Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Chozo Ghost]

NPD collects sales information for companies like Nintendo, so why change that?

Nintendo already knows how much it sold.

They know how many they shipped to GameStop. Nintendo already made their money, whether GameStop sells the copies or not.

Let's not forget that Nintendo also sold the game directly through their online store as well, so its not just the Gamestop sales we need to figure out but also whatever Nintendo sold directly, and also wasn't there some other site that was selling it as well?

With that being said, I'm sure Gamestop had the bulk of the sales. But not all of them.

[nickmitch]

Does Nintendo tell NPD how many copies of a game it sold? I mean, other than sales directly to customers I don't see why NPD would give a **** as to how many copies Nintendo sold to retailers.

[TJ Spyke]

Does Nintendo tell NPD how many copies of a game it sold? I mean, other than sales directly to customers I don't see why NPD would give a **** as to how many copies Nintendo sold to retailers.

NPD doesn't deal with shipped numbers, only sold numbers. I don't know if Nintendo would report how many games they sell online and at Nintendo World Store.

[BranDonk Kong]

Does Nintendo tell NPD how many copies of a game it sold? I mean, other than sales directly to customers I don't see why NPD would give a **** as to how many copies Nintendo sold to retailers.

NPD doesn't deal with shipped numbers, only sold numbers. I don't know if Nintendo would report how many games they sell online and at Nintendo World Store.

I think I'm gonna start my own site at nintendowouldreport.com...only 1 letter off from this place...

[Lithium]

hah, i also read that as "nintendo world report"

[Enner]

Japan Numbers!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=474361

Media Create Sales: Week 19, 2012 (May 07 - May 13)

   

01./01. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 37,353 / 334,821 (-74%)
02./03. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 16,530 / 361,790 (-61%)
03./02. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom) - 14,553 / 319,505 (-72%)
04./00. [PS3] Starhawk (SCEI) - 12,873 / NEW
05./04. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 11,260 / 1,574,788 (-61%)
06./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) - 9,105 / 1,442,475 (-45%)
07./05. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 9,045 / 1,704,350 (-60%)
08./06. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) - 7,636 / 269,519 (-59%)
09./08. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 4,933 / 162,270 (-64%)
10./09. [PSP] Conception: Please Have My Children! (Spike) - 4,600 / 44,639 (-55%)
11./10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) - 4,416 / 939,971 (-56%)
12./11. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) - 4,041 / 132,450 (-59%)
13./15. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 3,408 / 2,348,884 (-60%)
14./16. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) - 3,342 / 156,276 (-51%)
15./14. [3DS] Shin Sangoku Musou VS (Koei-Tecmo) - 3,231 / 27,423 (-62%)
16./12. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Square Enix) - 3,204 / 311,688 (-66%)
17./24. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (BEST) (Capcom) - 3,104 / 252,765
18./19. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous) - 3,040 / 182,188 (-53%)
19./18. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen (Namco Bandai) - 2,959 / 331,392 (-55%)
20./13. [NDS] Pokemon + Nobunaga no Yabou (Pokemon Co.) - 2,819 / 320,885 (-69%)


3DS - 9
PSP - 4
PS3 - 3
WII - 3
NDS - 1



Code:
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|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  3DS  |     46,425  |     91,868  |  1,673,691  |   5,955,835  |
|  PS3  |     12,996  |     23,478  |    531,735  |   8,168,121  |
|  PSP  |     12,247  |     20,033  |    372,460  |  19,101,822  |
|  PSV  |      6,340  |     10,583  |    257,113  |     697,098  |
|  WII  |      6,073  |     15,789  |    212,190  |  12,375,411  |
|  PS2  |      1,212  |      1,611  |     22,696  |  21,796,803  |
|  NDS  |      1,206  |      1,911  |     37,467  |  32,845,952  |
|  360  |      1,023  |      1,420  |     28,365  |   1,564,409  |
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| DSiLL |        819  |      1,097  |     21,467  |   2,315,785  |
|  DSi  |        387  |        814  |     16,000  |   5,850,052  |
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Golden Week ended and the sales dropped. Not much swapping in positioning. Mario Party 9 and Fire Emblem: Awakening sticking up there in the 1 and 2 positions.

[Enner]

Japan Numbers!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475210
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/23/this-week-in-sales-my-little-sister-isnt-afraid-of-eternal-punishment/

Media Create Sales: Week 20, 2012 (May 14 - May 20)

Period: The week of May 14th – May 20th (2012)
Top-seller: My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute Portable Can’t Possibly Continue – 53,175
Nintendo 3DS sales: 45,752 | Total sales: 6,001,586
PlayStation Vita sales: 6,347 | Total sales: 703,446   

01./00. [PSP] My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute Portable Can't Be Continuing # <ADV> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.05.17} (Â¥6.280) - 53.175 / NEW
02./01. [WII] Mario Party 9 <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (Â¥5.800) - 25.123 / 359.943 (-33%)
03./00. [PSP] Persona 2: Eternal Punishment <RPG> (Atlus) {2012.05.17} (Â¥6.279) - 24.547 / NEW
04./02. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening <SLG> (Nintendo) {2012.04.19} (Â¥4.800) - 14.913 / 376.703 (-10%)
05./00. [PSP] Brothers Conflict: Passion Pink # <SLG> (Idea Factory) {2012.05.17} (Â¥6.090) - 10.911 / NEW
06./05. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (Â¥4.800) - 10.450 / 1.585.238 (-7%)
07./07. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (Â¥4.800) - 8.569 / 1.712.918 (-5%)
08./06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (Â¥5.800) - 8.334 / 1.450.809 (-8,5%)
09./03. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.04.26} (Â¥6.990) - 6.625 / 326.130 (-55%)
10./08. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.03.22} (Â¥5.800) - 6.232 / 275.752 (-18%)
11./00. [3DS] PachiPara 3D: Ooumi Monogatari 2 - Pachi Pro Fuuunroku Hana - Kibou to Uragiri no Gakuen Seikatsu <TBL> (Irem Software Engineering) (Â¥6.090) - 6.144 / NEW
12./09. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games <SPT> (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (Â¥4.800) - 5.041 / 167.311 (+2%)
13./04. [PS3] Starhawk <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2012.05.10} (Â¥5.980) - 4.522 / 17.395 (-65%)
14./11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (Â¥5.800) - 4.416 / 944.388 (0%)
15./13. [WII] Wii Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} (Â¥4.800) - 3.309 / 2.352.193 (-3%)
16./12. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 <SPT> (Konami) {2012.03.29} (Â¥5.980) - 3.266 / 135.716 (-20%)
17./17. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.09.22} (Â¥2.990) - 2.807 / 255.572 (-10%)
18./18. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin <SLG> (Marvelous AQL) {2012.02.23} (Â¥5.040) - 2.718 / 184.906 (-11%)
19./00. [PSP] Bunmei Kaika: Aoiza Ibunroku Saien <ADV> (FuRyu){2012.05.17} (Â¥6.090) - 2.694 / NEW
20./25. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} (Â¥4.800) - 2.551 / 5.471.875

Top 20

3DS - 8
PSP - 6
WII - 3
PS3 - 2
NDS - 1



__________________________________________________________________
|System | This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD |
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| 3DS | 45,752 | 46,425 | 1,719,443 | 6,001,587 |
| PS3 | 12,026 | 12,996 | 543,761 | 8,180,147 |
| PSP | 10,652 | 12,247 | 383,112 | 19,112,474 |
| PSV | 6,347 | 6,340 | 263,460 | 703,445 |
| WII | 5,956 | 6,073 | 218,146 | 12,381,367 |
| PS2 | 1,166 | 1,212 | 23,862 | 21,797,969 |
| NDS | 1,108 | 1,206 | 38,575 | 32,847,060 |
| 360 | 825 | 1,023 | 29,190 | 1,565,234 |
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| DSiLL | 683 | 819 | 22,150 | 2,316,468 |
| DSi | 425 | 387 | 16,425 | 5,850,477 |
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Mario Party 9, Fire Emblem: Awakening, and Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin are hanging in there. Kingdom Hearts 3D drops off. Pokemon Black & White peaks in at #20.

[noname2200]

Vita was the only system that had a week-over-week gain. The comeback begins now!!!

Harvest Moon and Fire Emblem sales please me. That is all.

[Enner]

Japan numbers!
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/30/this-week-in-sales-dragons-dogma-flies-high/
http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20120530055/

Period: The week of May 14th – May 20th (2012)

Top-seller: Dragon’s Dogma – 302,040

Nintendo 3DS sales: 55,212 | Total sales: 6,056,798

PlayStation Vita sales: 6,675 | Total sales: 710,121

Lw   Tw   Title   Weekly Sales   Total Sales   Sys.   Publisher
New   01.   Dragon’s Dogma   302,040   New   PS3   Capcom
New   02.   Mario Tennis Open   101,645   New   3DS   Nintendo
New   03.   Uta no ☆ Prince-Sama: Debut   61,376   New   PSP   Broccoli
New   04.   Dragon’s Dogma   29,024   New   360   Capcom
02.   05.   Mario Party 9   20,820   380,763   Wii   Nintendo
New   06.   The IdolM@ster: Anime & G4U! vol. 8   16,670   New   PS3   Namco Bandai
04.   07.   Fire Emblem: Awakening   14,642   391,345   3DS   Nintendo
New   08.   Juuza Engi ~Engetsu Sangokuden~   11,627   New   PSP   Idea Factory
New   09.   Monster Hunter Frontier Online Forward 4 Premium Package   9,893   New   360   Capcom
06.   10.   Super Mario 3D Land   9,858   1,595,096   3DS   Nintendo
New   11.   G1 Grand Prix   9,821   New   3DS   Genki
New   12.   Steins;Gate Double Pack   9,223   New   PS3   5pb.
08.   13.   Monster Hunter Tri G   7,849   1,458,658   3DS   Capcom
07.   14.   Mario Kart 7   7,648   1,720,566   3DS   Nintendo
01.   15.   My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute Portable Can’t Possibly Continue    6,753   59,929   PSP   Namco Bandai
New   16.   Elminage Gothic: Ritual of Darkness and Ulm Zakir   6,169   New   PSP   Starfish
New   17.   Samurai & Dragons (includes virtual item tickets)   6,072   New   PSV   Sega
New   18.   Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling   5,397   New   PS3   5pb.
New   19.   Mushihimesama HD   5,135   New   360   Cave
03.   20.   Persona 2: Eternal Punishment   4,885   29,431   PSP   Atlus

3DS   55,212
PS3   14,771
PSP   10,617
Vita   6,675
Wii   6,149
Xbox 360   3,069
PS2   1,027
DSi LL   628
DSi   431

Mario Tennis Open (3DS) debuts with 100k+ in the first week. The 330k+ sales of Dragon's Dogma shows that Japan still likes to hunt big monsters. Shame about the lack of multiplayer in Dragon's Dogma.

[noname2200]

Is there a big difference in the appeal of Persona 2 vs. Persona 4? Either way, does Persona 2 underperforming on the PSP indicate much of anything for Persona 4 Golden on the Vita?

[Sarail]

I'm really happy that Fire Emblem continues to hang around. Please oh please let it crack 500k.

[broodwars]

Is there a big difference in the appeal of Persona 2 vs. Persona 4?

Yes, definitely.  The two games play entirely differently, and they have different fanbases.  For example, I love Personas 3 and 4, but I really don't like what I've played of Persona 1 (and Persona 2 didn't play much differently IIRC).

Either way, does Persona 2 underperforming on the PSP indicate much of anything for Persona 4 Golden on the Vita?

Probably not.  Persona 4 was one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved games of the last console generation.  Persona 2 is a curiosity from another era that has its fans, but nowhere near what the last two Persona games accomplished.

[noname2200]

So would it be fair to think of P1+2 as being like CoD 1-3, and P3+4 as CoD MW-Present?

[broodwars]

So would it be fair to think of P1+2 as being like CoD 1-3, and P3+4 as CoD MW-Present?

After having recently played some early PS2 FPS games (the Red Faction games), yeah I'd say that's fairly accurate.  I would, however, probably equate Personas 3 and 4 to Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops (respectively) in terms of how much more polished, streamlined, and fully-featured they are.  Sure, Personas 3 and 4 will kick your ass mercilessly when you make a mistake, but at least you'll understand why (unlike, IMO, Persona 1, which just dumps a mountain of systems on you at the outset and just expects you to figure them out).

[Caterkiller]

How is the 3DS doing in America, do we have up to date sales on that?

[Chozo Ghost]

How is the 3DS doing in America, do we have up to date sales on that?

If it has done well I'm sure Reggie will take a moment to boast about it at E3.

[Luigi Dude]

How is the 3DS doing in America, do we have up to date sales on that?

It's sold somewhere over 6 million in North America.

[Caterkiller]

How is the 3DS doing in America, do we have up to date sales on that?

It's sold somewhere over 6 million in North America.

No way, that's Japan only right?

[Kairon]

How is the 3DS doing in America, do we have up to date sales on that?

It's sold somewhere over 6 million in North America.

No way, that's Japan only right?

That's right.

In America, it was at about 4.5 million sold by March (beginning or end of march? sold to retailers or consumers?): link

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say NA sales might be slightly above 5 mil now?

[Chozo Ghost]

How is the 3DS doing in America, do we have up to date sales on that?

It's sold somewhere over 6 million in North America.

That's the amount that was shipped. The number that is actually sold would be something less than that.

Anyway, even if it was 6 million sold that's the same as what it has sold in Japan, but remember North America has a much larger population than Japan, so for the sales to only be on par with Japan wouldn't be terribly impressive.

[Luigi Dude]

Nintendo last fiscal report.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2012/120426e.pdf

Page 15

Nintendo 3DS

The Americas

Fiscal Year 2011 - 1.32 million

Fiscal Year 2012 - 4.67 million

Lifetime total - 5.99 million


The 3DS is over 6 million in North America.  Doesn't matter what some of you think but these are the official numbers from Nintendo themselves and Nintendo's own reports considers these as sales.  So unless Iwata was cooking the books for investors then the 3DS is over 6 million in North America, period.

[Caterkiller]

Nintendo last fiscal report.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2012/120426e.pdf

Page 15

Nintendo 3DS

The Americas

Fiscal Year 2010 - 1.32 million

Fiscal Year 2011 - 4.67 million

Lifetime total - 5.99 million


The 3DS is over 6 million in North America.  Doesn't matter what some of you think but these are the official numbers from Nintendo themselves and Nintendo's own reports considers these as sales.  So unless Iwata was cooking the books for investors then the 3DS is over 6 million in North America, period.

Awesome! Thank you! So 3DS is doing pretty well right? What did DS sell around this time?

[Luigi Dude]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e1203.pdf

The DS is 2.19 million in America its first fiscal year.  It did 2.92 million it's second fiscal year.  So it did 5.11 million by the end of its second fiscal year.  Of course the DS was released 5 months before the end of its first fiscal year while the 3DS was released a month before the end of its first fiscal year. 

So yeah, the 3DS is doing better in North America at this point in its life then the DS was.

[Mop it up]

North America has a much larger population than Japan, so for the sales to only be on par with Japan wouldn't be terribly impressive.

That doesn't mean that Nintendo produce more units to sell in North America, which they likely do not.

[Ymeegod]

Actually handhelds have always sold more in Japan because of the difference in culture.  Teens/adults rides trains up to 1 to 2 hours just to get to school or work and most households only have one TV set. 

The last couple of months the 3ds has been selling roughly the same, around 200k per month in the US.  Not much but considering the time of the year is about normal.  Kingdom Hearts is the next big release so we might get a slight bump in sales but don't expect larger number until the holiday shopping season again.