Smash Bros Brawl Sells Like Crazy

[Joe]

The March NPD sales numbers were released, and here's the software chart:

Top-Selling VG Software - March 2008

Platform Title Publisher Release Date March Units
WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-08 2.7M
360 *TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT Mar-08 752.3K
360 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 606.1K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 409.8K
PSP GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS SONY Mar-08 340.5K
PSP CRISIS CORE: FINAL FANTASY VII SQUARE ENIX INC Mar-08 301.6K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION Oct-07 264.1K
360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K8 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE Mar-08 237.1K
360 *CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION Nov-07 237K
PS3 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 224.9K

And the hardware:

Hardware Mar-08
PlayStation 2 216K
PlayStation 3 257K
PlayStation Portable 297K
Xbox 360 262K
Nintendo DS 698K
Wii 721K

Nintendo handily thrashed everybody else.

This brings Brawl's total sales to "4.463 million approximately, 1.548 million in Japan,[71] 2.7 million in US,[72] 200,000 in Canada"

No, it's not out in Europeland yet.

 

[Joe]

"The success of Nintendo’s DS knows no bounds in Japan, with the console’s software sales hitting a stonking 100 million units in the territory since launch.

As IGN points out, Nintendo software is now as popular in Japan as ‘The Sims is in the entire world’. The top ten best-selling title are all pure first-party releases, with the exception of two Pokemon titles.

The list is lead by New Super Mario Bros., which has shifted in excess of five million boxes in the territory.

The figures, from Japan stats body Media Create, also reveal that Brain Age 2 (More Brain Training) has sold over four million units, as has Animal Crossing.

The full top ten reads:

1) New Super Mario Bros. (5,174,163 units)
2) Brain Age 2 (4,835,159)
3) Animal Crossing DS (4,693,662)
4) Brain Age (3,771,440)
5) Mario Kart DS (3,042,753)
6) Pokemon Diamond (3,005,505)
7) Pokemon Pearl (2,490,564)
8) English Training DS (2,216,322)
9) Mario Party DS (1,706,506)
10) Big Brain Academy (1,654,285)"

Man. DS is fucking tearing shit up.

 

[Joe]

 

[Natalie]

haha

 

[Joe]

 

[Bayli]

yay

 

[Tarvis]

Does that count inflation? I can presume it doesn't.

I would imagine most of the jump had more to do with the DS, or at least the beginning of the incline at 2006.

 

[Joe]

I haven't a damn clue

 

[Bayli]

it looks to me like that graph isn't showing handheld sales.

cus it doesn't mention the gameboy or gba or anything like thatz.

 

[Patrick]

Remember when Gamecube was getting raped in the ass by everyone else?

Tables turned lol. Wiis are constantly being sold out. Nintendo successfully picked up the next generation of gamers, the ones that will be us in a few years.

 

[Joe]

I mean the graph does start its sharp incline before the end of 2006 when the Wii came out, it looks like. But I don't think the handhelds are on there. Nintendo's always dominated the handheld market.

 

[Joe]

North American hardware sales figures from April 2008:

Hardware
PlayStation 2 124.4K
PlayStation 3 187.1K
PSP 192.7K
Xbox 360 188.0K
Wii 714.2K
Nintendo DS 414.8K

So the Wii outsold everything else not including the DS combined. Guess GTA4 didn't exactly push any 360s or PS3s.

 

[Tarvis]

Well, GTA didn't come out until the 29th, I think May numbers will probably be more revealing to more consoles sold, or maybe not. Who knows

 

[Joe]

Frankly I think we're too late into the console generation for any one game to really boost hardware sales. Also keep in mind March was a 5 week month and April was 4 weeks.

 

[Joe]

Also I think it has to do with pricing. PS3 and 360 are too damn expensive.

 

[Joe]

I played Brawl for the first time yesterday, I won a lot, it was pretty cool