Author Topic: Official DS Sales Thread (Read 838503 times)

joeposh · « **Reply #875 on:** December 08, 2005, 01:04:50 PM »

US NPD Numbers for November

Game Boy Advance 892,438
GameCube 278,284
Nintendo DS 381,619
PlayStation 2 546,096
PlayStation Portable 359,772
Xbox 191,320
Xbox 360 332,121

Artimus · « **Reply #876 on:** December 08, 2005, 01:18:40 PM »

Whoa, GBA! I KNEW they should've called the DS the Gameboy DS. I KNEW it. Time to rename!

Ouch for the PSP vs. DS.

UncleBob · « **Reply #877 on:** December 08, 2005, 01:22:41 PM »

Everyone had the GBASP on sale day-after-Thanksgiving...

joeposh · « **Reply #878 on:** December 08, 2005, 02:05:07 PM »

Alright guys, NPD just put out a notice saying the numbers are over inflated and that they are NOT CORRECT. Not sure if this is across the board or just specific platforms. Hopefully they'll have the right numbers soon.

ruby_onix · « **Reply #879 on:** December 08, 2005, 02:13:52 PM »

The PSP has more life in it than I expected.

On a related note, in it's one week of October sales, GTA sold 158,400 units, and it sold 246,081 units in November, which means it's total is now at 404,481, and it's the biggest game on the PSP (which isn't really saying a lot).

trip1eX · « **Reply #880 on:** December 08, 2005, 03:19:04 PM »

REggie posted some stats for the USA in his speech Monday....

"16. August to October handheld units sales (USA). GBA has 41%; DS has 31%; PSP has 28%."

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1825&Itemid=2

wandering · « **Reply #881 on:** December 08, 2005, 08:49:40 PM »

28% is actually more than I expected.

Funny how firefox is endlessly hyped as an IE killer when it only has about 10% market penetration, wheras the psp is widley hailed as a massive failure even though it's apparently taken 28% of the market from Nintendo.

edit: wait, sorry, those numbers are just for a single month. I'm an idiot.

Artimus · « **Reply #882 on:** December 08, 2005, 08:58:30 PM »

Wandering, it's also important to note that the comparison doesn't represent 'taken' marketshare. A lot of PSP owners probably never owned a GameBoy, therefore Nintendo lost no customers. The real question is what amount of PSP owners bought one INSTEAD of a DS. I think it'd be far less, considering the gaming factor.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #883 on:** December 08, 2005, 11:24:46 PM »

wandering: Firefox is hailed because it's better than IE.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #884 on:** December 09, 2005, 06:01:48 PM »

I find it quite sad that a basic rehash of GTA3 is selling so well on PSP. Shows how hurting the PSP is for good games that are not quick rehashes or ports.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #885 on:** December 09, 2005, 06:50:33 PM »

But it's not sad that a TRUE rehash of Super Mario 64 sold quite well on the NDS? Anyway, the PSP hasn't TAKEN any of the market share from Nintendo, if anything, it's created it's own market. I don't think the PSP has actually hurt any of Nintendo's handheld sales.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #886 on:** December 09, 2005, 07:01:13 PM »

"But it's not sad that a TRUE rehash of Super Mario 64 sold quite well on the NDS?"

The market is definitely tired of Mario.

<3 Mario Party 7 for the win.

ruby_onix · « **Reply #887 on:** December 09, 2005, 10:16:59 PM »

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Originally posted by: joeposh
Alright guys, NPD just put out a notice saying the numbers are over inflated and that they are NOT CORRECT. Not sure if this is across the board or just specific platforms. Hopefully they'll have the right numbers soon.

Apparently the "mistake" numbers were a trap. They gave everyone a different set of "faulty" numbers, and then waited to see which ones showed up on the internet. The responsible parties have been shot, the leak is plugged, and there will be no more NPD numbers on the internet. For now.

joeposh · « **Reply #888 on:** December 10, 2005, 06:43:04 AM »

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Originally posted by: ruby_onix
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Originally posted by: joeposh
Alright guys, NPD just put out a notice saying the numbers are over inflated and that they are NOT CORRECT. Not sure if this is across the board or just specific platforms. Hopefully they'll have the right numbers soon.

Apparently the "mistake" numbers were a trap. They gave everyone a different set of "faulty" numbers, and then waited to see which ones showed up on the internet. The responsible parties have been shot, the leak is plugged, and there will be no more NPD numbers on the internet. For now.

Yup, we all thought it was a little too good to be true when all the system numbers were released so quick. Smart move on NPD's part, but a royal screw job for the gaming public.

As for the guy that tried to turn the GTA/Mario 64 DS comaprison into an arguement over mario burn out, you're missing the point. It's simply hypocritical of people to rag on Liberity City for being glorified rehash when the best selling title thus far on the DS is just that. Granted it's good rehash, but rehash all the same.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #889 on:** December 10, 2005, 08:26:02 AM »

mmmmm... re-fried hash...

I'm suprised Sony didn't release the PSP in multiple colors this Christmas for a sales boost.

31 Flavas · « **Reply #890 on:** December 10, 2005, 12:55:46 PM »

I thought having multiple colors is teh tiku tiku tiku! and Nintendo just getting people to rebuy!

Real gamers only like black. And maybe a touch of neon green.

kirby_killer_dedede · « **Reply #891 on:** December 11, 2005, 09:19:54 AM »

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Originally posted by: 31 Flavas
Real gamers only like black. And maybe a touch of neon green.

Yeah real gamers only play Xbox.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #892 on:** December 11, 2005, 10:14:58 AM »

Real gamers need an explaination that "black and neon green" refers to the XBox?

Stimutacs Addict · « **Reply #893 on:** December 11, 2005, 12:08:43 PM »

real gamers suck on Bawls

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #894 on:** December 13, 2005, 05:26:16 PM »

NPD is here...

Xbox 360 = 326,000
PS2 = 531,000
Xbox = 197,000
GCN = 272,000
GBA = 690,000 (approx)
DS = 370,000 (approx)

Xbox 360 software sales = 1.3 million units, Tie ratio of almost 4:1.

Overall software sales are down 18% over November 2004. Console software sales are down 33%, even with the Xbox 360 sales contribution.

Console hardware sales are down 44% over last year. Ugh.

November Top 25 Software Sales

US Top 25 Videogame Titles
Rank Title Publisher

Rank Title Publisher
1 XBX STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
2 PS2 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
3 360 CALL OF DUTY 2 Activision
4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
5 PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2 THQ
6 360 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
7 PSP GTA: LIBERTY CITY STORIES Take 2 Interactive
8 PS2 TONY HAWK AMERICAN WASTELAND Activision
9 GCN MARIO PARTY 7 Nintendo
10 NDS MARIO KART Nintendo
11 PS2 50 CENT: BULLETPROOF Vivendi
12 PS2 CALL OF DUTY 2: BIG RED ONE Activision
13 360 NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts
14 PS2 SOUL CALIBUR III Namco
15 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENK Atari
16 PS2 NBA LIVE 06 Electronic Arts
17 PS2 BLITZ: THE LEAGUE Midway
18 PS2 NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts
19 PS2 RATCHET: DEADLOCKED Sony
20 PSP STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
21 360 PERFECT DARK ZERO LTD ED Microsoft
22 PS2 SOCOM 3: US NAVY SEALS Sony
23 PS2 GUN Activision
24 PS2 THE MATRIX: PATH OF NEO Atari
25 XBX CALL OF DUTY 2: BIG RED ONE Activision

Source: The NPD Group/NPD Funworld, POS
Note: Ranked in terms of $$$ sales.

PSP is a no show once again, SW BattleFront make the list 3 times & I think DQVIII sunk on a ship across the pacific from japan.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #895 on:** December 13, 2005, 05:34:27 PM »

Huh wow... the DS is outselling the X360. And the GBA is owning everything else.

So much for Nintendo's third pillar nonsense being a bunch of crap. Old fuddy duddy Nintendo never gets anything right.

IceCold · « **Reply #896 on:** December 13, 2005, 07:47:31 PM »

Hmm..any software numbers? And MKDS was just out for a few days since its November sales, right?

Mario · « **Reply #897 on:** December 13, 2005, 10:08:35 PM »

Well, turns out MKDS was a MASSIVE FLOP! This was supposed to elevate DS sales to giant levels, but it hasn't done anything at all, and if Mario Kart can't, nothing will. No Nintendogs to be seen either, I guess they were just a fad. Pack your things Nintendo, handheld market is crumbling and there's no safe haven anymore! GBA sales are down 500,000 from last year, so DS has taken those away, nobody is falling for this "release lots of games" BS, the three pillars are crumbling all over each other, and Xbox 360 has crushed the fourth before it's even been built, look at that MASSIVE software tie ratio! Third parties would be stupid NOT to put all their games on Xbox 360 now, since everyone would buy them.

#1 Star Wars Battlefront 2? Jesus christ, that game is TERRIBLE, what is going on in this industry?

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #898 on:** December 13, 2005, 10:17:28 PM »

Industry-wide trainwreck.

Deguello · « **Reply #899 on:** December 14, 2005, 12:56:36 AM »

I don't think the NPD is a good indicator of the market anymore. When they got their numbers screwed up, I stumbled upon an article which said that they only got 53% of the market's numbers, and that they estimated what they didn't have (which includes... lesse.... WALMART and TOYS R US and AMAZON), which is by no means an accurate picture.

Mario Kart is actually outselling GTA, considering that they do not count the DS Mario Kart bundle as a sale of the game, and that is a pretty hot item that has sold as well as the Game itself, I reckon.

EDIT: Oh and the NPD has this disgusting habit of ranking things in terms of how much revenue is generated over how much the game actually sold. Which means GBA and DS games have to sell 33% more just to even get ranked alongside Console/PSP titles.

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