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Ellie Gibson
The Nintendo Wii was the best-selling console in North America last month, while the Xbox 360 outsold PlayStation 3 by more than 2 to 1.
According to analysts the NPD Group, 403,600 Wii units were shifted during August. The figure for DS stood at 383,300. In third place was Xbox 360 after a $50 price cut boosted sales to 276,700.
Perennial favourite PlayStation 2 continues to do well, with 202,000 units sold - not bad for an old timer. As for Sony's young whippersnappers, 151,200 PSP units and 130,600 PS3s were sold.
A good time was had by all the platform holders and publishers, as hardware and software sales were up by 46 per cent over last year's to reach nearly A BILLION DOLLARS. Nearly.
Madden NFL '08 for Xbox 360 was the best-selling game of the month with 896,600 copies sold, followed by the PS2 version (643,600). Madden Wii didn't do so well, reaching No. 11 in the all-formats chart, while the version for Ye Olde Xbox was at 12 and the PSP game was down at 18.
The third best-selling game for August was BioShock (490,900). In fourth place was Madden again - the PS3 version this time (336,200).
Wii Play was at No. 5, while Metroid Prime 3 took sixth place and Mario Strikers: Charged was in seventh. The Guitar Hero II controller bundle for PS2 was at No. 8, pushing Mario Party 8 down to No. 9. Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s rounded off the top ten nicely.
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"Madden Wii didn't do so well, reaching No. 11 in the all-formats chart, while the version for Ye Olde Xbox was at 12"
That's incorrect, EG. Madden for Ye Olde Xbox was No. 11, Madden Wii was No. 12 Edit - Link: http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/featur...
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keyboardmonkey
14/09/07 @ 07:57
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\Runs for the door, handle comes off in hand! NOOOOOoooooooo (In best Darth Vader howl) this is going to get messy
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" oh no... I see a fanboy flame war about to break out... run for cover quick"
" \Runs for the door, handle comes off in hand! NOOOOOoooooooo (In best Darth Vader howl) this is going to get messy" Howcome in every topic nowdays the first 10 posts are always these "hilarious and genious messages about flame-wars" Americans are Madden-fans, and why buy the inferior version for ps3 with its poor fps. So the sales are not unexpected. :)
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Triggerhappytel
14/09/07 @ 08:04
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@ siro.
I totally agree. The thing that pisses me right off about the Xbox was that MS dropped all first-party support around six months before the release of the 360, when games such as Ninja Gaiden and Riddick had proved that the old Box had plenty of mileage in her left. They were so keen to rush onto the next generation that they left their first console dead in the water when it had had an innings of barely four years in some parts of the world. That's part of the reason I haven't bought a 360 yet - it's a silent protest. Although my defences are slowly being worn down... |
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To be honest though both Nintendo and MS were kind of forced to drop their machines - they were dead in the water. Last generation was very different from this one (at least so far) Sony absolutely dominated it.
The only reason Sony still support the PS2 so well is its their cash cow - all of the big 3 are businesses at the end of the day. |
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I'm a Wii fan boy and even I know that traditional ball games will always sell better on consoles with traditional controls. PES will always sell better on the PS3/360/PS2/Xbox, Madden the same.
Anyway, it's nice to see that Wii and DS are still smashing the hardware sales in the US. :))
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To be fair, I don't think this article is relevant as when people give money to obtain a PS3 it's not what I would consider a 'sale', it's more of a charitable offering from brand loyal folks in the same vein as giving cash to the RSPCA in the hope of getting a badge with a small crippled dog on it. I mean, it's not like there's any reason to own a PS3 as there are no decent games on it so I can only assume people hand over the money as a gesture of kindness to Sony ;-)
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I must agree with you guys - the xbox was abandoned too early, as was the Gamecube, and Dreamcast before that.....
Maybe not as quickly or in as dramatic fashion as the good ol' Saturn, but it sure pissed me off (pre buying a 360) to see the xbox section in the local Gamestop go exactly the way the Gamecube section went - ie. ZERO new games, just grubby, old, rubbish 2nd hand ones that nobody wants. It's just a pity that we gamers make it worthwhile to the console makers to do business this way. Wouldn't it be superb if Sega announced Nights 2 for Saturn, or Shenmue 3 for Dreamcast? |
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BadBoyBonner
14/09/07 @ 08:22
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"usual dumb comment there - replacements ARN'T sales."
I agree, but here's the thing, are they counted in the units shipped? Could explain the difference in the numbers (between shipped and sold), which seems to be quite high for the 360? |
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BadBoyBonner
14/09/07 @ 08:23
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"UK = 360 I thought, I might be wrong"
Your not wrong you're right. Rest of Europe however seems much molre balanced, with a slight lean to Sony.
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3william56
14/09/07 @ 08:25
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biker_bob has a point. How many of these are sold to new punters, and how many shot off to replace RRoD bricks?
In fact, it's been quiet on the RRoD front. Has it actually been solved and the failure rate is down to acceptable levels, or have the MS police silenced the dissenters? |
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If the Wii can still outsell the 360 after halo 3s release it will stomp everyone come oct nov in the US with mario galaxy and brawl coming out. Then again, the cube did outsell all consoles in the US in november for a few years in a row. However the ps3 needs a pricedrop asap, then the sales will start to climb.
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BadBoyBonner
14/09/07 @ 08:26
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I couldn't give a rat's arse who produce's the console with the best performance in games, for the best price - it just means I will buy it.
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BadBoyBonner
14/09/07 @ 08:28
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Looking at the market that has enabled the Wii to sell as it has, I'd put a guesstimate that over half the owners do not know Mario is coming out for the system (or even care).
Now if you told the same people that Wii Sports 2 is nearly out, watch em wet their pants. |
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In fact, it's been quiet on the RRoD front. Has it actually been solved and the failure rate is down to acceptable levels, or have the MS police silenced the dissenters? " Well, with the new warranty program and heat sinks. People have less to bitch about I suppose. Good Riddance I say, we can talk about games again now. |
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ResidentKnievel
14/09/07 @ 08:33
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Hasn't Metroid Prime 3 had similiar sales figures to Bioshock in the U.S though?
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@Katsumoto
Bob is a special case, he finds it incredibally hard to make a single post that doesn't refer to 'teh crap 360 is teh crap RRODLOL" but he tries to hide it with false claims of loving the system. He was even caught out a few weeks ago when he said he had sent his 5th/6th 360 back to MS yet someone noticed he had been playing that very day via his XBL account. He then changed his story saying that instead of sending the 360 back to MS for repair he had got an exchange in the store he originally bought it from.
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PlugMonkey
14/09/07 @ 08:37
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"I totally agree. The thing that pisses me right off about the Xbox was that MS dropped all first-party support around six months before the release of the 360"
It's an interesting strategy from MS. I'm pretty certain it has boosted 360 uptake, but while MS keep banging on about how the 360 is outselling the PS3 the truth of the matter is that it's only just outselling the PS2. The fight for next gen hasn't even really started yet. If you take total home console sales, Sony are still out in front. Previous generation transitions have taken a couple of years. MS tried to speed things up by slitting the throat of the old Xbox. We'll only know if it worked when the PS2 finally dies off. Will the people currently buying PS2s go with brand loyalty or installed user base and software support? |
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@headbog
You are just pulling figures out your ass, ha ha. Super Mario Brothers is the biggest selling game of all time. Galaxy could easily shift more than 3 million. And Halo isn't as much of a sales success as everyone likes to make out. But we are going down the road of speculation, so there's no point arguing. |
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BadBoyBonner
14/09/07 @ 08:58
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Heabog.
Completely agree, I think when (not if) the Wii overtakes the 360 in hardware sales, the unfortunate sideffect will be how obvious it becomes that the non-traditional purchaser's of the system (which have propelled hardware sales ) will have a markedley lower attachment rate with Software. Something the Madden figures in the US already seem to indicate. |
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BadBoyBonner
14/09/07 @ 09:14
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PlugMonkey
"We'll only know if it worked when the PS2 finally dies off. Will the people currently buying PS2s go with brand loyalty or installed user base and software support?" In the US PS2: 39.1 million hardware = 643,600 copies of Madden 08 Xbox 360: 6.3 million = 896,600 copies of Madden 08 Even if you consider 50% of PS2’s are broken, used to prop up drawers, used as a porch step, in the attic or owned by 3 years olds with no buying power, it is a massive falloff for PS2 sales. In the software business, unit sales are King, not installed base. The fall off of PS2 is obviously becoming more pronounced. And if those that have caused the drop in PS2 had gone to PS3, then the PS3 would already be the highest selling of the franchise. Which it was not Seems your question has already been part answered. EDIT - f***ing s**tty italics can never get it to work! Quotation marks it is! lol
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silver jon
14/09/07 @ 09:23
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What I find odd is that the Wii is selling like a wet-dream machine at a sex addict's convention, and yet there's not more than one or two decent games for it.
Ninty need to get a good half dozen brilliant games out there or I don't have a Wii yet but two friends have it's still the same Wii Sports title we play - they haven't been wowed by anything else yet. PS3 is still too early in the lifecycle to get excited about the games. That story will be different in a year's time but for now there's perhaps only a couple that I would recommend. The 360 on the other hand has a massively more diverse/established game shelf. And, as headbog points out, there are a few AAA titles in line for the next few months. The interesting point comes in the way the three consoles do different things. 360 is a plain old games workhorse with the option for HD-DVD and a few nice things on Live (downloadable content) Sony does games but loads more (Blu-Ray, potential for HD recorder, and the whole "Home" experience, about which I could not be less excited) Ninty has that great gimmicky appeal and family-focused fun. It's like they have games in common, in the same way that a helicopter, a car, and a powerboat happen to have an internal combustion engine in common. |
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um i play the wii a lot with my girlfriend (except zelda that's me time) she loved wii sports, excite truck, rayman ravings rabbids (and some hardcore games like kirby on VC and phoenix wright on the ds :P) and even she who is more casual said it was stupid and sollow. good thing i traded it in for only 10 euro less than i bought it.
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