Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Sarail]

I still find it hilarious that I own more 3rd party games for my 'Cube than I do Nintendo's own.  Crazy.

[Peachylala]

Capcom Studio 4 made Nintendo quality games, but outside of RE, NOBODY BOUGHT THE DAMN GAMES.

Then Capcom laid them off.

[Stratos]

I still find it hilarious that I own more 3rd party games for my 'Cube than I do Nintendo's own.  Crazy.

That is almost my case for both N64 and GC for me and is very much the case for Wii.

[Mop it up]

I still find it hilarious that I own more 3rd party games for my 'Cube than I do Nintendo's own.  Crazy.

My GameCube collection is just about half and half. It is the case for me with the Wii, but to be fair, the only third-party game I purchased at full price was Monster Hunter Tri. I'm much more willing to pay full for most Nintendo titles.

My N64 collection is dominated by third-party releases but that's only because they've collectively published a lot more titles than Nintendo did.

[Louieturkey]

DS 41,798,158

So has the DS passed up the PS2 in lifetime sales in the US now?

[Mop it up]

DS 41,798,158

So has the DS passed up the PS2 in lifetime sales in the US now?

Wikipedia says 50 million for North America as of December 2008.

[Peachylala]

DS 41,798,158

So has the DS passed up the PS2 in lifetime sales in the US now?

Wikipedia says 50 million for North America as of December 2008.

Though how much of this is padding due to defective consoles in PS2's case? And to be fair, DS?

[BlackNMild2k1]

DS 41,798,158

So has the DS passed up the PS2 in lifetime sales in the US now?

Wikipedia says 50 million for North America as of December 2008.

Though how much of this is padding due to defective consoles in PS2's case? And to be fair, DS?

You also have to remember that Nintendo only reported systems sold and Sony always reported systems shipped.
Shipped most definitely includes replacement systems.

[TJ Spyke]

Not to mention that for several years Sony also included systems that were just sitting in their factories (so they hadn't even been shipped to stores yet).

[Chozo Ghost]

Somewhere in the desert there's a huge landfill full of unsold PS2s that Sony built just to beef up their "sales" figures.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Somewhere in the desert there's a huge landfill full of unsold PS2s that Sony built just to beef up their "sales" figures.

Not quite. They used all those for the first batch of PS3's. Once they ran out they had to stop including BC with PS2.

[SalesBot]

UK Top 10 (Jan-Jun 2010):

1. Just Dance (Ubisoft) - 940,358
2. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar/Take2) - 819,161
3. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts) - 590,580
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard) - 540,761
5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 499,998
6. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 439,920
7. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts) - 396,858
8. Aliens vs Predator (SEGA) - 359,968
9. Final Fantasy 13 (Square Enix Europe) - 339,996
10. FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts) - 318,719

Source: Chart-track
http://www.eraltd.org/content/NewsArticle.asp?mid=1819

[TJ Spyke]

Not game related, but I am shocked by how many people are buying the gimped version of Avatar. Just the movie, no 3D, no bonus features, no audio commentaries, not even trailers for other movies. Even DVDs released in 1996 at least included trailers, but 20th Century Fox knows that morons will buy the gimped version now and the real version in November.

[BlackNMild2k1]

 They are waiting to release the 3D version for the 3DS in Nov.

[Sarail]

They are waiting to release the 3D version for the 3DS in Nov.

I'll buy it.

[broodwars]

Not game related, but I am shocked by how many people are buying the gimped version of Avatar. Just the movie, no 3D, no bonus features, no audio commentaries, not even trailers for other movies. Even DVDs released in 1996 at least included trailers, but 20th Century Fox knows that morons will buy the gimped version now and the real version in November.

Maybe people don't really give a crap about 3D when such a small minority of home televisions will even be able to display the movie in that format.  I certainly can't blame people for that.  As for bonus features, those appeal to the people like us but I get the feeling most viewers just see them as bullet points on the back of the box.  To be honest, I have so much stuff to play and do these days that I can never make the time to watch all those bonus features on my Blu Rays/DVDs anymore (especially since the TV that plays my Blu Rays is the same that plays my 360/PS3 games, so I can't multitask using my laptop).

[TJ Spyke]

If they wanted to do this for $10, that might be OK. The problem is that they are charging full price for the movie. Why would I pay $18 for a movie that the studio didn't put an once of effort into? The only way I would even consider paying more than $15 for a movie is if I like it and has some decent special features. They could have at least had James Cameron do a audio commentary. I don't see how thy could justify this crap release, they didn't even try to hide the fact that this was a greed-based move since they announced on the same day that they would release the real version in November.

[Chozo Ghost]

I'm surprised anyone buys any DVDs anymore, since you can get them for free from the local library. Or just rent them for a few bucks. Why do people pay $30 for new DVDs? That's retarded.

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 28, 2010

UK: Week 28, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)
01 (01) 360 Crackdown 2 (Microsoft)
02 (02) WII Dance On Broadway (Ubisoft)
03 (03) WII Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
04 (04) 360 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
05 (06) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
06 (05) PS3 Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
07 (23) 360 Alan Wake (Microsoft)
08 (08) 360 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
09 (13) 360 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11 (Electronic Arts)
10 (19) 360 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
11 (15) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
12 (07) WII Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
13 (14) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
14 (__) 360 Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
15 (37) 360 Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
16 (10) PS3 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
17 (09) 360 Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
18 (12) PS3 Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11 (Electronic Arts)
19 (17) PS3 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
20 (22) 360 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
21 (24) WII Pokepark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (Nintendo)
22 (11) NDS Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
23 (__) PS3 Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
24 (16) PS3 Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
25 (20) 360 Sniper: Ghost Warrior (City Interactive)
26 (18) PC Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
27 (__) NDS Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
28 (21) NDS Club Penguin: Herbert's Revenge (Disney Interactive Studios)
29 (26) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
30 (28) PS3 Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft)
31 (__) PS3 God Of War Iii (Sony Computer Ent.)
32 (36) 360 Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft)
33 (__) PS3 Split/second: Velocity (Disney Interactive Studios)
34 (31) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
35 (__) 360 Split/second: Velocity (Disney Interactive Studios)
36 (30) NDS Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
37 (__) 360 Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
38 (25) PS3 Ufc 2010: Undisputed (Thq)
39 (35) 360 Naughty Bear (505 Games)
40 (29) PC The Sims 3: Ambitions (Electronic Arts)

Ireland: Week 28, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (01) Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
02 (03) Tiger Woods Pga Tour 11 (Electronic Arts)
03 (05) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
04 (06) Crackdown 2 (Microsoft)
05 (04) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
06 (02) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
07 (__) Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
08 (13) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
09 (07) Dance On Broadway (Ubisoft)
10 (__) Pokepark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (Nintendo)
11 (11) Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft)
12 (08) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
13 (09) Club Penguin: Herbert's Revenge (Disney Interactive Studios)
14 (16) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft)
15 (10) Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
16 (15) Just Cause 2 (Square Enix Europe)
17 (20) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
18 (17) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
19 (__) Split/second: Velocity (Disney Interactive Studios)
20 (19) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)

Denmark: Week 28, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (03) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
02 (01) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Pan Vision)
03 (05) Red Dead Redemption (K.e. Media)
04 (02) 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Pro Cycling Manager 2010: Tour De France (Focus Home Interactive)
06 (06) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
07 (08) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
08 (11) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)
09 (07) The Sims 3: Ambitions (Electronic Arts)
10 (09) Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
11 (13) Grand Theft Auto Iv (K.e. Media)
12 (14) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
13 (10) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
14 (15) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Pan Vision)
15 (__) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
16 (17) Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
17 (18) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
18 (19) Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
19 (16) Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (K.e. Media)
20 (__) Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai Games)

Netherlands: Week 28, 2010
01 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
02 (02) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
03 (05) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
04 (03) [360] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
05 (08) [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
06 (07) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
07 (04) [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
08 (__) [360] Crackdown 2 (Microsoft)
09 (06) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
10 (08) [PC] Pro Cycling Manager 2010 (Cyanide)

France: Week 27
01 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
02 (02) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
03 (04) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
04 (03) [360] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
05 (__) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)

Italy: Week 27, 2010
01 (01) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
02 (02) [NDS] Pokemon Soulsilver (Nintendo)
03 (03) [NDS] Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo)
04 (04) [PS3] 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (Electronic Arts)
05 (05) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
06 (06) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
07 (07) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PSP] Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)
09 (__) [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Take 2)
10 (08) [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

[Kytim89]

I still find it hilarious that I own more 3rd party games for my 'Cube than I do Nintendo's own.  Crazy.

That is almost my case for both N64 and GC for me and is very much the case for Wii.

I have the same problem with my wii. The vast majority of the wii games I own are third party games. I have atleast four that are first party games.

[Louieturkey]

I don't see how thy could justify this crap release, they didn't even try to hide the fact that this was a greed-based move since they announced on the same day that they would release the real version in November.

They informed people that a better version was coming, but it didn't matter because people wanted it on bluray at home.  When the next one comes, it'll sell as well.

Anyways, why get bent out of shape on this?  It's what all Hollywood studios do. They try to make money and if people buy it they will keep doing the same thing.  Nintendo is the same way as is Sony & M$ and every other game company.  If they aren't in it for the profits they will not stay in business very long.

[TJ Spyke]

I'm not bent out of shape, I am just shocked at how many people were willing to pay full price for a movie that has no extras and is lacking the feature that got most people to go see the movie in theatres. 20th Century Fox can do what they want, but if I do buy Avatar it will be the normal edition (and only if they charge less than $20).

[SalesBot]

Media Create: 7/12 - 7/18

01. / 00. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo) - 136.367 / NEW
02. / 00. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) - 135.783 / NEW
03. / 00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 120.199 / NEW
04. / 01. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 112.850 / 347.742 (-52%)
05. / 00. [PSP] Last Ranker (Capcom) - 60.757 / NEW
06. / 00. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 51.778 / NEW
07. / 03. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) - 46.014 / 648.902 (-53%)
08. / 02. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness (SCE) - 34.285 / 209.917 (-80%)
09. / 04. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment) - 20.269 / 83.879 (-68%)
10. / 00. [PSP] Momotaro Railway Tag Match: Friendship - Cooperation - Winning Volume! (Hudson) - 18.614 / NEW

11. / 06. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
12. / 05. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco)
13. / 00. [NDS] Odoru Daisousasen The Game: Sensuikan ni Sennyuu Seyo! (Bandai Namco)
14. / 00. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive (Bandai Namco)
15. / 00. [PSP] Busou Shinki: Battle Masters (Konami)
16. / 08. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo)
17. / 11. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)
18. / 14. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
19. / 10. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)
20. / 00. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakugami Susanoh Shuurai! (Hudson)
21. / 13. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami)
22. / 15. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
23. / 12. [NDS] Love Plus + (Konami)
24. / 09. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)
25. / 26. [NDS] Digimon Story: Lost Evolution (Bandai Namco)
26. / 00. [NDS] Keshisasu-Kun: Battle Kas-tival (Konami)
27. / 20. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
28. / 22. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom)
29. / 31. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
30. / 19. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)

31. / 00. [PSP] Clannad: On the Hillside Path that Light Watches Over - Volume 2 (Prototype)
32. / 24. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva [Dekkai Ohaidoku-han / Ohaidoku-han] (Sega)
33. / 21. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix)
34. / 18. [PS3] Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2 (Gust)
35. / 16. [PSP] My Summer Vacation Portable 2: The Mysterious Sisters and the Secrets of the Sunken Ship (SCE)
36. / 23. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Capcom)
37. / 29. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
38. / 33. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
39. / 17. [PS3] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Arc System Works)
40. / 28. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco)
41. / 25. [WII] Xenoblade (Nintendo)
42. / 35. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
43. / 27. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City (Take-Two Interactive)
44. / 32. [NDS] Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Capcom)
45. / 34. [PSP] Fairy Tail: Portable Guild (Konami)
46. / 42. [NDS] Mega Man Zero Collection (Capcom)
47. / 30. [NDS] Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive)
48. / 37. [WII] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)
49. / 40. [NDS] Let's Make a Pro Soccer Club! DS World Challenge 2010 (Sega)
50. / 41. [NDS] Medarot DS: Kabuto / Kuwagata (Rocket Company)

00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 1.239.750 / 29.933.521 (+10%)


NDS - 21
PSP - 12
WII - 9
PS3 - 6
PS2 - 1
360 - 1

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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     47.097  |     51.264  |  1.278.581  |  30.557.661  |
|  PSP  |     27.941  |     25.467  |  1.155.074  |  14.898.162  |
|  WII  |     22.239  |     24.604  |    865.788  |  10.470.987  |
|  PS3  |     19.473  |     18.345  |    794.143  |   5.295.510  |
|  360  |      5.936  |      5.688  |    117.593  |   1.327.265  |
|  PS2  |      1.507  |      1.558  |     48.437  |  21.658.614  |
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| DSiLL |     25.884  |     28.916  |    682.916  |   1.189.823  |
|  DSi  |     16.318  |     17.356  |    469.057  |   4.808.003  |
|  DSL  |      4.895  |      4.992  |    126.608  |  17.974.364  |
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|  PSP  |     26.786  |     24.421  |  1.115.112  |  14.782.445  |
| PSPgo |      1.155  |      1.046  |     39.962  |     115.717  |
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[Mop it up]

Those are two of the longest titles I've ever seen. Why does a game need two subtitles?

[Chozo Ghost]

SMG2 is no longer even in the top ten. That's a heavy blow...