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[Kenka]

I haven't exactly understood the last two posts but 700k in January for Wii is simply not possible... it's just too much.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Depends on how the weeks matched up with NPD last year compared to this year.

I can't speak for how Nintendo defines "January", but it seems like NPD's version is pretty similar last year and this.

2008: January 6 - February 2
2009: January 4 - January 31

 

[HK-47]

It would be an awesome day on GAF if MS ends up selling Rare back to Nintendo. :lol

I wonder how much Rare is worth right now.

Why? Rare does things other than make games for them. Like helping with NXE and aiding other studios. If MS can drop Ensemble then Rare must be doing something worth keeping them for

 

[botticus]

I can't speak for how Nintendo defines "January", but it seems like NPD's version is pretty similar last year and this.

2008: January 6 - February 2
2009: January 4 - January 31

Yeah, just went back to look at it. I guess the fact of the matter is if they're going with full weeks, then they purely estimated for Week 4, since it hasn't even ended yet. The alternative being that December 28-January 3 (or something along those lines) is the first week of January for them. That fits with the Wii Fit graph, unless its sales the last week of November were the same as the first week of January.

For reference if any haven't seen it yet:

 

[donny2112]

They specifically mention for the European graph that week 1 was affected by sales for Three Kings day in Spain. Three Kings day is January 5th, so weeks 2-4 on Nintendo's chart are weeks 1-3 for January's NPD period. I'll re-post these graphs in the monthly prediction thread, so everyone can get the same "help."

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

I haven't exactly understood the last two posts but 700k in January for Wii is simply not possible... it's just too much.

They decided not to sacrifice January for December? And they sacrificed December for November? Lol worthy indeed.

 

[cw_sasuke]

IGN Voicechat Podcast

- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World has sold just over 95,000 - NPD numbers

Nice numbers i guess... how much did Vesperia sell ?

 

[Log4Girlz]

Banjo failed because A. no one cares about the license anymore (speaking about the general public) and B. for anyone who had an ounce of nostalgia the genre was simply confusing. Microsoft should have insisted on a traditional 3d platformer true to Banjo's roots, since you know...they're such a rarity these days.

 

[SilverLunar]

IGN Voicechat Podcast

- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World has sold just over 95,000

Nice numbers i guess... how much did Vesperia sell ?

Man, the series just doesn't sell that much does it?

 

[Kenka]

- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World has sold just over 95,000 - NPD numbers

That's through December I guess. That's quite frankly low.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World has sold just over 95,000 - NPD numbers

How does that compare to Vesperia? IIRC it sold 75,000 in its first 2 months.

 

[cw_sasuke]

That's through December I guess. That's quite frankly low.

Really ? For a 70er J-rpg without big marketing it seems like a lot, at least to me...

@muffin
thx....

are there any 3rd party j-rpgs this gen which sold better ?

 

[DarkMehm]

ioi has it at 185k for the same time frame. :lol

 

[Cosmonaut X]

ioi has it at 185k for the same time frame. :lol

Hardly surprising. The guy's a fraud, and so's his site.

 

[Kenka]

ioi has it at 185k for the same time frame. :lol

No surprise, ioi's software numbers are most of the time completely pulled out of his ass. however, he keeps a good tracking of all hardware numbers delivered by the manufacturers

 

[botticus]

So the sequel to ToS takes its place as the second-best selling Tales game in the US (way) behind its predecessor.

 

[Chumly]

De Blob at 700k shipped WW

LIIIIIIIIINK

 

[schuelma]

Edit- IGN sucks like really really bad

 

[Eteric Rice]

EA hasn't done bad on the Wii at all.

 

[Zapages]

I heard that the new PoP sold 2.2 Million copies out of the expected 3 million copies to be sold...

Now I am hearing the DLC is not going to be available for the PC version... Many fans are disappointed about that...

 

[Archie]

Wii EA numbers from IGN:

Looks like we might have the January NPD numbers for RB2 Wii. Assuming those numbers are through January, RB2 should have done 134,000 in that month (284k-150k in December).

 

[CrisKre]

Those are pretty great number all around....

its interesting to see that Madden ended up selling decently after all... one has to wonder how high it may get before the next version releases... wii games have legs indeed.

I will reiterate that Tales of Symphonia at 100k with no ads or buzz is also pretty decent.

Yay for Boom Blox and DeBlob.

 

[Eteric Rice]

I heard that the new PoP sold 2.2 Million copies out of the expected 3 million copies to be sold...

Huh?

I heard it sold under a million.

Not sure, now.

 

[jibblypop]

Wii EA numbers from IGN:

2. Madden NFL 09 All-Play -- 600,000

HAHA after so many people called bomba on the wii version of madden it ended up selling 600 thousand? that makes it very profitable and worthwhile for EA.

 

[Stumpokapow]

that mysims number has got to be wrong, you know. I have a note in my spreadsheet indicating it at 400k at month 4 of sales with the source field set to IGN. Hell, I think even known NPD numbers (legit disclosed + the two Beyond3d top ten per platform leaks last year) have it at or above 250k in 3 months.

Oh! That's 2008 ONLY!

Well then, MySims was at 400k as of December 2007, so... uh.. 655k lifetime I guess.

 

[Vinci]

HAHA after so many people called bomba on the wii version of madden it ended up selling 600 thousand? that makes it very profitable and worthwhile for EA.

Still want the 'All Play' shit to die though.

 

[Captain Smoker]

Wii EA numbers from IGN:


1. Rock Band -- 1,034,800 units (standalone disc and Special Edition)
2. Madden NFL 09 All-Play -- 600,000
3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play -- 493,500
4. NERF N-Strike -- 490,000
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 -- 455,000
6. Boom Blox -- 422,000
7. EA Playground -- 334,000
8. Rock Band 2 -- 284,000 (standalone disc and Special Edition)
9. MySims -- 255,000
10. Hasbro Family Game Night -- 227,000



MySims Kingdom -- 206,000
NCAA Football 09 All-Play -- 205,000
Monopoly -- 180,000
NBA Live 09 All-Play -- 130,000
Skate It -- 117,000
Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 -- 117,000
SimCity Creator -- 101,700
Littlest Pet Shop -- 101,500
Need for Speed: Undercover -- 92,000
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play -- 90,000
Boogie Superstar -- 85,500
Ninja Reflex -- 70,000
Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2 -- 55,700
Celebrity Sports Showdown -- 44,800
Facebreaker K.O. Party -- 44,700




Great for Tiger and Boom Blox IMO

Edit- http://wii.ign.com/articles/951/951088p1.html

Wow, thx.

 

[markatisu]

6. Boom Blox -- 422,000

Greatest hard evidence that we should never take 1st month Wii game sales as an estimate of success

We can see now easily why they greenlit a sequel

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Facebreaker K.O. Party -- 44,700

Goodbye EA Sports Freestyle.

 

[SilverLunar]

2. Madden NFL 09 All-Play -- 600,000

Wow! I heard this was a complete bomb because of "stupid All-Play branding" and it end up selling 600,000?!

 

[jibblypop]

Still want the 'All Play' shit to die though.

I hate all Madden games so I don't even care if they keep "all play" or not.. I just had a feeling when people were yelling bomba that they were very wrong and as usual they were.

 

[Vinci]

I hate all Madden games so I don't even care if they keep "all play" or not.. I just had a feeling when people were yelling bomba that they were very wrong and as usual they were.

Never thought it bombed, myself, but I definitely don't think the 'All Play' styling is helping their sales.

 

[DreD]

De Blob at 700k shipped WW

LIIIIIIIIINK

Funny how THQ mention a metacritic average for everygame except for Big Beach Sports. :lol

 

[Captain Smoker]

Fuck you IGN. >_>

[...] Here are EA's top 10 best-selling Wii games of 2008, according to VG Chartz.com [...]

 

[botticus]

Fuck you IGN. >_>

... the hell. That said NPD a minute ago.

 

[starship]

Wii EA numbers from IGN:


1. Rock Band -- 1,034,800 units (standalone disc and Special Edition)
2. Madden NFL 09 All-Play -- 600,000
3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play -- 493,500
4. NERF N-Strike -- 490,000
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 -- 455,000
6. Boom Blox -- 422,000
7. EA Playground -- 334,000
8. Rock Band 2 -- 284,000 (standalone disc and Special Edition)
9. MySims -- 255,000
10. Hasbro Family Game Night -- 227,000



MySims Kingdom -- 206,000
NCAA Football 09 All-Play -- 205,000
Monopoly -- 180,000
NBA Live 09 All-Play -- 130,000
Skate It -- 117,000
Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 -- 117,000
SimCity Creator -- 101,700
Littlest Pet Shop -- 101,500
Need for Speed: Undercover -- 92,000
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play -- 90,000
Boogie Superstar -- 85,500
Ninja Reflex -- 70,000
Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2 -- 55,700
Celebrity Sports Showdown -- 44,800
Facebreaker K.O. Party -- 44,700




Great for Tiger and Boom Blox IMO

Edit- http://wii.ign.com/articles/951/951088p1.html

In the article IGN clearly stated: "according to VG Chartz.com" so ...

 

[markatisu]

Fuck you IGN. >_>

I do not think they are using vgc numbers though, if that were the case Rock Band would be far beyond 1m since they had it cross 1m in December

 

[Stumpokapow]

In the article IGN clearly stated: "according to VG Chartz.com" so ...

It actually didn't. They edited the article.

 

[Captain Smoker]

... the hell. That said NPD a minute ago.

lol wtf. xD

http://vg chartz.com/ayearly.php?year=2008&console=Wii&maker=Electronic+Arts&boxartz=1

The numbers aren't the same too, why should they write ******** now?

 

[Chumly]

Fuck you IGN. >_>

Daemon Hatfield STIKES AGAIN

 

[markatisu]

It actually didn't. They edited the article.

All the IGN numbers are between 100-300k off what VGC has them listed at, so if they were quoting VGC when did they pull the numbers?

 

[SilverLunar]

I just checked the site, the numbers aren't the same.

 

[Stumpokapow]

All the IGN numbers are between 100-300k off what VGC has them listed at, so if they were quoting VGC when did they pull the numbers?

wow you know you suck when you can't even crib VGC properly.

 

[Chumly]

WTF the ******** numbers arent even close to the IGN numbers

 

[Rolf NB]

Wii EA numbers from IGN:
<...>

Edit- http://wii.ign.com/articles/951/951088p1.html

Uh ...

Here are EA's top 10 best-selling Wii games of 2008, according to VG Chartz.com:

Aaand beaten.

 

[w3stfa11]

De Blob at 700k shipped WW

LIIIIIIIIINK

That's very good. Big Beach Sports shipped over 1.2m. WWE Smackdown has shipped over 4 million? Didn't know the game was that successful.

 

[pgtl_10]

How much did Madden 08 Wii sell? Did 09 outsell it?

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

lol

ban schuelma

ban ign

 

[schuelma]

lol

ban schuelma

ban ign

:lol :lol :lol :lol

I only linked it because they said NPD specifically

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Damn All-Play.

Put the fuckin create a player back in.