Latest UK Console Figures

[Gollum]

For those not yet bored by numbers (I find them oddly entertaining sometimes), here's some fresh MediaCreate sales figures from Japan for the week of Dec. 2nd - 8th 2002 ( source www.gamefront.de ):

Console                      Units sold       Previous week                2002 Total
Game Boy Advance     120.400                 145.900                 2.579.700
PlayStation2                  74.100                   66.300                 3.242.000
Gamecube                     26.200                   35.100                    984.700
Xbox                                5.900                     3.100                    282.700

Xbox numbers see the biggest change, although still dissapointing they're the best sales in months, IIRC having almost doubled since last week. Better to have small and late holiday sales than none at all I guess.

Other than that not much going on, PS2 managed to take a bite worth 10k customers from GC, while GBA is still reigning supreme.

 

[bukima]

Once again, that's a pretty unrealistic price Teasy. All MS has to do is wave the manufacturing costs in favour of including the game with the console, and right there the publisher is saving roughly 12 dollars per copy (box, manual, and discs). They probably worked out a deal where they (sega/Ubisoft) make 10-12 bucks per game.

I am sure MS got a good deal from Sega for the two games - they weren't selling anyway.

Splinter Cell is different, though - that game sells very well indeed, and to include it in a free bundle, you can bet that MS have had to pay UbiSoft the [nearly] full profit they would have made from a stand-alone SC sale.

Halo is of course "free" for MS, as it is their game - but seeing as over half of Xbox buyers also buy Halo, including it for free in a bundle costs MS their normal Halo profits!

 

[zurich]

By giving Halo away to new Xbox users, I think MS is investing in future Halo 2 sales by introducing new gamers to it who might not have bought it otherwise... smart move if you ask me, especially when you factor in the XBL-Halo 2 potential attach rate.

 

[Gerry]

How to resurrect an old thread....

Latest sale numbers for week ending Dec 14 in the UK:

PS2 111,066 (-2%)
Xbox 32,805 (+18%)
Gamecube 13,403 (+16%)

Looks like the PS2 figures have finally plateaued. Didn't think they could keep on rising forever.

 

[Johnny Awesome]

Big mistake not having Metroid ready for Christmas there. Nintendo is getting slaughtered.

 

[Blade]

Latest Japanese charts: Hardware

Game Boy Advance: 241,600 (Annual: 2,821,400)
PlayStation 2: 115,200 (Annual: 3,357,200)
GameCube: 67,500 (Annual: 1,052,300)
Xbox: 13,400 (Annual: 296,200)
PlayStation: 2,800 (Annual: 213,300)
Wonder Swan Crystal: 2,600 (Annual: 107,300)
Wonder Swan Color: 1,700 (Annual: 118,100)
Game Boy Color: 520 (Annual: 81,900)
Game Boy: 370 (Annual: 5,600)
Nintendo 64: 240 (Annual: 6,400)
Wonder Swan: 220 (Annual: 8,400)
Dreamcast: 19 (Annual: 17,500)
PocketStation: 15 (Annual: 1,300)

Software

1. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube: 407,700)
2. Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution (PlayStation 2: 336,500)
3. Pokemon Sapphire (Game Boy Advance: 1,014,500)
4. Pokemon Ruby (Game Boy Advance: 1,016,000)
5. .Hack (PlayStation 2: 96,000)
6. Guilty Gear XX (PlayStation 2: 74,900)
7. Clock Tower 3 (PlayStation 2: 50,000)
8. Mario Party 4 (GameCube: 414,300)
9. Rockman EXE 3 (Game Boy Advance: 120,800)
10. Gallop Racer 6 (PlayStation 2: 44,800)

 

[Gerry]

Big mistake not having Metroid ready for Christmas there. Nintendo is getting slaughtered.

I think this is true. They're using Metroid and Zelda footage in adverts (a kind of "you'll only be able to play these on Gamecube" ploy). I think getting at least Metroid out in time for Xmas would have helped sales somewhat.

They're looking much better in Japan though.

 

[Gollum]

13,4k Xboxen in Japan, are those weekly sales numbers? That's like a 6x times increase in 2 weeks and look how far they still are behind (less than a third in annual sales compared to GC and even worse in weekly sales)!

What's all the more interesting though is that this christmas the UK is looking like almost as big a market as Japan! Germany, France and Italy certainly aren't small markets either so Europe as a whole certainly has outgrown Japan by a huge margin by now in importance. Nintendo should have tried to release at least ONE of its hit games here in time for christmas, all the advertising in the world (they actually do advertise a good deal on TV here) doesn't help you without games to back it up (see Xbox in the US)...

 

[Jon Brittan]

Big mistake not having Metroid ready for Christmas there. Nintendo is getting slaughtered.

I don't personally keep up to date with Gamecube not having one and not being interested in one, but I was shopping in some decent games stores over here today (in the UK that is) and almost all of them were carrying Metroid Prime, so I'm pretty sure it's out here...

 

[Teasy]

Jon.. tell me which shops and I'm there!

But seriously, I'm 100% sure its not out here yet.. I only wish it was

You probably just saw a short demo for it, when I was at GAME today they had a double demo (non playable) of Metroid Prime and Zelda: WW.

 

[Magnum PI]

Big mistake not having Metroid ready for Christmas there. Nintendo is getting slaughtered.

I don't personally keep up to date with Gamecube not having one and not being interested in one, but I was shopping in some decent games stores over here today (in the UK that is) and almost all of them were carrying Metroid Prime, so I'm pretty sure it's out here...

not confusing with metroid fusion ? metroid prime european release date is march 2003.

 

[Jon Brittan]

Jon.. tell me which shops and I'm there!

But seriously, I'm 100% sure its not out here yet.. I only wish it was

You probably just saw a short demo for it, when I was at GAME today they had a double demo (non playable) of Metroid Prime and Zelda: WW.

And to MagnumPI too...

Nope, not a demo, boxes on shelves with price tags, not "Available in..." tags.

Both GameExchange and Virgin had copies on their shelves. I'm going back into Cambridge today, so I'll check that it is the full UK release, but they definately had the boxes yesterday.

 

[Teasy]

Jon.. if your right here then you'll go right on my love share list (see other thread).