Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Sessha]

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Originally posted by: Kairon
I'm not laughing. I'm quaking in fear at the though of MS success.

I really think we're going to see a SNES versus Genesis sort of battle this gen between the Wii and XBox360, but with less cross-ports and more market segmentation. It's a good thing that Nintendo's Wii is selling strong in ALL markets, because the increasing console irrelevance of the Japanese Market could weaken any company that relies on it (in this case, Sony) and strength any company that traditionally isn't strong there *coughMicrosoftcough*.

Don't say that Kairon your going to make it come true.

[Kairon]

Just putting it out there, lol. I'd rather confront my fears instead of hiding my head in the sand hoping they go away...

By the way, I expect that for this Holiday period, the XBox360 and Wii will have roughly equal sales in America. I don't see the XBox 360 re-closing the gap, nor do I see the Wii pulling ahead further, until January.

[Kenology]

What's all this I'm hearin' about the PS3 expected to outsell the Wii this week (with its mass marketing campaign, 40 gig, Dynasty Warriors 6, and Rachet & Clank: ToD launches)?

[Kairon]

Where? In Japan?

[KDR_11k]

That's just Sony fans grasping at the final straw.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Nintendo already started the SMG advertising push along with the start of the WiiFit HYPE train.
It will be interesting to see what the PS3 does this week # wise especially vs the Wii.

[IceCold]

Apparently Nintendo UK is pushing Mario insanely hard - I think Plugabugz said he's seen quite a few ads for it. And here..

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With Super Mario Galaxy just one week away from hitting Europe, Nintendo UK has confirmed just how extensive the advertising campaign for the flagship Wii title is going to be.

"It is certainly the biggest marketing campaign for a Mario title that I’ve ever been involved with. And having played it at some length now – it is an absolutely awesome title, it had me giggling like a child again – which is an amazing achievement for a video game."
- Rob Lowe, Senior Wii Product Manager.

The game has already been backed by a series of teaser adverts that started on 5th November, with the main TV campaign due to kick in on 19th of this month. In addition to this, Nintendo has secured high profile support in the National Press, whilst the game's in-store presence will also be extremely strong

[Kenology]

Yeah, in Japan.  It looks like it actually did happen, but I guess we'll have to wait 'til tomorrow when Sales Bot posts the numbers.

If so, it took 5 skus, 3 price cuts, and a new color to stimulate some interest, but I give it only 2 weeks max before leveling off.

Also, I am not happy with sales of Super Mario Galaxy in Japan.  

[couchmonkey]

"Traditional" gaming is dying over there.  Can WiiFit save home consoles?

Super Mario Galaxy could also turn out to be a long-time seller, but I'm skeptical about that.

[Kenology]

True.  I just think Wii Fit flyin' off shelves is gonna send the wrong message to developers.  But I guess it is what it is.  

I expect Mario Galaxy to have some sturdy legs too.

[SalesBot]

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Originally posted by: Kenology
Yeah, in Japan.  It looks like it actually did happen, but I guess we'll have to wait 'til tomorrow when Sales Bot posts the numbers.

If so, it took 5 skus, 3 price cuts, and a new color to stimulate some interest, but I give it only 2 weeks max before leveling off.

Also, I am not happy with sales of Super Mario Galaxy in Japan.

Uh-Ohhh <-- The Famitsu report
 

[Kairon]

Super Mario Galaxy might actually sell Sunshine numbers in Japan. *sigh* I guess that traditional gaming may really be dead over there. Lucky for Nintendo that the Wii and DS are capable of new types of gaming, but the market may have irrevocably shifted into a phase that resembles Western markets less and less.

[IceCold]

Well, certain hardcore genres will always thrive there (RPGs, 2D platformers esp Mario, etc) but yeah, it really has been a radical shift.

[Luigi Dude]

Well considering how low software sales for PS3 games are as well, it seems that Home Console gaming is dying in Japan.  Like I said before, it'll all about the Handheld Consoles in Japan for some reason now.  Because on the DS, tranditional gaming is not only surviving but booming.

Look at the numbers for all the traditional Nintendo games on the DS in Japan since the DS first came out.

Super Mario 64 DS - 1.06 million
Wario Ware Touched - 1.16 million
Mario Kart DS - 2.54 million
Tetris DS - 1.23 million
Pokemon Diamond - 2.95 million
Pokemon Pearl - 2.45 million
Kirby: Sqeak Squad - 1.02 million

And finally the King of the DS

New Super Mario Bros - 4.90 million

This clearly show that the Japanese still care for what a lot of you consider, traditional gaming.  It's just they prefer it on handhelds then home console.  Meaning if Mario Galaxy was a DS game it would have sold over 1 million it's first week easily, but for some reason on the Wii, it's only been able to do less then 400,000 in two weeks.

[SalesBot]

Media Create Nov. 5th - 11th

01./00. [DS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 234,708 / New!
02./00. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei) - 188,456 / New!
03./01. [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 74,457 / 325,000
04./03. [DS] Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (Square-Enix) - 22,759 / 215,000
05./00. [360] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei) - 21,837 / New!
06./00. [PSP] Castlevania Chronicle (Konami) - 18,588 / New!
07./07. [Wii] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 15,454 / 2,197,000
08./06. [DS] DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent (Tecmo) - 13,462 / 129,000
09./08. [DS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) - 13,212 / 690,000
10./00. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future (Sony) - 12,421 / New!


11./12. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo)
12./11. [DS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
13./15. [DS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
14./16. [Wii] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
15./05. [DS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
16./10. [DS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)
17./20. [DS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
18./25. [DS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
19./00. [PS3] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubi Soft)New!
20./14. [DS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon)

21./09. [DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven DS: Goal to Goal (Konami)
22./17. [PSP] Gundam Battle Chronicle (Bandai-Namco)
23./02. [360] Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Bandai-Namco)
24./00. [PS2] NBA Live 08 (EA)New!
25./24. [DS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
26./34. [DS] More English Training (Nintendo)
27./23. [DS] Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody! (Bandai-Namco)
28./27. [DS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
29./19. [DS] Dragon Tamer: Sound Spirit (Bandai-Namco)
30./30. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)

31./18. [DS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
32./37. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5 (Sony)
33./04. [PS2] Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander the 2nd (Banpresto)
34./13. [PS2] Ar Tonelico 2 (Banpresto)
35./22. [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Bandai-Namco)
36./31. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (Konami)
37./26. [Wii] Ghost Squad (Sega)
38./35. [DS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
39./28. [PSP] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square-Enix)
40./32. [DS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)

41./00. [360] Just Cause (EA)New!
42./48. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX: Tag Force 2 (Konami)
43./46. [Wii] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
44./33. [DS] Sangokushi DS 2 (Koei)
45./41. [DS] English Training (Nintendo)
46./00. [PS3] NBA Live 08 (EA)New!
47./00. [DS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)New!
48./00. [PS2] Brilliantly-Colored Gift (Takuyo)New!
49./00. [DS] Yosumin DS (Square-Enix)New!
50./50. [DS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)


Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 78,884 | 78,597 | 5,961,099 | 19,966,778
2. PSP - 58,964 | 59,714 | 2,244,938 | 6,777,067
3. PS3 - 55,924 | 17,434 | 844,568 | 1,302,126
4. WII - 34,546 | 37,617 | 2,860,430 | 3,780,073
5. PS2 - 9,043 | 10,209 | 658,773 | 20,813,632
6. 360 - 5,817 | 17,673 | 188,716 | 453,418
7. GBA - 923 | 319 | 49,903 | 15,347,982
8. NGC - 69 | 155 | 10,303 | 4,179,771

GBA = 4 GBA + 211 SP + 708 Micro
NDS = 30 DS + 78,854 Lite
# of Games Sold by System (Currently in no order):
Wii- 6 games
DS- 25 games
PS3- 5 games
PS2- 5 games
PSP- 6 games
XBox 360- 3 games

Number of New Games: 12 games

# First Party Games Split by Company:
Nintendo: 19
Sony: 2
Microsoft: 0

First to Third Party Number and Ratios by Company:
12 out of 31 or 38% of games Published for a Nintendo System were 3rd Party.
14 out of 16 or 87% of games Published for a Sony System were 3rd Party.
3 out of 3 or 100% of games Published for a Microsoft 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.  

[Ceric]

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02. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei) - 188,000 / NEW
05. [360] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei) - 22,000 / NEW
10. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future (Sony) - 12,000 / NEW

Those really tell you something.  I'm Assuming those are the exact same game and the PS3 version sold almost 8.5 times more then the 360 version.  Which here in the states, not for this particular game but a similar in impact one, it would have been the opposite.  Also I'm surprised that Ratchet and Clank didn't post higher.

[BranDonk Kong]

NPD for October 2007 - absolute NINTENDOMINATION - someone needs to trademark that.
Wii - 519,000
DS - 458,000
360 - 366,000
PSP - 286,000
PS2 - 184,000
PS3 - 121,000

Top 10 software
360 HALO 3 * MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) 1 433.8K
360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 2 383.2K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 3 286.3K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 4 271.1K
NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA SEP 2007 EVERYONE (E) 5 262.8K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 6 239.7K
360 HALF LIFE 2: EPISODE 2 THE ORANGE BOX ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 MATURE (M) 7 238.4K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 8 231.7K
PS2 FIFA SOCCER 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 EVERYONE (E) 9 129.7K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 116.9K

All of this copied and pasted via NeoGAF forums.

Hey Sony, good job on the price cut and the pack-in, you managed to sell LESS consoles, making even LESS money.

[nitsu niflheim]

From Go Nintendo

Like Revenge of the Wii, X-Box 360 didn't get a second coming from Halo 3 last month even though the game itself was still was #1.

Wii - 519,000
Nintendo DS - 458,000
Xbox 360 - 366,000
PSP - 286,000
PlayStation 2 - 184,000
PlayStation 3- 121,000

[IceCold]

Ha, well now that the 360 has completely blown its load, it's all downhill from here.

EDIT: Also, at the Wii Guitar Hero sales.

[GoldenPhoenix]

That is hilarious how the price cut did nothing for Sony. I guess people really don't want a gimped, still overly expensive PS3.

[Kairon]

And once again from NeoGaf:

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More SW:

NR Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3) 105,800
NR Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP) 98,100
NR Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) 74,500
NR Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) 38,300

...

[360 Ace Combat 6] = 92.5K
[360 Guitar Hero III] = 490.9K
[360 Halo 3] = 394.5K
[360 The Orange Box] = 238.4K
[NDS Zelda: Phantom Hourglass] = 262.8K
[PS2 Guitar Hero III] = 502.7K
[PS3 Ratchet & Clank Future] = 74.5K
[PS3 Guitar Hero III] = 105.8K
[WII Guitar Hero III] = 286.3K
[WII Metroid Prime 3] = 45.2K

Poor Metroid Prime 3. Hang in there!

...hmm... They should've asked for Carnival Games numbers...

[Luigi Dude]

Wii - 519,000
DS - 458,000
360 - 366,000
PSP - 286,000
PS2 - 184,000
PS3 - 121,000

Well this is it people, it's finally happened.

NINTENDO IS THE WINNER OF THIS GEN

With Sony dead, the only competition was between Nintendo and Microsoft.  But now that we see that Halo 3 (the biggest game for the 360) didn't do much and that the Wii's sales have INCREASED at the same time there's nothing Microsoft do.

And now that Mario Galaxy has been released the final piece has been placed.  This battle station is now fully operational and ready to fire at the world.

[Bill Aurion]

Mario Galaxy isn't going to do anything...

A sold-out system will still be sold out...

[ShyGuy]

What's the Prime3 total now?

[Kenology]

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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
That is hilarious how the price cut did nothing for Sony. I guess people really don't want a gimped, still overly expensive PS3.

For the sake of fairness, that price cut was only in the last week.  November NPD's will really help us gauge how (not so) well the PS3 performed for a full month at $399.  

It's ridiculous what Wii numbers are gonna look like for November with Mario Galaxy launching... good lord.