Latest Japanese Hardware Sales

[John S. Veteran]

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[Huleboeren]

When was Blue Dragon released?

[magik]

When was Blue Dragon released?

Like a day or two ago. 360 sales won't reflect Blue Dragon profits until the next sales report, I believe.

[-Anthony]

Total sales

PS2 - 20,002,291

GBA - 8,822,944

DS - 6,581,548

DSL - 6,132,183

GBASP - 5,907,676

PSP - 4,246,974

GC - 4,165,648

GBM - 552,408

Xbox - 475,589

Wii - 350,358

PS3 - 187,836

Xbox360 - 178,069

• PS2 passes the 20 million mark this week.
  
• DS Lite passes 6 million.
  
• PS3 passes Xbox 360 in overall sales in just 3 weeks despite shortages.
  
• Wii passes PS3 and Xbox 360 overall sales in just 2 days.
  

Can you tally up US Hardware numbers since the Xbox 360's launch ?

[Azusa]

Total sales

PS2 - 20,002,291

GBA - 8,822,944

DS - 6,581,548

DSL - 6,132,183

GBASP - 5,907,676

PSP - 4,246,974

GC - 4,165,648

GBM - 552,408

Xbox - 475,589

Wii - 350,358

PS3 - 187,836

Xbox360 - 178,069

• PS2 passes the 20 million mark this week.
  
• DS Lite passes 6 million.
  
• PS3 passes Xbox 360 in overall sales in just 3 weeks despite shortages.
  
• Wii passes PS3 and Xbox 360 overall sales in just 2 days.
  

well with Comiket at the end of the month i would love to see the stats in Jan

[Dysphoria]

Japanese sales mean nothing. No offense but you can pretty much sell them anything hyped up and they'll buy it. MiniDisc players were selling like hot pockets in Japan when they first came out. They even put out the Video Mini Disc players, but it never got so popular in Europe or the US... I am not putting down the Wii nor the PS3 but Japan is a very small percentage of the overall world gaming market.

[maxsquared]

^errr, do you even know what you talking about.

[Dysphoria]

Yeah ... it was in referenceto the new thread that was closed and blended into this one.... sorry I did not read the previous posts so it my be a bit disconnected from the current flow of the topic

[AlphaPrime]

Can you tally up US Hardware numbers since the Xbox 360's launch ?

Xbox 360 sold 3.79 million since launch according to NPD.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=519800

Edited December 12, 2006 by Mojo

[spenser.d]

Xbox 360 sold 3.79 million since launch according to NPD.

Which makes no sense, since MS reported 1.5 million sold by the end of last calander year (and they were sold out everywhere so they would know) and 5 million at the end of June this year. I dunno who to believe about the US anymore.

-Spenser

[macrosslover]

Yeah ... it was in referenceto the new thread that was closed and blended into this one.... sorry I did not read the previous posts so it my be a bit disconnected from the current flow of the topic

even though you said it was about another thread, I think I understand what you were saying. It's like how laserdisc was real big in Japan but bombed everywhere else. Japan isn't really a good barometer of if something will do well elsewhere or really it something is that popular. While it's the 2nd biggest electronics market in the world, it's also mostly a market for niche products that would have no success in any other part of the world.

[AlphaPrime]

Which makes no sense, since MS reported 1.5 million sold by the end of last calander year (and they were sold out everywhere so they would know) and 5 million at the end of June this year. I dunno who to believe about the US anymore.

-Spenser

Those were worldwide numbers. Also they were for how many shipped, not sold.

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/26/microsoftq2_2006/

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060721-7321.html

[Dysphoria]

even though you said it was about another thread, I think I understand what you were saying. It's like how laserdisc was real big in Japan but bombed everywhere else. Japan isn't really a good barometer of if something will do well elsewhere or really it something is that popular. While it's the 2nd biggest electronics market in the world, it's also mostly a market for niche products that would have no success in any other part of the world.

Yep! You are right on the spot (Y)

[-Anthony]

Got it.

Console Hardware Sales in the US Since X360's Launch.

5,334,000 PS2

3,411,000 Xbox 360

1,340,000 Gamecube (Not Including November #s)

1,000,000 Xbox (not including November #s)

476,000 Wii

197,000 PS3

[Brandon Live Veteran]

Interesting if those are true - means the Xbox + Xbox 360 together weren't trailing the PS2 by much at all.

[macrosslover]

Interesting if those are true - means the Xbox + Xbox 360 together weren't trailing the PS2 by much at all.

well you still really can't add those 2 up IMO since the original xbox has not been manufactured in so long. whatever sales of the xbox are made now are from systems that are probably used or probably counted by MS when they originally shipped them, so you want to avoid double counting them.

[Brandon Live Veteran]

well you still really can't add those 2 up IMO since the original xbox has not been manufactured in so long. whatever sales of the xbox are made now are from systems that are probably used or probably counted by MS when they originally shipped them, so you want to avoid double counting them.

Well I'd compare them as a matter of comparing Sony versus Microsoft's overall sales in 2006. You can't just compare the PS2 to the Xbox because the Xbox was obsoleted. But you can't just compare the PS2 to the 360 since it costs a lot less. So I'd think PS2+PS3 versus Xbox+Xbox 360 would at least be an interesting measurement to look at.

[-Anthony]

Interesting if those are true - means the Xbox + Xbox 360 together weren't trailing the PS2 by much at all.

There from NPD.

Well I'd compare them as a matter of comparing Sony versus Microsoft's overall sales in 2006. You can't just compare the PS2 to the Xbox because the Xbox was obsoleted. But you can't just compare the PS2 to the 360 since it costs a lot less. So I'd think PS2+PS3 versus Xbox+Xbox 360 would at least be an interesting measurement to look at.

Your right. :)

[BajiRav]

I really don't get the point of this thread. :unsure: am I suppose to party since "some" console sold xyz quantity in Japan ?.

Waste of time.

(yeah, I know I don't have to read this thread and blah blah blah...even if I don't read it, it's still pointless :p)

[Laughing-Man]

But you can't just compare the PS2 to the 360 since it costs a lot less.

Yet we compare the PSP to the DS and the DS costs alot less....

[Xerus]

I really don't get the point of this thread. :unsure: am I suppose to party since "some" console sold xyz quantity in Japan ?.

Waste of time.

(yeah, I know I don't have to read this thread and blah blah blah...even if I don't read it, it's still pointless :p)

Some people just like to watch the trends. Not everyone just uses numbers to fuel their console wars bickering ;D

[magik]

Yet we compare the PSP to the DS and the DS costs alot less....

Because they are in direct competition with each other. So of course you would compare the PSP with the DS, what are you talking about?

[macrosslover]

Yet we compare the PSP to the DS and the DS costs alot less....

it only costs 70 less in the states so it's really a fair comparison to make. Technically they really are two different types of machines that can't be fairly compared on a technical level, however since they are in the same price league it wouldn't be unfair to make a sales comparison.

if somebody agreed with what you were saying then they couldn't compare the 360 and the PS3 cause it costs a lot less than the PS3.

[Sheppard]

Yet we compare the PSP to the DS and the DS costs alot less....

1) They arent different generations of consoles, they both come out in 2004 within a month of each other, they are both relatively the same generation, the PS2 and 360 arent.

2) The PSP and a game is ?150 where i live, and the DS is ?125-130 with a game where i live.

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Edited December 14, 2006 by barneyt

[AlphaPrime]

I really don't get the point of this thread. :unsure: am I suppose to party since "some" console sold xyz quantity in Japan ?.

Waste of time.

(yeah, I know I don't have to read this thread and blah blah blah...even if I don't read it, it's still pointless :p)

Really though, if you have no interest in it, there's no point clicking the thread. It's just that simple. Obviously other people are interested, so there is a point. It's much more useful than a lot of the other crap that gets posted here.

Anyway, Blue Dragon sold pretty well at around 80,000 (includes both standalone and bundled):

1. PS2 - Gundam SEED: Federation vs ZAFT II - Bandai Namco - 337,559 - NEW

2. PS2 - Yakuza 2 - Sega - 274,822 - NEW

3. NDS - Pokemon Diamond - Nintendo - 98,859 (1,996,275)

4. 360 - Blue Dragon - Microsoft - 80,348 - NEW

5. NDS - Pokemon Pearl - Nintendo - 75,206 (1,669,367)

6. Wii - Wii Sports - Nintendo - 72,382 (248,549)

7. NDS - Kirby Squeak Squad - Nintendo - 66,421 (465,462)

8. Wii - Wii Play - Nintendo - 62,863 (237,160)

9. NDS - Jump Ultimate Stars - Nintendo - 62,068 (278,640)

10. NDS - General Knowledge Training DS - Nintendo - 55,208 (720,752)