Topic: Official Sales Thread

[broodwars]

I think they would rather not work out software emulation because they get more licensing money from PS3 games.
Seeing the God of War and Sly collections, I'm betting that they will just resell PS2 games for the PS3 on discs or PSN. I wouldn't mind that since I never had a PS2.

Honestly, I don't mind the collections, either.  The Sly Collection was fantastic, and the Team Ico Collection is on my list of must-haves.  My only big problem with this strategy is that there are PS2 games I still enjoy playing that are extremely unlikely to get PS3 Collections, like the Persona, Wild ARMs, and Shadow Hearts games.  At least it's very likely we'll see a Final Fantasy X Collection.   

[Stratos]

Just makes me glad I never started buying all the games I wanted to play on the PS2. I either have to hunt down a launch PS3 for the B/C or rebuy the PS3 collections. Its easier to buy collections when you never bought the original.

[Louieturkey]

I think Shaymin was talking about the numbers for North America, not worldwide. What are the sales figures for Wii and PS2 only in North America?

EDIT: The Wii number is in that press release so that's easy enough. Wikipedia has a PS2 figure (again, didn't check source), so:

Wii: 34 million
PS2: 50 million

So even in North America alone, the Wii has a long way to go to pass it up.

FYI, those Wii numbers are USA only.  PS2 numbers are North America (Which includes Canada).  So the Wii could fathomably be only 10 million away in North America.

[Chozo Ghost]

But Canada has only 1/10th the population of the U.S.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Just Dance 2 clears five million sales (Just Dance Series clears 10 million WW)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=283069

Just Dance 2 has sold more than five million units for the Wii since launching last October, according to internal sales data from publisher Ubisoft.

The Just Dance line, which consists of Just Dance, Just Dance 2 and Just Dance Kids, has sold a combined total of over ten million units globally , and Ubi says it was "the third biggest franchise worldwide in 2010".
[...]
The original Just Dance was the third bestselling game in the UK last year, while Just Dance 2 placed sixth, according to figures released by UK interactive entertainment body UKIE earlier this week.

I have to admit that I own 2 of the 3 titles in the series.

[UncleBob]

Just Dance 2 clears five million sales (Just Dance Series clears 10 million WW)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=283069

Just Dance 2 has sold more than five million units for the Wii since launching last October, according to internal sales data from publisher Ubisoft.

The Just Dance line, which consists of Just Dance, Just Dance 2 and Just Dance Kids, has sold a combined total of over ten million units globally , and Ubi says it was "the third biggest franchise worldwide in 2010".
[...]
The original Just Dance was the third bestselling game in the UK last year, while Just Dance 2 placed sixth, according to figures released by UK interactive entertainment body UKIE earlier this week.

I have to admit that I own 2 of the 3 titles in the series.

BnM, I'm not sure it counts as owning two if you only own two copies of Just Dance Kids...

[BlackNMild2k1]

It's for 2 different kids..... >_> <_<

I was actually contemplating buying the kids version for an upcoming birthday too

[Mop it up]

FYI, those Wii numbers are USA only.  PS2 numbers are North America (Which includes Canada).  So the Wii could fathomably be only 10 million away in North America.

Good point! I hadn't considered that. If Chozo Ghost's comment of the Canadian population is true, then we could assume the Wii has sold in Canada about 1/10 of its US sales, which would add another 3.4 million to its total. North America also includes Mexico, though I have no idea how well systems and games sell there.

[Chozo Ghost]

I remember hearing it from watching Red Green. I remember him and Harold were arguing about something or other and that topic came up. I wouldn't put too much stock in it though, seeing as how the show is a comedy and all. But I looked on Wikipedia, and Canada's population is 34 million and the US's population is 308 million, so it turns out he was more or less right.

Interestingly, California's population is 37 million so that one state alone has a larger population than all of Canada.

[SalesBot]

Media Create - Week 1, 2011:  1/03 - 1/09

01. / 01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 133.562 / 3.983.469 (-53%)
02. / 02. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} - 66.551 / 704.856 (-38%)
03. / 03. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} - 53.144 / 1.730.035 (-48%)
04. / 06. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 45.590 / 5.012.327 (-21%)
05. / 05. [WII] Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo) {2010.11.25} - 40.123 / 534.061 (-31%)
06. / 07. [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5) {2010.12.09} - 37.237 / 419.524 (-30%)
07. / 10. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.16} - 30.128 / 318.878 (-30%)
08. / 00. [NDS] SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha - Shadow or Light (Square Enix) {2011.01.06} - 27.344 / NEW
09. / 09. [PSP] The 3rd Birthday (Square Enix) {2010.12.22} - 27.279 / 212.861 (-40%)
10. / 14. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} - 24.888 / 4.202.472 (-5%)
11. / 11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} - 23.020 / 246.774 (-40%)
12. / 15. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 21.230 / 3.130.795 (-16%)
13. / 08. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (Level 5) {2010.12.16} - 20.968 / 359.382 (-54%)
14. / 04. [PSP] AKB1/48: If I loved an Idol (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.23} - 20.768 / 320.562 (-67%)
15. / 12. [NDS] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo) {2010.12.02} - 20.325 / 281.925 (-32%)
16. / 13. [NDS] Magician's Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) {2010.11.11} - 19.406 / 296.905 (-31%)
17. / 23. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} - 17.128 / 2.222.943
18. / 16. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {2010.10.21} - 17.077 / 820.530 (-26%)
19. / 18. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) {2010.11.18} - 16.551 / 255.277 (-18%)
20. / 19. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco) {2010.12.02} - 15.381 / 155.670 (-15%)

WII - 9
NDS - 7
PSP - 3
PS3 - 1
360 - 0
PS2 - 0

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_____________________________________________________________________________________     
|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |        YTD |   Last YTD |         LTD |     
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     
|  NDS  |    87.118 |    99.578 |   105.466 |     87.118 |    105.466 |  32.237.816 |
|  PS3  |    59.612 |    76.422 |    61.591 |     59.612 |     61.591 |   6.147.102 |
|  WII  |    56.547 |    77.307 |    76.772 |     56.547 |     76.772 |  11.336.184 |
|  PSP  |    32.841 |   108.786 |   148.522 |     32.841 |    148.522 |  16.683.049 |
|  360  |     3.859 |     3.708 |     5.461 |      3.859 |      5.461 |   1.424.357 |
|  PS2  |     2.547 |     2.480 |     3.092 |      2.547 |      3.092 |  21.698.643 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     
|  ALL  |   242.524 |   368.281 |   400.904 |    242.524 |    400.904 |  89.527.151 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     
| DSiLL |    44.122 |    47.798 |    45.221 |     44.122 |     45.221 |   1.991.704 |
|  DSi  |    38.486 |    48.039 |    50.178 |     38.486 |     50.178 |   5.582.213 |
|  DSL  |     4.510 |     3.741 |    10.067 |      4.510 |     10.067 |  18.078.428 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     
|  PSP  |    28.757 |    99.703 |   145.682 |     28.757 |    145.682 |  16.518.541 |
| PSPgo |     4.084 |     9.083 |     2.840 |      4.084 |      2.840 |     164.508 |
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[Caterkiller]

Glad to see Donkey Kong still up there! Retro diserved a much better selling game in Japan.

[Peachylala]

Glad to see Donkey Kong still up there! Retro diserved a much better selling game in Japan.

It also helps that Japan seems to have this thing for Donkey Kong related stuff. Even that crappy CGI cartoon from the late 90s was popular in Japan and had some toy merchandise tied to it. (it also had some famous voice seiyuus in Japan).

More power to Retro!

[Luigi Dude]

That's because the first Donkey Kong Country was Nintendo's 3rd best selling Super Famicom games with over 3 million copies sold.  Not to mention the drop in sales between each new installment was way less in Japan then it was in the rest of the world.  Which is why Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 sold half of their worldwide sales in Japan alone compared to the first one that made most of it's sales thanks America and Europe.

Basically Japan is where the Donkey Kong Country series had the strongest fanbase and so it's no surprise to see that a new Donkey Kong Country game has finally make DK a star in Japan again.

[Louieturkey]

I see Pokemon Black & White crossed the 5 million seller mark.  So is that 3 games now over 5 million (B&W, D&P & NSMB)?

[TJ Spyke]

I see Pokemon Black & White crossed the 5 million seller mark.  So is that 3 games now over 5 million (B&W, D&P & NSMB)?

Animal Crossing: Wild World has sold about 5.1 million in Japan and Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! has done about 5.05 million.

[SalesBot]

NPD December 2010
5- week month; December retail reporting period 11/28/10 through 01/01/11

December 2010 Top 10 Games
(New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)   
01. Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD > 3.6million
02. Just Dance 2 (Wii)    UBISOFT   
03. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm** (PC)    ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 1.5 Million
04. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3)    UBISOFT   
05. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)    NINTENDO   
06. Disney Epic Mickey** (Wii)    DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS - 1.32 Million
07. Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP)    ELECTRONIC ARTS   
08. Michael Jackson The Experience** (Wii, NDS, PSP)    UBISOFT   
09. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC)    TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE   
10. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (360, PS3, Wii, PC)    ELECTRONIC ARTS - 906.4k

xx. Gran Tourisimo 5 (PS3) Sony - 560.5k

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)


Annual 2010 Top 10 Games
(New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)   
01.   Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, PC, NDS)    ACTIVISION BLIZZARD   
02. Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP)    ELECTRONIC ARTS   
03. Halo: Reach** (360)    MICROSOFT   
04. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)    NINTENDO   
05. Red Dead Redemption (360, PS3)    TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE   
06. Wii Fit Plus** (Wii)    NINTENDO   
07. Just Dance 2 (Wii)    UBISOFT   
08. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2** (360, PS3, PC)    ACTIVISION BLIZZARD   
09. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3)    UBISOFT   
10. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, PC)    TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)


Top 10 Console Only (Single SKU)
01. Just Dance 2 (Wii) UBISOFT
xx. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (PC) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
xx. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
xx. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (360) UBISOFT
xx. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) NINTENDO
xx. Disney Epic Mickey (Wii) DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
xx. Kinect Sports (360) MICROSOFT (> 1 Million LTD)
xx. UDraw Studio w/ UDraw Tablet (Wii) THQ
xx. Dance Central (360) MICROSOFT (> 1 million LTD)
xx.


Hardware
DS - 2.5 Million (-24%)
Wii - 2.36 Million (-38%)
360 - 1.86 Million (+42%, best ever sales by 420k units)
PS3 - 1.21 Million (-11%)
PSP -
PS2 -

US YTD
NDS - 8.56 million
WII - 7.07 million
360 - 6.76 million
PS3 - 4.33 million

US LTD
DS > 47 Million
Wii > 35 Million

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

omg Wii hardware didn't even chart

[Louieturkey]

omg Wii hardware didn't even chart

Neither did the DS or PS3!

[Mop it up]

Unless I'm mistaken, Donkey Kong Country is titled "Super Donkey Kong" in Japan. Is the Wii game still titled Donkey Kong Country Returns in Japan as the Media Create seems to suggest, or is it simply listed with the North America title to avoid confusion?

I see Pokemon Black & White crossed the 5 million seller mark.  So is that 3 games now over 5 million (B&W, D&P & NSMB)?

Animal Crossing: Wild World has sold about 5.1 million in Japan and Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! has done about 5.05 million.

Considering two of the titles that have sold over five million are technically two games combined as one, I consider there to be only 3 real five-million+ sellers in Japan.

[TJ Spyke]

The Japanese name (based on the official Nintendo commercials) is Super Donkey Kong Returns. The North American names (when known) is used here.

[SalesBot]

NPD Updated (Hardware Sales Added)


Xbox 360 Past Sales Comparison

Dec 2005 281,441
Dec 2006 1,100,000
Dec 2007 1,260,000
Dec 2008 1,440,000
Dec 2009 1,310,000
Dec 2010 1,860,000

2005 607,441
2006 3,893,839
2007 4,618,606
2008 4,735,400
2009 4,770,700
2010 6,804,089

“Nintendo has sold more game systems than anyone else for five years running,” said Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America’s senior director of Corporate Communications. “Of the quarter billion hardware systems sold in the United States during the past 10 years, Nintendo sold more than half. We look forward to bringing fun new experiences to consumers when Nintendo 3DS launches in March.”

Three of the top five best-selling games of December play exclusively on Nintendo systems. These include Just Dance 2 from Ubisoft at No.
1, Donkey Kong Country Returns ™ :  from Nintendo at No. 3 and Disney Epic Mickey from Disney Interactive Studios at No. 4.

For all of 2010, 13 of the top 25 best-selling games play on Nintendo systems. This includes two of the top five; five of the top 10; and nine of the top 15.

http://www.pr-inside.com/nintendo-news-nintendo-emerges-with-r2353051.htm

[Stratos]

So Epic Mickey broke the million marker. I'm hoping it sells enough we get a sequel that delivers more fully the promises the first game offered us.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Time to release Wii 2, that Wii and its games are selling terribly

[Enner]

Nice to see Disney Epic Mickey doing well. I was wondering where it will chart after reading its mixed critical reception.

[Chozo Ghost]

Well, once again Nintendo hardware takes the lead, but I hope Nintendo takes note that the lead for this holiday season over the competition was slimmer than the lead in previous years, and this means they better do something if they want to keep their streak going for this year's holiday season.

It is also kinda nice to see 3rd party software on the Wii selling extremely well for a change.