Topic: Official Sales Thread

[Flames_of_chaos]

Source is Shacknews

Sales-tracking groups NPD, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain today issued the latest Top Global Markets report, revealing the best-selling console games in the world's three largest markets--United States, United Kingdom and Japan--across 2008.

   1. Mario Kart Wii (Wii / Nintendo) - 8.94M
      (5M US, 1.94M UK, 2M Japan)
   2. Wii Fit (Wii / Nintendo) - 8.31M
      (4.55M US, 1.61M UK, 2.15M Japan)
   3. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, 360 / Rockstar North) - 7.29M
      (5.18M US, 1.85M UK, 256K Japan)
   4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii / Nintendo) - 6.31M
      (4.17M US, 404K UK, 1.75M Japan)
   5. Call of Duty: World at War
      (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, DS / Treyarch, Rebellion, n-Space) - 5.89M
      (4.46M US, 1.43M UK, 0 Japan)

Combined, the US, UK and Japanese console software market grew 11% in 2008, selling 409.9 million units over 2007's 367.7 million. The United States was responsible for more than 268.4 million--65%--of the 409.9 million units sold during 2008.

Total UK and Japanese sales figures were not provided.

Overall, the US market grew 15%, the UK's grew 26%, and Japan saw a 13% decline due to shrinking PS2 sales and lower portable sales.

To further break down the growth of software, US sales grew 22% in home consoles and 2% in portables, while the UK saw a 30% boost in home console software and a 6% portable jump.

[vudu]

The list is BS because they didn't include Wii Play simply because it was released in 2007.

It's not Nintendo's fault the best selling game of last year was release the year before!

[Arbok]

Geez, what happened with Smash Bros and the UK?

[KDR_11k]

Dunno, usually they're all up ons anything that has Sonic.

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Sales: 01/26 - 02/01

01. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Bandai Namco) - 210,000 / NEW
02. [PSP] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) - 102,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 102,000 / NEW
04. [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) - 102,000 / NEW
05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best (Capcom) - 24,000 / 367,000
06. [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 23,000 / NEW
07. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco) - 20,000 / 363,000
08. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 19,000 / 1,540,000
09. [WII] Wii de Asobu: Mario Tennis GC (Nintendo) - 19,000 / 106,000
10. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 18,000 / 3,127,000

11. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo) - 16,000 / 723,000
12. [PS2] Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Yume no Ukihashi Special (Koei) - 13,000 / NEW
13. [PS3] Tomb Raider: Underworld (Spike) - 12,000 / NEW
14. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 11,000 / 2,134,000
15. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 11,000 / 2,317,000
16. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 10,000 / 857,000
17. [PSP] Zill O'll Infinite Plus (Koei) - 10,000 / 39,000
18. [PSP] Soul Eater: Battle Resonance (Bandai Namco) - 10,000 / NEW
19. [360] Ninja Blade (From Software) - 9,700 / NEW
20. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 9,700 / 1,054,000
21. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 8,900 / 3,420,000
22. [NDS] Vampire Kishi DS (D3 Publisher) - 8,700 / NEW
23. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 8,700 / 1,011,000
24. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) - 7,400 / 713,000
25. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami) - 7,300 / 205,000
26. [PS3] Naruto: Narutimate Storm (Bandai Namco) - 7,000 / 68,000
27. [NDS] Little Magician's Magic Adventure (Konami) - 6,900 / 283,000
28. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu: 20th Anniversary (Hudson) - 6,800 / 211,000
29. [NDS] Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor (Atlus) - 6,400 / 79,000
30.

__. [NDS] Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (CyberFront) - 6,000 / NEW
__. [PS2] Dance Dance Revolution X (Konami) - 5,100 / NEW
__. [NDS] Hirameki Action: Chibikko Wagyan no Daiki na Bouken (Bandai Namco) - 4,600 / NEW
__. [PS2] Soul Eater: Battle Resonance (Bandai Namco) - 4,100 / NEW
__. [360] Tomb Raider: Underworld (Spike) - 3,500 / NEW
__. [PSP] Memories Off #5: Togireta Film (5pb.) - 3,300 / NEW
__. [360] Tom Clancy's EndWar (Ubisoft) - 2,900 / NEW
__. [PS2] Fukakutei Sekai no Tantei Shinshi: Akugyou Futaasa no Jiken File (Views) - 2,400 / NEW
__. [PSP] RockMan Dash w/ RockMan Dash 2 Value Pack (Capcom) - 1,900 / NEW
__. [NDS] Taiheiyou no Arashi DS: Senkan Yamato, Akatsuki ni Shutsugekisu (System Soft Alpha) - 1,700 / NEW
__. [PSP] Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper w/ Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower Value Pack (Capcom) - 1,200 / NEW

DSL　14000
DSi　49000
PSP　42000
Wii　25000
PS3　16000
PS2　6300
360　7000

[vudu]

Geez, what happened with Smash Bros and the UK?

It was delayed for like 6 months after the American version.  Everyone imported.

[SalesBot]

Media Create Sales: 01/26 - 02/01

01. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Bandai Namco) 213,000 / NEW
02. [PSP] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) 109,000 / NEW
03. [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) 108,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) 102,000 / NEW
05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Capcom) 23,000 / 380,000
06. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco) 22,000 / 339,000
07. [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) 22,000 / NEW
08. [WII] Wii Play: Mario Tennis (Nintendo) 20,000 / 108,000
09. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 20,000 / 1,634,000
10. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 19,000 / 3,215,000

11. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo)
12. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix)
13. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (SCE)
14. [PSP] Soul Eater: Battle Resonance (Bandai Namco)
15. [NDS] Vampire Kishi DS (D3 Publisher)
16. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
17. [PSP] Zill O'll Infinite Plus (Koei)
18. [PS3] Tomb Raider: Underworld (Spike)
19. [360] Ninja Blade (From Software)
20. [PS2] Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Yume no Ukihashi Special (Koei)
21. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon)
22. [NDS] Tongariboushi and the 365 Days of Magic (Konami)
23. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo)
24. [NDS] Momotaro Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson)
25. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
26. [NDS] Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor (Atlus)
27. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5)
28. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
29. [PS3] Naruto: Narutimate Storm (Namco Bandai)
30. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)

Hardware | This Week | Last Week |   YTD   |    LTD   
NDS      |    70,760 |    65,294 | 555,162 | 25,674,805
PSP      |    44,135 |    38,280 | 348,412 | 11,706,576
WII      |    23,278 |    26,770 | 243,589 |  7,722,490
PS3      |    17,405 |    17,708 | 144,601 |  2,767,029
360      |     8,107 |     7,663 |  55,594 |    886,134
PS2      |     5,334 |     5,007 |  35,347 | 21,434,871
-------------------------------------------------------
DSi      |    55,613 |    51,618 | 430,475 |  1,661,842
DSL      |    15,147 |    13,676 | 119,221 |

[BeautifulShy]

Its nice to see the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles games up there.

[Chozo Ghost]

What are those PSP games doing on the Top 10 Nintendo list? *angry*

[vudu]

04. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) 102,000 / NEW
07. [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) 22,000 / NEW

DS version is outselling the Wii version almost 5 to 1.  Can't say I'm exactly surprised.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Yeah, the Wii version wasn't a PSP port, so there was no hope.

[SalesBot]

Famitsu Sales: 02/02 - 02/08

01. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Bandai Namco) - 45,000 / 255,000
02. [PSP] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) - 39,000 / 141,000
03. [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) - 38,000 / 140,000
04. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCE) - 37,000 / NEW (>90%)
05. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 36,000 / 138,000
06. [NDS] Meitantei Conan & Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: Meguri au 2-Jin no Meitantei (Bandai Namco) - 24,000 / NEW
07. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best (Capcom) - 22,000 / 389,000
08. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) - 16,000 / 1,556,000
09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 16,000 / 3,143,000
10. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco) - 15,000 / 378,000

11. [WII] Wii de Asobu: Mario Tennis GC (Nintendo) - 13,000 / 119,000
12. [PS3] Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Spike) - 12,000 / NEW
13. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo) - 12,000 / 735,000
14. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 10,000 / 2,144,000
15. [NDS] Chibi Maruko-Chan DS: Maru-Chan no Machi (Bandai Namco) - 10,000 / NEW
16. [WII] Another Code:R - Kioku no Tobira (Nintendo) - 10,000 / NEW
17. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 8,800 / 2,326,000
18. [NDS] Destiny Links (Bandai Namco) - 8,700 / NEW
19. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 8,500 / 1,062,000
20. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 7,600 / 1,018,000
21. [PSP] Enkaku Sousa: Sana e no 23 Hiai (SCE) - 7,500 / NEW
22. [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 7,200 / 30,000
23. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 7,200 / 3,427,000
24. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 6,500 / 864,000
25. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 5,900 / 4,920,000
26. [NDS] Little Magician's Magic Adventure (Konami) - 5,800 / 289,000
27. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) - 5,600 / 718,000
28. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami) - 5,600 / 210,000
29.
30. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5) - 5,200 / 276,000

__. [PSP] Midnight Club: LA Remix (Spike) - 4,800 / NEW
__. [360] Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Spike) - 4,400 / NEW
__. [PS3] Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (Electronic Arts) - 3,300 / NEW
__. [PS3] Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft) - 3,000 / NEW
__. [PS2] Momotaro Dentetsu 16: Hokkaido Daiido no Maki, PlayStation 2 the Best (Hudson) - 2,600 / NEW
__. [360] Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (Electronic Arts) - 1,700 / NEW
__. [PSP] Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft) - 1,200 / NEW

DSL　11000
DSi　40000
PSP　36000
Wii　21000
PS3　16000
PS2　6000
360　7700

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Console games are dead in Japan.  If consoles are going to have any hope, they have to shrink just like what phones and televisions did.

The next round of consoles will have to be as small as a portable, PORTABLE, and have TV-hookup capability.

[Ian Sane]

Console games are dead in Japan.  If consoles are going to have any hope, they have to shrink just like what phones and televisions did.

The next round of consoles will have to be as small as a portable, PORTABLE, and have TV-hookup capability.

Wow, that would really suck.  If they hooked up to a TV then I'd just play them like that.  But portables SUCK for multiplayer since everyone has to own one.  A lot of devs just don't bother to implement it at all.  You're also limited on the controller options.  No one has put analog sticks on a portable yet.  Analog nubs sure but not something, you know, good.  Plus if they design the games for a portable they have to have big text and sacrifice graphic detail that won't show up on a tiny screen (and that lack of detail will likely look like pixelated crap on a TV).  The whole thing would just be a huge compromise to gaming as we know it.

Seems inevitable in some way though.  These days someone like me who watches video on TVs, listens to music on big speakers and uses a desktop PC is like mister oddball while everyone is hooked into their Blackberry or iPhone.

Though there is one issue with it.  Old people can't see or hear worth a ****.  Considering that's now part of Nintendo's market moving to only portables might turn off that market.

[Chozo Ghost]

Well, if it hooked up to a tv then I don't see why it couldn't have a bluetooth thing built into it and then you could use controllers with it so that others could play. That way each player would only need to own a controller rather than the console/porrtable.

But then in an instant the console could be unplugged from the tv and it would revert back to portable mode. This is what I see happening in the future.

[Flames_of_chaos]

Console games are dead in Japan.  If consoles are going to have any hope, they have to shrink just like what phones and televisions did.

The next round of consoles will have to be as small as a portable, PORTABLE, and have TV-hookup capability.

Wow, that would really suck.  If they hooked up to a TV then I'd just play them like that.  But portables SUCK for multiplayer since everyone has to own one.  A lot of devs just don't bother to implement it at all.  You're also limited on the controller options.  No one has put analog sticks on a portable yet.  Analog nubs sure but not something, you know, good.  Plus if they design the games for a portable they have to have big text and sacrifice graphic detail that won't show up on a tiny screen (and that lack of detail will likely look like pixelated crap on a TV).  The whole thing would just be a huge compromise to gaming as we know it.

Seems inevitable in some way though.  These days someone like me who watches video on TVs, listens to music on big speakers and uses a desktop PC is like mister oddball while everyone is hooked into their Blackberry or iPhone.

Though there is one issue with it.  Old people can't see or hear worth a ****.  Considering that's now part of Nintendo's market moving to only portables might turn off that market.

Sorry Ian hate to break it to you but you are wrong.

[Spak-Spang]

I would love a hybrid Portable Console Device.  But truthfully it would be too limited.  And the controller issue is exactly why it would be limited. 

[Chozo Ghost]

Console games are dead in Japan.  If consoles are going to have any hope, they have to shrink just like what phones and televisions did.

The next round of consoles will have to be as small as a portable, PORTABLE, and have TV-hookup capability.

Wow, that would really suck.  If they hooked up to a TV then I'd just play them like that.  But portables SUCK for multiplayer since everyone has to own one.  A lot of devs just don't bother to implement it at all.  You're also limited on the controller options.  No one has put analog sticks on a portable yet.  Analog nubs sure but not something, you know, good.  Plus if they design the games for a portable they have to have big text and sacrifice graphic detail that won't show up on a tiny screen (and that lack of detail will likely look like pixelated crap on a TV).  The whole thing would just be a huge compromise to gaming as we know it.

Seems inevitable in some way though.  These days someone like me who watches video on TVs, listens to music on big speakers and uses a desktop PC is like mister oddball while everyone is hooked into their Blackberry or iPhone.

Though there is one issue with it.  Old people can't see or hear worth a ****.  Considering that's now part of Nintendo's market moving to only portables might turn off that market.

Sorry Ian hate to break it to you but you are wrong.

And I hate to break it to YOU, but a revolving joystick isn't the same thing as an analog stick. Joysticks are digital and don't respond to how much you push on them. Remember in Super Mario 64 how moving it a hair would make Mario tip-toe, but moving it a lot would make him run? Well, a revolving joystick isn't like that. For them its either all or nothing.

[Spak-Spang]

His point is that if the NeoPocket can have that joystick a portable can easily have an analog stick on it.  Actually, Imagine that Joystick on a Nintendo DS and include analog controls would be awesome. 

[Kairon]

Console games are dead in Japan.  If consoles are going to have any hope, they have to shrink just like what phones and televisions did.

The next round of consoles will have to be as small as a portable, PORTABLE, and have TV-hookup capability.

So Nintendo fails at saving the Japanese home console market? T_T

[NWR_pap64]

Console games are dead in Japan.  If consoles are going to have any hope, they have to shrink just like what phones and televisions did.

The next round of consoles will have to be as small as a portable, PORTABLE, and have TV-hookup capability.

So Nintendo fails at saving the Japanese home console market? T_T

There's a clear difference between handheld sales and console sales. I wouldn't say its dead NOW, but its definitely on the endangered species list.

[Mikintosh]

Console games are dead in Japan.  If consoles are going to have any hope, they have to shrink just like what phones and televisions did.

The next round of consoles will have to be as small as a portable, PORTABLE, and have TV-hookup capability.

So Nintendo fails at saving the Japanese home console market? T_T

There's a clear difference between handheld sales and console sales. I wouldn't say its dead NOW, but its definitely on the endangered species list.

Oh bah, at this point Nintendo heads the industry (console and portable), and dictates the trends. If people are still buying up Wiis like no tomorrow, then clearly people aren't tired of that kind of system. However, the brief age of the Xbox-size behemoth is over, and if Microsoft puts out another console it better be smaller. And quieter.

[SalesBot]

Media Create 02/02 - 02/08

01. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Namco Bandai)  45,000 / 258,000
02. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCE) 40,000 / NEW
03. [PSP] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) 38,000 / 147,000
04. [PS2] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) 37,000 / 145,000
05. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) 34,000 / 136,000
06. [NDS] Detective Conan & Kindachi (Namco Bandai) 20,000 / NEW
07. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Capcom) 18,000 / 398,000
08. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco Bandai) 16,000 / 355,000
09. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 15,500 / 1,650,000
10. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 15,000 / 3,123,000

11. [WII] Another Code: R Gateway of Memory (Nintendo)
12. [WII] Wii Play: Mario Tennis (Nintendo)
13. [PS3] Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Spike)
14. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo)
15. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
16. [NDS] Maruko DS (Namco Bandai)
17. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
18. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon)
19. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix)
20. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo)
21. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami)
22. [NDS] Tongariboushi and the 365 Days of Magic (Konami)
23. [NDS] Destiny Links (Namco Bandai)
24. [NDS] Momotaro Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson)
25. [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix)
26. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
27. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
28. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
29. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
30. [PSP] Enkaku Sousa (SCE)

System Count
[WII] - 8
[NDS] - 13
[PSP] - 5
[PS3] - 3
[360] - 0
[PS2] - 1

[Ymeegod]

"WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) - 7,200 / 30,000"

Damn, two weeks worth of sales and it didn't break 100K?  Something not right here since just about anything with FF sells 100K+ just by being a brand name.  The only review I found gave it an 8/10 so the can't couldn't have suck that bad?  If RPG's don't sell on the WII in Japan they might not even get ported to the states.  I wonder if you can download the game from WII store--if it was downloadable the charts might not be 100% correct.

[Luigi Dude]

January NPD results

Wii 679.2K
Nintendo DS 510.8K
Xbox 360 309K
PlayStation 3 203.2K
PSP 172.3K
PlayStation 2 101.2K

WII FIT (WII) 777K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE (WII) 415K
MARIO KART W/WHEEL (WII) 292K
LEFT 4 DEAD (360) 243K
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* (360) 235K
SKATE 2 (360) 199K
GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* (WII) 155K
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS (DS) 135K
MARIO KART DS (DS)132K
LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST (PS3) 113K