NPD May 2005

[mckmas8808]

I thought it would be nice to show the sales numbers of software and hardware for the month of May. So here enjoy.

*These numbers are from a poster at GAF named Bunkum.

Platform GameTitle Revenue Units
XBX SW EPISODE III: SITH $18,663,830 378,195
XBX FORZA MOTORSPORT $9,174,106 184,595
XBX MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB $3,783,276 77,259
XBX LEGO STAR WARS $2,835,787 71,695
XBX T.CLANCY:CHAOS THEORY $2,027,024 44,223
XBX DOOM 3 $1,647,956 35,551
XBX WWE WRESTLEMANIA 21 $1,300,371 26,099
XBX HALO 2 $1,240,021 25,466
XBX JADE EMPIRE $1,235,291 25,293
XBX SW: REPUBLIC COMMANDO $1,160,933 24,299
XBX DOOM 3 COLLECTORS ED $1,132,724 19,397
XBX MVP BASEBALL 2005 $1,117,114 37,352
XBX JADE EMPIRE LIMTED ED $1,076,697 21,832
XBX FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 $856,117 17,797
XBX MX VS ATV UNLEASHED $748,646 18,888
XBX SW:KNIGHT REPUBLIC II $733,877 14,819
XBX PREDATOR: CONCRETE $728,793 17,802
XBX MAJOR LEAGUE 2K5 $627,067 31,597
XBX PSYCHONAUTS $624,811 12,595
XBX BROTHERS ARMS:HILL 30 $614,176 16,305



Platform GameTitle Revenue Units
PS2 SW EPISODE III: SITH $24,187,620 490,670
PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB $7,345,949 150,470
PS2 LEGO STAR WARS $5,035,527 127,700
PS2 GOD OF WAR $4,301,421 86,570
PS2 MVP BASEBALL 2005 $2,496,804 83,391
PS2 GRAN TURISMO 4 $2,299,388 46,210
PS2 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 $1,678,190 34,639
PS2 GRAND THEFT: ANDREAS $1,452,999 30,158
PS2 MX VS ATV UNLEASHED $1,270,033 31,843
PS2 DDR EXTREME BUNDLE $1,145,871 19,226
PS2 DYNASTY WARRIORS 5 $1,143,442 22,945
PS2 SW: BATTLEFRONT $1,072,137 22,425
PS2 MAJOR LEAGUE BB 2K5 $1,066,052 53,874
PS2 RESIDENT EVIL:OUTBRK2 $1,059,802 24,866
PS2 T.CLANCY:CHAOS THEORY $1,050,649 28,071
PS2 MLB 2006 $1,046,998 26,553
PS2 TEKKEN 5 $1,008,592 20,262
PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2005 $985,327 32,821
PS2 PREDATOR: CONCRETE $927,909 22,725
PS2 NBA LIVE 2005 $849,509 28,314


Platform GameTitle Revenue Units
GCN DK: JUNGLE W/BONGOS $1,261,860 23,093
GCN MARIO PARTY 6 W/MIC $795,379 15,986
GCN STAR FOX: ASSAULT $742,811 14,921
GCN RESIDENT EVIL 4 $636,217 13,704
GCN DONKEY KONGA 2 W/BONG $636,192 12,894
GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE $612,668 20,556
GCN POKEMON COLOSSEUM $538,191 28,227
GCN MVP BASEBALL 2005 $533,927 17,848
GCN SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE $508,173 27,801
GCN DONKEY KONGA 2 $450,445 12,125
GCN MARIO POWER TENNIS $435,391 8,771
GCN MADAGASCAR $428,673 10,754
GCN DRAGONBALL Z: SAGAS $423,176 10,617
GCN PAPER MARIO: THOUSAND $395,233 11,573
GCN NBA STREET V3 $363,744 7,315
GCN ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER $350,032 19,381
GCN MARIO KART: DOUBLE $342,771 6,902
GCN ANIMAL CROSSING $332,748 17,545
GCN DK: JUNGLE BEAT $322,689 8,106
GCN KIRBY AIR RIDE $312,589 16,254


Platform GameTitle Revenue Units
GBA POKEMON EMERALD $30,236,960 882,579
GBA SW EPISODE III: SITH $2,523,299 87,363
GBA LEGO STAR WARS $2,075,605 70,909
GBA FIRE EMBLEM: THE SACRED STO $1,694,124 53,740
GBA MARIO PARTY ADVANCE $1,161,534 36,986
GBA ZELDA: THE MINISH CAP $898,331 29,424
GBA MARIO & LUIGI SAGA $785,218 11,277
GBA THE INCREDIBLES $765,921 25,563
GBA MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 $745,387 24,314
GBA WARIOWARE INC: MEGA $738,735 23,714
GBA POKEMON FIRERED W/ADP $649,560 18,790
GBA POKEMON LEAFGRN W/ADP $570,330 16,519
GBA SPONGEBOB DOUBLE PACK $525,431 17,892
GBA YU-GI-OH! TRNMNT 2005 $523,038 17,807
GBA BACKYARD BASEBALL 2K6 $484,583 16,236
GBA SCOOBY-DOO DOUBLE PK $465,302 23,537
GBA THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE $456,366 15,321
GBA ROBOTS $421,985 14,078
GBA KIRBY AMAZING MIRROR $410,700 13,262
GBA DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 2 $382,961 12,521


Platform GameTitle Revenue Units
NDS SW EPISODE III: SITH $1,663,455 43,726
NDS WARIOWARE: TOUCHED! $770,444 22,091
NDS SUPER MARIO 64 DS $706,790 22,844
NDS NEED SPEED:UNDRGRND 2 $636,750 15,990
NDS YOSHI TOUCH & GO $524,915 16,728
NDS POKEMON DASH $296,885 9,438
NDS RAYMAN DS $273,096 9,117
NDS PAC PIX $241,045 8,078
NDS POLARIUM $186,029 6,240
NDS WORLD CHAMP POKER DS $161,996 5,447
NDS PUYO POP FEVER $161,568 5,441
NDS ROBOTS $156,546 5,206
NDS ASPHALT: URBAN GT $153,289 5,124
NDS MADAGASCAR $137,546 3,453
NDS THE URBZ:SIMS IN CITY $136,645 4,436
NDS SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 $117,866 2,947
NDS ZOO KEEPER $73,385 3,699
NDS RETRO ATARI $73,322 2,463
NDS MADDEN NFL 2005 $73,153 2,380
NDS RIDGE RACER DS $60,684 2,038


Platform GameTitle Revenue Units
PSP NEED SPEED:UND RIVALS $2,438,052 49,012
PSP HOT SHOTS GOLF:OPEN $1,962,795 49,840
PSP UNTOLD LEGENDS:BTHRHD $1,784,919 44,857
PSP MVP BASEBALL $1,590,783 32,142
PSP NBA STREET SHOWDOWN $1,562,335 31,411
PSP TWISTED METAL:HEAD ON $1,470,451 37,212
PSP RIDGE RACER $1,344,092 33,838
PSP T.HAWK UNDGRND2 REMIX $1,216,114 24,468
PSP MLB $1,055,113 26,745
PSP WIPEOUT PURE $1,050,563 26,643
PSP ATV OFF ROAD: BLAZIN $1,043,632 26,533
PSP METAL GEAR ACID $1,010,353 25,435
PSP LUMINES $1,000,617 25,194
PSP FIFA SOCCER $966,856 19,430
PSP TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR $864,552 17,429
PSP NFL STREET 2:UNLEASHD $846,254 17,054
PSP RENGOKU: PURGATORY $822,243 20,671
PSP NBA $806,672 20,372
PSP APE ESCAPE:ON LOOSE $777,301 19,724
PSP SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 $687,233 14,051

Platform Revenue Units
PS2 $107,365,138 3,191,609
XBX $72,783,403 1,966,807
GBA $62,908,435 2,252,460
PSP $26,798,460 621,350
GCN $23,287,849 851,545
NDS $6,762,351 202,788
PS $863,365 78,241
GBC $78,604 3,880
NGA $41,692 2,234
N64 $1,940 749
DC $1,225 626
GBOY $32 6

Company software sales

1 Nintendo of America $52,677,860 16.5%
2 Lucasarts $48,091,540 15.1%
3 Electronic Arts $37,446,100 11.7%
4 Sony (Corp) $21,178,360 6.6%
5 Take 2 Interactive (Corp) $19,251,530 6.0%
6 THQ (Corp) $15,277,190 4.8%
7 Microsoft (Corp) $14,931,890 4.7%
8 Ubisoft $14,239,730 4.5%
9 Activision $13,280,570 4.2%
10 Eidos Interactive (Corp) $11,224,450 3.5%
11 Konami Digital Ent. $8,988,442 2.8%
12 Midway $8,937,693 2.8%
13 Vivendi Universal (Corp) $7,441,712 2.3%
14 Namco $7,339,482 2.3%
15 Atari $5,409,277 1.7%
16 Capcom USA $5,318,835 1.7%
17 Majesco $4,256,475 1.3%
18 Sega of America $4,003,274 1.3%
19 Sony Online Ent. $2,420,709 0.8%
20 Koei $2,219,096 0.7%
21 Square Enix Inc (Corp) $2,194,557 0.7%
22 Groove Games $1,526,935 0.5%
23 Buena Vista Games (Corp) $1,477,964 0.5%
24 Atlus $1,296,419 0.4%
25 Crave Entertainment $1,264,987 0.4%

PSP = 250,000
PS2 = 273,000
Xbox = 129,000
GCN = 50,000
GBA/DS = 279,000

So what do you guys think?

 

[JasonLD]

GBOY $32 6

Dang...kudos for those 6 people..

 

[Inane_Dork]

Re: May NPD Sales for Hardware and Software

So what do you guys think?

I think MS isn't supplying enough Xboxes to stores and the GC needs a hug.

 

[mckmas8808]

The sales are pretty showing. I'm glad that these American sales can be shown to fully represent what videogames are doing here and not just in Japan.

 

[Acert93]

Platform Revenue Units
PS2 $107,365,138 3,191,609
XBX $72,783,403 1,966,807
GBA $62,908,435 2,252,460
PSP $26,798,460 621,350
GCN $23,287,849 851,545
NDS $6,762,351 202,788

Looks like 6 years may be too long for a generation. Xbox has some strong software right now, but even Xbox owners are complaining about the lack of software in general and is also at an install base disadvantage of 1:4.5. So to sell almost 2/3 as much as the martket leader is a huge change from the beginning of this generation. They really have picked up momentum and left Nintendo in the dust in the home console race. While the holiday season will be fine for Sony it does look like PS2 sales have slowed some. It also shows how much momentum MS has gained. That should add some spice to 2006 More competition = better pricing and games

Looking at all the standard devices (PS2, GCN, Xbox, PSP, GBA, NDS) , it seems most of them are being starved for quality content at this point. I believe if the PS2, PSP, and NDS would have substantially better sales in this period if they had more / better games.

So we cannot make too much of this. But it is interesting none-the-less.

Company software sales

1 Nintendo of America $52,677,860 16.5%
2 Lucasarts $48,091,540 15.1%
3 Electronic Arts $37,446,100 11.7%
4 Sony (Corp) $21,178,360 6.6%
5 Take 2 Interactive (Corp) $19,251,530 6.0%
6 THQ (Corp) $15,277,190 4.8%
7 Microsoft (Corp) $14,931,890 4.7%

:shakes head:

While I am not too happy with the fact Nintendo's home console platform is not going the direction to provide me (specifically me) the games I want, they obviously are doing a LOT right.

 

[Mefisutoferesu]

Wait... platform revenues are consoles sold right? MS profits off their consoles? I thought they were still losing money per console. Or is this gross?

 

[mckmas8808]

Wait... platform revenues are consoles sold right? MS profits off their consoles? I thought they were still losing money per console. Or is this gross?

No platform reviews are the number of software sales for that respective console or handheld. The hardware sales are here.

PSP = 250,000
PS2 = 273,000
Xbox = 129,000
GCN = 50,000
GBA/DS = 279,000

 

[cthellis42]

Amusingly, my browser screen was sized so that I only saw the first section, and I was like "holy crap, the Xbox swept the top 20!"

 

[Gollum]

Re: May NPD Sales for Hardware and Software

So what do you guys think?

It confirms the latest trends.

PS2 is still king of the hill, but shows signs of slowing, especially on the software sales side. Almost seems like PS2 owners are more starved for new hardware and games than Sony expected. Guess Sony fans can thank MS for "forcing" Sony not to sit around even longer before finally moving on.

GC is turning into what N64 was, a console pretty much only for playing Nintendo games. And that isn't a bad thing, as sales show that Nintendo is HUGE as a first party publisher! That alone should make any people who are worried about Revolution shut up. The Nintendo brand is alive and well and even though it might be somewhat of a niche, its big enough for them to make a living for at least another generation or two.

Xbox hardware sales are not what they could be, hope they know what they're doing by phasing out Xbox production so early and focusing on 360. Software sales are very strong however, Xbox is moving quite a bit more software/unit than PS2 or GC at this point.

 

[Johnny Awesome]

Actually, if you look at the charts you'll realize that Nintendo's software share is healthy only because of GBA/NDS. Their Cube software sales are horrible. In fact, it's all pretty much Pokemon Emerald's doing.

 

[Inane_Dork]

Re: May NPD Sales for Hardware and Software

GC is turning into what N64 was, a console pretty much only for playing Nintendo games. And that isn't a bad thing, as sales show that Nintendo is HUGE as a first party publisher!

...across three platforms. I think Nintendo can make money on a console that's basically there just for Nintendo games, but they just don't seem to be selling like they used to. Correct me if I'm wrong, of course. I don't think Nintendo has had a Mario 64 type selling game this gen. SSBM is probably the closest. Not that N games sell poorly, but they seem to be selling less than they used to which is a bad trend to extend to the Rev.

 

[mckmas8808]

Well I'm happy to see my PSP doing so good. Combine the hardware unit sales, with the videogame sells, with the UMD sells and you have a big future in your hands.

Great job Sony now give us more games.

 

[Dave Baumann]

Can anyone pin down a fairly accurate figure of the total worldwide XBox units sold since introduction?

 

[Almasy]

1 Nintendo of America $52,677,860 16.5%

The benefits of a blind fanbase.

 

[Mefisutoferesu]

Accurate?? Ehehe... well, I'll say this at least... at mid January Xbox was clocking in at just under 20 million and from what I can see across the net, it seems like MS has sold an additional 2-3 million units... so what ~22-23 million units since launch?

 

[scooby_dooby]

I find it pretty interesting that despite PS3 having 350% the installed base of the XBOX(90mil vs 20mil), the PS3 version of Star Wars 3 only sells 30% more copies than the XBOX version

i think it's a more accurate representation of market share than total units sold.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Or that the PS2 has a wider demographic with wildly differing game tastes? Plus for correctness sake, the figures are for NA only, so the installed base isn't 90:20, but whatever US sales for PS2 and XB are (40:15 ?), though that doesn't impact your argument.

 

[scooby_dooby]

I think it has more to do with the fact that XBOX owners buy twice as many games/system compared to PS2 owners.

That's a stat J. Allard mentioned in an interview.

That and PS2 are more prone to failiure than XBOX, and they've been out oinger so there are more people who bought 2 or 3 replacement consoles. Which makes the whole systems sold number not very useful.

A final reason I would guess, people who have both systems buy the XBOX version obviously.

I think all those are much more realistic than PS2 owners have "varying tastes" whatever that means. If you have any proof of the demographics of the 2 syetems I'd like to see a link. it' my hunch that both systems share the same core demographic.

Anywyas, my point was that systems sold is a crappy metric for determining market share, and trying to guess what Dev's will and won't support. Current game sales are much more re;levant, and here, the PS2 only shows a slight margin. Nowhere near the 3-4times you might suspect by their total systems sold.

I just wonder how this will affect next-gen, and who developers decide to support. PS2 doesn't have the giant lead in software sales some might think, and that's all Dev's really care about, total copies sold.

With it'sa 6-12month headstart, and excellent software sales #'s/console, X360 may be the system with the bigger selection of games this time around.

 

[Pozer]

That and Xbox has a different demographic than the ps2/GC. NA Xbox owners tend to be in their mid-late 20's and early 30's. That demographic has more disposable cash. Xbox also tends to attract alot of hardcores/nerds and people that want "the best" system techincally for their $5 billion dollar HDTV. That's why the attachment rate for software is higher on the xbox (per capita). Xbox owners generally have more cash and are into gaming more. Hence buy more games. GC has the grade school to highschool, and nostalgia demographic. Alot of people that can;t buy their own games. PS2 has very eclectic crowd theres the "everyone has console now so I better not look unhip" or "I needed a cheap DVD player 5 years ago but I rarely play games", but then you also have hardcore Japanese RPG players and the people that just trust the Sony brand.

I know these are generalizations.

 

[JasonLD]

I think it has more to do with the fact that XBOX owners buy twice as many games/system compared to PS2 owners.

That's a stat J. Allard mentioned in an interview.

That and PS2 are more prone to failiure than XBOX, and they've been out oinger so there are more people who bought 2 or 3 replacement consoles. Which makes the whole systems sold number not very useful.

A final reason I would guess, people who have both systems buy the XBOX version obviously.

I think all those are much more realistic than PS2 owners have "varying tastes" whatever that means. If you have any proof of the demographics of the 2 syetems I'd like to see a link. it' my hunch that both systems share the same core demographic.

Anywyas, my point was that systems sold is a crappy metric for determining market share, and trying to guess what Dev's will and won't support. Current game sales are much more re;levant, and here, the PS2 only shows a slight margin. Nowhere near the 3-4times you might suspect by their total systems sold.

I just wonder how this will affect next-gen, and who developers decide to support. PS2 doesn't have the giant lead in software sales some might think, and that's all Dev's really care about, total copies sold.

With it'sa 6-12month headstart, and excellent software sales #'s/console, X360 may be the system with the bigger selection of games this time around.

I don't know if ur argument is 100% accurate.
Lets look at this way.
In terms of hardcore gamers, by looking at the sales stat, Sony doesn't have lot more in terms of hardcore gamers than MS since PS2 SW only sold 30% more than XBox version..
But, if u look at the other games sales numbers
PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB $7,345,949 150,470
XBX MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB $3,783,276 77,259

PS2 MVP BASEBALL 2005 $2,496,804 83,391
XBX MVP BASEBALL 2005 $1,117,114 37,352

Casual gamers are slower in terms of adopting new games but PS2 sales numbers are pulling away from Xbox sales numbers. In most multiplatform games, PS2 version stays longer on the chart and have lot higher number of games sold than Xbox version of same game, so systems sold is not that "inaccurate" way of determining console's popularity as Allard wanted us to believe.
With Xbox having clear technical superiority over PS2, it might have been the reason why Xbox has been more hardcore gamers console and better software/hardware ratio than PS2, but I don't think that trend will continue with Xbox360,thus I think Xbox360 and PS3 will have similar software sales#/hardware ratio.