Game Types and Sales...

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"Top" Software Titles for the Big Three 

 Numbers are not the objectives, genres, publishers, exclusives and sales importance are.

Playstation 3:

Name	Software Sales	Genre	Publisher	Exclusive?
Resistance: Fall of Man	1.73 million	Shooter	Sony	Yes
Motorstorm	1.31 million	Racer	Sony	Yes
Need For Speed: Carbon	0.57 million	Racer	EA	No
Call of Duty 3	0.50 million	Shooter	Activision	No
Madden NFL '08	0.49 million	Sports	EA	No
Night Fight Round 3	0.45 million	Sports	EA	No
Madden NFL '07	0.44 million	Sports	EA	No
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	0.43 million	Action RPG	Take2	No
Dynasty Warriors Gundam	0.35 million	Action	Namco	No
Everybody's Golf 5	0.35 million	Sports	Sony	Yes
Ridge Racer 7	0.28 million	Sports	Namco	No

XBox360:

Name	Software Sales	Genre	Publisher	Exclusive?
Halo 3	5.14 million	Shooter	Microsoft	Yes
Gears of War	4.81 million	Shooter	Microsoft	Yes
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	2.17 million	Action RPG	2k Games	No
Call of Duty 2	1.99 million	Shooter	Activision	No
Ghost Recon Advanced Warr.	1.98 million	Shooter	Ubisoft	No
Rainbow Six: Vegas	1.97 million	Shooter	Ubisoft	No
Call of Duty 3	1.84 million	Shooter	Spike	No
Madden NFL '07	1.73 million	Sports	EA	No
Guitar Hero 2	1.65 million	Other	Activision	No
Final Night Round 3	1.53 million	Sports	EA	No
Saints Row	1.48 million	Action Racer	THQ	Yes

Wii:

Name	Software Sales	Genre	Publisher	Exclusive?
Wii Sports	10.86 million	Sports	Nintendo	Yes
Wii Play	6.33 million	Sports/Other	Nintendo	Yes
Zelda: Twilight Princess	3.79 million	Action RPG	Nintendo	Yes
Mario Party 8	2.53 million	Other	Nintendo	Yes
Wario Ware Smooth Moves	1.89 million	Other	Nintendo	Yes
Super Paper Mario	1.57 million	Action	Nintendo	Yes
Rayman Raving Rabbids	1.03 million	Action/Other	Ubisoft	No*
Red Steel	1.02 million	Shooter	Ubisoft	Yes
Mario Strikers Charged	0.91 million	Sports	Nintendo	Yes
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree	0.83 million	Other	Nintendo	Yes
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition	0.82 million	Shooter/Puzz	Capcom	Yes/No*
Tiger Woods PGA Tour '07	0.72 million	Sports	EA	No*
Sonic and the Secret Rings	0.72 million	Platformer	Sega	Yes
Pokemon Battle Revolution	0.60 million	RPG	Nintendo	Yes
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	0.52 million	Shooter/Puzz	Nintendo	Yes
Excite Truck	0.51 million	Racer	Nintendo	Yes
Trauma Center: Second Opin	0.48 million	Puzzle	Atlus	Yes
Dragon Quest Swords	0.48 million	RPG	Square Enix	Yes
Cooking Mama: Cook off	0.46 million	Other	Taito	Yes
Madden NFL '07	0.41 million	Sports	EA	No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 * - denotes a semi-exclusive or not verdict.  In Tiger Woods, the control scheme is hands down a huge difference, along with RE4 and Rayman. 

Ok, interesting points:

 1.)  Top two games for every console are exclusive, in-house published games by their respective companies.

 2.)  Madden NFL '07 sold better on Wii than PS3

 3.)  XBox360 is dominated by shooter-style games as top-sellers.  PS3 is dominated by Sports/Racing games.   Wii is dominated by....   no domination, actually.  The lines are NOT clear cut.

 4.)  Ubisoft, as a 3rd party, has a definitive presence on Wii and XBox360, but not PS3.

 5.)  EA dominates PS3 - presense still on all other consoles. 

 6.)  Call of Duty 3:  Japan = .03 million XBox360 sales, ....  actually, what i wanted to do was compare individual console sales and software sales of this single title, compared regionally, and to compare sales between360/Wii in the US, and PS3/Wii in Japan, which would have led to #7.

 7.)  Call of Duty 3:  Estimating 10% to 20% Wii60 owners compared to probable Wii3 owners in Japan, and comparing Call of Duty 3 sales to non-dual owners.  I wanted to attempt a possible measurement of how many consumers really bought the shooter for PS3/360 instead of Wii, yet still play Wii for other games, INCLUDING exclusive shooters, like Red Steel, Metroid, RE4, etc, and by region.

 

I guess I will wander away feeling defeated now.  I was hoping for another 'hardcore' comparison by evaluating actual sales as opposed to opinions.  The genres, to me, were interesting, though.

Extra.)  Goldeneye Sales = 8.09 million.  Halo 2 sales = 8.31 million.  Pretty close!!  Except, I'm not sure if VGCHartz has data on Japan or not.  Japan had 5.55 million N64 sales, which could boost that 8.09 million up a ways.

 8.)  I would suggest that 3rd parties NEED 360 and PS3 to exist on their home turfs.  In order for cross-platforms to sell, despite the development costs to punt on both platforms, publishers aimed at the Japanese market needs PS3, as well as American aims relish in XBox 360.  And they NEED Wii to help bring back older gamers who may have, wandered away out of.... boredom?  Repetition?  And they NEED Wii to make sure younger gamers that have parents who are protective trust Nintendo with, ahem, more 'childish games' (I disagree with that belief).  If they are playing games again, and now have money of their own, they may wander back to this thing called 'graphics' with the 360 and PS3.