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May NPD Sales Data!!
Top 10 Selling Games for PS2 for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari 27,343,020 $ 561,540
2 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts 13,682,340 $ 274,452
3 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 4,812,878 $ 98,692
4 MIDNIGHT CLUB II Take-Two Interactive 4,630,733 $ 93,120
5 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive 3,201,154 $ 67,564
6 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision 2,866,030 $ 59,713
7 DEF JAM VENDETTA Electronic Arts 2,746,626 $ 55,200
8 .HACK: MUTATION Bandai 2,575,291 $ 51,690
9 DYNASTY W ARRIORS 4 Koei 2,281,203 $ 46,791
10 MVP BASEBALL 2003 Electronic Arts 2,184,827 $ 43,899
Source: NPD Funworld.
Top 10 Selling Games for Xbox for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari 13,577,190 $ 278,226
2 W OLFENSTEIN :T IDES W AR Activision 6,680,793 $ 140,915
3 BRUTE FORCE Microsoft 6,432,212 $ 130,385
4 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts 3,708,454 $ 74,424
5 HALO Microsoft 1,666,910 $ 33,848
6 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision 986,241 $ 20,415
7 HULK Vivendi Universal 903,301 $ 18,220
8 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 776,513 $ 16,789
9 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Ubi Soft 766,480 $ 16,126
10 MOTO GP 2 THQ 642,261 $ 12,343
Source: NPD Funworld.
Top 10 Selling Games for GameCube for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari 4,240,971 $ 85,584
2 ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER Nintendo 3,006,996 $ 76,676
3 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts 1,426,252 $ 28,626
4 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo 868,762 $ 28,908
5 MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo 794,771 $ 22,900
6 DISNEY'S FINDING NEMO THQ 715,898 $ 17,780
7 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 605,177 $ 12,174
8 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision 577,168 $ 11,677
9 THE SIMS Electronic Arts 517,377 $ 10,749
10 ANIMAL CROSSING Nintendo 494,155 $ 9,915
Source: NPD Funworld.
Top 10 Selling Games for GBA for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 POKEMON RUBY Nintendo 3,955,237 $ 118,493
2 POKEMON SAPPHIRE Nintendo 3,759,188 $ 112,114
3 YU-GI-OH! W ORLDWIDE Konam i 3,386,782 $ 94,313
4 GOLDEN SUN: LOST AGE Nintendo 1,904,165 $ 63,109
5 CASTLEVANIA: ARIA Konam i 1,616,451 $ 54,174
6 DISNEY'S F INDING NEMO THQ 1,488,447 $ 52,534
7 ZELDA: LINK TO PAST Nintendo 1,111,154 $ 36,137
8 SONIC ADVANCE 2 THQ 1,101,245 $ 36,837
9 KIRBY: N IGHTMARE Nintendo 964,931 $ 31,663
10 HAMTARO: HEARTBREAK Nintendo 915,192 $ 30,174
Source: NPD Funworld.
Top 10 Selling Games for Covered Companies for May 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Platform Projected $'s Projected Units
1 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts PS2 13,682,340 $ 274,452
2 WOLFENSTEIN:TIDES WAR Activision XBX 6,680,793 $ 140,915
3 MIDNIGHT CLUB II Take-Two Interactive PS2 4,630,733 $ 93,120
4 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts XBX 3,708,454 $ 74,424
5 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive PS2 3,201,154 $ 67,564
6 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision PS2 2,866,030 $ 59,713
7 DEF JAM VENDETTA Electronic Arts PS2 2,746,626 $ 55,200
8 MVP BASEBALL 2003 Electronic Arts PS2 2,184,827 $ 43,899
9 DISNEY'S FINDING NEMO THQ PS2 1,577,636 $ 39,632
10 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 Take-Two Interactive PS2 1,566,196 $ 79,021
Source: NPD Funworld.
May 2003 Market Share Rankings (Top 30 Companies)
Total 295,085,961 $
Company Projected $'s Market Share
1 ATARI 54,362,630 $ 18.4%
2 ELECTRONIC ARTS 44,501,080 $ 15.1%
3 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 26,408,150 $ 8.9%
4 ACTIVISION 20,390,670 $ 6.9%
5 THQ 17,795,050 $ 6.0%
6 SONY 15,059,060 $ 5.1%
7 KONAMI OF AMERICA 13,177,770 $ 4.5%
8 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 13,145,870 $ 4.5%
9 UBISOFT 12,207,170 $ 4.1%
10 MICROSOFT 11,697,630 $ 4.0%
11 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 8,004,927 $ 2.7%
12 NAMCO 6,564,938 $ 2.2%
13 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 5,327,259 $ 1.8%
14 CAPCOM USA 5,293,307 $ 1.8%
15 SEGA OF AMERICA 4,803,111 $ 1.6%
16 MIDWAY 4,509,010 $ 1.5%
17 BANDAI AMERICA 4,476,987 $ 1.5%
18 MULTIPLE VIDEO GAME MANUFACTUR 2,882,803 $ 1.0%
19 SQUARE ENIX USA 2,877,490 $ 1.0%
20 KOEI 2,853,562 $ 1.0%
21 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 2,495,482 $ 0.8%
22 TDK MEDIACTIVE 1,706,664 $ 0.6%
23 EIDOS INTERACTIVE 1,471,327 $ 0.5%
24 BAM! ENTERTAINMENT 1,431,100 $ 0.5%
25 TECMO 1,086,321 $ 0.4%
26 MAJESCO 1,058,818 $ 0.4%
27 THE 3DO COMPANY 1,057,324 $ 0.4%
28 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 912,076 $ 0.3%
29 CODEMASTERS USA 818,650 $ 0.3%
30 AGETEC 665,707 $ 0.2%
US Top 25 Videogame Titles
Rank Title Publisher
1 PS2 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari
2 PS2 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts
3 XBX ENTER THE MATRIX Atari
4 XBX WOLFENSTEIN:TIDES WAR Activision
5 XBX BRUTE FORCE Microsoft
6 PS2 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft
7 PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB II Take-Two Interactive
8 GCN ENTER THE MATRIX Atari
9 GBA POKEMON RUBY Nintendo
10 GBA POKEMON SAPPHIRE Nintendo
11 XBX NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts
12 GBA YU-GI-OH! WORLDWIDE Konami
13 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive
14 GCN ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER Nintendo
15 PS2 X2:WOLVERINES REVENGE Activision
16 PS2 DEF JAM VENDETTA Electronic Arts
17 PS2 .HACK: MUTATION Bandai
18 PS2 DYNASTY WARRIORS 4 Koei
19 PS2 MVP BASEBALL 2003 Electronic Arts
20 GBA GOLDEN SUN: LOST AGE Nintendo
21 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami
22 PS2 SOCOM:SEALS W/HEADSET Sony
23 XBX HALO Microsoft
24 PS2 HULK Vivendi
25 GBA CASTLEVANIA: ARIA Konami
Hardware sales
PS2 288,127
Xbox 123,614
GC 84,408
GBA 402,662
Source: NPD Funworld.
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OVERVIEW
On Monday afternoon, NPD Funworld released its May 2003 (four-week period ending May 31) TRSTS sales data for U.S. console video game software sales. Total sales were $295 million, down 9% sequentially from April’s $324 million, but up 20% compared to May 2002. The sequential decline was not unexpected, considering that April sales were unusually strong with many mega-hit games released. Year-to-date sales are $1,713 million compared with prior year-to-date of $1,554 million (a year-over-year increase of 10%).
Projected $'s (millions)
We had anticipated software sales of $295 million, so the overall sales figures met our expectations. We believe that the yearover- year increase was attributable to strong demand driven by the relatively strong release schedule in May 2003, compared to
last May. The sell-through in May 2003 was especially impressive given that the console manufacturers reduced prices only $20 (10%), compared to a reduction of $100 (33%) last May. The reduction last year resulted in a 31% sales increase over May 2001, so the comparison for May 2003 was a difficult one. We believe that industry sales figures will be highly correlated with the number of mega-hit titles released each month and remain confident that sales will continue to be strong into 2003, with the year ending up over 20% from 2002. May sales were driven by continuing sales of Nintendo’s Pokemon Ruby (GBA) and Pokemon Sapphire (GBA), Electronic
Arts’ NBA Street Vol. 2 (PS2, Xbox, GC), Ubi Soft’s Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (PS2, Xbox, GC, GBA), and Take-Two’s Midnight Club II (PS2). Top May releases included THQ’s Finding Nemo (PS2, Xbox, GC, GBA, PC), Activision’s Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War (Xbox), and Atari’s Enter The Matrix (PS2, GC, Xbox, PC). Enter The Matrix sold a very strong 925,000 units and was the leading game sold for each of the three consoles. There were seven games selling more than 100,000 units apiece in May (this compares to our expectation of ten and 13 last month). The top 200 games (out of 3,000 games sold in May) captured 60% of unit sales and 75% of dollar sales, compared with 63% of unit sales and 71% of dollar sales in April, with the top 250 games capturing 78% of dollar sales. The top 10
captured 30% of dollar sales versus 23% last month.
Will Nintendo EVER catch up to Microsoft?
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