Topic: Official Sales Thread

[BranDonk Kong]

Wii U is dropping 5-10% each week though...if they keep that up it'll take a while.

[pokepal148]

How quickly will this temporary boost last?

And its funny seeing the Sony fanboys on GameFAQs react (like one idiot saying the Vita is now slamdunking 3DS, by selling 4% more than it and the first time since the Vita launch to outsell 3DS).

brilliant *claps*

[broodwars]

How quickly will this temporary boost last?

And its funny seeing the Sony fanboys on GameFAQs react (like one idiot saying the Vita is now slamdunking 3DS, by selling 4% more than it and the first time since the Vita launch to outsell 3DS).

brilliant *claps*

Yes, because it's SO hard to pick on the likes of GameFAQs message board users. They just never leave you an easy opening!

I'll be interested to see if Soul Sacrifice ends up being the Monster Hunter-like experience enough to stabilize the Vita in Japan, considering just about every other game Sony showed on the recent Vita Heaven broadcast was also a Monster Hunter knock-off.

[Mop it up]

The Wii U will definitely pick up in the coming weeks. I'm not sure how much impact Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Dragon Quest X will have since they are already on other systems, but they'll definitely provide some sort of boost.

[Shaymin]

Monster Hunter was out at launch in Japan.

[Louieturkey]

The Vita's boost will last as long as new desirable games keep coming out for it.  So far, they do not have a Monster Hunter or Animal Crossing of their own.  So unless they find it, they will need volume to keep the momentum.

[Enner]

The February NPD report should pop up later today.

The talk through the grapevine has the Wii U selling ~80k, the Xbox 360 at ~300k, and Dead Space 3 taking the top spot away from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.


EDIT:
GameSpot.com
Fire Emblem: Awakening sold 180,000 units in February (more than 117,000 at retail + more than 63,000 digitally), Nintendo has announced.

That sounds pretty good.

EDIT, EDIT:


February NPD!
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/03/14/dead-space-3-leads-february-as-retail-sales-drop-30/
http://www.gamespot.com/news/npd-dead-space-3-dethrones-black-ops-ii-in-february-6405361

FEBRUARY US GAME SALES (February 3-March 2, 2013)
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES
Total retail sales: $810.0 million (-25%)
Non-PC hardware: $244.2 million (-36%)
Non-PC software: $352.0 (-27%)
Accessories: $213.9 million (-3%)
Total software: $369.9 billion (-27%)

Rank	Title	System	Publisher
01.	Dead Space 3	360, PS3, PC	Electronic Arts
02.	Call of Duty: Black Ops 2	360, PS3, Wii U PC	Ubisoft
03.	Crysis 3	360, PS3, PC	Electronic Arts
04.	NBA 2K13	360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC	Take 2
05.	Metal Gear Rising: Revengeaence	PS3, 360	Konami
06.	Aliens: Colonial Marines	360, PS3, PC	Sega
07.	Just Dance 4	Wii, 360, PS3, Wii U	Ubisoft
08.	Far Cry 3	360, PS3, PC	Ubisoft
09.	Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time	PS3, PSV	Sony
10.	Madden NFL 13	360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U	Electronic Arts

Reporting period: Feb 3rd – March 2nd, 2013.

[Louieturkey]

My guess is A:CM will drop like a rock by next month and sell less that 10,000 copies.

[broodwars]

Considering Sony abandoned Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time after dropping the price to $40 during the pre-order period, I'm thrilled to see that the game charted at all.  That it sold at least more than Fire Emblem's 117K retail copies makes me hopeful that the game sold respectively enough (especially after it releases in Europe in a few weeks) to convince Sony to keep Sanzaru around for another game.  Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time was a fantastic game made by people who obviously had a great deal of love for the franchise and its characters.  They made a great game, so hopefully the fans (those who knew the game was out) rewarded them and will reward them for it in Europe.  I'd hate to see Sony close that studio down like they have so many others lately.

Other than Sly, the NPDs went more or less as I expected.  Having just finished Dead Space 3, it does not in any way; shape; or form deserve those sales, but it had a massive marketing campaign behind it so seeing it Chart #1 was expected.  I am kind of surprised that Revengeance charted as low as it did, outsold by NBA 2K13 (All-Star Weekend) and Black Ops 2 (b/c it's Call of Duty).  And I'm surprised that anyone's surprised that Aliens: Colonial Marines sold as it did, considering the large pre-order numbers & being tied to a popular franchise.  We'll never see it on the NPDs again, though.

[BranDonk Kong]

I love my Wii U and so does my daughter, but the sales are just flat out terrible. No Wii U games in the top 10? Getting outsold by 360 by nearly 3:1? I don't buy that many games these days (too busy with school), but I'd still like to have a nice selection to choose from when I do.

[Luigi Dude]

I love my Wii U and so does my daughter, but the sales are just flat out terrible. No Wii U games in the top 10? Getting outsold by 360 by nearly 3:1? I don't buy that many games these days (too busy with school), but I'd still like to have a nice selection to choose from when I do.

The system needs to have games first.  Kind of hard to have games in the Top 10 when nothing was released for the system in February.  I'd say the Wii U sales are actually good for a system with no games being released for it, since it has an excuse for selling so poorly.  If the Wii U actually had a decent lineup of games being released and was still doing this bad, then Nintendo would actually be in trouble.

Once Nintendo starts releasing more of their own big guns like Mario Kart, 3D Mario, Wii Sports, as well as drop the price, then the sales will pick up like they did for the 3DS when it's price was dropped and it got more major games released for it.

[Soren]

I'm surprised the gimped, no-online Wii version of 2k13 outsold the fully featured Wii U version.

[NWR_insanolord]

That probably has something to do with the Wii having sold about 30 times as many units as the Wii U.

[Fatty The Hutt]

The February NPD report should pop up later today.

The talk through the grapevine has the Wii U selling ~80k, the Xbox 360 at ~300k,

So Wii U went from 55,000 units in January to 80,000 units in February; a shorter month and still no new games released? I'd say that was actually pretty impressive, all things considered.
Were there new bundles or something? I can't remember.

[NWR_insanolord]

It lends credence to the talk that Wii U sales were hurt by a massive number of returns in January. The people saying that said actual sales were around 100,000, which makes the 80,000 this month make more sense.

[Caterkiller]

The February NPD report should pop up later today.

The talk through the grapevine has the Wii U selling ~80k, the Xbox 360 at ~300k,

So Wii U went from 55,000 units in January to 80,000 units in February; a shorter month and still no new games released? I'd say that was actually pretty impressive, all things considered.
Were there new bundles or something? I can't remember.

The official numbers came in and Wii U actually sold 66K. So nah, lamer than expected.

[ShyGuy]

I think Wii U will be over 100k in march, thanks to Lego, NFS, and Monster Hunter.

[Louieturkey]

The February NPD report should pop up later today.

The talk through the grapevine has the Wii U selling ~80k, the Xbox 360 at ~300k,

So Wii U went from 55,000 units in January to 80,000 units in February; a shorter month and still no new games released? I'd say that was actually pretty impressive, all things considered.
Were there new bundles or something? I can't remember.

The official numbers came in and Wii U actually sold 66K. So nah, lamer than expected.

66k for February or January?

[Caterkiller]

The February NPD report should pop up later today.

The talk through the grapevine has the Wii U selling ~80k, the Xbox 360 at ~300k,

So Wii U went from 55,000 units in January to 80,000 units in February; a shorter month and still no new games released? I'd say that was actually pretty impressive, all things considered.
Were there new bundles or something? I can't remember.

The official numbers came in and Wii U actually sold 66K. So nah, lamer than expected.

66k for February or January?

For February. Let me find the link.


Edit
[font=.HelveticaNeueUI]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-15-wii-u-sells-66-000-in-february[/font]

[Enner]

Japan numbers!

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/03/20/this-week-in-sales-kingdom-hearts-hd-falls-to-sword-art-online/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=526734

Period: The week of March 11th – March 17th (2013)

Top-seller: Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment – 138,180

Nintendo 3DS sales: 21,454 | Total sales: 8,098,358

Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 47,985 | Total sales: 2,796,384

PlayStation Vita sales: 36,028 | Total sales: 1,395,402

Wii U sales: 9,539 | Total sales: 809,999

Media Create Sales: Week 11, 2013 (Mar 11 - Mar 17)

01./00. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (Â¥6.280) - 138.180 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.03.14} (Â¥6.980) - 128.414 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Super Robot Wars UX # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (Â¥7.140) - 115.384 / NEW
04./04. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (Â¥4.800) - 58.578 / 2.861.517 (-7%)
05./02. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (Â¥5.980) - 29.121 / 121.517 (-68%)
06./01. [PS3] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f <ACT> (Sega) {2013.03.07} (Â¥7.329) - 26.248 / 136.477 (-76%)
07./06. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8 # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.02.28} (Â¥7.560) - 22.122 / 272.211 (-53%)
08./00. [PS3] God of War: Ascension # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.14} (Â¥5.980) - 19.744 / NEW
09./08. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Legacy of Civilization A <ADV> (Level 5) {2013.02.28} (Â¥5.500) - 14.976 / 175.740 (-50%)
10./09. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.02.07} (Â¥6.090) - 14.813 / 1.174.077 (-38%)
11./07. [PS3] Far Cry 3 <ACT> (Ubisoft) {2013.03.07} (Â¥7.770) - 14.772 / 48.054 (-56%)
12./00. [PS3] Darkstalkers Resurrection <FTG> (Capcom) {2013.03.14} (Â¥2.990) - 11.591 / NEW
13./11. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission <TBL> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.02.28} (Â¥5.800) - 11.396 / 121.698 (-48%)
14./19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (Â¥4.800) - 8.747 / 1.959.564 (+3%)
15./05. [PSV] Tales of Hearts R # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.07} (Â¥6.480) - 8.409 / 63.668 (-85%)
16./14. [3DS] Doraemon: Nobita to Himitsu Dougu Hakubutsukan <ADV> (FuRyu) {2013.03.07} (Â¥5.229) - 8.267 / 21.035 (-35%)
17./12. [PS3] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance # <ACT> (Konami) {2013.02.21} (Â¥6.980) - 7.544 / 394.452 (-58%)
18./00. [PS3] Winning Post 7 2013 <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.03.14} (Â¥7.560) - 7.143 / NEW
19./20. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (Â¥3.800) - 7.098 / 259.835 (-12%)
20./13. [PSV] Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: Otome Shoujotachi no Shoumei # <ACT> (Marvelous AQL) {2013.02.28} (Â¥6.980) - 6.902 / 118.364 (-60%)


Top 20

3DS - 8
PS3 - 8
PSV - 3
PSP - 1

HARDWARE
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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| 3DS # |     69.439 |     61.008 |     64.017 |  1.114.862 |  1.024.513 |  10.894.742 |
|  PSV  |     36.028 |     63.581 |     10.021 |    263.191 |    180.097 |   1.394.016 |
|  PS3  |     20.676 |     19.567 |     27.900 |    261.903 |    371.101 |   9.121.987 |
| PSP # |     12.721 |     18.023 |     18.633 |    184.826 |    239.743 |  19.813.837 |
|  WIU  |      9.539 |      9.454 |            |    192.733 |            |     820.020 |
|  WII  |      1.323 |      1.363 |      8.127 |     22.687 |    141.605 |  12.661.523 |
|  360  |        543 |        738 |      1.145 |      8.340 |     15.775 |   1.622.174 |
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|  ALL  |    150.269 |    173.734 |    132.478 |  2.048.542 |  2.009.811 |  56.328.299 |
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| 3DSLL |     47.985 |     39.801 |            |    706.013 |            |   2.796.384 |
|  3DS  |     21.454 |     21.207 |     64.017 |    408.849 |  1.024.513 |   8.098.358 |
|  PSP  |     12.721 |     18.023 |     18.633 |    184.826 |    239.743 |  19.637.850 |
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That didn't last long for the Vita. Anyway, the top three games this week are all new and all break the 100k mark. Fourth place goes to the evergreen Animal Crossing: New Leaf which sold 58k.

[pokepal148]

yup looks like the vita only surged from the price drop
lets point and laugh at the ten 360s sold in Japan

[Louieturkey]

yup looks like the vita only surged from the price drop
lets point and laugh at the ten 360s sold in Japan

Price drop was two weeks ago.  Last week had two fairly high profile Vita games.  Goes to show, if you make the games, people will buy the system. Hello Wii U!

[alegoicoe]

Wait until Nintendo starts pumping out NFC Pokemon figures and the sales will explode.

[Enner]

Japan numbers!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=530520

Top-seller: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 280.151

Nintendo 3DS/3DS XL sales: 76.553 | Total sales: 10.971.295

PlayStation Vita sales: 41.073 | Total sales:  1.435.089

Wii U sales: 11.398 | Total sales: 831.418

Media Create Sales: Week 12, 2013 (Mar 18 - Mar 24)

01./00. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (Â¥4.800) - 280.151 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (Â¥8.190) - 274.625 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (Â¥7.980) - 101.389 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (Â¥3.980) - 80.618 / NEW
05./00. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (Â¥7.140) - 60.315 / NEW
06./04. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (Â¥4.800) - 56.876 / 2.918.394 (-3%)
07./00. [PS3] Disgaea D2 # <SLG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2013.03.20} (Â¥7.140) - 55.443 / NEW
08./00. [3DS] Pretty Rhythm: My Deco Rainbow Wedding <ACT> (Takara Tomy) {2013.03.20} (Â¥6.279) - 33.466 / NEW
09./02. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.03.14} (Â¥6.980) - 29.401 / 157.815 (-77%)
10./00. [PSV] Atelier Meruru Plus: The Alchemist of Arland 3 # <RPG> (Gust) {2013.03.20} (Â¥6.090) - 25.095 / NEW
11./00. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (Â¥7.980) - 23.621 / NEW
12./00. [360] Gears of War: Judgment # <ACT> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2013.03.21} (Â¥7.140) - 23.345 / NEW
13./03. [3DS] Super Robot Wars UX # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (Â¥7.140) - 18.818 / 134.202 (-84%)
14./01. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (Â¥6.280) - 18.002 / 156.182 (-87%)
15./05. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (Â¥5.980) - 15.488 / 137.006 (-47%)
16./00. [3DS] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate <ACT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (Â¥4.980) - 14.138 / NEW
17./00. [PSV] Dead or Alive 5+ # <FTG> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.03.20} (Â¥6.090) - 13.291 / NEW
18./07. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8 # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.02.28} (Â¥7.560) - 11.523 / 283.734 (-48%)
19./06. [PS3] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f <ACT> (Sega) {2013.03.07} (Â¥7.329) - 11.482 / 147.959 (-56%)
20./14. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (Â¥4.800) - 10.497 / 1.970.061 (+20%)


Top 20

3DS - 6
PS3 - 6
PSV - 5
PSP - 2
360 - 1

HARDWARE
Code:
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|System | This Week  | Last Week  | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
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| 3DS # |     76.553 |     69.439 |     94.011 |  1.191.415 |  1.118.524 |  10.971.295 |
|  PSV  |     41.073 |     36.028 |     10.302 |    304.264 |    190.399 |   1.435.089 |
|  PS3  |     22.942 |     20.676 |     25.750 |    284.845 |    396.851 |   9.144.929 |
| PSP # |     12.690 |     12.721 |     19.875 |    197.516 |    259.618 |  19.826.527 |
|  WIU  |     11.398 |      9.539 |            |    204.131 |            |     831.418 |
|  WII  |      1.720 |      1.323 |      9.270 |     24.407 |    150.875 |  12.663.243 |
|  360  |        610 |        543 |      1.084 |      8.950 |     16.859 |   1.622.784 |
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|  ALL  |    166.986 |    150.269 |    163.461 |  2.215.528 |  2.173.272 |  56.495.285 |
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| 3DSLL |     40.924 |     47.985 |            |    746.937 |            |   2.837.308 |
|  3DS  |     35.629 |     21.454 |     94.011 |    444.478 |  1.118.524 |   8.133.987 |
|  PSP  |     12.690 |     12.721 |     19.875 |    197.516 |    259.618 |  19.650.540 |
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Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon debuts nicely with almost 300k units sold. Castlevania: Lord of Shadows - Mirror of Fate doesn't fair as nicely at all. The Playstation Vita maintains a steady pace as new software for the system also lands in the top 20.

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

For reference, the first Luigi's Mansion on GameCube supposedly sold somewhere in the region 190,000 copies in its first week of release in Japan - and that was at the launch of the system, let's not forget.


Good for you, Dark Moon. I'm hoping my order arrives tomorrow for the European launch.