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celine on 17 April 2008

Where is Dolla ? It's GIFs time !



 “In the entertainment business, there are only heaven and hell, and nothing in between and as soon as our customers bore of our products, we will crash.”  Hiroshi Yamauchi

TAG:  Like a Yamauchi pimp slap delivered by Il Maelstrom; serving it up with style.

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BKK2 on 17 April 2008
BCNR34 said:
thibje said:
according to the press release the 360 , PS3 , PS2 and PSP sold 840k

no, they combine the ds and the wii for that 53% or whatever it is, so its 1.3m


 1.03m, actually.



Gnizmo on 17 April 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
DMeisterJ said:
FishyJoe said:
DMeisterJ said:
ismael said:
Wii is a fad, next month it will sell less than PS3 for sure

The Wii will stop selling when MGS4 comes out.


I thought it was supposed to have negative sales, or is that next year?


Next year, when Home relases.


Hasus! Label your sarcasm. I want official numbers. You post them in 6 minutes. This is your task.


Hasus? Pronounced Hey-zeus right? You mispelled the name very badly. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that the name is extremely well known.



Starcraft 2 ID: Gnizmo 229

dolemit3 on 17 April 2008

NPD confirms: X360 > PS3.



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

dolemit3 on 17 April 2008

Hardware Mar-08
PlayStation 2 216K
PlayStation 3 257K
PlayStation Portable 297K
Xbox 360 262K
Nintendo DS 698K
Wii 721K



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

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BCNR34 on 17 April 2008

Industry Sales
Mar-07 Mar-08 CHG
Total Video Games $1.1B $1.7B 57%
Video Games Hardware $377.9M $551.3M 46%
Video Games Software $579.1M $945.6M 63%
Video Game Accessories $139.5M $220M 58%


HW Sales

Hardware Mar-08
PlayStation 2 216K
PlayStation 3 257K
PlayStation Portable 297K
Xbox 360 262K
Nintendo DS 698K
Wii 721K

SW Sales
Top-Selling VG Software - March 2008

Platform Title Publisher Release Date March Units
WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-08 2.7M
360 *TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT Mar-08 752.3K
360 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 606.1K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 409.8K
PSP GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS SONY Mar-08 340.5K
PSP CRISIS CORE: FINAL FANTASY VII SQUARE ENIX INC Mar-08 301.6K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION Oct-07 264.1K
360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K8 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE Mar-08 237.1K
360 *CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION Nov-07 237K
PS3 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 224.9K



ismael on 17 April 2008
CrazzyMan said:
ismael said:
with canadian numbers Wii should be around 800k, that's incredible, ioi won't adjust his numbers, will he?

Nice! =))


 If ioi doesn't adjust the numbers, it doesnt mean that Wii is selling less



DMeisterJ on 17 April 2008
BKK2 said:
BCNR34 said:
thibje said:
according to the press release the 360 , PS3 , PS2 and PSP sold 840k

no, they combine the ds and the wii for that 53% or whatever it is, so its 1.3m


 1.03m, actually.


720+700 = 1.42 million = 53%

BCNR34 is right with about 1.3 million being the other 47%



darthdevidem01 on 17 April 2008

they should be out



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

Stever89 on 17 April 2008
ismael said:
with canadian numbers Wii should be around 800k, that's incredible, ioi won't adjust his numbers, will he?

 He shouldn't have to because all NPD is doing is making up for undertracking the Wii over the last few months. So, in theory, the actual totals should be similar, it's just that VGC updates past data to make it as accurate as possible for whatever period you are looking at, while NPD "adjusts" their numbers by increasing one months sales slightly to offset undertracking (or lowers numbers slightly to offset overtracking).

And we'll still waiting for Nintendo official statements which should give light at how many Wii's are in NA, which should give us a rough estimate at what the sales total should be. Those come out April 27th or something like that.

Either way, so many Wii's and DS. And Brawl undertracked? Interesting.