Infect Truth: Sept. Sales & Tie-in

[Vince]

Instead of looking at just the 'Top-10" software titles for each console, lets look at the bigger picture in September thanks to TRSTS:

FORMAT DESCRIPTION CORPORATE PUBLISHER UNITS SEPT 2002 UNITS LTD 95-02

PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 371,078 1,301,407
PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS SQUARE EA 342,409 342,409
GCN SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 266,592 617,360
PS2 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS SONY 235,589 396,806
PS2 TEKKEN 4 NAMCO 201,843 201,843
GCN STAR FOX ADVENTURES NINTENDO OF AMERICA 168,276 168,276
GCN ANIMAL CROSSING NINTENDO OF AMERICA 105,137 105,137
PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 101,450 4,163,187
PSX YU-GI-OH! FORBIDDEN KONAMI OF AMERICA 99,188 473,180
PS2 ONIMUSHA 2: SAMURAI CAPCOM USA 97,440 181,239
PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 96,889 543,528
PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR3 ACTIVISION 95,589 1,421,254
PS2 GRAN TURISMO 3:A-SPEC SONY 86,663 2,200,894
XBX DEAD TO RIGHTS NAMCO 83,970 189,826
PS2 NBA STREET ELECTRONIC ARTS 75,836 894,520
PS2 MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE ELECTRONIC ARTS 70,300 1,182,518
PS2 STREET HOOPS ACTIVISION 69,439 141,951
XBX MADDEN NFL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 67,387 213,537
PS2 TUROK: EVOLUTION ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 67,296 81,810
PS2 TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT NAMCO 66,263 880,880
XBX TUROK: EVOLUTION ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 64,285 93,944
PS2 NASCAR THUNDER 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 61,711 61,711
PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB:STREET TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 56,319 793,495
PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY CAPCOM USA 56,305 646,883
XBX HALO MICROSOFT 53,927 1,468,430
PS2 JAK AND DAXTER:LEGACY SONY 51,875 605,214
PS2 NFL 2K3 SEGA OF AMERICA 49,163 126,748
PS2 THE THING UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE 48,986 103,665
XBX THE THING UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE 47,883 47,883
PSX SPIDER-MAN ACTIVISION 47,002 1,274,544
PS2 ARMORED CORE 3 AGETEC 44,629 44,629
PS2 BLADE II ACTIVISION 44,473 44,473
GCN SUPER MONKEY BALL 2 SEGA OF AMERICA 43,880 72,717
PS2 NEED SPEED: PURSUIT 2 ELECTRONIC ARTS 43,236 43,236
XBX SEGA GT 2002 SEGA OF AMERICA 43,229 43,229
PS2 RESIDENT EVIL CODE: X CAPCOM USA 43,164 529,844
PSX SPONGEBOB SUPERSPONGE THQ 42,900 740,260
PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY SONY 42,717 880,388
PS2 ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY TDK MEDIACTIVE 41,861 41,861
PSX GUNDAM:BTTLE ASSAULT2 BANDAI AMERICA 40,996 113,419
PS2 HITMAN 2: ASSASSIN EIDOS INTERACTIVE 38,425 38,425
PS2 SPY HUNTER MIDWAY 37,814 460,871
XBX LORD OF THE RINGS VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 35,902 35,902
GCN TUROK: EVOLUTION ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 35,297 48,640
PS2 MLB SLUGFEST 20-03 MIDWAY 35,115 240,802
GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 33,450 1,133,028
XBX HITMAN 2: ASSASSIN EIDOS INTERACTIVE 32,945 32,945
PS2 SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE ACTIVISION 29,660 803,477
PSX MADDEN NFL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 29,302 58,524
PS2 NHL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 28,787 28,787
PS2 STUNTMAN INFOGRAMES 28,755 301,414
PSX MK TRILOGY MIDWAY 27,642 1,209,649
PS2 GUNDAM: FED VS ZEON BANDAI AMERICA 27,208 27,208
PSX GRAN TURISMO 2 SONY 26,878 2,905,489
PS2 ONIMUSHA WARLORDS CAPCOM USA 26,424 635,744
PSX NAMCO MUSEUM VOL 3 NAMCO 25,926 1,815,342
PS2 NFL BLITZ 2003 MIDWAY 25,824 44,645
XBX NFL 2K3 SEGA OF AMERICA 25,586 85,001
PSX DIGIMON WORLD 3 BANDAI AMERICA 24,864 181,504
GCN MADDEN NFL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 24,764 69,072
XBX STREET HOOPS ACTIVISION 24,080 59,365
XBX NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 23,970 149,583
PS2 CRASH BANDICOOT:CORTX VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 23,900 524,443
XBX ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY TDK MEDIACTIVE 23,596 23,596
PS2 TERMINATOR AWN FATE INFOGRAMES 23,416 23,416
XBX BLADE II ACTIVISION 23,038 23,038
PS2 FINAL FANTASY X SQUARE EA 22,220 1,405,473
PS2 CRAZY TAXI ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 22,125 368,425
PSX TEKKEN 3 NAMCO 22,102 2,596,304
PSX RAINBOW SIX:LONE WOLF UBISOFT 22,050 26,077
PSX CAPCOM VS SNK PRO CAPCOM USA 21,992 31,570
PSX TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR3 ACTIVISION 21,852 838,275
PS2 TWISTED METAL BLACK SONY 21,816 657,391
PSX SCOOBY DOO & CYBER THQ 20,774 346,940
PS2 TOKYO XTREME RACER CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT 20,727 361,761
XBX NFL FEVER 2003 MICROSOFT 20,577 70,748
PSX ARMY MEN GOLD COLL ED THE 3DO COMPANY 20,408 41,792
PS2 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE ELECTRONIC ARTS 20,343 318,853
PS2 GAUNTLET: DARK LEGACY MIDWAY 20,299 235,965
PS2 HOT SHOTS GOLF 3 SONY 19,890 235,346
PSX T.CLANCYS RAINBOW SIX UBISOFT 19,726 786,303
PS2 NFL GAMEDAY 2003 SONY 19,576 31,893
PSX STUART LITTLE 2 SONY 19,510 92,125
PSX HARRY POTTER:SORCERER ELECTRONIC ARTS 19,216 947,114
PSX DRIVER 2 INFOGRAMES 19,202 1,941,796
¦Al l Other 19,183 695,255
PSX SPYRO: YEAR OF DRAGON SONY 19,126 1,238,306
PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2002 ELECTRONIC ARTS 19,084 312,001
PSX DANCE DANCE KONAMIX KONAMI OF AMERICA 19,000 121,239
PS2 DARK CLOUD SONY 18,592 432,053
XBX ELDER SCRLL:MORROWIND BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 18,521 222,894
PSX ROCKET POWER: TEAM THQ 18,366 545,618
PS2 SLY COOPER & THIEVIUS SONY 18,242 18,242
GCN SONIC ADVENTURE 2 SEGA OF AMERICA 18,103 482,082
XBX NASCAR THUNDER 2003 ELECTRONIC ARTS 17,745 17,745
PS2 RED FACTION THQ 17,693 461,929
XBX CONFLICT ESERT STORM TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 17,461 17,461
PSX BOB THE BUILDER THQ 17,024 364,765
PSX GRAND THEFT AUTO 2 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 16,802 911,661
PSX NFL GAMEDAY 2003 SONY 16,628 24,184

PS. Iscarot also posted this; sorry buddy, didn't see it untill after I posted this.

 

[Ozymandis]

Tekken series has taken a nosedive sales-wise.

Good. They're poop.

Disappointing that Super Mario Sunshine won't be the best-selling title for any month. I figured they'd get September, but Madden and Kingdom Hearts easily outdid Mario.

 

[KOF]

Tekken series has taken a nosedive sales-wise.

Good. They're poop.

Disappointing that Super Mario Sunshine won't be the best-selling title for any month. I figured they'd get September, but Madden and Kingdom Hearts easily outdid Mario.

unfortunately...most Sega games got 'poop' sales too

Also, is it just me, or those sales number are "tamer" than I expected? US market is supposed to be the largest. Yet, those numbers aren't too convincing. hmm...

 

[iscariot]

selling 200,000 copies in around 7 days for Tekken 4(release day was Sept. 24/25) isnt p00p folks...it isnt Tekken of old maybe but its not bad. And my prediction of Sly Cooper sales was correct, unfortunately


don't worry about it Vince 8)

 

[zurich]

Go Federation vs Zeon!!

Kind of funny that it outsold Terminator on PS2, and Robotech on XBX, despite their heavy advertising! Heheh, either way, >30k is pretty bad no matter how you look at it. I'm surprised to see so many hyped and previewed games fall flat on their faces, kind of sad really (even if they are bad).

zurich

 

[Logan Leonhart]

Tekken series has taken a nosedive sales-wise.

Good. They're poop.

Right...

 

[Teasy]

Disappointing that Super Mario Sunshine won't be the best-selling title for any month. I figured they'd get September, but Madden and Kingdom Hearts easily outdid Mario.

If it has been released at the start of September it would have been easily top with 600k, it just so happens it was released at a bad time for being top in monthly sales.

It was released less then a week before the end of the month, so while all its enitial sales were in August all the rest of its sales were in September, so its 30 day says were split over two months. As I said if it had been released at the start of September or August is would have gotten all those sales in one month and been top by quite a bit. I think its selling well. Nearly 2 million world wide (maybe more) and it should keep selling strongly over time, bring on christmas sales. SMS's sales should be at almost 4 million by the end of the year!

 

[Mr. Angry Pants]

I'm completely disillusioned with Bethesda. 222,000 in sales for the Xbox version of Morrowind and they haven't so much as apologized for all the bugs in the game that can never be patched.

Screw'em. I'll never buy a Bethesda product again.

 

[Blade]

Ozy: Mmhmm, yeah. It's funny how you suddenly care about SMS..

 

[Ozymandis]

Ozy: Mmhmm, yeah. It's funny how you suddenly care about SMS..

I think it's pretty evident by this point that I'm just expressing psuedo-sympathy

Honestly, with a camera and presentation like that I don't really feel that Mario Sunshine deserves the sales that Mario64 had. Reviews certainly haven't been nearly as high as SM64's, so I don't think I'm alone in feeling like that.

 

[Blade]

Yeah, SMS and SM64 are separated by 3% on GameRankings. That's a huge difference between games.

SMS camera > SM64 camera.

 

[Ozymandis]

Yeah, SMS and SM64 are separated by 3% on GameRankings. That's a huge difference between games.

SMS camera > SM64 camera.

I dunno. I liked the SM64 camera, and dislike the Sunshine camera.

The one thing I like about Sunshine over 64 is the beach atmosphere. At least it's original. Shiggy has a problem with unoriginal design and themes, and it was good to see him take a different direction.

 

[Teasy]

Surely you like FLUDD? Its great to be able to jet about the place. I think it adds quite a bit to Mario and personally I hope they keep FLUDD in all future Mario games, or at least have it in at some point (like an upgrade you can find or something).

 

[Ozymandis]

Surely you like FLUDD? Its great to be able to jet about the place. I think it adds quite a bit to Mario and personally I hope they keep FLUDD in all future Mario games, or at least have it in at some point (like an upgrade you can find or something).

Jetting around is neat. Hovering around, and you get plenty of water in your pack.

But FLUDD's voice kills me. It's horrid.

 

[Teasy]

Yes the voice is really stupid, but that doesn't really matter AFAICS. It doesn't effect the gameplay at all, I just ignore it myself.

 

[wazoo]

Yes the voice is really stupid, but that doesn't really matter AFAICS. It doesn't effect the gameplay at all, I just ignore it myself.

What voice ?? He only spoke at the beginning, and nowhere after up to the current 46 shines score I get.

SMS is fun and everything. Camera were bad until I realized I have 2 hands.

 

[zurich]

shine get!!

hehe, N never ceases to amaze me

 

[Blade]

There are only two ways that SM64's camera is superior to SMS's, period.

A. The SMS camera is slightly lazier at times.. barely.

B. SM64's R button actions.. fixed camera and "close up" views.

You gotta go back to SM64, man.. try it out. You'll see how much nostalgia has blurred your view. I mean, I'm not putting the SM64 camera down.. it was amazing for its time. SMS's is just as good today, though. A bit wonky in some spots, and there's no auto-adjust (for when trees/scenery block your view) but a flick at the C stick or pressing the L trigger fixes this stuff.

 

[Teasy]

What voice ?? He only spoke at the beginning, and nowhere after up to the current 46 shines score I get.

The voice you just mentioned, the one at the start. Its a stupid voice, its annoying. But as I said it doesn't matter one bit, mostly because you only hear it twice anyway.

 

[CeiserSöze]

I had virtually no problems with the camera. Just because you have to adjust it a lot doesn't mean that it's bad. I've played many 3D-platformers which tried a more or less automatic camera-system and I had a lot more handling-problems with those games. SMS's camera is almost completely manual but I'm convinced that currently this is still the only way to go in games like this - mainly because the perfect automatic camera for 3D-platformers like SMS has yet to be invented. The manual camera gives the player the necessary freedom to adjust the it exactly how they want and how they feel comfortable with it before doing a tricky jump. Players who don't bother doing this will, of course, fail when it comes to the trickier stunts.