Monthly Sales thread (December)

[Romier S]

Heres some sales numbers garnered from the recent NPD data list:

 

Top game sales:

 

Total

Titl Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

PS2 1 NEED SPEED: UNDERGRND Electronic Arts $54,549,890 1,120,576

PS2 2 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $38,025,800 784,347

PS2 3 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND Activision $32,297,470 707,522

PS2 4 DRAGONBALL Z:BUDOKAI2 Atari $32,296,350 649,708

PS2 5 TRUE CRIME:STREETS LA Activision $29,271,920 607,315

PS2 6 MEDAL HONOR RISING Electronic Arts $28,616,420 587,360

PS2 7 FINAL FANTASY X-2 Square Enix $27,405,140 554,300

PS2 8 SOCOM II: NAVY SEALS Sony $23,556,760 477,257

PS2 9 LORD RING:RETURN KING Electronic Arts $22,096,420 446,490

PS2 10 NBA LIVE 2004 Electronic Arts $19,005,970 390,144

 

Titl Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

XBX 1 GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK Take-Two Interactive $19,872,880 402,201

XBX 2 NEED SPEED: UNDERGRND Electronic Arts $15,299,260 308,989

XBX 3 T. CLANCY'S RAINBOW 3 Ubi Soft $11,294,200 232,232

XBX 4 HALO Microsoft $9,876,348 338,712 :shock: :shock:

XBX 5 TRUE CRIME:STREETS LA Activision $9,742,603 206,906

XBX 6 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $8,981,349 182,148

XBX 7 MEDAL HONOR RISING Electronic Arts $8,627,625 178,516

XBX 8 LORD RING:RETURN KING Electronic Arts $8,587,972 176,762

XBX 9 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND Activision $8,015,302 173,119

XBX 10 PROJECT GOTHAM 2 Microsoft $7,659,285 158,151

 

 

Titl Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

GCN 1 MARIO KART: DOUBLE Nintendo $36,232,280 729,797 :shock:

GCN 2 MARIO PARTY 5 Nintendo $16,029,730 329,331

GCN 3 LORD RING:RETURN KING Electronic Arts $7,103,540 143,397

GCN 4 NEED SPEED: UNDERGRND Electronic Arts $6,586,333 133,134

GCN 5 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND Activision $6,539,699 142,434

GCN 6 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo $6,350,120 215,340

GCN 7 YU-GI-OH! FALSEBOUND Konami $5,281,479 133,553

GCN 8 KIRBY AIR RIDE Nintendo $4,871,833 98,983

GCN 9 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $4,699,136 95,532

GCN 10 SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN Vivendi Universal $4,664,722 93,886

 

 

Titl Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units

GBA 1 MARIO & LUIGI SAGA Nintendo $12,668,060 426,594

GBA 2 MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 Nintendo $10,077,220 333,971

GBA 3 YU-GI-OH! SACRED CARD Konami $8,246,533 279,213

GBA 4 SPONGEBOB: BATTLE THQ $7,510,482 265,340

GBA 5 POKEMON RUBY Nintendo $7,192,087 227,652

GBA 6 DRAGONBALL Z:TAIKETSU Atari $6,341,983 222,496

GBA 7 POKEMON SAPPHIRE Nintendo $6,109,894 188,616

GBA 8 DISNEY'S FINDING NEMO THQ $5,750,815 189,194

GBA 9 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY Nintendo $4,842,792 160,838

GBA 10 SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 Nintendo $4,137,547 131,856

 

 

Ubi Soft numbers:

 

UBISOFT

 

GCN BATMAN VENGEANCE $93,672 5807

GCN BATMAN: RISE SIN TZU $233,217 11517

GCN BEYOND GOOD & EVIL $481,197 11447

GCN BUST A MOVE 3000 $20,467 515

GCN CHARLIES ANGELS $55,940 1866

GCN CITY RACER $23,479 587

GCN DONALD DUCK GOIN' $21,446 1052

GCN EVOLUTION WORLDS $27,734 1431

GCN MONSTER 4X4: MASTERS $398,201 13320

GCN MONSTER JAM: MAXIMUM $129,837 7754

GCN PK:OUT OF THE SHADOWS $50,914 2861

GCN PRINCE PERSIA: SANDS $4,177,007 84145

GCN PRO RALLY 2002 $13,988 934

GCN RAYMAN 3: HOODLUM $30,897 1576

GCN RAYMAN ARENA $184,374 12731

GCN ROCKY $104,960 6068

GCN SUM OF ALL FEARS $13,807 666

GCN T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER $462,576 15659

GCN T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON $313,395 13709

GCN TARZAN UNTAMED $37,814 2124

GCN WORMS BLAST $92,260 4987

GCN XIII $853,880 17175

 

 

PS2 APE ESCAPE 2 $387,612 19007

PS2 BATMAN VENGEANCE $15,303 797

PS2 BATMAN:RISE SIN TZU $789,888 38848

PS2 BEYOND GOOD & EVIL $534,089 14084

PS2 CHESSMASTER $438,019 20586

PS2 CONFLICT ZONE $37,359 2093

PS2 CROUCHING TIGER $227,642 5707

PS2 DISNEY'S TARZAN $30,513 1364

PS2 DONALD DUCK GOIN' $9,010 447

PS2 GRANDIA 2 $21,743 1165

PS2 JADE COCOON 2 $4,576 269

PS2 JUNGLE BOOK: RHYTHM $222,078 18508

PS2 LEGEND OF ALON D'AR $2,976 162

PS2 MONSTER 4X4: MASTERS $1,074,006 36165

PS2 MONSTER JAM: MAXIMUM $370,873 18771

PS2 MYST III: EXILE $60,995 3496

PS2 PK:OUT OF THE SHADOWS $25,655 1929

PS2 PRINCE PERSIA: SANDS $10,771,330 218554

PS2 RAYMAN 2 $1,228 69

PS2 RAYMAN 3: HOODLUM $172,372 8878

PS2 RAYMAN ARENA $113,337 9382

PS2 ROCKY $205,950 10417

PS2 SUNNY GARCIA SURFING $2,170 92

PS2 SUPER BUST A MOVE 2 $63,439 3381

PS2 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER $1,976,641 53346

PS2 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON $3,078,958 167621

PS2 XIII $2,617,541 54285

 

 

XBX BATMAN VENGEANCE $4,631 305

XBX BATMAN: RISE SIN TZU $266,997 13141

XBX BEYOND GOOD & EVIL $617,765 15043

XBX CLANCY COMPANION DISC $86,597 13880

XBX CROUCHING TIGER $36,711 1824

XBX DEATHROW $11,274 744

XBX DRAGON'S LAIR 3D $10,826 686

XBX GHOST RECON: ISLAND $1,335,233 44011

XBX MURAKUMO: RENEGADE $41,867 2404

XBX MYST III: EXILE $23,459 1253

XBX PRINCE PERSIA: SANDS $6,185,556 128580

XBX RAYMAN 3: HOODLUM $77,285 4060

XBX RAYMAN ARENA $24,814 1772

XBX ROCKY $26,014 1436

XBX T. CLANCY'S RAINBOW 3 $11,294,200 232232

XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER $2,081,559 109341

XBX T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON $2,079,007 116960

XBX XIII $1,931,783 39607

 

Lucas Arts:

 

GCN GLADIUS $496,322 10049

GCN STAR WARS: CLONE WARS $279,176 10681

GCN SW: BOUNTY HUNTER $265,553 10652

GCN SW: JEDI KNIGHT II $168,946 5210

GCN SW: ROGUE SQUADRON II $872,454 44130

GCN SW:ROGUE SQUADRON III $4,343,416 89228

 

 

PS2 GLADIUS $651,457 13181

PS2 INDIANA JONES:EMPEROR $511,445 18673

PS2 RTX RED ROCK $44,163 4188

PS2 SECRET WEAPONS NRMNDY $3,164,675 63983

PS2 STAR WARS STARFIGHTER $128,452 6577

PS2 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS $218,992 8749

PS2 SW: BOMBAD RACING $6,653 236

PS2 SW: BOUNTY HUNTER $506,667 29053

PS2 SW: JEDI STARFIGHTER $41,177 1455

PS2 SW: RACER REVENGE $17,829 1072

PS2 SW: STARFIGHTER BNDL $133,138 3347

 

 

XBX ARMED AND DANGEROUS $1,069,673 21606 :shock:

XBX GLADIUS $740,121 14982

XBX INDIANA JONES:EMPEROR $228,501 9036

XBX SECRET WEAPONS NRMNDY $1,790,806 36178

XBX STAR WARS: CLONE WARS $233,464 6190

XBX STAR WARS: OBI-WAN $328,178 17156

XBX SW: JEDI ACADEMY $4,238,859 88338

XBX SW: JEDI KNIGHT II $84,413 2402

XBX SW: JEDI STARFIGHTER $39,110 1938

XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC $3,489,874 74956

XBX SW: STARFIGHTER SE $97,205 5000

 

Sony numbers:

 

PS2 AMPLITUDE $133,088 4645

PS2 ARC THE LAD: TWILIGHT $216,902 6545

PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY $1,155,149 59461

PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 $2,620,632 74122

PS2 COOL BOARDERS 2001 $33,408 2290

PS2 DARK CLOUD $230,642 12034

PS2 DARK CLOUD 2 $473,251 14013

PS2 DOWNHILL DOMINATION $1,016,516 25683

PS2 DRAKAN: ANCIENTS GATE $24,087 1060

PS2 EXTERMINATION $30,625 2029

PS2 EYE TOY $12,732,560 256828

PS2 FANTAVISION $28,214 3286

PS2 FORMULA ONE 2001 $111,326 5476

PS2 FREQUENCY $25,057 1493

PS2 GRAN TURISMO 3:A-SPEC $2,801,518 144330 :shock:

PS2 HOT SHOTS GOLF 3 $1,525,165 77807

PS2 ICO $44,787 2432

PS2 JAK AND DAXTER:LEGACY $2,230,512 114612

PS2 JAK II $11,026,200 279123

PS2 JAMPACK SUMMER 2001 $1,724 452

PS2 JAMPACK SUMMER 2002 $16,116 3683

PS2 JAMPACK SUMMER 2003 M $49,298 10286

PS2 JAMPACK SUMMER 2003 T $29,061 6012

PS2 JAMPACK WINTER 2001 $8,010 1747

PS2 JAMPACK WINTER 2002 E $15,285 3140

PS2 JAMPACK WINTER 2002 M $2,191 5322

PS2 JAMPACK WINTER 2003 M $201,635 47508

PS2 JAMPACK WINTER 2003 T $282,377 46172

PS2 JET X20 $119,522 5127

PS2 KINETICA $23,928 995

PS2 MLB 2004 $825,577 20883

PS2 MONSTERS INC $77,256 2903

PS2 MY STREET $279,641 9131

PS2 NBA SHOOTOUT 2001 $11,770 1018

PS2 NBA SHOOTOUT 2003 $60,314 2734

PS2 NBA SHOOTOUT 2004 $1,639,942 41388

PS2 NCAA FINAL FOUR 2001 $6,017 438

PS2 NCAA FINAL FOUR 2002 $20,286 1539

PS2 NCAA FINAL FOUR 2003 $61,422 2709

PS2 NCAA FINAL FOUR 2004 $1,011,070 25519

PS2 NCAA GAMEBREAKER 2001 $4,809 415

PS2 NCAA GAMEBREAKER 2003 $59,432 2214

PS2 NCAA GAMEBREAKER 2004 $1,168,158 29695

PS2 NFL GAMEDAY 2001 $3,008 202

PS2 NFL GAMEDAY 2002 $15,493 1059

PS2 NFL GAMEDAY 2003 $101,569 3975

PS2 NFL GAMEDAY 2004 $2,164,128 56010

PS2 NHL FACEOFF 2001 $17,509 1385

PS2 NHL FACEOFF 2003 $94,026 6482

PS2 OKAGE: SHADOW KING $40,567 2272

PS2 PARAPPA THE RAPPER 2 $34,760 1759

PS2 PRIMAL $188,098 8302

PS2 RATCHET & CLANK $2,918,989 148969

PS2 RATCHET & CLANK:GOING $10,637,550 268385

PS2 SLY COOPER & THIEVIUS $1,709,785 87028

PS2 SOCOM II: NAVY SEALS $23,556,760 477257

PS2 SOCOM W/O HEADSET $4,715,912 241461

PS2 SOCOM:SEALS W/HEADSET $1,626,596 41567

PS2 STITCH:EXPERIMENT 626 $66,568 2186

PS2 THE GETAWAY $598,882 15890

PS2 THE MARK OF KRI $106,945 6610

PS2 TREASURE PLANET $117,008 5399

PS2 TWISTED METAL BLACK $564,857 28787

PS2 WAR OF THE MONSTERS $275,478 7259

PS2 WILD ARMS 3 $74,545 3619

PS2 WORLD TOUR SOCCER 2K2 $7,492 523

PS2 WORLD TOUR SOCCER 2K3 $85,733 2280

 

Hardware sales:

 

December NPD Hardware Sales

 

PS2: 1,970,000 [+132% over November sales]

Xbox: 1,122,000 [+129%]

GCN: 1,163,000 [+54%]

GBA: 2,316,000 [+75%]

 

Cumulative Installed Base

 

PS2: 22,258,000

Xbox: 7,791,000

GCN: 6,865,000

GBA: 19,949,000

 

Tie Ratios

 

PS2: 7.93

Xbox: 6.34

GCN: 5.81

GBA: 3.34

[Camp]

PS2 5 TRUE CRIME:STREETS LA Activision $29,271,920 607,315

 

Proof that a little marketing can sell anything.

 

GCN 1 MARIO KART: DOUBLE Nintendo $36,232,280 729,797

 

Nice. This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket. One exclusive AAA title for their premier console...so they decide to add a third platform. [hangs his head]

[Dan B.]

:evil: I'm not going to say anything. :green:

[Calvin]

XBX 4 HALO Microsoft $9,876,348 338,712

 

Wait till it becomes $19.99!

[dogbert]

Halo is the best selling XBox game this year in the US, and the only title to sell close to a million (this year only).

 

On the Xbox, Madden outsold ESPN by a little over 4:1.

 

On the PS2, Madden sold over 3 million and was best selling game of the year, double the number 2 game, NFS:Underground. Can't tell you how much ESPN sold as it's not in the top 100 selling PS2 games for the year (thus, under 223k sold). NFL2K3 sold 400k if that's any consolation to Sega fans.

 

[added more stat-o-rama]

Madden 94 on the PS1 sold 134k

[JFo]

I have a question. Do those numbers reflect solely the number of units sold during the month of December, or is that the total cumulative number of copies sold for each game?

 

Thanks.

[dogbert]

The numbers posted by Romier are the December only figures. The numbers I mentioned are year to date (effectively whole year since the month reported is December).

[kelley]

god i wish i owned EA....that is a lot of cash.

[The Daisy]

ESPN at 4 to 1 on the Xbox is a victory for them... I would say. I thought the ratio was much higher last year. For some reason 10 to 1 sticks out in my head..... maybe that was just on the PS2 though.

 

Glen

[danger9777]

Yeah, I think that 10:1 ratio was on the PS2. Seems like Madden is just unstoppable. Hope Sega keeps up the good work with the ESPN titles. They're the only company making good sports gams and it keeps EA on it's toes

[The Daisy]

Thanks to Poison Jam I have a copy of ESPN NFL for the Xbox... although I haven't even taken it out of the package yet... eek.

 

That's something I always wonder from these sales numbers. Do they take the average cost of the sale price for that game?

 

Glen

[PoisonJam]

Originally posted by gwhinwi@Jan 22 2004, 10:41 AM

Thanks to Poison Jam I have a copy of ESPN NFL for the Xbox... although I haven't even taken it out of the package yet... eek.

...and here I was feeling all kinds of guilty for not getting it out to you in a timely fashion...

 

(Seriously, if you want to play sometime, I'd be happy to lace 'em up with you. I actually haven't played a single game online myself, as hard as that is to believe.)

[Chris F]

All that sales list tells me is that not enough of you are buying Metal Arms, and if you've already bought one copy, why not buy some for your friends too?

[fishepa]

Wow, EA could SERIOUSLY put out the same Madden game as last year for Madden 2005 and it would sell millions of copies. EA is unstoppable, I need to look into buying some of their stock.

[dogbert]

That's something I always wonder from these sales numbers. Do they take the average cost of the sale price for that game?

 

Yes, the average sales price is listed too.

[exile]

I'll probably stir up a hornets nest with this comment but that many copies of Madden being sold over ESPN confirms my belief that their are alot of people who don't want a real football simulation. To me, ESPN is far superior and it will only get better.

 

I wonder if the Madden name alone just sells it or if its like a brand name type recognition issue.

[fishepa]

Originally posted by exile@Jan 22 2004, 11:52 AM

I'll probably stir up a hornets nest with this comment but that many copies of Madden being sold over ESPN confirms my belief that their are alot of people who don't want a real football simulation. To me, ESPN is far superior and it will only get better.

 

I wonder if the Madden name alone just sells it or if its like a brand name type recognition issue.

That was my whole point. Sega could make the best football game *ever* and it would still be outsold by Madden even if Madden repackaged the exact same game. It makes me feel sorry for companies like Sega. I mean what can you seriously do???

[Romier S]

Some Microsoft financial info. Taken from thier quarterly announcement:

 

Home and Entertainment had a solid quarter driven by sales of Xbox? games and consoles. With over 400 games available, including 70 Live-enabled games, Xbox grew its U.S. cumulative game attach rate to 6.4, according to NPD Data. Since the launch of Xbox in 2001, Microsoft has sold over 13.7 million Xbox consoles worldwide and is on track to have sold 14.5 to 16.0 million consoles by the end of this fiscal year. In addition, Xbox Live™ momentum continued with subscribers growing to nearly 750,000, keeping the business on target to have one million subscribers by the end of the fiscal year.

 

Full financials available at you local business sites.

[adamsappel]

I found this over at the forums of gonegold.com, and they got it from SOnycowboy at IGN's forums (I'm not an Insider so I couldn't search for his original post). It's a compiled list of the top 77 PS2/GC/Xbox US sales to date:

 

Rank Format Title LTD Units

1 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 5,813,051

2 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 5,247,064

3 PS2 GRAN TURISMO 3:A-SPEC 3,361,875

4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 3,161,345

5 XBX HALO 2,822,045

6 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 2,713,121

7 GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE 2,071,083

8 PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR3 2,052,378

9 PS2 METAL GEAR SOLID 2 2,002,859

10 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2002 1,999,961

11 PS2 FINAL FANTASY X 1,947,822

12 PS2 MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE 1,918,344

13 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS 1,821,771

14 PS2 SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE 1,739,492

15 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 1,591,993

16 PS2 NBA STREET 1,583,999

17 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI 1,542,814

18 PS2 MAX PAYNE 1,509,087

19 PS2 JAK AND DAXTER:LEGACY 1,501,756

20 PS2 NEED SPEED: UNDERGRND 1,491,026

21 PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 1,447,215

22 PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB:STREET 1,440,576

23 GCN ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER 1,401,000

24 PS2 SOCOM:SEALS W/HEADSET 1,389,075

25 GCN SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE 1,381,354

26 PS2 BOND:AGENT UNDER FIRE 1,363,954

27 PS2 CRASH BANDICOOT:CORTX 1,358,176

28 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER 1,301,567

29 PS2 TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 1,297,640

30 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS 1,282,703

31 GCN MARIO KART: DOUBLE 1,257,539

32 PS2 ACE COMBAT 4 1,249,283

33 GCN LUIGI'S MANSION 1,227,100

34 PS2 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND 1,212,288

35 PS2 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE 1,151,419

36 PS2 ENTER THE MATRIX 1,124,955

37 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 1,112,506

38 GCN METROID PRIME 1,068,328

39 XBX PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 1,066,266

40 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY 1,066,206

41 PS2 WWE: SHUT YOUR MOUTH 1,057,848

42 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY 1,045,855

43 PS2 MEDAL HONOR RISING 1,007,673

44 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2004 999,235

45 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 997,272

46 PS2 TRUE CRIME:STREETS LA 961,763

47 PS2 FINAL FANTASY X-2 957,273

48 PS2 NBA LIVE 2004 955,222

49 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 951,178

50 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2001 936,818

51 PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN: BRING 926,706

52 PS2 BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE 922,199

53 PS2 TEKKEN 4 918,530

54 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 907,831

55 PS2 TWISTED METAL BLACK 889,790

56 PS2 SOCOM II: NAVY SEALS 857,439

57 PS2 NBA STREET VOL 2 853,970

58 PS2 THE GETAWAY 845,061

59 PS2 HITMAN 2: ASSASSIN 842,414

60 PS2 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON 842,031

61 PS2 RESIDENT EVIL CODE: X 837,993

62 XBX T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON 825,404

63 *MISTAKE*

64 GCN SONIC ADVENTURE 2 818,714

65 PS2 NEED SPEED: PURSUIT 2 803,860

66 GCN SW: ROGUE SQUADRON II 801,842

67 XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 793,521

68 XBX DEAD OR ALIVE 3 792,464

69 PS2 SPY HUNTER 782,333

70 PS2 THE SIMS 770,595

71 PS2 NAMCO MUSEUM 769,295

72 PS2 CRAZY TAXI 768,932

73 PS2 ONIMUSHA WARLORDS 767,793

74 PS2 NFL 2K3 767,388

75 PS2 NBA LIVE 2002 739,039

76 PS2 RATCHET & CLANK 738,091

77 XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 704,957

78 XBX MAX PAYNE 704,307

[paul h]

Just read that in the UK Grabbed By The Ghoulies sold a measly 10,000 copies.. anyone have the sales figure for the US?

[dogbert]

~40k for the year.