Topic: Official Sales Thread

[SalesBot]

November NPD May Be The Highest Software Selling Top 10 Ever.

November 2009 - 11.54M software units sold
November 2008 - 7.26M
December 2008 - 8.56M

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [360] = Highest Selling 1st Month Ever
MW2 is the 3rd best selling 360 title, by lifetime sales.
MW2 is the 3rd best selling PS3 title, by lifetime sales.

Modern Warfare 2:
US: 6.07 million
UK: 2.36 million
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Total: 8.42 million

New Super Mario Bros. Wii:
US: 1.39 million
JP: 0.94 million
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Total: 2.33 million.

[SalesBot]

NPD November 2009 (11/1 - 11/28)

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 4.20M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 1.87M
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 1.39M
ASSASSIN'S CREED II 360 UBISOFT Nov-09 794.7K
LEFT 4 DEAD 2 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 744.0K
WII SPORTS RESORT* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 720.2K
WII FIT PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 679.0K
ASSASSIN'S CREED II PS3 UBISOFT Nov-09 448.4K
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS* 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 362.1K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 315.0K

Nintendo DS 1.70M
Wii 1.26M
Xbox 360 819.5K
PlayStation 3 710.4K
PSP 293.9K
PlayStation 2 203.1K

YOY
PS2: -1%
DS: +8%
PSP: -30%
360: -2%
PS3: +88%
Wii: -38%

YTD
PS2: 1,466,700
DS: 7,875,400
PSP: 1,841,200
360: 3,460,700
PS3: 2,974,500
Wii: 5,784,000

LTD
PS2: 44,981,318
DS: 35,416,758
PSP: 16,182,836
360: 17,320,986
PS3: 9,768,696
Wii: 23,324,381

[BlackNMild2k1]

Man, if the DS keeps it up for another year, it will be real close to surpassing the PS2 in LTD in the US.

I think the DS has already passed the N64 WW LTD using only US sales.

[TJ Spyke]

YOY
Wii: -38%

Why do I get the feeling that this will be the main focus of "analysts"? Instead of seeing the 1.2 million systems sold, or that it outsold all 3 of Sony's systems COMBINED, the analysts will just bitch and moan about Wii not selling as well as last year (when Wii broke the record for most consoles sold in November history).

Black, you are correct. The Nintendo 64 sold 32.93 million systems worldwide.

I don't think there is any doubt now that the DS will overtake the PS2 sometime in 2010 in worldwide sales. The PS2 was at 138 million in mid-August, the DS was up to 113.48 million on September 30.

[SalesBot]

Tony Hawk: Ride - 114k (all platforms)

[TJ Spyke]

Not surprise. A combination of being overpriced ($120) and almost universally negative reviews will hurt a game. I bet DJ Hero did bad for the same reason (overpriced and mixed reviews).

[King of Twitch]

Super Mario Land = the ****.

[Chozo Ghost]

The Wii outsold the Playstation Family all by itself, it didn't need any help from the DS.

And that is the really amazing thing here. Not only did one piece of Nintendo hardware outsell all Sony hardware combined, but both Nintendo hardware did. So no matter how you slice it, Nintendo has Chuck Norrised Sony's dominance. And also, the 360 is selling more than any single Sony system.

I wonder how that blond guy on the Sony commercials is going to spin this.

[SalesBot]

Tony Hawk: Ride - 114k (all platforms)

Band Hero: 153k
Tony Hawk Ride: 114k
Lego Rock Band: 83k

60% of sales for each were on Wii


90k > CoD4:MW[Reflex] > Rabbids Go Home > LittleBigPlanet PSP > Darkside Chronicles > Extraction (LTD)

1st Month Sales
Reflex > The Conduit

[Caterkiller]

I'm betting in months to come Mario will still be selling like crazy, much like Mario Kart. But wow what makes this MW so great? those are good numbers! Will it last long? i'm wondering do allot of call of duties come out often?

[Louieturkey]

I'm betting in months to come Mario will still be selling like crazy, much like Mario Kart. But wow what makes this MW so great? those are good numbers! Will it last long? i'm wondering do allot of call of duties come out often?

A new CoD title comes out every year.  But Modern Warfare 1 was hailed as one of the greatest FPS games of all time.  Last year's game, World at War did great but not MW1 great.  So the anticipation for MW2 was huge.  It turns out it's pretty much the same game as MW1 from what I hear.  It's a great game but more of hte same.  Not much innovation.  I think they decided that if it isn't broke, then don't fix it.  It'll probably get around 14-16 million WW sales and NSMBW will surpass 20 million at some point in the next 3 years.

[ShyGuy]

Where are these Reflex numbers coming from?

[BlackNMild2k1]

privileged sources with access to numbers?

[Stratos]

We still need a FC thread for Reflex...I know I'm not the only one that bought it.

It is pretty good so far. I think it is overall better than Conduit.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

how is the single player

[SalesBot]

360 DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS 342,254
360 DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS COLLECTOR'S ED 19,888
PS3 DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS COLLECTOR'S ED 11,728
PS3 DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS 177,008

DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS 550,878k + PC retail + PC DD

[Mop it up]

What in the world is "Value Game Bundle"?

[BlackNMild2k1]

I'm guessing a bunch of 3rd party shovelware bundled together at retailers for a very cheap price. otherwise known as "The Black Friday Bundle".

[TJ Spyke]

I am surprised that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves failed to make the top 20.

According to GameStop, the Wii "Value Game Bundle" contains Game Party and Cruis'n. I couldn't find anything on the DS one. I doubt it's a Black Friday deal, those are usually counted individually by NPD.

[Chozo Ghost]

4.2 million?! Am I reading that right?

Why wasn't the game on the Wii, and how in the world can it be beating NSMB??? Something isn't right here...

[Guitar Smasher]

Remember, stores were opening at midnight and newscasts were reporting on MW2's release.  The game was incredibly well-hyped and the sales reflect it.  However it's likely that the majority of people who are interested in this game have already purchased it, so expect its sales to drop dramatically over the next couple months.

Now as for NSMBWii, it also released to strong sales (not as strong, admittedly), but it will continue to sell for years to come.  Long-term, it will outsell MW2 easily. 

A similar event happened when MarioKart Wii and GTA4 came out around the same time.  MarioKart is still selling in the top 10!

[mac<censored>]

4.2 million?! Am I reading that right?

Why wasn't the game on the Wii

'cause the wii is for kids, not for marvelously manly muscled men like game developers.

[KDR_11k]

I wonder how much MW3 will sell...

how in the world can it be beating NSMB??? Something isn't right here...

Core game. Those have extremely front-loaded sales, almost all of their final volume is shifted in the first month. NSMBW is a Wii audience game, those tend to have slower starts and grow in sales over time. That suits the news industry's hype of "best opening ever" which allows news stories about successes to be posted while the hype still hasn't worn off but in the end it's not terribly relevant.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Front-loaded sales also fuel the practice of price drops on unsold stock in later months.

The frequency of price drops, in turn, also lead more people to hesitate on game purchases (and the extra effect of generating more used games following the launch date, which many will depend on).

What a great spiral this industry has created.

[BranDonk Kong]

I can't believe Uncharted 2 isn't in there as well. It's the first PS3 (exclusive) game that I've played that I actually liked, and it's their flagship franchise now...shame.