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[LukeSmith]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/18/news_6116499.html

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[Deku Tree]

1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) - 5.1 million
2. Halo 2 (Xbox) - 4.2 million
3. Madden NFL 2005 (PS2) - 3.2 million
4. ESPN NFL 2K5 (PS2) - 1.5 million
5. Need for Speed Underground 2 (PS2) - 1.4 million
6. Pokémon FireRed (with adapter) (GBA) - 1.2 million
7. NBA Live 2005 (PS2) - 1.2 million
8. Spider-Man 2 (PS2) - 1.1 million
9. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) - 1.1 million
10. ESPN NFL 2K5 (Xbox)- 1.0 million

I didn't expect to see Halo up there... (but I probably should have)

 

[Odnetnin]

haha... someone has to say it. DOOMCUBE

The biggest trend of note was that portable software sales broke the $1 billion mark for the first time ever, thanks to the introduction of the Nintendo DS. Total software sales "also continued to set new records, with sales exceeding $6.2 billion, an increase of 8 percent in overall sales when compared with $5.8 billion in 2003," NPD said.

go DS!

 

[AniHawk]

ESPN NFL 2K5 sells 2.5 m...

Poor Sega.

 

[Chittagong]

So Halo was the biggest selling franchise in 2004 by quite a margin?

 

[Deku Tree]

So Halo was the biggest selling franchise in 2004 by quite a margin?

Halo + Halo 2 = 5.3m
GTA:SA = 5.1m
Madden = ??

 

[AniHawk]

So Halo was the biggest selling franchise in 2004 by quite a margin?

Grand Theft Auto was.

 

[Mooreberg]

So Halo was the biggest selling franchise in 2004 by quite a margin?

You'd have to keep track of GTA sales on PC and Xbox to know this for sure.

And the article says unit sales are up 4%, so people are being smart and waiting on price drops for stuff that won't stay $50 for ages. Makes me wonder how third parties think jacking up prices next gen is going to work wonderfully for them.

 

[Odnetnin]

Halo + Halo 2 = 5.3m
GTA:SA = 5.1m
Madden = ??

flawed! You'd have to add GTA3 + VC to the numbers if you want to do HALO like that.

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

So Halo was the biggest selling franchise in 2004 by quite a margin?

Not necessarily, unless I'm reading it wrong GTA3 and Vice City combined would have to sell 200,000 or so to even it up.

 

[MarkRyan]

So of the top ten selling games last year, 100% of them were released in the last half of the year, and almost half were released in the last two months of the year. No wonder no one releases games before August.

 

[Meier]

What I dont understand, is why Pokemon Leaf Green is not listed. It sold 1.097 million copies at likely an equal ASRP to that of Fire Red ($32) which should put it squarely at 9. It's certainly only 10 at the lowest due to ESPN's sales being at $20

 

[Fuzzy]

Not necessarily, unless I'm reading it wrong GTA3 and Vice City combined would have to sell 200,000 or so to even it up.

According to the December NPD thread, the GTA franchise sold over 360K in just December across all the other GTA games.

 

[Amir0x]

According to the December NPD thread, the GTA franchise sold over 360K in just December across all the other GTA games.

Including Grand Theft Auto 1/2/London?

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

It's sad that I only own one of those "top ten" games. ESPN NFL 2K5 for the PS2. That's it. And I won't be getting the next installment of that this year, will I? ~cries and screams "WHY EA, WHY!?"~

 

[Solid]

Kinda cool you'll be able to play two of the biggest franchises of 2004 on the Xbox soon.

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

Including Grand Theft Auto 1/2/London?

And don't forget the GBA version of GTA! It didn't sell much though, if I recall correctly.. definitely under 100K..

 

[Fuzzy]

Including Grand Theft Auto 1/2/London?

Here you go,

PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 155,122
XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 75,234
GBA GRAND THEFT AUTO ADVN 54,829
PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 43,724
PS GRAND THEFT AUTO:COLL 21,707
PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 13,861
PS GRAND THEFT AUTO 2 2,176
PS GRAND THEFT AUTO 1,465

 

[Amir0x]

Here you go,

PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 155,122
XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 75,234
GBA GRAND THEFT AUTO ADVN 54,829
PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 43,724
PS GRAND THEFT AUTO:COLL 21,707
PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 13,861
PS GRAND THEFT AUTO 2 2,176
PS GRAND THEFT AUTO 1,465

Total: 368,118

So...

Halo + Halo 2 = 5.3m
GTA:SA+RestofGTfranchise = 5.45m
Madden = ??

 

[Fuzzy]

Total: 368,118

So...

Halo + Halo 2 = 5.3m
GTA:SA+RestofGTfranchise = 5.45m
Madden = ??

Those were just the December numbers, not for the entire year so the GTA series total is higher than that.

 

[MetatronM]

Total: 368,118

So...

Halo + Halo 2 = 5.3m
GTA:SA+RestofGTfranchise = 5.45m
Madden = ??

Actually that's the year end total of GTA:SA + only DECEMBER sales of the rest of the GTA franchise. There's 11 months of sales for the rest of the franchise outside of San Andreas not yet accounted for.

 

[Amir0x]

Actually that's the year end total of GTA:SA + only DECEMBER sales of the rest of the GTA franchise. There's 11 months of sales for the rest of the franchise outside of San Andreas not yet accounted for.

Jesus Christ.

Yeah, that's true...

 

[Fuzzy]

Vice City's 2004 total was 657,429 on the PS2.

 

[Dsal]

ESPN NFL 2K5 sells 2.5 m...

Poor Sega.

Whoa.. hold up. If I am reading this chart right, did ESPN actually outsell Madden on the Xbox?!?! Holy crap! I haven't been paying attention!