Weekly Sales Analysis, 11 February 2012 - Kingdoms of Amalur - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 February 2012 / 11,054 Views
Overview
Sales have dropped slightly from last week, but are down a good amount year on year. Four games debuted in the top 40 this week. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC is this week’s top debut with combined sales of 569,000.
There are no software milestones this week in the top 40.
Hardware sales are relatively flat for the DS, 3DS, PSP and Xbox 360, while the PlayStation 3 and Wii are down slightly. The 3DS is the top selling platform as it passed the 16 million mark. There are no other hardware milestones.
Worldwide Hardware
Week on week sales are more or less flat. The 3DS is at the top with sales of 211,000, a decrease of 1,000 (0%). The PlayStation 3 is down 6,000 (-3%) to 173,000 units sold. Xbox 360 are down just 2,000 (-1%) to 153,000 units sold. The Wii sold 83,000 units, which is down 4,000 (-5%). The DS is flat at 55,000 units. The PSP sold 53,000 units, which is up just 1,000 (2%). The Vita sold 17,000, which is down 3,000 (-15%). Total week on week sales are down 15,000 (-2%) to 745,000.
Year on year sales are down across the board. The PlayStation 3 is down 52,000 (-23%), the Wii is down 95,000 (-53%), and the Xbox 360 is down 51,000 (-25%). The PSP is down 158,000 (-75%) and the DS is down 146,000 (-73%). However with the DS and 3DS combined it is up 65,000 compared to the DS one year ago. Total year on year sales are down 274,000 (-2%).
Home console hardware sales have remained relatively stable the last four weeks. The PlayStation 3 has a 42 percent market share; the Xbox 360 has a 38 percent market share; and the Wii has a 20 percent market share. The PlayStation 3 is in first for a seventh straight week, while the Xbox 360 led for the weeks prior. Compared with ten weeks ago all three home consoles are down.
The 3DS outsold the DS by nearly 4 to 1 and the PSP by 4 to 1. The DS has a 51 percent market share this week for the current generation handhelds and the PSP has a 49 percent. The Vita has just a seven percent market share for the next generation of handhelds, while the 3DS holds the other 93 percent. Compared with ten weeks ago all three platforms (excluding the Vita) are down.
Worldwide Software
Three games debuted in the top 40 this week. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (X360) debuted at the top with sales of 299,000. The PlayStation 3 version debuted at number two with sales of 194,000. The PC version debuted at number 10 with sales of 77,000. The game launched in North America and Europe, with no release date in Japan.
The Darkness II (X360) debuted at number five with sales of 115,000. The PlayStation 3 version debuted at number 12 with sales of 73,000. The game launched in North America and Europe and will debut in Japan on February 22.
Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (PSP) debuted at number 14 with sales of 64,000. The game launched in Japan, with no plans to be released elsewhere.
Gravity Daze (PSV) debuted at number 28 with sales of 38,000. The game launched in Japan and will release in North America on May 28.
Other games in the top 10 that are not debuts include Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) at number three with sales of 155,000. Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS) is at number four with sales of 132,000.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) is at number six with sales of 108,000. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) is at number seven with sales of 87,000. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) is at number eight sales of 85,000. Just Dance 3 (Wii) at number nine with sales of 83,000.
Week on week software totals are up for the PSP, 3DS and PlayStation Vita, and are down for the PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, and DS. The PlayStation 3 takes the top spot this week with 2.08 million games sold, a decrease of 517,000 (-20%). The Xbox 360 sold 2.01 million games, a decrease of 98,000 (-5%). Wii software sales are down 161,000 (-11%) to 1.34 million. The DS sold 593,000 games, which is down 41,000 (-6%). The 3DS sold 524,000 games, a decrease of 45,000 (9%). PSP game sales are up 25,000 (8%) to 329,000 games sold. The Vita sold 67,000 games, an increase of 11,000 (20%). Total combined software is down 736,000 (-10%) week on week to 6.93 million.
Year on year software totals are up for the Xbox 360 and are down for everything else. The PlayStation 3 is down 49,000 (-2%), the Wii is down 929,000 (-41%) and the Xbox 360 is up 179,000 (10%). The DS is down 738,000 (-55%) and the PSP is down 489,000 (-60%). Total combined software is down 1.44 million (-17%) games sold year on year.
The PlayStation 3 takes the top spot in software sales for a third week in a row. The Xbox 360 has lead for four of the last 10 weeks and the Wii for three weeks. The PlayStation 3 has a 38 percent market share, the Xbox 360 with 37 percent, and the Wii with 25 percent. Compared to ten weeks all three home consoles are down.
All four handhelds remain in the same positions for total software. The DS is in first, 3DS in second, PSP in third and the Vita in last. The DS has a 64 percent market share for the current generation handhelds and the PSP has a 36 percent market share. The 3DS has a 89 percent market share for the next generation handhelds, while the Vita has just a 11 percent market share. Compared with ten weeks ago all three platforms (excluding the Vita) are down.
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What worries me the most is the drop in DS software even when adding the 3DS sales (which include a NEW Mario Kart!).
Let's hope they turn this around anytime soon.
I wonder, will a 360 price cut boost 360 sales? It's doing about the same as last year in comparison with PS3, but PS3 got a price cut.
Just don't get how it's selling decently well so late into it's lifetime without major exclusive software, and at a high price point, higher then PS3, for a less powerful non blu-ray system.
because the majority of people want to play the multiplatform games now. very few exclusives are better then say, the battlefields, elder scrolls ect.
anyone who has a PS3 at least in america is the minority, most likely friends have xbox, anyone who has a ps3 will buy an xbox.
casual audience is buying xbox for kinect.
the 360 is less powerful but almost all multiplatform games look better and play better on 360.
PS3 is still
how long will we have 4 handhelds on the market do you think
Well GBA sold until 2006, two years after being replaced, but the DS has a bigger install-base, a larger software library, and is more similar to the current handheld. It could sell until 2015.
PSP I think will be discontinued in all major retailers in North America by the end of the year (buying a PSP game now at EB/Gamestop is already hard to do), but we might still see sales from EMEAA in 2013, and maybe a trickle in 2014.
Atleast in the US, the psp will be on the way out this year. The Vita will be a big hit in the western markets and overshadow the psp at the end of the year, faster than the 3ds could the ds. But I guess the 3ds came out a while ago, but the ds compared to the psp sold a lot more and is still popular, not to mention the software available for it and the accessibility of backwards compatibility. Anyway, 2013 and the markets will move on enough to track only 2.
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