Weekly Sales Analysis, 30 October 2010 - Fable III Debut - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 November 2010 / 6,929 Views
Overview – Hardware sales continue to rise across the board as the holiday season starts kicking in and as major software are being released every week. Fable III (X360) is this week’s top debut as eight games debut in the top 50. The other debuts include God Eater Burst, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011, Rock Band 3, the Sims 3: Late Night Expansion Pack, the Sims 3, and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Twenty-two games sold over 100,000 units with nine games over 200,000.
Worldwide Hardware – Week on week sales continues to see gains across the board as sales are up between 15% and 33%.The PS3 increased 15% or 35,000, the Wii is up 28% or 52,000 and the X360 is up 22% or 40,000.The DS has the biggest gains this week up 33% or 85,000. The PSP had the smallest increase this week up 18% or 19,000.
Year on year sales are down for each platform except for the Xbox 360, which is up 32,000 or 17%. The PS3 is down less than 1% or only 1,000 and if sales increase around 20% next week it will be up year on year. The Wii is down the biggest percent at 40% and is down 157,000 units. The DS is down 18% or 73,000 and the PSP is down 36% or 71,000.
After last week’s adjustment the PS3 has been in first for six straight weeks, the Wii in second for two week and the X360 in third for two weeks. Expect to see sales continue to rise each week as holiday sales continue to kick in. In the last ten week PS3 sales have risen 111,000, the Wii has increased 64,000 and the X360 is up 52,000.
Worldwide Software – It was a strong week for debuts as eight games debuted in the top 50 this week. This week’s top debut is Fable III (X360) as it debuts at number one. It sold 1.3 million units in its opening week and is well on the way to selling the 5 million Peter Molyneux , the lead game designer and Creative Director of Microsoft Game Studios Europe, hopes for. It outsold Fable II (X360) opening week by over 200,000.
God Eater Burst (PSP) debuted at number four with sales of 251,000. The game debuted in Japan and has no release date anywhere else.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II debuts this week for the X360, PS3 and Wii in the top 50. The X360 version debuts at number five with sales of 239,000. The PS3 version debuts at number nine with sales of 210,000. The Wii version debuts at number 40 with sales of 48,000. Combined opening week sales are at 500,000.
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 debuts for the X360, PS3, PS2, and Wii. The X360 and PS3 versions debut back to back at number 15 and 16 respectively, with sales of 141,000 and 130,000. The PS2 and Wii versions also debut back to back, at numbers 35 and 36 with sales of 60,000 and 54,000 respectively.
Rock Band 3 debuts for the X360, PS3 and Wii this week. The X360 version debuts at number 17 with sales of 118,000. The PS3 version debuts at number 25 with sales of 75,000 and the Wii version debuts at number 46 with sales of 40,000.
The Sims 3: Late Night Expansion Pack for the PC debuts at number 18 with sales of 117,000.
The Sims 3 for the X360, PS3 and DS debut this week. The X360 version debuts at number 29 with sales of 68,000. The PS3 version debuts at number 33 with sales of 62,000 and the DS version debuts at number 48 with sales of 40,000.
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn debuts for the Nintendo DS at number 41. The game sold 48,000 in its opening.
Other games in the top 10 that are not debuts include Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 for the PS3 at number two with sales of 317,000. The game passes the 1 million mark this week. Fallout: New Vegas for the X360 is at number three with sales of 300,000 as this game also passes the 1 million mark this week. Just Dance 2 (Wii) is at number six with sales of 237,000. Wii Sports Resort is at number seven with sales of 237,000. Wii Sports is at number eight with sales of 210,000. Finally is Wii Party at number ten with sales of 190,000.
Week on week software sales are up for every platform. The PS3 is up 15%, Wii 28% and the X360 51%. The DS is up 27% and the PSP is up 79%.
Year on year software sales are up for every platform except for the DS. The PS3 is up 20%, Wii 17%, X360 68% and the PSP 30%. The DS is down slightly, only 1%.
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where are the YOY article? :(
good week
@Salnax
"It's a pity that the Wii is doing relatively badly now of all times, when its software lineup is finally comparable to the HD systems"
There is no comparison possible. Quantity, quality and diversity are far bigger on PS3 or X360 than on Wii.
nice article,i haven't clicked on it for a while,
looks good
seems like move is really popular in EMEAA... good work to all consoles next week all will be over 300k for sure.
Good JOB all Consoles ;) Group HUG
Moral of the Wii's recent fall
The industry was not ready for HD in 2006. It was ready by 2009 though.
It's a pity that the Wii is doing relatively badly now of all times, when its software lineup is finally comparable to the HD systems. As opposed to in 2008, when there were two big titles all year and it sold 24 million anyway. There is no justice.
@Munkeh111
Yes, maybe that is because of Move, but also because of the HD rising that is happening at this point of the generation. Wii lost the war in industry, it's losing the war in hardware sales and it'll lose the war in software sales. About the total results, I think that its first place in both hardware and software is threatened considering that the whole generation will last until 2016.
Is this PS3 boost due to Move, because that really doesn't make any sense, I still feel very confused about the PS3 being on top....
And great start for Fable III, I feared that it was coming in without any real attention, but it has done much better than I expected
{sneezes on Beuli2}
WOW @ PS3!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't believe its not down YOY...Immense sales!
Wii are the champions!
Look the Wii line!!! Its up!! Up!!!
Great week for all consoles, and it seems that the 3 up the software sales. Happy days are starting to come!
