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Media Create Sales: 2009 Software Top 500
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Thanks, bttb! 
501-1000 might be coming, too.
501-1000 might be coming, too.
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Publisher # of units # of games
Nintendo 15,456,450 49
Square Enix 8,641,508 34
Namco Bandai Games 7,099,989 78
Nintendo/Pokemon Co. 4,671,440 9
Konami 4,642,387 53
Capcom 4,446,507 35
SEGA 3,048,887 30
Level 5 2,408,341 10
SCEI 1,761,038 24
Koei 1,578,720 19
Hudson 995,600 14
Atlus Co. 650,197 7
Marvelous 465,898 9
All Others 4,419,794 129
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System # of units # of games
NDS 26,366,195 178
WII 12,996,230 70
PSP 9,059,275 109
PS3 7,761,352 63
PS2 2,764,000 49
360 1,314,899 30
GBA 24,805 1
First-Party
System # of units # of games
NDS 11,166,043 33
WII 8,937,042 24
PS3 913,630 12
PSP 847,408 12
360 240,160 7
GBA 24,805 1
PS2 0 0
Third-Party
System # of units # of games
NDS 15,181,842 144
PSP 8,211,867 97
PS3 6,866,032 52
WII 4,059,188 46
PS2 2,764,000 49
360 1,074,739 23
GBA 0 0Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Sin and Punishment 2 did not crack the TOP 500.
Goddammit Japan.
Goddammit Japan.
timetokill
Banned
Wow, Nintendo really dominates...
8 of the top 10, and 18 of the top 25 are on Nintendo platforms
6 of the top 10 are Nintendo games...
FF13 and Monster Hunter broke a million... what else this generation has broken a million that isn't on a Nintendo platform?
8 of the top 10, and 18 of the top 25 are on Nintendo platforms
6 of the top 10 are Nintendo games...
FF13 and Monster Hunter broke a million... what else this generation has broken a million that isn't on a Nintendo platform?
The only other non-Nintendo platform million sellers I can envision that aren't Final Fantasy or Monster Hunter are Biohazard 5's various versions, and perhaps Peace Walker if it has good legs.
Actually, maybe not. Don't forget that Famitsu combines the Pokemon games, so their chart may also have FireRed/LeafGreen on it. And this is supposed to be a Top 1000 chart. If Pokemon Black and White can import Pokemon from the GBA games, then I can see their lives getting dragged out for another two years.
AniHawk said:
Actually, maybe not. Don't forget that Famitsu combines the Pokemon games, so their chart may also have FireRed/LeafGreen on it. And this is supposed to be a Top 1000 chart. If Pokemon Black and White can import Pokemon from the GBA games, then I can see their lives getting dragged out for another two years.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Holy crap, they're still tracking GBA sales? And this is still selling new!?
Man, that's staying power! :lol
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
I like how Nintendo manages to be 2 of the top 10 publishers :loltimetokill said:
duckroll said:
Hah. The way I see it, as far as Japan is concerned, the first-third party distinction is becoming meaningless for the PSP, PS3 and 360. SCE may have built a name for itself in the PS1 that carried on into the PS2 era, but those days are long over and their franchises have shown to suffer big drops that we have few reasons to believe can be reversed. SCE is not a developer or publisher that can be placed on any special pedestal anymore. Expect a marketing blitz, some events, a few bundles and SKUs for GT5, but this is so par for the course as far as big games go. I think something like 700-800K is reasonable to predict. And then from there they can release a budget version and maybe cross the line. :lol
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
grandjedi6 said:
Lol I didn't even think of it that way :lol
timetokill
Banned
cvxfreak said:
That is just goddamn ridiculous :lol
Urban Scholar
Member
You really can't put things into perspective until you see some numbers but Dragon Quest IX really did top the charts.
cvxfreak said:
Do you say that on a pure sales performance sense or in a general way?
About GT5, I think they can reach one million with a big marketing push. I feel that way because there has been a long waiting for it, and I feel there could be some accumulated hype and curiosity from traditional userbase. A-spec and GT 4 had barely three years and half of difference and maybe the whole userbase were not motivated to jump in.
Not sure, I may be biased, I feel sympathy for troubled projects that get delayed once and again.
Edit: Thanks for the list bttb.
Pureauthor
Member
Ah, numbers. Nice.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Are you correcting typos? If so, 89 is Nintendo, not Sega.
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New Play Control was quite the thing in Japan, eh? GIVE ME WIND WAKER!
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New Play Control was quite the thing in Japan, eh? GIVE ME WIND WAKER!
cvxfreak said:
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FRANCHISE TOTAL SKUs PUBLISHER
1 Mario 5,279,859 13 Nintendo
2 Pokemon 4,671,440 9 Nintendo
3 Dragon Quest 4,312,632 7 Square-Enix
4 Final Fantasy 2,743,752 11 Square-Enix
5 Monster Hunter 2,155,879 5 Capcom
6 Wii Fit 1,933,326 2 Nintendo
7 Wii Sports 1,897,192 2 Nintendo
8 Gundam 1,598,005 12 Bandai Namco
9 Winning Eleven 1,409,225 9 Konami
10 Musou 1,276,161 8 Koei
11 Tales 1,218,211 7 Bandai Namco
12 Inazuma Eleven 1,149,041 3 Level 5
13 TaikonoTatsujin 919,607 5 Bandai Namco
14 Prof. Layton 918,580 4 Level 5
15 Resident Evil 801,860 7 Capcom
16 Yakuza 766,660 5 Sega
17 Phantasy Star 642,241 3 SegaCertainly not as a publisher of quality games. SCE still does well in that area, even though more and more of their hits are non-Japanese games like GoW or Heavy Rain. That said, there are many high quality developers and publishers these days, so it's not like SCE is much of a standout in that regard, either.Acosta said:
I'm referring more to sales performance, yes. In Japan, only Nintendo stands out as a first party. To even mention SCE as a first party in the same breadth as Nintendo is totally misleading and such expectations will only inflate expectations for games like GT5 and as we saw back in 2008, LBP.
mcreate 2009 CY 29/12/08 03/01/10 xxx [ALL] Top 500 Software Sales (All Publishers) - 60.286.756
mcreate 2009 CY 29/12/08 03/01/10 xxx [ALL] Top 1000 Software Sales (All Publishers) -
mcreate 2009 CY 29/12/08 03/01/10 xxx [ALL] Total Software Sales (All Publishers) - 68.556.398
Top 500 represents 87,94% of the total market. Top 1000 must be close to 95%.
mcreate 2009 CY 29/12/08 03/01/10 xxx [ALL] Top 1000 Software Sales (All Publishers) -
mcreate 2009 CY 29/12/08 03/01/10 xxx [ALL] Total Software Sales (All Publishers) - 68.556.398
Top 500 represents 87,94% of the total market. Top 1000 must be close to 95%.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
timetokill said:
Million sellers this generation:
PS3: Final Fantasy XIII.
PSP: Monster Hunter 2g, Monster Hunter 2, Monster Hunter
Wii: NSMB Wii, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Play, MK Wii, Smash Bros Brawl, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, Mario Party 8, Animal Crossing, Monster Hunter 3, Mario Galaxy
DS: NSMB, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Animal Crossing, Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest V, Dragon Quest VI, Dragon Quest IX, Dragon Quest Monsters Joker, Mario Kart, Tomodachi Collection, English Training, Nintendogs (combined, not individual), Mario Party, Rhythm Heaven, Big Brain Academy, Common Knowledge Training, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 (combined, not individual), Tetris, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Kirby Squeak Squad, WarioWare Touched, SM64DS, Tomogotchi Connection 1, FF3, Love and Berry, Inazuma Eleven 2 (combined, not individual)
Within 25k-50k: Layton 1, Cooking Navi, Dissidia (including rerelease, not original).
cvxfreak said:
Yes, I'm agree with you. But I have enjoyed what SCE Japan has made this generation, I am not sure if they should have tried to be more ambitious, but I really liked Loco Roco, Patapon and Echochrome. I believe there is good talent there.
But no, SCE it´s not in the same breath of Nintendo, they have a good portfolio quality wise, and some good hits checking their global output, but Nintendo is in another league.
nincompoop
Banned
The Wii port of Okami sold fewer copies than the PS2 version sold in 2009? I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Skiptastic
Member
Interesting statistics.
Out of curiosity, why did it take nearly four months to throw this together?
Out of curiosity, why did it take nearly four months to throw this together?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Skiptastic said:
because this list is just a portion of a large book that discusses and provides financial analysis for the japanese gaming industry, that book takes a few months to be released, and once it's released, someone (GEIMIN) needs to buy it, transcribe it, and put it online. then someone else needs to make it english for you.
Okami is a budget game on the PS2 (and Wii, but less so). Budget games have huge legs. The PS2 version had the whole year to sell barely 1K more than the Wii version.nincompoop said:
Now, if you had mentioned RE4 on Wii and PS2, then I would have agreed.
Japanese gamers are buying the worst version. Pretty good "PS3 the Best" sales, almost on top except for Mingol. The total should be around 250k now.
Regarding "the Best" budget re-releases, there are 13 for PS3, 11 for PS2 and 9 for PSP in the list.
Aww, 3k short of being the best selling Atelier title since 2001. Still very nice.
AranhaHunter
Banned
duckroll said:
I agree with you, but I don't think it'll just sell 500k either (as I think that's your prediction IIRC?), I think 700-800k before re releases is a fair prediction.
cvxfreak said:
IMO, SCEJ has gone downhill every generation since PS1 whereas SCEE and SCEA have gotten better. Talking purely about games development, SCEJ is the weaklink in SCEWWS, they're more than a couple of notches below the other 2 main branches.
EDIT: And thanks BTTB for this thread, really appreciated.
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