily appealing to teenagers while the less extreme games (not talking about nongames, just games that don't sell on great graphics or stuff) remaining the majority. Of course innovation will always stagnate a bit between shakeups, kinda like a post-revolutionary government. There's a need for constant shakeups, a constant revolution to keep the market dynamic and moving.

Sorry I shouldn't have said I don't really expect a crash.  Just a period in gaming where most games are generic and have no effect on the mind at all in terms of creating nostalgia. Kinda like a lot of Wii games and a few *shudders* first party games.

[Toruresu]

Wow! Devil May Cry bombed or is it me?

[Ceric]

Wow! Devil May Cry bombed or is it me?

Still in the Top 10 though but I'm really not to surprised.  If the game is truly excellent it will probably settle there.

[Chozo Ghost]

You know it makes me wonder why they are even buying PSPs if they aren't buying the games.

The PSP is almost twice the Gamecube's user base, but the GC owners bought around 7 million more games at the moment.  The PSP might have the worst tie ratio in the history of the industry.

If you included pirated games into that tie ratio then the PSP might actually have the greatest tie ratio in history. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence that people only use it for piracy. That's gotta be the explanation for it...

[Toruresu]

Wow! Devil May Cry bombed or is it me?

Still in the Top 10 though but I'm really not to surprised.  If the game is truly excellent it will probably settle there.

Indeed its still there, but for such a high profile game (meaning it cost lots of $$$) it's doing poorly, ain't it? I wonder how a Wii version would sell when compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360 version.

[Mario]

A lot more

[Mario]

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is ABSOLUTELY UNSTOPPABLE! It's just returned to the #1 spot in the UK from outside the top 40 AGAIN, I think this is the third time? It's shipments are selling out instantly, everywhere. This is Wii's clear #1 game.

01 (__) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
02 (01) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
03 (04) [NDS] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
04 (03) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
05 (10) [WII] Game Party (Midway)
06 (__) [PS3] Unreal Tournament III (Midway)
07 (26) [NDS] Cooking Mama 2 (505 Games)
08 (02) [360] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
09 (08) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
10 (17) [NDS] Sight Training (Nintendo)

Sega’s title outsells Activision’s ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ at No2 by nearly 4 to 1, while ‘Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training’ moves to its highest All Format Chart position so far this year, up from No7 to No3.

Absolutely phenomenal. (btw this quote is from the chart that combines all versions of multiplatform games, that's why CoD4 isn't in the normal top 10)

Anyone who dismissed Mario & Sonic Olympics is getting completely owned on a weekly basis, and guess what? It's going to sell like this ALL YEAR and maybe even better when the Olympics come around. Highest selling game of all time anyone?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

4 million IS RIGHT

[Stogi]

Nintendo's Stock is at 65.50 a pop!

WOOT!

[BranDonk Kong]

Nintendo should have had Sega publish the Olympic games, then there would finally be a 3rd party Wi game at the top. I'm amazed to see Game Party at #5, that's at least good news for 3rd parties, but it's bad news for gamers because it's crap and now even more publishers will be making...crap.