Topic: Official DS Sales Thread

[mantidor]

I think neither handheld has break Game Gear numbers, so both are doomed so far

[Stimutacs Addict]

I dont understand why people are buying the PSP.... it seems like the hype really died down and I'm hoping that people will just give up on it. I always ask my gamespot employees how the PSP and DS are sellling, and they always tell me the same thing: they are pushing way more PSPs than DSes... i still don't know if that's just some sales pitch to try to get me to buy the cooler system or if they really know it. still,,, my friend who owns both spends waaayy more time with Advance Wars than Spiderman 2 UMD (or anything else he has for the PSP)

[KDR_11k]

Perhaps the DS is more popular with parents and casuals who are more likely to shop at Walmart than Gamestop?

[31 Flavas]

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Originally posted by: Stimutacs Addict

I always ask my gamespot employees how the PSP and DS are sellling, and they always tell me the same thing: they are pushing way more PSPs than DSes... i still don't know if that's just some sales pitch to try to get me to buy the cooler system or if they really know it.

Well, here is, at the very least, an anecdotal way to determine. Does this gamespot/stop/EB/whatever have any used PSPs in stock? If the store has used PSPs on display, i'd lean more twords the sales pitch idea for this particular store.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Well, both EBgames.com and Gamestop.com have used PSPs for sale.  DS?  NOPE.

[BlackNMild2k1]

UK Sales Chart

TW Title Developer Label Publisher
1 1 NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED EA CANADA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
2 2 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 5 KONAMI CORPORATION KONAMI KONAMI
4 3 FIFA 06 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 4 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE EA CHERTSEY EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
5 5 50 CENT: BULLETPROOF GENUINE GAMES SIERRA VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES
9 6 CALL OF DUTY 2: BIG RED ONE TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
6 7 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II PANDEMIC STUDIOS LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
12 8 KING KONG: OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE UBISOFT UBISOFT UBISOFT
10 9 GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES ROCKSTAR LEEDS ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
7 10 WWE SMACKDOWN! VS RAW 2006 YUKE'S THQ THQ
36 11 CALL OF DUTY 2 INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
- 12 PERFECT DARK ZERO RARE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
11 13 THE SIMS 2 MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
30 14 NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH & WARDROBE TRAVELLER'S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE BUENA VISTA GAMES
14 15 GUN NEVERSOFT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
- 16 PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 3 BIZARRE CREATIONS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
20 17 TRUE CRIME: NEW YORK CITY LUXOFLUX ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
15 18 SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
16 19 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE EA REDWOOD SHORES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 20 CRASH TAG TEAM RACING RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT SIERRA VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES
17 21 TONY HAWK'S AMERICAN WASTELAND NEVERSOFT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
13 22 MARIO KART DS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
34 23 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 06 EA REDWOOD SHORES EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 24 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2006 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
8 25 WORLD TOUR SOCCER LONDON STUDIOS SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
29 26 BRATZ: ROCK ANGELZ ALTRON THQ THQ
26 27 BUZZ! THE MUSIC QUIZ RELENTLESS STUDIOS SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
18 28 THE MATRIX: PATH OF NEO SHINY ENTERTAINMENT ATARI ATARI
- 29 PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE TWO THRONES UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 30 THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT PLATINUM VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES
25 31 THE SIMS 2: CHRISTMAS PARTY PACK MAXIS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
33 32 POKEMON EMERALD GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO
32 33 SONIC HEROES SONIC TEAM PLATINUM SEGA
27 34 THE WARRIORS ROCKSTAR TORONTO ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
31 35 AGE OF EMPIRES III ENSEMBLE STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 36 CONDEMNED: CRIMINAL ORIGINS MONOLITH SEGA SEGA
- 37 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY HIGH VOLTAGE GLOBAL STAR TAKE 2
21 38 LMA MANAGER 2006 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
- 39 QUAKE 4 RAVEN SOFTWARE ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
38 40 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION

UK Sales chart DS

1 1 MARIO KART DS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 2 SONIC RUSH SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
10 3 NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH & WARDROBE GRIPTONITE DISNEY INTERACTIVE BUENA VISTA GAMES
5 4 THE SIMS 2 GRIPTONITE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 5 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE MAGIC POCKETS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 6 SUPER MARIO 64 DS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
8 7 STAR WARS EP III: REVENGE OF THE SITH UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
3 8 NINTENDOGS: DACHSHUND & FRIENDS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 9 NINTENDOGS: CHIHUAHUA & FRIENDS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 10 NINTENDOGS: LAB & FRIENDS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 11 NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED EA CANADA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 12 ZOO TYCOON DS BLUE FANG THQ THQ
11 13 SPIDER-MAN 2 VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
15 14 SPYRO: SHADOW LEGACY THE FIZZ FACTOR SIERRA VIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES
17 15 FIFA 06 EXIENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 16 MADAGASCAR VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
- 17 KING KONG: OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE UBISOFT (CASABLANCA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
16 18 ZOO KEEPER SUCCESS IGNITION IGNITION
20 19 ANIMANIACS: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION WARTHOG IGNITION IGNITION
- 20 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: YELLOW AVENGER TANTALUS THQ THQ

PSP - 79,000
Xbox360 -70,000
DS - 63,000 (w/ supply problems - sold out of Nintendogs bundles)
GBA/M - 40,000  

[odifiend]

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Perhaps the DS is more popular with parents and casuals who are more likely to shop at Walmart than Gamestop?

PSP is more popular in EB Games/Gamestop whereas Walmart has a partnership with Nintendo.  I was in EB games today, and in the span of 20 minutes they sold 3 PSPs all to moms.  Afterwards, I was walking through Sears and another mom asked about the PSP.  Advertising for the PSP has been more of presence lately as well.  ruby might be right - 360 shortage might be helping the PSP.

[UncleBob]

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Originally posted by: Stimutacs Addict

I always ask my gamespot employees how the PSP and DS are sellling, and they always tell me the same thing: they are pushing way more PSPs than DSes... i still don't know if that's just some sales pitch to try to get me to buy the cooler system or if they really know it.

Well, I know when the NGage came out, I casually asked about it and they told me it was selling great and that I needed one.

[animecyberrat]

sales peopple will ALWAYS push the more expensive system that has more features as a better buy, because they are paid on commission.  Regarding teh DS, I have a die harsd sony fanboy freind who owns 3 ps2s (actualoy ll my freidns own 2 or three of tehdamn things), and has a psp, and I showed all my psp fanboy freidns my ds and all it took to convert them was wi fi conect and mario kart, they said that psp doesnt have any ghood games right now and teh online is to complicated for them to bother setting it up, where as ds is so simple they loved it.

I actualy convinced one to trade his psp in for a ds so thats a good sign. I also Noticed that at all the used game stores in town, and the stores that rent games also, only have psp umd movies, no games at all. I think thatpeople are starting to realize the psp is pretty worthless as a games machine. On a related note, I just read in Game Informer magazine that Sony is going to redesign the PSP with a built in hard drive or something of the sort, so it looks like they are sticking with PSP as a Tech Device rather than a games system, so that should seal its fate I think.

I still can't wait to see what christmas sales are like though, if DS stomps psp and developers start losing money on making psp games then we should start to see a major shift. By The Way does anybody have the sales data for original Game Boy verses Game Gear? I thought they were pretty close for a while but could be wrong.  

[Mario]

Remember to take into consideration that the Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs games sold in the bundles aren't counted in software charts.

Also, here's an example of the Nintendogs effect, in France



The last little boost at the end is when Mario Kart came out.

I'm going to make a UK graph soon!

Oh yeah also, Nintendogs is in short supply over there and is going on ebay for $95 US.

[KDR_11k]

Why is that labelled "W36 W37 W38"...? "Week" is "semaine" in french.

Oh yeah also, Nintendogs is in short supply over there and is going on ebay for $95 US.

Keep in mind that it costs ~50$ in stores. Not as much of an increase as US based readers would think.

[IceCold]

I think Mario made that graph himself. Am I right?

[Mario]

Nope, found it on another forum! But I have DS - PSP sales for the UK for every week up to now, which i'll make into something readable.

In other news, last weeks sales

1. PS2 Biohazard 4 - Capcom - 243,000
2. DS Animal Crossing - Nintendo - 130,000 (456,000)
3. PSP Monster Hunter Portable - Capcom - 114,000
4. DS Slime Mori Mori DQ 2 - Square Enix - 46,000
5. GBA Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon - Pokemon - 39,000 (209,000)
6. DS Dragonball Z - Bandai - 36,000
7. DS Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon - Pokemon - 35,000 (209,000)
8. GBA Rockman EXE 6 Graygar - Capcom - 33,000 (140,000)
9. GC SD Gundam Gachapon Wars - Bandai - 28,000
10. DS Nou wo kitaeru Otona no DS Training - Nintendo - 26,000 (812,000)

[KnowsNothing]

RE4 deals AC a deathblow...uh oh...

[Artimus]

How much did the GCN version sell in Japan?

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: Artimus
How much did the GCN version sell in Japan?

around 220,000

edit:  From dengeki.com

hardware for last week

DS is 169,000
PSP is 89,000

If DS sells around 120,000 next week it should have broken the 4million sold mark in Japan

[clintonmanual]

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1

Quote
Originally posted by: Artimus
How much did the GCN version sell in Japan?

around 220,000

edit:  From dengeki.com

hardware for last week

DS is 169,000
PSP is 89,000

If DS sells around 120,000 next week it should have broken the 4million sold mark in Japan

oh wow, that just made my day.. I LOVE YOU DS!!!!

[Mario]

Also dengeki.com has Animal Crossing Wild World at 521,000, a lot higher than Media Create does.

[couchmonkey]

Oh man, Capcom is so stupid, I told them RE4 would never sell on the PS2.  IDIOTS!!!

[Artimus]

RE4 just sold 220,000 units TOTAL on the GameCube? That's horrible!

[BranDonk Kong]

No, it sold over 500,000 as of August or something like that. I don't think it's faring too well on PS2 either.

[JonLeung]

They probably would've sold a lot more RE4 on the 'Cube if they didn't announce it for the PS2 shortly before release!  Dumb dumb dumb.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: Brandogg
No, it sold over 500,000 as of August or something like that. I don't think it's faring too well on PS2 either.

If you look back he asked how much it sold in Japan not in the U.S.

As of right now RE4 is selling the opposite in the U.S as it is in Japan.

Japanese Hardware Sales - Media Create

DS 176000
PSP 92000
PS2 32000
GC 6000
GBM 7000  

[Deguello]

Wow.  Impressive DS numbers.

And just so you guys know.  RE4 I believe sold more than a million worldwide on the GC.  While the PS2 version may be selling ok in Japan, in America it got outsold by a two-month old Mario Baseball in its launch month, and performed similarly elsewhere.  Unless it sells a million in Japan alone, it has no hope of achieving the GC version's sales, I'd wager.  I hope Capcom thought it was worth it.  (rant over)

[Renny]

Maybe that was all the reasoning they needed. Japanese gamers and investors are in Sony's deep pockets. It certainly wasn't done for the fans, unless Capcom just enjoys a good game of musical consoles.

Anyone have a tally of the total GCN->PS2 porting disasters?