Topic: Official DS Sales Thread

[Mario]

New NPD for June

DS 593k
PS2 312k
360 277k
PSP 221k
GBA 189K
GCN 51K
XBX 24k

AMERIKA WAKES UP!

But that's not all! New SMB is the top selling game of the month! ... again!

NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS > 450k
PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES > 390k
NDS BRAIN AGE > 200k
PS2 CARS >180k
360 HITMAN: BLOOD MONEY >160k
GBA CARS >160k
PS2 FIFA WORLD CUP 2006 >150k
NDS BIG BRAIN ACADEMY > 100k

More accurate non-rounded off numbers later.

[nitsu niflheim]

We're not so stoopid after all then.

[BlackNMild2k1]

DS + DS Lite sold more than PS2 and X360 combined O_O

Amerika not only woke up, but they grabbed a cup of coffee and jogged to work with a smile on their face.

Nintendo loses to everyone else combined in hardware by only 1,000 units sold!!! what a pleasant turn around

[Kairon]

Wow, GBA is still selling strongly here! 189K a month rounds to a little more than about 40k a week! That's more than the PSP sells weekly in Nippon! ... wait, no it isn't. Still! That's still a lot!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com  

[Caterkiller]

It begins...

[ShyGuy]

"I fear we have awoken a sleeping giant." - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

[IceCold]

Yes! Finally! I said that I would give up on the North American market if Mario and the Lite didn't help. Well, hopefully this is the beginning..

[Aussiedude]

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
Media Create July 3rd - 9th

1. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. 134,568 / 2,137,680
2. (PS2, Namco) Xenosaga Episode III - 123,847 / new
3. (DS, Nintendo) More Brain Age - 50,634 / 2,700,187
4. (PSP, Namco) Tekken Dark Resurrection - 49,426
5. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Age - 33,771 / 2,508,373
6. (DS, Capcom) Rockman ZX - 33,652 / new
7. (PS2, Konami) Winning Eleven 10 - 31,228 / 932,027
8. (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing: Wild World - 26,234 / 2,911,295
9. (DS, Nintendo) English Training DS - 21,956 / 1,239,164
10. (PS2, Bandai Namco) Super Dragon Ball Z - 21,355 / 116,437
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11. Valkyrie Profile 2 - 18,683
12. Tetris DS
13. Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable
14. Mario Kart DS
15. Digimon Story
16. Pokemon Ranger
17. Daito Giken Premium Pachislot Collection - 8,273
18. Brave Story PSP - 8,238
19. Hiiro no Kakera - 7,600
20. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Best Price - 6,562
21. Shinseiki Evolution 2nd Impact Pachislot
22. SCE Science Kenkyuujou
23. Big Brain Academy
24. Puzzle Series Vol. 3 SUDOKU
25. Metroid Prime Hunters
26. Iris Atlier Sunrise Fantasm
27. Nana - 4,109
28. Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana
29. Brave Story DS - 3,929
30. Dare Demo Asobi Taizen


Uh Oh, PSP made it into the Top 5 this week!! Is PSP making a comeback?

Hardware Chart July 3 - July 9

1) Nintendo DS Lite - 149,454
2) Playstation Portable - 31,959
3) Playstation 2 - 23,332
4) GameBoy Advance SP - 2,818
5) Xbox 360 - 1,610
6) GameBoy Micro - 1,379
7) Nintendo DS - 1,009
Gamecube – 934

[Mario]

... uncharacteristicly large jump from the PSP there... and DS sales are down. Is Japan merely swapping with the US?

[Aussiedude]

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Originally posted by: Mario
... uncharacteristicly large jump from the PSP there... and DS sales are down. Is Japan merely swapping with the US?

The DS is only slightly beating the Gamecube, looks like the DS is da doomed again in Japan. AMERIKA WAKES UP! Japan shuts up!

[nitsu niflheim]

I find it interesting that Xenosaga Ep III failed to get the top slot, and Valkyrie Profile 2 sinking so quickly.

[couchmonkey]

Just to be an argumentative bastard, it seems like for every Playstation fanboy that has to replace his broken PSX/PS2, there's a Nintendo fanboy that buys two or three versions of the GBA/DS.  I'm really happy to see DS at the top, but how many of those are repeat sales?  How many people in this very thread own both versions of the DS?

Still, put the hardware sales together with the game sales, and it's clear that DS is on the offensive now.  The battle has been won, now for the war!  I'm a tremendous clownboat.

On the disappointing side, X-men, Over the Hedge and Cars.  Blech.  Granted, those sales are totalled across all platforms, and there weren't a ton of big releases in June.

Japan sales - I guess PSP's spike is probably due to the new Tekken game.  Take note Sony.  GCN drops to the triple digits.

[UncleBob]

On the plus side, you have to ask what's being done with the "old" units.  When someone buys a new PS2 to replace their broken one, the old one goes in the trash (pretty much).  When someone buys a DSL to replace their old DS, there's a good chance they'll trade in that old DS (meaning, in theory, that someone else is going to buy it and, more importantly, buy games for it) or sell/give it to a friend/family member.

The point is, repeat sales on the DS (usually) still leaves the original DS unit in the food chain.  Repeat sales on the PS2, typically do not.

[KDR_11k]

Xenosaga isn't a big seller. Doesn't surprise me that it didn't take first place, especially not against a big hitter like a Mario main-series game.

[Artimus]

I sold my old DS before I got my DSlite. Though I technically bought both systems, it's no different than if the other person had bought the Lite and I still had my original.

[darknight06]

I guess I can see sorta why Tekken 5 DR is selling somewhat, it is the first real Tekken to hit handheld.  It's too bad that without a "piece" you'll never be able to do anything that involves a diagonal, including blocking low.

[Louieturkey]

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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Japan sales - I guess PSP's spike is probably due to the new Tekken game.  Take note Sony.  GCN drops to the triple digits.

Yet the Xbox does not even get listed any longer.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: Louieturkey

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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Japan sales - I guess PSP's spike is probably due to the new Tekken game.  Take note Sony.  GCN drops to the triple digits.

Yet the Xbox does not even get listed any longer.

What about the GBA? the regular non-lit GBA? We must know the numbers, which one sold more, GBA or Xbox?

prediction:
GBA - 4
Xbox - 1

[Artimus]

GBA     20
Xbox    13

[Kairon]

According to NPD numbers referenced here, the DS has a small installed base lead in the US.

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Installed Hardware Userbase

1.) PlayStation 2 - 33,978,596
2.) Game Boy Advance - 32,490,952 (February 2006 and June 2006 numbers not included)
3.) Xbox - 14,445,092
4.) GameCube - 11,150,628 (June 2006 numbers not included)
5.) Nintendo DS - 5,187,240
6.) PlayStation Portable - 4,711,961
7.) Xbox 360 - 2,002,601

Hmm...5 mil in USA, 5 mil in Europe... 9 mil in Nippon, 19 mil worldwide installed base?

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[IceCold]

Seems about right; after the PSP launch it outsold the DS by a slim margin for most of the months until now. The DS had sold quite a bit before the PSP came out, though, so it was still leading. I think the lead should be a bit more however - in between 500,000 and a million in North America.

[Neodymium]

Hmm.. Xbox's "shipped" rate is 22 million. Their installed sell-through base is more questionable.

Gamecube has probably 21 million sold through by now. With Gamecube selling faster in all territories, is it possible that the history books can put the 'Cube as the ultimate victor? It seems that possibly by the time Wii comes out, the gap could be closed.

[Kairon]

All I know is that virtually all of those XBoxes must be in Europe, because it's neck to neck with the Cube in America and WAAAAAAAAY behind in Japan.

That's assuming that the XBox REALLY is somewhere near the Cube in sales, and assuming that MS hasn't been doing the same number trickery that Sony likes to do.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[Mario]

Xbox is WAY ahead of GC in America last time I checked.

GC isn't really selling at all, anywhere at all, so I doubt it can catch up. Nintendo killed it with TP Wii.

[BranDonk Kong]

Xbox has been whooping Gamecube's ass in the US for quite some time. It was neck and neck for maybe the first yeard, and a good bit of the second, but GTA3 and Halo 2 ended that race.