Topic: Official Sales Thread

[NWR_insanolord]

I own more than ten times as many 3DS games as the average person.

[Mop it up]

That reminds me, the tie-in ratio doesn't include eShop games. We don't know how many of those have been sold.

[Chozo Ghost]

Mop, Amazon has Chrono Trigger for the DS for only $19.99. I don't know if that's a game you already have or might be interested in, but its an RPG and many regard it as the best RPG of all time.

[broodwars]

Mop, Amazon has Chrono Trigger for the DS for only $19.99. I don't know if that's a game you already have or might be interested in, but its an RPG and many regard it as the best RPG of all time.

Or you can just buy the original SNES version off the Wii Virtual Console with the original translation & sound effects for significantly less.  I don't care much for the DS version, myself, though it was a fine port when the horrible PS1 port was the only other version available.

[Chozo Ghost]

That is true, but frankly I am personally hesitant to purchase anything on the Wii's download service because its uncertain whether you will be able to migrate those purchases over to the WiiU later on. If I buy something I want to feel secure I will be able to have it forever, but with digital goods (and especially on the Wii) I'm just not sure. It may cost twice as much, but at least you have a tangible DS card that you will always have as long as you take care of it.

[SixthAngel]

but with digital goods (and especially on the Wii) I'm just not sure.

I have to agree completely.  The Wii has its own problems because of the lack of account but I think that the people who assume the other systems will migrate their games are deluding themselves. You should doubt that any system is going to migrate your games.
One of the biggest advantages consoles have sales wise for the makers is that their backlogs essentially get cleared every few years so people need to buy new games and this would hurt all future downloaded games in that sense.

I expect a few of the most popular digital xbox games to move to the 360 while the others stay in limbo for some reason until MS basically says they have finished with it because of lack of interest.  Think about 360 bc with xbox.
The gen after I expect 360 live games to be cleared entirely because of lack of interest.

[noname2200]

I own more than ten times as many 3DS games as the average person.

Insanolord: Part of the 1%. Occupy insanolord's game cabinet! Dibs on any copy of Starfox!

[Stratos]

Unless I hate playing a certain VC game on the Wii, I don't worry about migration. I don't intend to sell off my Wii so it will still be there with all of my purchases for years to come. I also have a back up of all my games on an SD card in case of system memory failure so I can place them on a new system.

[NWR_insanolord]

I'm not sure why you wouldn't be assuming they'll let you transfer stuff over, since they've already done just that with the DSi to 3DS.

[Mop it up]

You can also transfer games from 3DS to 3DS so you don't have to worry about that if you want to buy the eventual revision.

Mop it up, Amazon has Chrono Trigger for the DS for only $19.99. I don't know if that's a game you already have or might be interested in, but its an RPG and many regard it as the best RPG of all time.

I already have the SNES cartridge. Since my favourite thing about the game is the music, I don't think I'd want the DS version as the quality of it is worse.

I also have a back up of all my games on an SD card in case of system memory failure so I can place them on a new system.

You can only play/transfer games from an SD card on the system from which they originate, so if your system breaks, you can't use those games on another system. You can, however, call up Nintendo and have them transfer your account to a new system, so you don't even have to worry about backing up your digital games.

[Enner]

Japan numbers!
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/08/this-week-in-sales-the-soul-isnt-burning-anymore/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-08/mario-kart-wii-sells-3.5-million-copies

Period: The week of January 30th – February 5th (2012)

Top-seller: Resident Evil: Revelations – 43,575

Nintendo 3DS sales: 75,018 | Total sales: 4,864,396

PlayStation Vita sales: 17,141 | Total sales: 552,564


Rank   System   Title   Maker   Release Date   Weekly Copies   Total Copies   4Gamer Reader Review
1   3DS   Resident Evil Revelations   CAPCOM   January 26   43,575   190,134   90   
2   PS3   Soul Calibur V   Bandai Namco Games   February 2   34,328   34,328   85   
3   PSP   Photo Kano   Kadokawa Games   February 2   34,095   34,095     
4   PSV   Ragnarok Odyssey   GungHo Online Entertainment   February 2   33,496   33,496   80   
5   PS3   Armored Core V   From Software   January 26   30,775   194,681   48   
6   3DS   Mario Kart 7   Nintendo   December 1   26,791   1,460,749   71   
7   3DS   Monster Hunter 3 G (Including Bundled Edition)   CAPCOM   December 10   24,128   1,211,026   83   
8   3DS   Super Mario 3D Land   Nintendo   November 3   22,817   1,311,312   83   
9   PS3   Gran Turismo 5 Spec II   SCE   February 2   21,416   21,416     
10   PS3   Dragon Age II   Spike   February 2   19,928   19,928   85   
11   3DS   Rhythm KaitĹŤ R: KĹŤtei Napoleon no Isan   Sega   January 19   9,511   56,037   83   
12   X360 Monster Hunter Frontier Online Forward 3 Premium Package   CAPCOM   February 1   9,047   9,047 72   
13   3DS   Inazuma Eleven GO Shine/Dark   Level-5   December 15   8,960   379,764   80   
14   PSV   Tales of Innocence R   Bandai Namco Games   January 26   8,397   63,250     
15   Wii   Just Dance Wii   Nintendo   October 13   7,851   527,050   67   
16   X360 Soul Calibur V   Bandai Namco Games   February 2   7,679   7,679   30   
17   PSP   Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best)   CAPCOM   September 22   6,875   185,853   87   
18   Wii   Wii Sports Resort (Including Edition Bundled with Wii Remote Control Plus Pack)   Nintendo   November 11, 2010   5,635   862,118   75   
19   PS3   Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Including Bundled Edition)   Square Enix   December 15   5,336   774,415   72   
20   Wii   Mario Kart Wii   Nintendo   April 10, 2008   5,068   3,500,168   74   

Hardware Sales
System   Weekly Sales
3DS   75,018
PS3   23,293
Vita   17,141
PSP   15,847
Wii   8,814
Xbox 360   1,382
DSi LL   1,090
DSi   669
PS2   481

Resident Evil: Revelations doing nicely. Shame on Soul Calibur 5's slow start; looks like Namco Bandai might need to think hard on how to make the series special again. Armored Core V still sticking around which is nice for From Software; that 48/100 reader review average for the game isn't though.

[noname2200]

Looks like Vita's starting to stabilize at the mid-to-high teens. And ouch at Tales drop; not unexpected, but bad week for Namco in general. Hopefully that means future Tales games will be on the 3DS instead...>_>

And Revelations is doing okay. It might crawl to 300k, which sounds like a reasonable figure.

[Enner]

January NPD!
http://www.gamespot.com/news/us-game-retail-industry-tanks-in-january-npd-6350115

JANUARY 2012 US GAME SALES
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES
Total retail sales: $750.6 million (-34%)
Non-PC hardware: $199.5 million (-38%)
Non-PC software: $355.9 million (-38%)
Total software: $379.6 million (-37%)
Accessories: $195.2 million (-18%)

TOP 10 GAMES FOR JANUARY 2011
Title (Platforms) - Publisher
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360, PS3, PC) - Activision
2. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3) - Ubisoft
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC) - Bethesda Softworks
4. NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, PC) - Take-Two
5. Battlefield 3 (X360, PS3, PC) - EA
6. Madden NFL 12 (X360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) - EA
7. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) - Nintendo
8. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (360, PS3, Wii, 3DS, PC) - Activision Blizzard
9. Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii) - Majesco
10. Saints Row: The Third (360, PS3, PC) - THQ

No big surprises for a quiet month of releases.

[TJ Spyke]

MW3 is on Wii too.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Wow

[Sarail]

Yeah, there's no way the Wii is going to beat the PS2's numbers with it dropping off that drastically. PS2 had a nice and smooth cool down, but Wii... no way. That's a sharp drop-off.

I'm also amazed to see that the 360's numbers are climbing. Holy crap balls. Kinect?

[Chozo Ghost]

Kinect is the new Wii.

[Ceric]

Yeah, there's no way the Wii is going to beat the PS2's numbers with it dropping off that drastically. PS2 had a nice and smooth cool down, but Wii... no way. That's a sharp drop-off.

I'm also amazed to see that the 360's numbers are climbing. Holy crap balls. Kinect?

If your going to buy a console today, the Wii isn't hot and if you follow gaming news you hear a lot of stories about how the PS3 version has some weird bug,  I get a 360.

[Chozo Ghost]

Nintendo should consider dropping the Wii's MSRP to $99.99. At that price it would be sufficiently cheap enough that it should be able to sell steadily for the remainder of its life despite the lack of new games.

[Kairon]

Yeah, I gave up on Woi matching PS2 numbers a couple months ago. The DS is the real successor to PS2, just look at Japan!

Still, it'll crest 100,000,000 and that is nothing to be ashamed of at all, especially considering all the forces of gaming establishment arrayed against it.

Meanwhile, the PS3 and XBox 360 are proving that the userbase DOES exist for a multiconsole marketplace, and that a ten-year lifecycle is not a complete PR slogan, even if they don't actually make 10 years.

What'll be interesting about the next generation of consoles is that the market and economic conditions will have so completely changed since 2006. Thrre's much more competition, price sensitivity, and consumer wariness now, things wil definitely play out differently.

[Louieturkey]

10 year lifespans exist.  Look at the PS2.  It's in its 12th year and it's still selling and making Sony money.  That means 10 years is easily doable, especially if they wait even longer to release the successor.

[Shaymin]

I believe you're talking about the PS2 on that one.

[Louieturkey]

I believe you're talking about the PS2 on that one.

Yep, fixed.  Thanks.

[Enner]

Japan numbers!
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/15/this-week-in-sales-suikoden-returns-gravity-rush-speeds-to-vita/

Lw   Tw   Title   Weekly Sales   Total Sales   Sys.   Publisher
New   01.   Suikoden: The Woven Web of a Century   61,784   New   PSP   Konami
New   02.   Gravity Rush   43,462   New   PSV   Sony
01.   03.   Resident Evil: Revelations   26,106   216,241   3DS   Capcom
06.   04.   Mario Kart 7   23,758   1,484,507   3DS   Nintendo
07.   05.   Monster Hunter 3G   21,318   1,232,343   3DS   Capcom
08.   06.   Super Mario 3D Land   19,673   1,330,984   3DS   Nintendo
09.   07.   Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition   12,613   34,028   PS3   Sony
05.   08.   Armored Core V   11,673   206,354   PS3   From Software
04.   09.   Ragnarok Odyssey   8,117   41,614   PSV   GungHo
15.   10.   Just Dance Wii   7,896   534,946 Wii   Nintendo
02.   11.   Soulcalibur V   7,519   41,847   PS3   Namco Bandai
03.   12.   Photo Kano 7,361   41,456   PSP   Kadokawa
13.   13.   Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine/Dark   7,099   386,863   3DS   Level 5
17.   14.   Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) 5,955   191,808   PSP   Capcom
12.   15.   Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure   5,888   61,925   3DS   Sega
18.   16.   Wii Sports Resort   5,867   867,985   Wii   Nintendo
20.   17.   Mario Kart Wii   5,527   3,505,695   Wii   Nintendo
10.   18.   Dragon Age II   5,308   25,236   PS3   Spike
New   19.   Vitamin X: Detective B6 5,073   New   PSP   D3 Publisher
22.   20.   Wii Party   4,654   2,289,196   Wii   Nintendo

3DS   67,558
PS3   22,002
PSP   15,860
Vita   13,939
Wii   8,206
PS2   1,239
Xbox 360   1,139
DSi LL   957
DSi   651

Gravity Rush is off to a nice start as is the new Suikoden. RE:R is sticking around with Mario Kart 7, MonHun 3G, and Super Mario 3D Land. Mario Kart Wii and Wii Party continue to sell and chart.

[Mop it up]

MW3 is on Wii too.

The Wii version is a little different, so they may be counting it separately from the other versions. The DS version isn't counted in there for the same reason.