Dante Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Hardware Sales Wii 803K Nintendo DS 491K Xbox 360 371K PSP 193K PlayStation 3 190K PlayStation 2 136K Top 10 Software Sales Publisher Release Date Rank # Units 360 FABLE II MICROSOFT (CORP) Oct-08 1 790K WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 487K 360 FALLOUT 3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS Oct-08 3 375K WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 290K WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 5 282K 360 SAINTS ROW 2 THQ (CORP) Oct-08 6 270K PS3 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS CONFRONTATION SONY (CORP) Oct-08 7 231K PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET SONY (CORP) Oct-08 8 215K 360 NBA 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) Oct-08 9 202K 360 DEAD SPACE ELECTRONIC ARTS Oct-08 10 193K Music games sales Rock Band 2 (LTD) - 600K GH:WT (all SKUS) - 534K Wii Music - 81K Hardware LTD: PS2: 42.743.000 NDS: 22.893.000 WII: 13.351.000 PSP: 12.806.000 360: 11.613.000 PS3: 5.684.000 Hardware YTD: WII: 5.981.000 NDS: 5.341.000 360: 2.459.000 PS3: 2.441.000 PSP: 2.308.000 PS2: 1.887.000 Software LTD's [Wii] Wii Play - 7.134.000 [Wii] Mario Kart Wii - 3.376.000 [Wii] Wii Fit - 2.833.000 Industry Sales Dollar Sales Oct-07 Oct-08 CHG YTD Oct 07 YTD Oct 08 CHG Video Games $1.12B $1.31B 18% $10.50B $13.13B 25% Video Games Hardware $470.47M $494.74M 5% $4.13B $4.72B 14% Video Games Software $514.60M $696.79M 35% $4.98B $6.76B 36% Video Game Accessories $130.81M $120.19 -8% $1.40B $1.65B 18% Anita Frazier, NPD Analyst: Overall: "The video games industry grew an impressive 18% year-over-year in the first month of the critical fourth quarter. With 10-months under its belt, the video games industry is still poised to top $22B in annual sales in 2008." "The sales results are mixed this month, however. The console portion of the market made significant gains at 26% across hardware, software and accessories, while the portable side of the market stalled, declining 14%. Year-to-date the portable segment of the market is still up 7%." Hardware: "The greater supply of Wii hardware at retail is evident in the sales figures for the month with the Wii enjoying its best sales month outside of last November and December." "The price reduction on the Xbox 360 is paying dividends at retail as the platform realized a 7% unit sales increase over September. Keeping in mind that September was a 5-week month while October had four, the sales pace increased 33%." "The PS3 realized the greatest year-over-year monthly unit sales increase at 57%." Software: "Console software sales realized the greatest percentage gain year-over-year of any category. This month, Fable II captured the top spot selling 790K units across the standard and limited edition SKU's." "The expanding variety of content available for consumers to play is clearly paying off for the industry. Looking at the top 10 games for the month, half are "M" rated games while the other half are "E" rated games and they span disparate genres. There is something for everyone on this list" Accessories: "Accessory sales are down for the month but we should expect this category to pick up again with the anticipated increases in hardware sales for the holidays." Charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James McGeachie Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Good to see that Wii music sold fairly poorly. I hope that's kind of a kick in the ass for them to not crap out shit that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.dakota Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 those wii hardware figures are bonkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Good to see that Wii music sold fairly poorly. I hope that's kind of a kick in the ass for them to not crap out shit that bad. Yeah but also GH:WT sold poorly. GH had multiple SKUs: Wii Software Wii Guitar Bundle Wii Band Bundle PS2 Software PS2 Guitar Bundle PS2 Band Bundle 360 Software 360 Guitar Bundle 360 Band Bundle PS3 Software PS3 Guitar Bundle PS3 Band Bundle The latest “Guitar Hero” was not in October’s top ten best sellers, according to NPD Group data released today. But that doesn’t mean “Guitar Hero” didn’t garner solid sales. It did. Furthermore, it’s most impressive sales were where you might not expect: Wii. “Guitar Hero: World Tour,” across all platforms, sold 534,000 copies combined, according to NPD. The Wii version, however, sold best, accruing 183,000 copies sold. Comparatively, “Rock Band 2″ sold 363,000 copies on Xbox 360 alone in September. If NPD’s top list extended further, the Wii version would have been 18 of 20. We’ve seen that both “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” have found substantial success on Wii, but the machine hasn’t shown this much prowess in a first-month release so far. Plus, “Rock Band 2″ has yet to even launch on Wii. What do you think this means for the future of music games, readers? And can anyone recall if a Nintendo version of a multi-platform game ever outsold its competition since the Nintendo 64 and GameCube eras began? “Soul Calibur II” maybe? Anything else? This never happens. multiplayerblog.mtv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_prOdigy Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 And can anyone recall if a Nintendo version of a multi-platform game ever outsold its competition since the Nintendo 64 and GameCube eras began? “Soul Calibur II†maybe? Anything else? This never happens. multiplayerblog.mtv Erm... Guitar Hero 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Erm... Guitar Hero 3? and Tiger Woods '09 Wii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 There's loads of others too, that article statement is a bit ridiculous to be honest. Games that suit the Wii and it's audience best tend to do best on the Wii - it's not rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
or else you will DIE Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 What do you think this means for the future of music games, readers? [/url] i hope they stop. there have been so so so so many lately it's just getting ridiculous. they are all the same thing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Crunching NPD's numbers: the 360 is a publisher's best bet Sales numbers are hard to come by when it comes to the gaming industry; there is no public source of information for what games and consoles are selling. The closest thing that the press has is the monthly sales report from the NPD Group. These numbers are important, and every game blog on every corner of the Internet publishes its take on what the numbers mean. Having a game on the top ten sales is big news; your title looks like a success, and suddenly everyone is talking about it. Publishers love a blockbuster, so Ars asks the question: year to date, what consoles are owning the monthly top ten list? We studied the last ten months of data from NPD and tabulated how many games each console had in the top ten list each month. As of October, here are the totals: The trends are obvious. When it comes to the best-selling games month after month, the Wii and the Xbox 360 dominate. Digging a little deeper, however, and you can begin to see why the 360 is so enticing to third-party developers: 25 of the 34 games the Wii put on the list were published by Nintendo itself. Each game also stayed on the charts month after month. Titles like Mario Kart, Wii Play, and Wii Fit were each counted multiple times; Wii Play is rarely off the chart. This is good news for Nintendo, but bad news for everyone else: Nintendo excels at selling Nintendo games and keeping a few games relevant for a long time. Here is another way of looking at the data, after we've removed Nintendo first-party games and titles that chart multiple times: The Xbox 360, by contrast, charts many third-party games each month. Many different games. In almost every case where a multiplatform game was released on multiple consoles, the 360 version hit the charts while the PS3 version was either nowhere to be seen, or sold in far fewer numbers. In August, Madden 2009 sold 1 million units on the Xbox 360, and 643,000 on the PS3. It was a hit on both consoles, but the 360 took the number one slot—and by no small margin. The PS2 only charted nine games this year, but there is another clear trend: tie-ins, ports, and "event" games do very well. If you look at the games that made it into the top ten list you'll see what I mean. Guitar Hero 2, Transformers, Madden '09, Lego Indiana Jones... all these games were put on every system under the sun and were part of a major franchise. If you have a title with broad appeal, it's worth porting it to the aging PS2. The DS is just like the Wii in that Nintendo games do very well. The PS3 does fine with the ultra-huge releases, such as EA's sports games and a few exclusives, such as LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4, but publishers have to see what's so clear on the chart: the 360 sells many more games to many more people. While the fights taking place under the top ten list are largely invisible to the public, it wouldn't be a surprise if these trends continued when looking at the top twenty, or even the top thirty. Sony lacks the ability to chart a wide array of blockbusters, and the publishers know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Good to see that Wii music sold fairly poorly. I hope that's kind of a kick in the ass for them to not crap out shit that bad. I dream of a world where posters don't crap out shit this bad. Actually, no I don't, it's entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellyn Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Good to see that Wii music sold fairly poorly. I hope that's kind of a kick in the ass for them to not crap out shit that bad. Have you played it or are you basing your opinions on IGN again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer kirby Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Oh well, so Wii music didn't sell millions, I don't care. I have the game and I fucking love it. Just having the right Mii's in the game can make the game epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zechs Merquise Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Good to see that Wii music sold fairly poorly. I hope that's kind of a kick in the ass for them to not crap out shit that bad. Even better to see how badly the PS3 sold in October, now that is good news! To see it selling just 1 unit for every four Wii's! What's more it's greta to see Little Big Planet selling less than Mario Kart which has been out for a lot longer! Go Nintendo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
or else you will DIE Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Even better to see how badly the PS3 sold in October, now that is good news! To see it selling just 1 unit for every four Wii's! What's more it's greta to see Little Big Planet selling less than Mario Kart which has been out for a lot longer! Go Nintendo! didn't you hear? it's no longer cool to support nintendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zechs Merquise Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 didn't you hear? it's no longer cool to support nintendo What - you mean it's only cool to support the console that's doing the worst??? Oh, that's why all the people on Nintendo boards who used to be N64 and GC fans are all crowing about a PS3 comback which isn't happening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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