Console Sales and Debate Thread

[Viper]

We need an Offical Software Sales Thread

I have them in the Video Games board but I need to update them and that won't be possible until early January.

[dnpmakkah]

With all the hard work you'll likely put into it you might as well make the thread in here. That way you'll feel appreciated for all the man hours you put into it

[cliffbo]

We need an Offical Software Sales Thread

why not make this thread a hardware and software sales thread?!

[cliffbo]

Famitsu charts for the week ending 16th December,2007

GT5 Prologue debuted with 108,000 copies in retail sales. The data for online downloads have not been available. Kingdom under Fire on X360 flopped with 15000 copies . Wii sales have increased by astronomical amounts and the Wii-Fit has managed to sell around 120,000 copies.Mario Party DS topped the chart with 160,000 copies. The PSP sales have almost doubled from last week.

SOFTWARE:-

Mario Party DS (DS) : about 160k (total about 763k)

Wii Fit (Wii) : about 120k (total about 527k)

GT5 Prologue (PS3) : about 108k

DQ4 (DS) : about 78k (total about 854k)

Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS) : about 73k (total about 482k)

Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) : about 71k (total about 571k)

Wii Sports (Wii) : about 68k (total about 2.26m)

Wii Play (Wii) : about 67k (total about 1.81m)

Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (Wii) : about 58k (total about 207k)

Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon (Wii) : about 44k

HARDWARE:-

Wii : about 168k

DSL : about 249k

PS3 : about 53k

PS2 : about 21k

PSP : about 158k

360 : about 8.7k

http://www.n4g.com/News-94033.aspx

[Luis]

GT5P sold 108K in three days, not bad! Plus an unknown amount of PSN downloads.

[jaxmkii]

handhelds rule japan

[cliffbo]

i think a lot of people overlook the three-pronged attack of Sony and concentrate too much on the PS3... the PS2 is important because it inspires more people to want a Sony product. the same can be said for the PSP, but it also helps to promote the PS3 and visa versa.

[ddaryl]

GT5P sold 108K in three days, not bad! Plus an unknown amount of PSN downloads.

I thought that total was weak myself... This is gran Turismo.. I expected every Japanese PS3 owner to have purchased it within 2 days.

[cliffbo]

I thought that total was weak myself... This is gran Turismo.. I expected every Japanese PS3 owner to have purchased it within 2 days.

there are no download numbers in and give it a month

[Segitz]

I thought that total was weak myself... This is gran Turismo.. I expected every Japanese PS3 owner to have purchased it within 2 days.

Well, the Prologues never sell that well, compared to the full games...

Looking at GT4P, it "only" sold about 1.3mil units, compared to GT4s 8.8mil units (and GT4 had a massive PS2 install base to boot)

And since this is still japan only (and GTs sell their most units in Europe), we can only guess, that this game may already crack the 1mil units sold worldwide (GT4P sold 790k units in Japan and was never officially released in the US)

[tolkyn]

Insane PAL numbers! PS3 sells 338,000 units in one week and beats X360 with 120,000!

VGChartz PAL numbers week ending 22nd Dec:

DS 821,575
Wii 448,127
PS3 338,006
PSP 271,056
X360 218,636

[Luis]

Wow, those numbers are awesome. Thanks to the 40 GB PS3, I guess.

[Segitz]

Wow, those numbers are awesome. Thanks to the 40 GB PS3, I guess.

Yeah, the PS3 overtook the 360 in TOTAL sales in Germany! In 9 Months, against ~23 (or whatever) at a higher average price.

Now, only the UK need to turn around and buy PS3s, then we are all set


I just hope, Sony sees this movement and doesn't delay every other product they release in Europe... As they can see, Europe is a VERY viable market, with a higher "profit margin" (games cost here more than anywhere else, hence the profit must be higher, as the production cost is virtually the same).

Nintendo is guilty of this too, in Europe. Pretty sad actually, as doing regional conversions wasn't a problem with the Sega Genesis (ok, Sonic 1 ran slower than the 60Hz version^^), so Sony and Nintendo shouldn't have a problem either.

[Luis]

Sony really needs to get more software out and of higher quality and greater appeal in Europe because the hardware sales will be there. This also applies to all territories, but the software marketing needs to improve.

[KRA]

well the delay wans't that bad...
it's not like sony was ready even at european launch that much anyway

[Shogun042]

yeah that's what i'm thinking. a better, more well supplied launch with more games did wonders for Sony in Europe.

[Diresu]

I am just surprised how well PSP is selling

[Raitei]

cools.. most people i know around here have PS3's or 360's more people tend to be buying ps3s than 360s

and segitz, im pretty sure theres some sill ammount of tax in the EU that makes games the price they are, otherwise we would see a fsck load of lawsuits

[Luis]

True, those stupid European taxes... also, we have to import hardware because it's not manufactured here.

[Fats]

Insane PAL numbers! PS3 sells 338,000 units in one week and beats X360 with 120,000!

VGChartz PAL numbers week ending 22nd Dec:

DS 821,575
Wii 448,127
PS3 338,006
PSP 271,056
X360 218,636

Count me as one sale in there.