Weekly Sales Analysis, 10 November - Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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Overview

Other than for the PSP, hardware sales have increased across the board. Overall week on week hardware sales are up 30 percent. The 3DS is the only platform to be up year-on-year. Overall hardware sales are down 22 percent year-on-year.

Four games debuted in the top 30 this week. Halo 4 (X360) has debuted at the top with sales of 3,798,209. Software milestones this week in the top 30: Halo 4 (X360) passed three million sold; and Assassin’s Creed III (X360) passed the two million mark.

Worldwide Hardware

Hardware home console sales week on week are up across the board. PlayStation 3 sales are up 18,096 (6%) to 316,495 units sold. Xbox 360 sales are up 167,359 (65%) to 425,815 units sold. The Wii sold 89,852 units, which is up 14,642 (19%).

Handheld sales are up for the DS, 3DS and Vita, and down for the PSP. The 3DS sold 412,683 units, which is up 111,105 (37%) week on week. The PlayStation Vita is up 1,005 (2%) to 60,331 units sold. The DS is up 9,325 (20%) to 56,872 units sold. The PSP sold 30,743 units which is down 2,343 (-7%) compared to last week. Total week on week sales are up 319,189 (30%) to 1,392,791.

The 3DS is the only platform to be up year-over-year. The PlayStation 3 is down 62,904 (-17%), the Wii is down 186,888 (-68%), and the Xbox 360 is down 130,162 (-23%). The PSP is down 77,019 (-71%), the DS is down 78,190 (-58%) and the 3DS is up 86,909 (27%). Year on year sales are down 387,923 (-22%).

The Xbox 360 for the first time all year outsold the PlayStation 3, to become the bestselling platform. This is mainly due to the release of Halo 4, as well as the beginning of the holiday period. The Xbox 360 has a 51 percent market share; the PlayStation 3 has a 38 percent market share; and the Wii has a 11 percent market share. Compared with ten weeks ago all three home consoles are up.

3DS hardware remains well above its rival, the PlayStation Vita, outselling it by nearly 7 to 1. The 3DS has outsold its predecessor, the DS, by more than 7 to 1. The PlayStation Vita has doubled the sales of the PSP. The DS has a 65 percent market share this week for the current generation handhelds and the PSP has a 35 percent. The 3DS has an 87 percent market share for the next generation of handhelds, while the Vita has a 12 percent market share. Compared with ten weeks ago all four handhelds are up.

Worldwide Software

Four games debuted in the top 30 this week. Halo 4 (X360) has debuted at the top with sales of 3,798,209. The game launched worldwide.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) debuted at number two with sales of 641,441. The Game launched in Japan.

LittleBigPlanet Karting (PS3) debuted at number 12 with sales of 84,951. The game launched in North America and Europe.

Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (PS3) debuted at number 18 with sales of 69,588. The game launched in Japan.

Here are the other games in the top 10 that are not debuts: Assassin’s Creed III (PS3) is at number three with sales of 471,625. Assassin’s Creed III (X360) is at number four with sales of 419,492. Just Dance 4 (Wii) is at number five with sales of 171,977.

Pokémon Black / White Version 2 (DS) is at number six with sales of 157,467. FIFA 13 (PS3) is at number seven with sales of 146,406. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PS3) is at number eight with sales of 139,521. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) is at number nine with sales of 118,699. FIFA 13 (X360) rounds out the top 10 with sales of 105,262.

Week on week software sales for home consoles are up for the Xbox 360 and Wii, and down for the PlayStation 3. The Xbox 360 sold the most games this week with sales of 6.76 million, an increase of 2.35 million (77%).  The PlayStation 3 sold 3.18 million games this week, a decrease of 1.61 million (-34%). Wii software sales are up 171,588 (12%) to 1.57 million games sold.

Handheld software sales are up for the DS and 3DS, and down for the PSP and Vita. The DS sold 1.14 million games, an increase of 38,399 games (3%) week on week.  The 3DS sold 1.37 million games, which is up 660,693 (93%). PSP game sales are down 19,727 (-6%) to 286,132 games sold. The Vita sold 216,679 games, a decrease of 116,137 (-35%).  Total combined software is up 1.47 million units (11%) week on week to 14.53 million.

Year on year software totals are only up for the 3DS. The PlayStation 3 is down 6.61 million (-68%), the Wii is down 1.78 million units (-53%) and the Xbox 360 is down 5.85 million units (-46%). The DS is down 817,376 (-42%), the PSP is down 536,984 (-65%) and the 3DS is up 660,693 (146%). Total combined software is down 14.57 million units (-50%) games sold year on year.

The reason for the 50 percent drop year-over-year is due to the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 last year, while this year’s Call of Duty game will be in the following weeks chart.

The Xbox 360 has retaken the top spot for most software sold. This is the third time in 10 weeks that the Xbox 360 has led the software charts. The PlayStation 3 led for the other seven weeks. The Xbox 360 has a 59 percent market share, the PlayStation 3 with 28 percent, and the Wii with 14 percent. Compared to ten weeks ago all three home consoles are up.

The 3DS has retaken the top spot for most software sold for a handheld, for the first time since the week ending October 6. The DS has an 80 percent market share for the current generation handhelds and the PSP has a 20 percent market share. The 3DS has an 86 percent market share for the next generation handhelds, while the Vita has a 14 percent market share. Compared with ten weeks ago the all four handhelds are up.

The Top 100 can be seen below or click here to view the full chart.

Pos	Game	Weekly	Total	Week #
1	Halo 4 (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Shooter	3,798,209	3,798,209	1
2	Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) Nintendo, Simulation	641,441	641,441	1
3	Assassin's Creed III (PS3) Ubisoft, Action	471,625	1,985,164	2
4	Assassin's Creed III (X360) Ubisoft, Action	419,492	2,054,632	2
5	Just Dance 4 (Wii) Ubisoft, Misc	171,977	799,247	6
6	Pokemon Black / White Version 2 (DS) Nintendo, Role-Playing	157,467	5,421,154	21
7	FIFA 13 (PS3) Electronic Arts, Sports	146,406	4,388,190	7
8	Need for Speed: Most Wanted (a Criterion Game) (PS3) Electronic Arts, Racing	139,521	395,486	2
9	New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) Nintendo, Platform	118,699	3,118,886	16
10	FIFA 13 (X360) Electronic Arts, Sports	105,262	3,145,319	7
11	WWE '13 (PS3) THQ, Fighting	84,951	333,803	2
12	LittleBigPlanet Karting (PS3) Sony Computer Entertainment, Racing	84,685	84,685	1
13	Football Manager 2013 (PC) Sega, Action	83,516	285,783	3
14	Need for Speed: Most Wanted (a Criterion Game) (X360) Electronic Arts, Racing	81,149	269,465	2
15	Kinect Adventures! (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Misc	80,312	17,178,561	106
16	WWE '13 (X360) THQ, Fighting	79,011	319,567	2
17	Forza: Horizon (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Racing	73,943	560,511	3
18	Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (PS3) Tecmo Koei, Action	69,588	69,588	1
19	Wii Sports (Wii) Nintendo, Sports	63,803	79,599,734	312
20	Skylanders Giants (Wii) Activision, Action	62,849	312,258	4
21	Wii Sports Resort (Wii) Nintendo, Sports	59,761	30,133,295	177
22	Borderlands 2 (X360) Take-Two Interactive, Shooter	56,909	1,824,394	8
23	Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (3DS) Nintendo, Adventure	56,354	583,251	90
24	Forza Motorsport 4 (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Racing	52,425	2,535,296	57
25	Medal of Honor: Warfighter (PS3) Electronic Arts, Shooter	52,178	500,893	3
26	Madden NFL 13 (X360) Electronic Arts, Sports	52,086	1,417,161	11
27	Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) Nintendo, Platform	52,049	6,893,651	54
28	Farming Simulator 2013 (PC) Focus Home Interactive, Action	50,651	523,045	3
29	Mario Kart 7 (3DS) Nintendo, Racing	49,387	6,430,844	50
30	NBA 2K13 (X360) Take-Two Interactive, Sports	48,811	723,811	6

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3 Comments

CrunkE4 (on 16 November 2012)

VGKing that comment really showed how much of a fanboy you are, w.e tho their are a lot of sony fanboy's in VGchartz.

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VGKing (on 15 November 2012)

Funny how the Xbox 360 finally overtook the PS3 worldwide with the release of Halo 4. That's what it takes, marketing blitz and AAA game. Meanwhile the PS3 sells well throughout the whole year purely on word of mouth/brand name/whatever.

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Michael-5 (on 15 November 2012)

It's funny how you call the 3DS and Vita next gen hand held consoles when the 3DS has been around for nearly 2 years, Vita has been around for 1, and with the exception of Pokemon last gen hand helds not having any recent releases.

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trunkswd (on 15 November 2012)

I don't want to confuse people with calling the 3DS and Vita current gen and the DS and PSP last gen, while the Wii U the first next gen home console is just about to come out.

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fedfed (on 16 November 2012)

@Michael-5 3DS and Vita re next generation since last generation is still here.

When DS and PSP will eb out of teh picture we can talk about (1 and only) current generation I guess

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