Weekly Sales Analysis, 11 June 2011 - InFamous 2, Duke Nukem - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 June 2011 / 16,773 Views
Overview
After 15 long years Duke Nukem Forever hits the streets with lackluster sales. The Wii price cut effect is wearing off sales as sales drop by 51,000 (-22%). Hardware sales are down across the board, with the Wii suffering the biggest drop. This is the last week the Xbox 360 will be up year on year as next week will be one year since the Xbox 360 S launched. The Wii passes the 87 million mark and the 3DS crosses the 3 million mark. Other than the PlayStation 3, software sales are down week on week and year on year. Software milestones this week: Wii Sports passes 77 million; and Mortal Kombat (PS3) crosses the one million mark. Seven games sold over 100,000 and the top 14 sold over 50,000.
Worldwide Hardware
Week on week sales are down across the board. The Wii sold the most hardware this week with 182,000 units sold, a decrease of 51,000 (-22%). The PlayStation 3 is in second this week, with sales of 127,000 units, a decrease of 11,000 (-8%). The Xbox 360 is in last for the home consoles, but remains above all the handhelds. It sold 117,000 units this week, a decrease of 10,000 (-8%). The DS sold 94,000 units, down 5,000 (-5%) compared to last week. The 3DS sold 80,000 units, this is a decrease of 12,000 (-13%). The PSP falls 5,000 (-6%) this week to 77,000 sold. Total week on week sales decreased 94,000 (-12%) to 677,000 units.
Year on year sales are down for every platform except for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 is up 17,000 (17%) units sold year on year. PlayStation 3 sold 41,000 (-24%) less this week than the same week last year and the PSP is down 76,000 (-50%). The Wii is down 23,000 (-11%) and the DS takes the biggest hit down 141,000 (-60%). Total year on year sales are down 184,000 (-21%).
The Wii is as at the top for a third straight week. After three weeks of increases sales do drop this week, but it does remain well above the other two home consoles. The PlayStation 3 remains ahead of the Xbox 360 for the nineteenth straight week as the gap between the two is down to 10,000 units.
3DS sales after two weeks of increases, is down this week, but remains above the PSP for a second straight week. DS sales fall for a fourteenth week and PSP sales for a second week.
Worldwide Software
Four games debuted in the top 40 this week, which is one more than last week. InFamous 2 (PS3) debuted at the top with sales of 320,000, which is 45,000 more than the first game in the series. The game launched in America and EMEAA and will launch in Japan on July 7.
Yakuza: Of the End (PS3) debuted at number two with sales just below the top game, with 309,000. The game launched in Japan, with no plans to be released elsewhere.
Red Faction: Armageddon (X360) debuted at number nine with sales of 73,000. The PlayStation 3 version debuted at number 16 with sales of 44,000. The game launched in all three regions.
Duke Nukem Forever (X360) debuted at number ten with sales of 73,000. The PlayStation 3 version of the game debuted at number 12 with sales of 64,000. The PC version debuted at number 27 with sales of 30,000. The game debuted in EMEAA and will debut in America on next week’s charts. After 15 years of development, changing engines and even changing developers the game does not live up to the hype that has built up over the years.
Other games in the top 10 that are not debuts include Wii Sports Resort at number three with sales of 131,000. Wii Sports is at number four with sales of 115,000. L.A. Noire (X360) is at number five with sales of 105,000.
Mario Kart Wii is at number six with sales of 104,000. L.A. Noire (PS3) is at number seven with sales of 102,000. Zumba Fitness (Wii) is at number eight with sales of 76,000.
Week on week software totals is up for the PlayStation 3 and down for every other platform. The PlayStation 3 takes the top spot this week with 1.88 million games sold, an increase of 459,000. The Wii sold 1.53 million games, a decrease of 313,000 (-17%). Xbox 360 software sales is down to 1.36 million games sold, a decrease of 170,000 (-11%). The DS sold 852,000 games, a decrease of 91,000 (-10%). The PSP sold 284,000 games, a decrease of 24,000 (-8%). 3DS game sales decreased 64,000 (-28%), to 161,000 games sold. Total combined software is down week on week to 6.06 million games sold a decrease of 203,000 (-7%).
Year on year software totals are down for every platform except for the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 is up 195,000 (12%), the Wii is down 958,000 (-39%) and the Xbox 360 is down 103,000 (-7%). The DS is down 402,000 (-32%) and the PSP is down 246,000 (-46%). Total combined software is down 1.35 million (-18%) games sold year on year.
The PlayStation 3 for the first time since the week of April 23 takes the top spot in software sales as sales increase after two weeks of drops. The Wii takes the second spot as software sales drop in line with the hardware drop this week and the Xbox 360 is in third as sales drop for a third straight week.
3DS software sales drop for a second straight week, but that will change next week as its biggest game to date, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, launches in Japan and EMEAA and will launch in America the following week. DS software remains well ahead of the PSP as it outsold the PSP by a margin of nearly 3:1.
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Duke Nukem looks so bad
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Hooray i can comment from the PS3 now,vgchartz section was out of bounds,so hello writer again,good job and the s/ware graph is the crazy looking one,I do have to say i don't like the new comments order i like things to be in time order and not jumbled around but maybe i am just old fashioned
A good week for inFAMOUS 2, Wii and Duke Nukem! Even if it isn't the best game of all time, the sales are still respectable IMO...
I wonder how much of a boost Ocarina Of Time 3DS will give the 3DS...and when did this comments section change? Shows how long it's been since I've posted on one of these threads ;)
PS3 software numbers look good. Wonder if the trend over 360 will continue.
i preordered DNF and tried the demo. the next day i went back to Gamestop and cancelled my preorder. it was just lame.
Duke Nukem looks so bad
We´re in the tornado season for vgchartz. Everything gets tossed around with no clue as to what these goofy numbers are telling us. Come late September, order will be restored in time to enjoy the Holiday season.
typo at the beginning for Worldwide Hardware
"Week on week sales are down across the board. The Wii sold the most hardware this week with 282,000 units sold, a decrease of 51,000 (-22%)."
should be 182,000
Pretty much expected numbers all around. I was hoping for more from Infamous 2 (still had a great FW though!)
L.A Noire is having great legs!
Hello William D'Angelo you put Wii sales incorrectly at "The Wii sold the most hardware this week with 282,000 units sold, a decrease of 51,000 (-22%)." but it should be 182,000 K
i wish the wii was @ 282,000 :)
umm didnt duke nukem come out the 11??..aslso i was expecting more for infamous 2.red faction is dissappointing sales,ps3 only has japan keeping them week over week to xbox 360,xbox doing fine without japan still.ii sales are expected,overall ok week
Yes, but numbers you see in this report refer to sales in EMEAA, but since Duke was much more popular in US we should expect much higher sales in North America especially since preorders were around 270 k of XBOX 360 + PS3. So sales will probably hit around 450 k - 550 k combined next week.
