There hasn’t been much change in the positions. Wii Fit is still up top. Nothing really is that surprising this week.
1. Wii Fit
2. Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout
3.Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel
4. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha versus King Abaddon
5.Pokemon Platinum
6. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
7. My Fitness Coach
8. Wii Play with Wii Remote
9. Mario Kart DS
10. New Super Mario Bros.
We’re going to take a look at the list of top video game sales from Amazon. This list doesn’t count the systems, accessories, or downloadables. I always found it weird that Amazon had a section of “Top Video Games” and they count accessories and the like. I’ve compiled the top 25 games so you don’t have to. There’s some analysis after the jump.
1.Wii Fit
2.Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel
3.Pokemon Platinum
4.Wii Sports Resort
5.Wii Play with Wii Remote
6.My Fitness Coach
7.Professor Layton and the Curious Village
8.Killzone 2
9.Mario Kart DS
10.Shaun White Snowboarding
UBS analyst Ben Schachter has some tips for those of you planning on benchmarking Grand Theft Auto IV’s sales against previous iterations - namely, don’t.
Back when Vice City and San Andreas were flying off shelves, the PS2 and Xbox were the dominant platforms - and there’s nowhere near as many PS3s and Xbox 360s out there. Schachter rightfully proposes that GTA IV’s attach rate (number of units sold divided by the number of Xbox 360/PS3 consoles in homes) is the more accurate metric for success.
“Should Metacritic scores come in above 95, attach rates could rise to 30%+, implying potential U.S. sales of 7-8mm units (scores for the past three GTA titles were 95, 95, and 97). Any attach rate above 26% would beat expectations in our view,” he added.
via GameDaily.biz
Rockstar has announced a Bungie-esque leaderboard website called the Rockstar Games Social Club, set to launch alongside Grand Theft Auto IV on April 29. The site is compatible with Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, so players on both platforms will be able to track the virtual crimes they commit.
The first player to complete 100% of the single-player game will be immortalized, and the rest of you will have to be content competing for the fastest completion of the game or dominance of other, lesser statistics such as total miles walked.
Pre-registration starts on April 17, full press release after the jump.
Australian gamers have continued their boycott of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 software into the first week of January. When will it stop?
Australians are back to their old habits, with the top ten for the last week of December consisting solely of Nintendo and PlayStation 2 software.
via GoNintendo
NPD figures have shown that Activision are the clear winners in both console and handheld game sales for 2007. The company held a record market share of 16.8%, up 7.9% from last year. In November five of the best selling games in dollar value were Activision games, with the top two consisting of Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4. Between Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and now World of Warcraft there really is no stopping the company.
via 1Up
Sony has announced that the 1 millionth PSP-2000 was sold in Japan on November 22. The figures show that the new PSP Slim has even outsold the original PSP at launch. Sony are also keen to point out that there are now more than 500 games for the PSP in Japan, and that they are coming out faster than ever.
via PSP Fanboy
Sales data from Media Create has indicated that the PlayStation 3 outsold the Wii for the second time in Japan since the 40GB PS3 was launched. Overall sales figures were down 20%, with 39,178 PS3 units sold to 36,230 Wii units. While PS3 sales figures have increased in other countries, we don’t think this feat will be emulated outside Japan anytime soon.
via Joystiq
When something has been boldly touted as a success, its quite often necessary for such a statement to be backed up by solid figures. So here it is: In September alone, 528,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold worldwide, compared to 501,000 for Wii and 119,000 for PS3. This represents twice as many 360’s sold in August. Pretty solid feat considering Halo 3 was released only during the tail end of the month.
