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[Opus Angelorum]

Some of the spinning going on here is making me dizzy.

And not a Sony press release in sight!

 

[velvet_nitemare]

And not a Sony press release in sight!

Won't have to wait long for one of those, NPD's are coming out.

 

[Majine]

Both Nintendo and Sony's decision to not change their ways in the handheld business is going to give more space for iOS, Android, Facebook and so on for years to come.

Then again, NGP does have Call of Duty.

 

[m.i.s.]

3DS will start doing well when the games start coming. That's pretty much it I reckon.

I'm not so sure of this. I think a more permanent, structural change is taking place in the videogames software market.

Not only do you have relatively cash-poor teens and pre-teens who can now indulge their indiscriminate gaming appetites on household ios devices but you also have time poor adults who do have the cash but not enough time due to the vast amount of game content already out there.

I think this coming generation is going to be an absolute bloodbath. There will be no room AT ALL for mid-tier content and only your Pokemons, premium Mario, Zelda and premium content from Konami, Capcom etc will survive.

All the low-tier content has already migrated to ios, with Nintendo and Sony playing catch-up on their own downloadable services to round-off their respective game libraries.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Won't have to wait long for one of those, NPD's are coming out.

A little more than three days now, although I imagine the 3DS will be the talking point.

 

[GJS]

April 2005 after the DS launch the only game in the UK top 20 was Super Mario 64 DS, I can't find the full top 40 though, but that was a full month after launch.

If you go to the 3rd week after DS launch (Week Ending March 26 2005) the top 20 had Super Mario 64 and Warioware: Touched!

The DS had the first party titles to do that, 3DS doesn't.

 

[onipex]

The Nintendo system is once again doomed. Everyone knows that the 3DS is just the 3rd tier anyway.

 

[onQ123]

Both Nintendo and Sony's decision to not change their ways in the handheld business is going to give more space for iOS, Android, Facebook and so on for years to come.

Then again, NGP does have Call of Duty.

Sony has already changed with the Minis add PS Suite to that & the PSN games that will be made between PS3 & NGP what else is there for them to change?

 

[Dabanton]

The Nintendo system is once again doomed. Everyone knows that the 3DS is just the 3rd tier anyway.

I wouldn't say it's doomed but at the moment it has no particular point to it.

It's biggest rival ironically is the DS. Nintendo is going to have a very hard time getting people to switch over.

The new market they courted and captured with the DS will not be in a hurry to upgrade for a long while i think.

 

[Chris1964]

I see these stupid European ads of 3DS all the time on TV and I want to jump out of the window.

 

[Graphics Horse]

The new market they courted and captured with the DS will not be in a hurry to upgrade for a long while i think.

Yep, that's been my gut feeling for many months. That market certainly wasn't captured through flashy visuals.

 

[Kilrogg]

France:
Week 13, 2011

01 (__) [WII] Cyberbike (BigBen Interactive)
02 (03) [PS3] Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
03 (05) [360] Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
04 (__) [PS3] Shift 2 Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
05 (__) [NDS] Pokemon White (Nintendo)

Cyberbike WTF?

Okay seriously someone tell me what this game is and what's the deal. I have never heard anything about it, and clearly it's a France thing, since I don't think I saw it in any other charts.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Okay seriously someone tell me what this game is and what's the deal. I have never heard anything about it, and clearly it's a France thing, since I don't think I saw it in any other charts.

I can't believe it, but it's a goddam excersize bike that connects to your Wii.

 

[rpmurphy]

I can't believe it, but it's a goddam excersize bike that connects to your Wii.

Cool. Cycling in Wii Sports Resort would have been much more fun with an exercise bike.

 

[farnham]

nintendoom theory is rising again ?

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Lol.

 

[Graphics Horse]

http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen40544_charts-france-une-grosse-surprise-en-premiere-place.html

Seems to say that a hypermarket was basically giving them away? Reimbursing the full price of the game?!

It's been available since late 2009, although there was a more recent Magnetic edition.

 

[Kilrogg]

http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen40544_charts-france-une-grosse-surprise-en-premiere-place.html

Seems to say that a hypermarket was basically giving them away? Reimbursing the full price of the game?!

It's been available since late 2009, although there was a more recent Magnetic edition.
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Yeah, that's what it reads like. Haha, now that's funny.

 

[dabra]

UK
Top 40 best-selling entertainment products in 2010:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops [Activision Blizzard] – 3,266,298
2. Avatar [20th Century Fox] – 3,001,769
3. FIFA 11 [Electronic Arts] – 2,390,231
4. Toy Story 3 [Walt Disney Studios] – 2,082,461
5. Progress (Take That) [Universal Music] – 1,933,205
6. The Twilight Saga: New Moon [Entertainment One] – 1,889,187
7. The Twlight Saga: Eclipse [Entertainment One] – 1,334,490
8. Inception [Warner Home Video] – 1,328,290
9. Just Dance [Ubisoft] – 1,305,338
10. 2012 [Sony Pictures] – 1,298,705
11. Crazy Love (Michael Buble) [Warner Music] – 1,289,304
12. Now That’s What I Call Music 77 [EMI Music/UniversalMusic] – 1,255,006
13. The Hurt Locker [Elevation Sales] – 1,247,604
14. Up [Walt Disney Studios] – 1,236,066
15. Sherlock Holmes [Warner Home Video] – 1,217,637
16. Red Dead Redemption [Take-Two] – 1,135,559
17. The Fame (Lady Gaga) [Universal Music] – 1,104,504
18. The Hangover [Warner Home Video] – 1,024,546
19. Alice In Wonderland [Walt Disney Studios] – 943,220
20. Shrek Forever After - The Final Chapter [Paramount] – 928,726
21. Wii Fit Plus [Nintendo] – 920,811
22. Just Dance 2 [Ubisoft ] – 903,866
23. Loud (Rihanna) [Universal Music] – 881,588
24. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood [Ubisoft] – 880,755
25. The Defamation of Strickland Banks (Plan B) [Warner Music] – 867,698
26. Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang [Universal Pictures] – 831,572
27. Iron Man 2 [Paramount] – 826,595
28. Wii Sports Resort [Nintendo] – 818,554
29. Now That’s What I Call Music 76 [EMI Music/UniversalMusic] – 807,764
30. Sunny Side Up (Paolo Nutini) [Warner Music] – 807,751
31. The Element of Freedom (Alicia Keys) [Sony Music] – 806,340
32. Lungs (Florence & The Machine) [Universal Music] – 789,847
33. District 9 [Sony Pictures] – 781,336
34. Halo: Reach [Microsoft] – 781,331
35. Alvin & The Chipmunks – The Squeakquel [20th Century Fox] – 781,327
36. Clash Of The Titans [Warner Home Video] – 766,681
37. Sex And The City 2 [Warner Home Video] – 765,961
38. Recovery (Eminem) [Universal Music] – 764,875
39. Sign No More (Mumford & Sons) [Universal Music] – 746,461
40. Come Around Sundown (Kings of Leon) [Sony Music] – 729,001

Total: 47,472,262 units

 

[Shiggy]

The high 3DS price and the average (at best) lineup seem to pay off.

 

[jesusraz]

Italy:
Week 13, 2011

01 (01) [PS3] Crysis 2 Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
02 (03) [NDS] Pokemon Black (Nintendo)
03 (02) [360] Crysis 2 Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
04 (04) [NDS] Pokemon White (Nintendo
05 (__) [PS3] Shift 2: Unleashed Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
06 (05) [PS3] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
07 (06) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
08 (__) [360] Shift 2: Unleashed Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
09 (__) [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Nintendo)
10 (07) [WII] Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board (Nintendo)

Forget all the 3DS hoo-haa, just look at all the love Italy is showing Inazuma Eleven! That's the second time since launch that it's entered the Italian Top 10.

 

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

Lol.

Hi Namco, Port please?

 

[wrowa]

Sorry, no source on that. Not on the internet anyway, I know from a retail client.

A friend of mine works at a german Media Markt. He said literally the same thing.

 

[slaughterking]

Forget all the 3DS hoo-haa, just look at all the love Italy is showing Inazuma Eleven! That's the second time since launch that it's entered the Italian Top 10.

Aww, that's cool. I think an early 2012 release of IE2 may not be completely out of the question if IE has good enough legs to constantly sell some okay-ish numbers.

Also, I saw a 3DS for 239€ + any game you want from the current library for free in a big, local electronics market today. Those offers are becoming really good.

 

[dabra]

Denmark:
Week 14, 2011 - Entertainment Software (All Prices)

01 (02) Lego Star Wars Iii: The Clone Wars (Activision Blizzard)
02 (01) Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
03 (06) Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
04 (03) Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
05 (05) Shift 2: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
06 (04) The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)
07 (11) Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
08 (07) Homefront (Thq)
09 (09) Dragon Age Ii (Electronic Arts)
10 (08) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
11 (12) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard)
12 (10) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
13 (__) Gran Turismo 5 (Nordisk Film)
14 (15) Counter-strike: Source (Electronic Arts)
15 (__) Lego Batman: The Videogame (Warner Bros. Interactive)
16 (14) Singstar Danske Hits (Nordisk Film)
17 (17) Rift (Ubisoft)
18 (__) The Sims 3: Outdoor Living Stuff (Electronic Arts)
19 (16) World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Activision Blizzard)
20 (__) Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo)

Sweden:
Week 14, 2011

01 (__) [WII] Zumba Fitness
02 (02) [WII] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
03 (01) [PC] The Sims: Medieval
04 (04) [PS3] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
05 (05) [PS3] Crysis 2
06 (03) [360] Crysis 2
07 (07) [360] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
08 (09) [NDS] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
09 (10) [PC] Rift
10 (06) [PC] Crysis 2
11 (13) [PS3] Fifa 11
12 (20) [360] Fifa 11
13 (11) [NDS] Pokemon White
14 (__) [PC] The Sims 3
15 (17) [PC] World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
16 (__) [360] NHL 11
17 (__) [PC] Battlefield Bad Company 2
18 (14) [PC] Total War: Shogun 2
19 (16) [NDS] Pokemon Black
20 (__) [PC] StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

Germany:
Week 14, 2011

01 (04) [NDS] Pokemon White (Nintendo)
02 (01) [PS3] Crysis 2 Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
03 (05) [NDS] Pokemon Black (Nintendo)
04 (06) [WII] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Lucas Arts)
05 (02) [PS3] Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed - Limited Edition Electronic Arts)
06 (07) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
07 (03) [360] Crysis 2 Limited Edition (Electronic Arts)
08 (__) [PS3] Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts)
09 (09) [NDS] Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Lucas Arts)
10 (__) [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)

 

[sensi97]

2011* hw numbers (GFK) in France from an SCE France pr :

[PS3] 174,269
[WII] 131,404
[360] 107,000

source (fr) : http://www.boursier.com/actions/actualites/news/sony-50-millions-de-ps3-dans-le-monde-430014.html

* 27 December, 2010 - 10 April, 2011

 

[Loudninja]

Swedish chart
http://www.swedishgamesindustry.com/swedish-chart.aspx?t=w&w=14&y=2011

 

[wotter]

Netherlands:
Week 15, 2011

01 (05) [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
02 (03) [NDS] Pokémon White (Nintendo)
03 (04) [NDS] Pokémon Black (Nintendo)
04 (02) [PC] The Sims: Medieval (Electronic Arts)
05 (01) [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo)
06 (06) [PS3] Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)
07 (xx) [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
08 (xx) [WII] Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
09 (09) [WII] New Super Mario Bros Wii (Nintendo)
10 (08) [360] Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

Notes:
- CoD: Black Ops (ps3) #1 in the 22th week after release
- Since the launch of 3DS, not a single 3DS-title charted in the dutch top ten

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

If the US launch is anything like the Japanese and PAL launches, it will likely trail the DS and the 360, with only Street Fighter 4 putting up decent numbers.

Shostradamus strikes again.

The DS is selling as great as ever thanks to Pokemon in the West. It might be 6 months or more before 3DS sales start to consistently outpace it. Not at an ideal head start over NGP.

 

[subversus]

damn, Crysis 2 is still in top 3.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/18/uk-charts-zumba-fitness-still-top/

Good job, Crytek.

 

[Nirolak]

damn, Crysis 2 is still in top 3.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/18/uk-charts-zumba-fitness-still-top/

Good job, Crytek.

It seems to be doing really well on word of mouth, since it didn't seem to have a big launch.

I'm quite curious to see what it's at when EA reports shipments in May.

 

[subversus]

It seems to be doing really well on word of mouth

"DAT GRAPHICS MAN!!!11"

 

[szaromir]

damn, Crysis 2 is still in top 3.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/18/uk-charts-zumba-fitness-still-top/

Good job, Crytek.

And Homefront #6. FPS is still a popular genre. And Halo Reach > Kinect casualfest.

 

[Nirolak]

It seems the full data is up.

1 1 ZUMBA FITNESS WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
2 2 CRYSIS 2 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 3 POKEMON BLACK VERSION DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 4 POKEMON WHITE VERSION DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 5 HOMEFRONT XB360 THQ THQ
10 6 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
27 7 WII PARTY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
26 8 FIFA 11 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 9 JUST DANCE 2 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
22 10 WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 11 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 12 ART ACADEMY DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
5 13 CRYSIS 2 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 14 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS WII LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
- 15 LITTLEBIGPLANET 2 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
11 16 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS XB360 LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
16 17 HOMEFRONT PS3 THQ THQ
30 18 BULLETSTORM XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
18 19 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS DS LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
19 20 MOTORSTORM: APOCALYPSE PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- 21 MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
32 22 HALO: REACH XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
21 23 KILLZONE 3 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
4 24 SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 25 FIFA 11 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
36 26 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
28 27 WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 28 FABLE III XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 29 RED DEAD REDEMPTION PS3 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
15 30 WWE ALL STARS XB360 THQ THQ
33 31 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 PC SEGA SEGA
- 32 KINECT SPORTS XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 33 ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
17 34 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS PS3 LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
- 35 TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 XB360 ATARI NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
- 36 RED DEAD REDEMPTION XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
12 37 SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
34 38 DRAGON AGE II XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 39 ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
23 40 THE SIMS: MEDIEVAL PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS

‘Zumba Fitness’ from 505 Games takes a second consecutive week at No1, sales down just 8% overall as the new Wii version only drops 10% over last week (90% of the sales) and the older 360 version actually climbs 14% over last week.

Lucasarts’ ‘Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars’ climbs one place, back up to No2 (-12%) which is where it debuted 4 weeks ago. EA’s ‘Crysis 2’ drops one place to No3 (-32%) and the publisher actually has 4 titles in the Top 10 this week (one more than last week) – ‘FIFA 11’ climbs 8 places to No4 (+88%) thanks to retail promotion, ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters’ drops one place to No5 (-11%) and ‘Shift 2: Unleashed’ drops 5 places to No10 (-46%). Sandwiched in-between No 5 ‘Tiger’ and No10 ‘Shift’ are THQ’s ‘Homefront (-8%) stable at No6, Nintendo’s ‘Pokemon Black’ up one place to No7 (+17%), ‘Pokemon White’ also up one place to No8 (+13%) and Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ (+62%) up 4 places to No9. There were plenty of retailer deals to be had for the Easter holidays, such as Warner Bros. Interactive’s ‘Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4’ (+112%), up 12 places to No11 and Rockstar/Take 2’s ‘Red Dead Redemption’ (+458%) a re-entry at No13 and last seen in this chart back in week 4, 2011.

The only new SKUs within the Top 40 show as a re-entry, as Ubisoft’s 360 Kinect/PS3 Move versions of ‘Michael Jackson: The Experience’ join the late Nov10 versions on Wii/DS/PSP – the title re-enters at No15 (+324%) and the 360 version takes a commanding 64% of total sales, highest new entry on the Xbox 360 FP chart at No7.