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[Datawhore]

GBA
1 GBA YU-GI-OH! RESHEF 63,489 $1,908,301
2 GBA SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 57,912 $1,661,151
3 GBA POKEMON RUBY 49,041 $1,633,618
4 GBA SUPER MARIO CLASSIC 40,182 $687,811
5 GBA POKEMON SAPPHIRE 39,613 $1,306,960
6 GBA MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG 37,842 $1,193,527
7 GBA MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 35,889 $1,092,249
8 GBA DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 34,367 $658,971
9 GBA SONIC ADVANCE 3 32,787 $967,057
10 GBA DRAGONBALL Z:SUPRSNIC 29,468 $858,687

GCN
1 GCN MADDEN NFL 2005 87,404 $4,307,765
2 GCN TALES OF SYMPHONIA 67,172 $3,339,223
3 GCN SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 45,769 $2,171,678
4 GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE 38,328 $1,151,505
5 GCN ZELDA: FOUR SWORDS 31,955 $1,517,783
6 GCN SONIC MEGA COLLECTION 28,589 $574,998
7 GCN MARIO KART: DOUBLE 27,034 $1,297,581
8 GCN MEGA MAN ANNIVERSARY 26,214 $781,931
9 GCN SOUL CALIBUR II 25,382 $504,563
10 GCN POKEMON COLOSSEUM 21,263 $1,045,701

XBX
1 XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 $25,103,580
2 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 311,359 $6,165,545
3 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 $6,157,931
4 XBX HALO 88,488 $2,652,439
5 XBX SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 48,236 $2,257,908
6 XBX NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 39,449 $1,884,971
7 XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC 38,669 $796,831
8 XBX MORROWIND:GAME YEAR 23,172 $525,636
9 XBX T. CLANCYS RAINBOW 3 23,087 $492,226
10 XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 22,566 $950,958

PS2
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 $54,142,420
2 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 448,433 $8,897,210
3 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 COLL 395,811 $23,390,230
4 PS2 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 129,492 $6,076,589
5 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 94,559 $4,687,620
6 PS2 HOT SHOTS GOLF FORE! 56,089 $2,243,741
7 PS2 DRIV3R 52,079 $2,225,679
8 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 41,361 $860,018
9 PS2 DRAGONBALL Z:BUDOKAI2 39,930 $798,924
10 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS 35,199 $587,166

ALL
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 $54,142,420
2 XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 $25,103,580
3 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 448,433 $8,897,210
4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 COLL 395,811 $23,390,230
5 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 311,359 $6,165,545
6 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 $6,157,931
7 PS2 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 129,492 $6,076,589
8 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 94,559 $4,687,620
9 XBX HALO 88,488 $2,652,439
10 GCN MADDEN NFL 2005 87,404 $4,307,765

 

[AirBrian]

Holy shite @ Madden numbers!!!

 

[sonycowboy]

Thanks

 

[IJoel]

8 XBX MORROWIND:GAME YEAR 23,172 $525,636

Damn those are nice legs baby!

 

[COCKLES]

@ Halo

 

[Datawhore]

HARDWARE

GBA 312,568 $30,308,655
XBX 216,911 $32,202,460
PS2 211,690 $31,869,296
GCN 108,953 $10,840,460

 

[Meier]

Anyone able to confirm these as being trustworthy? Surprised the numbers are out so early although I guess that is consistent with a lot of the big August releases being out of the NPD window.

 

[Buffy4ever]

Gee....... it seems most Japanese made games are doomed. Of late, they are not on the top 10.

 

[Eric-GCA]

2 GCN TALES OF SYMPHONIA 67,172 $3,339,223

So that would make Tales what, over 200,000 sold in the US? Not bad I think for a game that Namco didn't put any effort advertising.

 

[explodet]

XBX 216,911 $32,202,460
PS2 211,690 $31,869,296

Hmmm, the GAF is going to get very interesting starting.... now.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Did Vice City jump back into the ps2 top 10 or was it always there?

 

[Justin Bailey]

HARDWARE

GBA 312,568 $30,308,655
XBX 216,911 $32,202,460
PS2 211,690 $31,869,296
GCN 108,953 $10,840,460

Oh boy.

 

[sonycowboy]

.

GCN
1 GCN MADDEN NFL 2005 87,404 $4,307,765 Wow. I'm surprised
2 GCN TALES OF SYMPHONIA 67,172 $3,339,223 Still ,holding on, very nice

XBX
1 XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 $25,103,580 As Rhindle said, XBL pays
2 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 311,359 $6,165,545 HOLY COW! A HUGE HOLD ON!
3 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 $6,157,931 MUCH MORE THAN I THOUGHT
4 XBX HALO 88,488 $2,652,439 OLD FAITHFUL


PS2
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 $54,142,420 Expected
2 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 448,433 $8,897,210 Well, it's got a million
3 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 COLL 395,811 $23,390,230 A bunch of stupid people = $$$$$$

 

[LukeSmith]

ESPwNd

 

[Alcibiades]

ha, I've been so wrapped up with school stuff and health concerns I totally forgot it was NPD day...

 

[Soul4ger]

So that would make Tales what, over 200,000 sold in the US? Not bad I think for a game that Namco didn't put any effort advertising.

It did well on GameCube?! Well, stop GC development and port that shit to Xbox and PS2! </sega>

 

[AirBrian]

HARDWARE

GBA 312,568 $30,308,655
XBX 216,911 $32,202,460
PS2 211,690 $31,869,296
GCN 108,953 $10,840,460

Wow. Alright, who brought the popcorn?

 

[Datawhore]

Anyone able to confirm these as being trustworthy? Surprised the numbers are out so early although I guess that is consistent with a lot of the big August releases being out of the NPD window.

Why would anyone take the time to fake these numbers? It would be social GAF suicide to do something like that.

 

[sonycowboy]

Wow. Alright, who brought the popcorn?

Well....

There was a PS2 shortage.

But, it won't matter. They've got their second win in 33 months!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Meier]

Why would anyone take the time to fake these numbers? It would be social GAF suicide to do something like that.

Erm, well youre a junior member so very easily a throw-away account. Social suicide would be applicable if someone like say Wario64 made them up.

 

[AirBrian]

Anyone able to confirm these as being trustworthy? Surprised the numbers are out so early although I guess that is consistent with a lot of the big August releases being out of the NPD window.

Datawhore provided the numbers last month and Bunkum confirmed them.

BTW, thanks Datawhore!

 

[DSN2K]

HARDWARE

GBA 312,568 $30,308,655
XBX 216,911 $32,202,460
PS2 211,690 $31,869,296
GCN 108,953 $10,840,460

go xbox.

 

[bheemer]

madden got owned by espn. didnt EA put out a release saying it broke a million in sales? or was that just shipped?

anyone has total numbers of espn vs madden by platform?

 

[IJoel]

Erm, well youre a junior member so very easily a throw-away account. Social suicide would be applicable if someone like say Wario64 made them up.

Wario committed Hollywood suicide on G4.

Woah @ those hardware numbers.

IBF CONSOLE SHORTAGE!

 

[Rhindle]

These look legit to me.

Very impressive numbers for both Madden and 2K5. It looks like 2K5 may end up doing 30-40% of Madden's numbers, which is a massive improvement obviously (though maybe not in $$$ terms).

Does anyone have last year's first month Madden sales handy? It owuld be interesting to see if they were impacted by the ESPN price drop.


Those Rainbow Six/Black Arrow sales are also highly impressive.

 

[Meier]

Datawhore provided the numbers last month and Bunkum confirmed them.

BTW, thanks Datawhore!

Works for me. Over 2 million sold of Madden in one month.. crazy.

 

[Datawhore]

Last Year's Madden (August 2003)

System Title Aug-03
PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 1445950
XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 309890

This Year's Madden (August 2004)

PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588
XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100

The XBOX LIVE effect....

 

[Solid]

What a boring month.

 

[jedimike]

GC back over 100K Xbox back over PS2

The mysterious 7th >100k seller

3 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 - didn't see that coming

 

[Meier]

This Year's Madden (August 2004)

PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588
XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100

The XBOX LIVE affect....

I think you meant to say 1,508,399 for the PS2. XBL's addition had essentially no effect on sales of the PS2 version, but it did get people like me who had bought ESPN in the past to buy Madden.

/me goes back to his Franchise.

 

[Rhindle]

Oh, and does anyone still want to argue that the Metroid bundle was a brilliant idea? First month on sale, with two competitors hobbled by shortages, and it still barely shifts any units.

 

[COCKLES]

Hmmm, the GAF is going to get very interesting starting.... now.

 

[sonycowboy]

GC back over 100K Xbox back over PS2

The mysterious 7th >100k seller

3 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 - didn't see that coming

Told ya there was a shortage Jedi. Just seems to have been a PS2 "mostly" shortage.

 

[Odysseus]

3 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 - didn't see that coming

Hello, have you ever been on Xbox Live?

That's all they ever play. First Rainbow Six 3, now Black Arrow.

 

[explodet]

Meanwhile absolute garbage is released for the GBA in August and it still manages to sell better than the consoles.

 

[emerge]

Seven out of the top ten best selling console games in the US in August are yearly updates to american football titles? Somehow that makes me want to cry.

 

[sonycowboy]

Oh, and does anyone still want to argue that the Metroid bundle was a brilliant idea? First month on sale, with two competitors hobbled by shortages, and it still barely shifts any units.

Well, they really don't have many options. It's way too early to make the drop to $79. What other options do they have? This option gives them the absolutely best shot at having a positive effect on their biggest holiday game, Echoes.

 

[Bog]

I'm not at all surprised by the Black Arrow numbers. A simple check on Xdude Live the other night showed around 150,000 registered gamertags on the Black Arrow stats board. Sure some of those are from rentals, but average that in with the people who bought it and don't have Xdude Live...

 

[Alcibiades]

WOW,

-GBA over 100,000 more than XBOX or PS2, can't wait for September numbers.

-NFL 2k5 might outsell Madden on XBox, especially with the holiday season coming up and people having had the chance to compare the games.

-Those Symphonia numbers are great considering it got no TV marketing like Star Ocean.

-Sega's only games in the Top Ten for the systems are in GBA and GCN, gee I wonder where they'll stop their development first. (I'm not counting the up-for-sale Visual Concepts games).

-Pokemon RuSa has once again managed to outsell Halo. It going to be interesting to see if Pokemon File or Halo 2 comes out on top for the holiday season under Madden and San Andreas.

- 5 Mario games made those lists, not bad, with Paper Mario 2 coming up, should be a strong October for Nintendo.

 

[snapty00]

Wow! Those hardware numbers can't be right...can they? This would be the second time in recent history that Xbox has outsold PlayStation 2 in a given month in the U.S.

If these numbers are right, while Microsoft has zero hope in catching Sony overall (or in the U.S. or any major area of the world), it does seem to be very competitive on a monthly basis. It's nice to see someone finally give Sony some real competition.

 

[Buffy4ever]

Oh, and does anyone still want to argue that the Metroid bundle was a brilliant idea? First month on sale, with two competitors hobbled by shortages, and it still barely shifts any units.

I think the Metroid Bundle was a good Idea. That Bundle will eventually get me to buy a Gamecube this holiday season.

 

[evil ways]

Too bad these once every few months jumps on Xbox sales have a 30 day expiration date, and go back to #2 by the time the next numbers get released.

 

[jedimike]

I think you meant to say 1,508,399 for the PS2. XBL's addition had essentially no effect on sales of the PS2 version, but it did get people like me who had bought ESPN in the past to buy Madden.

/me goes back to his Franchise.

I don't get it...

To me, it looks like

This Year's Madden (August 2004)

PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 = -300k over last years
XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 = +200k over last years


One can deduce that 200k jumped ship to Xbox from Sony and the other 100K went ESPN.

 

[Datawhore]

Last Year's Madden (August 2003)

System Title Aug-03
PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 1445950
XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 309890

This Year's Madden (August 2004)

PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588
XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100

The XBOX LIVE effect....

Sorry - you're right.

Correction:

Last Year's Madden (August 2003)

System Title Aug-03
PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 1445950
XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 309890

This Year's Madden (August 2004)
PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 1,508,399
XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100

Still, with the PS2 growth in installed base, you would expect Madden's sales to increase more than 4.3%, year over year. Xbox Madden grew 64% - the Xbox Live effect?

The majority in Madden growth in August is attributable to Xbox Madden sales.

 

[sonycowboy]

-GBA over 100,000 more than XBOX or PS2, can't wait for September numbers.

Given that it dropped to $79.99, be ready for some absolutely INSANE GBA numbers.

 

[Meier]

I don't get it...

To me, it looks like

This Year's Madden (August 2004)

PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 = -300k over last years
XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 = +200k over last years


One can deduce that 200k jumped ship to Xbox from Sony and the other 100K went ESPN.

Err, both you and he are ignoring the 400k units sold of the $55 Collector's Edition of Madden for PS2 in your calculations.

 

[Alcibiades]

Oh, and does anyone still want to argue that the Metroid bundle was a brilliant idea? First month on sale, with two competitors hobbled by shortages, and it still barely shifts any units.

it was only on sale for like 1/2 a month, and Nintendo wasn't even advertising it at all. It was meant for the purpose of hyping up Echoes in November anyway. Still, I'm sure we'll start to see the effects in September.

 

[Meier]

Can't wait to update my GBA numbers too..

 

[Hero]

Go Tales! Just about at 200K, which I think is amazing all things considered. Hopefully word of mouth can keep it going decent through the holiday season.

Impressive for Xbox to outsell the PS2.

Total shit numbers for GCN software.

 

[Datawhore]

Err, both you and he are ignoring the 400k units sold of the $55 Collector's Edition of Madden for PS2 in your calculations.

Even with the updated "Collector's Edition" calculations (see above), most of the growth is coming in the Xbox version. This is undeniably due to Xbox Live's superiority over the PS2 offering's.