August Console Sales Numbers
 

Consoles:

Wii 403.6 K
Nintendo DS 383.3K
Xbox 360 276.7K
PlayStation 2 202K
PlayStation Portable 151.2 K
PlayStation 3 130.6K
GBA 69.5K

Software:

01. Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360) - 896,600
02. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) - 643,600
03. BioShock (Xbox 360) - 490,900
04. Madden NFL 08 (PS3) - 336,200
05. Wii Play (Wii) - 256,800
06. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii) - 218,100
07. Mario Strikers Charged (Wii) - 147,400
08. Guitar Hero II (PS2) - 145,400
09. Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 138,300
10. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (PS2) - 127,100
11. Madden NFL 08 (Wii)
12. Madden NFL 08 (Xbox)
13. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day (DS)
14. Two Worlds (Xbox 360)
15. Pokemon Diamond (DS)
16. High School Musical: Makin' The Cut (DS)
17. Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)
18. Madden NFL 08 (PSP)
19. Pokemon Pearl (DS)
20. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360)

Wii beats DS for the second month running, impressive.

Xbox 360 price drop enables it to double PS3 sales and to beat the PS2 for only the second month since the 360 launched.

Metroid Prime 3 with good numbers despite only being on sale for four days of the reported period. Bioshock had good numbers as well.

Madden and Guitar Hero are juggernauts but we knew that already.

Either Wii owners read Madden reviews or just don't care about the series in general, sales down near the OG Xbox. PS3 users obviously didn't care that much about 30 fps (considering installed base of course) or maybe they just didn't have anything else to play.

I don't have time to look it up, but I think those numbers still may be down from the same time last year for Madden.

Those Bioshock numbers are impressive. I wonder how much they contributed towards the huge 360 sales spike. Certainly the first month in a while that Microsoft should be feeling very good about. Of course, the Wii continues to amaze.

And I'll try to say before the spinmaster gets in here - Sony has to be concerned at how short-lived the closed gap between them and M$ was after the price drop of the PS3. Madden being just under double on the PS2 compared to the PS3 is also a very dramatic message about the PS3 imo.

Yeah, the PS3 basically needs FF13 and MGS4 to come out tomorrow alongside a price cut to $299.

[spin]Potential buyers have heard rumors of the PS3 price drop before the holidays and are waiting until then to purchase so this drop in sales was 100% expected.[/spin]

Well the true SDF spin is that if you add PS3, PS2, and PSP together they utterly smoke Microsoft and Nintendo (well, as long as you separate the Wii and DS).

Then I think you're supposed to link to some Killzone 2 screenshots.

When the PS2 has 15x the installed base of the PS3, if it *doesn't* sell at least twice as many copies, then it's a danger signal for EA.

I'd be more worried about the PS3 hardware numbers coming in right at just about double the Game Boy Advance than I would be about the PS2 version of Madden outselling its big brother 2-to-1.

What were Madden sales on the 360 compared to the XBOX last year? I'd be pretty shocked if they were this dramatic.

Maybe it's a side effect of the PS3 not selling, but the pure numbers are still very bad news. If nothing else, no one decided it was finally time to go from the PS2 to the PS3 when Madden came out.

I just don't see how this isn't bad news, even if it is an indirect outcome of the bad sales. We keep saying the PS3 is just waiting for games. It gets one of the biggest games every season and does very little with it.

And as expected, the 360 dip that allowed the PS3 to catch up last month was because everyone knew the price drop was right around the corner, waited, and blew the PS3 out of the water this month.

Frankly, since the Xbox hasn't been commercially available since Nov. 2005, I'd be pretty shocked if they *weren't* fairly dramatic. The Xbox has had a stable userbase for the last 18 months, while the PS2 still has growth potential.


I don't know if even Madden is good enough to convince somebody to spend $560 on the jump. Madden plus might be, but not 'just' Madden.

[quote[I just don't see how this isn't bad news, even if it is an indirect outcome of the bad sales. We keep saying the PS3 is just waiting for games. It gets one of the biggest games every season and does very little with it.[/quote]

If a porcupine whacks you in the face with quills, are you going to feel it much if, while stumbling around blindly, your thumb pokes a piece of wood and you get a splinter?

Maybe in an abstract manner, but the quills in your freaking *face* are going to provide a much greater distraction.

The Madden sales aren't *good* news, but give the bad news Sony has racked up in the last 10 months, they're definitely a splinter by comparison.

Fair enough. Can we agree that the Madden sales are further proof that things aren't getting any better?

Apparently, the Surge of PS3's is turning out just as bad as that other famous Surge.

(Ok, that is my one political joke in this thread)

No argument.

Sweet ;)...

That's really what I'm trying to say - this is bad news because things are just as bad, if not worse after the release of a hot game. that's all.

Sorry, the rules for these threads, and this forum in general, prohibit this kind of reply.

:D

Your mother wears army boots.

A gamespot article analyzing the sales numbers:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6178770...stnews;title;0

A few interesting tidbits:

- Almost a billion dollar in sales between software, hardware, and accessories in August alone. That is up almost 33% from last year's August suggesting all of the next gen consoles are boosting sales.

- Bioshock outsold the next non Madden title by over a 2-1 margin. It along with Madden and the price cut is being attributed as the main reason for the bump in sales of the 360.

- Analysts are predicting a continued trend of increased sales of 360's due to Halo in September and throughout the holiday season.

- Analysts believe the Wii supply will not meet the demand until sometime in 2008 and supply issues are the reason that sales dropped slightly from the record setting July.

They are down, actually quite a bit down. Those numbers are roughly 10-15% off last year's numbers depending on your source. That's a pretty scary drop for EA.

PS3 numbers are downright horrible. I'm still trying to figure out why Sony can't notice that the best strategy for them is being stated on every message board and gaming site on the internet. Someone needs to tell them that people aren't calling for a price cut just because they want it cheaper. It's because the market can't handle a price point higher than $399 right now. Pull your head out.

Worse yet, Sony is getting beat by a company in MS who is absolutely overwhelmed with repair requests right now and is a customer service disaster. Not only have they switched to 7 day shipping to save money (and lengthen down time for consumers by one week). their repair times have ballooned 2 to 3 times. It's likely going to get worse before it gets better.

Meanwhile, the Wii just keeps on selling. I've noticed they haven't even been advertising that much of late. They're just selling it on word of mouth at this point. Best way to do it.

Bill Harris tossed up a column discussing the NPD numbers for August......

http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2...f-week_13.html

Thanks for looking that up.. I'm pretty sure it has been a 10-15% each year since they got the exclusive deal.

They too, like Sony, don't seem to get the message.

So at this rate how long for the PS3 to catch up to the 360? My calculator keeps giving me an error when I try to figure it out.

Here's the most recent WEEKLY numbers from Japan. Of interest is that every single console saw a significant sales drop last week. It's really starting to look like a lot of consumers are starting to put off any console purchasing decisions because of rumored price drops and the upcoming holidays.

1) Nintendo DS Lite: 77,488 [5,264,248] -16,851
2) Nintendo Wii: 29,088 [2,619,238] -10,283
3) Playstation Portable: 15,564 [1,385,230] -6,632
4) PlayStation 2: 13,360 [559,434] -920
5) PlayStation 3: 13,248 [675,170] -4,820
6) Xbox 360: 1,286 [142,644] -349
7) Game Boy Micro: 428 [24,939] +165
8 )Game Boy Advance SP: 122 [20,446] -73
9) GameCube: 82 [9,547] +9
10) Nintendo DS: 0 [2,756] +0
11) Game Boy Advance: 0 [935] -16

PS3 looking good in preseason

His last sentence cracks me up. They're already irrelevant.

DING! DING! DING! We have a winner - gstelmack - COME ON DOWN!

FYI to Halo purchasers. Free Gold membership preview Sept. 25-27.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....CMP=rdr0001143

What better PS3 sales or lead in Chinese toys?

New PS3 supplier added by Sony, fueling the rumor that the 40 GB PS3 will soon be a reality........

http://www.evertiq.com/newsx/read_ne...sid=8755&cat=1

Woohoo! I'll take your first round pick in the WOOF draft.

Oh, wait...

:D

With the release of the PSP2000 (PSP lite), I'm looking to buy a PSP right now. The Daxter bundle doesn't look too bad.

Silver PSP2000, 1GB memory, and Daxter/Family Guy for $199

Does anyone think the PSP is going to dip in price again so soon after dropping to $169?

I don't think it will. Which was one of the reasons I picked up the PSP Daxter bundle yesterday. That and I finally decided that Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness is a must purchase title for me which probably won't get ported to any other system so I finally have a reason to buy a PSP.

How is it? Any good? I'm thinking that the PSP is the most affordable/flexible game system right now with ports of games from XBOX and the PS3.

Oh, and I'm also more inclined to buy the PSP because of the up-and-coming release of the PSP port of Final Fantasy Tactics. :)

I might buy that also, but will probably wait on a few reviews and comments from others to see if the new stuff justifies another purchase. So far there is nothing out on the PSP that is an automatic purchase for me. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 looks tempting. (I own the original Monster Hunter for the PS2.) Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth looks interesting. (I own the original PS version.) On the PSP, the Jeanne D'Arc/Brave Story/Tales of the World/Metal Gear Solid/Metal Gear Acid/GTA/Katamari and other games all seem worth playing, but I don't know if any of them would hold my interest for any length of time. What games have you been looking at?

The new PSP seem like a nice system. I have not used it that much, and don't have the original model to compare it against. One annoying thing about my PSP is that it has a small row of pixels (1x8 maybe?) in the top left quadrant of the screen that are almost always "white". It can be a distraction sometimes, but I suppose I will get use to it. I never had any pixel problems with my 2 DS systems.

I should add there are several games like Marvel: Ultimate Alliance that are out for both the PS2 and PSP in which I have purchased the PS2 version. However, I didn't own a PSP at that time.

On my way to Gamestop after work, I called them up and they had stock of the Daxter bundle.

I'm probably picking up Jeanne D'Arc, my friend says it's pretty great and worth the $$$. I've played through Valkyre Profile before, and it doesn't really appeal to me to play it a 2nd time around , considering it's a direct port (unlike FFT, which has a lot of added stuff... I can't wait for the cutscenes.)

Jeanne should keep me occupied until FFT is released in early October.

"When my console puked a few months ago, I had a replacement unit in less than two weeks, and overall, I was satisfied with the service. Now, though, the replacement time seems to be 4-6 weeks, which is totally beyond what anyone would consider as reasonable."

My 360 just RRoD'ed on me and reading this is not fun...

(EDIT: That's from Bill Harris' blog linked above, btw)

Just an fyi for anyone purchasing a PSP or DS, Circuit City has buy one get one 50% off sale on their handheld games.

There is also a potential $169.99 pricematch from Target on the Dax bundle. The cheapassgamer forums has the info on it, but since it involves a cached link (but people have still got it to work) I'll let anyone interested head over that way on their own.

The $169.99 pricematch was a mistake on Target's part, IIRC. They've corrected it and relisted the price at $199.99

Got the PSP 2000 and Damn. This thing's light as a feather.

Actually, I think Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness is an expanded port of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness from the PS2.

It's got some PSP-specific stuff in it, but it's mostly a port of the PS2 game if I'm not mistaken.

Screen shots of new PS3 SKU now available. Looks like the new 40 GB PS3 is on the way.

http://pocketnews.cocolog-nifty.com/.../070912_01.jpg

New announcements coming out on 1UP's podcast concerning Tokyo Game show info. DualShock 3 and Ace Combat 6 confirmed for the PS3. Also, spin-off versions of Kingdom Hearts will be released on consoles other than the PS3. The main franchise will remain on the PS3.


Link:
http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3149993

Gamersyde has a video of the first 5 minutes of Mass Effect up and there is going to be a bunch of new info released about the game today on various sites. From watching the first 5 minutes, the game looks amazing. It looks like the 360 will exclusively have the GOTY and the runner up to the GOTY award for consoles.

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_5061_en.html

Pfft.

Lair and Heaven Sword, n00b.

lol

While I realize you're just fanning the flames with your last comment, there are a lot of games yet to come this year. Probably a bit premature to annoint a game that hasn't even come out yet. Heck, MattJones4Heisman has already proclaimed Mario Galaxy as the GOTY. Mass Effect has to get in line evidently.......

After using my PSP 2000 over the weekend, my pixel problem has improved. Now it is just one pixel that is about 50% of the time stuck in a all white state.

Picked up a usb cable ($6) and the component video out cable ($20) yesterday. It is real easy to transfer pictures and mp3s to the PSP, no software needed while using Windows XP. The component video out produces a reasonable picture on a 20" TV.

Also picked up a copy of Metal Gear Acid 2 ($10) and Monster Hunter Freedom 2 ($40) at Wal-Mart for my first games.

He's proclaimed that it has a chance to be game of the year. MJ4H is not dramatic enough to make bold predictions. :) :) Eagles is making a prediction, nothing more, nothing less.

Odds are, the PS3 won't have a GOTY candidate in the top 5.

Tell me how MHF2 plays without the multiplayer option. I was under the impression that its replayability relied on the fact that the console version had the multiplayer.

Lair and ....

Top 5? Try Top 10.

I'm not totally sure about that, but after the Lair debacle, it certainly puts that much more pressure on the 9 PS3 exclusives that are upcoming this fall to perform well. I do think top 5 is much more important than picking one specific game.

With that said, I think this fall will be embarassing if the 360 doesn't get at least 4 of the 5 best fall games. With their head start, there's no reason that they shouldn't put up that kind of a performance over the other two consoles. They're going to have much stiffer competition with the franchise titles coming for the PS3 next year. They don't have nearly the competition this fall.

I love how you cover yourself with that first sentence of this paragraph..

Also, I was just making a prediction. One that I feel is a very safe prediction because Bioware has enough pull in the industry to not be rushed and to dictate their release schedule. They delivered with KOTOR 1, and it looks like this is going to be a huge hit. But yes, that is just a prediction ;)

Edit: One more "bold" prediction: With the influx of great exclusives to the 360, and the lack of quality exclusives for the PS3 that are going to be out this year, I think the 360 extends its lead over the PS3 by at least another million in the USA over this holiday season (counting the 130-140k that it gained this month.)

Huh? That's like the ramblings of a lunatic.

1) the 360 does have competition this year. It's from the Wii. Mario Galaxy and Metroid are both candidates for top five. Any other surprise hit could sneak in there, especially with the base.

2) The 360 has one A+++ title in Bioshock. They have another on the way next week with Halo. They'll have another in Mass Effect. All will be better than anything the PS3 releases this year. (yes, that's a prediction)

3) The PS3 may have some big exclusives coming out next year, but the 360 will too. MS didn't rush all the big hits out this holiday season, they just happened to hit at the same time. Rest assured, neither the 360 or the Wii are going to give up next year just cause big, bad Sony has an FF game coming out. At this time last year had you heard of Bioshock? If you had, did you think it would hbe a GOTY candidate?

Extended preview of Mass Effect from IGN (there are potentially some minor plot spoilers from early in the game)

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/820/820296p1.html

what?

I played Warhawk on the PS3 over the weekend at a friend's house, and it was alright. Fighting in the warhawks was cool. But I suck at console FPS, so I wasn't having too much fun. The only other games he has right now are Resistance and Rainbow Six... so yeah, I don't play it much.

Difficult to argue against anything you said here. Certainly makes sense. Sony has to prove something before you can expect something. While MGS4, FF13, GT5 and KH3 will all score major points next year, Sony is hoping on the sleeper hits this fall. Singstar (feel free to laugh as most of us will not buy it) is the only guaranteed hit. It sells like crazy in the EU and Japan. They're hoping that it will take off in North America in this iteration, but I doubt it will.

Also, I'm assuming your prediction on sales is predicated on the PS3 price remaining at $499. If so, then I agree.

The Wii is over-rated.

Too easy.

Former Sega PR man selected as new PR man for Sony......

:)

Scott Steinburg just took the gaming world's version of the Oakland Raiders head coaching position.

Sony PR lookin' good Pre-Release?

I find this monthly debating to be extremely hilarious.

I find your wardrobe to be extremely hilarious.

Not my fault you do not like mesh shirts.

Actually, I think it is kinda your fault.

ok, that was a good come back. :)

MHF2 does have multiplayer. It is up to 4 players over local wifi.

I actually don't like the multiplayer game play in Monster Hunter for the PS2, and haven't attempted a multiplayer mission in probably over 2 years. At least for me, the PS2 version of Monster Hunter is fun using just single player missions. And, MHF2 looks to have quite a bit more single player content than MH did.

Now, while I enjoy playing the Monster Hunter games, I definitely would not recommend it to someone that wants to play a hack and slash game. Most Monster Hunter missions require more strategy than going up to a monster and hitting your attack button over and over. Also, the camera controls and player controls, at least in Monster Hunter, required a bit of practice before I felt comfortable using them. The controls in MHF2 seem a bit easier; however, I still think some people won't like the camera controls.

Looks like more specific info released concerning Square Enix and their upcoming releases has been leaked. Couple of intriguing titles. Not sure if the FFVII game will be a remake or a sequel. Also, a KH game for the DS. Here's the list.......

Today Super Smash Bros. Brawl 4-player online was confirmed, awesome. Despite the Gamecube's rather dismal performance sales-wise last generation SSB: Melee was the second highest selling console game in the US behind Halo 2, this one ought to do even better even if it won't top Halo 3.

I don't have enough gaming time to support both handhelds (in addition to console and PC games) but when Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 comes out next year with 12 courses and what looks like 16 player online it could be hard to stop myself from buying one of the new PSPs. I want play Jeanne d'Arc as well.

There's so many good games coming out/already released in the second half of this year, it's awesome but there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day for them all. :(

Excellent!

Endless Crisis: FFVII? Probably a sequel. FFVII: Crisis Core is coming out on the PSP (already out in Japan), and it's a prequel to FFVII all the way up to the scene in midgard.

Major league booya.

You forgot to list the 360 announcements they made including "Infininte Undiscovery" coming exclusively to the 360 soon. There are also supposed to be other square projects announced on the 360 in the near future.


http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2007/0912/

I just cut and pasted what I received from someone. Didn't realize the information was incomplete. Thanks for the link.

Fixed that for ya.

Bill Harris post concerning possible PS3 price cut announcements.........

http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2...tal-tokyo.html

Just announced that Wipeout HD is now a fall 2007 release instead of 2008 release. Nice to see a PS3 game release date actually get moved up for once.

Seriously, do we have to get notified of every single rinky-dink PS3 reference that pops up on the Internet?

Yes.

These threads are more worthless to the board than Werewolf ever was. I could give a shit about every small ps3 detail, they always pop up here like it's important.

Here is a memo...."Nobody gives a fuck."

according to someone's blog, the new version of the PS3 is rumored to run on 110w power.

rumor has it that the 40 gig ps3 will also be black in color.

Will it come with a controller? Or just a power cable. Do your sources know?

I can't verify it yet, but according to some other blog, it will indeed.

I read something interesting on Heaven's BLOG today.

God gave man free will. If they don't like what is in a thread, they can choose not to click on it.

How about that shit! I can start ignoring all of these threads now. I mean, damn, there are a lot of threads to read, but now I don't have to anymore.

The rumored 54 gig version of the ps3 will feature a built in hard drive.

It was one thing when these threads were actually about games, but now they just delve more and more into inane details about a PS3 that very few people give a fuck about. Almost like people are paid to post that garbage here....

This week is likely going to be a bad week for that request. There's going to be a ton of news coming out of the Tokyo Game Show, mostly on Sony and Nintendo news. MS will have its day next week with the Halo release.

It seems just as silly that most people would rather post lengthy complaints that add little to the discussion rather than post more info about the 360 and Wii. It's nice when people like SackAttack and EF27 put up news about some of the new stuff coming out. MJ4H does a good job pointing out Wii stuff as well. Wish other people would do that more often.

When someone only posts updates about 1 console or 1 game, you get labled a fanboy and in the world of message boards, that means everything posted by that person is taken with a grain of salt (at best).

If this message board became:

Sack/EF27 - 360
Mizzou - PS3
MJ4H - Wii

Then people would more than likely continue to rely out their own info or wait for someone else to post about it because when you cram info down people's throats that is obviously one-sided, its as good as posting nothing.

Especially when you blatantly post half the news like you did with the Square stuff, completely ignoring their 360 announcements and waiting for someone else to post them instead. It's not like that news was hiding somewhere.

No one else wants to hear every single piece of news in the gaming industry. We all read the web, too. If there is something big, fine, but we don't need a blow-by-blow recap of every press release coming out of TGS.

Some suggestions:

1) Mizzou, start a blog for PS3 news and post to it. Throw the link in here and let those who want to read it add it to their feeds.
2) Start a seperate thread called "PS3 Information" or perhaps "Alrighty Boyz Here It Is The Official Video Game Console News Update Thread!!!!" and post these kinds of things in there, leaving this thread (and it's successors) to talk more about the sales numbers and what they mean.

That said, you guys are a little over the top in your hatred for his posts. I mean, I like to poke fun at the guy for his blinders, but he's not breaking any rules or even out-and-out trolling as far as I can tell.

You have people in the same thread that only post 360 crap, and the only thing they post about the PS3 are fuckups - so nobody can rag on just one guy.

I'm glad all this console talk is compressed in one thread, though. :) It wouldn't do to clutter the board with discussions about either console, specially when only a minority of board members actually care about them.

Eh, I'm more concerned when a release date moves up than when one moves back.

i admit im a ninty fanboy at least