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SaviorX on 04 April 2010

Well, Super Mario Bros. was bundled. New SMB Wii will sell 25 million eventually.
San Andreas has been out for like 5+ years, and GTA4 sucked.



Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

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Carl on 04 April 2010
Chrizum said:
Kenoid said:

If it still doesn't show to you, look at the console selling rate, not as fast compared to previous generation ones.

Wii is the fastest selling console in gaming history. DS is the fastest selling handheld in gaming history. New Super Mario Bros. is the fastest selling game in gaming history.

Red - On a single platform, yes.

Modern Warfare 2 though... Is the fastest selling game of all time. It's already broke 20 Million.

OT:

Super Mario Bros. - 40.24m Wii Sports - 61m and growing

Super Mario Bros. 3 - 17.28m New Super Mario Bros will eventually pass it, probably this year.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 18.24m I suppose we can use Modern Warfare 2 as a comeback to this. 20m+ in 5 Months.

Gran Turismo - 10.85m GT5 hasn't been released yet, and it is expected to sell greater than 10 Million.

Now here are the current ones:

Mario Kart Wii - 21.65m and growing...

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 13.23m and growing...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 10.20m 20m Fixed.

Grand Theft Auto IV - 6.40m 14m Fixed



                            

Aion on 04 April 2010

Yeah but we have a lot more consoles to play on these days plus a recession.



 

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Garnett on 04 April 2010
Kenoid said:

I'm only referring to consoles and major PC gaming titles

Does decreasing sales of the current generation titles compared to older ones show signs that the gaming industry is not as good as it is all hyped up to be?

Here are some of the best old titles:

Super Mario Bros. - 40.24m

Super Mario Bros. 3 - 17.28m

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 18.24m

Gran Turismo - 10.85m

Now here are the current ones:

Mario Kart Wii - 21.65m

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 13.23m

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 10.20m

Grand Theft Auto IV - 6.40m

Note: Although there are certainly more games, and that most are multiplatformers, the fact that there are lower console selling rates than the previous generations and even great AAA titles not selling as well as mario shows that people are getting less appreciative of gaming. I am not cherry picking, this is just ONE OF THE BEST form each console

Maybe motion control will change all that

GTA 4 is at 13 million for both consoles, not sure why you only put the PS3 version.

Halo 3- 10 million

MW2 - 20 million

Wii sports resort- 14 million

 

Sales are not doing bad, there just not doing good alone on the PS3 nor 360. 



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scottie on 04 April 2010

Ahh, some more people in this thread are speaking sense :)

I'm going to conclusively prove that this generation is the most successful (in terms of unit sales, last gen might win for profits), firstly, looking at best sellers only

Top 50 best selling games by platform
Wii 9
DS 8
360 3

We're only halfway through the generation (give or take) and already the 7th generation has 40% of the top selling games. Leaving 60% for the other 6 generations

Now total software sales (added in my head, if I'm off by a couple million get over it)
6th gen 1.82 billion excluding xbox and dreamcast, generous estimated total 2.2 billion
7th gen 1.625 billion

I'm not even going to do total sales for the earlier gens - they are miniscule

At the current rate of game selling (10 million a week) it will take a little over a year until the 7th gen outsells any other generation for total software.
Sources
http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games



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Games4Fun on 04 April 2010
Killergran said:
This comparison fails on so many levels...

You include the best selling bundled game for the Nes, but not the best selling bundled game for the Wii, you include games that haven't even gotten close to their final number. You ignore the difference in split due to multiplatform. Take a look at the top 10 bestselling games ever, you'll find that 5 of them are current generation games.

But more than that, you do this list on an individual game basis. And that's just silly if you want to prove anything. Dig up software sales numbers for that generation, and compare it to this generation if you want to do a serious analysis. And keep in mind that we're only just a bit more than half way through this one.

This it is just stupid the way it was done



gurglesletch on 04 April 2010

I think the gaming industry is struggling. Look at all the studio closings. If a mid-range studio doesn't get it right the first time,then they could be in big trouble. If your a really big studio like Ea,then you can afford to take some losses. I think the increasing cost of games has something to do with the industry struggling.

EA is a publisher not a studio.




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indodude on 04 April 2010

You're comparing games that haven't been on shelves for a year yet to games that have been out for 10+ years. Great job.



FaRmLaNd on 05 April 2010

The industry isn't having trouble because of sales. The sales of games are very healthy. They're having trouble because of poor management (read take two, EA) increasing development costs (pretty much everything).