NPD (Circana) 2007 Full Year Results: Discussion Thread

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Dates in Tracking: December 31, 2006 - January 05, 2008 [53 Weeks]

Console Full Year Results​

Month	Wii	Xbox 360	PS3	PS2	GameCube	Xbox
January	436,000	294,000	244,000	299,000	34,000	-
February	335,000	228,000	127,000	295,000	24,000	480
March	259,000	199,000	130,000	280,000	22,000	-
April	360,000	174,000	82,000	194,000	13,000	-
May	338,000	155,000	82,000	188,000	11,000	-
June	382,000	198,000	99,000	270,000	-	-
July	425,000	170,000	159,000	222,000	-	-
August	404,000	277,000	131,000	202,000	-	-
September	501,000	528,000	119,000	215,000	-	-
October	519,000	366,000	121,000	184,000	-	-
November	981,000	770,000	466,000	496,000	-	-
December	1,350,000	1,260,000	798,000	1,100,000	-	-
Total Year	6,290,000	4,619,000	2,558,000	3,945,000	-	-
Life to Date	7,370,000	9,151,000	3,246,000	40,900,000	11,800,000	14,500,000

Handheld Full Year Results​

Month	DS	PSP	GBA
January	239,000	211,000	179,000
February	485,000	176,000	136,000
March	508,000	180,000	143,000
April	471,000	183,000	84,000
May	423,000	221,000	81,000
June	562,000	290,000	113,000
July	405,000	214,000	87,000
August	383,000	151,000	70,000
September	496,000	285,000	75,000
October	458,000	286,000	-
November	1,530,000	567,000	-
December	2,470,000	1,060,000	-
Total Year	8,430,000	3,824,000	-
Life to Date	17,600,000	10,500,000	>36,100,000

KEY
[#0] = Full Year
[#1] = January
[#2] = February
[#3] = March
[#4] = April
[#5] = May
[#6] = June
[#7] = July
[#8] = August
[#9] = September
[#10] = October
[#11] = November
[#12] = December

[ACS] = Accessories
[GBA] = Gameboy Advance
[GCN] = Nintendo GameCube
[NDS] = Nintendo DS
[PC] = Personal Computer
[PS2] = PlayStation 2
[PS3] = PlayStation 3
[PSP] = PlayStation Portable
[WII] = Wii
[X360] = Xbox 360
[XBX] = Xbox

Major Hardware Impacts (Price Drops/SKU/Bundle) [In NPD Tracking]
Start of Year Pricing
[PS3] $599 60GB
[PS3] $499 20GB
[X360] $399 20GB
[X360] $299 Core
[WII] $249

[PS2] $129
[GCN] $99

[PSP] $199
[NDS] $129 Lite
[GBA] $99 Micro
[GBA] $79 SP

[#3] March - 5 Weeks
[PSP] [Week 5] Price Drop: $199 > $169

[#4] April - 4 Weeks
[X360] [Week 4] $479 120GB Elite

[#7] July - 4 Weeks
[PS3] [Week 1] Price Drop: $599 60GB > $499 (Sales increase 135% in two weeks after drop compared to two weeks prior at "Top 5 retailers")

[#8] August - 4 Weeks
[X360] [Week 1] Price Drop: $479 120GB > $449
[X360] [Week 1] Price Drop: $399 20GB > $349
[X360] [Week 1] Price Drop: $299 Core > $279
[X360] [Week 1] $349 HDMI 20GB Bundle

[NDS] [Week 3] $149 Crimson/Black Version + Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day Bundle

[#9] September - 5 Weeks
[X360] [Week 3] $399 Halo 3 Special Edition 20GB

[PSP] [Week 1] $199 2000 Model Silver Version + Daxter + Family Guy Freakin' Sweet Collection UMD + 1 GB Memory Stick Bundle
[PSP] [Week 3] $169 2000 Model Piano Black Version

[#10] October - 4 Weeks
[X360] [Week 1] $349 Forza Motorsport 2 + Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 20GB Bundle
[X360] [Week 3] $449 Forza Motorsport 2 + Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 120GB Bundle
[X360] [Week 3] $279 Arcade + 5 Games Bundle

[PS3] [Week 2] $499 80GB
[PS3] [Week 4] $399 40GB

[PSP] [Week 1] $199 2000 Model White Ceramic Version Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron Bundle

[#11] Black Friday - November Week 3
[NDS] $129 Gold Version + The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Bundle
[NDS] $129 Metalic Rose Version + Nintendogs: Best Friends Bundle

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[#0] Top 10 Software Full Year Result​

Rank	Prior Year	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Halo 3	X360	15	4,860,000
2	NEW	Wii Play	WII	47	4,130,000
3	NEW	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	X360	9	3,040,000
4	NEW	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	PS2	10	2,720,000
5	NEW	Super Mario Galaxy	WII	8	2,520,000
6	NEW	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	37	2,480,000
7	NEW	Madden NFL 08	PS2	21	1,900,000
8	10	Guitar Hero II	PS2	-	1,890,000
9	NEW	Assassin's Creed	X360	8	1,870,000
10	NEW	Mario Party 8	WII	32	1,820,000
11	NEW	Pokemon Pearl	NDS	37	-
12	NEW	Madden NFL 08	X360	21	-
13	NEW	Guitar Hero II	X360	40	-
14	NEW	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	X360	10	-
15	2	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	-
16	NEW	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	NDS	20	-
17	NEW	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	WII	10	-
18	NEW	God of War II	PS2	43	-
19	NEW	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	NDS	14	-
20	15	Mario Kart DS	NDS	-	-

Platform Ranking
[X360] 6
[NDS] 6
[PS2] 4
[WII] 4

[PC]

Rank	Prior Year	Game	Weeks
1	NEW	World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack	51
2	1	World of Warcraft	-
3	NEW	The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack	45
4	NEW	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	9
5	-	SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition	-
6	2	The Sims 2	-
7	NEW	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	41
8	NEW	The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Pack	18
9	7	Age of Empires III	-
10	6	The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack	-
11	NEW	The Orange Box	13
12	20	Warcraft III: Battle Chest	-
13	-	Starcraft Battle Chest	-
14	-	Battlefield 2142	-
15	NEW	The Sims 2 Deluxe	35
16	-	Halo: Combat Evolved	-
17	19	The Sims 2 University Expansion Pack	-
18	NEW	The Sims 2 H&M Fashion Stuff Expansion Pack	31
19	NEW	Bioshock	20
20	NEW	Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar	37

Top 20 Ranked by REVENUE (November 2023 Data)​

Rank	Prior Year	Game	Weeks in Tracking
1	NEW	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	10
2	NEW	Madden NFL 08 [EA Sports]	21
3	4	Guitar Hero II	-
4	NEW	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	9
5	NEW	Halo 3	15
6	NEW	Wii Play	47
7	NEW	Rock Band	7
8	NEW	Assassin's Creed	8
9	NEW	Pokemon: Diamond/Pearl	37
10	NEW	Super Mario Galaxy	8
11	NEW	Mario Party 8	32
12	NEW	NCAA Football 08 [EA Sports]	25
13	NEW	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008: Featuring ECW	8
14	NEW	World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade	51
15	NEW	Transformers: The Game	28
16	NEW	Spider-Man 3	36
17	13	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	-
18	NEW	God of War II	43
19	18	Nintendogs	-
20	NEW	Bioshock	20

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[#1] January (December 31, 2006 - February 03, 2007) - 5 Weeks * due to "leap week" effect​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	X360	4	329,000
2	-	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	224,000
3	-	Gears of War	X360	-	212,000
4	NEW	Warioware: Smooth Moves	WII	3	201,000
5	-	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-	189,000
6	-	Madden NFL 07	PS2	-	156,000
7	-	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	GCN	-	144,000
8	-	Resistance: Fall of Man	PS3	-	144,000
9	-	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	X360	-	135,000
10	-	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	125,000
11	-	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day	NDS	-	95,000
12	-	Madden NFL 07	X360	-	-
13	-	Call of Duty 3	X360	-	-
14	-	Rayman Raving Rabbids	WII	-	81,000
15	-	Madden NFL 07	PS3	-	-
16	-	WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007	PS2	-	-
17	-	Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends	NDS	-	-
18	-	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	PSP	-	71,866
19	-	Yoshi's Island DS	NDS	-	-
20	-	Halo 2	XBX	-	-

Platform Ranking
[X360] 5
[NDS] 4
[PS2] 3
[WII] 3
[PS3] 2
[GCN] 1
[XBX] 1

Individual SKU Console Only​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking
1	NEW	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	X360	4
2	-	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-
3	-	Gears of War	X360	-
4	NEW	WarioWare: Smooth Moves	WII	3
5	-	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-
6	-	Resistance: Fall of Man	PS3	-
7	-	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	X360	-
8	-	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	GCN	-
9	NEW	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Collector's Edition	X360	1
10	-	Call of Duty 3	X360	-
11	-	Madden NFL 07	PS2	-
12	-	Madden NFL 07	PS3	-
13	-	Rayman Raving Rabbids	WII	-
14	-	WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007	PS2	-
15	-	Final Fantasy XII	PS2	-
16	-	Madden NFL 07	X360	-
17	-	Fight Night Round 3	PS3	-
18	NEW	Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (w/ microphone)	PS2	5
19	-	Call of Duty 3	PS3	-
20	-	Madden NFL 07	WII	-

Platform Ranking
[X360] 6
[PS2] 5
[WII] 4
[PS3] 4
[GCN] 1

[X360] Individual SKU Software

Rank	Game	Weeks in Tracking
1	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	4
2	Gears of War	-
3	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	-
4	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Collector's Edition	4
5	Call of Duty 3	-
6	Madden NFL 07	-
7	Need for Speed: Carbon	-
8	NCAA March Madness 07	1
9	Tony Hawk's Project 8	-
10	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	-

[PS3] Individual SKU Software

Rank	Game
1	Resistance: Fall of Man
2	Madden NFL 07
3	Fight Night Round 3
4	Call of Duty 3
5	Need For Speed: Carbon
6	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
7	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
8	NBA 2K7
9	NBA 07
10	Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII

[WII] Individual SKU Software

Rank	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	WarioWare: Smooth Moves	3	201,000
2	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	-	189,000
3	Rayman Raving Rabbids	-	81,000
4	Madden NFL 07	-	56,000
5	Red Steel	-	40,000
6	Call of Duty 3	-	-
7	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz	-	-
8	Excite Truck	-	-
9	Trauma Center: Second Opinion	-	-
10	Elebits	-	-

[PS2] Individual SKU Software

Rank	Game
1	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)
2	Madden NFL 07
3	WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007
4	Final Fantasy XII
5	Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (w/ microphone)
6	Need For Speed: Carbon
7	Dance Dance Revolution Super Nova Bundle
8	Guitar Hero II
9	Call of Duty 3
10	Bully

[XBX] Individual SKU Software

Rank	Game
1	Halo 2
2	Madden NFL 07
3	Need For Speed: Carbon
4	Call of Duty 3
5	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
6	Scarface: The World Is Yours
7	LEGO: Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
8	Tony Hawk's Project 8
9	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
10	NBA Live 07

[GCN] Individual SKU Software

Rank	Game
1	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2	Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
3	LEGO: Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
4	Super Smash Brothers Melee
5	LEGO: Star Wars
6	Madden NFL 07
7	Mario Kart: Double Dash
8	Cars
9	Super Mario Strikers
10	Need For Speed: Carbon

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[#2] February (February 04 - March 03) - 4 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Crackdown	X360	2	427,361
2	NEW	Wii Play	WII	3	370,592
3	NEW	Diddy Kong Racing	NDS	4	262,031
4	5	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-	130,063
5	2	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	129,735
6	3	Gears of War	X360	-	119,232
7	NEW	Major League Baseball 2K7	X360	1	113,447
8	1	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	X360	-	110,628
9	4	WarioWare: Smooth Moves	WII	-	108,888
10	NEW	NBA Street Homecourt	X360	2	101,710
11	10	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	93,948
12	9	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	X360	-	91,356
13	NEW	Sonic and the Secret Rings	WII	2	83,430
14	6	Madden NFL 07	PS2	-	-
15	-	Mario Kart DS	NDS	-	71,428
16	8	Resistance: Fall of Man	PS3	-	70,505
17	NEW	MLB 07: The Show	PS2	1	70,209
18	-	God of War	PS2	-	65,572
19	NEW	Final Fantasy VI Advance	GBA	4	64,459
20	11	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day	NDS	-	64,165

Platform Ranking
[X360] 6
[WII] 4
[NDS] 4
[PS2] 4
[PS3] 1
[GBA] 1

[X360] Software

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Crackdown	2	427,361
2	2	Gears of War	-	119,232
3	NEW	Major League Baseball 2K7	1	113,447
4	1	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	-	110,628
5	NEW	NBA Street Homecourt	2	101,710
6	2	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	-	91,356
7	-	Fight Night Round 3	-	61,398
8	-	Battlestations: Midway	-	50,310
9	-	NBA 2K7	-	46,093
10	5	Call of Duty 3	-	40,259
11	10	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	-	37,060
12	-	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	-	35,014
13	6	Madden NFL 07	-	31,946
14	8	NCAA March Madness 07	-	30,209
15	-	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	-	28,232
16	-	Fuzion Frenzy 2	-	27,751
17	NEW	Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007	4	27,684
18	-	Saints Row	-	25,568
19	-	NBA Live 07	-	24,905
20	7	Need for Speed Carbon	-	24,363
21	-	WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007	-	23,249
22	-	FIFA Soccer 07	-	19,340
23	-	Viva Pinata	-	18,428
24	-	F.E.A.R	-	18,166
25	-	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	-	18,163
26	-	Dead Rising	-	18,136
27	NEW	Dance Dance Revolution Universe Bundle	1	17,621
28	9	Tony Hawk's Project 8	-	16,983
29	-	NHL 07	-	15,606
30	-	Burnout Revenge	-	15,521

[PS3] Software

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	1	Resistance: Fall of Man	-	70,505
2	NEW	Virtua Fighter 5	2	53,219
3	NEW	Major League Baseball 2K7	1	32,181
4	2	Madden NFL 07	-	30,931
5	-	Sonic the Hedgehog	-	30,711
6	3	Fight Night Round 3	-	26,670
7	5	Need for Speed Carbon	-	23,303
8	-	Call of Duty 3	-	22,744
9	8	NBA 2K7	-	20,411
10	7	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	-	18,254
11	6	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	-	17,692
12	NEW	Formula One Championship Edition	1	17,612
13	9	NBA 07	-	16,510
14	10	Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII	-	16,412
15	-	Ridge Racer 7	-	10,754
16	-	Tony Hawk's Project 8	-	10,648
17	-	Full Auto 2: Battlelines	-	10,021
18	-	Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom	-	8,165
19	-	Genji: Days of the Blade	-	7,814
20	-	NHL 2K7	-	7,345
21	-	Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire	-	3,154

[WII] Software

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Wii Play	3	370,592
2	2	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	-	130,063
3	1	WarioWare: Smooth Moves	-	108,888
4	NEW	Sonic and the Secret Rings	2	83,430
5	3	Rayman Raving Rabbids	-	60,450
6	4	Madden NFL 07	-	31,749
7	5	Red Steel	-	25,853
8	6	Call of Duty 3	-	24,789
9	7	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz	-	23,878
10	8	Excite Truck	-	22,427
11	-	Rapala Tournament Fishing!	-	22,418
12	-	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	-	19,475
13	NEW	SSX Blur	1	18,687
14	9	Trauma Center: Second Opinion	-	17,944
15	-	Need for Speed Carbon	-	16,563
16	-	Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam	-	13,593
17	-	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2	-	12,799
18	10	Elebits	-	12,695
19	-	Rampage: Total Destruction	-	12,583
20	-	GT Pro Series	-	11,202
21	-	Monster 4X4: World Circuit	-	10,776
22	-	Super Swing Golf	-	9,943
23	-	Metal Slug Anthology	-	8,592
24	-	Cars	-	7,552
25	-	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	-	6,950
26	-	Avatar: The Last Airbender	-	5,309
27	-	SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab	-	5,251
28	-	Far Cry Vengeance	-	5,028
29	-	Happy Feet	-	4,353
30	-	World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions	-	3,713
31		Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	-	3,514
32		Open Season	-	3,415
33		Barnyard	-	2,561
34		Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action	-	2,380
35		Ant Bully	-	2,157
36		The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	-	2,156

[NDS] Software

Rank	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	Diddy Kong Racing	4	262,031
2	New Super Mario Bros.	-	93,948
3	Mario Kart DS	-	71,428
4	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day	-	64,165
5	Kirby Squeak Squad	-	59,610
6	Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends	-	48,635
7	Yoshi's Island 2	-	46,752
8	Animal Crossing: Wild World	-	38,243
9	Big Brain Academy	-	37,357
10	Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends	-	37,322
11	Mario Hoops: 3 on 3	-	35,134
12	Cooking Mama	-	33,487
13	Nintendogs: Lab & Friends	-	33,053
14	Pokemon Ranger	-	31,964
15	Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis	-	31,232
16	Super Mario 64 DS	-	30,556
17	Final Fantasy III	-	30,417
18	Hannah Montana	-	30,403
19	Paws & Claws: Pet Vet	-	30,239
20	Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends	-	26,847
21	The Sims 2: Pets	-	25,230
22	Horsez	-	23,192
23	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team	-	22,838
24	Catz	-	22,796
25	Lunar Knights	4	22,109
26	Sonic Rush	-	21,717
27	Zoo Tycoon	-	20,704
28	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Spirit Caller	-	19,337
29	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	-	18,178
30	Dogz	-	16,219

[PSP] Software

Rank	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	3	55,163
2	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	-	43,251
3	Madden NFL 07	-	36,124
4	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	-	33,793
5	NBA Live 07	-	30,499
6	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	-	25,755
7	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition	-	22,490
8	Ghost Rider	3	22,285
9	Medal of Honor: Heroes	-	22,076
10	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2	-	21,822
11	The Warriors	3	18,912
12	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	-	18,748
13	Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City	-	17,799
14	MLB 07: The Show	1	17,640
15	Sonic Rivals	-	16,108
16	Tony Hawk's Project 8	-	15,426
17	WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007	-	15,010
18	FIFA Soccer 07	-	14,317
19	Fight Night Round 3	-	13,884
20	Star Wars: Battlefront II	-	13,841
21	Burnout Legends	-	13,046
22	WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006	-	12,855
23	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	-	11,168
24	Mortal Kombat: Unchained	-	10,780
25	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo	-	10,232
26	NBA 07	-	9,997
27	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	-	9,992
28	Killzone: Liberation	-	9,789
29	Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception	-	9,771
30	Sid Meier's Pirates!	-	9,687

[GBA] Software

Rank	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	Final Fantasy VI Advance	4	64,459
2	Pokemon Fire Red	-	42,512
3	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	-	38,305
4	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	-	37,045
5	Pokemon Leaf Green	-	36,513
6	Super Mario Advance	-	29,520
7	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team	-	24,790
8	Pokemon Emerald	-	24,574
9	Cars	-	16,669
10	SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab	-	16,428
11	Crash & Spyro Superpack (Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage + Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy)	-	16,322
12	Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	-	15,529
13	My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow	-	15,080
14	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	-	14,359
15	Disney Princess	-	11,972
16	Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge / Hot Wheels: World Race	-	11,702
17	Disney's Kim Possible 3: Team Possible	-	11,470
18	Sonic the Hedgehog: Genesis	-	11,014
19	Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon	-	10,706
20	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	-	10,138
21	The Sims 2: Pets	-	10,096
22	Dogz Fashion	-	9,421
23	Pac-Man Collection	-	9,149
24	Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals	-	9,115
25	Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island	-	9,019
26	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Tipton Trouble	-	8,704
27	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords	-	8,412
28	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	-	8,172
29	Happy Feet	-	7,985
30	Top Gun: Firestorm Advance	-	7,942

[PS2] Software

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	1	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	-	129,735
2	NEW	MLB 07: The Show	1	70,209
3	2	Madden NFL 07	-	66,273
4	-	God of War	-	65,572
5	-	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	-	62,628
6	-	Fight Night Round 3	-	61,269
7	-	NCAA March Madness 07	-	57,007
8	NEW	Ghost Rider	3	56,727
9	-	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	-	56,486
10	-	NBA 2K7	-	55,737
11	-	NBA Live 07	-	52,516
12	NEW	MVP 07 NCAA Baseball	4	46,431
13	-	Guitar Hero	-	45,817
14	3	WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007	-	42,373
15	-	FIFA Soccer 07	-	41,732
16	-	LEGO Star Wars	-	38,990
17	-	Rogue Galaxy	-	38,955
18	-	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition	-	37,039
19	6	Need for Speed Carbon	-	36,145
20	-	Black	-	35,797
21	-	Star Wars: Battlefront II	-	35,615
22	5	Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (w/ microphone)	-	35,281
23	8	Guitar Hero II	-	35,131
24	-	Resident Evil 4	-	34,145
25	-	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	-	33,542
26	4	Final Fantasy XII	-	32,588
27	-	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	-	31,537
28	7	Dance Dance Revolution Super Nova Bundle	-	31,306
29	-	NASCAR 07	-	30,928
30	-	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	-	30,723

[XBX] Software

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Sales
1	1	Halo 2	49,774
2	5	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	22,069
3	2	Madden NFL 07	16,768
4	10	NBA Live 07	13,922
5	-	LEGO Star Wars	13,284
6	3	Need for Speed Carbon	12,352
7	-	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	11,158
8	-	Halo: Combat Evolved	10,648
9	-	Black	10,576
10	-	Fable	10,538
11	-	True Crime: New York City	10,441
12	6	Scarface: The World is Yours	10,082
13	4	Call of Duty 3	9,001
14	-	Star Wars: Battlefront II	8,472
15	-	Fight Night Round 3	8,182
16	-	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	7,593
17	-	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	7,574
18	-	FIFA Soccer 07	7,410
19	7	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	7,088
20	-	Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie	7,059
21	-	NBA 2K7	6,862
22	-	Cars	6,837
23	9	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	6,271
24	-	The Godfather	6,249
25	-	NASCAR 07	6,106
26	-	Thrillville	5,907
27	-	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown	5,838
28	-	Half-Life 2	5,818
29	-	Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	5,700
30	-	50 Cent: Bulletproof	5,662

[GCN] Software

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Sales
1	1	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	59,250
2	5	LEGO Star Wars	27,787
3	4	Super Smash Bros Melee	21,077
4	2	Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2	20,389
5	7	Mario Kart: Double Dash	20,316
6	-	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	18,454
7	-	Super Mario Sunshine	16,910
8	-	Happy Feet	13,750
9	8	Cars	13,167
10	9	Super Mario Strikers	12,614
11	3	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	12,588
12	-	Sonic Riders	12,128
13	NEW	Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing	11,734
14	-	Rampage: Total Destruction	11,517
15	6	Madden NFL 07	11,133
16	-	Mario Superstar Baseball	10,579
17	-	SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!	10,101
18	-	Donkey Kong Jungle Beat	10,089
19	-	Over the Hedge	10,054
20	-	Shadow the Hedgehog	9,500
21	-	Battalion Wars	9,034
22	-	Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island	8,750
23	10	Need for Speed Carbon	8,621
24	-	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	8,440
25	-	Animal Crossing	8,184
26	-	Star Fox: Assault	7,842
27	-	SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab	7,799
28	-	Flushed Away	7,329
29	-	Naruto: Clash of Ninja	7,309
30	-	The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning	7,305

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[#3] March (March 04 - April 07) - 5 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	God of War II	PS2	4	833,209	$49.85
2	NEW	Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	X360	5	394,481	$59.18
3	NEW	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	X360	1	291,434	$87.77
4	2	Wii Play	WII	-	272,919	$49.73
5	NEW	Motorstorm	PS3	5	199,075	$59.76
6	3	Diddy Kong Racing	NDS	-	189,000	$30
7	NEW	Spectrobes	NDS	5	165,000	$29
8	7	Major League Baseball 2K7	X360	-	165,000	$60
9	17	MLB 07: The Show	PS2	-	164,000	$40
10	NEW	Def Jam Icon	X360	5	148,000	$60
11	5	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	143,399	$79.02
12	11	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	-	$32
13	18	God of War	PS2	-	-	$19
14	NEW	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	PS2	5	-	$20
15	NEW	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	WII	4	121,428	$49.81
16	1	Crackdown	X360	-	113,000	$60
17	13	Sonic and the Secret Rings	WII	-	-	$49
18	NEW	TMNT	PS2	3	-	$40
19	-	Mario Kart DS	NDS	-	-	$33
20	4	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-	-	$50

Platform Ranking
[PS2] 6
[X360] 5
[WII] 4
[NDS] 4
[PS3] 1

Revenue Console Only​

Rank	Game	Platform
1	God of War II	PS2
2	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	X360
3	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2	X360
4	Wii Play With Remote	WII
5	MotorStorm	PS3
6	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2
7	Major League Baseball 2K7	X360
8	Def Jam Icon	X360
9	Crackdown	X360
10	MLB 07: The Show	PS2
11	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	WII
12	Gears of War	X360
13	Sonic and the Secret Rings	WII
14	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	PS3
15	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII
16	Warioware: Smooth Moves	WII
17	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	X360
18	TMNT	PS2
19	Def Jam Icon	PS2
20	Armored Core 4	X360
21	Resistance: Fall of Man	PS3
22	NBA Street Homecourt	X360
23	NBA Street Homecourt	PS3
24	Major League Baseball 2K7	PS3
25	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	X360
26	TMNT	X360
27	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	X360
28	God of War	PS2
29	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	PS2
30	Dance Dance Revolution Universe Bundle	X360

Individual SKU Console Only​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform
1	NEW	God of War II	PS2
2	NEW	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2	X360
3	NEW	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	X360
4	2	Wii Play	WII
5	NEW	MotorStorm	PS3
6	6	Major League Baseball 2K7	X360
7	13	MLB '07: The Show	PS2
8	NEW	Def Jam Icon	X360
9	4	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2
10	15	God of War	PS2
11	NEW	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	PS2
12	NEW	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	WII
13	1	Crackdown	X360
14	11	Sonic and the Secret Rings	WII
15	NEW	TMNT	PS2
16	3	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII
17	5	Gears of War	X360
18	6	Major League Baseball 2K7	PS2
19	8	Warioware: Smooth Moves	WII
20	NEW	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	PS3

Platform Ranking
[PS2] 7
[X360] 6
[WII] 5
[PS3] 2

[PC] Units Ranking / Revenue Ranking

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales	Revenue	Average Sale Price
1 / 3	3	The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack	-	104,758	~$2,828,000	$27
2 / 1	1	World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack	-	87,087	$3,345,464	$38.42
3 / 6	2	World Of Warcraft	-	-		$24
4 / 2	NEW	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	2	~68,000	$3,262,078	$48
5	5	The Sims 2	-	-		$38
6 / 4	NEW	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Kane Edition	2	-		$59
7	NEW	Stalker: Shadow Of Chernobyl	3	-		$39
8	8	Supreme Commander	-	-		$48
9 / 12	NEW	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Shivering Isles Expansion Pack	2	25,201	~$730,000	$29
10 / -	10	3333 XP Games JC	-	24,938		$10
11 / -	NEW	The Sims 2 Celebration Stuff	1	-		$18
12 / 15	8	The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack	-	-		$29
13 / 16	NEW	Titan Quest: Immortal Throne Expansion Pack	5	-		$30
14 / 9	11	Age of Empires III	-	17,936	$864,335	$48.19
15 / 11	9	Battlefield 2142	-	-		$42
16 / 19	13	The Sims 2 Nightlife Expansion Pack	-	~17,800	$542,790	$31
17 / -	12	Paws & Claws Pet Vet	-	-		$17
18 / 13	6	The Sims: Life Stories	-	-		$39
19 / -	17	Sim City 4 Deluxe	-	-		$24
20 / -	16	Halo: Combat Evolved	-	-	-	$20
- / 10	-	Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe	-	11,959	$786,820	$65.79
- / 14	-	Medieval II: Total War	-	-	-	-
- / 17	-	Warcraft III Battle Chest	-	-	-	-
- / 18	-	Civilization IV	-	-	-	-
- / 20	-	Vanguard: Saga Of Heroes - Sony Online Entertainment	-	-	$533,884	-

[X360] Units Ranking / Revenue Ranking

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Sales	Revenue	Average Sale Price
1 / 2	NEW	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	394,481	$25,578,100	$59.18
2 / 1	NEW	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	291,434	$23,343,680	$87.77
3	3	Major League Baseball 2K7	165,000	~$9,850,000	$60
4	NEW	Def Jam Icon	148,000	~$8,850,000	$60
5	1	Crackdown	113,000	~$6,750,000	$60
6	2	Gears of War	-		$64
7	6	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	-		$62
8	NEW	Armored Core 4	-		$60
9 / -	NEW	TMNT	-		$50
10 / 9	5	NBA Street Homecourt	51,368	$3,069,938	$59.76
- / 11	4	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	43,887	$2,614,490	$59.57

[PS3] Units Ranking / Revenue Ranking

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Sales	Revenue	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	MotorStorm	199,075	$11,896,100	$59.76
2	NEW	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	75,138	$4,463,276	$59.40
3	NEW	Def Jam Icon	-	-	$59
4	1	Resistance: Fall of Man	-	-	$60
5 / 6	3	Major League Baseball 2K7	-	-	$60
6 / 5	NEW	NBA Street Homecourt	-	-	$60
7	2	Virtua Fighter 5	-	-	$60
8	NEW	The Godfather: The Don's Edition	-	-	$60
9	-	Formula One Championship Edition	22,792	$1,361,988	$59.76
10	NEW	Armored Core 4	20,220	$1,207,098	$59.70

[WII] Units Ranking / Revenue Ranking

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Sales	Revenue	Average Sale Price
1	1	Wii Play	272,919	$13,573,160	$49.73
2	NEW	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	121,428	$6,048,062	$49.81
3	4	Sonic and the Secret Rings	-	-	$49
4	2	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	-	-	$50
5	3	WarioWare: Smooth Moves	-	-	$50
6	NEW	Cooking Mama: Cook Off	-	-	$50
7	5	Rayman Raving Rabbids	-	-	$48
8	-	SSX Blur	-	-	$50
9	NEW	TMNT	29,226	$1,454,085	$49.75
10 / -	7	Red Steel	-	-	$38
- / 10		Call of Duty 3	25,347	$1,114,600	$43.97

[PS2] Units

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	God of War II	$49.85
2	2	MLB '07: The Show	$40
3	1	Guitar Hero II (with guitar)	$79.01
4	4	God of War	$19
5	NEW	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	$20
6	NEW	TMNT	$40
7	-	Major League Baseball 2K7	$29
8	9	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	$20
9	7	NCAA March Madness 07	$30
10	10	Fight Night Round 3	$19

[PS2] Revenue

Rank	Game	Sales	Revenue	Average Sale Price
1	God of War II	833,209	$41,531,780	$49.85
2	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	143,399	$11,329,750	$79.01
3	MLB 07: The Show	165,000	~$6,600,000	$40
4	TMNT	-	-	$40
5	God of War	-	-	$19
6	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	-	-	$20
7	Major League Baseball 2K7	-	-	$29
8	Guitar Hero	-	-	-
9	WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw 2007	35,377	$1,735,801	$49.07
10	Dance Dance Revolution Super Nova Bundle	29,039	$1,735,405	$59.76

[XBX] Revenue

Rank	Game	Sales	Revenue	Average Sale Price
1	Halo 2	49,214	$1,463,830	$29.74
2	Major League Baseball 2K7	27,936	$827,138	$29.61
3	Need For Speed: Carbon	-	-	-
4	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	-	-	-
5	Call of Duty 3	-	-	-
6	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	-	-	-
7	Scarface: The World Is ****ing Your	-	-	-
8	NBA Live 07	-	-	-
9	LEGO Star Wars	14,135	$264,743	$18.73
10	Fable	12,813	$254,491	$19.86

[GCN] Revenue

Rank	Game	Sales	Revenue	Average Sale Price
1	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	45,212	$2,257,489	$49.93
2	TMNT	26,253	$1,046,565	$39.86
3	Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2	-	-	-
4	Super Smash Brothers Melee	-	-	-
5	Lego Star Wars	-	-	-
6	Mario Kart: Double Dash	-	-	-
7	Paper Mario: Thousand Doors	-	-	-
8	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	-	-	-
9	Super Mario Strikers	13,485	$403,854	$29.95
10	Mario Superstar Baseball	12,369	$370,920	$29.99

[NDS] Units

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	1	Diddy Kong Racing	$30
2	NEW	Spectrobes	$29
3	2	New Super Mario Bros	$32
4	3	Mario Kart	$33
5	5	Kirby Squeak Squad	$30
6	NEW	Wario: Master of Disguise	$30
7	6	Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends	$30
8	4	Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes a Day	$20
9	7	Yoshi's Island 2	$29
10	-	Cooking Mama	$19

[PSP] Units

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	-	MLB 07: The Show	$40
2	1	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	$40
3	2	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	$30
4	-	300: March to Glory	$30
5	4	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	$20
6	5	NBA Live 07	$30
7	9	Medal of Honor: Heroes	$29
8	7	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition	$20
9	NEW	Call of Duty: Roads to Victory	$40
10	-	Major League Baseball 2K7	$30

[GBA] Units

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	2	Pokemon FireRed	$20
2	5	Pokemon LeafGreen	$20
3	3	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	$20
4	4	Mario Kart: Circuit	$20
5	8	Pokemon Emerald	$35
6	7	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team	$31
7	6	Super Mario Advance	$20
8	-	My Little Pony: Crystal Princess Runaway Rainbow	$15
9	-	Dogz	$20
10	-	Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island	$20

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Quarter 1 (December 31, 2006 - April 07, 2007) - 14 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	God of War 2	PS2	4	833,000
2	NEW	Wii Play	WII	8	644,000
3	NEW	Lost Planet (includes Collectors Edition)	X360	13	573,000
4	NEW	Crackdown	X360	7	540,000
5	-	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	497,000
6	NEW	Diddy Kong Racing	NDS	9	475,000
7	-	Gears of War (includes Collector's Edition)	X360	-	426,000
8	-	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-	404,000
9	NEW	Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	X360	5	394,000
10	-	Warioware: Smooth Moves	WII	-	387,000

Platform Ranking
[X360] 4
[WII] 3
[PS2] 2
[NDS] 1

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[#4] April (April 08 - May 05) - 4 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales	Revenue (~ Estimated)	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	Pokémon Diamond	NDS	2	1,045,000	~$36,575,000	$35
2	NEW	Pokémon Pearl	NDS	2	712,000	~$24,920,000	$35
3	NEW	Super Paper Mario	WII	4	352,000	~$17,600,000	$50
4	4	Wii Play	WII	-	249,000	~$12,450,000	$50
5	3	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	X360	-	197,000	~$17,533,000	$89
6	11	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	142,000	~$11,360,000	$80
7	NEW	Spider-Man 3	X360	1	117,000	~$7,020,000	$60
8	NEW	Spider-Man 3	PS2	1	105,000	~$4,305,000	$41
9	1	God of War II	PS2	-	101,000	~$5,050,000	$50
10	9	MLB 07: The Show	PS2	-	79,000	~$3,160,000	$40
11	20	Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-	-	-	$50
12	12	New Super Mario Bros	NDS	-	-	-	$35
13	8	Major League Baseball 2K7	X360	-	-	-	$60
14	7	Spectrobes	NDS	-	-	-	$30
15	2	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	X360	-	-	-	$60
16	13	God of War	PS2	-	-	-	$20
17	15	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	WII	-	-	-	$50
18	-	Gears of War	X360	-	-	-	$61
19	6	Diddy Kong Racing	NDS	-	-	-	$31
20	19	Mario Kart DS	NDS	-	-	-	$35

Platform Ranking
[NDS] 6
[X360] 5
[PS2] 5
[WII] 4

[PC]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar	2	$51
2	2	World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade	-	$37
3	3	World of Warcraft	-	$24
4	4	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	-	$48
5	5	The Sims 2	-	$35
6	1	The Sims 2 Seasons	-	$28
7	11	The Sims 2 Celebration Stuff	-	$19
8	NEW	Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Special Edition	2	$60
9	10	3333 XP Games JC	-	$10
10	9	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Shivering Isles	-	$28
11	7	S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl	-	$37
12	12	The Sims 2 Pets	-	$30
13	16	The Sims 2 Nightlife	-	$31
14	19	Sim City 4 Deluxe	-	$25
15	15	Battlefield 2142	-	$42
16	8	Supreme Commander	-	$48
17	14	Age of Empires III	-	$47
18	20	Halo: Combat Evolved	-	$20
19	-	Warcraft III Battle Chest	-	$39
20	-	MahJongg XP Championship 200 Platinum JC	-	$10

[X360]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	2	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	$89
2	NEW	Spider-Man 3	$60
3	3	Major League Baseball 2K7	$60
4	1	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	$60
5	6	Gears of War	$58
6	7	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas	$60
7	5	Crackdown	$58
8	-	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	$58
9	-	Fight Night Round 3	$30
10	-	Viva Pinata	$25

[PS3]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	F.E.A.R.	2	$60
2	1	MotorStorm	-	$60
3	NEW	Spider-Man 3: Collector's Edition	1	$70
4	4	Resistance: Fall of Man	-	$60
5	2	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	-	$60
6	NEW	Spider-Man 3	1	$60
7	5	Major League Baseball 2K7	-	$60
8	8	The Godfather: The Don's Edition	-	$60
9	7	Virtua Fighter 5	-	$59
10	-	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	-	$60

[WII]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	Super Paper Mario	$50
2	1	Wii Play (with remote)	$50
3	4	Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	$50
4	2	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	$50
5	5	Warioware: Smooth Moves	$50
6	NEW	Spider-Man 3	$50
7	3	Sonic and the Secret Rings	$50
8	6	Cooking Mama: Cook Off	$50
9	7	Rayman Raving Rabbids	$50
10	-	Prince of Persia: Rival Swords	$50

[NDS]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	Pokémon Diamond	$35
2	NEW	Pokémon Pearl	$35
3	3	New Super Mario Bros	$35
4	2	Spectrobes	$30
5	1	Diddy Kong Racing	$31
6	4	Mario Kart	$35
7	7	Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends	$31
8	8	Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes a Day	$20
9	10	Cooking Mama	$20
10	-	Animal Crossing: Wild World	$35

[PSP]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	1	MLB 07: The Show	$40
2	3	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	$28
3	5	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	$20
4	2	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	$40
5	8	Midnight Club 3: Dub	$20
6	-	Need for Speed: Most Wanted	$20
7	4	300: March to Glory	$30
8	6	NBA Live 07	$30
9	10	Major League Baseball 2K7	$30
10	9	Call of Duty: Roads to Victory	$40

[PS2]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	3	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	$80
2	NEW	Spider-Man 3	$41
3	1	Guitar Hero II	$50
4	2	MLB 07: The Show	$40
5	4	God of War	$20
6	5	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	$20
7	6	TMNT	$40
8	7	Major League Baseball 2K7	$30
9	-	Kingdom Hearts II	$20
10	-	Guitar Hero	$40

[GBA]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	1	Pokémon FireRed	$20
2	2	Pokémon LeafGreen	$20
3	4	Pokémon Emerald	$35
4	3	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	$21
5	6	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team	$31
6	5	Mario Kart: Circuit	$21
7	7	Super Mario Advance	$20
8	-	Dogz 2	$30
9	8	My Little Pony: Crystal Princess Runaway Rainbow	$15
10	-	Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	$30

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[#5] May (May 06 - June 02) - 4 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	1	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	-	331,000
2	NEW	Mario Party 8	WII	1	314,000
3	8	Spider-Man 3	PS2	-	249,000
4	2	Pokemon Pearl	NDS	-	238,000
5	4	Wii Play	WII	-	227,000
6	NEW	Forza Motorsport 2	X360	1	217,000
7	5	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	X360	-	184,000
8	7	Spider-Man 3	X360	-	140,000
9	NEW	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	X360	4	138,000
10	6	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	131,000
11	3	Super Paper Mario	WII	-	-
12	-	Crackdown	X360	-	-
13	-	MLB 07: The Show	PS3	-	-
14	-	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-	-
15	-	Spider-Man 3	WII	-	-
16	NEW	Shadowrun	X360	1	-
17	-	Spider-Man 3	PS3	-	-
18	-	MLB 07: The Show	PS2	-	-
19	-	Major League Baseball 2K7	X360	-	-
20	-	Gears of War	X360	-	-
21	-	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	-
22	-	Spider-Man 3	NDS	-	-
23	NEW	Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End	X360	2	-
24	-	God of War II	PS2	-	-
25	-	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	X360	-	-

Platform Ranking
[X360] 10
[WII] 5
[NDS] 4
[PS2] 4
[PS3] 2

Revenue​

Rank	Game	Platform
1	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	X360
2	Mario Party 8	WII
3	Forza Motorsport 2	X360
4	Pokemon Diamond	NDS
5	Wii Play	WII
6	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2
7	Spider-Man 3	PS2
8	Spider-Man 3	X360
9	Pokemon Pearl	NDS
10	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	X360
11	Super Paper Mario	WII
12	Crackdown	X360
13	MLB 07: The Show	PS3
14	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII
15	Spider-Man 3	WII
16	Shadowrun	X360
17	Spider-Man 3	PS3
18	MLB 07: The Show	PS2
19	Major League Baseball 2K7	X360
20	Gears of War	X360
21	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS
22	Spider-Man 3	NDS
23	Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End	X360
24	God of War II	PS2
25	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	X360

Platform Ranking
[X360] 10
[WII] 5
[NDS] 4
[PS2] 4
[PS3] 2

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[#6] June (June 03 - July 07) - 5 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales	Revenue (~ Estimated)	Average Sale Price
1	2	Mario Party 8	WII	-	462,200	~$22,971,000	$49.70
2	5	Wii Play	WII	-	293,200	~$14,560,000	$49.66
3	1	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	-	288,400	~$9,970,000	$34.57
4	4	Pokemon Pearl	NDS	-	214,700	~$7,409,000	$34.51
5	6	Forza Motorsport 2	X360	-	197,400	~$11,791,000	$59.73
6	10	Guitar Hero II	PS2	-	197,350	~$15,677,000	$79.44
7	7	Guitar Hero II	X360	-	177,600	~$15,918,000	$89.63
8	NEW	Pokemon Battle Revolution	WII	2	157,900	~$7,783,000	$49.29
9	NEW	Resident Evil 4	WII	3	-		$29.79
10	NEW	The Darkness	X360	2	143,000	~$8,494,000	$59.40
11	NEW	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2	PS2	4	-		$39.81
12	NEW	Transformers: The Game	PS2	2	109,200	~$4,343,000	$39.77
13	NEW	Tenchu Z	X360	4	-		$59.84
14	-	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	-		$34.07
15	NEW	Tomb Raider: Anniversary	PS2	5	-		$28.98
16	11	Super Paper Mario	WII	-	-		$49.70
17	NEW	Transformers: The Game	X360	2	93,300	~$5,780,000	$61.95
18	18	MLB 07: The Show	PS2	-	-		$39.09
19	NEW	Big Brain Acadamy	WII	4	89,800	~$4,369,000	$48.65
20	NEW	DiRT	X360	3	-		$59.82

Platform Ranking
[X360] 6
[WII] 6
[PS2] 5
[NDS] 3

[XBX] Halo: Combat Evolved LTD: ~4.4M
[XBX] Halo 2 LTD: ~5.6M

Various Software​

Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
The Darkness	PS3	2	51,800
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	PS2	2	30,000
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	X360	2	15,000

[ACS]

Rank	Accessory	Platform
1	Remote Controller	WII
2	Nunchunk Controller	WII
3	8 Meg Memory Card	PS2
4	Classic Controller	WII
5	-	-
6	Sixaxis Wireless Controller	PS3
7	LIVE 1600 Point Game Card	X360
8	Points Card	WII
9	-	-
10	Pelican Eclipse Controller	XBX

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Half 1 (December 31, 2006 - July 07, 2007) - 27 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales	Revenue (~ Estimated)	Average Sale Price
1	NEW	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	11	1,664,000	~$57,674,000	$34.66
2	2	Wii Play	WII	21	1,413,000	~$70,155,000	$49.65
3	NEW	Pokemon Pearl	NDS	11	1,165,000	~$40,367,000	$34.65
4	1	God of War II	PS2	17	-	-	$49.82
5	5	Guitar Hero II	PS2	-	967,000	~$76,857,000	$79.48
6	-	Guitar Hero II	X360	14	850,000	~$75,769,000	$89.14
7	NEW	Mario Party 8	WII	6	776,000	~$38,241,000	$49.28
8	4	Crackdown	X360	20	-	-	$59.50
9	6	Diddy Kong Racing	NDS	22	-	-	$30.96
10	8	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	-	-	-	$49.61

Platform Ranking
[X360] 2
[WII] 3
[PS2] 2
[NDS] 3

July through December in the next post

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[Welfare]

[#7] July (July 08 - August 04) - 4 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	NCAA Football 08	X360	3	397,400
2	NEW	Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s	PS2	2	339,000
3	2	Wii Play	WII	-	293,000
4	NEW	NCAA Football 08	PS2	3	236,000
5	7	Mario Party 8	WII	-	177,200
6	NEW	NCAA Football 08	PS3	3	155,600
7	3	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	-	144,500
8	12	Transformers: The Game	PS2	-	143,000
9	6	Guitar Hero II	PS2	-	138,000
10	7	Guitar Hero II	X360	-	108,000
11	4	Pokemon Pearl	NDS	-	106,600
12	NEW	Mario Strikers: Charged	WII	1	103,500
13	9	Resident Evil 4	WII	-	90,000
14	NEW	NASCAR 08	X360	2	-
15	-	Ratatouille	NDS	-	-
16	-	Transformers: Autobots	NDS	-	-
17	14	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	-
18	-	Ninja Gaiden Sigma	PS3	-	74,500
19	NEW	All Pro Football 2K8	X360	3	73,500
20	8	Pokemon Battle Revolution	WII	-	-

Platform Ranking
[WII] 5
[NDS] 5
[X360] 4
[PS2] 4
[PS3] 2

[X360]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	NCAA Football 08	3	397,400
2	2	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	-	108,000
3	NEW	NASCAR 08	2	-
4	NEW	All-Pro Football 2K8	3	73,500
5	5	Transformers: The Game	-	-
6	3	The Darkness	-	-
7	8	Overlord	-	-
8	10	Gears of War	-	-
9	6	DiRT	-	-
10	1	Forza Motorsport 2	-	-

[PS3]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	NCAA Football 08	3	155,600
2	2	Ninja Gaiden Sigma	-	74,500
3	1	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	-	-
4	NEW	NASCAR 08	2	-
5	6	Resistance: Fall of Man	-	-
6	5	Transformers: The Game	-	-
7	3	The Darkness	-	-
8	NEW	All-Pro Football 2K8	3	20,800
9	7	Motorstorm	-	-
10	4	MLB 07: The Show	-	-

[WII]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	2	Wii Play	-	293,000
2	1	Mario Party 8	-	177,200
3	NEW	Mario Strikers Charged	1	103,500
4	4	Resident Evil 4	-	90,000
5	3	Pokemon Battle Revolution	-	-
6	5	Super Paper Mario	-	-
7	7	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	-	-
8	8	The BIGS	-	-
9	-	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	-	-
10	-	Transformers: The Game	-	-

[NDS]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	1	Pokemon Diamond	-	144,500
2	2	Pokemon Pearl	-	106,600
3	-	Ratatouille	-	-
4	-	Transformers: Autobots	-	-
5	3	New Super Mario Bros.	-	-
6	4	Mario Kart DS	-	-
7	-	Transformers: Decepticons	-	-
8	6	Hannah Montana	-	-
9	-	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	-	-
10	-	Animal Crossing: Wild World	-	-

[PSP]

Rank	Prior Month	Game
1	2	Transformers: The Game
2	5	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
3	8	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
4	4	Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition
5	1	MLB 07: The Show
6	7	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
7	9	Need for Speed: Most Wanted
8	6	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
9	10	Daxter
10	-	Star Wars: Battlefront II

[PS2]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s	2	339,000
2	NEW	NCAA Football 08	3	236,000
3	3	Transformers: The Game	-	143,000
4	1	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	-	138,000
5	2	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2	-	-
6	NEW	NASCAR 08	2	-
7	-	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	-	-
8	-	Ratatouille	-	-
9	5	MLB 07: The Show	-	-
10	10	Guitar Hero	-	-

[GBA]

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Average Sale Price
1	1	Pokemon Fire Red	$20
2	2	Pokemon Leaf Green	$20
3	4	Pokemon Emerald	$35
4	5	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	$21
5	7	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	$21
6	8	Cars	$20
7	9	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team	$30
8	3	Spider-Man 3	$30
9	10	Super Mario Advance	$20
10	-	Naruto: Ninja Council 2	$19

[ACS]

Rank	Prior Month	Accessory	Platform
1	2	Nunchunk Controller	WII
2	1	Remote Controller	WII
3	6	Sixaxis Wireless Controller	PS3
4	3	8 Meg Memory Card	PS2
5	7	LIVE 1600 Point Game Card	X360
6	8	Points Card	WII
7	10	Pelican Eclipse Controller	XBX
8	4	Classic Controller	WII
9	-	DS Lite Bensussen Deutsch Starter Kit	NDS
10	-	NYKO 8 Meg Memory Card	PS2

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[#8] August (August 05 - September 01) - 4 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Madden NFL 08	X360	3	896,600
2	NEW	Madden NFL 08	PS2	3	643,600
3	NEW	Bioshock	X360	2	490,900
4	NEW	Madden NFL 08	PS3	3	336,200
5	3	Wii Play	WII	-	256,800
6	NEW	Matroid Prime 3: Corruption	WII	1	218,100
7	12	Mario Strikers: Charged	WII	-	147,400
8	9	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	145,400
9	5	Mario Party 8	WII	-	138,300
10	2	Guitar Hero Encore	PS2	-	127,100
11	NEW	Madden NFL 08	XBX	3	-
12	NEW	Madden NFL 08	WII	3	115,600
13	NEW	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	NDS	2	108,500
14	NEW	Two Worlds	X360	2	-
15	7	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	-	-
16	NEW	High School Musical: Makin' The Cut	NDS	3	-
17	10	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	X360	-	-
18	NEW	Madden NFL 08	PSP	3	-
19	11	Pokemon Pearl	NDS	-	-
20	NEW	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08	X360	1	71,800

Platform Ranking
[X360] 5
[WII] 5
[NDS] 4
[PS2] 3
[PS3] 1
[XBX] 1
[PSP] 1

[X360] November 2006 - August 2007 Software: 24,300,000
[WII] + [PS3] November 2006 - August 2007 Software: 19,800,000

Various Software​

Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
Boogie	WII	4	68,000
Warhawk	PS3	1	58,600
Blue Dragon	X360	1	53,600
Lair	PS3	1	46,500
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08	WII	1	31,900

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[#9] September (September 02 - October 06) - 5 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Halo 3	X360	2	3,300,000
2	5	Wii Play	WII	-	282,000
3	NEW	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	NDS	1	223,700
4	2	Madden NFL 08	PS2	-	205,000
5	NEW	Skate	X360	4	175,000
6	1	Madden NFL 08	X360	-	173,000
7	6	Matroid Prime 3: Corruption	WII	-	167,400
8	3	Bioshock	X360	-	150,000
9	13	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	NDS	-	141,200
10	NEW	Heavenly Sword	PS3	4	139,000
11	NEW	Medal of Honor: Airborne	X360	5	-
12	NEW	Stranglehold	X360	5	104,200
13	9	Mario Party 8	WII	-	-
14	8	Guitar Hero II (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	-
15	-	Carnival Games	WII	-	-
16	NEW	My Sims	NDS	3	-
17	15	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	-	-
18	NEW	My Sims	WII	3	-
19	NEW	NBA 2K8	X360	1	-
20	16	High School Musical: Makin' the Cut	NDS	-	-

Platform Ranking
[X360] 7
[WII] 5
[NDS] 5
[PS2] 2
[PS3] 1

Top Individual SKU
#1 Halo 3 Standard Edition
#2 Halo 3 Collector's Edition
#3 Halo 3 Legendary Edition: 280,000

Halo 3 Revenue: $225M
Halo 3 Average Sale Price = $69

Various Software​

Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
Madden NFL 08	PS3	-	61,800
Madden NFL 08	WII	-	58,000
Lair	PS3	-	57,800
Skate	PS3	4	29,000

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[#10] October (October 07 - November 03) - 4 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	1	Halo 3	X360	-	433,800
2	NEW	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ guitar)	X360	1	383,200
3	NEW	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ guitar)	WII	1	286,300
4	NEW	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ guitar)	PS2	1	271,100
5	3	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	NDS	-	262,800
6	2	Wii Play	WII	-	239,700
7	NEW	The Orange Box	X360	4	238,400
8	NEW	Guitar Hero 3	PS2	1	231,700
9	NEW	FIFA 08	PS2	4	129,700
10	9	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	NDS	-	116,900

Platform Ranking
[X360] 3
[PS2] 3
[WII] 2
[NDS] 2

Various Software​

Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
Halo 3 (Standard edition)	X360	-	394,500
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	X360	1	107,700
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ guitar)	PS3	1	105,800
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions	PSP	-	98,100
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation	X360	2	92,500
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	PS3	4	74,500
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	WII	-	45,200
Halo 3 (Collector's + Legendary edition)	X360	-	39,300
Project Gotham Racing 4	X360	-	38,300
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	PC	-	18,600

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[#11] November (November 04 - December 01) - 4 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	NEW	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	X360	4	1,565,404
2	NEW	Super Mario Galaxy	WII	3	1,123,070
3	NEW	Assassin's Creed	X360	3	980,000
4	8	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ guitar)	PS2	-	967,000
5	6	Wii Play	WII	-	564,000
6	NEW	Mass Effect	X360	2	472,793
7	NEW	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	PS3	4	444,000
8	3	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ guitar)	WII	-	426,000
9	1	Halo 3	X360	-	387,000
10	NEW	Assassin's Creed	PS3	3	376,843

Platform Ranking
[X360] 4
[WII] 3
[PS3] 2
[PS2] 1

[X360] LTD Software: 54,050,000 (Tie Ratio 6.85)
[WII] LTD Software: 23,240,000 (Tie Ratio 3.86 not including Wii Sports 6,020,000)
[PS3] LTD Software: 9,820,000 (Tie Ratio 4.01)

Various Software​

Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ guitar)	X360	-	367,200
Mario And Sonic at the Olympic Games	WII	4	328,314
Rock Band (All)	X360	2	311,903
Rock Band (Bundle)	X360	2	296,000
Link’s Crossbow Training	WII	2	232,000
Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	NDS	-	226,500
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Trilogy	WII	4	180,000
Assassin’s Creed: Collector’s Edition	X360	3	140,000
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles	WII	3	120,700
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune	PS3	3	117,000
Crysis	PC	3	86,633
Rock Band	PS3	2	70,000
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	PS3	-	66,000
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2	WII	3	60,000
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008	WII	3	53,000
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn	WII	4	53,000
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings	NDS	2	48,600
Unreal Tournament 3	PC	2	33,995
Medal Of Honor Heroes 2	WII	3	31,000
Manhunt 2	WII	-	18,494
Rock Band	X360	2	15,900
Trauma Center: New Blood	WII	2	15,000

Various Software LTD​

Game	Platform	Sales
Halo 3	X360	4,121,000
Wii Play	WII	3,049,000
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	WII	1,800,000
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock	PS2	1,500,000
Mario Party 8	WII	1,400,000
Hannah Montana	NDS	<1,000,000
Super Paper Mario	WII	808,000
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock	WII	712,000
The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	NDS	700,000
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves	WII	604,000
Rayman Raving Rabbids	WII	>500,000
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	WII	490,000
Resident Evil 4	WII	400,000
Red Steel	WII	390,000
Sonic And The Secret Rings	WII	350,000
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007	WII	<350,000
Call Of Duty 3	WII	310,000
Carnival Games	WII	300,000
Madden NFL 08	WII	292,000
Excite Truck	WII	266,000
Trauma Center: Second Opinion	WII	210,000
The Bigs	WII	<200,000
My Sims	WII	200,000
Drawn To Life	WII	200,000
Cooking Mama	WII	190,000
High School Musical: Sing It!	WII	185,000
Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party	WII	176,000
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008	WII	175,000
Boogie	WII	172,000
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2	WII	166,000
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	WII	150,000
Transformers: The Game	WII	150,000
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	PS3	141,000
Elebits	WII	130,000
SSX Blur	WII	125,000
Cars	WII	115,000
GT Pro Series	WII	108,000
Happy Feet	WII	87,000
MLB Power Pros	WII	80,000
Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaro’s Treasure	WII	<35,000

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[#12] December (December 04, 2007 - January 05, 2008) - 5 Weeks​

Rank	Prior Month	Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
1	1	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	X360	-	1,470,000
2	2	Super Mario Galaxy	WII	-	1,400,000
3	4	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	PS2	-	1,250,000
4	5	Wii Play	WII	-	1,080,000
5	3	Assassin's Creed	X360	-	893,700
6	9	Halo 3	X360	-	742,700
7	-	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	NDS	-	659,500
8	-	Madden NFL 08	PS2	-	655,200
9	-	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	X360	-	624,600
10	-	Mario & Sonic at The Olympic Games	WII	-	613,000
11	7	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	PS3	-	522,000
12	8	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	WII	-	>500,000
13	-	Rock Band	X360	-	463,000
14	-	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	-	-
15	-	Mario Party 8	WII	-	-
16	10	Assassin's Creed	PS3	-	-
17	6	Mass Effect	X360	-	401,000​
18	-	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	NDS	-	-
19	-	Madden NFL 08	X360	-	-
20	-	Mario Party DS	NDS	-	385,700

Platform Ranking
[X360] 7
[WII] 5
[NDS] 4
[PS2] 2
[PS3] 2

Various Software​

Game	Platform	Weeks in Tracking	Sales
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune​	PS3​	-​	206,000​
Rock Band	PS3	-	174,000
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles​	WII​	-​	147,600​
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings​	NDS​	-​	117,200​
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams​	WII​	3​	60,800​
The Orange Box	PS3​	-	56,500
TimeShift​	PS3​	-​	25,000​

NPD Archives

 

[Lelouch0612]

The early battle between the PS3 and the GBA is a good reminder than the follow-up to a successful and dominatint platform isn't guarented to sell well.

Didn't follow sales back then but it should have been such a bad surprise for Sony.

 

[Undead Warrior]

Those early days of the PS3 were very chaotic back at GAF. A lot of incredulous disbelief at the reality of the situation. Glorious, really. All the more impressive that Sony managed to turn it around years later.

 

[BoktaiFan]

Very interesting to see how dominate the 360 was back in the day. That and how the PS2 was still selling crazy well

 

[Concurseiro do Futuro]

Looking at those numbers, Sony is selling way less hardware now. They sold like ~10 Million PS2 + PS3 + PSP in 2017, US only.

Nintendo is also selling less, Xbox may be selling the same or a bit less, since they had only one console.

Even so, all of them are getting much more revenue than before.

@Welfare could you post also the price of those consoles. Good times before, i believe PS2 was only U$99,90, no surprise it was selling so well.

 

[Kenka]

I was there to witness it all. The situation kept escalating until GTA IV's launch month one year later.

GAF exploded once the numbers were in.

 

[Welfare]

Looking at those numbers, Sony is selling way less hardware now. They sold like ~10 Million PS2 + PS3 + PSP in 2017, US only.

Nintendo is also selling less, Xbox may be selling the same or a bit less, since they had only one console.

Even so, all of them are getting much more revenue than before.

@Welfare could you post also the price of those consoles. Good times before, i believe PS2 was only U$99,90, no surprise it was selling so well.

PS2 hits $99 in 2009. I'll add the prices for the beginning of each year. Any price changes are noted in the Major Hardware Impact section.

 

[Josh5890]

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Top 10 Software Full Year Result

Placement	Game	Platform	Sales
1	Halo 3	360	4,820,000
2	Wii Play	WII	4,120,000
3	Call of Duty 4	360	3,040,000
4	Guitar Hero 3	PS2	2,720,000
5	Super Mario Galaxy	WII	2,520,000
6	Pokemon Diamond	NDS	2,480,000
7	Madden 08	PS2	1,900,000
8	Guitar Hero 2	PS2	1,890,000
9	Assassin's Creed	360	1,870,000
10	Mario Party 8	WII	1,820,000

Platform Ranking
360 - 3
PS2 - 3
WII - 3
NDS - 1

Love the thread and all of the info. 2007 is certainly a year for the ages. Not a bad time to be a senior in high school

Looking at the top ten for the year, it is interesting how with the exception of Wii Play and Guitar Hero, all of those franchises are still super popular in the gaming sphere. You could argue that outside of Halo, all of them are stronger now than they were back in 2007.

 

[Adventureracing]

So much data, it’s beautiful . I started following sales data around 2004-2005 and this is bringing back a lot of memories.

 

[Fatal Nutritionist]

It makes me wonder how long since 2005 the GameCube was outselling the displaced Xbox (by the 360) 5:1. Because it paints a new picture for the GC's lack of ability to catch up if it was selling over the original Xbox at that level. It would give credit to the theory that Xbox was popular enough that people did immediately move to the 360 meaning it WOULD have been pointless for Microsoft to give the original box long term support like the PS2 because most who had become new fans of Xbox, or who came form PC gaming, would have no reason to stay with the original with the 360 out. Especially with the large power jump between the two.

Love the thread and all of the info. 2007 is certainly a year for the ages. Not a bad time to be a senior in high school

Looking at the top ten for the year, it is interesting how with the exception of Wii Play and Guitar Hero, all of those franchises are still super popular in the gaming sphere. You could argue that outside of Halo, all of them are stronger now than they were back in 2007.

We'll have to wait and see if that's true for assassins creed, but I don't think Madden has been as strong as 08 for all versions.

 

[Ryng™]

You guys have no idea how much i'd love to go back in times to follow sales during that timeline.

Wii madness and Sony losing dominance was such a storyline as well as 360 becoming stronger and stronger as the generation goes on.

 

[allan-bh]

The good old times, GBA vs. PS3, epic battle.

It was also funny see some folks really angry about Wii dominating so hard the HD twins.

 

[allan-bh]

It makes me wonder how long since 2005 the GameCube was outselling the displaced Xbox (by the 360) 5:1. Because it paints a new picture for the GC's lack of ability to catch up if it was selling over the original Xbox at that level. It would give credit to the theory that Xbox was popular enough that people did immediately move to the 360 meaning it WOULD have been pointless for Microsoft to give the original box long term support like the PS2 because most who had become new fans of Xbox, or who came form PC gaming, would have no reason to stay with the original with the 360 out. Especially with the large power jump between the two.

Xbox did very well in 2004, even outsold PS2 for the holidays and have it's best year almost doubling Cube sales in USA, but Microsoft was already decided to move on, in early 2005 we had reports of Xbox being supply constrained and rumours about end of production, what was confirmed before Xbox 360 even was launched.

In retrospective they did the right move, instead of insist in a loser console, they focus to transfer the momentum to a new gen and with the help of Sony mistakes had a terrific generation with 360.

 

[Welfare]

Xbox was killed so quick because Nvidia were assholes over the price of the GPU. Microsoft made as many as they had to keep a presence on shelves before the 360 started production and ended ties with Nvidia.

 

[Kenka]

It makes me wonder how long since 2005 the GameCube was outselling the displaced Xbox (by the 360) 5:1. Because it paints a new picture for the GC's lack of ability to catch up if it was selling over the original Xbox at that level. It would give credit to the theory that Xbox was popular enough that people did immediately move to the 360 meaning it WOULD have been pointless for Microsoft to give the original box long term support like the PS2 because most who had become new fans of Xbox, or who came form PC gaming, would have no reason to stay with the original with the 360 out. Especially with the large power jump between the two.



We'll have to wait and see if that's true for assassins creed, but I don't think Madden has been as strong as 08 for all versions.

The 2004-2006 years were *really* grim for the Cube. You had months during which outlets like IGN and Gamespot had trouble finding one noticeable release to call it 'game of the month', while you had at least two excellent games per month on Xbox and PS2. Check this archive of Gamerankings for 2004, 2005 and 2006 for each respective console. It is eye opening.

There was absolutely no chance for it to catch up with the Xbox on the long run.

 

[DCSales]

Xbox was killed so quick because Nvidia were assholes over the price of the GPU. Microsoft made as many as they had to keep a presence on shelves before the 360 started production and ended ties with Nvidia.

Yup. That’s half the reason why the Xbox 360 was rushed out of the door before it was really ready (the other half being that Microsoft really wanted to beat the PS3 to market). Microsoft were losing ridiculous amounts of money on each console (owing primarily to its off the shelf GPU and HDD) and couldn’t wait to dump the OG Xbox like a lead balloon. The OG Xbox basically died immediately as soon as the 360 released.

I can’t imagine that Nintendo were making anything off of the GCN at the $99.99 price point either (Now THAT was desperation!), but at least they weren’t losing the literal billions that the OG Xbox was.

Ahh, these way the days of sales! Rich data and a hell of a narrative to go along with them!

 

[allan-bh]

The 2004-2006 years were *really* grim for the Cube. You had months during which outlets like IGN and Gamespot had trouble finding one noticeable release to call it 'game of the month', while you had at least two excellent games per month on Xbox and PS2. Check this archive of Gamerankings for 2004, 2005 and 2006 for each respective console. It is eye opening.

There was absolutely no chance for it to catch up with the Xbox on the long run.

For me january 2005 mark the end of Gamecube with Resident Evil 4, Zelda TP was the only remarkable game left for the future but Nintendo killed the Cube for good when they announced the Wii version.

 

[Astral_lion02]

For me january 2005 mark the end of Gamecube with Resident Evil 4, Zelda TP was the only remarkable game left for the future but Nintendo killed the Cube for good when they announced the Wii version.

2005 was really a bad year for Nintendo overall.
Gamecube was almost dead and PSP was the first non Nintendo handheld to compete with them to the point that in the firsts months PSP was close to Nintendo DS.
The light has come from Japan at the end of the year.

 

[Garlic]

For me january 2005 mark the end of Gamecube with Resident Evil 4, Zelda TP was the only remarkable game left for the future but Nintendo killed the Cube for good when they announced the Wii version.

everyone doubted him but he tried hard anyways...

 

[Astandahl]

It's insane how much more info we were used to getting back in those days.

I didn't directly post on GAF at that time, but i was already following sales results. NPD threads were completely unleashed. I miss them quite a bit. Today they would never be accepted though : )

It's always unreal how bad the PS3 was performing in the US, especially during the holiday season. Not even with the slim launch, which was pretty much a complete reboot in terms of marketing as well. The PS3 MSRP went from 599 to 299 dollars in just 3 years and yet was never able to compete with the Xbox 360 in the US.

Halo 3 performance was just in another league as well. What a game.

Oh and thanks Welfare for creating these threads. Much appreciated.

 

[Flakster99]

I sure was. For me it started by reading NPD magazine info dumps back in the mid 90's, then progressed to Gaming-age by the late 90's. Back then the info was tremendous and available, yet had little to no interest amongst the users and discussion was incredibly minimal.

PlayStation being so dominant and the de facto leader of the market made things simple from that standpoint.

Amazing thread, and a blast from the past with just how dominant not only the 360 was, but it's software selling power was immense.

 

[Neifirst]

All these numbers bring back strong memories of the 1up Yours podcast where they would spend a good chunk of time going over the NPD numbers every month. Microsoft's introduction of Live partway through the original Xbox really started paying dividends in the 360 era, and seemingly every news item in that 2006-2008 time frame was a plus in the MS column and a minus in the PS one.

I picked up my PS3 in March 2007 (for 599 US dollars!) because Motorstorm and Virtua Fighter 5 finally released - both exceptional games. The '07 fall was really good too with Folklore, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet & Clank Future, and the original Uncharted.

 

[KillerMan]

oh. Good old times when we still got plenty of data. Wasn't member of GAF yet (as you needed work or school/university email) but followed NPD threads there and discussed them in Vgchartz lol (I think i joined Chartz around 2006).

 

[Kenka]

oh. Good old times when we still got plenty of data. Wasn't member of GAF yet (as you needed work or school/university email) but followed NPD threads there and discussed them in Vgchartz lol (I think i joined Chartz around 2006).

Seeing vgchartz and GAF in the same sentence makes me think of ioi. What is up with him?

 

[Uniomni]

I was there to witness it all. The situation kept escalating until GTA IV's launch month one year later.

GAF exploded once the numbers were in.

Yep, that infamous hd twins vs wii gif was born there in April, iirc.

People kept saying wait for gta, that'll right the ship. It didn't.

Somewhere in that year was Nintendo's acquisition of Monolithsoft which got tears of laughter from the masses(buy Tri-Ace Nintendo and turn them around too please) as well as iirc the birth of COD as a monster franchise that literally killed the WW2 Medal of Honor series in its bed.

2007 was the year the console wars got UGLY.

That entire generation showed how entitled people were about their favorite plastic boxes, all the anger over the now multiplatform big ips that Sony fans took for granted.

They didn't even lose access themselves but just the mere fact that others gained was enough to show the ugly underneath.

Nintendo = bear, Sony = salmon shenanigans.

Halo 3 was an event release like I can't believe. Just crazy times to witness

 

[Fatal Nutritionist]

The 2004-2006 years were *really* grim for the Cube. You had months during which outlets like IGN and Gamespot had trouble finding one noticeable release to call it 'game of the month', while you had at least two excellent games per month on Xbox and PS2. Check this archive of Gamerankings for 2004, 2005 and 2006 for each respective console. It is eye opening.

There was absolutely no chance for it to catch up with the Xbox on the long run.

You say this but the Gamecube was apparently selling 5:1 a dying Xbox that was about to be, and then quickly was replaced, in the strongest region for both consoles with FP support from Nintendo until discontinuation.

What it shows is that the Xbox was at some point demolishing the Gamecube in sales in US, NA, and UK iirc so hard that the GC with Xbox hanging the towel selling 5:1 the rate couldn't catch up with the Xbox.

@Welfare what were the yearly shipments for the Gamecube and Xbox in the US?

It's insane how much more info we were used to getting back in those days.

I didn't directly post on GAF at that time, but i was already following sales results. NPD threads were completely unleashed. I miss them quite a bit. Today they would never be accepted though : )

It's always unreal how bad the PS3 was performing in the US, especially during the holiday season. Not even with the slim launch, which was pretty much a complete reboot in terms of marketing as well. The PS3 MSRP went from 599 to 299 dollars in just 3 years and yet was never able to compete with the Xbox 360 in the US.

Halo 3 performance was just in another league as well. What a game.

Oh and thanks Welfare for creating these threads. Much appreciated.

$299 is 3 years compared to the PS2 was a slow decline in price, even compared with the 360. The price was a big problem in the US, but the games were even more, there are people who claim the library wasn't that bad early on but aren't getting that those aren't the games you wanted to buy a new console for, many of those games were what would supplement your purchase, the motorstorm songs were online for a reason. People were parodying that PS3 E3 for years, and the last straw for millions was not only the snobish marketing and the terrible PR from Sony staff blaming fans, saying you won't find anything on the shelf or we will pay you $1000, or laughing off fan complaints who brought the console.

But it was that the games that would be a reason to buy a PS3, especially coming off the PS2, were far and away better on the 360, and it was different enough that it was noticeable to the average dummy. between graphics, performance, effects, or all 3, the PS3 was not putting out what it needed to and the blaming developers needing to understand their hardware backfired on them hard, and caused many developers to go exclusive to the 360 or to have the worst versions of their games on the PS3 which turned off players.

Honestly, if it wasn't for Kinect, move (did more for Sony than people realize but people forget about that because of Kinects success), or that Generation lasting longer than usual, I have no clue if Sony would still be in the console space, because they ended up keeping the PS3 going out of necessity, and they had enough time to try different strategies to reduce losses even if they could never make those losses back.

At the time a generation normally would have ended, Sony had moved and sold buildings, was in debt, people were thinking the company was collapsing heading toward bankruptcy, PS3 was pretty far behind the 360 and the Wii worldwide, the PS2 was selling more than it and was starting to slow down, leading to speculation Sony's lifeline couldn't hold, the multiplat problems were still apparent, MGS4 was only enough to keep the project going but not save it as people say, and Sony had discontinued, reduced, or sold several of their product lines.

I highly doubt if the Xbox One came out in 2010 or 2011 with a Nintendo alternative, Sony would have green lit the PS4. If they did it would have been a very flexibly but cheap console that wouldn't be as powerful, probably still using the cell, but when you are billions in the hole to the point where it spread outside of Playstation throughout the rest of the company, Sony probably would have put more focus on its other remixing products to stay relevant than a PS4. it was the long gen that gave Sony an opportunity for a PS4 to succeed and turn things around.

I remember Sony's phone line was also a big problem back then after they tried to connect it with Playstation, they would have profits that would literally wiped out just by the phone divisions losses, those charts were all over online then.

That whole gen was amazing, Nintendo came back from people thinking they were going to go, and the two time dominant champion was the one that ended up being the company that people were assuming would be dead by 2015 or a shell of its former self instead.

if you were there and paying attention to all angles it was freaking crazy. Microsoft haters went crazy, there were articles about people jumping into roads. it was an experience for normal people. Remember, GFWL and Windows Phone were being pushed along with the rise of the 360 and the perceived decline of Sony, there was talk about a draconian dictatorship where Microsoft would control all electronics in every category except motion controlled bowling, just plain hysterics by some of the fandoms who happened to be journalists.

"With Sony dead what can Japan do to stop the Chinese takeover" or something similar was an actual headline in 2008. People are burning Sony constantly everytime they had to sell real estate. in early 2006 people were surprised Microsoft even bothered with the 360 and though they would leave by 2007 after the PS3 came out, and Nintendos Wii had no chance and was a redesigned Gamecube that couldn't save the company.

It was fun to watch for people who weren't too obsessed about a company. We won't see anything like that again unless some new comer enters with a new consoles and just gets ahead of everybody, but that likely won't happen, unless Apple has something in store.

 

[Welfare]

You say this but the Gamecube was apparently selling 5:1 a dying Xbox that was about to be, and then quickly was replaced, in the strongest region for both consoles with FP support from Nintendo until discontinuation.

What it shows is that the Xbox was at some point demolishing the Gamecube in sales in US, NA, and UK iirc so hard that the GC with Xbox hanging the towel selling 5:1 the rate couldn't catch up with the Xbox.

@Welfare what were the yearly shipments for the Gamecube and Xbox in the US?

XBX
2001: 1.4M ($299)
2002: 3.2M ($199)
2003: 3.2M ($179)
2004: 4.0M ($149 / Halo 2)
2005: 2.3M
2006: 0.4M
LTD: 14.5M

GCN
2001: 1.2M ($199)
2002: 2.3M ($149)
2003: 3.3M ($99)
2004: 2.3M
2005: 1.7M
2006: 0.8M
LTD: 11.8M

It's actually crazy how little $179 did for Xbox in 03, no month outside of November/December went above 200K, yet $149 saw sales explode and even beat PS2 a few months.

 

[Fatal Nutritionist]

Yep, that infamous hd twins vs wii gif was born there in April, iirc.

People kept saying wait for gta, that'll right the ship. It didn't.

Somewhere in that year was Nintendo's acquisition of Monolithsoft which got tears of laughter from the masses(buy Tri-Ace Nintendo and turn them around too please) as well as iirc the birth of COD as a monster franchise that literally killed the WW2 Medal of Honor series in its bed.

2007 was the year the console wars got UGLY.

That entire generation showed how entitled people were about their favorite plastic boxes, all the anger over the now multiplatform big ips that Sony fans took for granted.

They didn't even lose access themselves but just the mere fact that others gained was enough to show the ugly underneath.

Nintendo = bear, Sony = salmon shenanigans.

Halo 3 was an event release like I can't believe. Just crazy times to witness

Thing is the Metal of Honor meltdowns were always blown out of proportion because MoH was never really that big. most big shooters didn't touch WWII or if they did they were on PC, so all someone had to do was take away MoH consoles niche and it would throw the franchise in a frenzy, and that's exactly what happened with MoH for later releases.

As for your "other gained" statement, all you have to do is look at the FFXIII threads before the 360 version announcement, and look at the threads on gaming sites or even video reactions when they announced the 360 version. The venom was lethal. Gamecube getting a spin off was fine, but Xbox getting any FF game was crossing the line and they were getting a main game? People went nuts. There was a video of a guy literally having a melt down and he actually just stopped talking to sob for like 5 minutes in the middle of the video.

Remember FF11 wasn't known by many because it wasn't a fanfare release, and those who did know were upset but just assumed that Microsoft being a PC company maybe they paid or it was an easy port. it was an old game from 2002 so they left it alone. But Xiii was not acceptable even though it was still coming to the PS3, on one Bluray, fandom just didn't want Xbox to have the game just because. That wasn't the only example of a franchise associated with Playstation releasing on Xbox with anger too.

I remember that Oblviion wasn't a real rpg, or it didn't have the content or world of FF and that was all the Xbox was going to get, and then FFXIII ended up being a linear hallway and almost all the fans had a second meltdown all blaming the 360 (lol) for the design change with no evidence.

2005 was really a bad year for Nintendo overall.
Gamecube was almost dead and PSP was the first non Nintendo handheld to compete with them to the point that in the firsts months PSP was close to Nintendo DS.
The light has come from Japan at the end of the year.

in the US I believe the PSS was beating the DS for awhile, although maybe @Welfare can give some insight on that.

Yup. That’s half the reason why the Xbox 360 was rushed out of the door before it was really ready (the other half being that Microsoft really wanted to beat the PS3 to market). Microsoft were losing ridiculous amounts of money on each console (owing primarily to its off the shelf GPU and HDD) and couldn’t wait to dump the OG Xbox like a lead balloon. The OG Xbox basically died immediately as soon as the 360 released.

I can’t imagine that Nintendo were making anything off of the GCN at the $99.99 price point either (Now THAT was desperation!), but at least they weren’t losing the literal billions that the OG Xbox was.

Ahh, these way the days of sales! Rich data and a hell of a narrative to go along with them!

They weren't losing billions because Nintendo wasn't giving us GameCube losses, they gave us overall profits using the GBA and later DS as cover. They stopped mentioning specific finances related to the GameCube once things stopped looking rosy and they were cutting the prices of hardware and games, so we will never know outside some ex-staff info or leak how much the Gamecube was losing. They were losing money when they made the first price cut fast and paid for those exclusivity deals, some of which didn't last, they lost more when they cut game prices again and went to $99, and stopped manufacturing consoles temporarily to get rid of inventory. I don't think they lost as much as the Xbox of course, but they definitely lost more than the Dreamcast in total + late Saturn.

Xbox 360 was an interesting case because they really couldn't lose anymore money on the console so the 360 was much more of a necessity than people think. That $4 Billion loss wasn't gradual, most of that loss which was due to hardware partnerships with NVidia and others started escalating quickly in early 2003. Microsoft couldn't wait to drop the price in order to keep momentum so dropped the price for the first time BEFORE the PS2 did, which caused Sony to also drop the price because the Xbox was actually competitive in the US.

One thing to note is that the Gamecube and Xbox price cuts weren't just in the US either, they were in multiple territories which adds to both consoles losses.

Based on estimates I've seen they went from over $1 billion in losses to over 3 billion when the 360 was given a rumored release window in late 2004. If they supported the Xbox for another two years like the PS2 i could easily see a $5 billion loss or more. Microsoft would have no interest in the project they needed revenue to come in without it leaking on the floor as it was received ASAP. Something those who used to blast Microsoft for cancelling the original console early don't understand.

 

[Welfare]

PSP had almost caught up to total NDS sales by May 2006, only about 100K difference, then June 2006 say the release of the $129 DS Lite and the rest is history. PSP could never catch up after that. That Game Boy audience which bought in at ~$100 was now ready to buy the DS and Nintendo was reaching an even more diverse crowd than that. Before then, DS and PSP were basically competing for the more hardcore consumer.

 

[Fatal Nutritionist]

PSP had almost caught up to total NDS sales by May 2006, only about 100K difference, then June 2006 say the release of the $129 DS Lite and the rest is history. PSP could never catch up after that. That Game Boy audience which bought in at ~$100 was now ready to buy the DS and Nintendo was reaching an even more diverse crowd than that. Before then, DS and PSP were basically competing for the more hardcore consumer.

I think that PSPS may have lasted longer and took more sales than the DS, but not likely win, if they had executed on their plans on UMD intead of getting cold feet and dropping much of their plans. They also wanted t push the PSPS harder as a media player that could play games but they started to role back on that too. It was working because I saw even older people using the PSP as a music player and a way to check emails and go online with wifi. A lot of this happened in 2006 as well.

2006 wasn't the best year for Sony, including their decisions.

XBX
2001: 1.4M ($299)
2002: 3.2M ($199)
2003: 3.2M ($179)
2004: 4.0M ($149 / Halo 2)
2005: 2.3M
2006: 0.4M
LTD: 14.5M

GCN
2001: 1.2M ($199)
2002: 2.3M ($149)
2003: 3.3M ($99)
2004: 2.3M
2005: 1.7M
2006: 0.8M
LTD: 11.8M

It's actually crazy how little $179 did for Xbox in 03, no month outside of November/December went above 200K, yet $149 saw sales explode and even beat PS2 a few months.

The explosion was probably due to Halo 2, the most hyped game and then biggest entertainment product of all time being on a console that just dropped the price to make it more accessible would move units big time.

Xbox was leading in 2002, but that slight win for the Gamecube in 2003 after cutting the costs of games, accessories, and the console to $99 seemed to have backfired in 2004, and Halo 3 pretty much made it impossible for the GameCube to catch up even if Xbox stopped all releases including third party and ended the console on Dec 31st, 2004. Likely applies worldwide too.

The Gamecube $99 wasn't short term bump worth it, they should have just tried to salvage the console before dropping the price to keep the console value high for the consumers. Dropped the price to $99 in 2004 or 2005 would have probably worked out much better.

Xbox gap between 05 and 06 is brutal. I'm surprised it sold that much in 05, but then again i guess with Forza, Splinter Cell CT, Jade Empire, Ninja Gaiden Black, Doom 3 and Burn Out revenge were enough to keep the console alive in 2005.

 

[Welfare]

I think that PSPS may have lasted longer and took more sales than the DS, but not likely win, if they had executed on their plans on UMD intead of getting cold feet and dropping much of their plans. They also wanted t push the PSPS harder as a media player that could play games but they started to role back on that too. It was working because I saw even older people using the PSP as a music player and a way to check emails and go online with wifi. A lot of this happened in 2006 as well.

2006 wasn't the best year for Sony, including their decisions.



The explosion was probably due to Halo 2, the most hyped game and then biggest entertainment product of all time being on a console that just dropped the price to make it more accessible would move units big time.

Xbox was leading in 2002, but that slight win for the Gamecube in 2003 after cutting the costs of games, accessories, and the console to $99 seemed to have backfired in 2004, and Halo 3 pretty much made it impossible for the GameCube to catch up even if Xbox stopped all releases including third party and ended the console on Dec 31st, 2004. Likely applies worldwide too.

The Gamecube $99 wasn't short term bump worth it, they should have just tried to salvage the console before dropping the price to keep the console value high for the consumers. Dropped the price to $99 in 2004 or 2005 would have probably worked out much better.

Xbox gap between 05 and 06 is brutal. I'm surprised it sold that much in 05, but then again i guess with Forza, Splinter Cell CT, Jade Empire, Ninja Gaiden Black, Doom 3 and Burn Out revenge were enough to keep the console alive in 2005.

I don't think the PSP media functionality would've been all that fruitful. GBA sold more in 2001 alone (7 months on the market) than what PSP and DS each sold by May 2006. PSP looked good in comparison to the floundering DS but in the end once Nintendo got the price down the DS became a "real" option for the handheld market.

For Xbox, Quarter 4 2004 was only slightly higher than Q4 2003. A lot of the growth came from being at a low enough price.

 

[allan-bh]

The Gamecube $99 wasn't short term bump worth it, they should have just tried to salvage the console before dropping the price to keep the console value high for the consumers. Dropped the price to $99 in 2004 or 2005 would have probably worked out much better.

Gamecube production was halted in 2003 because Nintendo inventory was full of unsold consoles.

They dropped the price to $99 because Gamecube was collapsing.

 

[Tokuiten]

Amazing thread. Do you plan to do the following years, too, and if so, up to what year is there available data? I forgot when NPD decided to no longer give reliable numbers to the public.

 

[Welfare]

Amazing thread. Do you plan to do the following years, too, and if so, up to what year is there available data? I forgot when NPD decided to no longer give reliable numbers to the public.

Yeah the plan is monthly threads up to the present. I think having a yearly compilation even for recent years will be important for future record keeping.

 

[BTB123]

Amazing how detailed the data we received back then was. I was to young to follow this stuff back then.

 

[Welfare]

Amazing how detailed the data we received back then was. I was to young to follow this stuff back then.

What's funny is I found out about GAF in like 09 for something completely unrelated to sales but when I needed a paid email I just looked away. Took until 2014 for me to actually join lol

 

[Astral_lion02]

Some graphs share by Nintendo in 2007 :

 

[Uniomni]

What's funny is I found out about GAF in like 09 for something completely unrelated to sales but when I needed a paid email I just looked away. Took until 2014 for me to actually join lol

Oh man you missed the most vitriolic years I've ever seen online.

I lurked Gaf from 2005-6 onwards and the ps3 fallout + Nintendo's rise and Microsoft success was taken HARD by people online.

Like, I was there when FF13 was announced as a multiplatform title on Gaf and so many memes that are old today were born from that time.

The "I don't know if you know this about Japanese culture(I'm an expert)" one, the HD towns are hard... people were losing their minds.

There used to be drawings in the mediacreate/npd weekly threads, showing platform placement, literal console war humorous fanfiction...

Acquisitions and closures and mergers galore.

Crazy time to witness, and it was all over plastic boxes.

I'll say this about that era; modern Nintendo was formed in the oven of that time frame.

I sincerely think this was when they really understood that no matter how good they do, they'll never get the support Sony will, and ever since they've taken steps to build themselves to the point that they won't need that support.

Sony went from getting it all exclusively to most titles being multiplat, and they saw how it worked against them.
I'd have expected them to take the lesson from the ps3 era and do what Nintendo did but instead they've seemingly become more homogeneous to a point, and rely even more on 3rd parties.

They're making more money now than they ever did with ps1-2 but they're exposed on other fronts.

Microsoft had all the goodwill in the west at the time, but Mattrick threw it all away to chase maybes and Xbox is still recovering from that.

 

[BTB123]

What's funny is I found out about GAF in like 09 for something completely unrelated to sales but when I needed a paid email I just looked away. Took until 2014 for me to actually join lol

I only started getting interested in video game sales in early 2020. That's also when I found the Media Create threads.

 

[DCSales]

They weren't losing billions because Nintendo wasn't giving us GameCube losses, they gave us overall profits using the GBA and later DS as cover. They stopped mentioning specific finances related to the GameCube once things stopped looking rosy and they were cutting the prices of hardware and games, so we will never know outside some ex-staff info or leak how much the Gamecube was losing. They were losing money when they made the first price cut fast and paid for those exclusivity deals, some of which didn't last, they lost more when they cut game prices again and went to $99, and stopped manufacturing consoles temporarily to get rid of inventory. I don't think they lost as much as the Xbox of course, but they definitely lost more than the Dreamcast in total + late Saturn.

Xbox 360 was an interesting case because they really couldn't lose anymore money on the console so the 360 was much more of a necessity than people think. That $4 Billion loss wasn't gradual, most of that loss which was due to hardware partnerships with NVidia and others started escalating quickly in early 2003. Microsoft couldn't wait to drop the price in order to keep momentum so dropped the price for the first time BEFORE the PS2 did, which caused Sony to also drop the price because the Xbox was actually competitive in the US.

One thing to note is that the Gamecube and Xbox price cuts weren't just in the US either, they were in multiple territories which adds to both consoles losses.

Based on estimates I've seen they went from over $1 billion in losses to over 3 billion when the 360 was given a rumored release window in late 2004. If they supported the Xbox for another two years like the PS2 i could easily see a $5 billion loss or more. Microsoft would have no interest in the project they needed revenue to come in without it leaking on the floor as it was received ASAP. Something those who used to blast Microsoft for cancelling the original console early don't understand.

All very true. Nintendo were really being propped up massively by the GBA's hardware sales throughout 2001-2006. That thing was an absolute monster, especially in the US.

It's worth keeping in mind though that though the GBA was a hardware sales monster, its software sales were rather mediocre by comparison. The decline in home console software sales (in-line with the huge drop in home console userbase with the GCN) really hurt Nintendo; because that's where the big money truly lied. GBA was Nintendo's lifeline for sure, but it could only prop them up so much, since the software sales weren't that great overall.

 

[KillerMan]

Oh man you missed the most vitriolic years I've ever seen online.

I lurked Gaf from 2005-6 onwards and the ps3 fallout + Nintendo's rise and Microsoft success was taken HARD by people online.

Like, I was there when FF13 was announced as a multiplatform title on Gaf and so many memes that are old today were born from that time.

The "I don't know if you know this about Japanese culture(I'm an expert)" one, the HD towns are hard... people were losing their minds.

There used to be drawings in the mediacreate/npd weekly threads, showing platform placement, literal console war humorous fanfiction...

Acquisitions and closures and mergers galore.

Crazy time to witness, and it was all over plastic boxes.

I'll say this about that era; modern Nintendo was formed in the oven of that time frame.

I sincerely think this was when they really understood that no matter how good they do, they'll never get the support Sony will, and ever since they've taken steps to build themselves to the point that they won't need that support.

Sony went from getting it all exclusively to most titles being multiplat, and they saw how it worked against them.
I'd have expected them to take the lesson from the ps3 era and do what Nintendo did but instead they've seemingly become more homogeneous to a point, and rely even more on 3rd parties.

They're making more money now than they ever did with ps1-2 but they're exposed on other fronts.

Microsoft had all the goodwill in the west at the time, but Mattrick threw it all away to chase maybes and Xbox is still recovering from that.

I mean they obviously still rely on third parties but first party Sony sw sales are way higher than they were during PS1, PS2 or PS3 days. Like especially during PS2 era they completely relied on third parties (which obviously worked well for them at the time because they got so much exclusive sw from third parties)

 

[Fatal Nutritionist]

Gamecube production was halted in 2003 because Nintendo inventory was full of unsold consoles.

They dropped the price to $99 because Gamecube was collapsing.

I brought that up already, the issue however is that they cut the price to $99 so fast that people were questioning the value outside gamers who got it for cheap as a supplementary.

I don't think the PSP media functionality would've been all that fruitful. GBA sold more in 2001 alone (7 months on the market) than what PSP and DS each sold by May 2006. PSP looked good in comparison to the floundering DS but in the end once Nintendo got the price down the DS became a "real" option for the handheld market.

For Xbox, Quarter 4 2004 was only slightly higher than Q4 2003. A lot of the growth came from being at a low enough price.

Yes, but Sony was planning to make the PSP much bigger than it was at launch, and pulled back. They didn't even really push multimedia until over a year after the console launched, that's when they started having the movies displayed in stores separately from the games either side by side, or the movies were in the movie section instead of the game section.

They wanted to promote UMD, but they let the opportunity pass them by. If they made a big deal out of the PSP's game graphics, multimedia, and UMD for portable video watching (not to mention downloads and music) from launch the PSP may have done a lot better. It still sold a lot world wide but it's sales in the west are what stopped it from being more competitive with the DS later on.

Sadly they gave up on all their unrealized plans with the Vita.

Microsoft had all the goodwill in the west at the time, but Mattrick threw it all away to chase maybes and Xbox is still recovering from that.

is it? Xbox has been outpacing the last two consoles from day 1. i would say the recovery happened with late Xbox One.

I wouldn't say it was a maybe either, he wanted to have games, but he also wanted kinect to be included in everyone's homes because he though it would still be popular enough that an improved kinect would sell another 25M. he also wanted to have voice commands for every country work in their own language, which is why they were only going to release in 13 countries, which had to stay when they turned the clock back because those units were already being produced.

If you look at it from his perspective he was actually thinking reasonably, it just turned out he took the wrong bet, and he gave poor guidance to staff which created all those PR flubbs before launch.

The things he wanted to do that do deserve real scrutiny is that he wanted to control used games, and give them to selective partners as a monopoly. He wanted to try and prevent abuse for several of the features planned by having a check-in which once a day, then reduced to once a month before it was removed. He also wanted to require Kinect for DRM and to create individual identification tied to it for marketing, customer service, and recommendations.

It's why the PR of many Microsoft staff were either confused because they had no guidance, or acted insulting toward people saying that it was too late, people didn't know what they were talking about and the process of making a console, and they couldn't just "flip a switch' to roll back everything.

Turns out for most of this they could flip a switch. Good thing they did it before launch, otherwise it wouldn't have been as strong as it was and the Xbox one would have been DOA with no ability to turn things around.

I mean they obviously still rely on third parties but first party Sony sw sales are way higher than they were during PS1, PS2 or PS3 days. Like especially during PS2 era they completely relied on third parties (which obviously worked well for them at the time because they got so much exclusive sw from third parties)

To be fair, Sony barely had a FP on the PS1 and PS2. On the PS1 outside of GT, their two biggest franchises associated with them were made by third parties under agreements (Crash and Tomb Raider), and with the PS2 outside Jak and GT, anything else they had was niche (Ape escape) or were contracted out or exclusive deals (GTA, FF, SC3, Sly, Ratchet, PES, Tekken, DMC, etc.) and didn't really change until 2005 with the released of God of War, from there only finally started building up it's first party.

 

[Ray00101]

Those early days of the PS3 were very chaotic back at GAF. A lot of incredulous disbelief at the reality of the situation. Glorious, really. All the more impressive that Sony managed to turn it around years later.

One of my first memories on that forum was someone with a Disgaea avatar saying they had, “pallets of Wiis at the Walmart he worked at and they couldn’t get rid of them, but the ps3 couldn’t be stocked fast enough.” Happened to be that he worked at a Walmart 10minutes from my house, so I sent him a message asking if he could hold one for me, that I was on my way out the door, and that I’d throw an extra $50 his way for the trouble.

The message he sent was the most nonsensical, rambling collection of words I’ve ever read. Basically saying that he didn’t ‘hate’ Nintendo, he was just disappointed with what the Wii is/was and to please not come to the store asking about the Wii being in stock.

I stood in line 6-7 months later at midnight at the same Walmart to finally buy a Wii, getting the last one off the truck.

 

[BTB123]

One of my first memories on that forum was someone with a Disgaea avatar saying they had, “pallets of Wiis at the Walmart he worked at and they couldn’t get rid of them, but the ps3 couldn’t be stocked fast enough.” Happened to be that he worked at a Walmart 10minutes from my house, so I sent him a message asking if he could hold one for me, that I was on my way out the door, and that I’d throw an extra $50 his way for the trouble.

The message he sent was the most nonsensical, rambling collection of words I’ve ever read. Basically saying that he didn’t ‘hate’ Nintendo, he was just disappointed with what the Wii is/was and to please not come to the store asking about the Wii being in stock.

I stood in line 6-7 months later at midnight at the same Walmart to finally buy a Wii, getting the last one off the truck.

Console warriors in a nutshell.

 

[allan-bh]

I brought that up already, the issue however is that they cut the price to $99 so fast that people were questioning the value outside gamers who got it for cheap as a supplementary.

I don't think they had a choice with sales being so bad.

$99 had a good effect on sales.

 

[Fatal Nutritionist]

I don't think they had a choice with sales being so bad.

$99 had a good effect on sales.

Not really, they got a modest yearly gain that was concentrated to a few months and by the fall the sales were diving into mud. They could have waited, had some retailers give a free game out, maybe some rebates. Then cut the price in late 2004 or 2005 to $99, the difference would have been noteworthy. It wouldn't turn things around but they may have done better and made more money on the Cube and they might have still made the Wii but maybe not completely abandon the traditional gaming audience as hard as they did and maybe it would have had HD, or a revision with HD.

Nintendo did with Gamecube what 3DO did with 3DO. Instead of waiting to drop the price when the hype for the competitors cooled off, they saw that deals were generating sales and decided to try and undercut the guys who were selling more at a HIGHER price with games and accessories being sold mostly as regular retail price. That gives you a boost in sales, by makes your hardware look worthless and you end up losing a lot of money raising toward the bottom.

Luckily Nintendo had the GBA and later DS plus a lot more free cash than 3DO (or Sega who also pulled that trick, arguably in a worse way than both the others.)

 

[Welfare]

Not really, they got a modest yearly gain that was concentrated to a few months and by the fall the sales were diving into mud. They could have waited, had some retailers give a free game out, maybe some rebates. Then cut the price in late 2004 or 2005 to $99, the difference would have been noteworthy. It wouldn't turn things around but they may have done better and made more money on the Cube and they might have still made the Wii but maybe not completely abandon the traditional gaming audience as hard as they did and maybe it would have had HD, or a revision with HD.

Nintendo did with Gamecube what 3DO did with 3DO. Instead of waiting to drop the price when the hype for the competitors cooled off, they saw that deals were generating sales and decided to try and undercut the guys who were selling more at a HIGHER price with games and accessories being sold mostly as regular retail price. That gives you a boost in sales, by makes your hardware look worthless and you end up losing a lot of money raising toward the bottom.

Luckily Nintendo had the GBA and later DS plus a lot more free cash than 3DO (or Sega who also pulled that trick, arguably in a worse way than both the others.)

They actually did exactly that. https://www.gamecubicle.com/news-nintendo_gamecube_free_game_bundle_promotion.htm

Following less-than-stellar holiday sales for Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo of America announced they will soon offer consumers a free game with the purchase of a GameCube for $149. Beginning February 9th, select retailers will offer GameCube buyers the option of Mario Party 4, Metroid Prime, Resident Evil Ø, or Star Fox Adventures as a free title with their console purchase. "For less than $150, players will find a world of quality only available with Nintendo" said George Harrison, senior vice president, marketing and corporate communications, Nintendo of America.

Sales improved but it was still a fair bit behind Xbox by the time the deal ended in May.

 

[Fatal Nutritionist]

They actually did exactly that. https://www.gamecubicle.com/news-nintendo_gamecube_free_game_bundle_promotion.htm



Sales improved but it was still a fair bit behind Xbox by the time the deal ended in May.

That's not a free game promo, that's a "here are games we are fine with giving away and only these promo" also no rebates.

They needed to not only do some bundles for their best sellers which I understand they wanted to avoid (this time for some reason) but they should have allowed retailers have a larger field of games to give away free (not all of them of course) when consumers brought a console, officially there were also very few buy one get one deals too for existing owners.

Regardless though, they barely waited to see how things would turn out by the holiday or after, and had a dry run of the $99 for several retailers in August, and made it the official price in September that same year which was already rumored in during E3, so the decision to do that had to at least been made in June if not earlier, that's not even 5 full months later.

Their decisions completely decimated the consoles value, it wasn't looked at like a price cut, it was looked at as near expiration bread at the grocery store being sold at 60% off.

As painful as it would have been they should have waited at least until 2004 for a $99 price cut, it wouldn't help the GameCube's position much but it would have sold better in the US/UK at least, and may have prevented Nintendo from going all-in washing away their remaining base with a blue ocean, with Iwata claiming that they were failing because gamers weren't buying "sophisticated" and "time consuming" games: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3134651.stm

Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata, has also said he wants to move away from increasingly sophisticated and time consuming games, which dominate the games industry at the moment.

The games market shrunk dramatically last year, Mr Iwata said, because players were getting frustrated with the ever more sophisticated games.

Some games can take months to finish and the result is players are buying fewer of them.

"This trend is clear to everyone, and the trend continues this year," Mr Iwata said.

So in a bid to recapture sales, Nintendo has said it will move back toproducts that anyone can play and enjoy.

This didn't help the GameCube's perception either, putting it mildly.

 

[Welfare]

That's not a free game promo, that's a "here are games we are fine with giving away and only these promo" also no rebates.

They needed to not only do some bundles for their best sellers which I understand they wanted to avoid (this time for some reason) but they should have allowed retailers have a larger field of games to give away free (not all of them of course) when consumers brought a console, officially there were also very few buy one get one deals too for existing owners.

Regardless though, they barely waited to see how things would turn out by the holiday or after, and had a dry run of the $99 for several retailers in August, and made it the official price in September that same year which was already rumored in during E3, so the decision to do that had to at least been made in June if not earlier, that's not even 5 full months later.

Their decisions completely decimated the consoles value, it wasn't looked at like a price cut, it was looked at as near expiration bread at the grocery store being sold at 60% off.

As painful as it would have been they should have waited at least until 2004 for a $99 price cut, it wouldn't help the GameCube's position much but it would have sold better in the US/UK at least, and may have prevented Nintendo from going all-in washing away their remaining base with a blue ocean, with Iwata claiming that they were failing because gamers weren't buying "sophisticated" and "time consuming" games: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3134651.stm



This didn't help the GameCube's perception either, putting it mildly.

Those were 4 major games they had available, it was absolutely a free game promo. There was also a Super Mario Sunshine bundle available by then as well https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/7702/nintendo-unveils-super-mario-sunshine-bundle

Holiday 2002 sales at $149 with the main Mario game bundled in were not good. A free game deal didn't do much for sales afterwards. They had to go $99 because PS2 and Xbox were now $179 and Nintendo's only advantage was being cheaper.

GameCube was fucked with Xbox being a more viable option to PS2. They didn't have a chance to improve on what the market perceived it as which was a third rate device that had inferior offerings to what Xbox or PS2 had. Holding off on $99 for another year would've lost even more customers to the competition in Holiday 2003.