Video Game Sales Thread: now with less bitching and more wuv

cloudeagle

Lunker wrote: »

(sung to the tune of Charlie Brown's "Christmastime is Here")

NPDs are here
Time for joy and tears
Fuel for trolls and fanboy goals
The meltdowns last all year

Charts are in the air
Profits everywhere
Tie-in stats and forum spats
and GIFs for all to share

Loyalty to brands
Blue Oceans expand
640p, RRODs,
And massive waves of bans

NPDs are here
System Warz are near
Oh that we could always see
Such meltdowns through the year
Oh that we could always see
Such meltdowns through the year

Welcome to the video game sales thread, where we discuss sales figures in the U.S., Europe and Japan and argue that the sales success/failure of *insert game or console here* is leading to the end of humanity as we know it. Also, wang references a-plenty.

So how did sales go this month? Let's just put it this way:

Hardware
PlayStation 2 124.4K
PlayStation 3 187.1K
PSP 192.7K
Xbox 360 188.0K
Wii 714.2K
Nintendo DS 414.8K

Top 10 VG Titles - April'08
Units*
360 GTA IV 1.85mm
Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel 1.12mm
PS3 GTA IV 1.00mm
Wii Play 360K
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl 326K
PS3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue 224K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness 202K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time 202K
Wii Guitar Hero III 152K
360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 141K

Next month's predictions by various forumers (now closed due to the release of advanced data):

The Scarab
[Wii] 650k
[PS3] 178k
[DS] 470k
[PSP] 150k
[PS2] 140k

Dr Mario Kart
[360] 180k
[NDS] 390k
[PS2] 90k
[PS3] 175k
[PSP] 170k
[WII] 726k

JCRooks
[360] 196K
[NDS] 380K
[PS2] 120K
[PS3] 184K
[PSP] 180K
[WII] 750K

Xaquin
[360] 178K
[NDS] 360K
[PS2] 110K
[PS3] 175K
[PSP] 170K
[WII] 740K

Sheep
[360] 220k
[NDS] 375k
[PS2] 100k
[PS3] 200k
[PSP] 180k
[WII] 700k

lowlylowlycook
[360] 180k
[NDS] 380k
[PS2] 110k
[PS3] 175k
[PSP] 180k
[WII] 800k

Titmouse
PlayStation 2 120k
PlayStation 3 210k
PSP 200k
Xbox 360 210k
Wii 750k
Nintendo DS 400k

BigWah
[360] 200k
[NDS] 420k
[PS2] 115k
[PS3] 195k
[PSP] 205k
[WII] Fire of a Million suns (1000k)

RainbowDespair
Playstation 2 105k
Playstation 3 200k
PSP 180k
XBox 360 203k
Wii 770k
Nintendo DS 500k

Ringo
PlayStation 2 121K
PlayStation 3 183K
PSP 199K
Xbox 360 190K
Wii 799K
Nintendo DS 420K

toxk_02
[360] 200k
[NDS] 405k
[PS2] 105k
[PS3] 185k
[PSP] 176k
[WII] 750k

Plufim
[360] 210k
[NDS] 425k
[PS2] 95k
[PS3] 185k
[PSP] 140k
[WII] 900k

Cloudeagle
[360] 190k
[NDS] 450k
[PS2] 90k
[PS3] 180k
[PSP] 170k
[WII] 950k

Pachter
[WII] 750K
[NDS] 550K
[360] 250K
[PS3] 225K
[PSP] 200K
[PS2] 125K

SimExchange:
[WII] 744K
[NDS] 510K
[360] 216K
[PS3] 228K
[PSP] 211K
[PS2] N/A

MistaCreepy
[360] 0K
[NDS] 0K
[PS2] 0K
[PS3] 9999999999999K
[PSP] 0K
[WII] -1K

Couscous

GTAIV will obviously come out on top in terms of sales.

cloudeagle

titmouse wrote: »

GTAIV will obviously come out on top in terms of sales.

Well, yeah, but I had to create suspense somewhere. :P

lowlylowlycook

Well I'll be dreaming of the NPDs it seems. Don't have too much fun without me.

Xenogears of Bore

I demand that April NPD be renamed to April NPW*i.

I would have had my way too if Lewie P never existed. Damn Wii pun ban!

Dodge Aspen

That song is awesome cloudeagle. Where's the mp3?

Only just over 2 hours left!

EDIT: Pardon me! That song is awesome Lunker.

Lunker

My cubicle poetry made the OP! :oops: I probably won't be on much in the next few days since I'm going out with buddies on a extended weekend trip tonight, but I'll be sure to catch up on the madness when I get back.

Couscous

cloudeagle wrote: »

titmouse wrote: »

GTAIV will obviously come out on top in terms of sales.

Well, yeah, but I had to create suspense somewhere. :P

Will the PS3 outsell the 360? Will they come within spitting distance of the Wii if you combine their sales?

TubaFrog

Lunker wrote: »

My cubicle poetry made the OP! :oops: I probably won't be on much in the next few days since I'm going out with buddies on a extended weekend trip tonight, but I'll be sure to catch up on the madness when I get back.

The madness will be all done by then; We'll all have talked out our differences and everyone will agree about everything! (Or at least respectfully "agree to disagree.")

cloudeagle

In case you missed the news in the other thread, the limited edition gunmetal gray MGS4 PS3 bundle is the non-BC, 40GB version and costs $600. o_O

Remember, the regular MGS4 bundle is 80GB and costs $100 less. Still, Jesus. Way to make your customers feel raped.

lowlylowlycook

cloudeagle wrote: »

In case you missed the news in the other thread, the limited edition gunmetal gray MGS4 PS3 bundle is the non-BC, 40GB version and costs $600. o_O

Remember, the regular MGS4 bundle is 80GB and costs $100 less. Still, Jesus. Way to make your customers feel raped.

So is the idea of a $400 MGS bundle officially dead?

Couscous

sonycowboy wrote:

I've put this filter on all threads with NPD. You really, really, really don't want to see the industry numbers they just released. O M G. It's going to be painful and kill GAF.

lowlylowlycook

titmouse wrote: »

sonycowboy wrote:

I've put this filter on all threads with NPD. You really, really, really don't want to see the industry numbers they just released. O M G. It's going to be painful and kill GAF.

haha, you beat me. What filter is that by the way?

cloudeagle

titmouse wrote: »

sonycowboy wrote:

I've put this filter on all threads with NPD. You really, really, really don't want to see the industry numbers they just released. O M G. It's going to be painful and kill GAF.

The last time Sonycowboy said the numbers were going to kill GAF it was last month's Wii surge. So, going by that... maybe Mario Kart Wii really DID beat GTA4 by some measure.

Edit:

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

In case you missed the news in the other thread, the limited edition gunmetal gray MGS4 PS3 bundle is the non-BC, 40GB version and costs $600. o_O

Remember, the regular MGS4 bundle is 80GB and costs $100 less. Still, Jesus. Way to make your customers feel raped.

So is the idea of a $400 MGS bundle officially dead?

Dunno. But I haven't seen the rumor repeated in quite some time, so it may be.

AbsoluteZero

Damn it, I thought they were out. Get me all excited for nothin.

lowlylowlycook

FWIW gaffers are concentrating on the idea of massive Wii sales.

Dodge Aspen

Holy shit. Thanks for making the wait harder! Now I'm more pumpder!

Sheep

OP.

Do it.

cloudeagle

Sleep wrote: »

OP.

Do it.

Depends on the results. For all we know, Nintendo may have had a down month and not sold as many systems as they would have liked, and...

Oh, who am I kidding.

Xenogears of Bore

Sleep wrote: »

OP.

Do it.

If someone resizes that pic properly, I'll make it my new avatar.

Couscous

It would be hard to get it into the right size. What about a sig?

Couscous

It ain't pimpin' enough.

Sheep

Can we get the DS and Wii shopped onto the heads of some hot ladies to go along with Pimpuchi?

Couscous

From NeoGAF, not sure if true.

Nintendo’s Wii Sits Atop April U.S. Sales

Wii™ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.

“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”

Other Nintendo highlights from April’s NPD report include:

* Mario Kart® Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
* Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
* Wii and Nintendo DS™ again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.

HOLY FUCK

Edit:
1.1 million units for MKWii mean means that the PS3 version of GTAIV sold less than 1.1 million and possibly much less than the 360 version.

Dodge Aspen

That pic is so unrealistic.

No pimp makes as much money as this particular former exec.

Neva

Why are you always surprised when this happens like every month. You're like a Scooby Doo character. Of course Mario Kart would be at least number two. There were like two games released last month.

cloudeagle

titmouse wrote: »

From NeoGAF, not sure if true.

Nintendo’s Wii Sits Atop April U.S. Sales

Wii™ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.

“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”

Other Nintendo highlights from April’s NPD report include:

* Mario Kart® Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
* Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
* Wii and Nintendo DS™ again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.

HOLY FUCK

Edit:
1.1 million units for MKWii mean means that the PS3 version of GTAIV sold less than 1.1 million and possibly much less than the 360 version.

No wonder the dude who calls himself "Sonycowboy" is flipping out.

Quick, someone invite Mistacreepy to a WoW raid or something, he won't want to be here tonight.

Edit: Neva, the results are separated by SYSTEM. Meaning, Guitar Hero III for all systems isn't the number nine game, just Guitar Hero III for Wii. NPD will separate the GTA4 results similarly... meaning only one version of GTA4 hit number one.

Couscous

April is a four week month, right? That means it sold more week for week than in March.

Xenogears of Bore

Business is about to pick up.

Considering the rest of the places Nintendo leaked, plus the idea that they most likely sold less Wii Plays than Wii systems, GTA IV for the PS3 is probably somewhere around 500-1000k.

Couscous

Neva wrote: »

Why are you always surprised when this happens like every month. You're like a Scooby Doo character. Of course Mario Kart would be at least number two. There were like two games released last month.

NPD doesn't count multiplatform games as one title for data purposes, does it?

Htown

Which means Mario Kart Wii outsold at least one sku of GTA3.

Which means I CALLED IT!

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=5486247&postcount=2591

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wyrlss

titmouse wrote: »

From NeoGAF, not sure if true.

Nintendo’s Wii Sits Atop April U.S. Sales

Wiiâ„¢ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.

“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”

Other Nintendo highlights from April’s NPD report include:

* Mario Kart® Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
* Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
* Wii and Nintendo DSâ„¢ again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.

HOLY FUCK

Edit:
1.1 million units for MKWii mean means that the PS3 version of GTAIV sold less than 1.1 million and possibly much less than the 360 version.

Woooooooow...

Wow. So... remember that time everyone said the Wii was just a fad? And the Epic guy said some stupid crap about the Wii? Good gods.

Neva

titmouse wrote: »

Neva wrote: »

Why are you always surprised when this happens like every month. You're like a Scooby Doo character. Of course Mario Kart would be at least number two. There were like two games released last month.

NPD doesn't count multiplatform games as one title for data purposes, does it?

No, which is even less reason to be surprised.

MistaCreepy

cloudeagle wrote: »

titmouse wrote: »

From NeoGAF, not sure if true.

Nintendo’s Wii Sits Atop April U.S. Sales

Wiiâ„¢ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.

“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”

Other Nintendo highlights from April’s NPD report include:

* Mario Kart® Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
* Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
* Wii and Nintendo DSâ„¢ again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.

HOLY FUCK

Edit:
1.1 million units for MKWii mean means that the PS3 version of GTAIV sold less than 1.1 million and possibly much less than the 360 version.

No wonder the dude who calls himself "Sonycowboy" is flipping out.

Quick, someone invite Mistacreepy to a WoW raid or something, he won't want to be here tonight.

Edit: Neva, the results are separated by SYSTEM. Meaning, Guitar Hero III for all systems isn't the number nine game, just Guitar Hero III for Wii.

A major Mario franchise selling more copies on a system with about a 10 million strong userbase? NO WAI.

MistaCreepy

wyrlss wrote: »

titmouse wrote: »

From NeoGAF, not sure if true.

Nintendo’s Wii Sits Atop April U.S. Sales

Wiiâ„¢ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.

“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”

Other Nintendo highlights from April’s NPD report include:

* Mario Kart® Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
* Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
* Wii and Nintendo DSâ„¢ again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.

HOLY FUCK

Edit:
1.1 million units for MKWii mean means that the PS3 version of GTAIV sold less than 1.1 million and possibly much less than the 360 version.

Woooooooow...

Wow. So... remember that time everyone said the Wii was just a fad? And the Epic guy said some stupid crap about the Wii? Good gods.

Can we at least wait for the NPD's before starting with the smug wii fad comments?

wyrlss

MistaCreepy wrote: »

wyrlss wrote: »

titmouse wrote: »

From NeoGAF, not sure if true.

Nintendo’s Wii Sits Atop April U.S. Sales

Wiiâ„¢ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.

“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”

Other Nintendo highlights from April’s NPD report include:

* Mario Kart® Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
* Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
* Wii and Nintendo DSâ„¢ again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.

HOLY FUCK

Edit:
1.1 million units for MKWii mean means that the PS3 version of GTAIV sold less than 1.1 million and possibly much less than the 360 version.

Woooooooow...

Wow. So... remember that time everyone said the Wii was just a fad? And the Epic guy said some stupid crap about the Wii? Good gods.

Can we at least wait for the NPD's before starting with the smug wii fad comments?

Nope. I'm going to start now, so I can be full-swing smug when they come out.

The_Scarab

More people will be banned from GAF tonight then the amount of people who bought MK Wii.

I think I;ll catch the fallout later tomorrow. Might not be worth staying up for.

Couscous

wyrlss wrote: »

MistaCreepy wrote: »

wyrlss wrote: »

titmouse wrote: »

From NeoGAF, not sure if true.

Nintendo’s Wii Sits Atop April U.S. Sales

Wiiâ„¢ emerged as the top-selling console in April, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales. Wii sold more than 714,000 units in April alone, bringing its lifetime sales in the United States to more than 9.5 million.

“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”

Other Nintendo highlights from April’s NPD report include:

* Mario Kart® Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
* Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
* Wii and Nintendo DSâ„¢ again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.

HOLY FUCK

Edit:
1.1 million units for MKWii mean means that the PS3 version of GTAIV sold less than 1.1 million and possibly much less than the 360 version.

Woooooooow...

Wow. So... remember that time everyone said the Wii was just a fad? And the Epic guy said some stupid crap about the Wii? Good gods.

Can we at least wait for the NPD's before starting with the smug wii fad comments?

Nope. I'm going to start now, so I can be full-swing smug when they come out.

Damn it! Smug is bad for the environment.

Htown

The_Scarab wrote: »

More people will be banned from GAF tonight then the amount of people who bought MK Wii.

I think I;ll catch the fallout later tomorrow. Might not be worth staying up for.

I, on the other hand, am going to grab some popcorn and enjoy the show.

The_Scarab

Htown wrote: »

The_Scarab wrote: »

More people will be banned from GAF tonight then the amount of people who bought MK Wii.

I think I;ll catch the fallout later tomorrow. Might not be worth staying up for.

I, on the other hand, am going to grab some popcorn and enjoy the show.

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WHICH ONE YOU DECIDE

Sheep

Too bad you live in England, where you're in the future, but everything still happens in the past so you miss it.