Author Topic: Official DS Sales Thread (Read 697926 times)

ShyGuy · « **Reply #350 on:** June 20, 2005, 08:08:21 PM »

Come on, the non-game-slash-mini-game has a fine tradition at Nintendo. Duck Hunt probably sold people on the NES just as much as Super Mario Bros did. My mom and dad didn't play video games, but they gave Duck Hunt a try.

IceCold · « **Reply #351 on:** June 20, 2005, 08:58:28 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
A lot of people bring up the DS to prove that there's no point in worrying over this non-gamer stuff and that Nintendo is making games for both groups and everything's cool. Personally I see the DS as the whole reason why I'm concerned. I'm not interested in the current DS lineup. I am interested in some future titles but so far the whole thing seems like it was not designed with my tastes in mind, which is a stark contrast to Nintendo's other systems where I was clearly in the target market. I'll probably buy it eventually but I don't see it suiting my needs as well as the GBA did mainly because so many of the games fall more towards the non-gamer category. If the Rev is anything like the DS I'm going to have a hell of a time finding games for it I want to play.

Like I said, you need some patience. Yea, we know that your exclusive types of games aren't out yet. But that is no reason to count the DS out. Those games are coming, and lots of them, so wait a bit and then give your opinion. Also, you make it sound like every single game out is a "non game" - come on, that's not true.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #352 on:** June 20, 2005, 09:45:55 PM »

Man, Ian, you must really hate Animal Crossing...

What defines a game? Seriously, I'd like to see your defintion of what constitutes a game so we can see what other non-games are out there.

Artimus: PDA software? Um, well, Linux is up and running on the DS now.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #353 on:** June 21, 2005, 08:12:51 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"Nintendo is making games for both the non-gamer and the gamer, and look at how well they've done so far with the DS."

A lot of people bring up the DS to prove that there's no point in worrying over this non-gamer stuff and that Nintendo is making games for both groups and everything's cool. Personally I see the DS as the whole reason why I'm concerned. I'm not interested in the current DS lineup. I am interested in some future titles but so far the whole thing seems like it was not designed with my tastes in mind, which is a stark contrast to Nintendo's other systems where I was clearly in the target market. I'll probably buy it eventually but I don't see it suiting my needs as well as the GBA did mainly because so many of the games fall more towards the non-gamer category. If the Rev is anything like the DS I'm going to have a hell of a time finding games for it I want to play.

I can already picture that...

How about these new games, Ian?
"TOO GIMMICKY"
Um, fine, here's a new Mario game...
"TOO MANY SEQUELS"
Gah, here's a new epic game with new characters...
"TOO LATE NINTENDO, MORE BITCHING ON THE WAY"

And have you even played Kirby DS? Sounds like more pointless bitching just for the sake of bitching to me...Don't worry, your pointless sequels that you seem to love and hate at the same time are coming!

ruby_onix · « **Reply #354 on:** June 21, 2005, 03:46:36 PM »

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hokora/english/index.html

American sales figures seem to be off-limits now. NPD got tired of the "leaks".

Japanese sales figures are all that count now. Nintendogs has officially won the internet.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #355 on:** June 21, 2005, 03:59:22 PM »

YAY!

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #356 on:** June 21, 2005, 07:35:53 PM »

Daily Japanese Sales Rankings

Mon. June 20, 2005

1. PS2 Drag on Dragoon 2 (Square Enix)
2. DS Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (Nintendo)
3. PS2 Kenka Banchou (Spike)
4. PS2 Soccer Life 2 (Banpresto)
5. DS Nintendogs: Shiba and Friends (Nintendo)
6. DS Rakuhiki Jiten [Easy Dictionary](Nintendo)
7. PS2 Tear Ring Saga (Enterbrain)
8. PS2 World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 Liveware Evolution (Konami)
9. PS2 Metal Saga: Sajin no Kusari (Success)
10. DS Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends (Nintendo)
11. PS2 Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song (Square Enix)
12. PSP Everybody Golf (Sony)
13. PS2 NAMCO×CAPCOM (Namco)
14. DS Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken DS (Sega)
15. DS Nintendogs: Dachs and Friends (Nintendo)
16. PS2 DS Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken Plus (Sega)
17. DS Sawaru Made in Wario (Nintendo)
18. DS Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 3 (Tomy)
19. PS2 Professional Baseball Spirits 2 (Konami)
20. PSP Eiyuu Densetsu Gagharv Trilogy: Shiroki Majo (Bandai)

2 PSP games decided to show to the charts yesterday

But all 3 Nintendogs still in the Top 20 and the Dictionary is still up there

Deguello · « **Reply #357 on:** June 21, 2005, 07:45:57 PM »

And so is that damned Brain game.

Where did Trauma Center go?

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #358 on:** June 22, 2005, 06:48:43 PM »

Daily Sales

06/21

1. PS2 Drag on Dragoon 2 (Square Enix) (-)
2. NDS Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (Nintendo) (-)
3. PS2 Kenka Banchou (Spike) (-)
4. PS2 Soccer Life 2 (Banpresto) (-)
5. NDS Nintendogs: Shiba and Friends (Nintendo) (-)
6. NDS Rakuhiki Jiten [Easy Dictionary](Nintendo) (-)
7. PS2 Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song (Square Enix) (+4)
8. PS2 Metal Saga: Sajin no Kusari (Success) (+1)
9. NDS Nintendogs: Dachs and Friends (Nintendo) (+6)
10. PS2 Tear Ring Saga (Enterbrain) (-3)
11. GBA Mahou Sensei Negima! (Marvelous)
12. PS2 World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 Liveware Evolution (Konami) (-3)
13. NDS Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends (Nintendo) (-3)
14. PSP Everybody Golf (Sony) (-2)
15. PS2 Slotter Up Core 7 Dekitou da Street Fighter II (Dorasu)
16. NDS Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken DS (Sega) (-2)
17. NDS SD Gundam G Generation DS (Bandai)
18. NDS Sawaru Made in Wario (Nintendo) (-1)
19. PS2 Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix (Genki)
20. PS2 Namco x Capcom (Namco) (-7)

8 DS games
1 GBA game
1 PSP game

Media Create preview (approximate)

June 13 - 19

1. PS2 Drag-on Dragoon 2 - Square Enix - 125,000 (NEW)
2. NDS Nou wo kitaeru Otona no DS Training - Nintendo - 34,000 (187,000)
3. PS2 Kenka Banchou - Spike - 21,000 (60,000)
4. PS2 Soccer Life 2 - Banpresto - 16,000 (52,000)
5. PS2 Metal Saga - Success - 10,000 (73,000)
6. NDS nintendogs Shiba & friends - Nintendo - 9,000 (206,000)
7. NDS DS Rakubiki Jiten - Nintendo - 7,000 (NEW)
8. PS2 Inuyasha - Bandai - 7,000 (NEW)
9. NDS nintendogs Dachs & friends - 7,000 (137,000)
10. PS2 Berwick Saga - 7,000 (128,000)

Hardware tomorrow.

2. NDS Nou wo kitaeru Otona no DS Training - Nintendo - 34,000 (187,000)

A non-game is killing the competition?

also Dengeki Online Top 50

MrMojoRising · « **Reply #359 on:** June 23, 2005, 01:39:58 AM »

Does anyone know what Rakubiki Jiten or whatever is?

D-Mac Double · « **Reply #360 on:** June 23, 2005, 01:48:07 AM »

All Time Top Ten DS Game Sales - Japan (As of June 5th, I believe)
Source: cubed3.com

1.) WarioWare: Touched! (NDS, Nintendo): 740,594
2.) Super Mario 64 DS (NDS, Nintendo): 737,164
3.) Nintendogs (NDS, Nintendo): 421,540
4.) Pokémon Dash (NDS, Nintendo): 335,015
5.) Touch! Kirby: Mahou no Efude (NDS, Nintendo): 196,031
6.) Catch! Touch! Yoshi! (NDS, Nintendo): 180,199
7.) Daigasso! Band Brothers (NDS, Nintendo): 172,215 .
8.) Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 3 (NDS, Tomy): 171,488
9.) Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo): 120,719
10.) Another Code (NDS, Nintendo): 112,720

Good to see 3rd-party games doing well on DS.

...Oh yeah

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #361 on:** June 23, 2005, 02:04:41 AM »

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Originally posted by: MrMojoRising
Does anyone know what Rakubiki Jiten or whatever is?

scrolling back up on the same post you are referring to..........

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Daily Sales

06/21

1. PS2 Drag on Dragoon 2 (Square Enix) (-)
2. NDS Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (Nintendo) (-)
3. PS2 Kenka Banchou (Spike) (-)
4. PS2 Soccer Life 2 (Banpresto) (-)
5. NDS Nintendogs: Shiba and Friends (Nintendo) (-)
6. NDS Rakuhiki Jiten [Easy Dictionary](Nintendo) (-)

But to answer your question, its the Nintendo made Dictionary/Translator. Its been up high on the daily charts since release, but that doesn't mean much once you see the pretty low sales #'s

Mario · « **Reply #362 on:** June 23, 2005, 02:13:12 AM »

I thought Wario Ware sold more than that, a few months ago it was equal with Super Mario 64 DS, and ever since then it's outsold it every day and every week... anyway, if that's as of June 5th, Touhokudai Gaku Mirai Kagakugijutsu Kyoudoukenkyuu Center: Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training should move up three places as of now, and be just above Yoshi.

What's their source? Media Create, Famitsu, Dengeki? Because everyone has slightly different numbers. I think what's happened is they only got numbers from when the games were on the chart, because those are the only ones available to people. Not that it matters, pretty much every big DS release has done well.

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As initially predicted at the system's launch, WarioWare has actually outsold Super Mario 64! What IS surprising is how Touch Kirby has done so average, considering it sells over 3/4 million units on the GBA or GC!

That's a stupid thing to say, Touch Kirby is still in the chart and still freaking selling, AND it's doing it on a userbase currently 10 times smaller.

Nintendogs will overtake Super Mario 64 DS eventually, Jump Superstars will rocket to the top of that chart in August, and Pokemon will inevitably top it.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #363 on:** June 23, 2005, 02:29:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
What's their source? Media Create, Famitsu, Dengeki? Because everyone has slightly different numbers. I think what's happened is they only got numbers from when the games were on the chart, because those are the only ones available to people. Not that it matters, pretty much every big DS release has done well.

Just by looking at the site I would think it was safe to say that they are using Dengeki(look @ the color coded console system)

Mario · « **Reply #364 on:** June 23, 2005, 04:42:19 PM »

Heh, May NPD data came out afterall! This saddens me

GBA WARIOWARE: TWISTED! $58,390 1,991

Not even 2000 copies? Good god, that's absolutely pathetic for a game that good. Nintendo really need to find a way to educate the morons out there about videogames

. Other notable releases last month,

GBA FIRE EMBLEM: THE SACRED STO $1,694,124 53,740
GBA SW EPISODE III: SITH $2,523,299 87,363
NDS SW EPISODE III: SITH $1,663,455 43,726
GBA POKEMON EMERALD Nintendo $30,236,960 882,579

Pokemon Emerald absolutely destroying everything on all systems for the month.

Artimus · « **Reply #365 on:** June 23, 2005, 05:01:51 PM »

And the whooping continues, system sales:

DS - 31,376
PS2 - 25,526
PSP - 20,416
GBASP - 9,727
GC - 2,183
GBA - 475
Xbox - 150

Mario · « **Reply #366 on:** June 23, 2005, 05:10:15 PM »

It's safe to say Nintendo has won Japan with the DS, it's not leaving the top of the charts anytime soon, congratulations Nintendo!

Now bring some of those games over here, QUICK.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #367 on:** June 23, 2005, 07:29:01 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
It's safe to say Nintendo has won Japan with the DS, it's not leaving the top of the charts anytime soon, congratulations Nintendo!

Now bring some of those games over here, QUICK.

Yeah I still haven't found a big enough reason to go out and buy a DS, I'm just waiting for a reason to not be an on-looker anymore.

thepoga · « **Reply #368 on:** June 23, 2005, 08:20:28 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mario
It's safe to say Nintendo has won Japan with the DS, it's not leaving the top of the charts anytime soon, congratulations Nintendo!

Now bring some of those games over here, QUICK.

Go check this out.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/23/news_6128046.html

Wow, DS has sold nearly twice as much! What really struck me from this survey was that 23% of DS owners have 6 or more games.
The following was also suprising. Pokemon Dash is almost beating The top selling game of the PSP. Wow. I can't believe Lumines isn't higher on the list of top PSP games though. It's one of the best games released for it. Then again, Kirby isn't doing so hot. At least Nintendogs is selling like mad. Hot Shots was out since the beginning and Nintendogs has already outsold it by 50,000.

Nintendo DS
WarioWare: Touched! : 740,000 units
Super Mario 64 DS : 710,000 units
Nintendogs: 400,000 units
Pokémon Dash: 320,000 units
Kirby: Canvas Curse: 190,000 units

Sony PSP:
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee: 350,000 units
Ridge Racers: 260,000 units
Dynasty Warriors: 260,000 units
Tales of Eternia: 170,000 units

IceCold · « **Reply #369 on:** June 23, 2005, 10:09:40 PM »

Poga, those numbers are, in fact, quite outdated - Gamespot has got some old numbers there.

Wario Ware reached 800,000 I believe, Nintendogs is at around 560,000 now. Also, Kirby did better than that, I know it. I'll go check the previous sales posts to see.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #370 on:** June 23, 2005, 10:31:30 PM »

Kirby is pretty new after all so especially outdated numbers won't show many sales for it.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #371 on:** June 24, 2005, 06:28:52 AM »

Some NPD sales are coming in today... according to Games are Fun, the only DS game on the list was Star Wars ep. III, in 17th place, but no PSP game placed on the list at all. Also, their list is not 100% reliable, apparently not all of the numbers are in.

Pokemon Emerald came in first with almost twice the sales of the second place spot (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith for PS2).

Edit: Those are for sales in May, and they had no hardware sales when I checked.

Artimus · « **Reply #372 on:** June 24, 2005, 06:42:14 AM »

Artimus · « **Reply #373 on:** June 24, 2005, 06:53:39 AM »

Full sales data:

1. (PS2) Drag-On Dragoon 2: Love Red, Ambivalence Black - 125,131
2. (DS) DS Training For Adults: Work Your Brain - 33,931
3. (PS2) Kenka Bancho (incl. Limited Edition) - 21,163
4. (PS2) Soccer Life 2 - 15,980
5. (PS2) Metal Saga: Sajin no Kusari - 10,232
6. (DS) Nintendogs: Shiba & Friends - 9,412
7. (DS) DS Rakubiki Dictionary - 7,330
8. (PS2) Inu Yasha: Feudal Combat - 7,209
9. (DS) Nintendogs: Dachs & Friends - 7,143
10. (PS2) Berwick Saga (incl. Limited Edition) - 6,988
11. (DS) Nintendogs: Chihuaha & Friends
...
14. (DS) SD Gundam
15. (DS) Touch! Kirby
16. (GBA) nonono pazuru chai rian (?)
17. (DS) Trauma Center: Under the Knife
18. (GBA) Magical Teacher Green Onion (?)
...
21. (GBA) Pokemon Emerald
...
23. (DS) Pachinko
...
25. (DS) Naruto

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #374 on:** June 24, 2005, 09:14:08 AM »

Full NPD Data for May

May Hardware Sales

PSP = 250,000
PS2 = 273,000
Xbox = 129,000
GCN = 50,000
GBA/DS = 279,000 (approx)

May Top 25 Software Sales

US Top 25 Videogame Titles
Rank Title Publisher

1 GBA POKEMON EMERALD Nintendo
2 PS2 SW EPISODE III: S ITH LucasArts
3 XBX SW EPISODE III: SITH LucasArts
4 XBX FORZA MOTORSPORT Microsoft
5 PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB Take Two
6 PS2 LEGO STAR W ARS Eidos
7 PS2 GOD OF WAR Sony
8 XBX M IDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB Take Two
9 XBX LEGO STAR WARS Eidos
10 XBX AREA 51 Midway
11 PS2 AREA 51 Midway
12 GBA SW EPISODE III: SITH LucasArts
13 PS2 MVP BASEBALL 2005 Electronic Arts
14 PSP NEED SPEED:UND RIVALS Electronic Arts
15 PS2 GRAN TURISMO 4 Sony
16 GBA LEGO STAR WARS Eidos
17 XBX T.CLANCY:CHAOS THEORY Ubi Soft
18 PSP HOT SHOTS GOLF

PEN Sony
19 PSP UNTOLD LEGENDS:BTHRHD Sony
20 GBA FIRE EMBLEM: THE SACRED STO Nintendo
21 PS2 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 Electronic Arts
22 NDS SW EPISODE III: SITH LucasArts
23 XBX DOOM 3 Activision
24 PSP MVP BASEBALL Electronic Arts
25 PSP NBA STREET SHOWDOWN Electronic Arts
Note: Ranked in terms of $$$ sales.

CSFB Notes:

• Overall US videogame software sales were up sharply in the month of May with
sales up 30% y/y, faster than the 9% growth we saw in April due to strong
performance from Pokemon and Star Wars titles. 128-bit software sales were up
9% year over year. Handheld software sales were up 156% y/y, benefiting from
another full month of software for the PSP and the release of Pokemon Emerald. The
PSP sold approximately 250K units in its third month. 128-bit hardware sales were
down 17% y/y in May, with PS2 unit sales up 8%, but Gamecube and Xbox down
35% and 40% respectively. This brings the install base of 128-bit consoles to
approximately 51.4 million in the U.S.

• Electronic Arts U.S. videogame sales in May were down 8% year over year. The
company’s sell through should pick up with the release of three titles in June: Medal of
Honor: European Assault, receiving strong initial reviews (~80%), Battlefield 2, which
is off to a very strong start, and Batman Begins. For the quarter to date including May
PC game sales, U.S. sell through is down 29%.

• Take Two’s U.S. videogame sales in May were down 1% year over year. The
company had no new releases in the month, however April’s Midnight Club: DUB
Edition sold 228K units. For the quarter to date including May PC game sales, sell
through is up 49%. The most significant title from Take-Two in the calendar quarter is
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which released in early June on the Xbox and PC.

• THQ U.S. videogame sales increased 13% year over year in May. The company’s
WWE Wrestlemania XXI performed well with approximately 135K units sold in its
first two months. For the quarter to date including May PC game sales, sell through is
up 12%. The most significant release in the current quarter should be Destroy All
Humans!, which launched this week on the PS2 and Xbox and is receiving solid initial
reviews (~80%).

• Activision’s U.S. videogame sales were down 24% year over year for the month of
May, due to the tough comparison with last May’s Shrek 2.The company released
Madagascar mid month, which sold approximately 46K units. For the quarter to date
including May PC game sales, sell through is up 59% due to the strength of the Doom
franchise.

• Midway’s U.S. sales in the month of May were down 1% year over year. The
company had a difficult comparison with last year due to continued sales of NBA
Ballers, which released last April. For the quarter to date, sell through is down 36%.

• We expect another solid month in June given the number of titles being released,
despite the difficult comp created by last year’s hardware price cuts.

Daily Japanese Sales Charts

23rd June

1 GBA Mushi King [Sega] RPG 2005/6/23
2 PS2 Zill'ol [Koei] RPG 2005/6/23
3 GC Chibi Robo [Nintendo] ACT 2005/6/23
4 PS2 Easy victory! Pachisuro declaration 3 [Tecmo] TBL 2005/6/23
5 NDS Famicom Wars DS [Nintendo] SLG 2005/6/23
6 PS2 FutaKoi (limited edition) [Marvelous] AVG 2005/6/23
7 NDS Goemon [Konami] ACT 2005/6/23
8 NDS Takashi Tohoku University brain training [Nintendo] ETC 2005/5/19
9 PSP CODED ARMS [Konami] STG 2005/6/23
10 PS2 Zill'ol [Koei] RPG 2005/6/23
11 PS2 Drag on Dragoon 2 [Square Enix] RPG 2005/6/16
12 PS2 Shrine maiden [Idea factory] AVG 2005/6/23
13 PS2 SIMPLE 2000 series Vol.80 [D3] ACT 2005/6/23
14 PS2 Shrine maiden (limited edition) [Idea factory] AVG 2005/6/23
15 PS2 Ghost Recon Jungle Storm [Ubisoft] STG 2005/6/23
16 PS2 Kenka Banchou [Spike] ACT 2005/6/9
17 PS2 FutaKoi [Marvelous] AVG 2005/6/23
18 PS2 Metal Saga: Sajin no Kusari [Success] RPG 2005/6/9
19 NDS Easy Dictionary [Nintendo] ETC 2005/6/16
20 NDS Nintendogs Shiba and friends [Nintendo] SLG 2005/4/21

and to whoever was wondering where the daily rankings come from
they come from Yahoo Japan

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Author Topic: Official DS Sales Thread (Read 697926 times)