Good videogame sales figures for Japan and UK

[Julius Seeker]

Despite the fact that the DS has sold over 20 million it continues to sell strongest.

Here are Mediacreate and Famitsu's numbers for Japan.

DSL: 249,000
Wii : 168,000
PSP: 158,000
PS3 : 53,000
PS2 : 21,000
360 : 8,700

Media Create Japanese sales from 12/10 - 12/16

01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 180,000 / 826,000
02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 124,000 / 535,000
03. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony) - 116,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 74,000 / 444,000
05. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 74,000 / 550,000
06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 73,000 / 868,000
07. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 64,000 / 212,000
08. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 55,000 / 2,341,000
09. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 55,000 / 1,921,000
10. [WII] Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: the Labyrinth of Forgotten Time (Square-Enix) - 41,000 / NEW


UK figures:

01 (01) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
02 (02) [NDS] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
03 (05) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
04 (03) [360] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
05 (08) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
06 (06) [360] Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
07 (07) [PS2] Need For Speed: Prostreet (Electronic Arts)
08 (__) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
09 (04) [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
10 (12) [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
11 (13) [PS2] Fifa 08 (Electronic Arts)
12 (11) [NDS] Cooking Mama (505 Games)
13 (23) [PS3] Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Sony Computer Ent.)
14 (15) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
15 (10) [PS2] The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
16 (16) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17 (09) [PS2] High School Musical: Sing It! (Disney Interactive Studios)
18 (19) [360] Halo 3 (Microsoft)
19 (28) [PS2] Wwe Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 (Thq)
20 (21) [360] Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)

DS also broke the UK weeks sales record for the third time this season, this time shattering it (184K by PS2, then DS broke it with 187K, then 191K, and now 211K) http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29170/DS-smas ... are-record The DS broke the monthly record last year, but I forget the figures now and am too lazy to look them up. It'll surely break them again this year.


Though, unfortunately for Wii, there is a massive worldwide sales shortage, and stores are reporting now that they don't expect more units until next year. This will cause heavy damage to sales, Wii continues to sell on Ebay for $500+.

[Blotus]

So who developed/published the Olympics game? The Jap numbers say Nintendo while the UK says Sega.

[Julius Seeker]

So who developed/published the Olympics game? The Jap numbers say Nintendo while the UK says Sega.

I think Nintendo published it in Japan while Sega did in Europe. Keep in mind Sega is a popular brand name in Europe. WHile Nintendo won here and in Japan, Sega won in Europe during the 16-bit era.

From what I hear Sonic and Mario Olympics is not really a casual type game, as people were expecting. In other words, there is a steep learning and improving process; so it's a game that won't be fun for parties like Wii Sports or Wario Ware.

[Zeus]

Sega did both in US

http://wii.ign.com/articles/833/833014p1.html