Topic: Official Sales Thread

[KDR_11k]

AFAIK the FT didn't use data for all regions. Especially the hard to track "other" region.

[Stogi]

Europe?

I kid...I kid...

though the "other" region isn't a bad knick-name...

[SalesBot]

Better late than never

August NPD U.S.

Originally Posted by NeoGAF courtesy of The NPD Group:

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VG sales up 46% YOY to $993M, SW Sales up 22%, HW sales up 94%

Hardware Unit Sales
Wii 403.6 K
Nintendo DS 383.3K
Xbox 360 276.7K
PlayStation 2 202K
PlayStation Portable 151.2 K
PlayStation 3 130.6K
GBA 69.5K

Top 20 SKU's
360 MADDEN NFL 08 896.6K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 643.6K
360 BIOSHOCK 490.9K
PS3 MADDEN NFL 08 336.2K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 256.8K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION 218.1K
WII MARIO STRIKERS: CHARGED 147.4K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR 145.4K
WII MARIO PARTY 8 138.3K
PS2 GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE 80S 127.1K
XBX MADDEN NFL 08
WII MADDEN NFL 08
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A
360 TWO WORLDS
NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION
NDS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: MAKIN THE CUT
360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR
PSP MADDEN NFL 08
NDS POKEMON PEARL VERSION
360 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 08

PS3 Lair = 46.5K
Warhawk w/headset= 58.6K
Blue Dragon = 53.6K

August NPD Canada

same source...

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Canada continues to experience significant growth, substantially higher than the US.

Sales for the month were up a spectacular 78% (63% YTD), with console HW leading the way up a whopping 221%, with portable HW up a respectable 30% (despite a decline in PSP sales).

The big story is SW sales. Overall, they were up 43% YOY to $41M, again with console SW leading the way up over 52% and handheld sales up 22%

Hardware Aug'07
Nintendo DS 51.8K
Wii 34.4K
Xbox 360 26.7K
PS2 20.8K
PS3 12.7K
PSP 9K
GBA 6.4K

Top 10 Video Games - Aug 2007
360 BIOSHOCK 35K
360 MADDEN NFL 08 23K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 22K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION 17K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A DAY 13K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR 12.2K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 12K
WII MARIO STRIKERS: CHARGED 11.7K
360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR 11K
NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS 10.4K

[Stogi]

So those MP3 numbers are only the first 5 days it was on sale?

That's not bad considering many universities opened up classes that day or had classes already going on. I've never bought a game the same day as class started or at least a week afterwards.

I'm just going to go ahead and guess that September's #'s will be much higher.

[Michael8983]

No one should expect Metroid Prime 3 to be a chart-topper and sell millions off the bat.
Metroid titles have always appealed more to the hardcore niche market than the kind of broad audience most other Nintendo games with historiically much stronger sales (Mario, Pokemon, etc..) have appealed to.
But I do think it will easily sell better than Echos, and eventually better than the original Prime. Word of mouth should give it legs through the holiday season.

[Stogi]

Of fa-show

I didn't mean to sound like I was making excuses, because I wasn't. 43K a day ain't bad by anyone's standards. I was merely pointing out the fact that it may have had a better week if it were released on a better date, preferably a couple weeks later.

[Kairon]

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Originally posted by: KashogiStogi
Of fa-show

I didn't mean to sound like I was making excuses, because I wasn't. 43K a day ain't bad by anyone's standards. I was merely pointing out the fact that it may have had a better week if it were released on a better date, preferably a couple weeks later.

As in "next to Halo 3?""

[SalesBot]

Fun With Numbers Is up.  Also the Media Create numbers have been parsed.

Humans and their inconsistencies

[Stogi]

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Originally posted by: Kairon

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Originally posted by: KashogiStogi
Of fa-show

I didn't mean to sound like I was making excuses, because I wasn't. 43K a day ain't bad by anyone's standards. I was merely pointing out the fact that it may have had a better week if it were released on a better date, preferably a couple weeks later.

As in "next to Halo 3?""

Hah...ya I guess.

[ThePerm]

so, according to vgcharts....Wii is Number 1? Has the world gone mad....when did i start living in a perfect world?  

now i just need to find my copies of Zelda:TP, final fantasy:CC, star fox adventures, metal gear solid: TT, and the boxes for resident evil 0 and mario kart. they probably got stolen by an ex-roomate

[Luigi Dude]

[Stogi]

Hahaha, is that from Blow?!

[Luigi Dude]

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Originally posted by: KashogiStogi
Hahaha, is that from Blow?!

Yes it is.  I saw it on NeoGAF and decided someone needed to post that here.  It pretty much described the state of Nintendo right now perfectly.

[SalesBot]

 Media Create Sept. 10th - 16th

01. [PSP] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - 487,000 / NEW
02. [DS] Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki no Tankentai - 300,000 / NEW
03. [DS] Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Yami no Tankentai - 269,000 / NEW
04. [PSP] Fate/Tiger Colosseum - 55,000 / NEW
05. [PS2] Another Century's Episode 3: The Final - 31,000 / 218,000
06. [DS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS - 24,000 / 131,000
07. [Wii] Mario Party 8 - 24,000 / 756,000
08. [DS] Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates - 24,000 / 316,000
09. [PS2] Sengoku Musou 2 Mushouden - 14,000 / 274,000
10. [DS] My Housekeeping Diary - 13,000 / 195,000

11. [DS] Brain Age 2
12. [DS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day
13. [DS] Mario Kart DS
14. [Wii] Wii Sports
15. [Wii] Wii Play
16. [DS] New Super Mario Bros.
17. [PS3] Bladestorm
18. [PS2] Jissen Pachinko Hisshouhou! CR Sakura Taisen
19. [PSP] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
20. [DS] Phoenix Wright 3
21. [DS] Brain Age
22. [DS] Animal Crossing DS
23. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2007: Club Championship
24. [DS] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
25. [DS] Gakken DS: Shin Toeic Test Kanzen Kouryaku
26. [DS] More English Training
27. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5
28. [DS] Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber
29. [DS] Kanji Brain Test 2M
30. [DS] One Piece: Gear Spirit

31. [DS] General Knowledge Training Nintendo
32. [DS] English Training Nintendo
33. [360] Musou OROCHI Koei
34. [DS] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Drive Bandai Namco
35. [DS] Gundam Mah-jong +Z Bandai Namco
36. [DS] Face Training Nintendo
37. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd Capcom
38. [DS] Pokémon Diamond Pokémon Company
39. [DS] Itadaki Street DS Square Enix
40. [DS] English Inspection Training IE institute
41. [DS] Summon Night Banpresto
42. [DS] Pokémon Pearl Pokémon Company
43. [DS] Professor Layton and the Curious Village Level 5
44. [DS] Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo
45. [PS2] Musou 2 (PlayStation 2 the Best) Koei
46. [PS2] Power Pro Baseball 14 KONAMI
47. [DS] Gyakuten Saiban 2 Capcom
48. [DS] Diary of Mamegomaho TDK Core
49. [PSP] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Capcom
50. [PS2] Final Fantasy XII International Square Enix

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | LTD
1. PSP - 95,487 | 15,564 | 6,012,846
2. DS - 79,974 | 77,488 | 19,352,657
3. Wii - 26,181 | 29,088 | 3,565,062
4. PS2 - 13,128 | 13,360 | 20,727,421
5. PS3 - 13,101 | 13,248 | 1,145,829
6. 360 - 1,243 | 1,286 | 408,589
7. GBA - 836 | 550 | 15,345,235
8. GC - 97 | 82 | 4,179,112

[Ceric]

Wow.   PSP beat everything this week.  I'm very surprised.  I need to teach SalesBot how to read the slightly modified numbers...

[Spak-Spang]

Eventually the PSP will have to start defeating the DS pretty regularly, because everyone that wants a DS will have one.  I mean look at how many DS systems have sold compared to the life of the PS2...it has almost caught up completely...and probably will.

I have noticed that it is much easier in my area to find the Wii now.  I found 10 last week at Best Buy in the middle of the week after the big Sunday promotion...and I found about 10 at Costco in a bundle.  

So right now there is going to be a pause in sales that I would take advantage of if you are looking to purchase a Wii, because Mario Galaxy into Brawl they will be quite difficult to find again.

[IceCold]

Like I said before, Nintendo will need to start seriously considering funding the Japanese government's baby incentive programme

[Kenology]

Looks like the 77,777 FFVII: Crisis Core bundle paid off.  Will be interesting to see next weeks PSP numbers.

[Kairon]

::looks at sales::

::looks at panic button::

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::looks at panic button::

[NWR_pap64]

I am worried that the Wii's numbers are suddenly dropping in Japan, but I'm not that worried that the PSP is doing well this week. Crisis Core IS perhaps one of the PSP's biggest titles, and its also based on FFVII and fans are gaye for it.

The real test lies in the coming weeks when the fanbase has already picked up the game and all that's left is the rest of the gaming crowd.

[couchmonkey]

The Wii sales are quite low, but they're still twice any other home console.  My understanding is that this is normally a slow period in Japan.

Nice work, PSP.  I don't think it will last, though.

[Deguello]

Only 13 million PSPs to go until total PSP domination!

[Chozo Ghost]

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Originally posted by: pap64
I am worried that the Wii's numbers are suddenly dropping in Japan,

I'm not. It's kinda amazing they've been in 2nd place all this time with nothing except Wii Play and Wii Sports.

As soon as Nintendo unleashes the big guns of Mario and Smash Bros. you can be sure it will go straight to the top.

And the PSP's success this week is also something to not be concerned about. It took what was arguably the best PSP game yet released, plus a hardware revision to just barely rise above the DS. Once that hype dies down, the PSP will go back to its usual position of 3rd or 4th place.

[SalesBot]

Media Create Sept. 17th - 23rd

01. [PSP] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - 109,000 / 595,000
02. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus - 93,000 / NEW
03. [DS] Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki no Tankentai - 85,000 / 385,000
04. [DS] Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Yami no Tankentai - 75,000 / 344,000
05. [DS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn!! DS Flame Rumble Kaien Ring Soudatsuen! - 31,000 / NEW
06. [Wii] Super Mario Strikers - 28,000 / NEW
07. [PS2] Kiniro no Corda 2 Anchor - 24,000 / NEW
08. [Wii] Mario Party 8 - 22,000 / 779,000
09. [Wii] Samurai Warriors: Katana - 17,000 / NEW
10. [DS] Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates - 16,000 / 331,000

11. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (Deluxe Pack)
12. [DS] My Housekeeping Diary
13. [DS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS
14. [Wii] Wii Sports
15. [DS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day
16. [DS] Mario Kart DS
17. [PS2] Another Century's Episode 3: The Final
18. [DS] Brain Age 2
19. [Wii] Wii Play
20. [DS] New Super Mario Bros.
21. [PS2] Nanatsu Iro * Drops Pure!!
22. [DS] Animal Crossing DS
23. [DS] Phoenix Wright 3 (Best Price)
24. [PS2] Sengoku Musou 2 Mushouden
25. [DS] Brain Age
26. [PSP] Fate/Tiger Colosseum
27. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5
28. [DS] More English Training
29. [PS2] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
30. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable: 2nd

DS - 14
Wii - 5
PS2 - 5
PSP - 5
PS3 - 1

Hardware - This Week | Last Week|        LTD
1. PSP   -   277,794 |   95,487 |  6,290,640
2. DS   -    70,523 |   79,974 | 19,423,195
3. Wii   -    24,992 |   26,181 |  3,590,054
4. PS2   -    11,373 |   13,128 | 20,738,794
5. PS3   -    10,732 |   13,101 |  1,156,561
6. 360   -     1,687 |    1,243 |    410,276
7. GBA   -       382 |      836 | 15,345,617
8. GC   -        15 |       97 |  4,179,180

[couchmonkey]

To put current Wii sales in Japan into perspective a bit, if you look at PS2 sales back in early September 2003, they were selling around 32,000 units per week, and that was with a handful of popular new releases (two Gundam games and an RPG, can't remember the name).  Nintendo has been selling around 20-30 thousand, and has had no major releases since, what, Mario Party 8?  Not to mention it continues to outsell every other home console by at least 90%.

In other words, the sales aren't what they used to be, but they aren't bad for this time of year, either.  I think it's safe to say supply has caught up with demand in Japan, but some new games and the holiday season will change that.