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[Zombie James]

Once again, hardware by manufacturer:

Nintendo: 977,000
Sony: 591,000
Microsoft: 366,000

 

[Beernf]

Yowza!

 

[Oblivion]

Seems PH won't be replicating it's Japanese success in America. Guess that means we get more TP-like Zeldas afterall.

 

[Shepherd]

Sony must be counting PS2 sales in that 75,000. No way was the rest of the month that low.

 

[Davidion]

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

*grabs popcorn*

 

[ratcliffja]

Excellent. You see that, Harmonix? Release Rock Band for Wii. Now.

 

[dawnXjustice]

Wow. The Wii's lead over the DS is getting bigger with each month :O Nice GHIII Wii Sales as well.

Oh and Sony's revitalized sales need to wait till next month's NPD.

 

[tanod]

Umm PS2 GH3 is on there twice.

 

[schuelma]

Wii shows its strength this month..just wow. Can we talk about Wii 3rd party success now, or does Guitar Hero not count?

 

[Leonsito]

If one year ago, you tell me that Wii was going to sell 519k in USA in a month, and about 120k per month in Japan, I would have laughed my ass off, or thinking that you got the USA/Japan thing wrong...

 

[Psychotext]

So did Sony's numbers actually include the PS2 as some people were thinking?

 

[siamesedreamer]

 

[sprsk]

whyyy nooot?

Because it's October, post Halo, post price drop.

I mean, relative to PS3 its "pretty good", I guess.

 

[Danthrax]

Well didn't Sony say that 75K week was the week of Oct. 29th? In which case, only a few days of that week are in October's NPD?

 

[VideoMan]

Wow, Wii GH3 beat out PS2 version.

Wow.

I wonder what the guys at EA who chose to wait on the Wii version of Rock Band are thinking right now.

EDIT: Ah, I see. Multiple PS2 SKUs. Still, good showing for Wii none the less.

 

[Tideas]

Were you guys really expecting ratchet to sell for millions in 2 weeks?

 

[Father_Brain]

Wow at GHIII for Wii outselling the PS2 version (well, the most comparable SKU, anyway). Didn't expect it to do quite that well.

I hope someone has Zack & Wiki numbers; too bad GAF didn't request them.

 

[The Innocent X]

I wonder how many the solus version of GH3 on 360 did, must be a chunk

 

[duk]

can't believe guitar hero 3 did better on 360 than ps2, that's amazing

 

[goompapa]

Euuhmmm...so Reggie was kind of right about Halo3 and Xbox360....

 

[Brandon F]

Damnit, I might have to buy Wii Play soon...everyone else has!

 

[Rlan]

You people are not buying Orange Box faster enough!

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

Anyway, now I'm sure that Super Mario Galaxy will sell a lot in NA.

Why ?

Because here the momentum is still high and it will transmit itself on the software side.

And btw: very nice sales for Guitar Hero 3 on Wii.

 

[Mrbob]

Really didn't anticipate Wii and 360 GH3 outselling PS2.



one with guitar, one without.

They didn't.

 

[Raw64life]

Nearly a 90% drop for Halo, but still manages to be number 1. Insane.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Ratchet and VF5 am bomba?

The real question is which sold more?

 

[robot]

Hows Halo 3 doing compared to Halo 2?

 

[castle007]

Seems PH won't be replicating it's Japanese success in America. Guess that means we get more TP-like Zeldas afterall.

WTF

the game has sold 486k, and it will sell even more in November and December.

 

[mood]

Ratchet bomba?

 

[beerbelly]

I thought 360 would sell 400,000+ at least. How much did it sell in October 2006?

 

[mr_bishiuk]

I think Sony shipped 75k units in the last week which makes sense, retailers stocking up on the 40gig model

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Surely the GHIII PS3 omission is a mistake?

 

[Fuzzy]

What, no GBA number?

Double the DS number.

 

[DuMaurier]

After Madden bombed on the Wii I thought GH3 might be just as dismal. Nice showing.

Was Zack and Wiki out for these numbers or is it next month?

 

[Cheesemeister]

For the new page, and people who don't get it...

Not really. PS2 GH3 isn't combined, but split between guitar and non-guitar SKUs. Combined, it'd be...

PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK BOTH (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 4 502.8K
360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 2 383.2K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 3 286.3K

EDIT: Of course, this doesn't include the 360 stand-alone SKU.

 

[Green Shinobi]

How is the Wii still selling this well? Mario Galaxy had better push insane numbers in the next NPD.

 

[schuelma]

Oh and Sony's P.R from last night seems to be a flat out lie.

 

[FrankT]

HELL YES

HAPPY TIME IS HERE

Spoiler

I derive the most satisfaction from knowing that you "bububu Sales-Age is destroying teh GAFs" whining crybabies are probably devastated by this day week and thread. Too bad, develop some fucking elementary numeracy, then maybe you can join the big-boy party instead of drooling like genetic regressives while finger-painting on cave walls with cockroach ichor. Oh god how I love thee, NPD thread. Props to driley for sticking by us, and here's to hoping we see even more public release for ourselves and Yurop until parity with the JPN tracking agencies is achieved.

Also:

Wii 5,038,685
360 7,092,151
PS3 1,980,649

7 mill in the US, nice. 360 is still the software beast and that isn't changing anytime soon.

 

[CrisKre]

Wow. The trend in HW sales just solidifies here in America. Wii is HUGE. DS just keeps going, 360 keeps up and PS3 does bad.

Im really interested in seeing if Metrod has any legs and still sels decent and what Zack and Wiki has done.

 

[ratcliffja]

Which one of those GH3 numbers is the PS3 version? I assume it's one of the ones credited as PS2.

Edit: Never mind.

 

[No6]

Wait, why is there two GHIII PS2s?

Because one had the guitar and one didn't. We also can't see where the non-guitar 360 version landed (somewhere under 110k is all we know).

can't believe guitar hero 3 did better on 360 than ps2, that's amazing

It didn't, although they may be very close.

 

[Kosma]

Ratchet WTF. It didnt sell 120k even? Jesus.

 

[Zombie James]

Super Category Totals
U.S. Video Games Sales - October 2007
October 2006 October 2007 YTD Oct 06 YTD Oct 07
Video Games $643.3M $1.1B 73% $7.0B $10.5B 49%
Video Games Hardware $207.1M $469.7M 127% $2.2B $4.1B 85%
Console Hardware $118.7M $349.6M 195% $1.4B $3.0B 125%
Portable Game Hardware $88.5M $120.1M 36% $877.5M $1.1B 23%
Video Games Software $369.3M $513.9M 39% $3.9B $5.0B 27%
Console Software $283.8M $412.5M 45% $2.9B $3.8B 28%
Portable Game Software $85.5M $101.5M 19% $983.1M $1.2B 23%
Video Game Accessories $67M $130M 94% $872.8M $1.4B 60%

You should start using code tags, this is a pain to read.

 

[sprsk]

Nearly a 90% drop for Halo, but still manages to be number 1. Insane.

Make no mistake, Guitar Hero was the #1 game this month.

 

[The Innocent X]

For the new page, and people who don't get it...

But that doesn`t include 360 game only versions.

 

[Oblivion]

Where's PS3 Guitar Hero sales?

 

[AceBandage]

Surely the GHIII PS3 omission is a mistake?

Maybe they're all waiting for RockBand?
Maybe...

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Were you guys really expecting ratchet to sell for millions in 2 weeks?

It had two weeks of sales? Didn't BioShock win a whole month in less than one? And it's not even like it's knocked out of the top ten but with a high sales rate. Its under 116,000.

There's no way around it.

 

[Talamius]

Euuhmmm...so Reggie was kind of right about Halo3 and Xbox360....

Let's see what November brings, but it is certainly trending that way.

 

[beelzebozo]

yay gh3 wii
yay third party wii titles