Microsoft in advance of The NPD's December report has noted that it sold 1.9 million units of the Xbox 360 in December, which is the biggest month in Xbox history, helping to solidify the company's biggest year in Xbox history as well.
$6.2 billion was spent on Xbox 360 products during December, and Microsoft said Xbox 360 was the only console to show year-over-year growth at 42%, making it the fastest-growing console in 2010.
As was already indicated by Major Nelson earlier, demand was quite high and supplies were tight. Microsoft said that "in order to keep up with holiday demand in December for Xbox 360 and Kinect, Microsoft pulled units from its January and February production."
The company continued, "Despite this, Microsoft still experienced out of supply situations in late December, and it expects supply constraint to continue in January and February as it works with retail and manufacturing partners to expedite production and shipments to replenish the channel."
On the software side, December saw three of the top ten console game titles on Xbox 360: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Kinect Sports.
ecember 2010 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)
Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC) 1 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Just Dance 2 (Wii) 2 UBISOFT
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm** (PC) 3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3) 4 UBISOFT
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) 5 NINTENDO
Disney Epic Mickey** (Wii) 6 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) 7 ELECTRONIC ARTS
Michael Jackson The Experience** (Wii, NDS, PSP) 8 UBISOFT
NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC) 9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (360, PS3, Wii, PC) 10 ELECTRONIC ARTS
Annual 2010 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC) Rank Publisher
Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, PC, NDS) 1 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) 2 ELECTRONIC ARTS
Halo: Reach** (360) 3 MICROSOFT
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) 4 NINTENDO
Red Dead Redemption (360, PS3) 5 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
Wii Fit Plus** (Wii) 6 NINTENDO
Just Dance 2 (Wii) 7 UBISOFT
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2** (360, PS3, PC) 8 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3) 9 UBISOFT
NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, PC) 10 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
ORT WASHINGTON, NY, January 13, 2011 – According to leading market research company, The NPD Group, the preliminary estimate* for total consumer spend on gaming content via all monetization methods, including new physical video and PC games, used games, game rentals, subscriptions, digital full-game downloads, social network games, downloadable content, and mobile game apps, is between $15.4 to $15.6 billion. This total consumer spend on games content in 2010 represent sales that are flat to down by as much as 1 percent when compared to 2009.
Based on this estimate, spending on new physical content at retail continues to account for the majority of the total consumer spend on games content. U.S. retail sales of new physical video game content, which includes portable, console and PC game software, generated revenues of $10.1 billion, a 5 percent decline over the $10.6 billion generated in 2010.
Bright spots came from PC games new physical retail software, which was up 3 percent in 2010, as well as increases in the consumer spend on used games sales, full-game digital downloads and downloadable content, mobile gaming apps, and social network gaming, which offset declines in console and portable new physical game sales, rentals, and subscriptions.
“December 2010 represented one of the strongest monthly performances the industry has ever had at retail. It was a robust finish to a year marked by innovation and engaging millions of consumers through a multitude of delivery models,” said Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, the trade group that represents U.S. computer and video game publishers. “Computer and video games led all other entertainment options as we responded to consumers’ demands for creative content on every platform from consoles to smart phones to handheld game devices. I look forward to a strong 2011 with a great pipeline of titles, many of which will be unveiled at the global center of video games—the E3 Expo.”
“The dynamics of games content purchasing changed dramatically in 2010 with options ranging from the physical product to digital downloads on connected devices as well as in-store digital kiosks,” said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. “The increasing number of ways to acquire the content has allowed the industry to maintain total consumer spend on content as compared to 2009, and we should expect 2011 to be a growth year in the games industry as the consumer demand for gaming continues to evolve.”
Overall
"We estimate that the total consumer spend on games content to be between $15.4B and $15.6B for 2010, which is about flat to last year. This year, declines in portable and console game sales were offset by new physical PC game sales, which increased by 3%, and increases in the consumer spend occuring via digital download, mobile gaming apps, social network games, and used games. We will issue our final analysis of the total consumer spend on the industry in March when we release our 2010 edition of the Games Industry Total Consumer Spend report."
"Sales of new physical video game hardware, software & accessories ended 2010 at $18.6B, a 6% decrease from 2009. If we include PC game sales, which enjoyed an increase of 3% versus '09, sales hit $19.3B, down 5% from '09. Aside from PC games, accessory sales were up over 13% due to an increase in the average retail price of accessory items of 20%. "
"Among new physical video game sales in December 2010, the Wii and the 360 platforms generated the greatest dollar sales of all platforms, at 32% and 31% of dollar sales respectively, across all categories including hardware, software and accessories."
Hardware
"In 2010, the Xbox 360 platform was the only system to enjoy a year-over-year increase in unit sales over 2009. December 2010 is the best month ever for Xbox 360 hardware sales."
"For the month of December, the Nintendo DS was the best-selling hardware system, achieving an install base of over 47 million units sold in the U.S., which now surpasses that of the PS2."
Software
"The best-selling game for the month, and for the year, was Call of Duty: Black Ops. Year-to-date it has sold more than 12 million units across all platforms, which is more than twice as many as the second best-selling title of the year, Madden NFL '11. This might lead some to think the industry is becoming more hit-driven with sales more concentrated among the top titles, but in fact, sales of the top 10 titles this year represented about the same percentage of total unit sales as they did last year."
"The top five games of the year are Call of Duty: Black Ops, Madden NFL '11, Halo: Reach, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Red Dead Redemption."
"On an SKU basis, games that are in the top 10 for the month that aren't reflected in our title-level best-selling list include Kinect Sports from Microsoft, UDraw Studio with UDraw Tablet from THQ, and Dance Central from Microsoft. Outside of Black Ops and Assassin’s Creed, the top list on both a SKU and title level basis reflects an array of content that is appealing outside the core audience for gaming that you might expect to sell well during the holiday timeframe."
"PC game dollar sales were up 62% in December led by sales of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion pack. For 2010 new physical PC game sales, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm are the best-selling games, representing 14% of total pc game unit sales for the year."
"Among the top 10 titles for the month, two are third-party Wii games including Just Dance 2 from Ubisoft, which was the best-selling game for the month at the SKU level, and Epic Mickey from Disney."
Accessories
"December 2010 is the biggest month for accessories sales in history, due to a hefty increase in the average retail price driven by specialty controllers.
"The Kinect was the best-selling accessory item for the second month in a row, following its release in early November."
"For both the month of December and for the whole year, Point & Subscription cards grew the most in unit volume vs. 2009. This is a retail reflection of the growing importance of digitally delivered gaming content."
PS3 1.21 mill
360 1.86 mill
Wii 2.36 mill
DS 2.5 mill
3 people from here (demi, Beezy and one person I do not recall) bought a PS3 in December in the US
+3 Sony NPD :rock
YEAR OF PS3 CONTINUES
December 2010 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)
Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC) 1 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Just Dance 2 (Wii) 2 UBISOFT
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm** (PC) 3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3) 4 UBISOFT
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) 5 NINTENDO
Disney Epic Mickey** (Wii) 6 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) 7 ELECTRONIC ARTS
Michael Jackson The Experience** (Wii, NDS, PSP) 8 UBISOFT
NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC) 9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (360, PS3, Wii, PC) 10 ELECTRONIC ARTS
Annual 2010 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC) Rank Publisher
Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, PC, NDS) 1 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) 2 ELECTRONIC ARTS
Halo: Reach** (360) 3 MICROSOFT
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) 4 NINTENDO
Red Dead Redemption (360, PS3) 5 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
Wii Fit Plus** (Wii) 6 NINTENDO
Just Dance 2 (Wii) 7 UBISOFT
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2** (360, PS3, PC) 8 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3) 9 UBISOFT
NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, PC) 10 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
I was just about to mention GT 5.
What's the excuse now since it had a full month.
What's the individual top 10?
"On an SKU basis, games that are in the top 10 for the month that aren't reflected in our title-level best-selling list include Kinect Sports from Microsoft, UDraw Studio with UDraw Tablet from THQ, and Dance Central from Microsoft. Outside of Black Ops and Assassin’s Creed, the top list on both a SKU and title level basis reflects an array of content that is appealing outside the core audience for gaming that you might expect to sell well during the holiday timeframe."
Natal Dance Central > GT5 :lolNatal :lol
DS - 2.4 million
Wii - 2.2 million
360 - 1.9 million
PS3 - 1.1 million
PSP - 500 000
What an amazing YEAR OF PLAYSTATION:
- Borys buys one
Gran Turismo 5 :rofl
DS - 2.4 million
Wii - 2.2 million
360 - 1.9 million
PS3 - 1.1 million
PSP - 500 000
QuoteDS - 2.4 million
Wii - 2.2 million
360 - 1.9 million
PS3 - 1.1 million
PSP - 500 000
That dude said that he heard them in some Sweden podcast yesterday
I know,but this a pretty stretchy rumor,Sweden podcast getting numbers day before MS,Sony,Nintendo...that would be some serious leakQuoteDS - 2.4 million
Wii - 2.2 million
360 - 1.9 million
PS3 - 1.1 million
PSP - 500 000
That dude said that he heard them in some Sweden podcast yesterday
Hence rumored (till we get from Pacther, etc)
I know,but this a pretty stretchy rumor,Sweden podcast getting numbers day before MS,Sony,Nintendo...that would be some serious leakQuoteDS - 2.4 million
Wii - 2.2 million
360 - 1.9 million
PS3 - 1.1 million
PSP - 500 000
That dude said that he heard them in some Sweden podcast yesterday
Hence rumored (till we get from Pacther, etc)
Usually if something leaks from NPD it happens after subscribers get their numbers
I know,but this a pretty stretchy rumor,Sweden podcast getting numbers day before MS,Sony,Nintendo...that would be some serious leakQuoteDS - 2.4 million
Wii - 2.2 million
360 - 1.9 million
PS3 - 1.1 million
PSP - 500 000
That dude said that he heard them in some Sweden podcast yesterday
Hence rumored (till we get from Pacther, etc)
Usually if something leaks from NPD it happens after subscribers get their numbers
read my edit
Surprised Epic Mickey actually charted. Guess that's Disney Marketing Magic
Surprised Epic Mickey actually charted. Guess that's Disney Marketing Magic
360 - 6.76 million
PS3 - 4.33 million
Also, I expect PS3 to outsell the 360 for the next two months.
Why would PS3 outsell the 360 in Jan/Feb?
Why would PS3 outsell the 360 in Jan/Feb?
Quote360 - 6.76 million
PS3 - 4.33 million
Remember when PS3 gaining 50-100k back in May/June was a massive achievement?
Why would PS3 outsell the 360 in Jan/Feb?
There're plenty more people like Don Flamenco out there.
Fuck yeah Donkey Kong. By far Retro's most successful game and on a worldwide basis.By far the best quality wise as well.spoiler (click to show/hide)that's not a compliment, btw[close]
Yep, I'd say the 360 has decisively pulled ahead of the PS3 now.
Kinect Sports and Dance Central have both sold 1 million units in US alone LTD.
Top PlayStation Highlights
- PS3 was only console to have 32% increase in software sales YOY.
- LittleBigPlanet 2 currently has a Metacritic score of 94, which makes it one of the Top 10 PS3 games of all times.
the PS3 is perhaps the only console that grows more valuable over time
Fuck yeah Donkey Kong. By far Retro's most successful game and on a worldwide basis.By far the best quality wise as well.spoiler (click to show/hide)that's not a compliment, btw[close]
Sony PRQuotethe PS3 is perhaps the only console that grows more valuable over time
Sony PRQuotethe PS3 is perhaps the only console that grows more valuable over time
More valuable for whom, exactly?
If you want to look at the recent holiday season as "Round 1" of the motion controls battle between Microsoft and Sony, it would appear that Microsoft's Kinect is winning handily (bad pun, considering that it's "hands free" gaming). Not only has Kinect quickly shipped 8 million units, but for the month of December, Xbox 360 Kinect bundles outsold PS3 Move bundles considerably. The software for the motion camera is faring far better too, according to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter.http://www.industrygamers.com/news/microsofts-xbox-360-kinect-bundles-outsold-move-bundles-by-51/ (http://www.industrygamers.com/news/microsofts-xbox-360-kinect-bundles-outsold-move-bundles-by-51/)
"About one fifth of PS3 sales included bundles with Sony’s Move controller, suggesting a modest third month (we have chosen not to subscribe to peripheral data). About half of Xbox 360 sales included bundles with Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral, as Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles outsold PS3 Move console bundles by 5:1," Pachter said.
"Microsoft announced that it has shipped 8 million Kinect units since launch (in November), which was raised from its earlier goal of 5 million. More significantly, in our view, the top two selling Kinect software titles outsold the top two Move titles by over 13:1."
couldn't find appropriate smiley
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Not a smiley but it works.
No one with a clue outside of console fanboy wankery considered Kinect and Move in direct competition with one another, or that Move would come anywhere close competing with Kinect even in a vague way. The fact that MS keeps harping on it just comes off as immature as hell.
It was posted on no smiley forum,responseQuoteNo one with a clue outside of console fanboy wankery considered Kinect and Move in direct competition with one another, or that Move would come anywhere close competing with Kinect even in a vague way. The fact that MS keeps harping on it just comes off as immature as hell.
So what is then Move competition,Wii?
That turned out even worse
Reminds me of "Wii is not competition" Sony stuff...
It was posted on no smiley forum,responseQuoteNo one with a clue outside of console fanboy wankery considered Kinect and Move in direct competition with one another, or that Move would come anywhere close competing with Kinect even in a vague way. The fact that MS keeps harping on it just comes off as immature as hell.
So what is then Move competition,Wii?
That turned out even worse
Reminds me of "Wii is not competition" Sony stuff...
560? It'll end up where GT4 did in the long run.
Epic Mickey ranked among the top-selling console games in December, according to figures released by the NPD Group. Disney sold 1.3 million units, said people familiar with the data.
got this from another site im on someguy purchased it and talked to the Target Rep :
'hey again we are sorry and we will honor this purchase it has to be a slim because we don't have any of the bigger models anymore is that suitable for you?'' i said yup and he said again we are truly sorry and they really dropped the ball on this one you should receive it in 2-4 weeks...
PS3 is selling for $40 on Target/Amazon (orders will probably get cancelled) and is one of the top things on amazon now :lol
next month PS3 counter attack :punch
1. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 623,500%
Sales Rank in Video Games: 1 (was 6,236 yesterday)
Sony :bow2
Year of the PS3 continues!
If somebody is interested in UK 2010 stuff
Online MCV mag
http://62.128.151.219/A1qndr/MCV140111/resources/index.htm (http://62.128.151.219/A1qndr/MCV140111/resources/index.htm)
Tons of data there,
top 50,various gaming related percentages,movie industry percentages,article about Capcom saying that smartphones have taken place of the DS,PSP and PC,etc
So-so read but the data was good. Not surprised to see the head of Capcom's mobile division talking up smartphones over dedicated gaming devices and PCs, but it's a bit embarrassing she opted to use Smurf's Village to highlight her points.
If somebody is interested in UK 2010 stuff
Online MCV mag
http://62.128.151.219/A1qndr/MCV140111/resources/index.htm (http://62.128.151.219/A1qndr/MCV140111/resources/index.htm)
Tons of data there,
top 50,various gaming related percentages,movie industry percentages,article about Capcom saying that smartphones have taken place of the DS,PSP and PC,etc
So-so read but the data was good. Not surprised to see the head of Capcom's mobile division talking up smartphones over dedicated gaming devices and PCs, but it's a bit embarrassing she opted to use Smurf's Village to highlight her points.
Yeah,not surprising at all,lots of Capcom support for iPhone.Even Bethesda is "thinking" to do something with it,not even a mention of 3DS,PS2 in the latest interview.They did plan to release Oblivion on PSP,but that got canned.Good thing is that they might do something "unique".
I think that lots of western devs are the same...portable GTA iPhone exclusive,oh well
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBsd0H1pAHo[/youtube]
Quite interesting jrpg description...
...until you realize its barely outselling the PS2 as that system was dieing and not getting new games. :lol :lol :lol
Not if you use logic and compare it to the Xbox 360 in the same amount of years, where it's doing almost exactly the same therefore both consoles are "failure".
launch aligning is tantamount to that most heinous of crimes....insider trading.
I request you stop abusing the dear, sweet English language, sir.
Some numbers/info from Invisible Walls again.http://www.gametrailers.com/video/episode-143-invisible-walls/709693 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/episode-143-invisible-walls/709693)
100 games sold over 100k.
13 Wii games in top 30.
8 360 games in top 30.
5 PS3 games in top 30
4 DS games in top 30.
3 PSP games in top 200.
No Move games in the top 30.
3 or 4 Kinect games in top 30.
Just Dance 2 - ~2 million
Donkey Kong Country Returns - 1.344 million
Super Mario All Stars - ~500k
God of War Ghost of Sparta - About 100k-150k/roughly 10% as much as Chains of Olympus's first 2 months
GBA - 42
GCN - 2
DS - 2,512,317
PS2 - 75,428
PS3 - 1,209,660
PSP - 428,566
Wii - 2,355,151
X-Box - 0
360 - 1,856,438
and again
GCN-2
Xbox-0
>:(
When Nintendo can sell over half a million of a rom dump you know piracy problems are overblown.
When Nintendo can sell over half a million of a rom dump you know piracy problems are overblown.
Hacking your console requires at least a modicum of intelligence, something the people buying this rom dump obviously lack.
its the Wii audience, its the casual, soft gamer audience that's fickle as hell but sure as shit loves the fuck outta Just Dance. In the film industry they've got something they call "high concept", the Wii audience by and large only makes hits out of high concept games, if you need more than a single short sentence to explain it, its gonna tank.
"Mario does more stuff."
"Its like karaoke, but with dancing."
"Its right there in the title, Carnival Games."
"Pretend to get in shape with a videogame."
Its the people that made huge hits out of those games that would buy a really lazy Mario collection by the thousands and be perfectly happy with it, they don't expect much out of their gaming because they sure as hell don't put much into it. This isn't every Wii owner, but it sure accounts for a lot of them.
And with all those Epic Mickey sales, apparently tons of Disney Interactive people have gotten the boot INCLUDING heavy cuts at Junction Point.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/32616/Report_Disney_Interactive_Sees_Significant_Layoffs.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/32616/Report_Disney_Interactive_Sees_Significant_Layoffs.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader)
Large media company makes large, overblown investment into video gaming and then pulls out a few years later? Well sir, I am shocked, and I for one will not take this kind of garbage fromTime WarnerUniversalVirginFoxViacomMTVDisney!
Why do people even take jobs with these kinds of companies? No matter what you do, you'll end up out on your arse sooner or later. Next up, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment!
Large media company makes large, overblown investment into video gaming and then pulls out a few years later? Well sir, I am shocked, and I for one will not take this kind of garbage fromTime WarnerUniversalVirginFoxViacomMTVDisney!
Why do people even take jobs with these kinds of companies? No matter what you do, you'll end up out on your arse sooner or later. Next up, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment!
Deca Sports
Carnival Games, LEGO Star Wars, Rayman Raving Rabbids, GH World Tour, Deca Sports, EA Sports Active, and Monster Hunter Tri round out the major third party successes on the Wii. Epic Mickey just on its first month's sales is like the 12th highest selling third party Wii game in NA. That is not a major endorsement for Epic Mickey as much as it is a statement of how shitty third party sales have been on the Wii overall.
I am mystified as to how Carnival Games managed to sell so many copies.
I bought it
Also, it was cheap.
I am mystified as to how Carnival Games managed to sell so many copies.QuoteI bought itQuoteAlso, it was cheap.
What about Sonic games? I think the first shit one did ok, I think the medieval one flopped, but what about Colors?
Well, no surprise, but the highest selling are the Mario & Sonic games, with Summer at more than 2 million in NA alone, and Winter well over a million in NA. Secret Rings is over 700k in NA, over 1.5 mill WW. Unleashed is 400k+ in NA, about a million WW. Black Knight was a "disaster" and "only" sold a couple hundred thousand in NA, over 400k WW.
Colors, so far, is performing somewhat similarly to Unleashed.
Sonic has always enjoyed very good sales in Europe. It's how Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing managed to chin up over a million copies in spite of only selling a couple hundred k in North America and not even releasing in Japan. They really love the little blue fucker there.
Information which has GFK/Media Control/Chart-Track/Nielsen as a source only accounts for the UK, Germany, France and Spain - these four markets make up 75-80 percent of all European sales.
Console hardware:Quote2008 2009 2010
360 2662k 2368k 2549k
PS2 767k 474k 158k
PS3 2617k 3068k 2774k
Wii 6361k 4962k 3609k
(base: 133 pixels <=> 12M; 1 pixel <~> 90.2k)
Console softwareQuote2008 2009 2010
360 20.99M 25.00M 27.86M
PS2 20.23M 10.50M 4.20M
PS3 20.23M 26.53M 33.40M
Wii 36.26M 38.55M 32.44M
(base: 131 pixels <=> 100M; 1 pixel <~> 763.36k)
Handheld hardwareQuote2008 2009 2010
GBA ~38k 0 0
NDS 8.44M 6.72M 4.77M
PSP 1.91M 1.45M 0.97M
(base: 131 pixels <=> 10M; 1 pixel <~> 76.336k)
Handheld softwareQuote2008 2009 2010
GBA 0.76M 0.29M 0
NDS 45.42M 35.78M 26.53M
PSP 10.69M 7.92M 6.77M
(base: 131 pixels <=> 50M; 1 pixel <~> 381.7kk)
360 2662k 2368k 2549k
PS2 767k 474k 158k
Annihilated
Pixel counting? Really?