Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Ian Sane]

Money is money.  If Capcom can make big money with MH on the PSP, why do they need to put it on the DS?  Yeah it is the more popular handheld but if you can make a good sized profit on another system you don't HAVE to support the market leader.  There might be other factors involved, like how the PSP has much more powerful hardware.

[Chozo Ghost]

It all depends on how much money you want to make. Yeah, its been profitable on the PSP, but do you want to make profit or do you want to make a lot of profit? I would think any company would want to make as much as possible, and the way to do that is target the larger install base.

And as far as "superior" hardware is concerned, the DS has a touchscreen so it is superior in that respect.

[Caterkiller]

http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=14765



EA's CEO believes Nintendo needs a price cut.

I think they’ve now got competition, in the form of gesture-based gaming from Sony and Microsoft. If they were to find ways to promote third-party content better, as opposed to first-party content, and would hit pricing, I think the platform would see new life



I think it’s a frustration for all third-party publishers, when a platform holder does less to promote third-party content. A great third-party company is Apple, a company that’s all third-party content. There’s often tension in a company between first- and third-party content. Nintendo’s unique in the world. They’re a great company because of the blend of first- and third-party content. First-party hardware, first-party content is what makes them great, but it’s actually pretty tough. I can come up with a dozen titles in the last decade, but it’s really tough to come up with a dozen great titles that have been platform defining for them that weren’t their own. I don’t care whether it’s Mario or Twilight Princess or GoldenEye; it was their own content. I’m going back to N64, and I can go back to SNES if you want, but they’ve never really been a heavy third-party supporting system. It’s not lack of trying; they start the morning thinking what’s best for their own intellectual property

[Guitar Smasher]

Well at least he didn't demand WiiHD.

However the rest of his comments come from an attitude that will only hold his company back.

[Luigi Dude]

After Dead Space Extraction and NBA Jam, EA is one of the last companies to be blaming Nintendo about their games not selling.  After giving the system a spinoff that nobody wanted and announcing that a Wii game will be getting a superior HD port released only one month after the Wii version should pretty much show them why they're games fail.

Not to mention doing everything they could to sabotage their sports games on the Wii by constantly changing the gameplay and then releasing that All Play crap that basically made the games look inferior to all the other systems, didn't help either.  When the PS2 versions of Madden are still outselling the Wii versions, that shows EA f*cked up bigtime.

There's a reason why EA's best selling games on the Wii were Tiger Woods Golf and Bloom Blocks.  Because those were the only games they actually put effort and quality as well as games that appealed to an audience on the Wii and as a result, these games actually got good sales.  Everything else they've released is either an inferior version of an HD game, or a spinoff that there was no audience for and as a result these games got poor sales.

Not really rocket science to see why EA isn't getting big sales on the Wii.

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 49, 2010

UK: Week 49, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)
01 (__) PC World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision Blizzard)
02 (01) PS3 Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
03 (03) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
04 (02) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
05 (14) WII Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
06 (06) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
07 (05) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
08 (10) NDS Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)
09 (09) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
10 (04) WII Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
11 (08) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
12 (07) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)
13 (13) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
14 (16) 360 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
15 (12) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
16 (11) PS3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
17 (20) PS3 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
18 (18) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)
19 (15) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)
20 (17) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
21 (25) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
22 (21) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
23 (32) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)
24 (27) PS3 Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
25 (26) 360 Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
26 (23) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
27 (24) 360 Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take 2)
28 (22) WII Super Mario All-stars 25th Anniversary (Nintendo)
29 (35) 360 Fable Iii (Microsoft)
30 (28) 360 Dance Central (Microsoft)
31 (30) WII Goldeneye 007 (Activision Blizzard)
32 (19) 360 Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
33 (29) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)
34 (33) WII Sonic Colours (Sega)
35 (38) WII Disney Epic Mickey (Disney Interactive Studios)
36 (31) PS3 Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take 2)
37 (36) NDS Sonic Colours (Sega)
38 (37) WII Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
39 (__) WII Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
40 (__) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)

Ireland: Week 49, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (01) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
02 (03) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
03 (02) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
04 (05) Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
05 (04) Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
06 (07) Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
07 (06) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
08 (14) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
09 (11) Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)
10 (08) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
11 (13) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
12 (09) Wii Party (Nintendo)
13 (15) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
14 (19) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
15 (__) World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision Blizzard)
16 (10) Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take 2)
17 (20) Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Electronic Arts)
18 (18) Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
19 (__) Wwe Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 (Thq)
20 (__) Just Dance (Ubisoft)

Denmark: Week 49, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (__) World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision Blizzard)
02 (02) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
03 (01) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
04 (03) Gran Turismo 5 (Nordisk Film)
05 (05) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
06 (06) Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
07 (07) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
08 (08) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
09 (09) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
10 (10) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
11 (04) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
12 (11) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
13 (13) The Sims 3: Late Night (Electronic Arts)
14 (16) Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
15 (14) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
16 (12) Football Manager 2011 (Pan Vision)
17 (__) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
18 (__) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
19 (17) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
20 (18) Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Electronic Arts)

Netherlands: Week 49, 2010
01 (__) [PC] World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision)
02 (05) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
03 (02) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
04 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
05 (__) [WII] Super Mario All-stars 25th Anniversary (Nintendo)
06 (04) [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
07 (03) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
08 (07) [WII] Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
09 (06) [PS3] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
10 (09) [PS3] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

France: Week 48, 2010
01 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
02 (02) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
03 (__) [WII] Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
04 (05) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
05 (__) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)

Spain: November 2010
01 (__) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
02 (__) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
03 (__) [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
04 (__) [PS3] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
05 (__) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Collector's Edition (Sony)
06 (__) [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)
07 (__) [360] Kinect Adventures (Microsoft)
08 (01) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)
09 (__) [NDS] Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)
10 (02) [PS3] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)

Italy: Week 48, 2010
01 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
02 (04) [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)
03 (02) [PS3] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
04 (05) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
05 (07) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
06 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
07 (09) [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)
08 (10) [360] Kinect Adventures (Microsoft)
09 (06) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
10 (__) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)

Sweden: Week 49, 2010
01 (__) [PC] World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
02 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5
03 (03) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns
04 (06) [360] Kinect Adventures
05 (05) [360] Call Of Duty: Black Ops
06 (04) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Black Ops
07 (__) [PC] The Sims 3: Late Night
08 (09) [PS3] FIFA 11
09 (07) [360] Kinect Sports
10 (10) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
11 (02) [WII] Super Mario All-stars 25th Anniversary
12 (08) [PS3] Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
13 (13) [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii
14 (__) [PC] World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
15 (16) [360] FIFA 11
16 (11) [PC] Call Of Duty: Black Ops
17 (12) [360] Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
18 (17) [PS3] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
19 (__) [PC] The Sims 3
20 (15) [360] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

November 2010
01 [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops
02 [PC] Call of Duty: Black Ops
03 [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops
04 [PS3] Gran Turismo 5
05 [PS3] Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
06 [360] Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
07 [PC] Football Manager 2011
08 [PC] Toy Story 3: The Video Game
09 [360] Kinect Adventures
10 [PC] The Sims 3 Kvällsnöjen
11 [360] Fable 3
12 [PS3] FIFA 11
13 [360] Kinect Sports
14 [PS3] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
15 [360] FIFA 11
16 [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii
17 [NDS] New Super Mario Bros
18 [PC] Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty
19 [360] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
20 [PC] The Sims 3

Germany: Week 49, 2010
01 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
02 (02) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
03 (06) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
04 (__) [WII] Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
05 (07) [NDS] Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)
06 (09) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
07 (08) [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo)
08 (04) [PS3] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - D1 Version (Ubisoft)
09 (03) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
10 (10) [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)

Nordic Chart (Denmark + Finland + Norway + Sweden): November 2010
01. Call Of Duty: Black Ops
02. Gran Turismo 5
03. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
04. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011
05. FIFA 11
06. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
07. The Sims 3
08. New Super Mario Bros
09. The Sims 3: Late Night
10. Toy Story 3
11. Medal of Honor
12. Fallout: New Vegas
13. Fable 3
14. Mario Kart
15. NHL 11
16. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
17. Assassin's Creed 2
18. Kinect Adventures
19. Wii Fit Plus
20. Kinect Sports

[Mop it up]

"In summary, it would be easy to blame ourselves, but it is even easier to blame Nintendo!"

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

Part of it comes down to publishers having different ideas of what sales numbers equal a commercial success. In the days of multi-million blockbusters, 100,000 copies sold looks pretty unimpressive, but that's moderately successful really. Most projects would easily break even on 100,000 units sold, as it's only a minority that need massive sales to account for the abnormal expenditure during development.

[Enner]

It all depends on how much money you want to make. Yeah, its been profitable on the PSP, but do you want to make profit or do you want to make a lot of profit? I would think any company would want to make as much as possible, and the way to do that is target the larger install base.

And as far as "superior" hardware is concerned, the DS has a touchscreen so it is superior in that respect.

Superior hardware to port to. A lot of the content in the Monster Hunter Portable games can be traced back to the PS2 games. With Portable 3rd, I imagine it isn't too much trouble to cram Tri assets in to the PSP. If Capcom were to make a Monster Hunter for DS, they would probably have to make a whole new game from the ground up. Can you really blame Capcom for taking the easy way out?

As an aside, the Monster Hunter Frontier online game for the PC looks like a cleaned up and sharpened PS2 game. I think it looks kinda nice.

[Ian Sane]

It all depends on how much money you want to make. Yeah, its been profitable on the PSP, but do you want to make profit or do you want to make a lot of profit? I would think any company would want to make as much as possible, and the way to do that is target the larger install base.

And as far as "superior" hardware is concerned, the DS has a touchscreen so it is superior in that respect.

Let's say I'm a developer and I want to make a portable game.  I want a certain graphic quality for the game and I don't give two shits about touchscreen controls.  If I can make a profit making the game I want to make for the PSP, why would I bother with a DS release if I would have to scale down the graphics to do it?  It's just that simple.
 
Regarding EA, they have not done much to win over the Wii userbase.  But at the same time they're not wrong about Nintendo's priorities being entirely self-centered.  Realistically all parties are at fault.  Third parties put in a weak effort but Nintendo doesn't really care about that and makes no real effort to accomodate or encourage them.  Wii third party support is a low priority to pretty much everyone who can actually do something about it.

[Guitar Smasher]

To be fair to Nintendo, they have made efforts in the past to promote third party content, only to have the third party sabotage the effort (I'm looking at you Capcom 5).  And I don't see EA winning any favours from Nintendo after what they pulled with NBA Jam.  But to suggest that Nintendo has no interest in third party success is wrong.  I seem to remember them releasing a special MH3 bundle, as well as producing a unique gold controller for Goldeneye 007.  The lesson here is that legitimate system sellers will get attention from Nintendo.

But this EA guy's attitude seems to be that they should be owed the support.  Well I don't know how you get to be a CEO without learning that in business, you don't get any favours without providing something in return.  And really, EA's games this gen haven't provided anything substantial for the Wii.  They don't make system sellers, with the exception of Madden, and in that case they're only selling the competition's consoles because they were cheap with the Wii version.

What I find most hilarious is his belief that Nintendo should lower the cost of the Wii, so that EA can sell to a larger userbase.  I suspect that he thinks that the reduced price will result in more 'multiple-console-owners', however that won't lead to more Wii EA game sales because they design their games such that you're encouraged to buy the PS3/360 version.  Here's an idea, if you want to sell more copies, how about you lower the price of your games?  Oh right, you want to eat that cake.

[Guitar Smasher]

It all depends on how much money you want to make. Yeah, its been profitable on the PSP, but do you want to make profit or do you want to make a lot of profit? I would think any company would want to make as much as possible, and the way to do that is target the larger install base.

And as far as "superior" hardware is concerned, the DS has a touchscreen so it is superior in that respect.

Let's say I'm a developer and I want to make a portable game.  I want a certain graphic quality for the game and I don't give two shits about touchscreen controls.  If I can make a profit making the game I want to make for the PSP, why would I bother with a DS release if I would have to scale down the graphics to do it?  It's just that simple.

The answer is that you wouldn't, but that wasn't his question.  He wants to know why if you wanted to maximize your profits, you wouldn't target the largest install base.  In your scenario, all you want to do is make the game you want, so long as it turns a profit.  Well if you want to make a lot of profit, often you're going to have to make a game that's not exactly your ideal.  I imagine that most auto-engineers would prefer to work on Mercedes-type cars, but someone has to make the Camrys.  And note that this doesn't preclude the Camry from being a good car, nor something the engineer can be proud of.  I imagine this often becomes an issue between the developers and publishers.

[Chozo Ghost]

http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=14765



EA's CEO believes Nintendo needs a price cut.

I think they’ve now got competition, in the form of gesture-based gaming from Sony and Microsoft. If they were to find ways to promote third-party content better, as opposed to first-party content, and would hit pricing, I think the platform would see new life

But the Wii already is significantly cheaper than the competition as it is. If you buy a Wii for $199 you get the motion controls immediately. To do so on the competition you have to pay $299 (or get the cheap xbox), and then on top of that you have to plonk down another $100+. So to get the Wii motion option you only have to pay $199 and that's it, but on the other systems its more like $400. That's twice as much, so the Wii is already half as much as the competition as it is.

And as far as the Wii seeing "new life" that depends on companies like EA getting off their ass and actually making games that are worth a crap instead of whining about Nintendo needing to drop the price on a console which is already the cheapest anyway.

"In summary, it would be easy to blame ourselves, but it is even easier to blame Nintendo!"

Same old song and dance we've been hearing for the last 15+ years. Nothing new.

But what really pisses me off is that Nintendo managed to beat the odds and make the most successful system even despite this bullshit, but they never got credit for it. Now, the competition has its own ripoff motion control schemes and Wii sales aren't what they are used to be, so now 3rd parties are coming back out of the woodwork to slam Nintendo once again. When Nintendo does well they ignore them, but when Nintendo is doing not so well they get slammed.

Its like some hero in a story that faces some Herculean task and manages to pull through despite everyone turning their backs on them, but its worse than that because in the stories when the Hero wins he gets praised for it and everyone admits they were wrong about him. But with Nintendo its not like that, because even when they win they don't get credit for it from these assholes.

[UncleBob]

I predict December Wii sales will blow everyone else out of the water.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I predict December Wii sales will blow everyone else out of the water.

Another Nintendo igh point and new record to beat when it comes to Dec sales and Nov.+Dec. vs. rest of year sales percentage record?

[Caterkiller]

Its like some hero in a story that faces some Herculean task and manages to pull through despite everyone turning their backs on them, but its worse than that because in the stories when the Hero wins he gets praised for it and everyone admits they were wrong about him. But with Nintendo its not like that, because even when they win they don't get credit for it from these assholes.

Nintendo is like Spider-Man, even when he wins he gets a little praise, but ultimately slammed in the end.

[noname2200]

I predict December Wii sales will blow everyone else out of the water.

Higher than the DS, or the white-hot 360?  The general rule for most consoles is that December = 2 x November, so are you expecting that the 360 will underperform or that the Wii will overperform?

[UncleBob]

Wii will over perform.

Judging by the amount of systems we sold with the $50, then $75 Gift Card promos.  Which was an estimated metric s*** ton.

[SalesBot]

Media Create: 12/13 - 12/19

01. / 01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {12/01/10} - 581.543 / 3.161.801 (-8%)
02. / 00. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Bandai Namco) {12/16/10} - 185.908 / NEW
03. / 00. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (Level 5) {12/16/10} - 175.604 / NEW
04. / 03. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {12/09/10} - 152.990 / 316.300 (-6%)
05. / 04. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {09/18/10} - 115.438 / 4.744.211 (+45%)
06. / 00. [PSP] Shining Hearts (Sega) {12/16/10} - 106.733 / NEW
07. / 06. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {07/08/10} - 92.949 / 1.411.824 (+68%)
08. / 05. [WII] Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo) {11/25/10} - 87.114 / 299.534 (+27%)
09. / 02. [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5) {12/09/10} - 74.329 / 244.877 (-56%)
10. / 08. [NDS] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo) {12/02/10} - 54.628 / 163.929 (+5%)
11. / 13. [WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) {10/14/10} - 46.392 / 304.600 (+75%)
12. / 11. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) {11/18/10} - 41.103 / 161.748 (+41%)
13. / 12. [NDS] Magician's Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) {11/11/10} - 38.140 / 175.195 (+39%)
14. / 15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) {11/11/10} - 37.239 / 123.348 (+52%)
15. / 07. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {10/21/10} - 29.872 / 742.861 (-44%)
16. / 17. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {12/03/09} - 27.543 / 4.106.019 (+29%)
17. / 00. [PS3] Castlevania: Lord of Shadow (Konami) {12/16/10} - 27.155 / NEW
18. / 18. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco) {12/02/10} - 26.970 / 77.509 (+27%)
19. / 00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed Edition) (Square Enix) {12/16/10} - 23.253 / NEW
20. / 19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {04/10/08} - 22.579 / 3.044.425 (+10%)

WII - 9
NDS - 6
PS3 - 3
PSP - 2
360 - 0
PS2 - 0

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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year |       YTD |  Last YTD |        LTD |           
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|  PSP  |   164.507 |   159.933 |    74.962 | 2.615.567 | 2.055.724 | 16.358.655 |     
|  NDS  |   148.177 |   119.011 |   137.566 | 2.580.460 | 3.582.497 | 31.859.540 |     
|  WII  |    99.681 |    79.424 |   135.898 | 1.465.370 | 1.555.323 | 11.070.569 |     
|  PS3  |    49.515 |    41.882 |    75.086 | 1.445.472 | 1.416.927 |  5.946.839 |     
|  360  |     3.726 |     3.695 |    10.646 |   201.820 |   357.903 |  1.411.492 |     
|  PS2  |     2.188 |     2.054 |     2.463 |    80.835 |   199.896 | 21.691.012 |     
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| DSiLL |    72.146 |    59.709 |    58.006 | 1.300.549 |   279.593 |  1.807.456 |     
|  DSi  |    71.804 |    55.993 |    68.184 | 1.063.279 | 2.805.915 |  5.402.225 |     
|  DSL  |     4.227 |     3.309 |    11.376 |   216.632 |   496.989 | 18.064.388 |     
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|  PSP  |   162.558 |   158.029 |    71.885 | 2.545.361 | 1.991.324 | 16.212.694 |     
| PSPgo |     1.949 |     1.904 |     3.077 |    70.206 |    64.400 |    145.961 |     
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[TJ Spyke]

The Wii is finally back ahead of PS3 for YTD, so it may still end up #1 for 2010 (among consoles).

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

Indeed. And there's all the signs of a commercially healthy Christmas, with several Wii and DS games increasing on week-to-week sales.

I hope Ni no Kuni does well in the long run. The chances of its localisations are bleak to say the least, unless Level 5 has unexpected plans for its new Western branches.

[Luigi Dude]

Nice to see that Donkey Kong did about the same it's second week as the first week.  Looks like Nintendo was able to successfully reignite Donkey Kong Country nostalgia in Japan.  The game should have no problem crossing the million mark now.
 

 11. / 13. [WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) {10/14/10} - 46.392 / 304.600 (+75%)

I told you all Kirby would have good legs in Japan.  It's already on it's way to being one of the more successful Kirby spinoff games, so it'll be interesting to see if it can keep going and reach the numbers of the traditional games.

[KDR_11k]

Let's say I'm a developer and I want to make a portable game.  I want a certain graphic quality for the game and I don't give two shits about touchscreen controls.  If I can make a profit making the game I want to make for the PSP, why would I bother with a DS release if I would have to scale down the graphics to do it?  It's just that simple.

Because you are not in charge of deciding the company strategy. If the higher ups decide that they will likely see a higher return on investment with a DS game then they will only give you the money if you make a DS game.

However I don't think it's feasible to put MH on the DS, the hardware would probably require some changes to the game design (and if it's just the perspective) which would risk hurting the cash cow that is MH (I'm not convinced that Capcom knows for sure what made MH the success it is so they'll likely avoid changes). Once the 3DS is out you can expect Capcom to throw MH on there as fast as their arms allow.

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 50, 2010

UK: Week 50, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)
01 (03) WII Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
02 (02) PS3 Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
03 (04) 360 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
04 (14) 360 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
05 (06) PS3 Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
06 (05) WII Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
07 (07) 360 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
08 (09) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
09 (17) PS3 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
10 (11) 360 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
11 (13) PS3 Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
12 (08) NDS Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)
13 (15) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
14 (10) WII Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
15 (18) 360 Kinect Sports (Microsoft)
16 (16) PS3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
17 (12) WII Wii Party (Nintendo)
18 (21) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
19 (20) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
20 (25) 360 Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
21 (24) PS3 Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
22 (22) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
23 (19) NDS Art Academy (Nintendo)
24 (32) 360 Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
25 (30) 360 Dance Central (Microsoft)
26 (26) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
27 (23) 360 Halo: Reach (Microsoft)
28 (29) 360 Fable Iii (Microsoft)
29 (27) 360 Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take 2)
30 (35) WII Disney Epic Mickey (Disney Interactive Studios)
31 (31) WII Goldeneye 007 (Activision Blizzard)
32 (34) WII Sonic Colours (Sega)
33 (__) PS3 Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
34 (28) WII Super Mario All-stars 25th Anniversary (Nintendo)
35 (33) PC Football Manager 2011 (Sega)
36 (36) PS3 Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take 2)
37 (38) WII Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
38 (01) PC World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision Blizzard)
39 (__) WII Raving Rabbids: Travel In Time (Ubisoft)
40 (__) NDS Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios)

Ireland: Week 50, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (01) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
02 (02) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
03 (04) Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
04 (03) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
05 (05) Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
06 (07) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
07 (06) Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
08 (11) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
09 (14) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
10 (09) Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)
11 (10) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
12 (08) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
13 (20) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
14 (13) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
15 (18) Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
16 (16) Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take 2)
17 (__) Kinect Sports (Microsoft)
18 (17) Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Electronic Arts)
19 (19) Wwe Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 (Thq)
20 (__) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)

Denmark: Week 50, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (02) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
02 (03) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
03 (01) World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision Blizzard)
04 (04) Gran Turismo 5 (Nordisk Film)
05 (11) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
06 (05) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
07 (06) Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
08 (08) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
09 (07) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
10 (12) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
11 (15) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
12 (09) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
13 (13) The Sims 3: Late Night (Electronic Arts)
14 (19) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
15 (10) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
16 (14) Medal Of Honor (Electronic Arts)
17 (20) Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Electronic Arts)
18 (__) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive)
19 (__) Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Pan Vision)
20 (16) Football Manager 2011 (Pan Vision)

Netherlands: Week 50, 2010
01 (03) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
02 (02) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
03 (01) [PC] World of Warcraft/Cataclysm
04 (04) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Ent.)
05 (06) [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
06 (07) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
07 (10) [PS3] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
08 (09) [PS3] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
09 (__) [PS3] Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts)
10 (__) [PC] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)

France: Week 49, 2010
01 (02) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
02 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
03 (03) [WII] Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
04 (04) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
05 (__) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)

Italy: Week 49, 2010
01 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
02 (05) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
03 (04) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
04 (03) [PS3] Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
05 (06) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
06 (__) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
07 (02) [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)
08 (07) [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)
09 (08) [360] Kinect Adventures (Microsoft)
10 (__) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)

Finland: Week 49 + 50, 2010
01 (__) World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision-Blizzard)
02 (02) Call Of Duty Black Ops (Activision-Blizzard)
03 (01) Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
04 (03) SingStar SuomiHitit (Sony)
05 (04) NHL 11 (Electronic Arts)
06 (08) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
07 (__) Sly Trilogy HD Collection (Sony)
08 (__) FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts)
09 (09) NHL Slapshot (Electronic Arts)
10 (10) Sports Champions (Sony)

Sweden: Week 50, 2010
01 (01) [PC] World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
02 (03) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns
03 (02) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5
04 (05) [360] Call Of Duty: Black Ops
05 (04) [360] Kinect Adventures
06 (09) [360] Kinect Sports
07 (08) [PS3] FIFA 11
08 (06) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Black Ops
09 (13) [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii
10 (10) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
11 (15) [360] FIFA 11
12 (12) [PS3] Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
13 (07) [PC] The Sims 3: Late Night
14 (18) [PS3] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
15 (20) [360] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
16 (17) [360] Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
17 (__) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2
18 (__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii
19 (16) [PC] Call Of Duty: Black Ops
20 (19) [PC] The Sims 3

Germany: Week 50, 2010
01 (03) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
02 (01) [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
03 (02) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
04 (05) [NDS] Professor Layton And The Lost Future (Nintendo)
05 (04) [WII] Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
06 (06) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
07 (10) [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)
08 (__) [PS3] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
10 (09) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

[TJ Spyke]

Wow, so pretty much everyone who actually wanted World of Warcraft: Cataclysm bought it the first week since it dropped from #1 to #39.