So LBP sold at least 100k in 3 weeks. Since ELSPA count 90% of sales, we can add another 10k. So bit over 110k mean sales around 120k in UK alone.

All pointless apart from the million milestone.

Why bother having so many possible achievements and why not make it so low that Ninjabread man gets one too.

I always think awards like this are pretty pointless and just a way for elspa (whoever they are) to get more publicity.

Yes, they are listed in chronological order, but it's not always possible to work out exactly which week each game achieved an award in. With no games released in week 47 achieving an award it's impossible to know if some games hit in week 46 or week 47.

It's not pointless at all, if all they had was the Diamond award we would have very little idea how well games end up selling in the UK. Only 11 games have ever sold over 1 million, and 7 of those were in the last year.

This is far better than what we get from NPD in America, although obviously not as good as what we get from Famitsu in Japan. It's a compromise from them not being allowed to publicly release actual sales numbers.

Gold (200k):
SUPER MONKEY BALL: BANANA BLITZ WII SEGA

I wish we could get this updated in the database to 1m WW.


Silver (100k):
TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 WII EA
PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE DS NINTENDO

Tiger Woods is listed at just .17m in the VGC database for all of "others." Not sure what the UK:Others sales breakdown would be for a golf game...

And Layton is just impressive.


Diamond (1.0m):
WII FIT WII NINTENDO
MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO

Two titles on their way to being Double Diamond, if there is such a thing...

http://www.elspa.com/?l=saleaward

December 2008 Sales Award Update

57 Titles reach Silver Status (100k)
BEIJING 2008 PS3 SEGA
FAR CRY 2 XB360 UBISOFT
PIPPA FUNNELL 2: FARM ADVENTURES DS UBISOFT
WII MUSIC WII NINTENDO
FALLOUT 3 PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3 PS3 EA
FIFA 09 PSP EA
CSI: DARK MOTIVES DS UBISOFT
GHOST SQUAD WII SEGA
NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER PS3 EA
RESISTANCE 2 PS3 SONY
FAR CRY 2 PS3 UBISOFT
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 PSP KONAMI
KUNG FU PANDA XB360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER XB360 EA
SEGA SUPERSTAR TENNIS XB360 SEGA
IMAGINE: TEACHER DS UBISOFT
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR DS DISNEY
PUZZLER COLLECTION DS UBISOFT
CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES DS TAKE 2
FASHION DESIGNER: STYLE ICON DS 505 GAMES
IMAGINE: PET VET DS UBISOFT
MARIO PARTY DS DS NINTENDO
FAMILY SKI WII ATARI
FIFA 09 WII EA
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN WII SEGA
SINGSTAR '90S PS2 SONY
TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD PS3 EIDOS
SAINTS ROW 2 PS3 THQ
RATCHET & CLANK: SIZE MATTERS PSP SONY
GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR XB360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD XB360 EIDOS
QUANTUM OF SOLACE XB360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
DOGZ 2 DS UBISOFT
LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME DS WARNER BROS.
THE GOLDEN COMPASS DS SEGA
GUINESS WORLD RECORDS: THE VIDEOGAME WII WARNER BROS.
GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR WII ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY WII UBISOFT
STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED WII LUCASARTS
FAMILY TRAINER WII ATARI
WALL-E WII THQ
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR DANCE WII DISNEY
SMARTY PANTS WII EA
SINGSTAR ABBA PS2 SONY
LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME PS2 WARNER BROS.
MOTORSTORM: PACIFIC RIFT PS3 SONY
QUANTUM OF SOLACE PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
LIPS XB360 MICROSOFT
MIRROR'S EDGE XB360 EA
THE SIMPSONS GAME XB360 EA
MIDNIGHT CLUB: LOS ANGELES XB360 TAKE 2
MYSIMS KINGDOM DS EA
IMAGINE: HAPPY COOKING DS UBISOFT
ANIMAL CROSSING: LET'S GO TO THE COUNTRY WII NINTENDO
SHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING WII UBISOFT
GT PRO SERIES WII UBISOFT

21 Titles reach Gold Status (200k)
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 PS3 KONAMI
MEDIEVAL II: TOTAL WAR PC SEGA
GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR DS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE WRATH OF THE LICH KING PC ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 PC SEGA
FALLOUT 3 XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 XB360 KONAMI
LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA WII LUCASARTS
FIFA 09 PS2 EA
LITTLEBIGPLANET PS3 SONY
LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURES XB360 LUCASARTS
NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON XB360 EA
PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE DS NINTENDO
WII MUSIC WII NINTENDO
NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER XB360 EA
FAR CRY 2 XB360 UBISOFT
KUNG FU PANDA XB360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET XB360 EA
COOKING GUIDE: CAN'T DECID WHAT TO EAT? DS NINTENDO
PROFESSOR KAGEYAMA'S MATHS TRAINING DS NINTENDO
SPORTS PARTY WII UBISOFT

7 Titles reach Platinum Status (300k)
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4 XB360 MICROSOFT
THE SIMPSONS GAME DS EA
FABLE II XB360 MICROSOFT
WARIO WARE: SMOOTH MOVES WII NINTENDO
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SING IT! PS2 DISNEY
NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET PS2 EA

2 Titles reach Double Platinum Status (600k)
CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES WII NINTENDO
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR XB360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

wario ware wii is undertrack, by about 400k or so. We have it at 600k, and it has sold 300k in UK alone, that should put it well over 1 million in others.

I'm posting just so I'll have this in my bar. This is a damn interesting thread!

http://www.elspa.com/?l=saleaward

January 2009 Sales Award Update

23 Titles reach Silver Status (100k)
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 PS2 KONAMI
HAZE PS3 UBISOFT
LEFT 4 DEAD XB360 EA
MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES XB360 EA
PRINCE OF PERSIA XB360 UBISOFT
SONIC UNLEASHED WII SEGA
PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DARTS 08 WII OXYGEN INTERACTIVE
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SHADOW OF CHERNOBYL PC THQ
MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT WARCHEST PC EA
SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED PC THQ
COMMAND & CONQUER: THE FIRST DECADE PC EA
RACE DRIVER: GRID XB360 CODEMASTERS
CRASH OF THE TITANS DS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
MORE TOUCHMASTER DS MIDWAY
PRINCE OF PERSIA PS3 UBISOFT
VIRTUA TENNIS 3 PS3 SEGA
RACE DRIVER: GRID PS3 CODEMASTERS
MORE GAME PARTY WII MIDWAY
MIRROR'S EDGE PS3 EA
MIDNIGHT CLUB: LOS ANGELES PS3 TAKE 2
GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
BROTHERS IN ARMS: HELL'S HIGHWAY XB360 UBISOFT
WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2009 PS3 THQ

6 Titles reach Gold Status (200k)
NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER PS3 EA
SAINTS ROW 2 XB360 THQ
TEKKEN: DARK RESURRECTION PSP SONY
LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING WII NINTENDO
COOKING MAMA WII 505 GAMES
RESISTANCE 2 PS3 SONY

7 Titles reach Platinum Status (300k)
LITTLEBIGPLANET PS3 SONY
GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK WII ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
FALLOUT 3 XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURES XB360 LUCASARTS
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009 PC SEGA
COOKING MAMA 2 DS 505 GAMES
GAME PARTY WII MIDWAY

2 Titles reach Double Platinum Status (600k)
FIFA 09 XB360 EA
GEARS OF WAR 2 XB360 MICROSOFT

I know I'm quoting a month old post, but I just have to say this.

1/3 of the Wiis userbase is in the UK.

Claiming that it should be well over 1M is then retarded, considering it has sold 300K in the UK. Especially considering we have data that has it at only 300K (or so) outside the UK.

Games are popular in some countries, and are not popular in others. That's how it is. I would believe VGChartz is pretty decent on this one, and the data does at least not verify doubting it (although I know you love to claim Wii titles are undertracked).