Topic: August NPD sales

[Mario]

American software sales for the month of August

PS2

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

1 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $70,927,680 1,445,950
2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2004 Electronic Arts $6,015,789 121,036
3 SOUL CALIBUR II Namco $5,951,200 120,104
4 SILENT HILL 3 Konami $5,628,295 121,251
5 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive $2,662,597 68,930
6 CHAOS LEGION Capcom $2,570,816 51,620
7 MIDNIGHT CLUB II Take-Two Interactive $2,177,606 50,657
8 SPLASHDOWN:RIDES WILD THQ $2,111,133 53,095
9 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts $2,008,671 46,254
10 ENTER THE MATRIX Atari $1,963,961 46,884

Xbox

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

1 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $15,280,950 309,890
2 SOUL CALIBUR II Namco $6,041,354 122,092
3 SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC LucasArts Entertainment $5,479,803 110,514
4 GHOST RECON: ISLAND Ubi Soft $4,810,482 119,325
5 HALO Microsoft $2,321,869 47,856
6 NCAA FOOTBALL 2004 Electronic Arts $1,690,547 34,086
7 NFL FEVER 2004 Microsoft $893,991 18,115
8 MIDNIGHT CLUB II Take-Two Interactive $871,501 20,171
9 NBA STREET VOL 2 Electronic Arts $616,601 14,090
10 BRUTE FORCE Microsoft $582,664 13,058

GameCube

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

1 SOUL CALIBUR II Namco $8,897,202 179,605
2 MARIO GOLF: TOADSTOOL Nintendo $4,644,774 93,441
3 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $3,737,192 76,136
4 F-ZERO GX Nintendo $3,214,610 64,842
5 ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER Nintendo $1,585,246 42,400
6 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo $1,353,823 45,243
7 SONIC ADVT DX DIR CUT Sega $1,244,102 31,275
8 WARIO WORLD Nintendo $1,140,565 23,033
9 MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo $1,025,328 29,576
10 SONIC ADVENTURE 2 Sega $573,056 19,159

GBA

Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

1 POKEMON RUBY Nintendo $2,306,902 71,242
2 POKEMON SAPPHIRE Nintendo $1,999,477 60,715
3 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY Nintendo $1,706,547 56,589
4 DRAGONBALL Z: GOKU II Atari $1,536,793 51,735
5 YU-GI-OH! WORLDWIDE Konami $1,403,030 39,835
6 DISNEY'S FINDING NEMO THQ $966,597 33,338
7 SONIC ADVANCE 2 THQ $956,123 32,233
8 POKEMON PINBALL: R&S Nintendo $937,378 31,217
9 KIRBY: NIGHTMARE Nintendo $869,909 28,619
10 SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 Nintendo $796,793 25,950

Top publishers

Company Projected $'s Market Share

1 ELECTRONIC ARTS $121,428,500 36.3%
2 NINTENDO OF AMERICA $30,538,900 9.1%
3 NAMCO $26,751,690 8.0%
4 THQ $16,269,180 4.9%
5 KONAMI OF AMERICA $12,874,890 3.9%
6 SONY $12,448,560 3.7%
7 UBI SOFT $11,752,080 3.5%
8 ATARI $11,740,830 3.5%
9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE $10,891,440 3.3%
10 ACTIVISION $9,108,601 2.7%

[Gup]

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PS2

3 SOUL CALIBUR II Namco $5,951,200 120,104

Xbox

2 SOUL CALIBUR II Namco $6,041,354 122,092

GameCube

1 SOUL CALIBUR II Namco $8,897,202 179,605

Hells yeah!!!  I'm a proud owner of the GCN version.

[Berto2K]

See Nintendo, early and lots of advertising can work.

[uwvark]

Word. I beat it a few days ago yet still can't quit playing it. I'm having fun keeping how I unlocked Lizardman a secret from my friends.

[KnowsNothing]

God, EA makes so much money, it aint funny.

[mouse_clicker]

I would have thought F-Zero would sell better. And the Cube version of Madden NFL sold pretty bad compared to the XBox and especially PS2 versions- ah well, I guess that's good for a sports game on the cube.

[Grey Ninja]

F-Zero is being marketted all to hell, and it's getting good reviews across the board.  Hell, even I own a copy of the game, and I don't remember the last racing game I bought.  (Wave Race 64?).  I am very surprised that it didn't do better.

Soul Calibur II is just common sense.    Of course the GCN version is doing the best.

[Mario]

F-Zero should pick up pace next month, it came out very late in the month and was hurt early on from all the Madden/SC2 hype. And look at Mario Golf, it sold more this month than it did last month... for some reason. F-Zero GX should be on that chart for a while methinks. And the PS2 version of SC2 should outsell the other versions in the long run.

[Bishman]

GC did pretty well.

[mouse_clicker]

It seems most of the Gamecube's software sales are all localized. The highs aren't that high but the lows aren't that low either. Looking at the sales data alone, it would seem that Gamecube owners have a lot of good titles to choose from and the sales are spread out among them, so that while no one game (besides SC2) sold a whole lot, they all sold moderatley well. On the other hand, both the XBox and PS2 have a few that stick out above the rest and everything else falls way behind.

Of course I could've told you this without looking at sales data, but it's nice to see it confirmed.  

[Mario]

August NPD Hardware Sales

PS2: 291,000 [-6% over July sales]
Xbox: 146,000 [+6%]
GCN: 100,000 [-21%]
GBA: 369,000 [-24%]

Total Installed Base

PS2: 18,805,000
Xbox: 5,830,000
GCN: 4,530,000
GBA: 15,499,000

Tie Ratios

PS2: 7.07
Xbox: 5.78
GCN: 5.77
GBA: 3.15

[Mushroom Kingdom]

-21% less than july... thats not 2 good

[NintendoFanGirl]

Are you sure about that 21% decrease?  The Reuters article said video game sales UP 4% but by the looks of your figures, that doesn't make sense.

[nolimit19]

yea that doesnt make much sense. but if they are down 21 percent, then nintendo must have made a killing in july. either way, i dont think these numbers are that bad. nintendo is hanging in there.

[Mario]

Yes the hardware sales of the GameCube are down 21%.

Sales of actual games are up though, i think you're confusing sofftware and hardware sales.

[AgentSeven]

Yes, but aren't all console sales down?  

Anyone ever read that Orwell book?  What was it called?

1984, that's it.  Things are starting to look familiar...

Doom forcasts aside.  I'm very glad to see that software sales on the Cube are up.  I'm also happy that several key titles like Metroid Prime and Animal Crossing are headed to the Player's Choice line-up.  This should give them the proper attention they deserve.  Plus, when that $99 price point hits, that should perk things up in the hardware dept.

I know I'm seen as a fantatical Nintendo supporter, but still, this is a great time to buy a GameCube.  Price drops, free games, bonus discs, the GBA player, it just keeps getting better!  

[Mario]

Yes, all console sales are down this month, except for the Xbox, which grew 6%.

Hopefully the new Zelda bonus disk pushes a few cubes when (or if) it comes out. Mario Kart: Double Dash will most definately sell it's fair share of cubes, however with Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy pushed back to next year im concerned that Nintendo dont really have any system sellers besides MKDD. Viewtiful Joe and Billy Hatcher could be surprise hits though, if advertised right. 1080 should sell well. Mario Party 5 should sell well. They need more though...  

[NintendoFanGirl]

If the new Billy Hatcher commercial is any indication of things to come, don't expect much.

[nolimit19]

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Originally posted by: NintendoFanGirl
If the new Billy Hatcher commercial is any indication of things to come, don't expect much.

WHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA

[Flames_of_chaos]

That Billy Hatcher commercial made me cringe. Even the cleaner is better commercial is better. But the best commercial was SPIN THE LITTLE MONKEY SPIN!!!!!!!!!!!(super monkey ball2)

[KnowsNothing]

The SMB commercials were some of the best commercials for VGs EVER.

They had all those people do the voices of the wee monkeys, it was hilarious!

"It's like a party but it's better than a party" -monkey baby dude-

[SuperLink666]

Havent seen Billy hatcher commercial yet but i want to :0

[SuperLink666]

Havent seen Billy hatcher commercial yet but i want to :0

[Mario]

Awww i wish we got ads like that, Super Monkey Ball, SMS - clean is better than dirty, Billy Hatcher etc.

Stupid Australia. I want to see those commercials!

[Artimus]

No, you don't want to see clean is better than dirty...