Romier S Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 May Hardware Sales PSP = 250,000 PS2 = 273,000 Xbox = 129,000 GCN = 50,000 GBA/DS = 279,000 (approx) May Top 25 Software Sales US Top 25 Videogame Titles Rank Title Publisher 1 GBA POKEMON EMERALD Nintendo 2 PS2 SW EPISODE III: S ITH LucasArts 3 XBX SW EPISODE III: SITH LucasArts 4 XBX FORZA MOTORSPORT Microsoft 5 PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB Take Two 6 PS2 LEGO STAR W ARS Eidos 7 PS2 GOD OF WAR Sony 8 XBX M IDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB Take Two 9 XBX LEGO STAR WARS Eidos 10 XBX AREA 51 Midway 11 PS2 AREA 51 Midway 12 GBA SW EPISODE III: SITH LucasArts 13 PS2 MVP BASEBALL 2005 Electronic Arts 14 PSP NEED SPEED:UND RIVALS Electronic Arts 15 PS2 GRAN TURISMO 4 Sony 16 GBA LEGO STAR WARS Eidos 17 XBX T.CLANCY:CHAOS THEORY Ubi Soft 18 PSP HOT SHOTS GOLF:OPEN Sony 19 PSP UNTOLD LEGENDS:BTHRHD Sony 20 GBA FIRE EMBLEM: THE SACRED STO Nintendo 21 PS2 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 Electronic Arts 22 NDS SW EPISODE III: SITH LucasArts 23 XBX DOOM 3 Activision 24 PSP MVP BASEBALL Electronic Arts 25 PSP NBA STREET SHOWDOWN Electronic Arts Note: Ranked in terms of $$$ sales. CSFB Notes: • Overall US videogame software sales were up sharply in the month of May with sales up 30% y/y, faster than the 9% growth we saw in April due to strong performance from Pokemon and Star Wars titles. 128-bit software sales were up 9% year over year. Handheld software sales were up 156% y/y, benefiting from another full month of software for the PSP and the release of Pokemon Emerald. The PSP sold approximately 250K units in its third month. 128-bit hardware sales were down 17% y/y in May, with PS2 unit sales up 8%, but Gamecube and Xbox down 35% and 40% respectively. This brings the install base of 128-bit consoles to approximately 51.4 million in the U.S. • Electronic Arts U.S. videogame sales in May were down 8% year over year. The company’s sell through should pick up with the release of three titles in June: Medal of Honor: European Assault, receiving strong initial reviews (~80%), Battlefield 2, which is off to a very strong start, and Batman Begins. For the quarter to date including May PC game sales, U.S. sell through is down 29%. • Take Two’s U.S. videogame sales in May were down 1% year over year. The company had no new releases in the month, however April’s Midnight Club: DUB Edition sold 228K units. For the quarter to date including May PC game sales, sell through is up 49%. The most significant title from Take-Two in the calendar quarter is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which released in early June on the Xbox and PC. • THQ U.S. videogame sales increased 13% year over year in May. The company’s WWE Wrestlemania XXI performed well with approximately 135K units sold in its first two months. For the quarter to date including May PC game sales, sell through is up 12%. The most significant release in the current quarter should be Destroy All Humans!, which launched this week on the PS2 and Xbox and is receiving solid initial reviews (~80%). • Activision’s U.S. videogame sales were down 24% year over year for the month of May, due to the tough comparison with last May’s Shrek 2.The company released Madagascar mid month, which sold approximately 46K units. For the quarter to date including May PC game sales, sell through is up 59% due to the strength of the Doom franchise. • Midway’s U.S. sales in the month of May were down 1% year over year. The company had a difficult comparison with last year due to continued sales of NBA Ballers, which released last April. For the quarter to date, sell through is down 36%. • We expect another solid month in June given the number of titles being released, despite the difficult comp created by last year’s hardware price cuts. For those wondering, Forza sold 183k copies in the US and the Episode III game sold over 700k combined on the PS2 and Xbox. Also, heres a fun figure for those of us on the forum that bought it; here are the TOTAL number of copies Spikeout sold: 343. That's not a joke either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 343 Considering they only sent one to every eb store that dosnt surprise me capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Two things strike me about those numbers. First, I can't believe how well the PS2 continues to sell. With the numbers of consoles that system has sold over the years, you would think that everyone who wants one would have one at this point. At the very least, you would think that it wouldn't be out-selling the Xbox by more twice as many units per month. Secondly, I wish that they would break up the sales figures for the DS and GBA. It's hard to get a good idea of how well the DS is doing against the PSP with those numbers mashed together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyVolpe Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 THQ U.S. videogame sales increased 13% year over year in May. The company?s WWE Wrestlemania XXI performed well with approximately 135K units sold in its first two months. 120K of which were promptly returned, sold on eBay, or smashed into little-bitty pieces by frustrated users who couldn't go online with it :lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Bling Bling Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 I wanted to buy Spikeout but none of the stores ever had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 After romier posted this, I checked to see if EB had it online. They didnt, but gamestop has it used for $24.99. I wonder how many copies of the game were release capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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