Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Chozo Ghost]

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Originally posted by: SalesBot


1.58 million to surpass the GC means about 1 month till Wii out sells GC LTD (or Wii = <14 months to outsell GC LTD)

When that happens it will be a historic moment in the history of Nintendo, because it will mark the very first time that a Nintendo console sold more than the Nintendo console before it, and would reverse Nintendo's diminishing marketshare.

I still bitterly remember predictions by video game analysts before the Wii was released that it would sell even less than the Gamecube over its lifetime, but they are obviously wrong and I seriously hope they've lost their jobs over it. Seriously, even though it hadn't been released, how could they not expect the Wii to do well with all the buzz about it since it was unveiled at E3?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Cuz it doesn't play movies.

[BlackNMild2k1]

or display HD grafix.

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

OR Blast Processing.  No wonder the last mainline installment of the Sonic series skipped the Wii.  It just can't handle the speed!  

[KDR_11k]

If anime really mirrors popular perception then...

(that's from Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)

[SalesBot]

Media Create Jan. 21st - 27th

01./01. [Wii] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,248 / 1,283,000
02./00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 76,669 / New!
03./00. [PS2] Lucky Star: Misasagi Sakura Gakuen Sakura Fuji Festival (Kadokawa Shoten) - 71,512 / New!
04./02. [DS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 50,169 / 140,000
05./04. [Wii] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 25,788 / 2,714,000
06./03. [DS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 21,840 / 1,581,000
07./05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 20,606 / 1,555,000
08./00. [DS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco) - 19,598 / 138,000New!
09./00. [PSP] Yggdra Union (Sting) - 17,304 / New!
10./06. [DS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 15,332 / 746,000

11./07. [DS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)
12./00. [DS] Prince of Tennis: Driving Smash! Side King (Konami)New!
13./09. [DS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
14./08. [Wii] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
15./11. [DS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
16./12. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo)
17./10. [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
18./14. [DS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
19./13. [Wii] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
20./00. [DS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)New!

21./25. [DS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
22./16. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
23./19. [DS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
24./15. [DS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
25./18. [DS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
26./17. [DS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
27./33. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
28./23. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
29./24. [DS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
30./28. [DS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)

31./27. [DS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
32./00. [PS3] Juiced 2 (THQ Japan)New!
33./22. [Wii] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
34./26. [DS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco)
35./35. [DS] More English Training (Nintendo)
36./31. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
37./38. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony)
38./39. [DS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
39./36. [DS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
40./34. [DS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)

41./00. [DS] Exit DS (Taito)New!
42./21. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix)
43./00. [DS] Cute Kitten DS (MTO)New!
44./32. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
45./41. [Wii] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
46./45. [DS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
47./00. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)New!
48./37. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
49./43. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
50./42. [DS] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (Konami)


Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 79,370 | 88,575 | 531,882 | 21,704,933
2. PSP - 77,933 | 79,923 | 472,249 | 8,073,843
3. WII - 74,544 | 81,638 | 448,509 | 5,064,669
4. PS3 - 34,363 | 38,117 | 175,570 | 1,817,246
5. PS2 - 11,364 | 13,539 | 71,412 | 20,998,449
6. 360 - 4,296 | 4,552 | 23,301 | 530,642

# of Games Sold by System (Currently in no order):
Wii- 8 games
DS- 27 games
PS3- 5 games
PS2- 4 games
PSP- 6 games

Number of New Games: 10 games

# First Party Games Split by Company:
Nintendo: 18
Sony: 2

First to Third Party Number and Ratios by Company:
17 out of 35 or 48% of games Published for a Nintendo System were 3rd Party.
13 out of 15 or 86% of games Published for a Sony System were 3rd Party.
Legend:
Game- Nintendo System
Game- Sony System
Game- Microsoft System
Disclaimer: All of the above non-Media Create links and data were auto-generated from the Media Create Data.  Therefore the accuracy of the links have not been verified.

[Kairon]

Argh! Super Mario Galaxy! No no no! Fight Mario Fight! Puuuuuuuuuuuussshhh!!! Claw! Scratch! Bite! You're a million-seller! Believe in yourself!!!

[BlackNMild2k1]

Why would the "News Channel" be "sold" in the retail stores?
And why would Japan just now be getting the News Channel?

[Chozo Ghost]

Today is the first week where I can't see NSMB anywhere in the top 30. Maybe it departed some time in the past, but this is the first time I noticed it being gone...

[Mario]

Probably shortage. Or a sale on the second hand version.

The bigger shame in the Galaxy floppage saga is Mario & Sonic Wii falling down due to the DS version which replaces frantic exciting involving gameplay with button mashing / slashing.

Apparently News Channel is "0 yen" so that's probably just people who picked up the retail disc. But that begs the question, why get the news channel as a disc if you already need the internet to utilize it? Sounds like mere curiosity to me.

Look, PSP actually has some games in the chart. How cute.  

[Chozo Ghost]

Imagine if Monster Hunters had been available for the DS instead of the PSP. Instead of 1.5 million in sales, it might be 3 million - or higher.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Looks like there was a translation error, and News Channel was actually NSMB, so I hope that clears up some confusion.

[Mario]

Understandable

[BlackNMild2k1]

Guess whi9ch game si gonna be #1 on the charts next week, and a possible million seller before its second week is over?

http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/

First-day sales:

Wii SSBB - 500k (80% sell-thru)
Wii Family Ski - 10k
PS3 DMC4 - 140k (60% sell-thru)
XB360 DMC4 - 30k (60% sell-thru)
Sega Rally REVO - 5k (PS3:2k, XB360:1.6k, PSP:1k, 10% sell-thru)
PS2 Haruhi - 100k
PS2 Tales of Destiny DC - 70k

C'mon you guys will never guess!!  

[Chozo Ghost]

Not surprising at all. But what is that Wii Family Ski thing? Sounds like a cool use for the Wii Board.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: Chozo Ghost
Not surprising at all. But what is that Wii Family Ski thing? Sounds like a cool use for the Wii Board.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it is a WiiBoard game, but I think they released it too soon.
There is too much going on with WiiFit to really purchase another game that uses the WiiBoard already.

[Louieturkey]

It's a Namco/Bandai game.  It can be used with the balance board but it was originally made for the wiimote.  The balance board controls were a last minute addition that they decided to add.  I've heard the game is decent.

[Deguello]

Man what is UP with these Time Warp Posts?

[BlackNMild2k1]

Here is an interesting video that puts the Japanese Video Games Market for the last 12 years into perspective

Pie Fight from 1996 to 2007

[IceCold]

Quote
Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
Guess whi9ch game si gonna be #1 on the charts next week, and a possible million seller before its second week is over?



http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/



First-day sales:



Wii SSBB - 500k (80% sell-thru)

Wii Family Ski - 10k

PS3 DMC4 - 140k (60% sell-thru)

XB360 DMC4 - 30k (60% sell-thru)

Sega Rally REVO - 5k (PS3:2k, XB360:1.6k, PSP:1k, 10% sell-thru)

PS2 Haruhi - 100k

PS2 Tales of Destiny DC - 70k



C'mon you guys will never guess!!

Awesome! I heard there are some shortages for SSBB in Japan though - is that true? And I wonder how many preorders it got?

[Kairon]

I've actually heard that a second shipment is already coming in, so maybe there's a chance it won't experience heavy shortages?

[BlackNMild2k1]

There was supposed to be another shipment in Japan today, so I would expect it to hit about 800k in the 1st week, and 1 mill+ by end of week 2.

[Louieturkey]

Quote
Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
Here is an interesting video that puts the Japanese Video Games Market for the last 12 years into perspective



Pie Fight from 1996 to 2007

That was a cool video.  So since the big drop from 1996 to 1997, Nintendo has continually gained marketshare in Japan except for 2 minimal drop offs in 2002 and 2004 and now in 2007 have over 70% of the market and with the Wii continuing to gain traction and the DS still showing no signs of slowing, they may have even more in 2008.  Crazy.

[Kairon]

That was a pretty epic video... and inspiring how Nintendo fights back over the ten years. Of course, this is just the Japanese market...

[Nemo]

it'd be interesting to see a US market or worldwide one.