Author Topic: New North American (NPD) Sales Thread (Read 142569 times)

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #450 on:** April 10, 2005, 10:00:23 PM »

Yes i was talking about Skies of Acadia.

As for TOS if it includes lots of violence and death then im sure to enjoy it despite the kids and behind the scenes violence. The story and character building are the most important aspects of an RPG, so even if the battle system sucks ass ill be able to overlook it if the other two are compelling.

But even a RPG with a good story, character building and battle system, doesnt always appeal to me, eg. Paper Mario. I know most will be quick to jump in and say its great. But Mario in a Rpg to me does not equal an RpG in the traditional sense of the word. I like my wizards, warriors, dwarfs and elfs etc...

BTW Wizardry 8 on PC ROCKS. That is the apex of traditional RPG's. I only wish Nintendo would buy the rights and continue the Wizardry series on the rev. If you havent heard of it you should check it out. Its less than 20 bucks by now.

peace nosferatu

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #451 on:** April 15, 2005, 03:33:16 PM »

Yet another update of Japanese #'s
Media-Create - April 04, 2005 - April 10, 2005

Software Sales

1. PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam: 1 Year War - Bandai - 159,000 (NEW)
2. PS2 Saint Seiya - Bandai - 89,000 (NEW)
3. PS2 Pro Baseball Spirits - Konami - 55,000 (NEW)
4. PS2 Tekken 5 - Namco - 44,000 (218,000)
5. PS2 Winning Eleven 8 Liveware Evolution - Konami - 24,000 (330,000)
6. NDS Touch! Kirby - Nintendo - 20,000 (128,000)
7. PS2 Baldrforce Exe - Alchemist - 12,000 (NEW)
8. PS2 Wild Arms 4th Detonator - SCEI - 10,000 (169,000)
9. PS2 Yamato - Bandai - 9,000 (NEW)
10. PS2 WRC4 - Spike - 9,000 (NEW)

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Hardware Sales

PS2 - 37,870
DS - 30,028
PSP - 28,848
GBASP - 13,693
GC - 3,406
GBA - 347
Xbox - 315

Once again the DS holds it lead(barely), but it is definately not running at the same pace as last week(or the week bofore that).
PS2 dominates the software charts(as usual), as DS manages to wiggle in the middle to make an appearance.

Mario · « **Reply #452 on:** April 15, 2005, 06:56:12 PM »

^ "Official GCN Sales Thread" - but that's ok.

Anyway, surprised nobody's posted the March NPD info, I can't post it right away anymore for... reasons.

Top 5 games per platform:

PS2 Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 GRAN TURISMO 4 Sony $ 26,165,740 532,219
2 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 Electronic Arts $ 12,891,970 261,974
3 DEVIL MAY CRY 3 Capcom $ 12,467,640 252,006
4 GOD OF WAR Sony $ 10,612,730 214,028
5 MVP BASEBALL 2005 Electronic Arts $ 9,917,162 337,736

Xbox Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 SW: REPUBLIC COMMANDO LucasArts $ 10,644,190 214,923
2 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 Electronic Arts $ 9,902,274 201,638
3 BROTHERS ARMS:HILL 30 Ubi Soft $ 8,670,007 186,542
4 T.CLANCY:CHAOS THEORY Ubi Soft $ 8,157,217 163,766
5 MVP BASEBALL 2005 Electronic Arts $ 5,456,600 185,589

GC Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 STAR FOX: ASSAULT Nintendo $ 3,899,296 80,389
2 RESIDENT EVIL 4 Capcom $ 2,617,991 52,717
3 DK: JUNGLE W/BONGOS Nintendo $ 2,125,341 39,242
4 MARIO PARTY 6 W/MIC Nintendo $ 2,025,914 40,850
5 NBA STREET V3 Electronic Arts $ 1,996,246 41,134

Handhelds Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
PSP NEED SPEED:UND RIVALS Electronic Arts $ 5,973,790 121,293
PSP TWISTED METAL:HEAD ON Sony $ 5,034,513 127,403
PSP UNTOLD LEGENDS:BTHRHD Sony $ 4,078,071 103,010
NDS WARIOWARE: TOUCHED! Nintendo $ 3,909,432 113,380
PSP METAL GEAR ACID Konami $ 3,483,612 88,362

Hardware:

PS2: 495,000
Xbox: 227,000
GCN: 94,000

Another month, another GameCube slaughtering. Those Jungle Beat sales are a crime...

Mario · « **Reply #453 on:** April 16, 2005, 10:12:38 PM »

Nintendo GameCube software TOTALS:

Super Smash Bros: Melee = 2,770,885
Super Mario Sunshine = 1,942,646
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! = 1,856,973
Zelda: The Wind Waker = 1,851,599
Luigi's Mansion = 1,652,768
Metroid Prime = 1,287,446
Mario Party 4 = 972,844
Animal Crossing = 969,593
Mario Party 5 = 822,759
Star Fox Adventures = 813,088
Pokemon Colosseum = 788,720
Pikmin = 675,409
Mario Party 6 = 614,863
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door = 608,047
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour = 601,519
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes = 507,805
Kirby Air Ride = 455,041
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles = 429,626
Mario Power Tennis = 369,599
Donkey Konga = 336,244
Zelda: Four Swords Adventures = 333,557
Wave Race: Blue Storm = 331,896
F Zero GX = 294,304
Wario World = 288,842
Eternal Darkness = 286,854
Pikmin 2 = 265,097
Pokemon Channel = 174,043
Preview Disk = 172,296
Star Fox Assault = 169,635
Custom Robo = 166,498
NBA Courtside = 162,015
1080 Avalanche = 137,654
Wario Ware Inc = 124,148
Magical Mirror = 122,975
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat 62,873

Sonic Adventure II Battle = 1,122,289
Sonic Mega Collection = 899,814 (PS2 version = 353,659 XBOX version = 207,294)
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II Rogue Leader = 880,452
Soul Calibur II = 799,980 (PS2 version = 748,268 XBOX version = 538,929)
Super Monkey Ball = 634,474
Super Monkey Ball 2 = 590,699
Sonic Adventure DX = 539,896
Resident Evil = 501,419
Sonic Heroes = 499,915 (PS2 version = 340,615 XBOX version = 160,909)
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III Rebel Strike = 496,647
Resident Evil 4 = 475,369
Resident Evil Zero = 448,219

Viewtiful Joe = 302,077 (PS2 version = 81,341)
Tales of Symphonia = 292,631
Timesplitters 2 = 270,037 (PS2 version = 273,865 XBOX version = 223,174)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes = 232,202
MegaMan Anniversary Collection= 209,598 (PS2 version = 202,446 XBOX version = 16,790)
Phantasy Star Online I & II = 189,082
Viewtiful Joe 2 = 84,903 (PS2 version = 31,100)
Baten Kaitos = 79,070
Megaman X Command Mission = 53,326 (PS2 version = 39,419)

TimeSplitters 3:

XBox - 34,299
PS2 - 19,957
GCN - 10,925

Super Monkey Ball DX
PS2 = 11,284
Xbox = 11,710

LOL Super Monkey Ball 2 for GameCube sold more than Super Monkey Ball DX for both PS2 and Xbox COMBINED for the MONTH (24,702). Another very smart move by Sega!

(Thanks to Berto2k for providing me this information.)

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #454 on:** April 17, 2005, 04:52:00 AM »

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Preview Disk = 172,296

Hahaha, that's my favortie game.

mjbd · « **Reply #455 on:** April 17, 2005, 05:56:29 AM »

I cant believe Jungle Beat bombed so hard. I would have thought that a large percentage of the people who bought Donkey Konga would have bought Jungle Beat. Resident Evil 4 sales are slowing down, but is still doing well. Its a shame, but it seems like Gamecube is starting to fade away quicker than the competitors. The only thing that could bring sales for Gamecube back to life is the upcoming Zelda.

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #456 on:** April 17, 2005, 08:46:11 AM »

Damn RE4 only sold 50k that blows!
You guys are crying about jungle beat when the outrage is RE4!
I think, as most others do, that RE4 is better than all other offerings on all platforms. Even me, a Metroid diehard, thinks RE4 outdid Echoes. BTW Echoes only selling 500k is criminal.

At least RE4 almost sold as many as Echoes in half the time.
Re4 i thinkis better than Halo2, so expected the game to eventually do half what Halo 2 did, somewhere around 1.5 mil. Wishful thinking i guess.

CHEN · « **Reply #457 on:** April 17, 2005, 10:21:08 AM »

Get the pitchforks, light those torches and grease the chainsaws, it's time to form an angry mob and storm the executive offices of Capcom. Put up your angry face. BLAYEARGH

razr · « **Reply #458 on:** April 17, 2005, 11:24:00 AM »

Its sad to hear resi4 didnt sell as well as it should have. its one of the best games of all time, amazing graphics and story really push the bounderies and i know at least a few people out there bought a gamecube just to play it.
As for ToS its got a brilliant battle system for a rpg but the story didnt do the game justice or maybe i didnt play it enough to see its true colours, thats what i thought anyway.
i was really dissapointed with the new starfox game, it seems once again namco not putting enough effort to make a classic. The space parts look awesome but there are land levels which ruin it.
Im hoping the new zelda will be another classic up there with ocarina of time. It looks the part cant wait.

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #459 on:** April 17, 2005, 02:33:23 PM »

I'm glad that damn bongo game didn't sell well. Stop with cute gimicks Nintendo. Actually what really angers me is the huge advertising push the game got. Zelda got a smaller push for God's sake.

odifiend · « **Reply #460 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:51:00 PM »

Well Rancid, that is probably because NOA's advertising department is now under new management.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #461 on:** April 17, 2005, 03:51:25 PM »

I was hoping RE4 would top a million US, but doesn't seem likely. I'm just afraid 2006 is going to be a bleak year for the gamecube until the Revolution comes. Of course, It will probably be a meager release year for all 3 consoles of this gen.

Gonna have to get myself a DS to tide things over methinks..

mjbd · « **Reply #462 on:** April 17, 2005, 07:11:15 PM »

RE4 will probably sell over 1 million copies world wide before the end the year, but it should have sold that many copies in the US alone. Back in the N64 days the good games would sell millions of copies, but on gamecube, most struggle to break the 500k mark.

Mario · « **Reply #463 on:** April 17, 2005, 08:26:44 PM »

I think RE4 will eventually sell over a million in the US alone, on GC.

IceCold · « **Reply #464 on:** April 17, 2005, 08:34:25 PM »

As soon as there is a price cut, sales will leap - but that's not for a while..

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #465 on:** April 21, 2005, 09:21:36 AM »

I've already had to eat my words on RE4 once so I won't make any further predictions so far it's sales go. I never thought RE4 would truly outsell RE0. I wasn't a RE fan. I didn't know what I was talking about.

Having played RE4 though, I consider it the third best GCN title overall (Wind waker, Eternal Darkness) so I DO see what the fuss is all about. RE0 seemed like a great game too though. But as I said, I must not understand what RE fans want.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #466 on:** April 28, 2005, 10:54:53 AM »

games sales media-create April 18-24

1. Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song - 216,904 (PS2)(NEW)
2. Fire Emblem - 102,073 (GC)(NEW)
3. Naruto 3 - 84,195 (DS)(NEW)
4. Nintendogs: Siba & Friends - 82,585 (DS)(NEW)
5. Nintendogs: Dachs & Friends - 52,563 (DS)(NEW)
6. Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends - 45,826(DS)(NEW)
7. Baseball Live 2005 - 43,852 (PS2)(NEW)
8. Mega Man Zero 4 - 37,973 (GBA)(NEW)
9. Mobile Suit Gundam: One Year War - 29,592 (PS2)
10. Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zone of Control - 29,473(PS2)(NEW)

system sales for the week:

Nintendo DS - (96,191)
PlayStation 2 - (33,080)
PSP - (33,004)
Game Boy Advance SP - (10,820)
GameCube - (8,329)
Game Boy Advance - (422)
Xbox - (112)

Xbox drops about a 1/3, GC more than doubles and DS outsells them all combined (taking about 53% of system sales)
Its good to see another GC game back at the top of the charts and its pushing systems out the door, hopefully it keeps up and pushes the GC closer & closer to regaining it 2nd place status .

trip1eX · « **Reply #467 on:** April 29, 2005, 07:30:20 AM »

DS baby! Wow! It's looking like the DS has absorbed the initial PSP launch blow and is now back on the attack.

mjbd · « **Reply #468 on:** April 29, 2005, 01:32:41 PM »

PSP is still an expensive peice of hardware, and even though its a very nice peice of hardware, I believe its price is a bit steep for many consumers. The DS is finnaly getting some good software released that take advantage of some of its unique features. Another thing it has going for it is that you can buy a DS and have a system that plays DS and GBA games. Sony is gonna take a chunk of the handheld market from Nintendo, but I think Nintendo will still dominate with fresh software.

caimdark · « **Reply #469 on:** May 05, 2005, 08:14:35 PM »

Anyone has global sales figures for Re4? Some months ago the combined sales numbers for U.S and Japan stood at 500.000, then I lost track. Now we have 200.000 in europe alone, and surely RE4 must have sold a few more thousands in the meantime. It must close to a million already.

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #470 on:** May 05, 2005, 08:56:08 PM »

Well caimdark, a buddy of mine (who is reliable) told me as of the end of April:

US = about 500,000
Europe = 200,000
Japan = about 180,000

So definately nearing up on one million worldwide.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #471 on:** May 11, 2005, 07:55:04 PM »

Media Create - April 25 - May 01, 2005

No. / Title / this week (total) / publisher

1 KIDOU SENSHI GUNDAM: Ichinen Sensou PS2 - 33,906 (268,238 ) Bandai
2 Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu 3 for DS DS - 32,958 (117,153) Tomy
3 Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song PS2 - 31,037 (247,941) Square Enix
4 Nintendogs: Shiba and friends DS - 30,463 (113,048 ) Nintendo
5 Baseball Live 2005 PS2 - 24,154 (68,006) Namco
6 Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki GameCube - 22,221 (124,294) Nintendo
7 Nintendogs: Dachs and Friends DS - 19,971 (72,334) Nintendo
8 Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends DS - 18,483 (64,309) Nintendo
9 Rave Buster Darkness Century PS2 - 16,581 Bandai NEW
10 Spectral Force Chronicles PS2 - 12,285 Idea Factory NEW

System Sales --------------------------------

DS, 64,247 Sales
PS2, 40,471 Sales
PSP, 38,778 Sales
GBASP, 14,616 Sales
GC, 6,125 Sales
GBA, 448 Sales
Xbox, 271 Sales

There was only one other GC game in the Top 50 and it was @ the #42 spot

Fire Emblem is still selling good, but GC sales have actually slowed up.

But we still don't have last weeks #'s & Fire Emblem should still be on the charts for last week too.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #472 on:** May 12, 2005, 08:02:05 AM »

Looks like the GameCube is definitely a dying system in Japan. It's too bad, but it's also expected. Zelda will probably renew interest a little, but I think with new consoles on the way next year and few games left in the Cube's release list, things are going to stay pretty low-key for the system through to the end of its life.

Mario · « **Reply #473 on:** May 12, 2005, 08:08:15 AM »

GameCube's been selling that pathetic amount for years.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #474 on:** May 12, 2005, 10:44:21 AM »

Media Create - May 2 - May 08

Software:
1. PS2 Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song - Square Enix - 66,840
2. DS Naruto Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu 3 for DS - Tomy - 29,534
3. PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam One Year War - Bandai - 27,552
4. DS nintendogs Shiba & friends - Nintendo - 27,481
5. DS nintendogs Dachs & friends - Nintendo - 19,183
6. DS nintendogs Chihuahua & friends - Nintendo - 17,949
7. PS2 Baseball Live 2005 - Namco - 17,889
8. DS Touch! Kirby - Nintendo - 15,578
9. GC Fire Emblem Souen no Kiseki - Nintendo - 13,471
10. GBA Rockman Zero 4 - Capcom - 11,344

Hardware:

DS 67,863
PS2 38,629
PSP 33,981
GBASP 22,633
GC 5,655
GBA 431
Xbox 169

I'm not so sure if FE is gonna break the 200,000 mark in japan if the sales keep declining, hope it does better here in the states

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