NPD November 2003

[Gollum]

A great Nov for everyone indeed. The guys from THQ and EA look like asses now though. The GC has caught up with the XB (Metroid and Mario Prty 4 as catalysts). Does'nt look like the GCN is "loosing traction" to me. GBA and PS2 still kicking ass though. GCN sold more software than XB..that's new.

Actually I think MS has reason to be dissapointed by these numbers from the NA market, especially after they finally gained ground in Europe lately! They lost their lead over GC (or rather not managed to keep widening the lead) and software sales are weaker than they probably hoped for (okay the lineup wasn't exactly great but decent enough), while GC really saw a decent boost in hard and software sales both!

On the other hand 6 out of GC's top 10 titles are first or second party, most even popular Nintendo franchises. I think even these great sales actually do more to reinforce the feelings that publishers like THQ have voiced - people seem to buy GC for Nintendo first/second party games mostly, which doesn't exactly help making it more attractive to third party developers, you can't seem to predict which games will sell at all. There's also a much sharper fall-off from the best selling to the weaker selling games, or so it appears (would need more than top 10 sales to say for sure). Just a short look at those thrid party games: Harry Potter is doing great and fits right into the (call it a cliché but it certainly seems like it) primary target audience of GC, 007 is doing almost as well as on Xbox (maybe Goldeneye's N64 fame helped a bit?), RE looks to be underperforming for such an highly anticipated and popular franchise while Star Wars is a huge name that will sell decently as long as the game isn't complete crap (though SW games often aren't what they used to be, why had the times of Lucas Arts only releasing high quality titles have to end a couple years ago?).

The real winner continues to be Sony though, just look at those GTA:VC sales!

 

[wazoo]

cybamerc , I don't believe the sales of the system would be that great , in line with the others yes , but nothing crazy. I expect the software to do alot better than expected though. Did zelda sell almost 1:1 when it came out on the n64... something like 6 million copys ?

yes, it does sold 6M copies in 2 months (over christmas) worldwide, but it was far from being 1:1.

 

[jvd]

How many systems where there ? I was under the impession they only sold about 8 million in the usa ? Or was it the wrestling game that sold almost 1:1 ? I'm not to sure it was a few years ago and i've had a lot of alchool to drink since then .

 

[Natoma]

Oh would you people stop with it already. It's obvious that this isn't like the 16bit "wars" or even the 32/64 bit "wars" of the early to mid 90's in that the market could only support 2 systems at a time (casualties of the Super NES and Genesis heydey were 3DO, Jaguar, and the Phillips system. Casualty of the PS2 and N64 heydey was the Saturn).

This situation is no doubt like the late 70's, early 80's "wars" between Colecovision, Intellivision, Atari, Vectrex, and Odyssey where each system had a good following and each was supported because there were enough people to support them.

I don't consider 40 Million+ PS2's, 8 Million+ GC's and 8 Million+ XBox's to be a failure on anyone's part, and I think it's a testament to the overall strength of the worldwide videogame market.

Frankly I'll be adding 1 to the Xbox total, along with my 1 Gamecube, as soon as I can afford to. So enough with the fanboi bickering about who sold what and all this. Sheesh!

 

[jvd]

now is a good time to buy the system. You get two games with it. Though I hear both systems will drop before summer. Who knows if thats correct.

 

[Goldni]

I think RE0's number are pretty good. These were just the first 12 days of RE0's release. Capcom did'nt start advertising for it till 2 weeks after it released. It's pretty safe to say it'll sell better than REmake did in Japan and the US both. I'll bet December shows RE0 selling even better as well as SC for XB.

Natoma, I agree with your point. This system wars stuff get's old (but it's fun at times too). But yeah, I've said since the very beginning that there is room for ALL three players this generation. If only Sega could have held out huh? nah, it's much better this way. As Nintendo fan I'm prefectly content to see Nintendo become the "Mac" of the console market. If it's a niche machine then oh well it will still rake in millions for Ninty..as will the GBA. but I really dont see that happening. It very well maybe that MS is the "Mac" this go around. And that is ironic considering MS' and IBM's past. But really I see the market just getting soooo big and popular that it gives all three companies a piece of the 10 billion dollar pie. Kind of like GM, Ford and Chrysler. There IS room! And everyone's favorite company should be fine.

Just thought of something by looking at the numbers: Gamecube + GBA = assload of money for Nintendo. They are just fine! Sony's got TV's and videocameras. MS has OS PC market. Ninty's got GBA.

 

[jvd]

I wish sega held out so i could see my fav games on one system. Now i will have to buy systems I don't want for one or two games . Anyway there is room for 3

 

[JF_Aidan_Pryde]

Xbox is doing great in Australia though. When I went to buy my PS2, the guy at EB told me he's selling more Xboxes than PS2s during this Christmas season. Mostly because of the Massive Pack.

Also, all the people working at EB/computer stores are wearing Xbox neck tags. Everywhere you go is green. Whomever is incharge of Xbox Australia, he/she should get a raise.

 

[iscariot]

FORMAT DESCRIPTION INTRO DATE CORPORATE PUBLISHER UNITS NOV 2002 UNITS LTD 95-02

top 100 for Nov.

1 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE OCT'02 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 1,452,729 2,865,158
2 GCN METROID PRIME NOV'02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 363,389 363,389
3 PS2 WWE: SHUT YOUR MOUTH OCT'02 THQ 348,515 348,855
4 PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 OCT'02 ACTIVISION 321,941 487,222
5 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 AUG'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 240,796 1,734,583
6 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER NOV'02 UBISOFT 223,879 223,879
7 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 203,802 352,667
8 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY NOV'02 MIDWAY 202,592 202,592
9 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS SEP'02 SQUARE EA 182,418 744,789
10 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 OCT'02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 166,975 264,689
11 PS2 HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 148,166 148,166
12 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 NOV'02 SONY 143,475 143,475
13 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 141,402 402,916
14 PS2 BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 136,779 136,779
15 GCN SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE AUG'02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 131,498 815,294
16 PSX YU-GI-OH! FORBIDDEN MAR'02 KONAMI OF AMERICA 128,875 682,261
17 XBX MECH ASSAULT NOV'02 MICROSOFT 118,475 118,475
18 PS2 GRAN TURISMO 3:A-SPEC JUL'01 SONY 117,644 2,380,043
19 XBX T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON NOV'02 UBISOFT 115,330 115,330
20 GCN RESIDENT EVIL ZERO NOV'02 CAPCOM USA 113,301 113,301
21 PS2 RATCHET & CLANK NOV'02 SONY 111,997 111,997
22 XBX UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP NOV'02 INFOGRAMES 110,970 110,970
23 PS2 CRASH BANDICOOT:CORTX OCT'01 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 109,552 664,645
24 XBX MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY NOV'02 MIDWAY 104,155 104,155
25 XBX HALO NOV'01 MICROSOFT 99,884 1,622,458
26 PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR3 OCT'01 ACTIVISION 98,968 1,572,179
27 XBX MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 96,885 96,885
28 PS2 JAK AND DAXTER:LEGACY DEC'01 SONY 96,133 757,988
29 PS2 SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE APR'02 ACTIVISION 96,039 956,706
30 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 93,369 118,449
31 PS2 CRAZY TAXI MAY'01 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 87,944 471,206
32 GCN HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 83,998 83,998
33 PS2 SHINOBI NOV'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 82,386 82,386
34 PS2 METAL GEAR SOLID 2 NOV'01 KONAMI OF AMERICA 82,346 1,623,965
35 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY FEB'01 SONY 79,913 994,402
36 PS2 HITMAN 2: ASSASSIN SEP'02 EIDOS INTERACTIVE 79,031 300,556
37 PS2 NBA STREET JUN'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 78,937 1,021,011
38 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 JUL'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 78,769 681,850
39 PS2 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS AUG'02 SONY 73,660 530,758
40 PS2 SPYRO:ENTER DRAGONFLY NOV'02 UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE 72,388 72,388
41 PS2 TEKKEN 4 SEP'02 NAMCO 72,064 400,816
42 PS2 NEED SPEED: PURSUIT 2 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 70,651 249,066
43 XBX METAL GEAR2:SUBSTANCE NOV'02 KONAMI OF AMERICA 69,121 69,121
44 GCN STAR FOX ADVENTURES SEP'02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 66,695 308,871
45 PSX TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 OCT'02 ACTIVISION 66,190 77,404
46 PS2 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE NOV'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 64,778 416,112
47 PS2 MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE MAY'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 64,620 1,294,691
48 PS2 DAVE MIRRA BMX 2 AUG'01 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 63,486 370,646
49 PS2 CONFLICTESERT STORM SEP'02 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 63,249 132,471
50 GCN ANIMAL CROSSING SEP'02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 61,806 218,220
51 PS2 NFL 2K3 AUG'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 61,747 212,795
52 PS2 SW: BOUNTY HUNTER NOV'02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 61,169 61,169
53 PS2 FIFA SOCCER 2003 NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 59,767 59,767
54 PSX *****EBOB SUPER*****E SEP'01 THQ 58,561 828,065
55 XBX NFL FEVER 2003 AUG'02 MICROSOFT 58,441 153,266
56 PS2 ACE COMBAT 4 OCT'01 NAMCO 56,948 600,887
57 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 OCT'01 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 56,883 4,285,052
58 XBX TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 OCT'02 ACTIVISION 55,749 91,320
59 PSX WINNIE POOH KNDRGRTN NOV'02 BAM! ENTERTAINMENT 55,689 55,689
60 PSX MY DISNEY KITCHEN NOV'02 BAM! ENTERTAINMENT 55,485 55,485
61 PSX HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 55,268 55,268
62 PS2 VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 MAR'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 54,389 433,112
63 PSX GH 3RD PTY FAM VALUE JUN'02 MULTIPLE VIDEO GAME MANUFACTUR 53,538 89,631
64 PS2 NASCAR THUNDER 2003 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 53,337 173,763
65 XBX BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 53,279 53,279
66 PS2 NBA 2K3 OCT'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 52,882 151,067
67 PS2 SPY HUNTER SEP'01 MIDWAY 52,817 540,395
68 PSX FAMILY VALUE JUN'02 MULTIPLE VIDEO GAME MANUFACTUR 52,779 81,126
69 PS2 CONTRA:SHATTERED SLDR OCT'02 KONAMI OF AMERICA 51,909 94,984
70 PS2 LORD OF THE RINGS OCT'02 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 51,817 104,554
71 PS2 RACING VALUE JUN'02 MULTIPLE VIDEO GAME MANUFACTUR 51,034 75,101
72 PS2 DEAD TO RIGHTS NOV'02 NAMCO 50,972 50,972
73 GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE DEC'01 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 50,832 1,208,544
74 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY OCT'01 CAPCOM USA 50,028 735,307
75 GCN BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 49,897 49,897
76 GCN SONIC MEGA COLLECTION NOV'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 49,883 49,883
77 PS2 SUIKODEN III OCT'02 KONAMI OF AMERICA 47,366 101,274
78 GCN SCOOBY-DOO:100 FRIGHT SEP'02 THQ 46,588 62,285
79 GCN STAR WARS: CLONE WARS OCT'02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 46,096 59,656
80 XBX MADDEN NFL 2003 AUG'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 45,865 292,269
81 PS2 TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT OCT'00 NAMCO 45,721 963,148
82 PS2 RED FACTION II OCT'02 THQ 45,657 118,327
83 GCN TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 OCT'02 ACTIVISION 45,057 66,852
84 PS2 NHL 2003 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 44,457 149,057
85 PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB:STREET OCT'00 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 43,675 874,831
86 PS2 MAX PAYNE DEC'01 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 43,617 869,189
87 PS2 RESIDENT EVIL CODE: X AUG'01 CAPCOM USA 43,350 599,933
88 PSX SPIDER-MAN AUG'00 ACTIVISION 43,275 1,342,160
89 PSX WINNIE POOH PRESCHOOL NOV'02 BAM! ENTERTAINMENT 41,791 41,791
90 XBX SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE APR'02 ACTIVISION 41,543 391,849
91 PS2 DDRMAX DANCE REVOLUTN OCT'02 KONAMI OF AMERICA 41,242 54,904
92 PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN: BRING NOV'01 THQ 40,778 823,298
93 GCN GODZILLAESTRY MELEE OCT'02 INFOGRAMES 39,211 79,936
94 XBX TIGER WOODS PGA 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 39,054 51,858
95 PS2 MEN IN BLACK 2: ALIEN JUN'02 INFOGRAMES 38,796 124,416
96 PS2 MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2 NOV'02 CAPCOM USA 38,554 38,554
97 GCN MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY NOV'02 MIDWAY 38,169 38,169
98 PSX SCOOBY DOO & CYBER SEP'01 THQ 38,029 404,659
99 PS2 SCOOBY-DOO:100 FRIGHT MAY'02 THQ 37,773 180,921
100 XBX HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 37,521 37,521

full list --> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tokenboy/Nov_TRSTS.xls

thanks to sonycowboy/kaching at GA


OR

http://system-zero.com/sales/nov/500.html


- credit to MIna @ GA

 

[Blade]

815K units of Super Mario Sunshine and this doesn't include December sales?

Damn.. if that doesn't include SMS-bundle sales.. Mario's done better than I thought.

 

[Johnny Awesome]

That means Mario has only sold around:

1.2 million in the US
850,000 in Japan
450,000 (estimate) in Europe

That's only 2.5 million copies, which is far less than I would have expected for Mario. Mario 64 sold 20 million didn't it? At this rate SMS will probably not do better than 5 million. What do you think Ben?

 

[Ooh-videogames]

This got me thinking about the wining that THQ was doing about their games not selling on GC. So I took a look at what they released and what I saw was a bunch of games targeted at children. The games were Rugrats, Jimmy Neutron, Hot wheel, Monsters,inc, Rocket power its some nick cartoon, Scooby Doo, Sponge Bob. Then theres WrestlemaniaX8, MX Superfly, Dark Summit, and Tetris. The GC targeted demographic is supposed to be children but the games developed for children barely make it over 10,000 in sales. Is it possible these games are on the wrong system, I believe they would have sold better on the PS2, or even better on the PSX.

 

[Blade]

Johnny: O-kay? All things considered, I think that 2.5 million is awesome. That's almost as good or better than Halo!

Already! And doesn't that make SMS the top selling GCN title worldwide.. beating out SSBM?

 

[BenSkywalker]

Johnny-

Mario64 sold ~10million. These numbers also don't include any of the bundle packs which probably represented around 1/3 of Nintendo's console sales for the month(that is a complete guess, although I imagine it's slightly conservative). I'd say that Mario was likely around 1.4Million in the US by the end of November, not sure what the bundle situation was like in Japan or Europe although I expect they sold at least another couple hundred thousand units between Europe and Japan(bundles including Mario which aren't counted in soft sales). When December's numbers come in from the US, I would expect Mario will be in the 1.7M-2M range in the US(between bundle sales and soft sales) and should be close to 3.5Million copies sold world wide as of 1/1/3.

Blade-

Already! And doesn't that make SMS the top selling GCN title worldwide.. beating out SSBM?

SSBM was around 1.8Million units sold by the end of November in the US alone, and it also went platinum in Japan. Mario is likely pst SSBM by now, but it wasn't at the end of November(at least, not unless Mario did a lot better then we expect in Europe).

 

[Magnum PI]

That means Mario has only sold around:

1.2 million in the US
850,000 in Japan
450,000 (estimate) in Europe

That's only 2.5 million copies, which is far less than I would have expected for Mario. Mario 64 sold 20 million didn't it? At this rate SMS will probably not do better than 5 million. What do you think Ben?

i don't know if the figures you gave are correct but anyway...
you are comparing less than a year of SMS sales with the sales of SM64 during all the N64 lifespan.
this makes no sense.

 

[Johnny Awesome]

The reason I'm doing this is because it's pretty clear that SMS isn't going to have the same shelf-life that Mario64 did. People are already returning it to stores for credit and so on. This will cut into sales.

Ben, I could believe 3 million by the end of 2002, but I still think it's going to have a tough time breaking 5 million. It might though, due to the lack of compelling Cube software.

 

[Squidlor]

And several people were returning their SM64 AND their N64 to the store for credit when it was first released. SMS, while it was admittedly not the blockbuster title like SM64 or SMB3, is on track to sell ~4-5 million copies within one year of its release. Most companies would give their left AND right nuts for those kind of figures and brand recognition.

 

[wazoo]

Ben, I could believe 3 million by the end of 2002, but I still think it's going to have a tough time breaking 5 million. It might though, due to the lack of compelling Cube software.

Are you just posting for bashing the cube ?? There are lots of games on the Cube and you know it.

 

[Clashman]

Taken from http://system-zero.com/sales/nov/500.html

Cross platform game sales for XBox/GCN in Top 500:

XBX MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY NOV'02 MIDWAY 104,155 104,155 $48.88 $5,091,133.27
GCN MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY NOV'02 MIDWAY 38,169 38,169 $48.74 $1,860,447.94

XBX MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 96,885 96,885 $49.68 $4,813,521.28
GCN MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 34,864 34,864 $49.71 $1,732,912.41

GCN HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 83,998 83,998 $49.24 $4,136,003.99
XBX HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 37,521 37,521 $49.38 $1,852,658.28

XBX TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 OCT'02 ACTIVISION 55,749 91,320 $47.58 $2,652,589.47
GCN TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 OCT'02 ACTIVISION 45,057 66,852 $49.33 $2,222,654.44

XBX BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 53,279 53,279 $49.54 $2,639,535.84
GCN BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 49,897 49,897 $49.51 $2,470,139.53

XBX MADDEN NFL 2003 AUG'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 45,865 292,269 $47.14 $2,162,184.17
GCN MADDEN NFL 2003 AUG'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 28,989 112,889 $38.80 $1,124,747.44

XBX SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE APR'02 ACTIVISION 41,543 391,849 $39.10 $1,624,342.29
GCN SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE APR'02 ACTIVISION 20,751 300,088 $47.10 $977,311.18

XBX TIGER WOODS PGA 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 39,054 51,858 $49.62 $1,937,766.24
GCN TIGER WOODS PGA 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 10,939 13,557 $46.91 $513,134.65

XBX SW: JEDI KNIGHT II NOV'02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 33,189 33,189 $51.13 $1,696,787.08
GCN SW: JEDI KNIGHT II NOV'02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 18,355 18,355 $51.00 $936,062.55

XBX NBA LIVE 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 30,417 84,106 $49.48 $1,505,046.47
GCN NBA LIVE 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 13,549 27,263 $46.83 $634,463.24

XBX TIMESPLITTERS 2 OCT'02 EIDOS INTERACTIVE 30,174 91,583 $49.56 $1,495,507.75
GCN TIMESPLITTERS 2 OCT'02 EIDOS INTERACTIVE 23,801 63,546 $49.52 $1,178,704.54

XBX NFL 2K3 AUG'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 22,113 117,197 $31.69 $700,802.48
GCN NFL 2K3 AUG'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 6,025 24,289 $32.39 $195,123.20

XBX NBA 2K3 OCT'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 21,234 75,101 $49.43 $1,049,643.39
GCN NBA 2K3 OCT'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 5,246 13,213 $49.52 $259,799.29

XBX FIFA SOCCER 2003 NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 20,326 20,326 $49.64 $1,009,060.05
GCN FIFA SOCCER 2003 NOV'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 8,125 8,125 $46.95 $381,471.04

XBX NEED SPEED: PURSUIT 2 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 20,171 68,990 $49.41 $996,574.18
GCN NEED SPEED: PURSUIT 2 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 19,496 44,570 $49.40 $963,075.28

XBX NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 JUL'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 19,167 183,216 $46.81 $897,131.76
GCN NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 JUL'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 14,195 64,135 $32.30 $458,507.33

XBX NAMCO MUSEUM OCT'02 NAMCO 17,904 31,408 $30.43 $544,784.87
GCN NAMCO MUSEUM OCT'02 NAMCO 11,457 18,237 $29.51 $338,129.42

GCN BOND:AGENT UNDER FIRE MAR'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 16,445 275,728 $29.78 $489,749.84
XBX BOND:AGENT UNDER FIRE MAR'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 14,136 251,713 $29.76 $420,732.06

XBX NICKELODN PARTY BLAST OCT'02 INFOGRAMES 13,616 14,462 $30.45 $414,570.03
GCN NICKELODN PARTY BLAST NOV'02 INFOGRAMES 7,553 7,553 $42.66 $322,252.69

GCN CRASH BANDICOOT:CORTX SEP'02 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 12,728 23,720 $46.21 $588,136.34
XBX CRASH BANDICOOT:CORTX APR'02 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 8,114 83,778 $29.72 $241,122.90

GCN TY TASMANIAN TIGER OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 12,506 21,148 $33.81 $422,853.70
XBX TY TASMANIAN TIGER OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 11,873 18,936 $31.09 $369,147.00

XBX NASCAR THUNDER 2003 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 11,989 42,641 $49.43 $592,561.96
GCN NASCAR THUNDER 2003 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 8,418 21,459 $47.13 $396,749.68

XBX NHL 2003 OCT'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 11,044 32,529 $49.50 $546,715.50
GCN NHL 2003 SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 5,518 13,930 $47.06 $259,671.38

GCN SSX TRICKY NOV'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 9,969 172,853 $19.52 $194,564.12
XBX SSX TRICKY DEC'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6,089 128,491 $19.68 $119,847.43

XBX NFL BLITZ 2003 AUG'02 MIDWAY 9,596 29,288 $37.53 $360,164.02
GCN NFL BLITZ 2003 AUG'02 MIDWAY 7,460 21,517 $38.25 $285,356.58

XBX BLOODRAYNE OCT'02 MAJESCO 9,516 28,611 $49.05 $466,709.45
GCN BLOODRAYNE OCT'02 MAJESCO 4,866 11,407 $49.51 $240,897.63

XBX X-MEN: NEXT DIMENSION OCT'02 ACTIVISION 9,503 13,488 $50.51 $480,048.48
GCN X-MEN: NEXT DIMENSION OCT'02 ACTIVISION 7,692 15,748 $46.63 $358,682.29

XBX TETRIS WORLDS JUN'02 THQ 8,870 66,539 $30.13 $267,219.44
GCN TETRIS WORLDS JUN'02 THQ 5,870 34,521 $36.64 $215,066.47

XBX TUROK: EVOLUTION AUG'02 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 8,727 111,145 $33.45 $291,946.37
GCN TUROK: EVOLUTION AUG'02 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 7,386 63,838 $32.18 $237,730.15

XBX PAC-MAN WORLD 2 OCT'02 NAMCO 7,576 9,945 $31.15 $236,017.66
GCN PAC-MAN WORLD 2 MAR'02 NAMCO 4,884 78,339 $30.94 $151,119.82

GCN ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY OCT'02 TDK MEDIACTIVE 7,341 22,575 $49.50 $363,413.80
XBX ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY SEP'02 TDK MEDIACTIVE 6,130 40,268 $34.19 $209,589.34

GCN SHREK EXTRA LARGE OCT'02 TDK MEDIACTIVE 7,028 7,426 $45.73 $321,386.45
XBX SHREK SUPER PARTY NOV'02 TDK MEDIACTIVE 6,916 6,916 $37.59 $259,962.47 (Not multi-platform I know, but close enough)

GCN T. HAWKS PRO SKATER 3 NOV'01 ACTIVISION 5,223 379,023 $30.11 $157,256.00
XBX TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR3 MAR'02 ACTIVISION 5,051 127,432 $30.03 $151,678.79



Games I thought might be multi-platform but couldn't find a match in top 500 for:
GCN SCOOBY-DOO:100 FRIGHT SEP'02 THQ 46,588 62,285 $38.88 $1,811,157.39
GCN STAR WARS: CLONE WARS OCT'02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 46,096 59,656 $49.28 $2,271,629.16
XBX LORD OF THE RINGS SEP'02 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 22,725 92,082 $48.84 $1,109,970.42
GCN SPYRO:ENTER DRAGONFLY NOV'02 UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE 19,079 19,079 $48.88 $932,620.34
XBX BMX XXX NOV'02 ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT 18,205 18,205 $51.68 $940,816.36
GCN MONSTERS, INC: ARENA SEP'02 THQ 13,104 25,918 $37.95 $497,344.50
XBX NHL 2K3 NOV'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 13,007 13,007 $49.70 $646,382.76
XBX NCAA FOOTBALL 2K3 AUG'02 SEGA OF AMERICA 8,361 28,344 $30.21 $252,592.38
GCN FREEKSTYLE SEP'02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 7,552 15,078 $19.80 $149,498.95
GCN MADDEN NFL 2002 NOV'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6,418 309,674 $16.39 $105,191.22
GCN MLB SLUGFEST 20-03 SEP'02 MIDWAY 6,366 21,933 $39.22 $249,661.66
GCN RAYMAN ARENA SEP'02 UBISOFT 6,048 9,206 $23.39 $141,461.12
XBX TERMINATORAWN FATE SEP'02 INFOGRAMES 6,043 27,052 $31.28 $189,044.04
GCN SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE DEC'01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6,013 139,072 $26.46 $159,103.29
GCN TARZAN UNTAMED NOV'01 UBISOFT 5,519 78,557 $19.55 $107,904.60
GCN BATMAN VENGEANCE NOV'01 UBISOFT 5,336 110,156 $19.49 $103,993.48
XBX THE THING SEP'02 UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE 5,175 62,108 $43.55 $225,408.25

I think I got just about all of them. Some of these I'm not sure if they were released on the other platform or not, but their matches weren't in the top 500 as far as I could see.

This also doesn't really take into account differences in release dates which could make a difference if both were released in Nov, one two weeks after another, or if the title has been available on one console for several months and is at the end of its money making time and on the other it is just bursting onto the scene.

Overall, I think that for the most part, (excluding sports that is), the X box and GC stayed fairly close to one another, or at least with respect to their userbases. Couple of standouts with MK and MOH and Harry Potter but other than that pretty close.

Christ this took a long time to pull together.

 

[Goldni]

Nice work. Yeah the list looks pretty normal.