Topic: Official DS Sales Thread

[IceCold]

Oh really - I didn't know that, but I think it overtook the PSP in YTD sales in May or something. Anyway, good news!

[Polyethylene]

Hardware July 25 - 31

DS 44,518
PS2 33,705
PSP 20,031
GBASP 12,555
GC 3,147
GBA 530
Xbox 196
 

[BlackNMild2k1]

software

1 - Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 - 470,003
2 - Let's make a pro baseball team 3! - 58,230
3 - Shadow Hearts From the New World - 51,829
4 - Kaido (Genki racer) - 51,512
5 - Fatal Frame 3 - 38,617
6 - The Earth Defense Force 2 Simple Series - 36,604
7 - Boktai 3 - 36,339
8 - Mahou Sensei Negima 2 - 35,378
9 - Brain Training 2 - 31,772
10 - Mushi King - 30,726

[NobleXenon54]

Does anyone here keep an overall sales number for the DS and PSP in North America? I read posts on other boards saying that the PSP is beating the DS in overall sales in North America, is this true? I know the PSP has been outselling it, but in overall sales that quick? I know what the overall sales number in Japan is;

2,730,876 vs. 1,562,812

Sources/Monthly #'s would be great too.

I am thinking about creating a thread, on G4 Forums, where the DS and PSP stand today. I am going to make a huge, unbiased as can, sales thread how both systems are selling on each continent. This will lead me to my next question, is there a hardware sales update on how the DS is doing in China, Australia or South America (if it is even there)?

Oh yeah, I also have one last question, when was PSP 2.0 firmware update released? I would imagine it increased PSP sales slightly, in both Japan and North America.

[BlackNMild2k1]

if you scroll back you will find NPD(north american) data for the last couple of months, I don't remember if it had the totals or not, I'm too lazy to look myself

and the PSP 2.0 update was released a week or so ago iirc. there may or may not be more info on the PSP update in the 'Other Systems' section.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: ruby_onix
Here's the DS vs PSP spread so far in America, near as I can tell.

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NDS 2004:
2004 Nov - 479,695 (550,000 unit launch)
2004 Dec - 745,899

NDS 2004 total - 1,225,594
(It was rumored to have been 2 million, but Nintendo's maximum capacity was only 2.8 million, and 1.5 million units got sold in Japan)

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NDS 2005:
2005 Jan - 152,091
2005 Feb -
2005 Mar -

2005-March total - 428,000

2005 Apr -
2005 May - 57,000

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PSP:
2005 Mar - 620,000 (on 1,000,000 shipped)
2005 Apr - 351,000
2005 May - 250,000

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NDS numbers after January do not seem to be available, as NPD seems to be combining them with the GBA for some reason. But they're rumored to be around 50,000 a month from March to May.

NDS:
1,750,000?

PSP:
1,221,000

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
CSFB

June Hardware Sales

PSP = 294,000
PS2 = 355,000
Xbox = 168,000
GCN = 70,000
GBA/DS = 400,000 (approx)

DS(including bundle) total = 112k

There I did most of the work, I'll let you do the math

hope that helps

[BlackNMild2k1]

Media Create (5 weeks of July)

1 Nintendo DS 198,913
2 PlayStation 2 145,978
3 PSP 20,031 102,390
4 GameBoy Advance SP 56,307
5 GameCube 13,790

[vudu]

Are those Media Create numbers for Japan or North America?

[BlackNMild2k1]

does Media Create do #'s for North America?

[vudu]

Juding from your question, I'm going to guess no.  But I typically don't really pay attention to the source...I just look for Japanese and American numbers.

EDIT:  My extended arm is better than your extended arm.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Just for the record I wasn't trying to be an ass, I thought maybe you knew something that I didn't

REPLY:Thats not what she said!!! OOOHHH!!!  

[Artimus]

Jump Superstars came out today. I absolutely cannot wait to see how it does. Sadly that's almost two weeks away!

[BlackNMild2k1]

I hate to say this & I have no idea whats up but JSS did not make the charts

Japanese Daily Sales 08/08/2005

Japanese Daily Sales 08/09/2005  

[IceCold]

Eh? Don't they count pre-orders for the first week? What the hell? Must be a mistake - I don't even think any of those games broke 300k in the week, and that was what the preorder was for SJS. Unless they don't count pre-orders, and I remember reading that Nintendo only shipped 350k or something of the game, so it could all be gone with only the pre-orders. Dunno...

[BlackNMild2k1]

Looks like we gotta wait for the Weekly chart to see what JSS sold.

dengeki, media-create & yahoo.japan #'s should all be out by midnight on thursday

edit: apparently JSS has been making the charts ever since last week, I'm guessing that thats when all preorders were counted, and there were barely more than what was preordered shipped to retailers to sell off the shelf.

2nd edit: Some Blog translated into english
according to this blog
JSS sold out of its first 2 shipments equaling 320k
and as a side note Pokemon XD sold 280k

[IceCold]

Couldn't you get another source apart from that blog?

[BlackNMild2k1]

that blog was the first place to have the info, but official #'s will be out by tonite at midnite I think.

[Mario]

The blog lied. According to Media Create Pokemon XD only sold 103,000. Which means those JSS numbers are also fake. FLOP!

[Polyethylene]

Now JSS is listed.

daily 2005/08/09

daily 2005/08/10

01 - 07 August 2005

Hardware
DS - 43,665
PS2 - 34,057
PSP - 20,571
GBASP - 12,107
GC - 4,445
GBA - 419
Xbox - 228

Software
1. Winning Eleven 9 (Konami) - PS2 - 574.000
2. Grandia III (Square Enix) - PS2 - 122.000
3. Pokemon XD : Gale of Darkness (Nintendo) - GC - 103.000
4. Summon Night Extase (Banpresto) - PS2 - 95.000
5. 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha (Banpresto) - PS2 - 53.000 [523.000]
6. Armored Core : Last Raven (From Software) - PS2 - 49.000
7. Bleach (Sony) - PS2 - 42.000
8. Nintendo DS Logic Puzzle (Nintendo) - NDS - 28.000 [291.000]
9. Mushiking : Battle of the Beetles (Sega) - GBA - 25.000 [425.000]
10. Power Pocket Koushien (Konam) - NDS - 22.000

   

[IceCold]

"Which means those JSS numbers are also fake."

But we read 300k copies were preordered, and I think that the shipment was only 350k or something (not sure about either). Let's see some real numbers, and then we will find out what's going

[Artimus]

We won't know actual numbers until a week from now. But it's great to see the DS continue to kick butt

[Mario]

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Originally posted by: IceCold
"Which means those JSS numbers are also fake."

But we read 300k copies were preordered, and I think that the shipment was only 350k or something (not sure about either). Let's see some real numbers, and then we will find out what's going

Yeah, i'm not doubting it sold that much, it's just that those numbers were just a guess.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Quote
Originally posted by: Mario
The blog lied. According to Media Create Pokemon XD only sold 103,000. Which means those JSS numbers are also fake. FLOP!

MC's #'s were only for the 1st 4 days, is it possible that P:XD sold almost 100k a day for the next 2 days? I doubt it but it could be possible.

As for JSS, iirc, it was said that they nearly sold out of the initial 1st 2 shipments and it was really hard to find a copy at a store. Im pretty sure that the 1st 2 shipments were barely more than enough to cover the pre-orders

[GoldenPhoenix]

I don't know if this is a localized thing or not (I doubt it is) but have any of you noticed how PSP is alot more advertised along with having a special place in stores when it comes to accessories along with games? I think if this is not localized it could explain why PSP is outselling NDS, it is in the public eye more. Not only that but I am of the opinion it really isn't in the same league as the NDS considering it is also a portable DVD player of sorts.

[Stimutacs Addict]

yeah, the DS really doesnt seem to cater to the casual crowd like the sleek PSP... and I absolutely hate how the PSP generally gets its own case while the DS games are placed amongst the GBA titles.

also, how do you think that white PSP will fare? I'm thinkin it might get dirtier than my ibook.