Video game sales thread March: Wow, hit 100 early. Go to the new thread.

cloudeagle

All sorts of fantastic video game sales information, from past sales to when the new NPD release will be, is here:

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_Game_Sales_Wiki

March U.S. Data care of NPD Group

PlayStation 2 112K
PlayStation 3 218K
PSP 168K
Xbox 360 330K
Wii 601K
Nintendo DS 563K

RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA 360 938K
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 805K
HALO WARS* MICROSOFT 360 639K
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA PS3 585K
WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 541K
MLB '09: THE SHOW SONY PS3 305K
KILLZONE 2 SONY PS3 296K
WII PLAY W/REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 281K
MARIO KART W/WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 278K
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 360 205K

Q3 Financial Reports (Oct - Dec '08)

Microsoft wrote:

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY09/earn_rel_q2_09.mspx
Note: Oct-Dec is Q2 for Microsoft

Entertainment and Devices Division
                                      Three Months Ended                    Six Months Ended
                                         December 31,        Percentage       December 31,       Percentage
(In millions, except percentages)      2008         2007       Change        2008       2007       Change
Revenue                             $    3,183    $  3,076          3%    $    4,997   $ 5,024         (1)%
Operating income                   $      151    $    375        (60)%    $      329   $   560        (41)%

Nintendo wrote:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2009/090129e.pdf

Q3 Financial Report (Ending Dec. 31)

Net Sales (Q1-Q3): $17 billion
Net Profit (Q1-Q3): $2.35 billion

WW hardware (LTD through 08)
NDS: 96.22m
Wii: 44.96m

WW software (LTD through 08)
NDS: 533.38m
Wii: 312.22m

WW attach rate LTD
NDS: 5.54
Wii: 6.94

SONY wrote:

Q3 Financial Report (Ending Dec. 31)
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/index.html

Gaming Divison

Net Profit: $4.43 million (0.4 billion yen)

Sales down 32.2% YoY (revenue at $4.33 billion)

WW hardware sold in Q3
PSP: 5.08m (down 0.68m YoY)
PS3: 4.46m (down 0.44m YoY)

WW software sold in Q3
PSP: 15.5m (down 2.8m YoY)
PS3: 40.8m (up 14.8m YoY)

WW hardware for Q1-Q3
PSP: 11.98m
PS3: 8.45m

CURRENT WORLDWIDE TALLY AS OF Q3 REPORTS:

Wii: 45m
360: 28m
PS3: 21.3m

Media-Create Apr 27-May 3

01./00. [PSP] Persona (Atlus) - 79,192 / NEW
02./00. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai Sayajin Raishyu (Namco Bandai) - 74,263 / NEW
03./00. [NDS] Made in Ore (Wario Ware) (Nintendo) - 56,174 / NEW
04./00. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 - 42,957 - NEW
05./02. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (Pokemon Co.) - 42,950 / 239,000
06./01. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom) - 40,294 / 172,000
07./00. [PSP] Tora Dora Portable! (Namco Bandai) - 38,365 / NEW
08./05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (Capcom) - 26,226 / 639,000
09./08. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) - 21,978 / 580,000
10./00. [WII] Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2009 - 16,550 / NEW

11./03. [PS3] Killzone 2 (SCEI)
12./09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo)
13./07. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (Capcom)
14./04. [PSP] Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: The Collapsing City and the Girl's Song (Disaster Report 3) (Irem)
15./00. [NDS] Naruto - Shippuuden Shinobi Retsuden III (Takara Tomy)
16./14. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai)
17./00. [PS2] D.C.I.F. Da Capo Innocent Finale (Sweets)
18./19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
19./00. [PS3] X-Blade (Ubisoft)
20./13. [WII] Deca Sporta 2: Wii de Sports 10 Shumoku! (Hudson)
21./00. [360] X-Blade (Ubisoft)
22./11. [NDS] A Ressha de Gyoukou DS (Take the A-Train DS) (Artdink)
23./18. [NDS] Rittai Picross (3D) (Nintendo)
24./12. [NDS] Pro Baseball Famista DS 2009 (Namco Bandai)
25./17. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 (#15) (Konami)
26./15. [PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (Namco Bandai)
27./20. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (BEST) (SEGA)
28./23. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.)
29./21. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo)
30./16. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z (Koei)
31./33. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
32./30. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
33./28. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
34./00. [PS3] Daikoukai Jidai Online: Cruz del Sur (Koei)
35./37. [PS3] Demon's Souls (SCEI)
36./31. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
37./50. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
38./24. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
39./00. [NDS] Jewel Pet: Cute Magic Fantasy (MTO)
40./25. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's: Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 (Konami)
41./34. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Little Magician's Magic Adventure) (Konami)
42./27. [PSP] Disgaea 2 Portable (Nippon Ichi Software)
43./40. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade (Hudson)
44./41. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Nendororon Daihenshin! (Namco Bandai)
45./00. [PSP] Final Approach 2 - 1st Priority - Portable (Nippon Ichi Software)
46./45. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
47./43. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
48./26. [PSP] Fantasy Golf Pangya Portable (Takara Tomy)
49./39. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
50./00. [NDS] Dungeon & Dam (Acquire)

PSP 49,557
DSi 49,133
PS3 23,588
Wii 21,546
DS Lite 7,540
Xbox 360 7,313
PS2 5,479

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Week 13, 2009 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (03) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo)
02 (01) 360 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
03 (02) PS3 Resident Evil 5 (Capcom)
04 (04) NDS Professor Layton And The Curious Village (Nintendo)
05 (05) NDS Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Take 2)
06 (11) WII Wii Play (Nintendo)
07 (22) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
08 (07) PS3 Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Ent.)
09 (06) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
10 (12) PS3 Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
11 (09) 360 Wwe Legends Of Wrestlemania (Thq)
12 (18) 360 Street Fighter Iv (Capcom)
13 (08) PS3 Wwe Legends Of Wrestlemania (Thq)
14 (31) 360 Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
15 (17) 360 Halo Wars (Microsoft)
16 (14) WII My Fitness Coach (Ubisoft)
17 (26) 360 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
18 (__) 360 Wheelman (Ubisoft)
19 (19) NDS Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney Interactive Studios)
20 (15) PC Empire: Total War (Sega)
21 (28) WII Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
22 (20) WII Sonic And The Black Knight (Sega)
23 (13) 360 Tom Clancy's H.a.w.x. (Ubisoft)
24 (21) WII Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo)
25 (30) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
26 (16) PS3 Tom Clancy's H.a.w.x. (Ubisoft)
27 (10) NDS Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)
28 (__) PS3 Command And Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts)
29 (__) PS3 Wheelman (Ubisoft)
30 (__) PS3 Littlebigplanet (Sony Computer Ent.)
31 (36) 360 Grand Theft Auto Iv (Take 2)
32 (__) WII Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
33 (23) NDS Scrabble Interactive: 2009 Edition (Ubisoft)
34 (25) NDS Mystery Case Files: Millionheir (Nintendo)
35 (40) PS3 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts)
36 (39) 360 Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Sega)
37 (34) NDS Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
38 (__) 360 Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
39 (__) PSP Resistance: Retribution (Sony Computer Ent.)
40 (__) PS3 Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)

Couscous

I'm betting on Halo.

cloudeagle

Wii Fit, again.

Lunker

I will seriously never get tired of that picture.

Fencingsax

Wow, Killzone didn't do half bad.

Yeah, that image is pretty great.

Synthesis

Lunker wrote: »

I will seriously never get tired of that picture.

Same here. And Wii Fit, as much as it leaves me in despair.

RainbowDespair

Here's my guess for the top 10 software titles for March:

1- RE5 (360)
2 - Pokemon (DS)
3 - Wii Fit w/Balance Board (Wii)
4 - RE5 (PS3)
5 - Halo Wars
6 - Wii Play (Wii)
7 - GTA Chinatown (DS)
8 - Street Fighter IV (360)
9 - Wii Mario Kart (Wii)
10 - Call of Duty:WaW (360)

cloudeagle

I like to think that image makes this thread more humble.

Also hilarious.

Captain Eleven

cloudeagle wrote: »

I like to think that image makes this thread more humble.

Also hilarious.

I still think that graph picture should be in all the OPs.

You know which one I mean.

Guek

i'm curious to see how madworld did. any guesses? worst case scenario, I'd say 80k. At best, maybe 150k, but I'm starting to doubt that.

toxk_02

Fencingsax wrote: »

Wow, Killzone didn't do half bad.

Yeah, that image is pretty great.

Those are last month's results.

Regarding KZ2:
KZ2 at 1m worldwide

Following the revelation that Killzone 2 became the fastest SCEA title on PS3 to reach 500K sold, Sony today revealed that the critically acclaimed first-person shooter from Guerilla Games has sold over one million copies worldwide.

Fencingsax

Oh. Duh, February.

lowlylowlycook

toxk_02 wrote: »

Fencingsax wrote: »

Wow, Killzone didn't do half bad.

Yeah, that image is pretty great.

Those are last month's results.

Regarding KZ2:
KZ2 at 1m worldwide

Following the revelation that Killzone 2 became the fastest SCEA title on PS3 to reach 500K sold, Sony today revealed that the critically acclaimed first-person shooter from Guerilla Games has sold over one million copies worldwide.

So what, 2m more till they break even?

Xenogears of Bore

I demand the thread title be changed to reflect reality. Not Zombies vs. Pokémans in the Halo Killzone.

Synthesis

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

toxk_02 wrote: »

Fencingsax wrote: »

Wow, Killzone didn't do half bad.

Yeah, that image is pretty great.

Those are last month's results.

Regarding KZ2:
KZ2 at 1m worldwide

Following the revelation that Killzone 2 became the fastest SCEA title on PS3 to reach 500K sold, Sony today revealed that the critically acclaimed first-person shooter from Guerilla Games has sold over one million copies worldwide.

So what, 2m more till they break even?

I imagine so, but it's not about breaking even.

And I'm not just saying that because of the urge to punch people in the face whenever they say "Eight million copies? Oh, now they just need to sell another blah blah blah ow please stop stabbing me in the eye with your pen you're stabbing me in the eye with a pen..." when they talk about Halo 3.

Actually, I know nothing about the development costs for KZ2, but I have no doubt Sony's quite pleased with the end result.

Leitner

Not zombies, Simon Pegg will back me up on his.

Edit: To hell with you Xeno.

Lunker

Captain Eleven wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

I like to think that image makes this thread more humble.

Also hilarious.

I still think that graph picture should be in all the OPs.

You know which one I mean.

It's not the one you wanted, but I love it anyway.

cloudeagle

Gah, my mighty threadmaking powers are failing.

urahonky

Leitner wrote: »

Not zombies, Simon Pegg will back me up on his.

Edit: To hell with you Xeno.

:^:

Couscous

Good ol' 500 errors.

Couscous

Data care of NPD Group



PlayStation 2 112K
PlayStation 3 218K
PSP 168K
Xbox 360 330K
Wii 601K
Nintendo DS 563K



RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA 360 938K
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 805K
HALO WARS* MICROSOFT 360 639K
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA PS3 585K
WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 541K
MLB '09: THE SHOW SONY PS3 305K
KILLZONE 2 SONY PS3 296K
WII PLAY W/REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 281K
MARIO KART W/WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA WII 278K
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 360 205K
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pslong9

Bah, Couscous beat me.

Balance Board gains 323k on the PS3.

I've got to say I'm a bit surprised by the MLB '09 numbers. That's higher than I expected.

Lunker

Holy fuck at RE5 360 nearly cracking a million. Between that outselling Pokemon and KZ2 outselling Wii Play, GAF must be parading in the streets!

Shady3011

So, how is Sony going to spin percentages when it's almost a 2:1 ratio for RE5?

Couscous

Woohoo!

Killzone 2 did about as well could be expected.

RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA 360 938K
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA PS3 585K

I hope Sony claims the attach rate for the game on their system is higher.

JCRooks

Hmm, didn't realize baseball games were that popular. I guess it is baseball season, go figure!

The numbers don't seem that surprising, although I could be missing something. I'm more interested in the top 20 numbers to see where games like GTA IV: Chinatown Wars shows up.

lowlylowlycook

Wow, that Wii number was much much lower than I was thinking.

Couscous

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23171

Pachter thinks last year's hardware performance might be hard to beat, too, but predicts March results will show sell-through of 800,000 Wii, 400,000 Xbox 360, and 350,000 PS3 consoles, a 25 percent increase.

He sucks.

Captain Eleven

Couscous wrote: »

Woohoo!

Killzone 2 did about as well could be expected.

RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA 360 938K
RESIDENT EVIL 5* CAPCOM USA PS3 585K

I hope Sony claims the attach rate for the game on their system is higher.

I think Sony is starting to have brain damage from the constant curb stompings they take.

Edit: LOLPACHTER

JCRooks

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

Wow, that Wii number was much much lower than I was thinking.

It looks like the Wii numbers are the only ones that actually dropped year over year. Hmm. Can't really blame supply constraints this time though.

Lunker

Was this a 4-week or 5-week period, and what was February? Going from 276k to 218k isn't very promising unless the week figures work in their favor.

darleysam

Halo Wars outselling Killzone 2.. huh. Nice job.

pslong9

Couscous wrote: »

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23171

Pachter thinks last year's hardware performance might be hard to beat, too, but predicts March results will show sell-through of 800,000 Wii, 400,000 Xbox 360, and 350,000 PS3 consoles, a 25 percent increase.

He sucks.

He also said that GTA: Chinatown Wars was going to be around 450,000. That clearly didn't happen.

Fencingsax

JCRooks wrote: »

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

Wow, that Wii number was much much lower than I was thinking.

It looks like the Wii numbers are the only ones that actually dropped year over year. Hmm. Can't really blame supply constraints this time though.

They just dropped from unprecedented to phenomenal. There's no real reason to worry about a year over year drop when last year you were shattering records. You don't need to increase every year.

Couscous

Lunker wrote: »

Was this a 4-week or 5-week period, and what was February? Going from 276k to 218k isn't very promising unless the week figures work in their favor.

Five week I think. Feb was four weeks I THINK so it is a large slump.

Shady3011

Couscous wrote: »

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23171

Pachter thinks last year's hardware performance might be hard to beat, too, but predicts March results will show sell-through of 800,000 Wii, 400,000 Xbox 360, and 350,000 PS3 consoles, a 25 percent increase.

He sucks.

No kidding. He got China Town Wars wrong as well.

Couscous

Does anybody have EEDAR's predictions for the month?

JCRooks

Fencingsax wrote: »

JCRooks wrote: »

lowlylowlycook wrote: »

Wow, that Wii number was much much lower than I was thinking.

It looks like the Wii numbers are the only ones that actually dropped year over year. Hmm. Can't really blame supply constraints this time though.

They just dropped from unprecedented to phenomenal. There's no real reason to worry about a year over year drop when last year you were shattering records. You don't need to increase every year.

Well I didn't mean to imply "omg time to worry!". Just stating the facts. It does seem to imply that we know what demand is at now.

pslong9

Couscous wrote: »

Lunker wrote: »

Was this a 4-week or 5-week period, and what was February? Going from 276k to 218k isn't very promising unless the week figures work in their favor.

Five week I think. Feb was four weeks I THINK so it is a large slump.

That's correct. This was five weeks, last month was four.

lowlylowlycook

Lunker wrote: »

Was this a 4-week or 5-week period, and what was February? Going from 276k to 218k isn't very promising unless the week figures work in their favor.

This was 5 Feb was 4.

Lunker

Killzone 2 is an anti-system seller confirmed, then!