The Official December NPD 2008 Thread

[koffieboon]

TWRoO said:

koffieboon said:

FishyJoe said:
More evidence of the massive EA RB2 Wii screwup:

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/945/945695p1.html

According to data from the NPD group, the Wii version of Rock Band was the franchise's best-selling SKU last year with over a million units sold. The PlayStation 2 version was right behind it. Rock Band Wii and PS2 were the 29th and 31st best-selling games of the year, respectively.

The original Xbox 360 Rock Band came in at just under 800,000 units. Rock Band 2 on 360, available since September, sold just under 600,000 units.

The NPD data isn't clear which SKUs are Special Editions and which are the game only. Rock Band 2 on Wii was released right at the tail end of the year and moved just over 150,000 units.

You're right, EA can't be happy seeing that the Wii version of Guitar Hero is by far the best selling SKU. It must be close to 1.5 million according to NPD, while the 360 version hasn't even crossed 1 million yet (judging by the fact it isn't in the top 10 in December and was ranked 15th in November) But I guess they at least got some sales from the original Rock Band and the sequel did manage to sell 150k in only 2 weeks.

Btw, LTD the original Rock Band on 360 must still be above the Wii version, cause part of its sales took place in 2007. Still I'm pretty surprised the Wii version got to a million in sales considering it is a port of the lousy PS2 version.

 

 

They certainly make for an interesting graph;
http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=America&game1=Rock+Band+-+Wii®2=America&game2=Rock+Band+-+PS3®3=America&game3=Rock+Band+-+X360&weeks=88

It is an interesting graph, but Vgchartz does have the 360 version actually outselling the Wii version for the whole of 2008.