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There came a point in time when gamers realized that all the systems had good games, that fun times were to be had by all on every system, and that to bash any other for bad games was dumb.
But then, how to have fanboy arguments?
Obviously it's "My console is selling better!"
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I'm so sorry.
Seriously, this thread is for semi-serious discussion on the business of them there video games, using weekly Media Create and monthly NPD sales numbers as a jump start for discussion. (Of course the topic is usually derailed quickly until the next set of numbers show up) To obtain these numbers I have snuck into NeoGAF and pretended to be one of their own. And so, let's begin.
This week's Media Create Numbers(10/15 - 10/21):http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202452
Software
September's NPD! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200486
Software
Hardware
Media Create10/8 - 10/14
Media Create 10/1 - 10/7
Media Create 9/24 - 9/30
Media Create 9/17-9/23
Media Create 9/10-9/16
August NPD Numbers
Media Create 9/3 - 9/9
Media Create 8/27 - 9/2
Media Create 8/20-8/26
July NPD
But then, how to have fanboy arguments?
Obviously it's "My console is selling better!"
....
....
I'm so sorry.
Seriously, this thread is for semi-serious discussion on the business of them there video games, using weekly Media Create and monthly NPD sales numbers as a jump start for discussion. (Of course the topic is usually derailed quickly until the next set of numbers show up) To obtain these numbers I have snuck into NeoGAF and pretended to be one of their own. And so, let's begin.
This week's Media Create Numbers(10/15 - 10/21):http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202452
Software
01. [PS2] Seaman 2 (Sega) - 33,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo) - 32,000 / NEW
03. [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Bandai-Namco) - 20,000 / 271,000
04. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent (Tecmo) - 20,000 / 81,000
05. [PSP] Gundam Battle Chronicle (Bandai-Namco) - 19,000 / 133,000
06. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon) - 19,000 / 521,000
07. [360] Beautiful Katamari (Bandai-Namco) - 19,000 / NEW
08. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon) - 16,000 / 457,000
09. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) - 15,000 / 646,000
10. [NDS] Racehorse Owner Life Game: Winner's Circle (Genki) - 15,000 / NEW
11. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
12. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
13. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody! (Bandai-Namco)
14. [PS2] Galaxy Angel II: Key to the Infinite Corridor (Broccoli)
15. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
16. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
17. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
18. [PSP] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square-Enix)
19. [NDS] Tashi Ten (Nintendo)
20. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
21. [PS3] Lair (Sony)
22. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (Konami)
23. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
24. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
25. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 (Konami)
26. [NDS] Archaic Sealed Heat (Nintendo)
27. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
28. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
29. [WII] Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Bandai-Namco)
30. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
September's NPD! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200486
Software
360 HALO 3* MICROSOFT (CORP) 1 3.3 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2 282K
NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3 224K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 205K
360 SKATE ELECTRONIC ARTS 5 175K
360 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6 173K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7 167K
360 BIOSHOCK TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) 8 150K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA 9 141K
PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD SONY (CORP) 10 139K
Hardware
Xbox 360 527.8K
Wii 501K
Nintendo DS 495.8K
PlayStation Portable 284.5K
PlayStation 2 215K
PlayStation 3 119.4K
Game Boy Advance 75K
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Yeah. Especially since there was a special Crisis Core PSP bundle with a limited edition FF7 PSP.
Well son of a bitch.
I think its already been shown that people aren't loyal to a brand and give the Wii's success and price I think people are going to go with it.
this is for the first graph of course
I'm dead serious."
and to be somewhat on topic, what are the halo 3 sales predictions? Are there any or do they pretty much predict "the Moon"
2 million first day
I think the effect of HDTV's on the video game market has been grossly overstated. According to NPD :
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161833
Only 30% of Xbox360 OWNERS are aware of Xbox360's HD capabilities and only 50% of PS3 owners are aware of that system's HD capabilities.
Edit: According that the link Bluray hasn't exactly had an enormous effect of the PS3 either.
this isnt an exagerration either
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I think this one will hit 3 million.
it's got over 1 million preorders or something already and in order, amazons Top Sellers in Video Games are
1. Halo 3
2. Halo 3 Limited Edition
3. Halo 3 Legendary Edition
shame i won't be getting it for awhile though
Dude, it had 1 million preorders six and a half weeks ago. I really couldn't even say how much it has now, with advertising and shit. I mean saying 2 million seems silly, but I dunno.
Unrelated: On Friday's 1UP Yours they said that Wii disappointing performance in the last couple weeks in Japan wasn't because Nintendo have decreased the shipments, and that you could find a Wii pretty easily there.
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The Wii is still quite low from its summer numbers, from ~70-60k to 27k. The scary thing is even at its worst sales it's still 2:1 over the PS3. Does anyone think the TGS will have an affect on sales? Sony had a huge presence there and showed off FFXIII and MGS4, games that Japan clamors for among other titles.
I'd say it's going to hit twice that. There are already 1.3 million pre orders world wide. I'm sure not one in three people who mean to pick up the game on launch are going to have bothered to preorder.
:lol: No. Metal Gear games do decently in Japan (500k) but I'd hardly say Japan 'clamors for it'. MGS4 will probably sell the most in Europe, followed closely by the US and then Japan will be a distance behind. Don't feel bad though, in another thread cloudeagle called Ninja Gaiden a huge series in Japan, when the original release didn't even sell 100k (in fact Sigma took about a month to outsell it). :lol:
Dynasty Warrors 6 probably would've been a better choice, since the series continues to sell pretty well despite how much Koei milks it.
Yes. It's the very definition of console seller. Also it's predicted to be the best selliing first day entertainment release in history. Which kind of hints at it being bigger then Halo 2.
"Over 1.25 million pre-orders for Halo 3 have been placed globally, and it is expected to set entertainment records by selling more copies in the US on its first day of release than any other game or movie in history. " - Daily Telegraph
They're the same kind of people who predicted the PS3 would win this generation, yes?
Half the damn install base.
It will not outsell Halo 2.
No they're not, the Telegraph has always been rather accurate with their predictions.
You're also ignoring the fact that the install base may be lower then it was, but given the rather weak line up I'd bet a rather large number bought the console in anticipation of Halo 3, meaning it's going to sell more copies percentage wise then Halo 2. But I guess we don't have long to wait to see which of us is right do we?
Agreed, DVD sales would be a more apt comparison and I highly doubt Halo 3 will get even near some of the best selling DVDs (then again, it won't get anywhere near the best selling games either).
Sarcasm? Because if it's near to Halo 2 it'll still rank as one of the best selling games ever. By best selling I mean one of the top twenty most sold games ever.
Actually, according to vgcharts (which I agree can be doubtful but it's still the best thing we've got) Halo 2 is the 32nd best selling game of all time. Hell, last gen Gran Turismo 3 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas nearly sold twice as much as Halo 2 did (include the XB and PC San Andreas sales and it probably is).
Halo 3 will sell really well but it's not going to suddenly become the best selling game evar!
It might get further up the best selling games list.
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Wikipedia has Halo 2 as the eighteenth most sold game and about four million behind Sand Andreas. So less then half as much again, not nearly twice as much.
VGcharts may not be completely accurate but it's still a hell of a lot more reliable than Wikipedia. So sorry but I'm going to stick with the ~15 million numbers for GTA: SA (PS2 version) and GT3 and the ~8 million for Halo 2.
(February 2005) "Big Sales for Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas". GamePro (197): 24. Has Halo 2 at 9.2 million.
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2005 Financial Results. Take-Two Interactive (2005-03-03). Retrieved on 2006-11-26. Has Sandreas at 12 million for the PS2.
Actually I was referring to the PS3 version. Plus both versions was enough to cause a significant spike in system sales. So, nyah.
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That reason being all its data is made up.
VGcharts is banned as a source from wikipedia.
Are there any sources you can find that I can actually read? Referencing a two year old magazine isn't exactly very helpful.
But assuming that Halo 2 sold 9.2 million and even excluding packed-in games (like Super Mario Bros and Tetris), Halo 2 still wouldn't be in the top 20 best selling games. Wikipedia's list excludes PC games, which means Halo 2 would be knocked out after The Sims and The Sims 2 were added to the list. So there.
As for San Andreas, that number is from two freaking years ago. It's not hard to believe that they've sold another couple of million in that time frame. In fact the San Andreas page mentions that as of June 2007, it's sold over 14 million (and even references another bloody magazine).
Also, the Gran Turismo 3 number they've got listed is wrong. According to Polyphony's own sales list GT3 has sold around 14.87 million and GT4 around 9.2 million (not including the Prologue and Concept's).
I think it'll be really close, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see it happen.
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