Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Caterkiller]

Well Nintendo can't break every record. Awesome it made it that high in Japan alone so far. What did the GC sell in Japan in its life time? like 6 Million?

[NWR_insanolord]

How long did it take the DS?

[Caterkiller]

So wait, about 1/3 of the Japanese Wii audience has NSMBW? Thats gotta be an amazing accomplishment!

[Guitar Smasher]

Well it's a very revealing accomplishment.  I hope this leads to more old-school-type games being worked on.

[Chozo Ghost]

It sucks it didn't beat the PS2's record, but it is still #1 this generation. Is the gaming market shrinking in Japan? Maybe its just moving more over to the handheld systems. Maybe the DS's unprecedented success explains the Wii's lower performance.

[SalesBot]

Chart Track - Week 8, 2010

UK: Week 8, 2010 - Individual Formats (Units)
01 (__) PS3 Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Ent.)
02 (02) WII Just Dance (Ubisoft)
03 (01) 360 Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
04 (03) PS3 Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
05 (07) WII Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
06 (06) WII Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
07 (04) WII New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
08 (__) PC Napoleon: Total War (Sega)
09 (13) 360 Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft)
10 (09) 360 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
11 (05) 360 Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
12 (12) PS3 Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
13 (10) WII Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
14 (15) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
15 (__) WII Sonic & Sega All-stars Racing (Sega)
16 (__) 360 Sonic & Sega All-stars Racing (Sega)
17 (14) 360 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
18 (20) NDS The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
19 (28) PS3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Ent.)
20 (16) 360 Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts)
21 (31) PC Football Manager 2010 (Sega)
22 (17) NDS Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
23 (08) PC Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
24 (11) PS3 Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
25 (18) NDS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
26 (19) PS3 Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
27 (21) 360 Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
28 (26) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
29 (24) 360 Pure (Disney Interactive Studios)
30 (__) PS3 White Knight Chronicles (Sony Computer Ent.)
31 (__) PS3 Sonic & Sega All-stars Racing (Sega)
32 (34) PS3 Mag (Sony Computer Ent.)
33 (32) 360 Vancouver 2010 (Sega)
34 (22) PS3 Vancouver 2010 (Sega)
35 (__) PS3 Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix Europe)
36 (30) NDS Style Boutique (Nintendo)
37 (__) PS3 Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
38 (35) 360 Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City (Take 2)
39 (__) 360 Lips: Party Classics (Microsoft)
40 (27) PC The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

Ireland: Week 8, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (__) Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Ent.)
02 (01) Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
03 (04) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
04 (02) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
05 (03) Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
06 (05) Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
07 (06) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
08 (08) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
09 (07) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
10 (10) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
11 (__) Sonic & Sega All-stars Racing (Sega)
12 (14) Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
13 (__) Napoleon: Total War (Sega)
14 (09) Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts)
15 (__) The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)
16 (11) The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
17 (16) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
18 (18) James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Ubisoft)
19 (__) Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
20 (12) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

Denmark: Week 8, 2010 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)
01 (10) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
02 (02) Fifa 10 (Electronic Arts)
03 (__) Heavy Rain (Nordisk Film)
04 (09) Just Dance (Ubisoft)
05 (05) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
06 (01) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
07 (06) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
08 (07) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
09 (11) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
10 (03) The Sims 3: Design & High-tech Stuff (Electronic Arts)
11 (08) Wii Play (Nintendo)
12 (04) Aliens Vs Predator (Pan Vision)
13 (__) Assassin's Creed Ii (Ubisoft)
14 (12) Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Pan Vision)
15 (19) Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
16 (__) Sports Island (Pan Vision)
17 (13) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
18 (__) Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
19 (17) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
20 (18) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Pan Vision)

Netherlands: Week 8, 2010
01 (01) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
02 (04) [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
03 (02) [PS3] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
04 (03) [WII] Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
05 (05) [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
06 (06) [360] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
07 (__) [PC] The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
08 (08) [NDS] Mario & Sonic At Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
09 (__) [360] Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
10 (__) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

France: Week 7, 2010
01 (01) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
02 (03) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)
03 (__) [PS3] Aliens Vs Predator (Sega)
04 (04) [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Activision)
05 (__) [WII] Just Dance (Ubisoft)

Finland: Week 7 + 8, 2010
01 (__) Heavy Rain (Sony)
02 (__) Aliens vs. Predator (Sega)
03 (02) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision-Blizzard)
04 (06) NHL 10 (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06 (07) New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo)
07 (03) Bioshock 2 (Take 2)
08 (05) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Sega)
09 (04) Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
10 (09) Vancouver 2010 (Sega)

Sweden: Week 7, 2010
01 (__) [360] Aliens vs Predator
02 (02) [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
03 (05) [PC] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
04 (__) [PS3] Aliens vs Predator
05 (04) [PC] The Sims 3 Lyx & Design
06 (11) [PC] World of Warcraft
07 (13) [PC] World of Warcraft Battlechest
08 (08) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
09 (06) [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
10 (17) [PC] World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
11 (__) [PC] Aliens vs Predator
12 (12) [WII] Mario Kart Wii
13 (__) [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
14 (15) [PC] Counter-Strike 1: Anthology
15 (16) [WII] Wii Sports: Resort
16 (10) [360] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
17 (19) [PC] The Sims 3
18 (__) [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
19 (07) [360] Mass Effect 2
20 (01) [360] Bioshock 2

[Peachylala]

Well Nintendo can't break every record. Awesome it made it that high in Japan alone so far. What did the GC sell in Japan in its life time? like 6 Million?

It think it's absolutely amazing how Nintendo's Wii entries in their beloved franchises outsold the GCN's entire lifespan.
 
Didn't Brawl outsell Melee in a couple of months?

[TJ Spyke]

Well Nintendo can't break every record. Awesome it made it that high in Japan alone so far. What did the GC sell in Japan in its life time? like 6 Million?

4.04 million according to Nintendo itself. Wii beat it in less than 1 year.

[Mop it up]

Didn't Brawl outsell Melee in a couple of months?

Yes, but it isn't really a fair comparison when you consider that the Wii has a larger userbase. If you go by percentage of userbase, SSBMelee is higher.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Or you could say Melee did a worse job of selling GameCubes.

[TJ Spyke]

Didn't Brawl outsell Melee in a couple of months?

Yes, but it isn't really a fair comparison when you consider that the Wii has a larger userbase. If you go by percentage of userbase, SSBMelee is higher.

That's because Melee kept selling for years, Brawl was front-loaded. Melee sold about 6 million, Brawl is at about 8 million (worldwide, I couldn't find Japanese specific for these 2). Melee would continue appearing in the Top 10 GameCube games in North America even 4 years after its release.

[Mop it up]

That's probably because Melee was released close to launch, and such titles tend to have longer shelf lives than titles released later on.

[Arbok]

That's probably because Melee was released close to launch, and such titles tend to have longer shelf lives than titles released later on.

True, but still Melee had quite a selling punch to it, even beating out the first Halo (although that did have a squeal that generation).

[Peachylala]

Or you could say Melee did a worse job of selling GameCubes.

People only bought GameCubes for that game and Tales Of Symphonia. =(

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Top 10: 2/22 - 2/28


01. [NDS] Super Robot Taisen Exceed OG Saga (Bandai Namco)
02. [PSP] Kenka Banchou 4 (Spike)
03. [PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco)
04. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition (Capcom)
05. [PSP] Minna no Tennis Portable (SCEJ)
06. [Wii] New Super Mario Bros Wii (Nintendo)
07. [NDS] Shiren 4 (Spike)
08. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo)
09. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
10. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reviere (Square Enix)

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/sok...2629_1796.html

[Peachylala]

04. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition (Capcom)

This is an epic tragedy of so many proportions.

[SalesBot]

Media Create: 2/22 - 2/28

01. / 00.  [PSP] Kenka Bancho 4: Ichinen Sensou (Spike) - 71.000 / NEW
02. / 00. [NDS] Super Robot Wars OG: Saga Endless Frontier Exceed (Namco Bandai) - 65.000 / NEW
03. / 01. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Capcom) - 48.000 / 191.000 (-67%)
04. / 03. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 45.000 / 3.412.000 (+1%)
05. / 02. [PSP] God Eater (Namco Bandai) - 45.000 / 514.000 (-30%)
06. / 00. [PSP] Hot Shots Tennis Portable (SCE) - 45.000 / NEW
07. / 00. [NDS] Shiren the Wanderer 4: Kami no Hitomi to Akuma no Heso (Spike) - 41.000 / NEW
08. / 05. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 33.000 / 2.882.000 (+5%)
09. / 07. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 30.000 / 1.694.000 (+17%)
10. / 04. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reviere (Square Enix) - 26.000 / 1.244.000 (-37%)

11. / 00. [NDS] Higurashi no Nakukoru ni Kizuna: 4th Chapter - Kizuna (Alchemist)
12. / 00. [PS3] Demon's Souls (PS3 the Best) (SCE)
13. / 00. [360] Borderlands (Microsoft Game Studios)
14. / 00. [PSP] Kiniro no Corda 3 (Koei)
15. / 00. [PSP] Power Pro Success Legends (Konami)
16. / 00. [NDS] Estpolis: The Lands Cursed by the Gods (Square Enix)
17. / 00. [PSP] BlazBlue Portable (Arc System Works)
18. / 16. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo)
19. / 11. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP the Best Reprint) (Capcom)
20. / 00. [360] Espgaluda II: Black Label (Cave)
21. / 10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
22. / 09. [PS3] Star Ocean: The Last Hope - International (Square Enix)
23. / 00. [PSP] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Kizuna no Tag Battle (Marvelous Entertainment)
24. / 19. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
25. / 00. [WII] Daikaijuu Battle: Ultra Coliseum DX - Ultra Senshi Daishuuketsu (Namco Bandai)
26. / 00. [WII] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise 1 - The Treasure Beneath the Waves (Everyone's Recommendation Selection) (Namco Bandai)
27. / 20. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
28. / 00. [PS2] Kiniro no Corda 3 (Koei)
29. / 08. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia (Konami)
30. / 21. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5)

NDS - 11
PSP - 8
WII - 5
PS3 - 3
360 - 2
PS2 - 1

[mac<censored>]

04. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition (Capcom)

This is an epic tragedy of so many proportions.

Hmm, why?  Is it bad?

[looks fun enough from the trailer, was thinking of picking it up...]

[Chozo Ghost]

Well Nintendo can't break every record. Awesome it made it that high in Japan alone so far. What did the GC sell in Japan in its life time? like 6 Million?

4.04 million according to Nintendo itself. Wii beat it in less than 1 year.

How come the Japanese turned their backs on Nintendo during the GC era when they had been supportive of them in the past? I thought the Japanese were bound by the code of Bushido and would never betray the company they supported?

But in any case, its good to see they are finally coming back to their senses and throwing their support behind the Mushroom kingdom once more.

[Arbok]

How come the Japanese turned their backs on Nintendo during the GC era when they had been supportive of them in the past?

Pretty sure the mass exodus in Japan happened during the N64 era, actually. The Sega Saturn was far more relevant there than other markets too.

[Mop it up]

The Nintendo 64 didn't sell well in Japan because of lack of RPGs. Super Mario 64 sold a good amount of systems, but after that there wasn't much that could compete with the PlayStation and its never-ending stream of RPGs. This continued with GameCube.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Mario 64 sold tons of N64 in Japan, problem was that after everyone beat Mario64, there was nothing else to play for months, so they sold all the systems back to the shops.

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Top 10: 2/22 - 2/28


01. [NDS] Super Robot Taisen Exceed OG Saga (Bandai Namco)
02. [PSP] Kenka Banchou 4 (Spike)
03. [PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco)
04. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition (Capcom)
05. [PSP] Minna no Tennis Portable (SCEJ)
06. [Wii] New Super Mario Bros Wii (Nintendo)
07. [NDS] Shiren 4 (Spike)
08. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo)
09. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
10. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reviere (Square Enix)

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/sok...2629_1796.html

Budget Re-Releases:

Demon's Souls (Playstation the Best) - PS3 - 15.8k (77%)

Muramasa (Minna no Osusume Selection) - Wii - 8k (67%)
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Episode 1 (Minna no Osusume Selection) - Wii - 7.5k (68%)
Dragonball Z Sparking! Meteor (Minna no Osusume Selection) - Wii - 4.9k (50%)
Wii Family Skii (Minna no Osusume Selection) - Wii - 3.5k (36%)
428 (Minna no Osusume Selection) - Wii - 3.4k (37%)
Arc Rise Fantasia (Minna no Osusume Selection) - Wii - 2.4k (29%)
Tales of Symphonia KoR (Minna no Osusume Selection) - Wii - 1.8k (22%)

[Mop it up]

So... those sales seem pretty low. This can't bode well for seeing those budget titles elsewhere in the world.

[TJ Spyke]

Look at the percentage though, the publishers didn't ship that many (meaning it probably wasn't easy to find a copy). The Dragon Ball Z game only had about 10,000 copies shipped (they sold 4,900 copies and that was 50% of the total shipped). It looks like most of them had about 10K shipped, with One Piece and Muramasa having about 12K shipped each.