[TheChefO]

I was curious how new IP was doing on xb360 and the answer is: it seems to be growing the platform rather well.

GAME_____	PUB	JAP	US	OTH	SUM	PS2	EXCL
Gears of War	Msft	0.06	2.61	1.31	3.98	no	yes
Call of Duty 2	ACT	0.02	1.39	0.56	1.97	1.7m	no
TClancy GRAW	UBI	0.02	1.25	0.63	1.9	1.7m	no
Madden NFL 07	EA	0.01	1.6	0.04	1.65	3.4m	no
ES IV: Oblivion	T2	0	1.06	0.57	1.63	no	no
Call of Duty 3	ACT	0.01	1.08	0.39	1.48	no	no
Crackdown	Msft	0.03	0.83	0.48	1.34	no	yes
FN Round 3	EA	0.01	0.86	0.39	1.26	no	no
Lost Planet	Cap	0.07	0.68	0.51	1.26	no	yes
RainbowSix V	UBI	0.01	0.87	0.36	1.24	no	no
PDark Zero	Msft	0.04	0.7	0.42	1.16	no	yes
Dead Rising	Cap	0.06	0.69	0.34	1.09	no	yes
Saints Row	THQ	0	0.75	0.33	1.08	no	no
NFS MostW	EA	0.03	0.59	0.44	1.06	4.1m	no
NFS Carbon	EA	0.02	0.57	0.41	1	no	no

5 exclusive million+ sellers on xb360 out of the 15 on the platform so far (according to VGcharts)

I also ran the numbers on ps2 titles where available. Some I know are on ps2 but anything less than a million and it doesn't make their database it seems. In total though for reference: 178 titles ( )

1 for PS3
4 for Wii

Not bad for xb360 though, considering the big hitters (Halo and GTA) haven't yet hit the system. Fable also did rather well on xb1 with 2.6m sold.

http://www.vgcharts.org/worldtotals....er=&sort=Total


Seeing as predictions for future Million sellers are being added I thought it would be good to add them to the first post to keep the data tidy:

- Devil May Cry 4
- BioShock
- Halo 3
- Forza 2
- Mass Effect
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon AW 2
- Pro Evo 7... 0.7
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Army of Two
- Dirt
- Blue Dragon
- Lost Odysee
- PGR4
- Splinter Cell 5(?)
- 2k Football (new)
- Assassins Creed
- Dead Rising 2
- Burnout 5
- Star Wars FU (no comment)
- Indiana Jones
- Turok
- Battlefield Bad Company (how could I forget?)
- UT3
- Guitar Hero 2
- GRAW 2
- Kane & Lynch
*Sega Rally
*The Club
*Alone in the Dark 5
*Virtua Tennis3
*Virtua Fighter5
*Stranglehold
*Too Human
*The Darkness
*Resident Evil 5
*Alan Wake
*Trusty Bell
*Kameo2
*Fable2
*BIA HH
*Huxley

*Might not make the list

[22psi]

That's 1 game a month that sells 1M+ since the console has been launched. Thanks for the chart.

Maybe GH2 will be the 16th 1M seller

[TheChefO]

Originally Posted by 22psi

That's 1 game a month that sells 1M+ since the console has been launched. Thanks for the chart.

Maybe GH2 will be the 16th 1M seller

I'm drawing a blank ... GH2?

[infinity4]

my predictions for 2007 million seller:

- BioShock... difficult to sell well since i feel it is "a quality game nobody will play"
- Halo 3... already reached 1 million mark i guess
- Forza 2... easily one million mark, not sure about 2m though
- Mass Effect... 1-1.5m
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon AW 2
- Pro Evo 7... 0.7 - 1.2m copies i expect since there should be 4-5m euro base by oct 2007 from my guess
- Grand Theft Auto IV... same as Halo 3...

edit:
- Assassin's Creed
- Dead Rising 2 (if its coming! oh yeahhhh )

oh, i could make XB360 prediction by end of 2007 with these million seller prediction: 18-25m

though it is such huge extrapolation

[22psi]

Originally Posted by TheChefO

I'm drawing a blank ... GH2?

Guitar Hero 2 of course

May: Forza 2
June: Mass Effect

[TheChefO]

Originally Posted by Ant1Fanb0y1sm

my predictions for 2007 million seller:

- BioShock... difficult to sell well since i feel it is "a quality game nobody will play"
- Halo 3... already reached 1 million mark i guess
- Forza 2... easily one million mark, not sure about 2m though
- Mass Effect... 1-1.5m
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon AW 2
- Pro Evo 7... 0.7 - 1.2m copies i expect since there should be 4-5m euro base by oct 2007 from my guess
- Grand Theft Auto IV... same as Halo 3...

edit:
- Assassin's Creed
- Dead Rising 2 (if its coming! oh yeahhhh )

oh, i could make XB360 prediction by end of 2007 with these million seller prediction: 18-25m

though it is such huge extrapolation

They will have to manage the releases carefully as there are many good games coming but they need their time in the spotlight to get the sales they deserve without huge ad dollars which would overshadow others that are also deserving.

... Tricky stuff. But a good problem to have I suppose.

Others that will join the million+ club IMO:
Army of Two
Dirt
Blue Dragon
Lost Odysee
*Fable2 (if it's ready - probably not this year)
PGR4
Splinter Cell 5(?)
2k Football (new)
*Trusty Bell (I would like to believe but not too sure if this will sell well)
*Kameo2 (was rumored to be in the works directly after the first - if so it should be ready this year)
...

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

@22psi - ahh ... how could I forget

[infinity4]

especially when you look at GTA IV and Halo 3. I think microsoft needs to release Halo 3 before GTA IV so that microsoft offers people with one more killer app when GTA IV comes out simultaneously on both PS3 and XB360. any thoughts on my comments???

btw Peter Moore said that SC5 and PGR4 are coming this year, how are microsoft going to cram lots of quality games in period of 4 months???

[TheChefO]

Originally Posted by Ant1Fanb0y1sm

any thoughts on my comments???

I agree with most. Wouldn't venture to guess exactly how many units these titles would sell but I do think Bioshock will sell well. I think they will advertise it as the big title it is and should see the appropriate response.

[lefizz]

Wait till you see the advert for Guitar Hero 2. The company in work for here in London just finished it, its has been destroying people life for about the last month, looks ace though.
If it doesn't help the game sell a million copies i don't know what would, really is a cracker. It airs very early April both sides of the pond. We had a 360 GH2 guitar in the studio for 3 weeks and no game disc, how gutting it that?

[TheChefO]

Originally Posted by lefizz

Wait till you see the advert for Guitar Hero 2. The company in work for here in London just finished it, its has been destroying people life for about the last month, looks ace though.
If it doesn't help the game sell a million copies i don't know what would, really is a cracker. It airs very early April both sides of the pond. We had a 360 GH2 guitar in the studio for 3 weeks and no game disc, how gutting it that?

heh I've been curious about this game. I go to BestBuy every once in a while on my lunch break and check things out. There is always a guy there half the time it's a business guy with a tie at the ps2 kiosk playing this game "rocking out" and it has caught my eye.

Diversity is a very good thing and I'm glad this is coming to 360 (wireless ftw!)

[Tap In]

Originally Posted by TheChefO

h.... this is coming to 360 (wireless ftw!)

the 360 guitar will be wired (last I heard)

[TheChefO]

Originally Posted by Tap In

the 360 guitar will be wired (last I heard)

That sucks if true... are you sure on this? I could have sworn I saw evidence that suggested otherwise.

[tcrews]

Originally Posted by TheChefO

That sucks if true... are you sure on this? I could have sworn I saw evidence that suggested otherwise.

It's wired. No 3rd party controllers can be wireless at this time. MS is keeping a lid on the actual protocols or something....

But the Explorer guitar in Guitar Hero II for the 360 is a wired controller not wireless.

[Tap In]

http://gear.ign.com/articles/773/773358p1.html

March 16 2007
Guitar Hero 360 Controller Will be Wired

http://gear.ign.com/articles/753/753807p1.html

Of particular concern to Guitar Hero aficionados, we also caught a bit of rumor about the potential for a wireless GH guitar for the 360. While waiting in line to demo GH II in the both, IGN Gear overheard a MS representative mention to a questioner something along the lines of 'We couldn't use the wireless guitars at the show because people walk away with that stuff.' When IGN asked a different representative for confirmation, however, we were told that MS can't comment on the topic. Later in the day, IGN ran into one of our friends on the developer side, who cordially assured us that Red Octane is committed to giving its fans the best experience possible. He could not, however, say anything more on the issue or clarify in any way.

[TheChefO]

Oh well. That really sucks. Could have been a contender ...

Is there a wireless version available at all for any system? What would stop a 3rd party from using their own wireless tech? (ie: logitech on xb1)

[Tap In]

as for the OP

15, million sellers is not bad with only 10million +- consoles.

I'm most surprised by perfect dark and both Need for Speeds.

wow Gears almost at 4 million in 4 months

[Tap In]

Originally Posted by 22psi

Maybe GH2 will be the 16th 1M seller

that's the lock of the week.

April 3rd BTW

[Inane_Dork]

Originally Posted by Ant1Fanb0y1sm

btw Peter Moore said that SC5 and PGR4 are coming this year, how are microsoft going to cram lots of quality games in period of 4 months???

They'll use their tried and tested model of delaying at least half of them till next year. It happens almost every year. The 360 really does not need anything more than Halo 3 this winter. GTA 4 puts it decidedly over the top. Adding SC 5 and PGR4 would just be insane. It makes far, far more sense to release them in 2008 where they might actually stand a chance at retail.

[homy]

How on earth did he the us number for Crackdown so high? vgcharts reported only 461K. That's a difference of 370K.
Did he include the months of march and april?

[LunchBox]

I couldn't help but laugh at the difference between sales of Madden in Japan and US...

No love for American Football

[Acert93]

Originally Posted by LunchBox

I couldn't help but laugh at the difference between sales of Madden in Japan and US...

No love for American Football

It is even worse than that... I would bet the 10K units sold were mainly US servicemen and women.

But yeah, as much as people complain about Americans not being open to Soccer, JRPGs, etc many polished and deep gameplay experiences based around American tastes get no play overseas. Then again I am pretty sure a great Cricket sim that sold millions of units every year would see similar sales here. Well, not quite as bad, but close.

[Paul_G]

Originally Posted by Inane_Dork

They'll use their tried and tested model of delaying at least half of them till next year. It happens almost every year. The 360 really does not need anything more than Halo 3 this winter. GTA 4 puts it decidedly over the top. Adding SC 5 and PGR4 would just be insane. It makes far, far more sense to release them in 2008 where they might actually stand a chance at retail.

Given the 360's amazing attach ratio, I think you underestimate how well both of those titles would sell. Also, this isn't some unknown franchise we're talking about here, this is totally next-gen Splinter Cell and the top driving game on Xbox (Sorry Forza), they'll sell. I want to repeat what shifty said the other day in another thread. When you consider sales of something like GTA or even GT compared to the total number of consoles sold, every title is niche. Not everyone wants to play Halo 3 or GTA4, but PGR4 may be exactly what they want. Certainly in my case, I have only a passing interest in GTA4, and though I will buy Halo 3, it's more because I don't consider myself a proper gamer if i don't own this inevitable classic, that said, I still liked PGR2 more than Halo 2, so I definitely feel whatever big games MS release at the end of 2007, they'll find their market.

[Paul_G]

Originally Posted by Joshua Luna

It is even worse than that... I would bet the 10K units sold were mainly US servicemen and women.

But yeah, as much as people complain about Americans not being open to Soccer, JRPGs, etc many polished and deep gameplay experiences based around American tastes get no play overseas. Then again I am pretty sure a great Cricket sim that sold millions of units every year would see similar sales here. Well, not quite as bad, but close.

I won't take this off-topic but to say this: I get the feeling people complain about Americans not being open to soccer because pretty much the whole world considers it a popular sport except the US, which is the opposite of something like American Football, which is only really played in a big way IN America.

That said, it is a shame when any localised game that has clearly had a decent effort put into it doesn't sell well, whether it's cricket, American Football or Downhill Cheese Rolling (Actually that could make a good XBLA game

[aselto]

Dead or Alive 4 shipped 1 million too:
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/200...62801,0,0.html

[Arwin]

The number seems to reflect the amount of 360s sold in the U.S. versus the E.U. rather nicely. But the 360 is certainly showing a very decent attach rate so far.