Topic: Official DS Sales Thread

[Amodaus1]

i don't believe the 2 cloned and ported psp GTA titles sold nearly as well as the original 3. And theres the fact that 1 of those clones hasn't been sold on the ps2 yet. so that would be 4 not 5.  

[couchmonkey]

I'm betting attach rates on Xbox are high, maybe not quite as high on PS2 simply because it has a large casual fanbase that might own fewer games, but...who knows?

GameCube really isn't a failure, at least business-wise.  It's a disappointment because it lost customers compared to N64 and even failed to beat Xbox, but I bet it still made a decent profit for Nintendo.  Xbox is more of a failure in that respect: sure it came in second, but it lost billions of dollars.

Edit: Game-wise, I think GameCube's final year has been a failure, and 2005 was surprisingly weak too (though not nearly as bad as some make it out to be).  The first-party software was also worse than N64 in some cases but I think the system's lineup was better than N64 overall simply because of better third party support.

[Louieturkey]

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1Nintendo [as of Sept 2006]:
Total Mario series: more than 193 million units sold worldwide
Total Zelda series: more than 47 million units worldwide
Total Metroid series: more than 13 million units worldwide
Total Pok?mon series: more than 155 million units worldwide
Total Donkey Kong series: more than 48 million units worldwide

Does this include the Mario sports games and Mario Party games in those 193 million?  If not, then that is impressive (of course, a good chunk of those were the original SMB packed in with the NES)

[BlackNMild2k1]

more number to add to the pile.

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GBASP at 39 weeks: 1.85M
DSL at 39 weeks: 5.96M
Time for GBASP to reach 5.96M: Hard to say. It hasn't happened yet.

Yes. By Media Create's numbers, DSL's 39 weeks have passed lifetime sales for the GBASP.

[Artimus]

I guess the Wii is eating the DS this week?

[Luigi Dude]

Probobly, since there's supposed to be 400,000 Wii's at launch.  Of course I can't wait to see the top 10, since it's going to be all Nintendo.  Actually every top 10 for the next several months are going to be all Nintendo since PS3 shipments are still going to be very low and the PSP is no where to be seen.  

Well I expect a PS2 game to appear everyonce in a while, and then drop off a week later.

[bbruzzes]

>> Worldwide +
>> DS Hardware: 26.82 million units
>> DS Software: 103.60 million units

All I can say is WOW! These would be great numbers for the life of a system, never mind just 2 years.
I'm thinking it'll reach 100+ million units and 400+ million software sales when it's finally discontinued.
Not bad for what was once called a "gimmicky" system.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: bbruzzes
>> Worldwide +
>> DS Hardware: 26.82 million units
>> DS Software: 103.60 million units

All I can say is WOW! These would be great numbers for the life of a system, never mind just 2 years.
I'm thinking it'll reach 100+ million units and 400+ million software sales when it's finally discontinued.
Not bad for what was once called a "gimmicky" system.

So you're thinking that it will reach 4x as many units sold but only 4x as much software sold? I think thats an underestimation. At 4x the hardware sold I would expect around 10x the software sold, if current buying trends stay the same.  

[Ceric]

I have to say that the Gamecube numbers are wow.  Especially considering a large part of those sales are first party.  More so then there other systems.  Which means in the end Nintendo was still making a ton of money off the third place cube.  Even with a much smaller share then the handhelds.

[bbruzzes]

[bbruzzes]

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So you're thinking that it will reach 4x as many units sold but only 4x as much software sold? I think thats an underestimation. At 4x the hardware sold I would expect around 10x the software sold, if current buying trends stay the same.

Yes, I probably was low on the estimate software sales, and just shows how impressive the DS has been in terms of sales.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I'm not sure of where to keep track of this stuff anymore...

Famitsu 11/27 - 12/03

1. Tales of Destiny (PS2) - 250k/NEW
2. Wii Sports (Wii) - 170k/NEW
3. Wii Play (Wii) - 170k/NEW
4. The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess (Wii) - 140k/NEW
5. Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA) - 140k/NEW
6. Summon Night 4 (PS2)
7. Pokeman Pearl/Diamond (NDS)
8. Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS)
9. Love and Berry DS (NDS) - 70k/500k
10. Made in Wario: Smooth Move (Wii)

Hardware:
Wii - 370k
NDSL - 180k
PS3 + PS2 + PSP = 78k

Supposedly, thanks to the release of the Wii, the DS drought has taken a break, atleast for that week.

[nitsu niflheim]

Sony's 3 systems together couldn't beat the DS, that is very v. sad.

[couchmonkey]

LOLipop.  I'm disappointed that Nintendo didn't take the entire top 10 but I guess that's to be expected with the popular PS2 getting some big games in time for the holidays.

Edit: Just noticed, unless 360 and PS3 combined sold about 40,000 units this week, Wii pwns both of them put together.

[Hocotate]

It's in the bag people, Nintendo won.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Media Create Nov 27th - Dec. 3rd

Software:
1. (PS2, Bandai-Namco) Tales of Destiny - 269,756 / NEW
2. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 176,167 / NEW
3. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 174,297 / NEW
4. (Wii, Nintendo) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 139,011 / NEW
5. (GBA, Square-Enix) Final Fantasy VI Advance - 137,810 / NEW
6. (PS2, Banpresto) Summon Night 4 - 115,701 / NEW
7. (DS, Nintendo) Pokemon Diamond - 70,190 / 1,897,417
8. (DS, Nintendo) JUMP ULTIMATE STARS - 66,269 / 216,572
9. (Wii, Nintendo) Wario Ware: Smooth Moves - 63,954 / NEW
10. (DS, Sega) Love and Berry DS Collection - 60,041 / 481,268
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11. (DS) Pokemon Pearl
12. (DS) Common Knowledge Training
13. (DS) Kirby Squeek Squad
14. (DS) New Super Mario Brothers
15. (DS) Animal Crossing Wild World
16. (DS?) Kamen Rider Kabuto
17. (DS) More Brain Age
18. (PS2) J League Winning Eleven 109
19. (PSP) Makai Senki Disgaea Portable
20. (PS2) Yakuza (PS2 The Best)
21. (Wii) Swing Golf Pangya - 16,908 / NEW
22. (PS2?) Yugioh Duel Monsters GX Spirit Summoner
23. (DS) 200 Mannin Kanji
24. (PS2) Sengoku Musou 2 Empires
25. (DS) Brain Age
26. (DS) Mario Kart DS
27. (DS) Magic Taizen
28. (Wii) Ennichi no Tatsujin - 10,763 / NEW
29. (DS) Go-Touchi Kentei DS
30. (PSP) JEANNE D'ARC
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31.) English Training (NDS, Nintendo)
32.) Red Steel (Wii, Ubisoft) - 9,392 / NEW
33.) SD Gundam (Wii, Bandai Namco) - 9,226 / NEW
34.) Final Fantasy V Advance (GBA, Square Enix)
35.) Ridge Racer 7 (PS3, Bandai Namco)
36.) Final Fantasy III (Incl. Bundled Edition) (NDS, Square Enix)
37.) Tamagotchi Party (Wii, Bandai Namco) - 8,042 / NEW
38.) Tamagotchi Corner Shop 2 (NDS, Bandai Namco)
39.) Cooking Navi (NDS, Nintendo)
40.) Gundam Target in Sight (PS3, Bandai Namco)
41.) Digimon (PS2, Bandai Namco)
42.) RESISTANCE (PS3, SCE)
43.) Super Robot Taisen (360, Banpresto)
44.) Tetris DS (NDS, Nintendo)
45.) Kanji Quiz (NDS, Rocket Company)
46.) Bandai Namco ETC Game (NDS)
47.) Elebits (Wii, Konami) - 5,791 / NEW
48.) Winning Eleven DS (Incl. Bundled Edition) (NDS, Konami)
49.) Brain Power - Tokyo Friend Park II (NDS, Rocket Company)
50.) Monster Hunter Portable (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom)

Hardware:
Wii 350,358
DSL 176,901
PS3 31,436
PSP 23,917
PS2 23,115
Xbox360 4,053
GBASP 1,572
GBM 1,252
GC 821
DS 140
GBA 22
Xbox 11

YTD / LTD

Wii 350,358 / 350,358
DSL 6,132,183 / 6,132,183
PS3 187,836 / 187,836
PSP 1,564,018 / 4,246,974
PS2 1,297,667 / 20,002,291
Xbox360 107,503 / 178,069
GBASP 215,240 / 5,907,676
GBM 136,719 / 552,408
GC 72,060 / 4,165,650
DS 934,599 / 6,581,548
GBA 3,292 / 8,822,942
Xbox 1,746 / 475,589

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did I label anything in the 11-30 wrong?
I expect Blue Dragon (360) to probably sell atleast 20-25k+ next week w/ about 7k 360's sold (all bundles)  <just my predictions>  

[Artimus]

I think BD could do much better than that (pushing 100,000) and upwards of 50,000 systems, but it'll be a very quick drop after that.

And how beautiful it is to see a Nintendo console top the chart ANYWHERE in the world once again...

[couchmonkey]

Wii's the big news this week, so maybe I should save it for the Wii thread...DS continues to be an animal, no surprise there.  I was a little shocked at how fast Love & Berry dropped.

[IceCold]

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50.) Monster Hunter Portable (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom)

If you say so..

[Amodaus1]

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Originally posted by: IceCold

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50.) Monster Hunter Portable (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom)

If you say so..

I think he might mean the PSP's best seller in Japan, i think its near 1 million maybe?

[BlackNMild2k1]

Manufacturer Pac-Man


All System Pac-Man

Portable Pac-Man

Console Pac-Man  

[nitsu niflheim]

Pac Man chomping on Sony's dot and MS's dot.

[KDR_11k]

Icecold, Asmodeus: PS* The Best is the name of Sony's Player's Choice equivalent in Japan.

[Artimus]

Handheld NPD for November (console is at the Wii thread):

DS - 918K
GBA - 641K
PSP - 412K

Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Pokemon Ranger were the 9th and 10th top selling games for the month as well.  

[Amodaus1]

I'm shocked at how powerful the DS has become in EVERY market. It is the number 1 selling system in every single market, AND BY ALOT. No measly 20k difference, we are talking like 100k to 300K.

I know, and so does everyone else here, that the DS games are great, but i can't help but think is that really the pushing factor? The DS phat didn't sell nearly this well. was it all just because of the looks, or did people really hold out that long for a lite?

Also, anyone have any stats to know if the gba or original gameboy sold this well ever? (over the DS life span of 2 years, not over all)