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XBX HALO 2 4,589,895
XBX HALO 4,020,984
XBX PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 1,209,231
XBX FABLE 973,811
XBX MECH ASSAULT 715,787
XBX PROJECT GOTHAM 2 630,982
XBX FUZION FRENZY 620,658
XBX NFL FEVER 2002 590,473
XBX AMPED: SNOWBOARDING 552,779
XBX COUNTER STRIKE 519,657
XBX BRUTE FORCE 475,620
XBX CRIMSON SKIES: HIGH 454,026
XBX ODDWORLD: MUNCH 414,173
XBX NFL FEVER 2003 351,564
XBX BLOOD WAKE 335,056
XBX RALLISPORT CHALLENGE 304,656
XBX BLINX: TIME SWEEPER 300,672
XBX TOP SPIN 275,758
XBX MECH ASSAULT 2: LONE 239,005
XBX NBA INSIDE DRIVE 2002 221,454
XBX MUSIC MIXER 194,660
XBX NBA INSIDE DRIVE 2003 184,849
XBX NFL FEVER 2004 183,884
XBX MIDTOWN MADNESS 3 176,756
XBX SHENMUE 2 174,293
XBX LINKS 2004 163,144
XBX TAO FENG: FIST LOTUS 159,922
XBX KUNG FU CHAOS 159,901
XBX KINGDOM FIRE:CRUSADER 152,454
XBX AMPED 2 148,292
XBX AZURIK: RISE PERATHIA 138,841
XBX RALLISPORT CHALLENGE2 135,500 off by few hundred give or take
XBX NBA INSIDE DRIVE 2004 99,384
XBX SUDEKI 88,559
XBX PHANTASY STAR I & II 82,347
XBX GRABBED BY GHOULIES 80,283
XBX NIGHTCASTER 74,991
XBX QUANTUM REDSHIFT 67,884
XBX MLB INSIDE PITCH 2003 67,215
XBX VOODOO VINCE 63,671
XBX NHL RIVALS 2004 59,211
XBX OUTRUN 2 57,871
XBX SNEAKERS 57,319
XBX WHACKED 54,175
XBX BLINX 2: MASTERS TIME 53,384
XBX KAKUTO CHOJIN 27,835
titles over 500,000 not from MS

XBX T. CLANCYS SPLINTER UBISOFT (CORP) 1,508,276
XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK ROCKSTAR GAMES (TAKE 2) 1,336,599
XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 ELECTRONIC ARTS 1,190,593
XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) 1,172,026
XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 1,086,759
XBX T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON UBISOFT (CORP) 988,561
XBX NEED SPEED:UNDRGRND 2 ELECTRONIC ARTS 928,642
XBX DEAD OR ALIVE 3 TECMO 908,264
XBX MADDEN NFL 2004 ELECTRONIC ARTS 803,821
XBX SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE ACTIVISION 792,372
XBX NEED SPEED: UNDERGRND ELECTRONIC ARTS 784,728
XBX T. CLANCYS RAINBOW 3 UBISOFT (CORP) 765,655
XBX MAX PAYNE ROCKSTAR GAMES (TAKE 2) 752,820
XBX MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE ELECTRONIC ARTS 737,173
XBX TRUE CRIME STREETS OF ACTIVISION 703,693
XBX ESPN NBA 2K5 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) 605,274
XBX SW: BATTLEFRONT LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 600,361
XBX TONY HAWK UNDERGROUN ACTIVISION 595,600
XBX SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE ELECTRONIC ARTS 590,354
XBX HITMAN 2: ASSASSIN EIDOS INTERACTIVE 587,917
XBX SW:KNIGHT REPUBLIC II LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 578,093
XBX T.CLANCY GHOST RECON2 UBISOFT (CORP) 576,658
XBX NBA LIVE 2005 ELECTRONIC ARTS 571,408
XBX MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY MIDWAY 570,895
XBX ENTER THE MATRIX ATARI 555,683
XBX SOUL CALIBUR II NAMCO 554,171
XBX T. CLANCYS PANDORA UBISOFT (CORP) 547,138
XBX SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 ACTIVISION 542,843
XBX NINJA GAIDEN TECMO 532,103
XBX MADDEN NFL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 525,971
XBX MEDAL HONOR RISING ELECTRONIC ARTS 516,546
XBX ELDER SCRLL:MORROWI BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 522,083
XBX NAMCO MUSEUM NAMCO 509,437



2005 top releases ive been following

XBX MERCENARIES LUCASARTS 335,332
XBX MVP BASEBALL 2005 ELECTRONIC ARTS 274,018
XBX STAR WARS REPUBLIC LUCASARTS 214,923
XBX FIGHT NIGHT 2005 ELECTRONIC ARTS 201,638
XBX SPLINTER CELL CHAOS UBISOFT 197,034
XBX BROTHERS IN ARMS UBISOFT 186,542
XBX NFL STREET 2 ELECTRONIC ARTS 173,508
XBX NBA STREET VOL 3 ELECTRONIC ARTS 160,864
XBX THE PUNISHER THQ 119,099
XBX ODDWORLD STRANGER ELECTRONIC ARTS 91,117
XBX TORK PREHISTORIC UBISOFT 10,010


i remember alot of people at teamxbox forums complaining about ms dropping oddworld, tork and psychonaughts. Now we see why



late year releases of 2004 that are doing well

XBX CALL OF DUTY ACTIVISION 469,787
XBX BURNOUT 3 TAKEDOWN ELECTRONIC ARTS 323,191
XBX PRINCE OF PERS WARRIOR UBISOFT 279,801
XBX TIGER WOODS PGA 2005 ELECTRONIC ARTS 258,673
XBX XMEN LEGENDS ACTIVISION 247,134 missing feb
XBX GREG HASTINGS PAINTBAl ACTIVISION 215,787
XBX GOLDENEYE ROGUE AGENT LECTRONIC ARTS 179,858
XBX LORD OF RINGS THIRD AGE ELECTRONIC ARTS 170,811
XBX DEAD OR ALIVE ULTIMATE TECMO 153,887


XBX CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK VIVENDI 224,615
XBX PRINCE OF PERSIA SANDS UBISOFT 388,217

 

[Mrbob]

Damn. Look at Greg Hastings Paintball go.

215K? Wow.

I need to pick it up!

 

[_Angelus_]

XBX FABLE 973,811

C'mon baby,just abit more to the million mark.
I Loved the game,I'm glad its done well.

 

[Li Mu Bai]

3rd parties have got to be pleased.

 

[pj]

XBX BLINX 2: MASTERS TIME 53,384

XBX ODDWORLD STRANGER ELECTRONIC ARTS 91,117

i remember alot of people at teamxbox forums complaining about ms dropping oddworld, tork and psychonaughts. Now we see why

Yeah, because microsoft is retarded. And it's not psychonaughts, it's psychonauts.

 

[Sean]

Those Namco Museum sales are pretty surprising. I didn't think a game like that would do half a million on Xbox.

MechAssault did very good too. Last I remember it was at like 400k, now its at 715k. It would be interesting to see the monthly sales for it. It seems like that game has legs.

 

[tsp_gatmog]

"Tom Clancy's Splinter" :lol

 

[Andy787]

I find it strange, though, that just about every sequel outside of Halo and football, has done considerably worse, despite their respective games in almost every case being considerably better in quality.

XBX PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 1,209,231
XBX PROJECT GOTHAM 2 630,982

XBX MECH ASSAULT 715,787
XBX MECH ASSAULT 2: LONE 239,005

XBX NFL FEVER 2002 590,473
XBX NFL FEVER 2003 351,564
XBX NFL FEVER 2004 183,884

XBX AMPED: SNOWBOARDING 552,779
XBX AMPED 2 148,292

XBX ODDWORLD: MUNCH 414,173
XBX ODDWORLD STRANGER ELECTRONIC ARTS 91,117

XBX RALLISPORT CHALLENGE 304,656
XBX RALLISPORT CHALLENGE2 135,500

XBX BLINX: TIME SWEEPER 300,672
XBX BLINX 2: MASTERS TIME 53,384

XBX NBA INSIDE DRIVE 2002 221,454
XBX NBA INSIDE DRIVE 2003 184,849
XBX NBA INSIDE DRIVE 2004 99,384

XBX T. CLANCYS SPLINTER UBISOFT (CORP) 1,508,276
XBX T. CLANCYS PANDORA UBISOFT (CORP) 547,138
XBX SPLINTER CELL CHAOS UBISOFT 197,034 (one week, mind you)

XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) 1,172,026

XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 1,086,759
XBX SW:KNIGHT REPUBLIC II LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 578,093

XBX T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON UBISOFT (CORP) 988,561
XBX T.CLANCY GHOST RECON2 UBISOFT (CORP) 576,658

XBX DEAD OR ALIVE 3 TECMO 908,264
XBX DEAD OR ALIVE ULTIMATE TECMO 153,887

 

[LakeEarth]

Yeah I really think people are getting sick of constant sequeling on semi-popular games, even if significant improvements have been made (see RE4). It's a gamble everytime a company releases an all-new game yes, but a sequel to a game that sold quasi well is kinda suicide too.

However, if the game is really popular, they can sequel that bitch up till it runs dry.

 

[Andy787]

Capcom seems to suffer from it more than just about anyone, too.

RE4, arguably (and pretty heavily in favor of) the best in the series, and the biggest improvements/change in the series' history, yet it has done worse than a remake of the original RE and RE0, a game still very much steeped in the archaic RE formula, and RE0 had very little hype, too. RE4 was being hyped as a game to save a system.

Onimusha 3, completely redone (and improved a hundred fold) control scheme, first game in the series in full 3d, complimented by one of the best 3d engines created this gen, probably the most amazing CG intro in all of videogames, a huge change of scenery/environment, etc. Sells considerably less than either of the previous two games.

Viewtiful Joe 2, while the original was not a huge hit, it was a modest success, with an impressive (by what a niche game would be considered) debut on the Cube, followed up the bomb of the PS2 release by bombing harder than both of the originals. It's sad that VJ2 can already be had for the same price as VJ1.

Of course, there are tons of other examples, but still, it's surprising to me, because I've always thought that the typical consumers prefer sequels, things they are familiar with and what not. Myself, I absolutely love new, original stuff, so I can't argue, but I do apprecate good sequels as well.

 

[Pachinko]

There are alot of things at work affecting those sales, I think above all else that from 200 through to 2002 the market wasn't quite oversaturated , much like soil after a month of rain the market eventually capped off with how many SKU's could be supported at once and well you see the effects right now, after 3 months anything less then the most popular title drops 50% or more in price.

Hell, Neo Contra which has only been out for 6 months or so is allready a 10 dollar CANADIAN clearance sale at EB games. 10 bucks.

Then you have the wonderful world of ads, a number of the games that are underpreforming didnt' have the same ad budget has previous versions and in some cases may have been too much too soon. Especially with DOA ultimate, while I bought a copy becuase I love the series, most xbox owners that cared bought the 30 dollar Platinum hit version of DOA3 and yet others purchased the Wank Fest known as DOAX, that game gave alot of DOA fans what they wanted all along and so many passed on Ultimate , ultimatly it only sold to the hardcore fans of the series that didn't need ads to convince them to buy it.


Hopefully next gen this situation wont' be quite as bad.. although I only see it getting worse. Sony , Nintendo and Microsoft need to take a really stiff approach to how many games get thrown out each month and how many games of each genre get created on the new systems. Take a tighter stance on console exlclusive content, so that maybe unless some form of exclusitivity is brought to the table that no one will certify the game .

I mean how many games do we really need , honestly ? Does anyone really need more then 1 GTA style game every year ? I don't think so, if they all got up to san andreas quality you'd take 6 months to finish it, and in those 6 months not buy any other games. If you were Joe Casual atleast. Sure we as the hardcore crowd waste our money aimlessly buying a game or 2 every month but if the industry changed and strained out any game that wasn't worthy of an 80% at game rankings we'd have no need to buy all that shit. Unless they made the shittier games 20 bucks...

Anyway thats enough ranting for now...

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Here's hoping MS betters their output next generation.

 

[VALIS]

XBX THE PUNISHER THQ 119,099
XBX ODDWORLD STRANGER ELECTRONIC ARTS 91,117

Like a kick in the nuts. PUNISHER HAS SOLD NEARLY 30K MORE!!

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

I heard Lanning comment that Oddworld would need to sell 250-300K to recoup their own losses. Does anyone here hope it does top those figures? ;_;

 

[Alex Anderson]

"Tom Clancy's Splinter" :lol

It's "T. CLANCYS SPLINTER" asshole. T. CLANCYS SPLINTER.

 

[Hero]

Capcom seems to suffer from it more than just about anyone, too.

RE4, arguably (and pretty heavily in favor of) the best in the series, and the biggest improvements/change in the series' history, yet it has done worse than a remake of the original RE and RE0, a game still very much steeped in the archaic RE formula, and RE0 had very little hype, too. RE4 was being hyped as a game to save a system.

Worse than RE/RE0? What the hell are you talking about? It's already at half a million in the US alone. It hasn't even been out for half a year while REmake/RE0 had two years to garner their sales. Not to mention that Capcom USA killed a lot of Gamecube would be purchasers by announcing RE4 for PS2 before the game launched.

Viewtiful Joe 2, while the original was not a huge hit, it was a modest success, with an impressive (by what a niche game would be considered) debut on the Cube, followed up the bomb of the PS2 release by bombing harder than both of the originals. It's sad that VJ2 can already be had for the same price as VJ1.

Of course, there are tons of other examples, but still, it's surprising to me, because I've always thought that the typical consumers prefer sequels, things they are familiar with and what not. Myself, I absolutely love new, original stuff, so I can't argue, but I do apprecate good sequels as well.

Viewtiful Joe 2 debuted too quickly after Viewtiful Joe. They should've released it Q2 of 2005. Hell, April had ZERO new Gamecube releases. Great time to release something.

So yeah, I agree that Capcom's sequels have sold considerably worse, but RE4 had a lot going against it.

 

[sly]

It's "T. CLANCYS SPLINTER" asshole. T. CLANCYS SPLINTER.

Why does it matter how he spells it?

 

[Flatbread]

I find it strange, though, that just about every sequel outside of Halo and football, has done considerably worse, despite their respective games in almost every case being considerably better in quality.

part of the picture is how much longer the original games have been out compared to the sequels. Although i cant do it, comparing sales based on the amount of time they have been released would be more accurate. In some cases like splinter cell, it would still be lopsided in favor of the original. However SWKOTR 2 is ahead of its predecessor at this point in its life.

 

[milanbaros]

RE4, arguably (and pretty heavily in favor of) the best in the series, and the biggest improvements/change in the series' history, yet it has done worse than a remake of the original RE and RE0, a game still very much steeped in the archaic RE formula, and RE0 had very little hype, too. RE4 was being hyped as a game to save a system.

That is a pretty stupid statement.

After March NPD

RE 504,234 (5,719)
RE 0 448,034 (2,385)
RE 4 475,369 (52,717)

To say that Resident Evil 4 has done worse than the previous 2 installments is a joke. It will become the biggest selling Resident Evil on the GC before it has even been out for 5 months. By the end of the year it will be considerably higher than the other two. Considering how badly this could've turned out for Capcom it has turned out well.

 

[LakeEarth]

That is a pretty stupid statement.

After March NPD

RE 504,234 (5,719)
RE 0 448,034 (2,385)
RE 4 475,369 (52,717)

To say that Resident Evil 4 has done worse than the previous 2 installments is a joke. It will become the biggest selling Resident Evil on the GC before it has even been out for 5 months. By the end of the year it will be considerably higher than the other two. Considering how badly this could've turned out for Capcom it has turned out well.

Where are you getting that RE4 number? Last I saw it wasn't that high. Or maybe my memory is going.

 

[SpokkX]

XBX FABLE 973,811

C'mon baby,just abit more to the million mark.
I Loved the game,I'm glad its done well.

could´ve been so much more sadly..

loved the setting and much of the freedom..

the quests just plain sucked though, as well as the loading and bad framerate..

overall the game was way to simplistic though, just like Jade Empire

here´s hoping the sequel improves on what was good in Fable

 

[NWO]

Where are you getting that RE4 number? Last I saw it wasn't that high. Or maybe my memory is going.

Yes those RE4 numbers are that high just check out the latest NPD thread.

Honestly if that game was released instead of RE0 then it would be well over 1 million right now in the US alone. The game should get around 600,000-700,000 by the end of the year and it hasn't even been discounted yet.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Thanks for the figures Flatbread!

Muchos appreciatos!