General Gaming Sales/Charts Discussion

[Londragon]

Week Ending 29th August UK Sales Charts

 

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[Hero-of-Time]

Cracking start for Until Dawn. The game may have some legs once word gets around on how good the experience is.

 

I'm surprised to see how low Disney Infinity is on the Wii U compared to the other platforms. Every other platform outsold it.

 

No sign of Devils Third. Not surprising given the reviews and price point.

[Kounan]

Why don't we see any Japanese sales anymore? They used to be out on Wednesday.

[lostmario]

Why don't we see any Japanese sales anymore? They used to be out on Wednesday.

 

Best I can do

 

Media Create Sales: 8/24/15 – 8/30/15

 

Dragon Quest VIII for 3DS debuts at 585,000 sales.

 

The 3DS version of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King debuted its first four days at 585,000 sales, making it the top seller in Japan during its opening week, the latest Media Create sales figures reveal.

 

Dragon’s Dogma Online, while free to download on the PlayStation Store and PC, received a limited edition retail release. The PlayStation 4 version opened at 29,000 units, while the PlayStation 3 version moved 8,000.

 

Also new this week, Sony Computer Entertainment and Supermassive Games’ interactive horror title Until Dawn debuted at 17,000 sales.

 

On the hardware side, the release of Dragon Quest VIII doubled sales of New 3DS LL compared to last week. Everything else saw slight increases.

 

Get the full sales charts below.

 

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

 

[3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix, 08/27/15) – 584,716 (New)

[3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 48,978 (959,049)

[3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 48,868 (1,400,802)

[PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online Limited Edition (Capcom, 08/27/15) – 29,316 (New)

[Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 23,403 (607,670)

[PS4] Until Dawn (SCE, 08/27/15) – 17,472 (New)

[PS3] TV Anime The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol. 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/27/15) – 15,496 (New)

[3DS] Famicom Remix: Best Choice (Nintendo, 08/27/15) – 14,079 (New)

[3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo, 06/11/15) – 13,716 (445,991)

[3DS] Super Robot Wars BX (Bandai Namco, 08/20/15) – 13,423 (111,789)

[PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,685 (308,686)

[PS3] Dragon’s Dogma Online Limited Edition (Capcom, 08/27/15) – 8,202 (New)

[Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 6,849 (1,111,459)

[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 4,176 (4,035,029)

[PSV] Jyuzaengi Engetsu Sangokuden 1&2 (Idea Factory, 08/27/15) – 3,582 (New)

[3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 3,582 (2,690,106)

[3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest (Nintendo, 06/25/15) – 3,399 (412,588)

[PS4] Dishonored: Definitive Edition (Bethesda Softworks, 08/27/15) – 2,857 (New)

[Wii U] Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo, 07/16/15) – 2,812 (66,741)

[PSV] Taiko Drum Master: V Version (Bandai Namco, 07/09/15) – 2,634 (90,547)

 

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

 

New 3DS LL – 38,498 (19,960)

PlayStation 4 – 18,539 (14,495)

PlayStation Vita – 12,125 (11,605)

Wii U – 11,781 (11,302)

New 3DS – 7,089 (5,967)

PlayStation 3 – 2,571 (2,549)

3DS – 2,216 (1,557)

3DS LL – 1,116 (795)

PlayStation Vita TV – 567 (554)

Xbox One – 168 (160)

 

http://gematsu.com/2015/09/media-create-sales-82415-83015

[Kounan]

Thx. So Splatoon is still doing really good, glad to see it .

[Londragon]

Was too busy this week, tried to find the usual charts for the UK, this is all I could muster for the week ending 5th September;

 

Individual Formats

 

01 (NE) PS4 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (KONAMI)

02 (NE) XBO METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (KONAMI)

03 (NE) PS4 MAD MAX (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

04 (NE) XBO MAD MAX (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

05 (01) XBO GEARS OF WAR: ULTIMATE EDITION (MICROSOFT)

06 (02) PS4 UNTIL DAWN (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

07 (NE) PS3 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (KONAMI)

08 (04) 360 DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)

09 (12) PS4 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

10 (06) PS4 BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

11 (NE) 360 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN (KONAMI)

12 (10) 360 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)

13 (11) PS4 THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

14 (08) 360 LEGO JURASSIC WORLD (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

15 (14) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)

16 (16) PS4 LITTLEBIGPLANET 3 (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

17 (05) PS4 DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)

18 (__) PS4 PROJECT CARS (BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT)

19 (03) PS4 MADDEN NFL 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

20 (19) XBO GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)

21 (15) XBO RARE REPLAY (MICROSOFT)

22 (07) PS4 DISHONORED: DEFINITIVE EDITION (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)

23 (20) PS4 DYING LIGHT (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

24 (13) XBO DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)

25 (17) PS3 DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS)

26 (27) WIU SPLATOON (NINTENDO)

27 (22) PS4 GOD OF WAR III: REMASTERED (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

28 (23) PS3 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)

29 (18) XBO DYING LIGHT (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

30 (33) XBO MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION (MICROSOFT)

31 (24) PC THE SIMS 4 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

32 (28) PS4 BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

33 (__) XBO FORZA HORIZON 2 (MICROSOFT)

34 (29) PS4 F1 2015 (CODEMASTERS)

35 (09) XBO MADDEN NFL 16 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

36 (35) XBO THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE (BETHESDA SOFTWORKS)

37 (39) WIU MARIO KART 8 (NINTENDO)

38 (36) PS3 LEGO JURASSIC WORLD (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

39 (30) PS4 RORY MCILROY PGA TOUR (ELECTRONIC ARTS)

40 (25) XBO BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT (WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE)

 

Found them courtesy of GoNintendo;

 

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[Londragon]

Japanese Top 50 for Week Ending 6th September;

 

01./00. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain # (Konami) {2015.09.02} (¥9.072) – 293.652 / NEW <92,00%>

02./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain # (Konami) {2015.09.02} (¥9.072) – 117.547 / NEW <69,86%>

03./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) {2015.08.27} (¥6.458) – 106.823 / 691.539 (-82%)

04./03. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 49.542 / 1.450.344 (+1%)

05./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 30.840 / 989.889 (-37%)

06./05. [WIU] Splatoon (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 18.826 / 626.497 (-20%)

07./09. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 9.293 / 455.284 (-32%)

08./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) – 8.355 / 317.041 (-4%)

09./00. [PSV] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge # (5pb.) {2015.09.03} (¥7.344) – 7.643 / NEW

10./13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 5.935 / 1.117.394 (-13%)

11./00. [3DS] LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2015.09.03} (¥5.076) – 5.011 / NEW

12./00. [3DS] Famicom Remix Best Choice (Nintendo) {2015.08.27} (¥3.996) – 4.523 / 18.602

13./04. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online (Capcom) {2015.08.27} (¥8.424) – 3.660 / 32.976 (-88%)

14./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 3.422 / 4.038.451 (-18%)

15./10. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.08.20} (¥7.171) – 3.189 / 114.978 (-76%)

16./00. [PS3] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge # (5pb.) {2015.09.03} (¥7.344) – 2.973 / NEW

17./06. [PS4] Until Dawn (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.08.27} (¥7.452) – 2.829 / 20.301 (-84%)

18./16. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) – 2.807 / 2.692.914 (-22%)

19./17. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest (Nintendo) {2015.06.25} (¥5.076) – 2.563 / 415.150 (-25%)

20./20. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.07.09} (¥6.145) – 2.446 / 92.993 (-7%)

21./00. [XB1] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain # (Konami) {2015.09.02} (¥9.072)

22./19. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World # (Nintendo) {2015.07.16} (¥6.156)

23./22. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate [1/1][best Price!] (Capcom) {2015.07.30} (¥3.769)

24./23. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616)

25./26. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776)

26./21. [3DS] Super Run For Money Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.07.09} (¥5.119)

27./28. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800)

28./00. [PSV] Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3 # (Koei Tecmo) {2014.12.04} (¥7.344)

29./30. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Coord (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} (¥5.076)

30./33. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.08.07} (¥6.145)

31./00. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami) {2014.03.20} (¥2.980)

32./12. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma Online (Capcom) {2015.08.27} (¥8.424)

33./34. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.05.21} (¥8.856)

34./38. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (D3 Publisher) {2015.04.02} (¥7.538)

35./29. [3DS] Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken # (Capcom) {2015.07.09} (¥6.264)

36./27. [PSV] Luminous Arc: Infinity (Marvelous) {2015.08.06} (¥7.344)

37./32. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2015.04.29} (¥4.320)

38./35. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.06.11} (¥6.145)

39./15. [PSV] Jyuzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden 1 + 2 (Idea Factory) {2015.08.27} (¥7.344)

40./40. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden [1/1][ultimate Hits] (Square Enix) {2015.04.16} (¥3.024)

41./31. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi # (Capcom) {2015.07.23} (¥6.469)

42./37. [PSV] IA/VT: Colorful # (Marvelous) {2015.07.30} (¥5.184)

43./39. [WIU] Mario Party 10 # (Nintendo) {2015.03.12} (¥5.616)

44./45. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800)

45./43. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800)

46./46. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.06.26} (¥5.119)

47./44. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V # (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2014.12.11} (¥7.992)

48./47. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 (Konami) {2015.03.26} (¥7.538)

49./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate # (Capcom) {2014.10.11} (¥6.264)

50./49. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968)

 

Japanese Hardware Sales

 

[Hero-of-Time]

MGSV giving the PS4 a nice boost. Next week it will be interesting to see what kind of a boost the Wii U gets, what with Mario Maker being released.

[lostmario]

MGSV giving the PS4 a nice boost. Next week it will be interesting to see what kind of a boost the Wii U gets, what with Mario Maker being released.

 

20k sales, then back down to 10-11k week after.

 

Thats been the case with all the recent Wii U releases.

[Londragon]

UK Software Sales Week Ending 12th September;

 

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Top 20 Wii U Games

[Londragon]

UK SOFTWARE SALES - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

 

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Wii U Top 20

[khilafah]

Rugby league live 3 made the charts.

 

Debuted higher then that rugby union world cup game also.

 

Nice

[Daft]

Until Dawn is hanging in but I wonder how well it actually did overall. I would love to see sony drop the price and heavily promote it around Halloween.

[Kounan]

Super Mario Maker Grabs Sixth Place in NPD US Results and Boosts Wii U System Sales By Over 100%

 

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/super_mario_maker_grabs_sixth_place_in_npd_us_results_and_boosts_wii_u_system_sales_by_over_100_percent

[Hero-of-Time]

From the Nintendo earnings report.

 

As of the 30th September 2015

Wii U LTD is 10.73 mil

3DS LTD is 54.34 mil

 

Yeah, the Wii U isn't going to get anywhere close to the GameCube numbers, which was essentially classed as a failure. I wonder what the Wii U is classed as then? Monumental cock-up?

[Sheikah]

From the Nintendo earnings report.

 

As of the 30th September 2015

Wii U LTD is 10.73 mil

3DS LTD is 54.34 mil

 

Yeah, the Wii U isn't going to get anywhere close to the GameCube numbers, which was essentially classed as a failure. I wonder what the Wii U is classed as then? Monumental cock-up?

 

They definitely need to compete with the other consoles. This is essentially as good as they can do by relying on Nintendo loyalists.

[Hero-of-Time]

They definitely need to compete with the other consoles. This is essentially as good as they can do by relying on Nintendo loyalists.

 

Or strike it lucky with the casual market again.

 

These numbers just continue the downward trend that has been happening with Nintendo consoles since the NES, the Wii obviously being the exception.

[Daft]

You can't run a company hoping to catch lightening in a bottle. However, Nintendo going for a dual console/handheld approach is different, potentially different enough to give them a real foothold again; no more resources split between two platforms and a piggyback on their reliably successful handheld platform are massive boons for them.

 

What they really need to do is to partner with more devs and indies.

[Goron_3]

From the Nintendo earnings report.

 

As of the 30th September 2015

Wii U LTD is 10.73 mil

3DS LTD is 54.34 mil

 

Yeah, the Wii U isn't going to get anywhere close to the GameCube numbers, which was essentially classed as a failure. I wonder what the Wii U is classed as then? Monumental cock-up?

 

Man the 3DS number is actually way lower than I thought it was. It's at the end of its lifespan but I was under the impression it was selling better.

 

The Wii U number is depressing, but what's even weirder is that Splatoon and Mario Maker have sold about 4.5 million combined. Using a best case scenario, if Wii U owners only purchased either Splatoon OR Mario Maker, that's less than 50% of owners purchasing the biggest games of the year on the console. Of course, it's pretty likely that most people who purchased Splatoon got Mario Maker and vice versa (which makes that worse), but it does make you wonder how active the current Wii U user base is.

 

Nintendo likely have figures that show how many of the 10 million Wii U owners are actually investing time in their system - it's a shame that we'll never know. I would be very surprised if it was above 5 million.

[Hero-of-Time]

Man the 3DS number is actually way lower than I thought it was. It's at the end of its lifespan but I was under the impression it was selling better.

 

The Wii U number is depressing, but what's even weirder is that Splatoon and Mario Maker have sold about 4.5 million combined. Using a best case scenario, if Wii U owners only purchased either Splatoon OR Mario Maker, that's less than 50% of owners purchasing the biggest games of the year on the console. Of course, it's pretty likely that most people who purchased Splatoon got Mario Maker and vice versa (which makes that worse), but it does make you wonder how active the current Wii U user base is.

 

Nintendo likely have figures that show how many of the 10 million Wii U owners are actually investing time in their system - it's a shame that we'll never know. I would be very surprised if it was above 5 million.

 

Interesting. I never looked at it like that.

 

As you said, clearly there are a lot of people not playing on the console. I wonder how many have actually given up on it and sold it on?

[Daft]

I wonder if the 3DS will out-sell the PSP.

 

Only about 30 million more units to go.

[Goron_3]

Interesting. I never looked at it like that.

 

As you said, clearly there are a lot of people not playing on the console. I wonder how many have actually given up on it and sold it on?

 

I probably won't touch mine again (unless Zelda DOES come out for Wii U) and I'm sure that the same applies to many on this board and those on GAF.

 

I wonder if the 3DS will out-sell the PSP.

 

Only about 30 million more units to go.

 

I think it's a long shot to be honest. The 3DS's best year in terms of sales was the fiscal year 2012-2013 - it would need a couple of monster year's to get near the PSP. It's just cruising to the end of its life to be honest...I think most 3DS owners are ready for the next Nintendo handheld.

[Hero-of-Time]

I probably won't touch mine again (unless Zelda DOES come out for Wii U) and I'm sure that the same applies to many on this board and those on GAF.

 

This year I think mine has been used mostly as a Virtual Console machine. The serious lack of retail software has been a bit of a nightmare and it's no wonder why many on here ( and elsewhere ) have moved on from the thing.

 

I think it's a long shot to be honest. The 3DS's best year in terms of sales was the fiscal year 2012-2013 - it would need a couple of monster year's to get near the PSP. It's just cruising to the end of its life to be honest...I think most 3DS owners are ready for the next Nintendo handheld.

 

There's still a few titles i'm interested in but, yeah, i'm ready for the next handheld. It's horrible switching between the 3DS and the Vita. The difference in visual quality is night and day. Nintendo's next handheld better be at least Vita levels in terms visuals.

[Rummy]

From the Nintendo earnings report.

 

As of the 30th September 2015

Wii U LTD is 10.73 mil

3DS LTD is 54.34 mil

 

Yeah, the Wii U isn't going to get anywhere close to the GameCube numbers, which was essentially classed as a failure. I wonder what the Wii U is classed as then? Monumental cock-up?

 

Did you ever really believe it would manage GC numbers though? I know a lot of hopefuls were speculating it, but I can't say I recall having the grandest of confidence in it. The problem was...

 

This year I think mine has been used mostly as a Virtual Console machine. The serious lack of retail software has been a bit of a nightmare and it's no wonder why many on here ( and elsewhere ) have moved on from the thing.

 

This. I mean, I knew everyone here was getting alternate consoles and saying how they were etc but I was thinking even with my venture afield that I'd still play my WiiU from time to time - but I don't think I can be bothered to stomach it. I was thinking this a day or two ago(having not seen this) about whether I'd adopt another Nintendo console - and the honest answer was probably not. They're just so far behind standard that it's ridiculous - the amazing ease of PS4 is ridiculous compared to the struggles I had with Splatoon. The more annoying thing is it's not even the games/gameplay that's the issue, it's just the general infrastructure of it all. Splatoon is amazing as a game imo - but it's niggles really let it down and they're not particularly 'gameplay' ones imo. I was tempted to make an actual thread to discuss whether people would adopt the next gen Nintendo - but ofc a bit too controversial. It feels really mad to think I can feel like this now, because I honestly didn't think I would(despite many of you actually saying I probably would too :p)

[Mr-Paul]

It was always going to be a longshot for the Wii U to reach Gamecube numbers... The GC had quite a bit of third party support for about the first three quarters of its life. Wii U has had Nintendo alone supporting it for basically its entire life.

 

Gamecube may have failed for being too similar to the others, plus other reasons which we've been through many times, but Wii U was too different and didn't capture the general public like the Wii did. It's hard to know where Nintendo should go from here. It's hard to see them competing directly with Sony and Microsoft - even if they did go for parity with their consoles, Sony/MS are a lot more established in the industry than they were in 2001 and have fans who will stick with their consoles. Going for something different is just as risky - if it doesn't excite people at launch like the Wii did, it'll have no chance. Hence why they seem to be aiming for the mobile market - that's really where the money is now.

Edited October 28, 2015 by Mr-Paul