Kane & Lynch didn't sell 1,000,000 & Zack & Wiki didn't bomb, and other sales facts..

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[quote name='roland13x']The answer: 506M games were sold (so far) for the PS2. That includes the 1.77M units sold this January alone. Wow.

Looks like pete5883 is the winner. Sorry, but my cat already nibbled on the cookie.[/quote]
Thx roland, the PS2 is really a software beast. :D xD

Because you mentioned this, could you post January totals for the other systems too? =)
 
[quote name='roland13x']Looks like pete5883 is the winner. Sorry, but my cat already nibbled on the cookie.[/QUOTE]
I'm not picky.
 
[quote name='kloxpark']Thx roland, the PS2 is really a software beast. :D xD

Because you mentioned this, could you post January totals for the other systems too? =)[/QUOTE]

Total software sales in the month of January:

360 - 3.10M
PS3 - 1.74M
Wii - 5.48M
DS - 3.84M
PSP - 1.00M
 
[quote name='roland13x']Total software sales in the month of January:

360 - 3.10M
PS3 - 1.74M
Wii - 5.48M
DS - 3.84M
PSP - 1.00M[/quote]
Thx!

Wow, Wii is really strong, it has even more than the PS2 in their best January months.


(PS2 >) PS3 ;__;
(PS2 >>) PSP ;____;


NDS & 360 also very good. =)
 
[quote name='roland13x']Total software sales in the month of January:

360 - 3.10M
PS3 - 1.74M
Wii - 5.48M
DS - 3.84M
PSP - 1.00M[/quote]
Thx!

Wow, Wii is really strong, it has even more than the PS2 in their best January months.


(PS2 >) PS3 ;__;
(PS2 >>) PSP ;____;


NDS & 360 also very good. =)



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Here's a comparison with Japan (01/05 - 02/01/2009):
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System          USA             Japan           Total           Total Market Share

Wii             5.480.000       839.000         6.319.000       29,19 %
NDS             3.840.000       1.790.000       5.630.000       26,01 %
360             3.100.000       152.000         3.252.000       15,02 %
PS3             1.740.000       486.000         2.226.000       10,28 %
PS2             1.770.000       453.000         2.223.000       10,29 %
PSP             1.000.000       999.000         1.999.000       9,23 %
 
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[quote name='kloxpark']You need to wait till April for the first numbers, NPD only provides monthly data and this will be published in the mid of April. ;)[/QUOTE]

Ah, ok. Thanks. I was not sure how often NPD provides data for game sales. VGchartz had some sales data out for Madworld so I thought that some information had been released. I guess VGchartz just made up the numbers.
 
VGChartz gets estimates from retailers and has to estimate Wal-Mart's data because they don't do handouts to either VGC or NPD. There numbers are always usually off but they also estimate Mexico and Canada numbers so It's not just USA. They also do Europe and Japan, but re-do their Japan numbers once media create releases numbers.

Madworld numbers are not up on VGC till later this week. It's expected to do 40k in It's first week... maybe a little more.
 
Forget VGC, they have nearly zero market coverage, everyone can estimate some numbers like them.

NPD has a market coverage of 65% (that means that they get 65% of the actual data), the remaining 35% are getting extrapolated, but they do this job since 1991.

GfK/ChartTrack has a market coverage of 95% - 98% in the UK (another example) or 90% in Australia.


@roland:
Could you post GT Pro Series [Wii] and Dead Rising [360] numbers? =)
 
With the announcement of Another Code R (Trace Memory 2) in Europe for the Wii, along with Hotel Dusk's 155k sales figure, I'm wondering how the original Trace Memory (DS) fared in the US. Judging by the amount of unsold copies I saw on shelves during its retail cycle, I doubt that it will bode well for the sequel's chances.
 
[quote name='kloxpark']Forget VGC, they have nearly zero market coverage, everyone can estimate some numbers like them.

NPD has a market coverage of 65% (that means that they get 65% of the actual data), the remaining 35% are getting extrapolated, but they do this job since 1991.

GfK/ChartTrack has a market coverage of 95% - 98% in the UK (another example) or 90% in Australia.


@roland:
Could you post GT Pro Series [Wii] and Dead Rising [360] numbers? =)[/QUOTE]

Sure thing.

GT Pro - 193k
Dead Rising - 977k

[quote name='Cao Cao']With the announcement of Another Code R (Trace Memory 2) in Europe for the Wii, along with Hotel Dusk's 155k sales figure, I'm wondering how the original Trace Memory (DS) fared in the US. Judging by the amount of unsold copies I saw on shelves during its retail cycle, I doubt that it will bode well for the sequel's chances.[/QUOTE]

Trace Memory - 107k

Hopefully I'll get some updated numbers next week, though it is the week of GDC in San Francisco, and I imagine most people (myself included) will be tough to find that week.
 
[quote name='Wombat']Has anyone asked about Hasbro Family game night or whatever its called on the Wii and PS2? Thanks[/QUOTE]

I don't believe so, but for a fellow Pitt brother, here we go:

Hasbro Family Game Night - 254k (Wii) 17k (PS2)
 
[quote name='roland13x']I don't believe so, but for a fellow Pitt brother, here we go:

Hasbro Family Game Night - 254k (Wii) 17k (PS2)[/QUOTE]

You went to Pitt!?!?!? Awesome and thanks for the numbers, impressive for the Wii.
 
[quote name='Wombat']You went to Pitt!?!?!? Awesome and thanks for the numbers, impressive for the Wii.[/QUOTE]

Yup, from '93 to '98. Spent a solid 5 years in Oakland there. Worked at the Vibes/Music X record store for a few years there. Man could I go for an Uncle Sam's sub right about now.
 
[quote name='roland13x']Yup, from '93 to '98. Spent a solid 5 years in Oakland there. Worked at the Vibes/Music X record store for a few years there. Man could I go for an Uncle Sam's sub right about now.[/QUOTE]

I was there from 95-99, and yes Uncle Sam's was amazing.
 
[quote name='roland13x']I don't believe so, but for a fellow Pitt brother, here we go:

Hasbro Family Game Night - 254k (Wii) 17k (PS2)[/QUOTE]

Wow, I was expecting better numbers from the PS2 version. Did they both release at the same time?
 
[quote name='Josef']Wow, I was expecting better numbers from the PS2 version. Did they both release at the same time?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, they both released at the same time, and the PS2 version is more than $10 cheaper than the Wii. I just talked to a rather low-end publisher today, and even they said they thing the PS2 is dead at this point.

Which is funny considering the PS2 sold more software units in January than the PS3 did. Of course, that's spread out over 1,800 games vs. the 260 on PS3.
 
A few more games, if you haven't left for GDC, yet. :)

360 Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 1/2
360 Rainbow Six Vegas 2
PS3 Rainbow Six Vegas 2
360 Crackdown
360 Viva Pinata 1/2/Party Animals
NDS Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise

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[quote name='roland13x']I just talked to a rather low-end publisher today, and even they said they thing the PS2 is dead at this point.[/QUOTE]

It's too bad that Sony never dropped the price to $99 in the U.S. I can understand it, as they were trying to offset the PS3 losses. However, I think the PS2 could've done pretty well this year, if they had dropped its price last Fall.
 
[quote name='donny2112']A few more games, if you haven't left for GDC, yet. :)

It's too bad that Sony never dropped the price to $99 in the U.S. I can understand it, as they were trying to offset the PS3 losses. However, I think the PS2 could've done pretty well this year, if they had dropped its price last Fall.[/QUOTE]

Sure, not leaving for GDC until next Wednesday. Then Vegas for the weekend for my fantasy baseball league's annual draft, then back to LA to submit Firefighter to Nintendo. I'll find time to sleep somewhere I suppose.

360 Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 1 - 1.21M
360 Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 - 738k [released it way too soon]
360 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - 1.80M
PS3 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - 310k
360 Crackdown - 751k [sequel please!]
360 Viva Pinata 1 - 406k
360 Viva Pinata 2 - 80k
360 Viva Pinata Party Animals - 112k
NDS Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise - 79k

At least you can say Microsoft gave VP a legit chance to succeed.

I actually thought the PS2 was at $99...insane that it isn't because yeah, I think they'd make a killing on it right about now.
 
Sorry to see RSV, GRAW, and VP had horrible sales follow-ups, but honestly each sequel, at least in publicity, looked more like expansion packs than true sequels. All were good games, but just too soon (as said) after the originals, and not with enough (at least touted) to make them feel necessary to all but the die hard fans. It's a shame, because all three are worthy franchises.
 
[quote name='roland13x']then back to LA to submit Firefighter to Nintendo.[/QUOTE]

Is that just letting NOA Treehouse do a final check out of it or is it something more complex?

[quote name='roland13x']360 Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 1 - 1.21M
360 Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 - 738k [released it way too soon]
360 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - 1.80M
PS3 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - 310k
360 Crackdown - 751k [sequel please!]
360 Viva Pinata 1 - 406k
360 Viva Pinata 2 - 80k
360 Viva Pinata Party Animals - 112k
NDS Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise - 79k[/QUOTE]

Thanks! Pocket Paradise is supposed to be pretty good, so I'm surprised to see it so low.

[quote name='roland13x']I actually thought the PS2 was at $99...insane that it isn't because yeah, I think they'd make a killing on it right about now.[/QUOTE]

If they dropped it in April, I think it would still get some uptick, but it's been selling so low since last November that it may be too late to give it a full second (third? fourth?) wind.

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[quote name='roland13x']360 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - 1.80M
PS3 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - 310k[/QUOTE]

Could you double check the Vegas 2 numbers? It seems that 360 Vegas 2 would've been listed in the 2008 Top 10 (#10 was Mario Kart DS with 1.65m) with that number. Thanks! :)
 
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[quote name='donny2112']Is that just letting NOA Treehouse do a final check out of it or is it something more complex?

Could you double check the Vegas 2 numbers? It seems that 360 Vegas 2 would've been listed in the 2008 Top 10 (#10 was Mario Kart DS with 1.65m) with that number. Thanks! :)[/QUOTE]

It's actually our first (and hopefully final) lot-check submission. They test all the technical requirements, make sure the game isn't buggy, etc. Once it's approved, it's off to the manufacturers.

Just double-checked the 360 Vegas 2 numbers, and it's 71k for the CE, and 1.01M for the regular version. So yup, I mixed my 0 and 8 around. Good catch.
 
Was WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 Regular and PS3 CE already listed (didn't find it on search)?

Too early for Halo Wars?
 
[quote name='gunm']Was WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 Regular and PS3 CE already listed (didn't find it on search)?

Too early for Halo Wars?[/quote]

I think we have to wait a month or so for the update. I'm not even sure if the February numbers have been released.

Speaking of which, do we have numbers for Street Fighter IV? And more specifically, the CE versions vs. the standards. The CE's were in really high demand this time around, it seemed.

EDIT: Well, the base numbers of the standard and CE's combined were announced it seems, but it's gotten me curious as to how other fighters this gen have fared, so here's the list I'm asking for, por favor.

Street Fighter IV (Standard)
Street Fighter IV (Collector's)
Dead or Alive 4
Virtua Fighter 5

Seems like these numbers were grabbed last month:
Soul Calibur IV - 500k (360) 353k (PS3) [includes CE]
 
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When/If I get the numbers, I'll be sure to post updates. I really don't expect to get the latest numbers until a week or two, just due to GDC.
 
[quote name='jdeluis']HOTD Overkill:

"The light gun game from Sega and U.K.-based Headstrong Games sold 45K units during the month of February, NPD told Edge. The game launched February 10.
NPD analyst Anita Frazier said it landed around the 50th spot in the top-100 SKUs for the month in unit sales."


http://www.edge-online.com/news/house-dead-overkill-sells-45k[/QUOTE]

As a reminder, as the article says, HOTD Overkill was released on February 10th, making this only around two weeks of sales data, taking common distribution time into account.

The release date is something that folks with requests should consider when forming their requests (Unless the NPD already factors this in); not only was February a short month, but most of the games were released towards the middle and the end, giving them very short selling periods for last month's data. HOTD, Retro Game Challenge, Deadly Creatures released on the 10th, giving them two weeks; Dragon Quest V on the 16th, two weeks; Dead Rising released on the 24th, giving it less than a week. So really, you'd have more reliable data by waiting for March's numbers for those games if you want to see how the game fared in the time period of a month.
 
[quote name='Cao Cao']not only was February a short month,[/QUOTE]

NPD follows a 4-4-5 week pattern. January/February are four weeks. March is five weeks. April/May are four weeks. June is five weeks. etc. It does not attempt to follow the calendar month. By complete coincidence, February happened to cover the dates of Feb 1-28, but that is only because the four week period beginning on a Sunday and ending on a Saturday happened to match those dates. The March period will go from March 1 - April 4, for example.

Just wanted to clear that up. :)
 
[quote name='Cao Cao']As a reminder, as the article says, HOTD Overkill was released on February 10th, making this only around two weeks of sales data, taking common distribution time into account.

The release date is something that folks with requests should consider when forming their requests (Unless the NPD already factors this in); not only was February a short month, but most of the games were released towards the middle and the end, giving them very short selling periods for last month's data. HOTD, Retro Game Challenge, Deadly Creatures released on the 10th, giving them two weeks; Dragon Quest V on the 16th, two weeks; Dead Rising released on the 24th, giving it less than a week. So really, you'd have more reliable data by waiting for March's numbers for those games if you want to see how the game fared in the time period of a month.[/QUOTE]

Overkill was out for ~19 days so that's not really an excuse. Whether because of price, length or whatever people in the US just don't like light gun games as much as in the UK.

The game will still sell over a million WW though.
 
Supposedly leaked npd ltd numbers (does not include Feb)

Assassin’s Creed - 2.3m (360), 1.15m (PS3)
Bioshock - 998k (360), 106k (PS3)
The Bourne Conspiracy - 103k (360), 83k (PS3)
Burnout Paradise - 371k (360) 306k (PS3)
Civilization Revolution - 96k (DS), 254k (360), 149k (PS3)
The Darkness - 284k (360), 133k (PS3)
Dark Sector - 139k (360), 97k (PS3)
Dead Space - 337k (360), 212k (PS3)
Disgaea - 45k (DS), 78k (PSP)
Dynasty Warriors 6 - 113k (360), 103k (PS3), 26k (PS2)
Eternal Sonata - 98k (360), 33k (PS3)
Fallout 3 - 1.14m (360), 452k (PS3)
Fight Night 3 - 1.19M (360) 526k (PS3)
Guitar Hero 3 - 2.37M (360) 830k (PS3) 2.75M (Wii)
Guitar Hero: World Tour - 924k (360) 466k (PS3) 1.39M (Wii)
Kane & Lynch - 300k (360), 197k (PS3)
Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 1 - 85k (360) 46k (PS3)
Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 - 20k (36o) 16k (PS3)
Lego Batman - 207k (360), 128k (PS3), 507k (PS2), 420k (Wii)
Lego Indiana Jones - 241k (360), 142k (PS3), 456k (PS2), 563k (Wii)
Mirror’s Edge - 207k (360), 125k (PS3)
Mortal Kombat vs DC - 592k (360), 512k (PS3)
N+ - 26k (DS), 21k (PSP)
Prince of Persia - 282k (360), 248k (PS3)
Pure - 158k (360) 92k (PS3)
Rock Band 1 - 1.65M (360) 648k (PS3) 1.03M (Wii)
Rock Band 2 - 1.02M (360) 384k (PS3) 353k (Wii)
Saints Row 2 - 480k (360), 188k (PS3)
Saints Row 2 [Collector's Edition only] - 30k (360), 11k (PS3)
Shaun White - 271k (360), 141k (PS3), 537k (Wii)
Silent Hill 5 - 73k (360), 84k (PS3)
Silent Hill Origins: 80k (PS2), 154k (PSP)
Skate - 606k (360) 202k (PS3)
Sonic Unleashed - 113k (360), 69k (PS3), 315k (Wii)
Soul Calibur 4 - 500k (360), 353k (PS3)
Space Invaders Extreme - 58k (DS), 34k (PSP)
Star Wars Force Unleashed - 823k (360) 464k (PS3) 626k (Wii) 175k (DS) 263k (PSP) 352k (PS2)
Tiger Woods 09 - 216k (360), 174k (PS3), 565k (Wii)
Unreal Tournament III - 164k (360) 219k (PS3)
The World Ends With You - 172k

360
Beautiful Katamari - 96k
Banjo: Nuts & Bolts - 154k
Battle Fantasia - 4,704
Blue Dragon - 189k
Halo 3 - 4.66m (regular), 633k (CE), 479k (LE)
Infinite Undiscovery - 110k
Left 4 Dead - 1.28m
Lips - 46k
Lost Odyssey - 348k
Ninja Gaiden II - 517k
Saints Row 1 - 1.02m
Tales of Vesperia - 107k
The Last Remnant 118k
Viva Pinata 2 - 80k

PS3

Folklore - 109k
Genji: Days of the Blade - 96k
Heavenly Sword - 386k
Lair - 185k
Little Big Planet - 670k
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 1.09m
Motorstorm 1 - 427k
Motorstorm 2 - 138k
Ninja Gaiden Sigma - 316k
Rachet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - 427k
Resistance - 1.07m
Resistance 2 - 640k
Time Crisis 4 - 206k
Uncharted - 534k
Valkyria Chronicles - 74k

Wii

Animal Crossing - 654k (game only), 161k (Wiispeak bundle)
Blast Works - 31k
Castle Shikigami 3 - 7,366
Fantastic 4 - 76k
Mario & Sonic @ at the Olympics - 1.99m
No More Heroes - 208k
Ultimate Duck Hunting - 49k
Ultimate Shooting Collection - 1,126
Zack & Wiki - 117k

PS2

Disney Golf - 59k
Final Fantasy X - 2.46m
Final Fantasy XII - 1.85m
Katamari Damacy - 450k
Kingdom Hearts 1 - 3.28m
Kingdom Hearts 2 - 2.3m
Kingdom Hearts: RE:Chain of Memories - 312k
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - 246k
Odin Sphere - 149k
Persona 4 - 123k
SMT: Devil Summoner - 43k
SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1 - 51k
SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 - 43k
SMT: Nocturne - 60k
Silent Hill 2 - 512k
Silent Hill 3 - 279k
Silent Hill 4 - 209k
We Love Katamari - 230k
Yakuza 1 - 56k
Yakuza 2 - 24k

PSP

Crisis Core: FF7 - 708k
Patapon - 229k
God of War: Chains of Olympus - 640k
Star Ocean: First Departure - 69k
Yggdra Union - 12k

DS

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - 71k
Chrono Trigger - 210k
Contra 4 - 115k
Dragon Quest 4 - 76k
Final Fantasy 4 - 275k
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - 233k
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - 117k
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All - 110k
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations - 92k
Professor Layton & the Curious Village - 340k
Trauma Center: Under the Knife - 225k
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 - 61k

MyCoach Series
Word - 263k
Spanish - 224k
Japanese - 90k
French - 83k
Weight - 76k
Chinese - 34k
SAT - 25k
Smoking - 3k
Click to expand...

http://platformers.net/2009/02/npd-january-2009-life-to-date-numbers/
 
Judging by the format (Especially the separation of the "My Coach" series) and the games used, it seems that the "writer" of that just went through the latter part of this topic and compiled all of the numbers.
 
[quote name='Cao Cao']Judging by the format (Especially the separation of the "My Coach" series) and the games used, it seems that the "writer" of that just went through the latter part of this topic and compiled all of the numbers.[/QUOTE]

That's exactly what I was thinking as well.
 
That was me. I compiled a list of the new stuff and posted it in a penny-arcade thread, then it got reposted to the PA spinoff, platformers, then back to gaf and here again.

One big echo chamber.
 
My guess is because it was stocked and sold at some major retailers. Typically, IIRC, most Atlus games are only sold at game specialty stores. I bought one (albeit on clearance) and it's only the second Atlus game I've ever bought (both on clearance at CC).
 
[quote name='heavyd853']How did odin sphere sell so much?[/QUOTE]
Penny Arcade seems to have alerted the world to it's presence. I'm convinced they doubled their sales.
 
[quote name='Shady3011']NPD doesn't track Wal-Mart numbers, correct?[/QUOTE]

Not directly, but they are estimated for. Wal-Mart used to report numbers to NPD (pre-2002, I think), and NPD has other tracking relations with Wal-Mart. Therefore, they can probably get a decent idea of Wal-Mart's overall marketshare. However, Wal-Mart numbers are only estimated for currently.
 
[quote name='donny2112']Not directly, but they are estimated for. Wal-Mart used to report numbers to NPD (pre-2002, I think), and NPD has other tracking relations with Wal-Mart. Therefore, they can probably get a decent idea of Wal-Mart's overall marketshare. However, Wal-Mart numbers are only estimated for currently.[/quote]

Is there a reason why Wal-Mart doesn't like to submit their numbers?
 
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