Weekly Sales Analysis, 23 April 2011 - Mortal Kombat, Portal 2 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 May 2011 / 7,087 Views
Overview
It is a good week for debuts as the top five bestselling games are all debuts. The Wii passes the 86 million mark and the PlayStation 3 will pass the 50 million mark next week, unless the slim chance the PSN hack caused sales for the week to be cut in half. Software milestone this week: Wii Sports Resort passes the 26 million mark. Five games sold over 200,000, eight sold over 100,000 and the top 17 sold over 50,000.
Worldwide Hardware
Week on week sales are up for the PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, and Xbox 360 and are down for the DS and 3DS. The PlayStation 3 is this week’s top platform with sales of 171,000 which is up 9,000 (-6%) compared to last week. The Xbox 360 is up slightly, 3,000 (2%), to 156,000 sold. With falling 3DS sales, the DS passes it with 145,000 sold, down 8,000 (-5%). The 3DS sold 137,000 this week, a drop of 37,000 (-21%). The Wii is up 8,000 (7%) to 128,000 sold. The PSP despite the biggest increase is in last. It sold 120,000 up 24,000 (25%) over last week. Total sales remained almost identical to a week ago, 857,000 down just 1,000.
Year on year sales for the first time all year are up for three platforms, the PlayStation 3, PSP and Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 has the biggest increase up 49,000 (46%). The PlayStation 3 is up 9,000 (6%) and the PSP is up 3,000 (3%). The Wii is down 82,000 (-39%) and the DS has the biggest drop, down 114,000 (-44%).
Sales increase for a second straight week, which is after six straight weeks of drops. The PlayStation 3 has been in first for 12 straight weeks, the Xbox 360 in second for four weeks and the Wii in third for four weeks. Sales for the year continue to be different compared to the other years this generation. The Wii had a good lead over the other two, but for most weeks it has been outsold by both.
With a lack of new software 3DS sales drop for another week since its debut in America three weeks ago. The weekly gap between the DS and PSP shrinks slightly this week. This is due to a drop in DS sales and an increase in PSP sales.
Worldwide Software
Six games debuted in the top 40, the same as last week. Mortal Kombat (PS3) debuted this week at the top with sales of 422,000. The Xbox 360 version debuted at number four with sales of 310,000. The game launched in America and EMEAA, with no plans to be released in Japan.
Portal 2 (X360) debuted at number two with sales of 403,000. The PlayStation 3 version debuted at number three with sales of 320,000. The PC version debuted at number 15 with sales of 58,000. The game launched in America and EMEAA and will launch in Japan on May 12.
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (PS3) debuted at number five with sales of 213,000. The game launched in all three regions.
Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (DS) debuted at number 14 with sales of 58,000. The game launched in Japan, with no plans to be released elsewhere.
Operation Flashpoint: Red River (X360) debuted at number 34 with sales of 28,000. The game launched in EMEAA and will launch in America on June 7. As an extra to non-pro members, the PlayStation 3 version debuted at number 59 with sales of 19,000.
Conduit 2 (Wii) debuted at number 38 with sales of 27,000. The game launched in America and EMEAA, with no plans to be released in Japan.
Other games in the top 10 that are not debuts include Pokémon Black / White Version (DS) at number six sold 176,000. Wii Sports is at number seven with sales of 114,000. Wii Sports resort is at number eight, with sales of 111,000. Zumba Fitness (Wii) is at number nine with sales of 91,000. Just Dance 2 (Wii) rounds out the top 10 with sales of 80,000.
Week on week software are up for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and are down for the Wii, DS, PSP, and 3DS. The PlayStation 3 with the biggest jump is up 811,000 (56%) to 2.25 million games sold. The Xbox 360 is up 394,000 with sales of 2.11 million games sold. The Wii is down 95,000 (-5%) to 1.68 million games sold. The DS decreases 199,000 (-14%) to 1.22 million. The PSP with the biggest drop is decreases 361,000 (-45%) to 433,000 games sold. The 3DS is down 72,000 (-27%) to 195,000 games sold. Total combined software is up week on week to 7.89 million games sold an increase of 478,000 (6%).
Year on year software total are down for every platform except for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The PlayStation 3 is up 654,000 (41%) and the Xbox 360 is up 827,000 (65%). The Wii is down 467,000 (-22%), the PSP is down 51,000 (-11%) and the DS is down 250,000 (-17%). Total combined software is up 908,000 (13%) games sold year on year.
Wii software sales have remained relatively stable the last couple of months when compared to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 software sales have dipped and risen two times each in the last couple of months. With two major releases, Mortal Kombat and Portal 2, software sales this week jumped above the Wii.
3DS software continues to drop since its release in America and will probably drop for a few more weeks until the release of Dead or Alive: Dimensions in the second half of May. The DS remains well ahead of the PSP, outselling it by a 3 to 1 margin.
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Thank you for this.
The Xbox 360 is dong well, but it has been behind in hardware and software sales for a while now. Multiplatform titles are selling better on the PS3. PS3 hardware sales have started to surpass the Xbox 360 on a weekly basis. By the end of this generation, Microsoft may backslde to third place.
@Justp94 - It'll be the next 2 weeks figures that will give us a true idea of how the PSN hack has effected things, people who don't frequent sites like these were only starting to hear about it on 23rd and wouldn't have felt the full force of the media hate. But here's hoping people generally don't over react, but I'd imagine W/E 30th April figures could have a noticeable dip.
Wow, people don't seem to care about the PSN hack. LOL, PS3 FTW!
PS3 domination.
I think something's off with the PS3 numbers on the that first chart. Not sure what.
