Author Topic: New North American (NPD) Sales Thread (Read 102327 times)

Mario · « **Reply #625 on:** December 12, 2005, 12:52:15 PM »

At the top? 5th best selling system is the top now? Also the GC and Xbox BOTH did double its sales the month they launch (like 700,000 each?), 300,000 is pathetic.

Looks like GameCube might end up outselling Xbox worldwide.

IceCold · « **Reply #626 on:** December 12, 2005, 01:18:44 PM »

Yeah, the Dreamcast set a record for launch sales or something...until the Gamecube came along.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #627 on:** December 13, 2005, 01:44:13 AM »

I saw claims that at least 40 000 X360s were sold on eBay...

kirby_killer_dedede · « **Reply #628 on:** December 13, 2005, 03:02:23 AM »

That would keep total sales the same since those 360s sold on eBay were bought from a store first.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #629 on:** December 13, 2005, 05:48:32 AM »

Yes but it tells you how many people saw the X360 as an investment rather than a games console...

Renny · « **Reply #630 on:** December 13, 2005, 05:50:00 AM »

And how many suckers saw the 360 as the must-have toy--or uhh, manly machine--of the season.

vudu · « **Reply #631 on:** December 13, 2005, 08:55:41 AM »

Aren't those numbers confirmed to be fake?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #632 on:** December 13, 2005, 09:06:37 AM »

Well, the initial shipment of the X360 was 400k units and no additional shipments have been sent in the US so it's really hard to guess what numbers it'll have...

joeposh · « **Reply #633 on:** December 13, 2005, 09:27:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Well, the initial shipment of the X360 was 400k units and no additional shipments have been sent in the US so it's really hard to guess what numbers it'll have...

Umm... no, there have definately been shipments since launch. Some retailers are stocking up to put a bunch out at once and others are still working on fufilling pre-orders or putting them out as they trickle in.

kirby_killer_dedede · « **Reply #634 on:** December 13, 2005, 11:42:38 AM »

Yeah, lots of shipments have come since launch. Unless retailers are just hiding systems from us.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #635 on:** December 14, 2005, 05:07:11 AM »

*Echoes Vudu* - I thought the NPD withdrew these numbers after releasing them.

Pretending that the numbers are real, I'd say GameCube has a very real chance of outselling Xbox over their whole lifetimes since Microsoft has basically put the Xbox in it's coffin a year earlier than GameCube. Already the Cube is starting to outsell it (again assuming that the numbers are real). Also, since NPD doesn't have Toys R Us or Wal-Mart, I'd say that probably means a bit of a bias against Nintendo. Kids are still a huge market for Nintendo, and you can imagine parents are more comfortable buying games and systems at Wal-Mart or Toys R Us than Gamestop.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #636 on:** December 14, 2005, 07:16:32 AM »

Xbox 360 = 326,000
PS2 = 531,000
Xbox = 197,000
GCN = 272,000
DS = 370,000 (approx)

Xbox 360 software sales = 1.3 million units, Tie ratio of almost 4:1.

Overall software sales are down 18% over November 2004. Console software sales are down 33%, even with the Xbox 360 sales contribution.

Console hardware sales are down 44% over last year. Ugh.

November Top 25 Software Sales

US Top 25 Videogame Titles
Rank Title Publisher

Rank Title Publisher
1 XBX STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
2 PS2 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
3 360 CALL OF DUTY 2 Activision
4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
5 PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2 THQ
6 360 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
7 PSP GTA: LIBERTY CITY STORIES Take 2 Interactive
8 PS2 TONY HAWK AMERICAN WASTELAND Activision
9 GCN MARIO PARTY 7 Nintendo
10 NDS MARIO KART Nintendo
11 PS2 50 CENT: BULLETPROOF Vivendi
12 PS2 CALL OF DUTY 2: BIG RED ONE Activision
13 360 NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts
14 PS2 SOUL CALIBUR III Namco
15 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENK Atari
16 PS2 NBA LIVE 06 Electronic Arts
17 PS2 BLITZ: THE LEAGUE Midway
18 PS2 NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts
19 PS2 RATCHET: DEADLOCKED Sony
20 PSP STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
21 360 PERFECT DARK ZERO LTD ED Microsoft
22 PS2 SOCOM 3: US NAVY SEALS Sony
23 PS2 GUN Activision
24 PS2 THE MATRIX: PATH OF NEO Atari
25 XBX CALL OF DUTY 2: BIG RED ONE Activision

Source: The NPD Group/NPD Funworld, POS
Note: Ranked in terms of $$$ sales.

PS2

1 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
2 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
3 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2 THQ

Xbox

1 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II LucasArts
2 CALL OF DUTY 2: BIG RED ONE Activision
3 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts

Xbox 360

1 CALL OF DUTY 2 Activision
2 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
3 NEED SPEED: MOST WANTED Electronic Arts

GameCube

1 MARIO PARTY 7 Nintendo
2 DDR MARIO MIX W/MAT Konami
3 POKEMON XD Nintendo

U.S. #'s from TheStreet.com

353,434 PSP
369,012 DS
535,000 PS2
325,902 XBox 360
819,733 GBA

vudu · « **Reply #637 on:** December 14, 2005, 08:36:50 AM »

So are these numbers real or not? I'm so confused.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #638 on:** December 14, 2005, 12:58:46 PM »

"The NPD Group today released fresh numbers for November game sales, after quickly rescinding last week's report due to "overstated information." The corrected data confirms what several analysts had predicted: November game software sales have dropped sharply from last year -- by about 18 percent to $696 million -- reflecting a lack of true blockbusters." --IGN

Edit: I DON'T KNOW ANY MORE.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #639 on:** December 14, 2005, 05:26:34 PM »

yes these #'s are correct, but the ones at the bottom are more exact

Mario · « **Reply #640 on:** January 17, 2006, 02:32:16 AM »

December NPD is here!

GCN - 606,423
Xbox - 415,000
Xbox 360 - 281,441
PS2 - 1,500,000

GC Nintendo Published games that sold over 50,000 -

(Note: Mario Party 7 numbers does not include bundle sales)

1. Mario Party 7 342,206
2. Super Mario Strikers 310,427
3. Super Mario Sunshine 140,716
4. Mario Superstar Baseball 125,198
5. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness 109,258
6. Super Smash Bros. Melee 107,552
7. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 97,006
8. Animal Crossing 96,304
9. Luigi's Mansion 67,635
10. Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour 62,998
11. Kirby Air Ride 60,894
12. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 60,103
13. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 58,630
14. Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 54,166

Nobody likes Mario anymore.....

No game sold over 1 million in December, which has to be a first, the top selling game was Madden on PS2 at just over 700,000, followed closely by Nintendogs.

Top selling GC games in the US in 2005 (third party junk not included LOLOL, also note, these totals are sales from 2005 only)

Resident Evil 4         614,476
Super Mario Sunshine      532,962
Mario Party 7         500,653
Super Smash Bros. Melee       435,436
Mario Superstar Baseball      406,338
Animal Crossing         348,110
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness   336,022
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker   329,385
Super Mario Strikers        310,427
Kirby Air Ride           283,503
Pokemon Colosseum        281,519
Star Fox: Assault        277,838
Mario Party 6           273,196
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat        261,438
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour     251,488
Luigi's Mansion           244,578
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!        221,465
Mario Power Tennis        155,487
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance     145,935
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes       139,029
Tales of Symphonia        136,939
Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door    136,882
Donkey Konga 2           123,250
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles     101,321
Soul Calibur II           87,861
Donkey Konga         77,103
1080 Avalanche           61,726
Metroid Prime          59,704
Pikmin 2              56,299
Battalion Wars          54,077
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords     51,955
Wario Ware Inc.          46,063
F-Zero GX          41,119
Star Fox Adventures       27,480
Geist              27,164
Custom Robo           25,946
Pokemon Channel           22,158
Pikmin              10,473
Eternal Darkness          10,190
Wave Race: Blue Storm        9,047
Disney's Magical Mirror        5,320
NBA Courtside 2002        2,688

couchmonkey · « **Reply #641 on:** January 17, 2006, 06:34:25 AM »

Thanks to Microsoft jumping the gun on Xbox 360, methinks Nintendo may get to declare victory in the war of GameCube vs. Xbox in the end.

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #642 on:** January 17, 2006, 07:34:42 AM »

Well Geist with only 27,000 sold pretty much assures us of no sequel for the Rev.. that blows.

Im glad to see that RE4 passed 600K. Hope it hits 700k. unlikely. I want RE5 on the Rev.

Anyone know the total numbers for MP 2 Echoes?

vudu · « **Reply #643 on:** January 17, 2006, 09:03:25 AM »

December sales: 14. Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 54,166
2005 total sales: Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 139,029

That's weird. The game was out for the entire year, but almost 40% of its sales are from December.

Note: I'm not trying to answer Nosferat2's question; it's just a coincidence.

joeposh · « **Reply #644 on:** January 17, 2006, 10:45:03 AM »

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Originally posted by: Nosferat2
Well Geist with only 27,000 sold pretty much assures us of no sequel for the Rev.. that blows.

Im glad to see that RE4 passed 600K. Hope it hits 700k. unlikely. I want RE5 on the Rev.

Anyone know the total numbers for MP 2 Echoes?

Metroid Prime 2 Echoes - 601,453

odifiend · « **Reply #645 on:** January 17, 2006, 11:26:05 AM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
December sales: 14. Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 54,166
2005 total sales: Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 139,029

That's weird. The game was out for the entire year, but almost 40% of its sales are from December.

Note: I'm not trying to answer Nosferat2's question; it's just a coincidence.

Not weird at all. It was 10 dollars at Toys R Us and reduced everywhere else. I even picked up a couple copies for my friends.

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #646 on:** January 17, 2006, 12:51:28 PM »

Metroid Prime 2 Echoes - 601,453

Thanks, Glad MP 2 broke 600K too. but still should have done much better as it is every bit as good as the first if not better. At least a million. Oh well.

Vudu that should not surprise. I think Echoes came out thanksgiving 2004. Therefore in one and a half months it sold almost 500k in 2004! Thats the Christmas rush i guess. ANd yes the price drop certainly helped.

Mario · « **Reply #647 on:** January 17, 2006, 01:49:08 PM »

Oh god... people are buying Shadow the Hedgehog.

GC - 257,004
XBX - 65,389
PS2 - 184,012

It sold best on Cube... seriously, WHY?

Check this out

SONIC ADVENTURE 2 BATTLE |1,275,344|
SONIC MEGA COLLECTION |1,081,237|
SUPER MONKEY BALL 2 | 772,289 |
SUPER MONKEY BALL | 735,776 |
SONIC HEROES | 685,995 |
SONIC ADVENTURE DX | 671,447 |
SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG | 257,004 |

That's the order of Segas 7 best selling games on GC, look at all those Sonic games (8th is PSO). It's like there's this massive cult of GC owners who only come out of the closet to buy Sonic games. Also it's interesting how Super Monkey Ball 2 has now outsold Super Monkey Ball 1, Nintendo fans are starved for another one, yet they release freaking SMB DX which flops massively, hopefully they were just testing the waters with that and NOW realise that Super Monkey Ball belongs on Nintendo consoles.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #648 on:** January 17, 2006, 02:02:26 PM »

GOOOOOOOO SEGA AND THEIR MULTIPLATFORM STRATEGERY!

Renny · « **Reply #649 on:** January 17, 2006, 04:11:25 PM »

Shadow the Hedgehog II: In the Shadows will be Xbox-exclusive. There's still life in the system, for sure.

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