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[BKK]

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UK:

UK SW     	TW        	LW        	LY        	YTD       	LYTD      	YoY%
Units     	509,622   	481,739   	891,130   	7,806,910 	11,323,159	-31%
Revenue   	£12.3m    	£11.7m     	£22.8m    	£182.1m   	£259.3m    	-30%

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[Saty]

Pic not showing. I assume you mean this:
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/uk-games-retail-generates-12-3m/093978

 

[BKK]

^ I didn't post a pic, just updated the same table I post every week.

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South Africa:
Year 2011

Total Market Value (Software, Hardware, and Peripherals): R1.72b (USD $219m)
Total Software Units: 3.9m
Total Software Value: R900m (USD $115m)

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[Desmond]

Jesus, Naruto's doing well.

 

[jvm]

BKK, nice find for the SA data. Thanks.

The unit sales picture in the UK is very alarming. Monthly comparisons (i.e. not YTD):
January: -28%
February: -31%
March: -34%

The monthly revenue picture is more mixed:
January: -30%
February: -25%
March: -33%

I have a bad feeling about March NPD results in US.

 

[BKK]

It will be difficult for US to match the UK's 33% software revenue decline at least (it's a shame that NPD doesn't generally give out overall software unit sales).

 

[jvm]

It will be difficult for US to match the UK's 33% software revenue decline at least (it's a shame that NPD doesn't generally give out overall software unit sales).

I won't give out platform breakdowns (which would generally be only estimates from me anyway) but are you interested in software unit sales by month? I can do that.

U.S. console + handheld (excludes PC)

Units (monthly):
January: -33%
February: -22%

Revenue (monthly):
January: -38%
February: -23%

 

[BKK]

I won't give out platform breakdowns (which would generally be only estimates from me anyway) but are you interested in software unit sales by month? I can do that.

U.S. console + handheld (excludes PC)

Units (monthly):
January: -33%
February: -22%

Revenue (monthly):
January: -38%
February: -23%

Thanks, the situation in US actually seems to be just as bad as UK, a 33% drop in revenue seems quite possible for US aswell, especially as UK numbers were somewhat helped by FIFA Street which never saw an equivalent release in 2011. Are you able to give out actual overall unit figures, or just %?

 

[jvm]

Thanks, the situation in US actually seems to be just as bad as UK, a 33% drop in revenue seems quite possible for US aswell, especially as UK numbers were somewhat helped by FIFA Street which never saw an equivalent release in 2011. Are you able to give out actual overall unit figures, or just %?

I'll try to get this later. Sorry.

 

[Bruno MB]

Wii, NDS and PSP are dead. PS Vita is currently a flop, 3DS barely sells software outside of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 and both HD consoles suffer a logical recession. Hence the terrible figures.

Software-wise we can't overlook the fact that there has been a plethora of underwhelming releases.

 

[BKK]

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UK:
SALES OF ALL GAMES SINCE 1996…TO WEEK 6, 2012

#	Brand                   	UK Units	Titles
1	FIFA                    	28.1m   	36
2	Mario                   	22.2m   	72
3	Call of Duty            	19.3m   	17
4	Sims                    	18.0m   	70
5	Grand Theft Auto        	16.2m   	18
6	Sonic the Hedgehog            	13.3m    	57
7	Star Wars                   	13.2m    	96
8	Need For Speed          	10.8m    	25
9	LEGO                         	10.1m    	47
10	Pokemon                   	 9.4m     	61

Software since 1996 = 785m / Top Five = 104m (13%) / Top Ten = 161m (21%)

#	Brand                   	UK Sales	Titles
1	FIFA                    	£867m   	36
2	Call of Duty            	£690m   	17
3	Mario                   	£635m   	72
4	Grand Theft Auto        	£444m   	18
5	Sims                     	£382m   	70
6	Star Wars                  	£334m       	96
7	Need For Speed          	£306m       	25
8	Sonic the Hedgehog            	£297m       	57
9	Pro Evolution Soccer           	£254m       	12
10	WWE & WWF Wrestlemania  	£253m       	46

Software since 1996 = £18.3bn / Top Five = £3bn (16%) / Top Ten = £4.5bn (25%)

Title Count shows the number of iterations of each game all the way back to the ‘80s. Only sales since 1996 are included.

This analysis is up to and including week ending February 11th, 2012. Some brands will already have added to their Title Count (e.g FIFA Street, Uncharted, UFC, Syndicate).

Brands can be companies, characters, a series and so on. FIFA and Mario are both brands, despite one being licensed and a company and the other an original IP.

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[BKK]

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Week 14 New Releases;

[360] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (505 Games)

[360] Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom)

[360] Kinect Sports: Double Pack (Microsoft)

[360] Kinect Star Wars (Microsoft)

[360] Top Gun: Hard Lock (505 Games)

[360] Warriors Orochi 3 (Tecmo Koei)

[PS3] Captain Morgane And The Golden Turtle (dtp)

[PS3] Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom)

[PS3] Top Gun: Hard Lock (505 Games)

[PS3] Warriors Orochi 3 (Tecmo Koei)

[WII] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (505 Games)

[3DS] Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure (Sega)

[NDS] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (505 Games)

[NDS] Jewel Quest V: The Sleepless Star (Licensed 4U)

[NDS] Natalie Brooks: Mystery at Hillcrest High (Licensed 4U)

[PCD] Charlaine Harris: Dying for Daylight (Mastertronic)

[PCD] Confrontation (dtp)

[PCD] Gothic Complete Collection (Nordic Games)

[PCD] Gothic III - Enhanced Gold Edition (Nordic Games)

[PCD] Die große Majong-Weltreise (Rondomedia)

[PCD] Happily Ever After (Lace Mamba Global)

[PCD] Red Crow Mysterys: Dark Legion (Rondomedia)

[PCD] Top Gun: Hard Lock (505 Games)

[PCD] The Train Giant (Ascaron Entertainment UK)

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[BKK]

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Netherlands:
Week 13, 2012 - Individual Formats (Units)

01 (01) [PS3] FIFA Street (Electronic Arts)
02 (NE) [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Namco Bandai Games)
03 (02) [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo Wii)
04 (NE) [360] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Namco Bandai Games)
05 (08) [PS3] FIFA 12 (Electronic Arts)
06 (06) [360] FIFA Street (Electronic Arts)
07 (05) [WII] Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
08 (10) [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
09 (RE) [PS3] Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
10 (RE) [WII] Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Activision Blizzard)

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[BKK]

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Italy
Year 2011:

Units:

Total Software: 16.545m (-3.1%)
Console and Portable Software: 15.200m (-1.2%)
PC Software: 1.345m (-19.8%)

Total Hardware: 2.173m (-6.1%)
Home: 60.7% (1.319m)
Portable: 39.3% (0.854m)

Value:

Total Software + Hardware: €993.1m (-7.1%)

Total Software: €599.5m (-3.6%)
Console and Portable Software: €566.9m (-2.8%)
PC Software Value: €32.6m (-16.1%)

Total Hardware: €393.6m (-11.7%)
Home: 67.2% (€264.5m)
Portable: 32.8% (€129.1m)

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Europe:
Year 2011 - Software + Hardware (Value)

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[Wazzim]

Those numbers are depressing

 

[Psychotext]

Very.

 

[The_lascar]

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France:
Week 11, 2012 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (NE) [PS3] FIFA Street (Electronic Arts)
02 (NE) [360] FIFA Street (Electronic Arts)
03 (NE) [PS3] Saint Seiya - La bataille du Sanctuaire (Namco Bandai)
04 (02) [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo)
05 (01) [360] Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts)
06 (NE) [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 (Nintendo)
07 (NE) [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 (Nintendo)

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France:
Week 13, 2012 - Individual Console Formats (Units)

01 (NE) [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Namco Bandai)
02 (NE) [360] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Namco Bandai)

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Don't know if I can tell who is my source yet.

 

[BKK]

^Cool, only getting top 5 a week late from SELL sucks.

Naruto has been a big surprise, #1 in Germany & France, #2 in Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway. Even UK position at #6 in All Formats isn't too bad for an Anime based game. I wouldn't be surprised to see it at #1 in Italy too.

 

[Mpl90]

http://ukie.info/content/ukie-week-14-2012-uk-video-games-charts

The force is strong this week as Microsoft’s ‘Kinect Star Wars’ brings EA’s five week run at the top to an end, pushing ‘FIFA Street’ (+3%) down to No2. It’s the first Star Wars game to reach No1 in the All Formats Chart since ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ back in W39 2008. It’s also the first game that requires use of the Kinect Sensor to top the chart. EA have still had a good Easter holiday, grabbing the rest of the Top 5 with ‘Mass Effect 3’ (+0%) down one place to No3, ‘FIFA 12’ (+48%) up one place to No4 and ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13’ (-10%) slipping two places to No5. There are healthy holiday sales uplifts for the rest of the Top 10 with ‘Modern Warfare 3’ (+76%) up one place to No6, ‘SSX’ (+72%) gaining 3 places, up to No7 and ‘Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games’ (+66%) up one to No8. Previous No1s ‘Battlefield 3’ (+55%) and ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ (+57%) round off the Top 10 at No’s 9 and 10 respectively. ‘Skylanders’ (+130%) and ‘Moshi Monsters’ (+92%) make the most of Easter Holiday spending, surging up the chart to No’s 12 and 13. Price promotions propel ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ (+141%), WWE ’12 (+110%) and ‘Sonic Generations’ (+88%) back into the Top 40 at No’s 20, 22 and 24, while the only other new entry this week is ‘Devil May Cry HD Collection’ debuting at No18.

Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 07 April 2012

KINECT STAR WARS - MICROSOFT
FIFA STREET - ELECTRONIC ARTS
MASS EFFECT 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
FIFA 12 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
SSX - ELECTRONIC ARTS
MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - SEGA
BATTLEFIELD 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD - THQ
SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO - MIND CANDY
MARIO PARTY 9 - NINTENDO
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS - UBISOFT
JUST DANCE 3 - UBISOFT
DEVIL MAY CRY HD COLLECTION - CAPCOM
LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN - CAPCOM
RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCOON CITY - CAPCOM
WWE '12 - THQ
UFC UNDISPUTED 3 - THQ
SONIC GENERATIONS - SEGA
CARS 2 - DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING - ELECTRONIC ARTS
THE SIMS 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
SUPER MARIO 3D LAND - NINTENDO
MARIO KART 7 - NINTENDO
RAYMAN ORIGINS - UBISOFT
FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
KINECT RUSH: A DISNEY PIXAR ADVENTURE - MICROSOFT
ZUMBA FITNESS - 505 GAMES
FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 - MICROSOFT
LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
GRAN TURISMO 5 - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
F1 2011 - CODEMASTERS
KID ICARUS: UPRISING - NINTENDO
RAGE - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

So many things rising... However, I seriously don't understand why Kid Icarus, after a good second week, had such a big drop. Maybe shortages? I don't want to sound like Sony people, but it hadn't had such a big drop last week. Bah, maybe single SKUS chart will make things look better in the end. I think BKK has a big role in all this. XD

 

[liger05]

I think the qucik price dropping we see on games now has had a huge effect in the UK.

People wanna pay full price for the big titles but everything else it seems they just wanna wait a few weeks to it comes down and try and pick it up on the cheap.

 

[bigtroyjon]

From Eurogamer

12 per cent of people buying Kinect Star Wars bought the game in a bundle with the new R2D2-flavoured console, worth £350.

They probably sold at least 4-5 thousand bundles based on ME3 and FIFA Street sales in previous weeks.

 

[m.i.s.]

I seriously don't understand why Kid Icarus, after a good second week, had such a big drop. Maybe shortages?

Hasn't this been a proven trend on all 3DS software titles that aren't Mario Kart / Land? ie titles just drop in and out of Top40 in rapid succession (after the small number of dedicated gamers have made their purchase)?

There is, as yet, just no software eco-system on the 3DS beyond the said core Nintendo titles in the UK.

 

[Psychotext]

They probably sold at least 4-5 thousand bundles based on ME3 and FIFA Street sales in previous weeks.

That's a reasonable chunk of cash.

 

[Roxas]

Star Wars Kinect #1?

 

[Psychotext]

I don't get why they released Kinect Rush in the same week. Seems like a particularly stupid idea.

 

[bigtroyjon]

I don't get why they released Kinect Rush in the same week. Seems like a particularly stupid idea.

This is it's third week, first week in the top 40

First week on sale it was 38th in the xbox 360 chart, 2nd week it went up to 25th and this week it's 11th

 

[Psychotext]

Ah, my mistake. I saw my local Asda promoting it today and I assumed it had only just come out.

I wonder why Microsoft didn't go heavy with the advertising. You'd have assumed a Disney / Pixar related game would have had a shot at reasonable sales.

 

[frankie_baby]

Ah, my mistake. I saw my local Asda promoting it today and I assumed it had only just come out.

I wonder why Microsoft didn't go heavy with the advertising. You'd have assumed a Disney / Pixar related game would have had a shot at reasonable sales.

its been advertised like crazy

 

[Mpl90]

LW

TW Title Format Label Publisher
- 1 KINECT STAR WARS XB360 LUCASARTS MICROSOFT
2 2 MASS EFFECT 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
1 3 FIFA STREET XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 4 FIFA STREET PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 5 FIFA 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 6 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 7 FIFA 12 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 8 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
6 9 MASS EFFECT 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
17 10 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
16 11 BATTLEFIELD 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
20 12 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
15 13 MARIO PARTY 9 WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
23 14 SSX XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 15 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 16 SSX PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
24 17 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
25 18 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD XB360 THQ THQ
21 19 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
28 20 JUST DANCE 3 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
27 21 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
30 22 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 23 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
32 24 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 25 KINECT RUSH: A DISNEY PIXAR ADVENTURE XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
12 26 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 27 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26 28 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- 29 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 3DS SEGA SEGA
- 30 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
36 31 ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
11 32 KID ICARUS: UPRISING 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 33 ZUMBA FITNESS WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
- 34 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
37 35 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- 36 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD PS3 THQ THQ
- 37 KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
39 38 ZUMBA FITNESS 2 WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
- 39 WWE '12 XB360 THQ THQ
- 40 DEVIL MAY CRY HD COLLECTION XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM

FINALLY GFK, FINALLY.
Repeating what I've said earlier: so many returns.

 

[Psychotext]

its been advertised like crazy

Really? I've seen absolutely nothing. Nothing on TV, billboards, nowt.

I could understand not seeing it on TV (maybe I'm not watching the right channels), but I would have expected to see it on the street.