Games Sales Data

DS takes a big lead long term.

December 23, 2004 - According to retail sales tracking service Media Create, Nintendo DS games continue to lead the pack in the Japanese handheld sector. Wario Ware Touched! (Sawaru Made in Wario) and Super Mario 64 DS sold a cumulative 249,000 and 241,000 copies respectively in Japan, nabbing spots #4 and #5 on the weekly sales chart ending December 19, 2004.

Sales of the two DS games nearly tripled those of Sony PSP's biggest seller, Ridge Racers, which sold 87,000 copies since its launch on December 12. At the same time, Game Boy Advance title sales are also still going strong.

1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2): 487,000 units (487,000 total)
2. Tales of Rebirth (PS2): 372,000 (372,000)
3. Dragon Quest VIII (PS2): 116.000 (3,113,000)
4. Wario Ware Touched! (DS): 75,000 (249,000)
5. Super Mario 64 DS (DS): 68,000 (241,000l)
6. Daito Giken Koushiki Pachislo Simulator Yoshimune (PS2): 57,000 (234,000)
7. Pokemon Emerald (GBA): 57,000 (1,250,000)
8. Mario Party 6 (GCN): 57,000 (268,000)
9. Dynasty Warriors (PSP, Koei): 56,000 (56,000)
10. Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team of Blues (GBA): 54,000 (120,000)

Though the newly released Shin Sangoku Musou (Dynasty Warriors) for PSP landed the #9 spot on the weekly charts with 56,000 units, DS launch title Pokemon Dash (#15) also still remains ahead with a cumulative 109,000 sold copies. Konami's new Metal Gear Acid for PSP made its entry on #20 with 24,000 copies in three days of sales.

Japanese publishers remain optimistic about the PSP's future in Japan, citing the low number of systems available in stores as one of the primary reasons why PSP software sales are comparatively low. Nintendo expects to ship 2.8 million DS units to Japanese and American retailers by the end of the year, guaranteeing continued brisk software sales and a faster growing install base.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/575/575624p1.html

the only company that can beat sony is microsoft. nintendo is in some serious shit it's just a matter of time. in every marke they're faced sony, they're lost. the psp will do thesame to the ds that the psx did o the 64 or ps2 to the gamecube.

nintendo is my favorite non-Neo company and it's sad.

pretas said:

the only company that can beat sony is microsoft. nintendo is in some serious shit it's just a matter of time. in every marke they're faced sony, they're lost. the psp will do thesame to the ds that the psx did o the 64 or ps2 to the gamecube.

nintendo is my favorite non-Neo company and it's sad.

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Fuck that! How much of a market share does Microsoft have with the Xbox?

Is this why Tonk wants to sell his PSP?

pretas said:

the only company that can beat sony is microsoft. nintendo is in some serious shit it's just a matter of time. in every marke they're faced sony, they're lost. the psp will do thesame to the ds that the psx did o the 64 or ps2 to the gamecube.

nintendo is my favorite non-Neo company and it's sad.

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Hey, why don't we NOT talk about the thread's topic, and then post shit that deliberately ignores OBVIOUS data posted in the topic?

Because, you know, being retarded is hip.

Right now, Sony has the uphill battle. The Ds is doing better against the PSP than the XBox has ever dreamed against the PS2. So far, so good for the DS.

We'll seee what Sony can do when they can actually get systems out the door.

pretas said:

the only company that can beat sony is microsoft. nintendo is in some serious shit it's just a matter of time. in every marke they're faced sony, they're lost. the psp will do thesame to the ds that the psx did o the 64 or ps2 to the gamecube.

nintendo is my favorite non-Neo company and it's sad.

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Well Nintendo's always faced competition in the Home console market. That's something they've constantly dealt with. However almost nothing in the handheld market has ever been able to touch them. It's probably Nintendo's strongest area. There have been tons of newcomers as well. Consider all the handheld's that failed to the Gameboy variations.

Sony may be doing well in the console market, but I think that trying to take on Nintendo in the handheld market was something they shouldn't have done. As appears obvious so far.

Great, the top 3 sellers are PlayStation2 titles. Sony won.

gamejunkie said:

Is this why Tonk wants to sell his PSP?

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No, because it sucks.

TonK said:

No, because it sucks.

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Well, that's not good... I already have $90 down on one at Gamestop.

The_Chosen_One said:

Well Nintendo's always faced competition in the Home console market. That's something they've constantly dealt with. However almost nothing in the handheld market has ever been able to touch them. It's probably Nintendo's strongest area. There have been tons of newcomers as well. Consider all the handheld's that failed to the Gameboy variations.

Sony may be doing well in the console market, but I think that trying to take on Nintendo in the handheld market was something they shouldn't have done. As appears obvious so far.

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Don't totally misconstrue this data. It does show a widening base and sales gap, and if the PSP is damned that's certainly what will do it, however it's still difficult to say what numbers will look like as we get further from launch.

From cubed3

Software Sales - This Week | Total Units

1.) Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special (PS2, Square Enix) - 201,005 | NEW
2.) Super Mario 64 DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 150,550 | 416,125
3.) Mario Party 6 (GC, Nintendo) - 138,124 | 416,563
4.) Yoshi no Banyuu Inryoku (GBA, Nintendo) - 112,663 | 161,344
5.) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2, Konami) - 110,438 | 658,624
6.) Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GC, Nintendo) - 107,467 | 153,467
7.) Sawaru Made in Wario (NDS, Nintendo) - 106,861 | 377,243
8.) Rockman EXE 5 Team of Blues (GBA, Capcom) - 105,104 | 225,104
9.) Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi (PS2, Square Enix) - 104,211 | 3,103,477
10.) Konjiki no Gashbell! Yuujou no Dengeki 2 (GBA, Konami) - 102,201 | NEW

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Hardware Sales - This Week | Last Week | Year Sales

1.) Nintendo DS - 396,674 | 221,625 | 1,286,074
2.) Game Boy Advance SP - 190,268 | 80,271 | 2,530,961
3.) PlayStation 2 - 188,134 | 112,970 | 2,691,666
4.) GameCube - 108,311 | 29,991 | 696,839
5.) PSP - 107,217 | 85,059 | 352,295
6.) Gameboy Advance - 3,877 | 1,270 | 198,025
7.) XBOX - 704 | 499 | 37,083
8.) PSone - 90 | 40 | 14,029
9.) Swan Crystal - 76 | 70 | 7,464

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