game sales tracking

Darkpaul

Darkpaul

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Guys, I'm becoming more and more curious as the success of a game when it's released, even years down the line, so the question I have is whether or not someone has a site similar to boxofficemojo.com, but meant to track game sales? How often have we wondered how successful one of our favorite games is?

I know I have. So does that site exist?
 
I didn't seem to find much good info at magicbox, but I only browsed a bit. But you're right, it didn't look as if it was updated that often.

mojoman, that was exactly what I'm looking for. Too bad the site is extremely difficult to use (mostly the overbearing text). It'll be tough to find a specific game, though. They seem to list the top 100 and I'd have to manually search for the rest.

I'm not looking a gift-horse...link in the mouth or anything, just hoping someone might have a more....thorough English translation. :)
 
Someone at Gamefaqs usually posts NPD numbers. From now on Ill post them here when I see them.
August numbers (thanks to Wokk at Gamefaqs):
Xbox 216,911
PS2 211,690
GCN 108,953



GBA
1 GBA YU-GI-OH! RESHEF 63,489 $1,908,301
2 GBA SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 57,912 $1,661,151
3 GBA POKEMON RUBY 49,041 $1,633,618
4 GBA SUPER MARIO CLASSIC 40,182 $687,811
5 GBA POKEMON SAPPHIRE 39,613 $1,306,960
6 GBA MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG 37,842 $1,193,527
7 GBA MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 35,889 $1,092,249
8 GBA DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 34,367 $658,971
9 GBA SONIC ADVANCE 3 32,787 $967,057
10 GBA DRAGONBALL Z:SUPRSNIC 29,468 $858,687

GCN
1 GCN MADDEN NFL 2005 87,404 $4,307,765
2 GCN TALES OF SYMPHONIA 67,172 $3,339,223
3 GCN SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 45,769 $2,171,678
4 GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE 38,328 $1,151,505
5 GCN ZELDA: FOUR SWORDS 31,955 $1,517,783
6 GCN SONIC MEGA COLLECTION 28,589 $574,998
7 GCN MARIO KART: DOUBLE 27,034 $1,297,581
8 GCN MEGA MAN ANNIVERSARY 26,214 $781,931
9 GCN SOUL CALIBUR II 25,382 $504,563
10 GCN POKEMON COLOSSEUM 21,263 $1,045,701

XBX
1 XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 $25,103,580
2 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 311,359 $6,165,545
3 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 $6,157,931
4 XBX HALO 88,488 $2,652,439
5 XBX SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 48,236 $2,257,908
6 XBX NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 39,449 $1,884,971
7 XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC 38,669 $796,831
8 XBX MORROWIND:GAME YEAR 23,172 $525,636
9 XBX T. CLANCYS RAINBOW 3 23,087 $492,226
10 XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 22,566 $950,958

PS2
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 $54,142,420
2 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 448,433 $8,897,210
3 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 COLL 395,811 $23,390,230
4 PS2 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 129,492 $6,076,589
5 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 94,559 $4,687,620
6 PS2 HOT SHOTS GOLF FORE! 56,089 $2,243,741
7 PS2 DRIV3R 52,079 $2,225,679
8 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 41,361 $860,018
9 PS2 DRAGONBALL Z:BUDOKAI2 39,930 $798,924
10 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS 35,199 $587,166

ALL
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 $54,142,420
2 XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 $25,103,580
3 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 448,433 $8,897,210
4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 COLL 395,811 $23,390,230
5 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 311,359 $6,165,545
6 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 $6,157,931
7 PS2 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 129,492 $6,076,589
8 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 94,559 $4,687,620
9 XBX HALO 88,488 $2,652,439
10 GCN MADDEN NFL 2005 87,404 $4,307,765
 
Hey, that's really awesome, but does Wokk only report the sales montly?

And I assume the sales are for that month or is it that week?

Again, a little closer to total thoroughness, but it's still difficult to find older games' sales, not just the current top sellers.
 
[quote name='Darkpaul']Hey, that's really awesome, but does Wokk only report the sales montly?

And I assume the sales are for that month or is it that week?

Again, a little closer to total thoroughness, but it's still difficult to find older games' sales, not just the current top sellers.[/quote]
He (or someone else) only posts monthly sales figures.
 
hiccup just said it. If there was such a site to show old games' sales and figures as well as the new ones, that'd be best.

But I guess that doesn't really exist?
 
[quote name='defender']Maybe cheapyd should join? He could post stuff.[/quote]
I think it costs a lot of money to get the NPD sales numbers.
 
I hope not. I just find it interesting and definitly reassuring when one of your favorite games has sold well, giving a good chance for a sequel. Oh well. Maybe this will give somebody an idea, eh? hehe.

Hey, if cheapyd even noticed this topic, he might agree :)
 
[quote name='Darkpaul']I hope not. I just find it interesting and definitly reassuring when one of your favorite games has sold well, giving a good chance for a sequel. Oh well. Maybe this will give somebody an idea, eh? hehe.

Hey, if cheapyd even noticed this topic, he might agree :)[/quote]
From now on I will post the sales numbers from Gamefaqs if Cheapy does not start to get the NPD numbers, so you should be able to find out the numbers no matter what. :)
 
You guys have to remember that NPD is not entirely accurate. It misses things like Walmart etc. Which being the largest retailer has to account for some sales. My guess is it would account for a larger portion of Gmaecube sales also due to the demographics and mentality of walmart.

I was surprised to see Manhunt at Walmart when it released. They wont even carry an "unedited" music cd.

Reggardless their sales count and they are not counted by NPD.
 
Suiteness.

Has cheapyd said he wanted to post info like that? Where would he post it if he did?

Snake, why is that? Why would everything else be counted except for one of the largest retail chains in existence?
 
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