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December 11th, 2009 at 03:17am
Under Wii / Nintendo
Nintendo has responded to the November NPD results by praising its record-setting month, but with almost 3 million hardware units sold last month you can hardly blame them.
Nintendo claimed the top two spots on the hardware chart, representing over half of all videogame systems sold in the US in November. The DS sold almost 1.7 million units in November, setting a record for the most handheld videogame systems sold in the month of November and beating the previous record of 1.57 million held by the Nintendo DS in 2008. Meanwhile the Wii sold over 1.25 million units in November, making it the fastest-selling home console to reach the 23 million install base in the US.
Nintendo also performed well on the software side of things, with four games published for Nintendo consoles in the Top 10. New Super Mario Bros. Wii finished at number 3 with 1.4 million units after launching on the 15th of November. The publisher’s internal sales figures show that the new Mario title has already passed the two million sales mark when December sales are included. Wii Sports Resort charted at number 6 with 580 000 copies, Wii Fit Plus at number 7 with 490 000 copies and Mario Kart Wii at number 10 with 310 000 copies.
Nintendo also revealed that six of the Top 10 best-selling games of 2009 until November play on Nintendo systems. Wii Fit features at number 2 with 3.5 million, Wii Sports Resort at number 3 with 2.4 million, Mario Kart Wii at number 4 with 2.2 million, Wii Play at number 5 with 2.1 million, Pokemon Platinum at number 6 with 1.9 million and New Super Mario Bros. Wii at number 10 with 1.4 million. Wii Fit Plus is also a favourite among gamers with 1.1 million units sold as of the end of November.
“Nintendo products top Amazon.com’s Most Wished For and Most Gifted lists for video games, and Wii remains at or near the top of the most-searched for video game terms on Yahoo!,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “As families and friends gather for the holidays, Nintendo games offer the best shared experiences.”
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By Mister-X
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December 11th, 2009 at 02:30am
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While November was a blockbuster month which saw AAA titles such as Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2 and Dragon Age: Origins hitting shelves across the US, the latest data from US tracking firm NPD Group shows that sales of the videogame industry in the US fell by 7.6% to $2.699 billion in November.
Despite the knock-on effect that these best-selling titles had in boosting sales of their respective consoles, hardware sales also recorded a decrease this past month, down 13.4% to $1.05 billion. And even software sales suffered a 3.1% decline to $1.406 billion, while accessories dropped by 5.5% to $242.2 million.
Nintendo once again dominated the hardware side of things, with the Nintendo DS selling an impressive 1.7 million units and the Wii not too far behind with 1.26 million units. The Xbox 360 outsold the PS3, with Microsoft’s console recording sales of 819 500 units and Sony’s 710 400. The PSP followed with 293 900 units and the PS2 with 203 100.
Modern Warfare 2 dominates
As expected Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ruled the software roost with a combined total of 6.07 million copies sold during November. The Xbox 360 version triumphed at number 1 with a whopping 4.2 million copies sold, followed by the PS3 version in second place with 1.87 million copies.
According to NPD analyst Anita Frazier, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has achieved the top spot for first-month sales of any game at the title level. Halo 3 previously held the spot when it sold 3.3 million units in September ‘07 in 12 days at retail. MW2 bested Halo 3’s daily sales rate by 16% in its 19 days at retail in November.”
“While this year’s top-selling item bested last year’s by 283%, it couldn’t make up for softness elsewhere. The top 50 games this year sold 5% less units than did the top 50 last year.”
New Super Mario Bros. Wii proved that Mario still has what it takes, debuting at number 3 with 1.39 million copies. Assassin’s Creed II for the Xbox 360 was new at number 4 with 794 700 copies, while the PS3 version also debuted in the Top 10 at number 8 with 448 400 copies. Left 4 Dead 2 for the Xbox 360 entered the charts at number 5 with 744 000 copies while Dragon Age: Origins for the Xbox 360 was new at number 9 with 362 100 copies.
Nintendo also claimed another three spots in the Top 10 with evergreens Wii Sports Resort at number 6 with 720 200, Wii Fit Plus at number 7 with 679 000 copies and Mario Kart Wii in tenth with 315 000 copies.
Looking ahead
However, Frazier believes it’s not all gloom and doom despite the decline in the industry. “The industry declined 7.6% versus last November, but still produced enough revenue to make this month the second-best November in industry history. YTD the industry is still up 7% over 2007. I think we all have to realize the incredible year that was 2008.”
“Based on seasonality the industry looks like it will reach $20B for the year, which means December would have to be up over last year by 11%. Impossible? I don’t think so. More positive economic news combined with ‘frugal fatigue’ could positively impact industry sales during these last weeks of the holiday season. Breaking even seems more out of reach. In order to break even to last year, December sales would have to be up 36% over December 2008.”
US Videogame Industry Totals for November 2009
Below is a list of the category, followed by the total and the change in brackets.
- Video games – $2.699 billion (-7.6%)
- Video games hardware – $1.05 billion (-13.4%)
- Video games software – $1.406 billion (-3.1%)
- Video game accessories – $242.2 million (-5.5%)
Hardware Sales for November 2009
- Nintendo DS – 1.7 million
- Wii – 1.26 million
- Xbox 360 – 819 500
- PS3 – 710 400
- PSP – 293 900
- PS2 – 203 100
Top Ten Software Sales for November 2009
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Xbox 360) – 4.2 million
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, PS3) – 1.87 million
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 1.39 million
- Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft, Xbox 360) – 794 700
- Left 4 Dead 2 (EA, Xbox 360) – 744 000
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii) – 720 200
- Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii) – 679 000
- Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft, PS3) – 448 400
- Dragon’s Age: Origins (EA, Xbox 360) – 362 100
- Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 315 000
(Figures include Collector’s Edition and non-hardware bundles)
Source: NPD
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By Mister-X
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December 7th, 2009 at 10:12am
Under Wii / Nintendo
The release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Japan has broken Nintendo’s own sales records for the publisher’s Wii console, becoming the biggest sales debut for a Wii game ever with an enormous 422 000 units sold on its first day of availability.
The title then went on to sell 936 734 copies over the rest of the week in Japan, edging in ahead of Super Smash Bros. Brawl (which only managed 816 000 units sold in one week) in terms of first week sales numbers for the region.
The prophecy that Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime and research firm EEDAR mentioned a while back may just become true after all.
Source: Kotaku and AndriaSang
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By Mister-X
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December 1st, 2009 at 12:22pm
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It’s just been announced that Left 4 Dead 2, Valve’s follow-up cooperative zombie shooter, has reached over two million units sold in the two weeks it’s been available at retail.
According to Valve, the comparative sales performance of the game is more than double that of the original Left 4 Dead which released exactly one year before its sequel, benefiting from Thanksgiving ‘Black Friday’ sales promotions in North America.
VP of marketing at Valve Doug Lombardi beamed:
“Left 4 Dead 2 is off to a great start with strong support at retail and great reviews from the press. Meanwhile the title has already been played by over 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold account holders, and news regarding L4D2 DLC 1 is coming very soon.”
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By Mister-X
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:07am
Under DS+ PS3+ Wii / Nintendo
Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have all released figures and indications of their various consoles’ sales successes over the Thanksgiving sales period in the US, and by the looks of things, they all have some big sales numbers to shout about.
Nintendo arguably has the most to boast, with 550 000 Wii consoles and an incredibly astounding 1 million DS/DSi consoles sold over the week of Thanksgiving in the US (which encompasses November 22nd through November 28th), adding up to over 1.5 million Nintendo consoles sold in this period alone!
To put these numbers into further perspective, Nintendo points out that this means 150 of their consoles were sold every minute of the week, or more than 2.5 consoles were sold every second.
As a result of these numbers, Nintendo sales and marketing VP Cammie Dunaway earned the right to release this modest statement:
“Holiday shoppers are finding value in our products’ prices, and through a gameplay experience that is unique to Nintendo.”
Quite.
Sony’s sales numbers for the week of Thanksgiving were relatively impressive, too, as 440 000 PS3 consoles were sold during this period. Sony’s Sr. Corporate Communications director Patrick Seybold stated:
“The 2009 holiday season got off to an amazing start for PlayStation, with all key retailers showing a significant increase for PS3, PSP and key holiday titles over Black Friday and the holiday weekend.
“In today’s economy, consumers are drawn to items that offer the most value for their money, making the PS3 an ideal choice for those who want a comprehensive gaming and entertainment system all in one package.”
Nice.
Last, but not least, Microsoft only gave a rough indication of the sales performance of its Xbox 360 console, as Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Aaron Greenberg tweeted on his Twitter account:
“Great [BlackFriday] results just in, biggest sales week of the year for [Xbox360], more than 2xs previous week sales.”
According to data from VGChartz, last year the Xbox 360 sold roughly 390 000 units over the Thanksgiving week, which leads us to believe that this year the console could have sold as much as 800 000 units, but this isn’t yet confirmed.
What does this mean for the upcoming Christmas sales period in the US? Will we see increased sales numbers, numbers on par with Thanksgiving, or a reduction?
My bet is the Christmas period is going to be a whopper of a show, and may in all likelihood dwarf the relative sales figures we’re seeing displayed after the craziness that is the Thanksgiving shopping gauntlet. What say you?
Source: Gamasutra, Gamasutra again, Twitter and VGChartz
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By Mister-X
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November 27th, 2009 at 11:37am
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According to Activision Blizzard’s internal sales data, as well as third-party sales data from sales trackers NPD Group, Chart-Track and Gfk, the publisher’s Call of Duty franchise recently surpassed 55 million units sold worldwide, resulting in over $3 billion in sales.
These numbers were achieved with the release of the latest iteration of the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare 2, which launched on November 10th worldwide and generated $550 million in sales during its first five days on sale.
If these numbers weren’t enough, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick added, “Call Of Duty has become one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time. If you consider the number of hours our audiences are engaged in playing Call of Duty games, it is likely to be one of the most viewed of all entertainment experiences in modern history.”
Source: Gamasutra
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By Mister-X
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November 25th, 2009 at 03:06am
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Nintendo’s latest handheld, the revised edition of the DSi known as the DSi LL (and DSi XL in Europe), released last Saturday (November 22nd) in Japan, and according to data published by the local sales tracker, Enterbrain, the new console managed to sell 103 524 in only two days.
Compared to the launch of the original DSi in Japan at the end of 2008, and over a similar period of time, that console managed to shift around 170 000 units, while the PSPgo only sold 28 725 units during its first day on sale when it released earlier this year.
Source: Kotaku
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By Mister-X
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November 24th, 2009 at 10:38am
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According to Ubisoft’s internal estimates, Assassin’s Creed II, the publisher’s latest action adventure game which released over the week of November 17th, has gone on to sell an impressive 1.6 million units worldwide during its first week on sale.
Compared to the release of the original Assassin’s Creed in 2007, this number represents a 32% increase over that title’s launch week sales.
While a far cry from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s
first week sales figures, 1.6 million units is extraordinary, and doesn’t even represent a full week of availability in most of Europe, having only released in that territory last Friday (November 20th).
Check out El33tonline’s previous coverage of Assassin’s Creed II to find out more about the stealth-action free-running adventure game.
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By Mister-X
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November 18th, 2009 at 10:11am
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Activision has begun tooting its horn again regarding sales of their latest mega-blockbuster hit, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Not only did Modern Warfare 2 sell an incredible 4.7 million units on day one, and gross an amazing $310 million, Activision now informs us that in a five day period following the launch of Modern Warfare 2, the game has become the “biggest entertainment launch in history” and has “set a new worldwide estimated five-day sell-through record of approximately $550 million, according to internal Activision estimates.”
Lots of estimations in there, but amazing if accurate.
To go along with their estimates, Activision released a few comparisons to the rest of the entertainment industry, just to put the numbers in perspective:
- The largest reported five-day opening worldwide box office gross figures, held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million)
- The largest reported five-day opening domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($203.8 million)
- The largest reported five-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (6 million units, $500 million)
- The largest reported opening first-day domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($66.4 million)
- The largest reported first-day book sales in dollars, held by Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows ($220 million)
- The largest reported first-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (3.6 million units, $310 million)
Additionally, Modern Warfare 2 has broken records on Xbox LIVE, with the following interesting titbits released by Microsoft:
- More than 5.2 million multiplayer hours were logged playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first day alone.
- More than 2.2 million unique gamers played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in one day on November 10th. A new one-day record for Xbox LIVE.
- More than 11 million achievements were unlocked on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first day.
Naturally, Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick, was in a good mood:
“In just five days of sell through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the largest entertainment launch in history and a pop culture phenomenon,” said Kotick, no doubt beaming.
“The title’s success redefines entertainment as millions of consumers have chosen to play Modern Warfare 2 at unprecedented levels rather than engage in other forms of media.”
Data from NPD for the month of November is going to be extremely interesting…
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By Mister-X
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November 13th, 2009 at 04:16am
Under PS3
The NPD results for October have just been released, showing that Brutal Legend failed to earn itself a spot in the US Top 10 software chart.
The heavy metal inspired action adventure game from developer Tim Schafer sold a combined total of 215 400 copies. The Xbox 360 version was tops with 150 000 units while the PS3 sold just 66 000 units.
El33tonline enjoyed our time spent with Eddie Riggs, read our review of Brutal Legend to find out more about the game.
Source: Gamespot
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