Dante Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 (edited) Hardware Sales Nintendo DS 633.5K Wii 289.5K Xbox 360 175K PlayStation 3 131K PlayStation 2 117K PSP 100.4K Software Sales UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED THQ Xbox 360 679.6K Wii FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 352.8K EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE ELECTRONIC ARTS Wii 345.8K UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED THQ PS3 334.4K INFAMOUS SONY PS3 175.9K POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 168.9K MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 158.3K PUNCH OUT!! NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 156.9K X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE UNCAGED ED ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Xbox 360 120.7K Wii PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 109.8K LTD: PS2 - 44,147,818 DS - 30,876,658 PSP - 15,097,336 360 - 15,240,286 PS3 - 7,749,396 Wii - 20,203,081 YTD: PS2 - 633,200 DS - 3,335,300 PSP - 755,700 360 - 1,380,000 PS3 - 955,200 Wii - 2,662,700 YOY: PS2 -11% DS +40% PSP -45% 360 -6% PS3 -37% Wii -57% Edited June 13, 2009 by Dante
Guest Captain Falcon Posted June 12, 2009 Posted June 12, 2009 (edited) Punch-Out made it. Finally! A bit premature don't you think? None of those numbers are really anything to write home about (well UFC did well I guess but I suspect it will drop like a stone). Now Punch Out!! was released half way through the month, so we'll have a much better idea of how it's really performing next month. I really don't see this being an "evergreen" title though. Edited June 12, 2009 by Captain Falcon
Dante Posted June 13, 2009 Author Posted June 13, 2009 The video games industry continues to struggle with difficult comparisons to last year' date=' and this is the first month that industry sales have dipped below $1B since August 2007. May is typically one of the lowest revenue-generating months in any given year for the industry in general. Every category declined versus a year ago with the exception of portable hardware sales which was bolstered by the continued strong sales of the Nintendo DS including both the DSi and the Lite. Unit sales declined less than dollar sales did. The dollar sales decline was exacerbated by a decline in average retail prices for almost all of the categories. The DS was the top-selling hardware platform for the month. There is a lot of new DS content coming to market this month for a wide variety of gamers, so we should see strong hardware sales continue. Two third-party titles had a strong showing in May. UFC Undisputed had a great launch selling over a million units across both platforms, while EA Sports Active Bundle, a Wii exclusive, made it into the top 5. There are more new releases in this month's top 10 list than we have seen for some time. As we mentioned last month, it's a great time to release new IP, illustrated by May's strong debuts of EA's Sports Active and Sony's InFAMOUS. While there were some very strong new releases this month along with continued strong sales of evergreen games, this month's top 10 games sold 2.6 million units combined, whereas last year the top 10 sold 3.7 million units. Again this illustrates how tough the comparisons are to last year. Looking ahead to June, there are some promising games coming out this month between Sims 3 (PC), Prototype, Red Faction, Virtua Tennis, Ghostbusters, Transformers and Tiger Woods just to name a few. At E3, it was notable how many games were targeted to the tween girl demographic, and this June will see a number of games introduced for girls as well. June comparisons are still likely to be tough, but the wide variety of new content could help reinvigorate things somewhat. Tiger Woods titles are typically released in August or September. It will be interesting to watch how the title performs when it's not competing at retail with Madden, and with the impact of the Wii MotionPlus for the Wii version. Releasing it during the month when the U.S. Open (and consequently Tiger) is getting air time can't hurt either.[/quote']
Dante Posted June 13, 2009 Author Posted June 13, 2009 Any thoughts Dante? None at all mr message board user.
Zechs Merquise Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 It was a decent month for PS3 software sales, much higher than usual. Other than that same old. Wii>360>PS3 as always.
Goron_3 Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 A bit premature don't you think? None of those numbers are really anything to write home about (well UFC did well I guess but I suspect it will drop like a stone). Now Punch Out!! was released half way through the month, so we'll have a much better idea of how it's really performing next month. I really don't see this being an "evergreen" title though. Well UFC and Punch Out came out within a day of it and UFC went on to sell around 1M combined. Poor punch out, i really don't see it selling. Wii Beach party on the other hand..
mcj metroid Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 hmm i gotta say since the came games sales have become boring to keep an eye on... Well At least most of the games on the list are good.. I'll never forget the horrivle time when sonic heroes was number 1 for weeks.
Pit-Jr Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 WTF at Punchout sales. My country consistently lets me down! Oh well at least it charted, along with Infamous and Wolverine. It barely outsold Wii Play though. Red Flag!
James McGeachie Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 The Punch Out sales were actually great compared to the rest of the world. Drastically better than anywhere else.
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