Dante Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 Hardware Sales Wii 675.1K Nintendo DS 452.6K PlayStation 3 208.7K Xbox 360 186.6K PlayStation Portable 182.3K Software Sales 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) APR 2008 1 871.3K WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2008 2 787.4K WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2008 3 687.7K PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) APR 2008 4 442.9K WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 5 294.6K WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR 2008 6 171.1K PS2 IRON MAN SEGA OF AMERICA APR 2008 7 130.6K WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ WIREACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 8 116.8K NDS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: EXPLORERS OF DARKNESS NOA APR 2008 9 107K NDS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: EXPLORERS OF TIME NOA APR 2008 10 102K LTDs X360: 10,270,000 Wii: 10,180,000 PS3: 4,450,000 Wii Play - 5,760,000 Brawl - 3,190,000 GTA4 360 - 2,721,000 Guitar Hero 3 Wii - 2,200,000 Mario Kart - 1,907,000 GTA4 PS3 - 1,442,000 Industry Dollar Sales May 2007 May 2008 CHG Video Games $816.3M $1.12B 37% Video Games Hardware $319.7M $428.6M 34% Video Games Software $380.8M $536.9M 41% Video Game Accessories $115.8M $150.8M 30%
James McGeachie Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 Hmm, Wii Fit's first month sales lower than Mario Kart's second month. Was there any shortage of balance boards over there? I thought I recall hearing they were shipping a million for the US at least. For some reason certain casual games don't seem to have quite the penetration in the US that they do in Europe. The Brain Training games for example have done amazingly in Europe and the UK specifically, as well as Japan really, however they've sold poorly in the US by comparison. Cool to see MK performing better than the PS3 version of GTA by the way, both in their second month. Really a testament to how Nintendo titles can go up against any of the big hitters now in terms of sales.
ShadowV7 Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 I was actually pretty surprised Mario Kart done so well against GTA IV. And the gap isn't all that big. I'd imagine there would be some sort of shortages for Wii Fit since EU has a big shortage, but I can't say for sure.
PeeJ Posted June 13, 2008 Posted June 13, 2008 I think I remeber reading somewhere that Nintendo, for June at least, are shipping about a ratio of 4:1 Wii Fit to Europe due to the weak dollar. They certainly seem to be shipping more as I am starting to see it in stock more regularly in stores.
brynpearson Posted June 13, 2008 Posted June 13, 2008 im in leeds and i haven't seen wii fit or mario kart in any stores for ages. i ask the staff about when they expect stock to be replenished and they haven't got the foggiest.
PeeJ Posted June 13, 2008 Posted June 13, 2008 Thats pretty unusual but am no expert. This week I finally managed to grab a Wii Fit then to find out after all my efforts to get a copy that it was back in stock the next day Anyways still fantastic Wii sales and I expect MK and Wii Fit to continue to shine in the next coming months.
darksnowman Posted June 13, 2008 Posted June 13, 2008 I'd imagine there would be some sort of shortages for Wii Fit since EU has a big shortage, but I can't say for sure. I think its even worse over there cos Nintendo are apparently focusing more on getting them to us seeing as the dollar is weak at the minute. Well, I think so. Thats either whats happening or its something Michael Pachter was mulling over as a possibility.
Coolness Bears Posted June 14, 2008 Posted June 14, 2008 Wow! very (pleasantly) Suprised to see Mario Kart Wii second.
SHUCKLE MAN Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Nice to see Nintendo's winning still. And also good to see that MK Wii is able to compete with GTA4.
Hellfire Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 PS3 outsold 360..and easily. Wow. Easily? The difference was pretty small actually.
Zechs Merquise Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Easily? The difference was pretty small actually. I thought that too. It wasn't like it aced it by 100k units or anything. It's certainly not a difference which is about to swing the balance of wordlwide sales. The Wii on the other hand is out selling both the PS3 and 360 put together.
SHUCKLE MAN Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 The Wii outselling GTA4 for the PS3 is pretty amusing. Had someone told me the new Nintendo console would be outselling the new GTA game soon after release 2 years ago I wouldn't have believed them.
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