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Worldwide Software Sales
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John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Can we get totals per top 20 per system/region too.
GaimeGuy said:I still think you suck for not being consistent and citing your sources.
Consistent? In what way?
And what exactly do you mean by citing the sources? You want me to list every single financial report / piece of leaked data / calculation / whitepaper / old saved webpage that no longer exists etc used to compile the list? That would probably take almost as long to put together as the chart itself.
Cold Shadow
Member
where did you get the others numbers, because by only looking at them you'll now that they are incorrect. SSBM sold way more then a million in eu, that's for sure.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
What did Kingdom Hearts II do in japan?
And seeing something like Two Towers on there over something like Dragon Quest VIII just seems odd to me, heh
And seeing something like Two Towers on there over something like Dragon Quest VIII just seems odd to me, heh
LanceStern
Banned
I use this list because it's very helpful. Though my Smash number is higher (I have it at 1.5 million in EU/Other for 6.52 worldwide) the rest seems very accurate.
This, as you know, is all accessbile in TEVS. Which unfortunately has been delayed this month because I have to figure out a way to get some NPD updates for it...
This, as you know, is all accessbile in TEVS. Which unfortunately has been delayed this month because I have to figure out a way to get some NPD updates for it...
For Gamecube there's only and always the Nintendo Software Domination.
A Plus, because Nintendo make a lot of money even without sell a ton of console.
A Minus, because the Third Party Support is low.
That's good and bad for Nintendo at the same time. I doubt that this situation will change some day.
A Plus, because Nintendo make a lot of money even without sell a ton of console.
A Minus, because the Third Party Support is low.
That's good and bad for Nintendo at the same time. I doubt that this situation will change some day.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
ioi said:
FFX also beats Halo 2. So much for being "dead."
shipped figures in japan from the latest brain age press release:
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060405/kyodo/d8gpkp900.html
brain training 1 - 2 million
brain training 2 - 1.9 million
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060405/kyodo/d8gpkp900.html
brain training 1 - 2 million
brain training 2 - 1.9 million
The Singstar series, as of Dec 2005 has sold 3.6 million copies over four games (One, Singstar 80's was released just before then) so at least one, probably the original is a million seller.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=14968
Towards the bottom.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=14968
Towards the bottom.
ziran said:
Indeed, and as of last week we had 2.48m for Animal Crossing announced by Iwata at GDC and 1.19m for Brain Flex.
WHich, shock horror, seem much closer to the 'adjusted' numbers I use on the Japanese weekly section of E&N than Media Create / Famitsu:
As of this week (AC shipped numbers is as of a week ago, so take 90k off):
http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japtotals.php?name=&maker=&console=DS
Which is very close to the shipment figure, given that we already know that Nintendo tend to be very efficient with shipments and don't ship much more at a given point than has been sold, this all ties up nicely.
Note: the weekly numbers are derived from a combination of the shipment numbers given by publishers and the weekly sales trends given by data services such as Famitsu and Media Create.
el Croux said:
Great find! There are definitely games like this that are still missing, especially European-only games which are very difficult to find data for, so thanks!
If people know of any more omissions then please keep them coming, also any kind soul with data that may be of use is free to pm me or whatever...
Mr. Pointy
Member
Could ask the same about MGS3.
Anyway, is there any more info about that sales of RE4 on both the GC and PS2?
Anyway, is there any more info about that sales of RE4 on both the GC and PS2?
Bearillusion
Banned
ioi your avatar makes me feel ill.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
RaijinFY said:
Less than KH 1
Do we really expect it to do 3 million in NA?
Well, I don't watch a lot of TV, and I've seen the commerical a buncha times... that always helps, haha.
Good game though.
Jiggy37 said:
It does indeed. Well I've kind of followed how Nintendo themselves release the data and how tracking firms tend to publish it. Yellow was released a good year after R/G/B so although it is an extension to the first game I do think it's significantly different to warrant a seperate entry. Most people will buy either Red or Blue, but I'd have thought a large number of them will go back and buy Yellow as well when it comes out.
i'm wondering what each brain training will end up selling in japan? their sales are continuing to be just astonishing! i mean is it feesible for each game to top 5 million? they are (relatively) cheap and have such universal appeal, their potential is very difficult to estimate.ioi said:
similarly for animal crossing. is 4 million+ possible?
ziran said:
Well we are in unprecidented territory really, and the only comparison that comes even close is the original Pokemon.
All three titles are well beyond any type of sales pattern. To be honest the way I'd look at it is as follows:
-The games will continue to sell in the top 10 at 50k+ a week for a certain time. You have to imagine that sales will drop off eventually, but who knows when? I can certainly see it continuing through April and early May just because of the strength of the hardware which seems to be driving software at the moment, but after that who knows? If AC / BT2 continues at around 80k a week and BT at 50k until mid-May we'll be at:
Animal Crossing- 3.0m
Brain Training- 2.3m
Brain Training 2- 2.4m
-At some point you have to see the games tail off. If this does start to happen mid-May (no reason necessarily why it should, but worst case) then if you compare to something like Pokemon Red/Green/Blue (which obviously had a stupidly huge period of selling about 150k a week and then dropped back down to more reasonable levels in about week 100 after the 2nd xmas) then the title still sold another 1.5m after that. I think that even when these games do begin to drop back to sub 30k a week, they will still have another million left in them at least and Brain Trainings maybe moreso that AC, an advantage of being released towards the start of a systems life.
Based on all this, as a MINIMUM I'd have to say that the following is achievable.
Animal Crossing- 4.0m
Brain Training- 3.5m
Brain Training 2- 3.8m
And if I was being a betting man and assuming that this current period will probably last even longer through the year, I'd say:
Animal Crossing- 4.5m
Brain Training- 4.0m
Brain Training 2- 4.3m
Which would put the games easily in the top ten EVER in Japan and really would be more than any Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Mario Kart and so on have ever sold. You have to look forward to the release of Pokemon D/P towards the end of the year and whether that will boost or eat into the sales of these games, I suspect the former and you'd have to guess Pokemon at around 6m as well, so the list of 4-million sellers in Japan could look something like:
Pokemon R/B/G- 10.23
Pokemon G/S- 7.21
Super Mario Bros- 6.81
Pokemon D/P- 6.50
Pokemon R/S- 5.29
Animal Crossing- 4.50
Brain Training 2- 4.30
Tetris- 4.24
Super Mario Land- 4.19
Dragon Quest VII- 4.12
Brain Training- 4.00
Scary stuff indeed !
HyperZone<3
Member
Your list sucks, there's way too many EA games in there. Fix it.
Thanks a bunch actually, that is some dang fascinating stuff right there.
lancubap said:
Umm dude, you are aware that the Nintendo figure includes all titles with the Nintendo seal of approval? Oh wait, did you actually think that 2,000,000,000 Nintendo-developed/published games had been sold? LOL! Its an umbrella figure, it should read more like "2 Billion games have been sold on Nintendo platforms"...
Although people only buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games amirite? I have no friggin clue. :lol
Just to put it into perspective over 1 Billion games have been sold on the PS2, thats one platform in something like five years, thats using the same method I believe. Oh and when you include PS1 software sales I wouldn't be suprised if Sony's total was within 2 Billion.
