Topic: Official Sales Thread

[31 Flavas]

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Originally posted by: SalesBot
Hardware- This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. DS - 139,286 | 157,480 | 4,110,804 | 18,116,483
2. Wii - 75,279 | 73,919 | 2,030,131 | 2,949,774
3. PSP - 32,946 | 38,305 | 1,116,093 | 5,648,222
4. PS2 - 14,120 | 16,316 | 434,493 | 20,589,352
5. PS3 - 12,691 | 11,914 | 505,622 | 963,180
6. 360 - 2,370 | 3,154 | 120,953 | 385,655
7. GBA - 601 | 572 | 41,405 | 15,339,484
8. GC - 174 | 111 | 8,593 | 4,178,061

Cool. That means Wii will break 3 million systems sold this weekend, if not already. PS3 is still a few weeks off from breaking 1 million.

Wheee! (or would that be Wiiiiiiiiii! )  

[Ceric]

Should break it in Europe and US as well if Shipments are consistence.

[Bill Aurion]

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Originally posted by: Louieturkey
Do you make this assumption because VII, VIII, & XI were all on different consoles?  I think Square Enix is waiting to see how sales of XI go on the DS before deciding which console the next game will be on.

When specifically asked if Dragon Quest X would come to the Wii, SE honchos said they'd look at sales of DQS first...And considering Yuji Horii has expressed interest in the Wii, I think the scenario is pretty likely...

[denjet78]

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion

When specifically asked if Dragon Quest X would come to the Wii, SE honchos said they'd look at sales of DQS first...And considering Yuji Horii has expressed interest in the Wii, I think the scenario is pretty likely...

So they're going to look at how well a spin-off does and then decide if they're going to bring the main franchise to the console? Talk about stupid. And what the heck happened to the whole "We put it on the system with the largest userbase" line they were spouting before as the reason for putting the last two titles on Sony systems?

Sounds way too much like double speak. As if they're still waiting for the floor to fall out from under the Wii and the PS3 to steamroll right over it. I'm pretty sure we all know that's never going to happen by now.

[IceCold]

They did the same thing with the DS with Rocket Slime, and Slime Mori Mori and Monsters Joker.. DQIX was on the DS because Square just didn't have a choice.. With the DS absolutely dominating Japan, and with DQ a primarily Japanese-focused game, it just made too much sense. I mean, you can only shaft Nintendo for so long until you realise that you're shooting yourself in the foot by not supporting them.

Are you listening Capcom, SEGA?  

[nitsu niflheim]

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Originally posted by: IceCold
Are you listening Capcom, SEGA?

Now you know that they aren't, silly.

[SalesBot]

Media Create July 9th - 15th

01./00. [Wii] Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Square-Enix) - 305,254 /  New!
02./01. [DS] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo) - 69,896 / 584,000
03./00. [DS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo) - 46,947 /  New!
04./05. [Wii] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 44,767 / 1,870,000
05./04. [DS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) - 38,649 / 395,000
06./08. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 28,742 / 1,494,000
07./02. [DS] Chibi Robo! Park Patrol (Nintendo) - 26,905 / 72,000
08./00. [DS] Kirarin Revolution: Mezase Idol Queen! (Konami) - 24,573 /  New!
09./00. [DS] Monster Farm DS (Tecmo) - 21,914 /  New!
10./00. [DS] Mega Man ZX Advent (Capcom) - 21,379 /  New!

11./09. [DS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
12./00. [DS] Saiyuki: Gold and Silver Conspiracy (D3 Publisher) New!
13./10. [DS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
14./03. [PS2] Super Robot Wars: Original Generations (Banpresto)
15./00. [PS2] Pop'n Music 14: Fever! (Konami) New!
16./13. [DS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
17./06. [DS] Itadaki Street DS (Square-Enix)
18./22. [DS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
19./15. [DS] More English Training (Nintendo)
20./12. [Wii] Donkey Kong Jet (Nintendo)
21./14. [DS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
22./17. [DS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
23./30. [DS] Pokémon Pearl (Pokémon)
24./20. [DS] English Training (Nintendo)
25./00. [DS] Death Note: The Successor to L (Konami) New!
26./00. [360] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubi Soft) New!
27./21. [DS] Kanji Brain Test 2M (IE Institute)
28./00. [PS2] Memories Off #5 Encore (CyberFront) New!
29./18. [DS] Listen! Write! Increase Vocabulary! Initial English Training (Benesse)
30./25. [DS] Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo)

31./19. [DS] Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (Nintendo)
32./26. [DS] Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan (Hudson)
33./16. [PSP] Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile (Sony)
34./24. [DS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
35./07. [PS3] My Summer Vacation 3 (Sony)
36./27. [DS] Common Knowledge Training (Nintendo)
37./28. [Wii] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
38./33. [DS] Detailed Japanese History B Total Training (Bandai-Namco)
39./11. [DS] Doki-Doki Majo Shinpan! (SNK Playmore)
40./40. [Wii] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
41./23. [DS] Reading Training (Benesse)
42./34. [DS] Kekkaishi: Tale of the Raven Forest (Bandai-Namco)
43./00. [PS2] Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Capcom) New!
44./36. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
45./42. [DS] Kanji Test (Rocket Co.)
46./39. [DS] Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo)
47./38. [Wii] Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Capcom)
48./37. [DS] Phoenix Wright 4 (Capcom)
49./00. [DS] TOEIC Test Training DS (IE Institute) New!
50./00. [DS] Tetris DS (Nintendo)  New!
# of Games Sold by System (Currently in no order):
Wii- 7 games
DS- 35 games
PS3- 1 game
PS2- 4 games
PSP- 2 games
XBox 360- 1 game

Number of New Games: 13 games

# First Party Games Split by Company
Nintendo: 21
Sony: 2
Microsoft: 0

First to Third Party Number and Ratios by Company
21 out of 42 or 50% of games Published for a Nintendo System were 3rd Party.
5 out of 7 or 71% of games Published for a Sony System were 3rd Party.
1 out of 1 or 100% of games Published for a Microsoft System were 3rd Party.
Legend:
Game- Nintendo System
Game- Sony System
Game- Microsoft System

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. DS   -   141,982 |   139,286 | 4,252,786 | 18,258,465
2. Wii   -   109,854 |    75,279 | 2,139,985 |  3,059,628
3. PSP   -    37,578 |    32,946 | 1,153,671 |  5,685,800
4. PS2   -    15,777 |    14,120 |   450,270 | 20,605,129
5. PS3   -    13,493 |    12,691 |   519,115 |    976,673
6. 360   -     2,942 |     2,370 |   123,895 |    388,597
7. GBA   -       432 |       601 |    41,837 | 15,339,916
8. GC   -       106 |       174 |     8,699 |  4,178,167

GBA = 0 GBA + 138 SP + 294 Micro
NDS = 15 DS + 141,967 Lite

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.  

[31 Flavas]

26 out of the top 30 games are on Nintendo hardware, not bad. Honestly, all that is left is for Nintendo to sweep the Top 30. Sweeping the entire Top 50 is gonna be a bit harder. There are always new games coming out.

DQ Swords sales are not bad at all either. Weren't first day sales in the neighborhood  of 200,000? Then the 36,000 units sold during the rest of the week, I guess, means it sold out pretty much completely.  

[Chozo Ghost]

Square-Enix is proving that original third party games can sell well on Nintendo consoles. Hopefully other companies follow suit, and if they do then we could actually see a top 30 of games for Nintendo hardware in Japan.

4 games from dominating all 30 is frustratingly close.... it is within Nintendo's grasp.

[31 Flavas]

Guess there is a touch of dispute over DQ Swords numbers.  Some are saying 305-308k for DQ Swords.

[Kenology]

Sony just announced that as of July 15th, they've sold 1 million PS3 units in Japan.  Now, unless they sold 37,000 units last week, that isn't right.  I guess they're just jumping the gun a little bit...

[stevey]

Wii about to overtake global 360 sales

woot!

[BlackNMild2k1]

The difference between Famitsu & Media Create are rather large when it comes the the DQS #'s.
Famistu has it @ 200k 1st day / 300k+ 1st week, media create undertracked it I think(hope). Expect good second week #'s from MC and  lower #'s from Famitsu.

PS3 has only sold 1 million according to Famitsu, but since we go by MC its all a lie. Sony has sold no more than 15k this week, and it will take them atleast another week to hit the 1 million mark.

edit Looks like MC has fixed their DQ:S mistake and now has the opening week up to 305k. They must have forgot to count a few retailers out there.

[KDR_11k]

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Originally posted by: Kenology
Sony just announced that as of July 15th, they've sold 1 million PS3 units in Japan.  Now, unless they sold 37,000 units last week, that isn't right.  I guess they're just jumping the gun a little bit...

Or perhaps the analyst numbers aren't THAT accurate?

[BlackNMild2k1]

I think Sony paid them to annouce that since they wanted to be at 1 million b4 the Wii hit 3 million.
I don't even think PS3 has hit 1 million even by Famitsu's own weekly hardware count. Especially not 1.1 million

[Chozo Ghost]

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Originally posted by: Kenology
Sony just announced that as of July 15th, they've sold 1 million PS3 units in Japan.  Now, unless they sold 37,000 units last week, that isn't right.  I guess they're just jumping the gun a little bit...

Well, Sony has been known to lie... and maybe they are just reporting shipped numbers like they typically do?

[Spak-Spang]

So when will the Wii be considered a success and not a fad?

Is it when Wii surpasses the Xbox 360 is sales?
Is it When Wii software figures compete or surpass Microsoft and Sony's numbers?
Is it when Wii 3rd party software figures compete or surpass the competition?
Or is it only after the Wii manages to sustain a constant and growing led over the competition?

No, truth is...to hardcore gamers and many 3rd party developers the Wii will never be considered a success.  Because the technology is old, and the graphics aren't "competitive" with the other consoles.

Well, Xbox 360s big break is going to start with the launch of Halo 3, and continue through this holiday season.  I will dare say that it will be its last chance to truly secure the market lead it has established.  And let me just say Microsoft has a great list of games to compete...but I wonder if they are not going to all compete with the same audience and market and canabize eachothers sales...or if it will actually attract new hardware sales.

Wii on the other hand, will continue to have a great year and led into next year...Nintendo even has some of their biggest guns coming out this year, and unlike Microsoft Nintendo's lineup of big games is quite diverse.  Metroid Prime 3, Galaxy, Brawl, Battalion Wars 2, and Forever Ocean all these games fill a different genre gap in the Wii launch lineup...and even hits niche markets.  Wii's 3rd parties take care of the more mainstream gaming audience with Madden, Medal of Honor, Raving Rabbids 2 ect...

[Luigi Dude]

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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
Well, Xbox 360s big break is going to start with the launch of Halo 3, and continue through this holiday season.  I will dare say that it will be its last chance to truly secure the market lead it has established.  And let me just say Microsoft has a great list of games to compete...but I wonder if they are not going to all compete with the same audience and market and canabize eachothers sales...or if it will actually attract new hardware sales.

Wii on the other hand, will continue to have a great year and led into next year...Nintendo even has some of their biggest guns coming out this year, and unlike Microsoft Nintendo's lineup of big games is quite diverse.  Metroid Prime 3, Galaxy, Brawl, Battalion Wars 2, and Forever Ocean all these games fill a different genre gap in the Wii launch lineup...and even hits niche markets.  Wii's 3rd parties take care of the more mainstream gaming audience with Madden, Medal of Honor, Raving Rabbids 2 ect...

Exactly

Microsoft can never be the market leader because their systems are nothing more then a niche for Western style sports, shooters and action games.  To the rest of the world and even here in America, Microsoft doesn't have enough variety to appeal to the average gamer because the average gamer has many different taste.  When your biggest title, Halo 3 is a first person shooter, and your other big titles like Bioshock are also first person shooters, who exactly is that going to appeal to besides the hardcore Western gamer?

This is why I see Nintendo easily dominating this fall even against Halo 3.  Because Nintendo has the variety to appeal to nearly all types of gamers, while Microsoft will be appealing only to their already niche audience.  Even though Halo 3 has huge selling power, Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros combined have much more.  And the fact that Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros are coming out within a month of each other and just in time for the holiday season, I see those two games creating an unstoppable juggernaut in sales this Christmas.

[Spak-Spang]

Well here is another question to ask.

All of the games Microsoft has appeals to the market they already have.  There may be some gamers waiting for Halo 3 before plunging into a system...but really 10 Million gamers is their standard base, and I don't see gigantic jumps this holiday season.

On the other hand, Nintendo Wii sales have been strong from two markets, the Nintendo fans and the expanded market.  And since the Wii has been sold out and difficult to find that means these markets are not tapped yet.  Many Nintendo fans have been waiting for Mario or Brawl...but many more hardcore gamers have been waiting to make the plunge for these games and second generation third party games.  

As such I really see the Wii picking up steam throughout the Summer.  Starting the end of July Nintendo is going to be releasing one gamers game each month until next year.  As well, starting in September the flood of 3rd party holiday releases will start.  

This is vastly different to Microsoft whose lineup is very heavy for winter releases in November, and not as spread out.

I can afford to pick up one game a month...I can not afford to pick up 3-4 games a month.  I am sure many gamers will be in the same boat I am in.

[Louieturkey]

I am in the same boat.  I can definitely afford 1 game a month.  I can't justify buying more than maybe 2 games a month though.  Of course, only the games on the Wii and DS are really exciting me at the moment (of course, that may because I don't have the other systems), except for maybe Blue Dragon and I'm not getting a 360 for one game, especially with it possibly breaking on me pretty quickly.  

[Kairon]

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Originally posted by: stevey
Wii about to overtake global 360 sales

woot!

They're using VGChartz.com numbers, just fyi.

[denjet78]

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Originally posted by: Kairon

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Originally posted by: stevey
Wii about to overtake global 360 sales

woot!

They're using VGChartz.com numbers, just fyi.

VGChartz or not considering the unconfirmed failure rate for the 360 (30-35%) Wii probably already has a larger installed userbase as it is, and may have had for a while. You have got to know that MS is including replacement systems in their total. Both Sony and MS will do anything and everything to fudge their numbers whenever possible. Of course neither one will admit that.

[BigJim]

No, it's is not known, if not doubtful, that they count a replacement as 2.

Their 360 number is probably a little low, but it doesn't really matter. They'll probably pass 360 before the holidays. 360 will take it back over the holidays (by virtue of having supply) and then Wii will take it back again for good sometime in 08. IMO.    

[UERD]

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No, truth is...to hardcore gamers and many 3rd party developers the Wii will never be considered a success. Because the technology is old, and the graphics aren't "competitive" with the other consoles.

QFT.

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Microsoft can never be the market leader because their systems are nothing more then a niche for Western style sports, shooters and action games. To the rest of the world and even here in America, Microsoft doesn't have enough variety to appeal to the average gamer because the average gamer has many different taste. When your biggest title, Halo 3 is a first person shooter, and your other big titles like Bioshock are also first person shooters, who exactly is that going to appeal to besides the hardcore Western gamer?

QFT, part 2. Although Halo 3 will definitely be a great game by its own merits, I seriously doubt it's going to move as many systems as Halo 1 and 2.

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(from recent sales figures)
# PlayStation 2 - 15,777
# PLAYSTATION 3 - 13,493

Keep it up, PS3! You're almost there! Just a little bit further! Let's go, let's go! Don't give up!

[BranDonk Kong]

Here's the hardware numbers - copy/paste from NeoGAF.

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. NDS   -   141,982 |   139,286 | 4,252,786 | 18,258,465
2. WII   -   109,854 |    75,279 | 2,139,985 |  3,059,628
3. PSP   -    37,578 |    32,946 | 1,153,671 |  5,685,800
4. PS2   -    15,777 |    14,120 |   450,270 | 20,605,129
5. PS3   -    13,493 |    12,691 |   519,115 |    976,673
6. 360   -     2,942 |     2,370 |   123,895 |    388,597
7. GBA   -       432 |       601 |    41,837 | 15,339,916
8. NGC   -       106 |       174 |     8,699 |  4,178,167

PS3 sales improved about 5%...Wii sales improved by 50%, nearly outselling PS3 by 10:1