Star Wars: A Sales History - Part 4 Nintendo - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 December 2011 / 7,170 Views
VGChartz is celebrating the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic by looking at the sales of every Star Wars game released from 2005 to today. There have been 15 games released in the franchise since 2005. The sales data included are through the week of November 26 and was collected when the data was broken down by Americas, EMEAA and Japan.
This is the last of four articles and it will focus on the Star Wars games released on a Nintendo platform, the Wii, DS, GameCube and 3DS. The first looked at the sales of every platform combined. The second focused on the games released on a Sony platform. The third focused on the games released on a Microsoft platform.
Wii
The global sales of Star Wars games for the Wii fluctuate from 4.45 million for the best selling game, all the way down to 484,000. There have been Six Star Wars games released on the Wii. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels are the three games to sell more than one million copies. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is just 300,000 away from equaling the sales of all other Wii Star Wars games combined. The LEGO series have sold a combined 5.12 million copies, while the two Force Unleashed games have sold a combined 2.08 million copies.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is the one Star Wars game in the Americas to sell more than three million units, while two other Star Wars games, The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels and The Force Unleashed have sold more than one million units. The two LEGO games sold a combined 3.53 million copies.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is the one Star Wars game in EMEAA to sell more than one million units, while The Force Unleashed sold more than a half a million copies. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii) is just 100,000 away from equaling the sales of all the other Star Wars Wii games in EMEAA combined.
DS
Like with the Wii LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is the bestselling Star Wars DS game by far, selling 4.14 million copies. The next closest game is LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy with sales of 1.48 million. There have been 10 DS Star Wars games released since 2005. The top five games sold half a million copies or more, while the bottom two have even passed 100,000 sold.
There have been three LEGO games released on the DS, which have sold a combined 6.15 million copies. The two Force Unleashed games have sold a combined 850,000 copies.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga sold 2.73 million copies in the Americas, followed by LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy with sales of 1.03 million. Five games sold between 100,000 and 500,000 units, while the bottom two didn’t cross the 100,000 mark. The LEGO series have sold a combined 4.08 million copies. The Force Unleashed games sold a combined 537,000.
There are sales for seven of the 10 DS games in EMEAA. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is still at the top with sales of 1.41 million, followed by LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy with sales of 450,000. Four games sold between 100,000 and 500,000 and the bottom two sold below 100,000.The Force Unleashed II hasn’t even sold 10,000 copies since its release. The LEGO Series have sold a combined 2.07 million copies.
Other
There have been three games since 2005 to be released in a Nintendo platform that isn’t the Wii or DS. All three of those games are in the LEGO series. Two of those games are on the GameCube and the other one is on the 3DS. The two GameCube games sold over half a million copies, but less than one million. The 3DS game is the most recent LEGO Star Wars game and has sold 313,000 copies.
Monthly Sales for Select Games
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii) sold 269,120 copies in its first month with America sales outselling EMEAA by 2 to 1. The game has had some amazing legs, with sales still rising at a decent pace. The game is still selling 20,000 to 40,000 units a month in the Americas, while sales have flat lined in EMEAA.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (DS) sold 271,390 copies in its first month with sales being split evenly. However sales in the Americas quickly outpaced sales in EMEAA as the gap between the two have grown considerably. The game is still selling 20,000 to 30,000 units a month in the Americas, while sales have flat lined in EMEAA.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) sold 542,240 copies in its opening month. The game has had decent legs, but nothing out of the ordinary. 75 percent of the games sales occurred in the first six months on sale. The game is selling between 3,000 and 5,000 copies in the Americas, while the game is only selling a handful of copies in EMEAA.
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (3DS) sold 152,000 copies in its first month. Sales have remained pretty steady as it sold 22,000 copies in its eighth month on sale. 17,000 of that occurred in the Americas and the other 5,000 is in EMEAA.
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This can only mean one thing!
Star Wars Battlefront 3...Wii-U exclusive!!!!!
Seriously though, if we don't get SW:BF3 next gen, I will quit gaming.
So Nintendo has the highest sales for Star Wars games? Cool! :D
Your links to the other articles are a bit hairy.
Nintendo wins the Star War sales and 360 and ps3 only users should be ashamed.
I own Wii,DS, PS3, 3DS, and PC for gaming. But no more PS3 cause I got bored. Check my profile to see what games I played.
Nobody cares
