Holiday 2009: PS3 vs. 360 Exclusive Game + Hardware Sales

[bugrimmar]

This is a simple compilation of console exclusive game sales from September 19, 2009 to January 2, 2010. All older titles are included, though just rough estimates (please inform me if I missed anything). I count timed console exclusives (Star Ocean 4, Final Fantasy 13) in this list because their rival console counterparts haven't been released yet. I started the count on September 19 because that is the week right before the launch of Halo 3: ODST, which is important to include in this list because it is the highest selling console exclusive of the season; basically I consider Halo 3: ODST as the unofficial start of the holiday push.

X360:

Halo 3: ODST - 4.43m
Left 4 Dead 2 - 2.44m
Forza 3 - 2.23m
Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes from Liberty City - 1.12m

Halo 3 - 536k
Lips (various titles) - 328k
Gears of War 2 - 312k
Left 4 Dead - 275k
Halo Wars - 263k
Fable 2 - 248k
Viva Pinata (various titles) - 129k
Project Gotham Racing 4 - 126k
Forza 2 - 105k
Banjo & Kazooie Nuts and Bolts - 94km
Gears of War - 91k
Star Ocean The Last Hope - 53k
Too Human - 46k
Mass Effect - 41k
Ninja Blade - 36k
You're in the Movies - 32k
Infinite Undiscovery - 31k
Scene it - 20k

Total: 12,986,000

Hardware: 5,142,592



PS3:

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 2.63m
Final Fantasy 13 - 1.81m
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time - 700k
God of War Collection - 510k
Demon's Souls - 440k
Eyepet - 370k

LittleBigPlanet - 634k
Singstar (various titles) - 495k
Infamous - 407k
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - 372k
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - 332k
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 271k
Killzone 2 - 270k
Valkyria Chronicles - 253k
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - 220k
Resistance 2 - 135k
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift - 98k
Socom Confrontation - 90k
Buzz (various titles) - 76k
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty - 70k
Afrika - 62k
Yakuza 3 - 45k
MLB 09: The Show - 40k
Lair - 33k
Resistance: Fall of Man - 30k
White Knight Chronicles - 25k
Motorstorm - 21k
Warhawk - 19k
Heavenly Sword - 19k

Total: 10,477,000

Hardware: 6,921,658


As is obvious, the 360 has fewer console exclusives still selling, but each of them sells far more per title, resulting in a much higher total. Many of the older 360 console exclusives aren't selling anymore, in contrast to some of the older PS3 console exclusives which have seen a resurgence of sales thanks to the PS3 Slim, which ironically outsold the 360 hardware by a hefty margin.

Overall, despite the larger number of PS3 console exclusive titles and hardware selling 25% more throughout the holiday, the 360 still sold 20% more copies on console exclusive games this holiday season.


Interesting notes:

1.) LittleBigPlanet is the highest selling title released before September 19, 2009, followed by Halo 3. Amazing legs on these games.
2.) Valkyria Chronicles, a game that received no new advertising, no bundles, and no price cut suddenly sold 253k. I doubt that this number is accurate, but if true, this is a huge win for SEGA and Sony.
3.) Lips has quite a following, apparently, closely competing with Singstar.
4.) Killzone 2 disappointing holiday sales, as it was released this year, because it was outsold by many older games.
5.) If we don't count Halo 3: ODST as a holiday title, the PS3 exclusives would outsell the 360 exclusives by 20%.

Edit: there, you have your console exclusive labeled. sheesh.