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HylianSwordsman on 05 June 2014

Mario Kart 8 will join us very soon. And Salnax, I don't know if you're aware, but Infamous released in Japan this week, that's the only reason it got 60k.



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Salnax on 06 June 2014

Weekly Archive

 

Worldwide Top 30 as of May 24, 2014

Title Year Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
Call of Duty Ghosts 2013 Activision 2.25 1.77 0.16 4.18
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo 0 0 3.99 3.99
Battlefield 4 2013 Electronic Arts 1.84 1.33 0 3.17
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo 0 0 3.01 3.01
FIFA Soccer 14 2013 Electronic Arts 2.01 0.9 0 2.91
Assassin's Creed 4 2013 Ubisoft 1.63 0.78 0.17 2.58
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo 0 0 2.06 2.06
Titanfall 2014 Electronic Arts
1.81
1.81
Killzone: Shadow Fall 2013 Sony 1.7 0 0 1.7
New Super Luigi U 2013 Nintendo 0 0 1.55 1.55
NBA 2K14 2013 Take-Two 0.91 0.58 0 1.49
Infamous: Second Son 2014 Sony 1.33

1.33
Forza 5 2013 Microsoft 0 1.31 0 1.31
Need For Speed Rivals 2013 Electronic Arts 0.92 0.36 0 1.28
Wii Party U 2013 Nintendo 0 0 1.24 1.24
Madden NFL 25 2013 Electronic Arts 0.64 0.55 0 1.19
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2013 Warner Bros 0.49 0.33 0.25 1.07
Knack 2013 Sony 1.07 0 0 1.07
Dead Rising 3 2013 Microsoft 0 1.03 0 1.03
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2013 Nintendo 0 0 0.95 0.95
Ryse 2013 Microsoft 0 0.9 0 0.9
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes 2014 Konami 0.7 0.16 0 0.86
Pikmin 3 2013 Nintendo 0 0 0.77 0.77
LEGO City Undercover 2013 Nintendo 0 0 0.76 0.76
Thief 2014 Square Enix 0.44 0.27 0 0.71
Just Dance 2014 2013 Ubisoft 0.19 0.23 0.28 0.7
ZombiU 2012 Ubisoft 0 0 0.68 0.68
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 2014 Nintendo 0 0 0.56 0.56
Tomb Raider 2014 Square Enix 0.41 0.15 0 0.56
Skylanders Swap Force 2013 Activision 0.15 0.14 0.26 0.55

 

Publisher Shares of Top 30

Company PS4 One Wii U Combined
Nintendo N/A N/A 14.89 14.89
Electronic Arts 5.41 4.95 N/A 10.36
Activision 2.4 1.91 0.42 4.73
Sony 4.1 N/A N/A 4.1
Ubisoft 1.82 1.01 1.13 3.96
Microsoft N/A 3.24 N/A 3.24
Take-Two 0.91 0.58 N/A 1.49
Square Enix 0.85 0.42 N/A 1.27
Warner Bros 0.49 0.33 0.25 1.07
Konami 0.7 0.16 N/A 0.86

 

North America

Title Year Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
Call of Duty Ghosts 2013 Activision 1.21 1.25 0.11 2.57
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo

1.85 1.85
Battlefield 4 2013 Electronic Arts 0.86 0.88
1.74
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo

1.69 1.69
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag 2013 Ubisoft 0.72 0.52 0.11 1.35
Titanfall 2014 Electronic Arts
1.27
1.27
NBA 2K14 2013 Take-Two 0.67 0.5
1.17
Madden NFL 25 2013 Electronic Arts 0.53 0.49
1.02
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo

0.92 0.92
New Super Luigi U 2013 Nintendo

0.92 0.92

 

Europe

Title Year Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
FIFA Soccer 14 2013 Electronic Arts 1.36 0.57
1.93
Call of Duty Ghosts 2013 Activision 0.82 0.43 0.03 1.28
Battlefield 4 2013 Electronic Arts 0.74 0.37
1.11
Assassin's Creed 4 2013 Ubisoft 0.72 0.22 0.05 0.99
Killzone: Shadow Fall 2013 Sony 0.83

0.83
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo

0.75 0.75
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo

0.69 0.69
Need For Speed Rivals 2013 Electronic Arts 0.4 0.09
0.49
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo

0.47 0.47
Titanfall 2014 Electronic Arts
0.44
0.44
Infamous: Second Son 2014 Sony 0.44

0.44

 

Japan

Title Year Publisher PS4 Wii U Combined
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo
1.16 1.16
Wii Party U 2013 Nintendo
0.74 0.74
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo
0.56 0.56
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo
0.42 0.42
Knack 2014 Sony 0.41
0.41
Pikmin 3 2013 Nintendo
0.25 0.25
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 2012 Capcom
0.22 0.22
Dragon Quest X 2013 Square Enix
0.19 0.19
Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version 2013 Namco Bandai
0.15 0.15
New Super Luigi U 2013 Nintendo
0.14 0.14

 

Notes:

  • This week, Infamous: Second Son went up two places,from #14 to #12 worldwide, thanks to its good legs (nearly 60,000 copies this week!). It will take a while for it to reach the Top 10 though, even if Watch Dogs and Mario Kart disappoint; New Super Luigi U is over 200,000 ahead and is selling around 15,000 a week before the expected Wii U boost from Mario Kart. Also, Just Dance 2014 outsold ZombiU this week, and Skylanders fell to an untied last place.
  • Wolfenstein: The New Order fell just about 30,000 copies short of making the Top 30 worldwide. I had to double-check to make sure it didn't reach the Top 30. However, assuming it has a second week that isn't catastrophically bad, it will get into the Top 30 next week, along with Watch Dogs and Mario Kart 8. This will knock Skylanders, Tomb Raider, and Tropical Freeze off of the list. Nintendo probably won't mind swapping out Donkey Kong for Mario Kart, but Activision and Square Enix will lose relative ground to Bethesda and Ubisoft next week.
  • Although EA is still gaining on Nintendo, their recent gains are likely to be neutralized by MK8, especially since Nintendo is not far behind, even selling on just one platform. Perhaps EA would be in a better position if it sold its games on the Wii U also; even Activision has sold almost 10% of it's games in the Top 30 on the Wii U, so perhaps Wii U ports of games like Madden, FIFA, etc could have sold at least half a million. Too late now though.
  • Next week is going to be BIG. Wolfenstein will come through the bottom easily, Watch Dogs can end up in the Top 10, and even Mario Kart 8 can appear in the middle of the list immediately.
  • However, afterwards we will have a few quieter weeks, as June brings few big games. Maybe UFC or Transformers will be big, but even those are latter in the month.
  • Note how I threw in Japan's Top 10 this week. It's probably not going to be a permanent part of this feature yet (only about 5 games have notable amounts much so far), but I'm including it here for comparisons to Mario Kart 8. Here's hoping it reaches Knack-like levels week one at very least.


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aurelounet on 06 June 2014

Well done thread Salnax, I enjoy looking at it regulary.



Salnax on 06 June 2014

Weekly Update Done!

o_0 Watch Dogs...



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HylianSwordsman on 07 June 2014

Wow at Watch Dogs. Nice job Mario Kart.

Hey, you forget to mention that New Super Mario Bros U reached 4 million this week!



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Salnax on 07 June 2014
HylianSwordsman said:

Hey, you forget to mention that New Super Mario Bros U reached 4 million this week!


Oh yeah, that happened.

Um, hey NSMBU? Way to go. Woohoo for you!

But seriously, you chose the wrong week to do something notable.



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HylianSwordsman on 07 June 2014

I just realized that 0.03 of NSMBU's sales were on a mysterious platform other than Wii U...



Salnax on 07 June 2014
HylianSwordsman said:
I just realized that 0.03 of NSMBU's sales were on a mysterious platform other than Wii U...


I suppose I can't blame digital distribution for this, eh?

Thanks for the catch!



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Salnax on 18 June 2014

I'm ndoing the weekly update. Behold last week's numbers!

 

Worldwide Top 30 as of May 31, 2014

Title Year Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
Call of Duty Ghosts 2013 Activision 2.28 1.79 0.16 4.23
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo 0 0 4.02 4.02
Battlefield 4 2013 Electronic Arts 1.86 1.34 0 3.2
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo 0 0 3.02 3.02
FIFA Soccer 14 2013 Electronic Arts 2.04 0.91 0 2.95
Watch Dogs 2014 Ubisoft 1.86 0.9 0 2.76
Assassin's Creed 4 2013 Ubisoft 1.64 0.79 0.18 2.61
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo 0 0 2.08 2.08
Titanfall 2014 Electronic Arts
1.84
1.84
Killzone: Shadow Fall 2013 Sony 1.71 0 0 1.71
New Super Luigi U 2013 Nintendo 0 0 1.57 1.57
NBA 2K14 2013 Take-Two 0.91 0.59 0 1.5
Infamous: Second Son 2014 Sony 1.36

1.36
Forza 5 2013 Microsoft 0 1.32 0 1.32
Need For Speed Rivals 2013 Electronic Arts 0.92 0.36 0 1.28
Wii Party U 2013 Nintendo 0 0 1.25 1.25
Madden NFL 25 2013 Electronic Arts 0.64 0.55 0 1.19
Mario Kart 8 2014 Nintendo 0 0 1.12 1.12
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2013 Warner Bros 0.5 0.33 0.25 1.08
Knack 2013 Sony 1.07 0 0 1.07
Dead Rising 3 2013 Microsoft 0 1.04 0 1.04
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2013 Nintendo 0 0 0.96 0.96
Ryse 2013 Microsoft 0 0.91 0 0.91
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes 2014 Konami 0.71 0.16 0 0.87
Pikmin 3 2013 Nintendo 0 0 0.77 0.77
LEGO City Undercover 2013 Nintendo 0 0 0.76 0.76
Thief 2014 Square Enix 0.44 0.27 0 0.71
Just Dance 2014 2013 Ubisoft 0.19 0.23 0.28 0.7
ZombiU 2012 Ubisoft 0 0 0.68 0.68
Wolfenstein: The New Order 2014 Bethesda 0.42 0.24 0 0.66

 

Publisher Shares of Top 30

 

Company PS4 One Wii U Combined
Nintendo N/A N/A 15.55 15.55
Electronic Arts 5.46 5 N/A 10.46
Ubisoft 3.69 1.92 1.14 6.75
Activision 2.28 1.79 0.16 4.23
Sony 4.14 N/A N/A 4.14
Microsoft N/A 3.27 N/A 3.27
Take-Two 0.91 0.59 N/A 1.5
Warner Bros 0.5 0.33 0.25 1.08
Konami 0.71 0.16 N/A 0.87
Square Enix 0.44 0.27 N/A 0.71
Bethesda 0.42 0.24 N/A 0.66

 

North America

Title Year Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
Call of Duty Ghosts 2013 Activision 1.22 1.26 0.11 2.59
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo

1.86 1.86
Battlefield 4 2013 Electronic Arts 0.87 0.89
1.76
Watch Dogs 2014 Ubisoft 1.06 0.64
1.7
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo

1.7 1.7
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag 2013 Ubisoft 0.72 0.52 0.11 1.35
Titanfall 2014 Electronic Arts
1.29
1.29
NBA 2K14 2013 Take-Two 0.67 0.5
1.17
Madden NFL 25 2013 Electronic Arts 0.53 0.49
1.02
New Super Luigi U 2013 Nintendo

0.94 0.94

 

Europe

Title Year Publisher PS4 One Wii U Combined
FIFA Soccer 14 2013 Electronic Arts 1.38 0.58
1.96
Call of Duty Ghosts 2013 Activision 0.83 0.43 0.03 1.29
Battlefield 4 2013 Electronic Arts 0.74 0.37
1.11
Assassin's Creed 4 2013 Ubisoft 0.73 0.23 0.05 1.01
Killzone: Shadow Fall 2013 Sony 0.84

0.84
Watch Dogs 2014 Ubisoft 0.59 0.21
0.8
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo

0.76 0.76
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo

0.7 0.7
Need For Speed Rivals 2013 Electronic Arts 0.4 0.09
0.49
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo

0.47 0.47

 

Japan

Title Year Publisher PS4 Wii U Combined
New Super Mario Bros U 2012 Nintendo
1.17 1.17
Wii Party U 2013 Nintendo
0.75 0.75
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Nintendo
0.56 0.56
Nintendo Land 2012 Nintendo
0.42 0.42
Knack 2014 Sony 0.41
0.41
Mario Kart 8 2014 Nintendo
0.33 0.33
Pikmin 3 2013 Nintendo
0.25 0.25
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 2012 Capcom
0.22 0.22
Dragon Quest X 2013 Square Enix
0.19 0.19
Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version 2013 Namco Bandai
0.15 0.15

 

Notes:

  • This week, three games knocked three others off of the charts. Say goodbye to Tropical Freeze, Tomb Raider, and Skylanders. I for one welcome out new Wolfenstein, Watch Dogs, and Mario Kart overlords.
  • Nintendo gained about 0.66 million sales in the Top 30 this week, even with the loss of Tropical Freeze. Bethesda gained a similar amount. The biggest winner was Ubisoft though: 3.96 million to 6.75 million in one week! The losers: Activision and Square Enix.
  • Simply put, the fact that Watch Dogs instantly reached the #6 spot for the gen, even without a Wii U launch BUT with a PS3, 360, and PC launch, makes it one of the most sucessful launches of a new IP in gaming history, if not THE best. Mario Kart 8 did well enough to reach the Top 20 worldwide and Top 10 in Japan, but it didn't break any records except those specific to the Wii U. Watch Dogs is BIG, especially on the PS4 and in America.
  • Watch Dogs can become the best selling game this gen, if only for a little while. It depends on the legs, but it's over halfway there already.

 

 

 

Please alert me of any errors I've made. This thread will be updated about once a week, after new numbers come in.

Enjoy!



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ExplodingBlock on 18 June 2014

Nintendo dominating in Japan