Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Chozo Ghost]

It's seriously crazy how fast things can shift. First Sony comes out of nowhere and takes the crown, and now Nintendo have blasted back from their downward spiral and are breaking records left and right. They've gone from their least-successful console to what's looking like their most-successful console. I really have to give them props for making such a quick turn-around, it truly is amazing.

Where have you been? This shift happened 2 years ago in 2007.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Maybe the teen gamers of the PSX era have grown-up and have to deal with the real world now, pulling them away from game consumption.

The problem is the Japanese don't reproduce. Seriously, their population is declining...

maybe if they got out more instead of playing video games and making love to pillow & doll versions of anime characters reproduction wouldn't be a problem. Or maybe the Japanese women just need a new flavors to their menu.

But since all their men happen to be pre-occupied...
Who's going with me? To Japan that is?

*i apologize as part of this post may seem mean and rather unnecessary

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

So animu merchandise is to blame for the fall of gaming?

[KDR_11k]

Maybe the teen gamers of the PSX era have grown-up and have to deal with the real world now, pulling them away from game consumption.

The problem is the Japanese don't reproduce. Seriously, their population is declining...

maybe if they got out more instead of playing video games and making love to pillow & doll versions of anime characters reproduction wouldn't be a problem. Or maybe the Japanese women just need a new flavors to their menu.

But since all their men happen to be pre-occupied...
Who's going with me? To Japan that is?

*i apologize as part of this post may seem mean and rather unnecessary

I recall reading that the expectations of men and women in Japan simply differ so they can't find partners. I think an influx of foreigners might actually fix that to some degree.

[Stratos]

Maybe the teen gamers of the PSX era have grown-up and have to deal with the real world now, pulling them away from game consumption.

The problem is the Japanese don't reproduce. Seriously, their population is declining...

maybe if they got out more instead of playing video games and making love to pillow & doll versions of anime characters reproduction wouldn't be a problem. Or maybe the Japanese women just need a new flavors to their menu.

But since all their men happen to be pre-occupied...
Who's going with me? To Japan that is?

*i apologize as part of this post may seem mean and rather unnecessary

I recall reading that the expectations of men and women in Japan simply differ so they can't find partners. I think an influx of foreigners might actually fix that to some degree.

Well, I was hoping to go there at some point. I have a friend there and would like to visit them some time. If you go to Japan I'll come with you. I need to go back to learning Japanese.

[Mop it up]

It's seriously crazy how fast things can shift. First Sony comes out of nowhere and takes the crown, and now Nintendo have blasted back from their downward spiral and are breaking records left and right. They've gone from their least-successful console to what's looking like their most-successful console. I really have to give them props for making such a quick turn-around, it truly is amazing.

Where have you been? This shift happened 2 years ago in 2007.

Nobody thought the system would keep selling like it has. It just passed the SNES, which was on the market for eight years. Things were crazy back in 2007 and they are still crazy today.

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 19, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

UK
01 (01) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
03 (03) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
04 (05) 360 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)
05 (04) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
06 (06) PS3 X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)
07 (07) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
08 (33) NDS Rhythm Paradise (Nintendo)
09 (10) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
10 (12) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
11 (15) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
12 (11) 360 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
13 (09) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
14 (17) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)
15 (18) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
16 (21) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
17 (14) PS3 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
18 (16) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
19 (26) 360 Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)
20 (23) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
21 (13) 360 The Godfather Ii (Electronic Arts)
22 (29) PC Football Manager 2009 (Sega)
23 (25) 360 Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
24 (39) NDS Mystery Case Files: Millionheir (Nintendo)
25 (38) 360 Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)
26 (32) 360 Halo 3 (Microsoft)
27 (30) NDS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
28 (20) PS3 Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
29 (24) NDS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Take 2)
30 (31) NDS Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)
31 (28) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
32 (37) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)
33 (35) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)
34 (__) 360 Trivial Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
35 (19) PS3 The Godfather Ii (Electronic Arts)
36 (22) PS3 Singstar Pop Edition (Sony Computer Ent.)
37 (__) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
38 (__) PS3 Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Sega)
39 (08) 360 The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Athena (Atari)
40 (34) NDS Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

"Bond, why do you it?  For Queen and Country?"

"For Queen and Casuals."

[Stratos]

Yay Rhythm Heaven and GTA Chinatown Wars!

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 19, 2009

Ireland:
01 (01) X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)
02 (02) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
03 (06) Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
04 (03) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
05 (05) Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
06 (04) Wii Play (Nintendo)
07 (07) Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
08 (15) Wwe Legends Of Wrestlemania (Thq)
09 (10) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
10 (__) Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney Interactive Studios)
11 (08) Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
12 (13) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
13 (14) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
14 (09) The Godfather Ii (Electronic Arts)
15 (__) Halo Wars (Microsoft)
16 (__) Dead Space (Electronic Arts)
17 (12) Monsters Vs Aliens (Activision Blizzard)
18 (19) Ben 10: Alien Force (D3p)
19 (__) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
20 (16) Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

Denmark:
01 (01) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
03 (07) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
04 (06) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
06 (11) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
07 (05) The Godfather Ii (Electronic Arts)
08 (08) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
09 (10) X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)
10 (13) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
11 (09) Wii Play (Nintendo)
12 (12) Need For Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
13 (03) Sports Island (Pan Vision)
14 (16) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
15 (14) Resident Evil 5 (Pan Vision)
16 (__) Buzz! Danske Genier (Nordisk Film)
17 (17) Empire: Total War (Pan Vision)
18 (18) Singstar Abba (Nordisk Film)
19 (__) Football Manager 2009 (Pan Vision)
20 (15) Ben 10: Alien Force (K.e. Media)

Netherlands:
01 (01) [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (02) [WII] Mario Kart (Nintendo)
03 (__) [NDS] Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
04 (__) [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
05 (09) [NDS] Brain Training (Nintendo)
06 (04) [PS2] Fifa 2009 (Electronic Arts)
07 (10) [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
08 (__) [WII] My Fitness Coach/Fit & Gezond (Ubisoft)
09 (08) [WII] Fifa 2009 (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [PS3] X-men Origins: Wolverine (Activision Blizzard)

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Sales: 05/04 - 05/10

01. [NDS] Made in Ore (Nintendo) - 44,000 / 114,000
02. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (Bandai Namco Games) - 43,000 / 144,000
03. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Pokemon) - 41,000 / 283,000
04. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best (Capcom) - 23,000 / 698,000
05. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 22,000 / 594,000
06. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 22,000 / 3,352,000
07. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom) - 19,000 / 196,000
08. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco Games) - 17,000 / 539,000
09. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 (Konami) - 15,000 / 56,000
10. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 14,000 / 1,712,000

11. [PSP] Persona (Atlus) - 14,000 / 109,000
12. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom) - 10,000 / 153,000
13. [WII] Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 (Konami) - 8,800 / 26,000
14. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 8,700 / 2,238,000
15. [NDS] Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times (Konami) - 8,100 / 378,000
16. [PS3] Killzone 2 (SCE) - 7,900 / 66,000
17.
18. [NDS] Rittai Picross (Nintendo) - 7,800 / 130,000
19. [WII] Deca Sports 2 (Hudson) - 7,600 / 32,000
20. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 6,900 / 1,139,000
21. [PSP] ToraDora Portable! (Bandai Namco Games) - 6,800 / 39,000
22. [NDS] Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2009 (Bandai Namco Games) - 6,600 / 81,000
23. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5) - 6,400 / 341,000
24. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo) - 6,300 / 825,000
25. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami) - 6,300 / 237,000
26. [NDS] Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken (Bandai Namco Games) - 6,300 / 566,000
27. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 6,200 / 2,402,000
28. [PSP] Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi no Kanojo no Uta (Irem Software Engineering) - 6,200 / 49,000
29. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 6,200 / 5,485,000
30. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 6,100 / 1,092,000

DSL 7500
DSi 47000
PSP 42000
Wii 20000
PS3 15000
PS2 6300
360 5200

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

lol ps3

[Deguello]

OH look, the Wii is ahead of the PS3?

DOES THIS SPELL DOOM FOR SONY?  Michael Pachter explains why this is not the case.

Is this a threat to Sony's Success?  Expect an IGN Editorial to follow promptly.

[GoldenPhoenix]

OK lets have a freak out whine fest now that PS3 lost to Wii one week. It spelled doom for Wii when it was ahead by like 5k so to be consistent won't those people have to say the same thing about PS3?

[Flames_of_chaos]

lol 360

Fixed, it's selling less than the PS2.

[BlackNMild2k1]

lol 360

Fixed, it's selling less than the PS2.

nothing new there.

[Mop it up]

OK lets have a freak out whine fest now that PS3 lost to Wii one week. It spelled doom for Wii when it was ahead by like 5k so to be consistent won't those people have to say the same thing about PS3?

No, because the PS3 wasn't really ever a big seller.

[TJ Spyke]

It just passed the SNES, which was on the market for eight years. Things were crazy back in 2007 and they are still crazy today.

The Wii passed the SNES about 1 1/2 months ago (in late-March), although I guess that is still pretty recent. The SNES was officially out for 8 years (13 in Japan), but hardware sales were basically done after about 5 1/2 years. The Wii is 11.52 million behind the NES, meaning that by the end of the year the Wii could be Nintendo's best selling console ever.

[SalesBot]

Media Create: 05/04 - 05/10


01./05. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Pokemon Co.) - 44,012 / 283,000 (+2%)
02./02. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (Namco Bandai) - 41,085 / 115,000 (-45%)
03./03. [NDS] Made in Ore (Wario Ware) (Nintendo) - 40,714 / 97,000 (-28%)
04./09. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 25,852 / 606,000 (+18%)
05./08. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 23,387 / 663,000 (-11%)
06./06. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom) - 22,851 / 195,000 (-43%)
07./12. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 19,647 / 3,403,000
08./04. [PS2] Jikkyou Power Pro Major League 2009 (Konami) - 15,529 / 58,000 (-64%)
09./01. [PSP] Persona (Atlus Co.) - 14,261 / 93,000 (-82%)
10./16. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai) - 14,142 / 498,000

11./18. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
12./13. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom)
13./20. [WII] Deca Sporta 2: Wii de Sports 10 Shumoku! (Hudson)
14./29. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
15./23. [NDS] Rittai Picross (3D) (Nintendo)
16./10. [WII] Jikkyou Power Pro Major League 2009 (Konami)
17./11. [PS3] Killzone 2 (SCEI)
18./37. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
19./07. [PSP] ToraDora Portable! (Namco Bandai)
20./28. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.)
21./15. [NDS] Naruto Shippuden: Shinobi Retsuden 3 (Takara Tomy)
22./14. [PSP] Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: The Collapsing City and the Girl's Song (Disaster Report 3) (Irem)
23./31. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
24./36. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
25./24. [NDS] Pro Baseball Famista DS 2009 (Namco Bandai)
26./25. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 (#15) (Konami)
27./33. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
28./32. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
29./27. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (BEST) (SEGA)
30./46. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
31./47. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
32./22. [NDS] A Ressha de Gyoukou DS (Take the A-Train DS) (Artdink)
33./41. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Little Magician's Magic Adventure) (Konami)
34./26. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (Namco Bandai)
35./40. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's: Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 (Konami)
36./44. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Nendororon Daihenshin! (Namco Bandai)
37./30. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z (Koei)
38./00. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
39./43. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade (Hudson)
40./49. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
41./00. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami)
42./00. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (A Penguin's Troubles: Strongest Penguin Legend) (Konami)
43./00. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
44./00. [NDS] Kanji Quiz DS 3 Deluxe (Rocket Company)
45./00. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
46./35. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCEI)
47./00. [WII] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Next (Konami)
48./00. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra Deluxe (Nintendo)
49./42. [PSP] Disgaea 2 Portable (Nippon Ichi Software)
50./38. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)

NDS - 24
WII - 12
PSP - 7
PS3 - 5
PS2 - 2

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     63,203  |     56,673  |  1,326,315  |  26,445,950  |
|  PSP  |     43,009  |     49,557  |    962,688  |  12,320,791  |
|  WII  |     24,397  |     21,546  |    496,215  |   7,975,192  |
|  PS3  |     18,483  |     23,588  |    513,122  |   3,135,590  |
|  PS2  |      5,137  |      5,479  |    105,302  |  21,504,831  |
|  360  |      5,068  |      7,313  |    190,524  |   1,019,961  |
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|  DSi  |     55,382  |     49,133  |  1,074,103  |   2,305,462  |
|  DSL  |      7,821  |      7,540  |    252,212  |  17,555,017  |
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[Invincible Donkey Kong]

Apparently our competitors have trouble closing some kind of "gap."  My initial reaction... "Not my problem."

As for the enthusiast press, monthly records have shown that quoting Mr. Pachter does not improve HD system sales nor soften the impact from my punt.

[Kairon]

OH look, the Wii is ahead of the PS3?

DOES THIS SPELL DOOM FOR SONY?  Michael Pachter explains why this is not the case.

Is this a threat to Sony's Success?  Expect an IGN Editorial to follow promptly.

*sigh*

If only.

[Caterkiller]

Apparently our competitors have trouble closing some kind of "gap."  My initial reaction... "Not my problem."

As for the enthusiast press, monthly records have shown that quoting Mr. Pachter does not improve HD system sales nor soften the impact from my punt.

OK I know i've been here long enough to know such things, but this guy isn't the real Reggie right? Just the way he worded his sentence it really looks like its him. He's not right?

*Now expecting completely sarcastic answers*

And LOL at the IGN editorial remarks. Thats exactly whats going to happen. 2 weeks out of 80 billion that Sony sells more and it spells doom for nintendo, I love it!

[BlackNMild2k1]

I think it was 5-6 weeks in a row and they probably made up around 50k in sales (japan) while they needed to make up about 5000k to catch up (in Japan)

As far as Reggie is concerned, rumor has it that hes been wandering around the internets popping up on Nintendo specific forums ever since they shut down N-sider on nintendo.com... well, lurking might be more appropriate since I don't know how many other forums he post on, but he's been on a war path since then and taking names where ever he goes.

[Caterkiller]

Im watching you ReggieFA...

[BlackNMild2k1]

well rumor also has it, that after last years E3 performance, Reggie was forced to take his own name (and punt himself?) which has since left him mute and identity-less. Which explains why we haven't hear from since then until now. I guess Reggie got his groove name back, which means there might be hope for the people on his list.