My Q3 Sales Summary Special

[Michael-5]

Metal Gear Solid

01 – 5.59 million – PS1 – Metal Gear Solid
02 – 5.58 million – PS2 – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
03 – 4.95 million – PS3 – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
04 – 4.07 million – PS2 – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

05 – 1.21 million – PSP – Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
06 – 1.07 million – PSP – Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
07 – 0.62 million – XB – Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
08 – 0.54 million – PSP – Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus
09 – 0.50 million – PS2 – Metal Gear Solid 3: Substance

10 – 0.45 million – PSP – Metal Gear Ac!d
11 – 0.26 million – PS2 – Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection

12 – 0.17 million – PSP – Metal Gear Ac!d 2
13 – 0.16 million – PS2 – Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
14 – 0.10 million – PS1 – Metal Gear Solid: Integral (Japan Only)
15 – 0.07 million – GCN – Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
16 – 0.07 million – GBC – Metal Gear Solid

17 – 0.04 million – PSP - Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel

Total: (1 PS3)(6 PSP)(1 GCN)(1 XB)(5 PS2)(1 GBC)(2 PS1)

 

Pokemon

01 - 31.37 million – GB – Pokemon Blue/Green/Red
02 - 23.10 million – GBC – Pokemon Gold/Silver
03 – 17.58 million – DS – Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
04 - 15.38 million – GBA – Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
05 - 14.64 million – GB - Pokemon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition
06 - 10.49 million – GBA – Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green
07 – 9.03 million – DS – Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
08 – 7.10 million – DS – Pokemon Platnium
09 - 6.39 million – GBC – Pokemon Crystal
10 - 6.34 million – GBA – Pokemon Emerald
11 - 5.88 million – N64 – Pokemon Stadium
12 - 5.31 million – GBC – Pokemon Pinball
13 - 4.66 million - DS - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness

14 – 3.82 million – DS – Pokemon Black/White (Japan Only)
15 - 3.70 million - GB - Pokemon Trading Card Game
16 - 3.63 million - N64 - Pokemon Snap
17 - 3.10 million - DS - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
18 - 2.76 million - DS - Pokemon Ranger
19 - 2.54 million - GCN - Pokemon Collosseum
19 - 2.54 million - N64 - Pokemon Stadium 2
21 - 2.20 milllion - DS - Pokemon Ranger: Shadow of Almia

22 – 2.06 million – GBA – Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
23 - 1.45 million - Wii - Pokemon Battle Revolution
24 - 1.35 million - DS - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
25 - 1.20 million - GCN - Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness

Total: (1 Wii)(9 DS)(2 GCN)(4 GBA)(3 GBC)(3 N64)(3 GB)

 

Starcraft

 

1 – 11.32 million – PC – Starcraft

2 – 2.32 million – PC – Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

3 – 0.16 million – N64 – Starcraft

 

Total: (2 PC)(1 N64)

 

Super Mario

01 – 40.24 million – NES – Super Mario Bros.
02 – 22.15 million – DS – New Super Mario Bros.
03 – 20.61 million – SNES – Super Mario World
04 – 18.14 million – GB – Super Mario Land
05 – 17.28 million – NES – Super Mario Bros. 3
06 – 15.12 million – Wii – New Super Mario Bros. Wii
07 – 11.89 million – N64 – Super Mario 64
08 – 11.18 million – GB – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
09 – 10.55 million – SNES – Super Mario All-Stars
10 – 8.83 million – Wii – Super Mario Galaxy
11 – 8.41 million – DS – Super Mario 64 DS
12 – 7.46 million – NES – Super Mario Bros. 2
13 – 6.28 million – GCN – Super Mario Sunshine
14 – 5.49 million – GBA – Super Mario Advance
15 – 5.46 million – GBA – Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
16 – 5.20 million – GBA – Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
17 – 5.19 million – GB – Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
18 – 5.07 million – GBC – Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
19 – 4.12 million – SNES - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island

20 - 4.05 million - Wii - Super Mario Galaxy 2
21 – 2.91 million – GBA – Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
22 – 2.28 million – NES – Mario Bros.
23 – 2.25 million – GBA – Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros
24 – 0.49 million – SNES – Mario & Wario (Japan Only)

Total: (3 Wii)(2 DS)(1 GCN)(5 GBA)(1 GBC)(1 N64)(4 SNES)(3 GB)(4 NES)

 

Wii Franchise

 

1 – 65.45 million – Wii – Wii Sports (Bundled outside of Japan)

2 – 27.81 million – Wii – Wii Play

3 – 22.61 million – Wii – Wii Fit

4 – 18.06 million – Wii – Wii Sports Resorts (Bundled outside of Japan since May 9^th, 2010)

5 – 13.82 million – Wii – Wii Fit Plus

6 – 2.86 million – Wii – Wii Music

7 – 1.06 million – Wii – Wii Party (Japan Only)

 

Total: (7 Wii)

 

American Pre-Orders/Comparisons

In this new section I will be comparing the american pre-orders games being released in the next 13 weeks. I don’t have data on other regions, and the data only goes back to August of last year, so don’t expect me to compare Halo: Reach to Halo 3, etc. I will be only doing games with over 20k pre-orders, the format is shown below.

Position – Weeks Until Release – Console – Weekly Change / Number of Pre-orders - Game

01 – 06 – 360 – 81,678 / 969,907 – Call of Duty: Black Ops

-- - 06 – 360 – 139,346 / 912,698 – Halo: Reach (x 1.7 / x 0.94)

-- - 06 – 360 – 93,158 / 875,730 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (x 1.14 / x 0.90)

02 – 06 – PS3 – 49,158 / 524,774 – Call of Duty: Black Ops

-- - 06 – PS3 – 23,623 / 282,446 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (x 0.48 / x 0.54)

-- - 06 – PS3 – 4,451 / 40,408 – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (x 0.90 / x 0.77)

03 – 03 – 360 – 48,102 / 410,487 – Fallout: New Vegas

04 – 02 – 360 – 40,314 / 394,803 – Medal of Honor

-- - 02 – 360 – 77,566 / 341,927 – Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (x 1.926 / x 0.866)

05 – 04 – 360 – 37,239 / 371,319 – Fable 3

-- - 04 – 360 – 37,877 / 246,501 – Mass Effect 2 (x 1.019 / x 0.664)

-- - 04 – 360 – 4,531 / 60,690 – Dragon Age: Origins (x 0.121 / x 0.163)

06 – 10 – PC – 18,345 / 350,747 – World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

07 – 02 – PS3 – 23,915 / 314,728 – Medal of Honor

-- - 02 – PS3 – 29,804 / 278,693 – Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (x 1.247 / x 0.886)

08 – N/A – PS3 – 10,552 / 201,702 – Gran Turismo 5 (was believed to be released in 5 weeks at the time)

-- - 05 – 360 – 7,913 / 69,498 – Forza Motorsport 3 (x 0.752 / x0.345)

09 – 03 – PS3 – 19,067 / 182,188 – Fallout: New Vegas

10 – 02 – Wii – 48,549 / 162,729 – Just Dance 2

11 – 05 – 360 – 11,292 / 147,663 – Kinect Adventures!

12 – 07 – 360 – 11,397 / 137,200 – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

-- - 07 – 360 – 12,328 / 129,590 – Assassin’s Creed II (x 1.088 / x 0.945)

13 – 07 – PS3 – 13,058 / 135,936 – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

-- - 07 – PS3 – 11,149 / 87,002 – Assassin’s Creed II (x 0.854 / x 0.64)

14 – 04 – 360 – 7,483 / 121,264 – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2

15 – 03 – PC – 8,193 / 102,516 – Fallout: New Vegas

16 – 04 – PS3 – 6,919 / 90,324 – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2

17 – 01 – PS3 – 10,760 / 63,994 – NBA 2K11

18 – 09 – Wii – 5,951 / 60,711 – Disney’s: Epic Mickey

19 – 02 – PC – 2,181 / 59,049 – Medal of Honor

-- - 02 – PC – 40,673 / 276,762 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (x 18.455 / x 4.690)

20 – 04 – 360 – 6,511 / 56,720 – Rock Band 3

21 – 08 – Wii – 22,502 / 53,546 – Donkey Kong Country Returns

-- - 08 – Wii – 10,349 / 57,325 – New Super Mario Bros. Wii (x 0.458 / x 1.071)

22 – 01 – 360 – 7,270 / 51,278 – NBA 2K11

23 – 03 – Wii – 17,849 / 46,062 – Kirby’s Epic Yarn

24 – 07 – PS3 – 6,689 / 41,343 – Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

25 – 01 – PS3 – 5,785 / 40,428 – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

 

Post 2010 Game Americas Pre-orders

 

01 – 16 – PS3 – 7,130 / 88,113 – LittleBigPlanet 2

02 – N/A – PC – 1,174 / 58,819 – Diablo 3

03 – N/A – 360 – 5,522 / 51,391 – Gears of War 3

04 – N/A – 360 – 1,039 / 48,890 – Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

 05 – N/A – Wii – 1,336 / 42,396 – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword