Latest American Console And Game Sales (September 2002)

[Heyyoudvd]

This comes right from IGN:

http://cube.ign.com/articles/374/374850p1.html

Here's a quick summary of the Sept 2002 sales in the US:


Consoles:

PS2: 500 000 units - 11.3 million total
Xbox: 175 000 units - 2.8 million total
Gamecube: 168 000 - 2.3 million total

And the top 10 games for that month were:

1.Madden on PS2 - 375 000 units
2.Kingdom Hearts on PS2 - 345 000 units
3.Super Mario Sunshine on GCN - 266 000 units (totaling 616 000 since release)
Starfox Adventures on GCN - 170 000 units
Tekken 4 on PS2 - doesn't give exact figures, but sales are similar to SFA
Socom on PS2 - same as Tekken 4
7.Animal Crossing on GCN - over 100 000
8.Turok on PS2 - about 65 000
9.Turok on Xbox - about 65 000
10.Turok on GCN - about 35 000



So Gamecube still hasn't passed Xbox is console sales, even with SMS and SFA, but in software, GCN kicked ass (compared to Xbox), as it had 4 of the top 10 best selling gams of the month.



As far as Super Mario Sushine, it's doing well, but not amazing.

The figures that I've seen regarding SMS (up to the end of September) are 616 000 in the US, 690 000 in Japan, and about 200 000 in Europe.

That's 1.506 million so far.
For most games, that's great, but considering this is the first real Mario game in 6 years, I don't think it's all that many sales.


I think in total, SSB:M sold about 2.4 million units worldwide to date. I'm not sure if SMS will surpass this or not.

[Jason1]

Overall it was a very good month for Nintendo, but you would've thunk SMS would have sold more consoles that that...but im a little suprised Star Fox and Animal Crossing made the list that high...

[TheGame]

One year... Mario and Smash Brothers released... and Nitnendo still hasn't passed Xbox in sales?

This ain't looking like Nintendo's generation.

-EDIT-

Not to mention they lost Rare...

I guess the big name franchise just can't do what they used to... I think it's time for Nintendo to pull the Pokemon RPG on GCN card.

[Jonbo298]

Figures don't matter too much to me anymore. I have my 'Cube. I have the great games coming. Thats all I care about and need.

[GameKinG]

Well, they are still pretty close, at least enough to make it somewhat difficult for MS to pass in Worldwide sales. I suspect Rareware may help some...At least hear and in europe.

But I hope metroid does well for nintendo, because if it does we may end up with many more mature-oriented games like that (new series hopefully).

[Null]

xbox beating GC in U.S.

GC whooping Xbox in Japan





PS2 owning them both world wide.


HMMM :hmm:

[fingersman]

I got to agree with Justin here...it's time for Nintendo to unleash the Pokemon.

If they do that, I'm sure they'll over take Xbox in USA and I also would expect Japan sales to sky rocket...of course this is if Nintendo doesn't release the game to late...I think this christmas would have been an ideal time to release it.....oh well atleast they got Metroid and Zelda.

BTW does anyone wonder when these new franchises that Nintendo is making are going to surface??

[Jason1]

I dont think pokemon will the savior either really, I dont think its near as popular as it used to be...maybe I think that because my brother and his friends seem to have grown out of it...but overall I think it has slowed down quite a bit...I could be wrong though...

[Crono]

hehe, PS2 is still ripping up the sales charts. I wonder when it will ever slow down...probably not any time soon. And I really don't think Pokemon can "save" Nintendo...I'm sure most people are gettin sick of all these new Pkmn, I mean like, the GBA Ruby and Sapphire have 351 pkmn in them. damn.

[Angrist]

New generation of gamers that will love Pokémon.

I can't believe X-Box's selling better than GCN worldwide...
GC's doing MUCH better in Japan,
GC's beating XB sales in Europe (not by much though) and
X-Box's more popular in the USA.
:hmm:
This has to mean that XB sells WAY better than GCN in America... :confused:

Nintendo has Metroid Prime and Zelda coming up... XB has Fimble (or whatever Project Ego is called now) and another game...

[Heyyoudvd]

Originally posted by Angrist
New generation of gamers that will love Pokémon.

I can't believe X-Box's selling better than GCN worldwide...
GC's doing MUCH better in Japan,
GC's beating XB sales in Europe (not by much though) and
X-Box's more popular in the USA.
:hmm:
This has to mean that XB sells WAY better than GCN in America... :confused:

Nintendo has Metroid Prime and Zelda coming up... XB has Fimble (or whatever Project Ego is called now) and another game...


Xbox isn't selling better worldwide.

USA:
Xbox - 2.8 million
GCN - 2.3 million

Europe:
Xbox - 985 000
GCN - 1.1 million

(I read these European stats somewhere, but I don't have a link)

Japan:
Xbox - 260 000
GCN - about 1.8-2 million

SO worldwide, Xbox has about 4.1 million sales, while GCN has 5.2-5.4 million.

[Shadow_Link]

SMS actually passed the 300,000 mark quite a while ago in Europe.

Oh, and it's most likely reaching the half million mark.

[TheGame]

Lets see...

In Japan
GCN>Xbox

In US
GCN<Xbox

In Euro
GCN>Xbox (until news gets around that UK's own Rare is sold... then GCN is doomed)

[Mushlafa]

the difference in sales in US and europe is so small tho.. it wotn make that big of a difference.. in japan GC is CRUSHING xbox...

and i dont think that people in europe are gonna be like.. oh look microsoft bought out rare.. lets go buy an xbox.... :unsure:

Yeah whatever..

[Angrist]

Nope they won't. People hate Bill Gates and his Micro$oft. They see that the X-Box doesn't have more fun games than the GCN and they don't kick as much on graphics as some Americans do.

Well that's my theory... :p

[GameKinG]

Pokemon does not seem as big, cause your not all tat into it. Im not either, but I still see loads of kids running around yelling pokemn names...

[TheGame]

the difference in sales in US and europe is so small tho.. it wotn make that big of a difference.. in japan GC is CRUSHING xbox...

and i dont think that people in europe are gonna be like.. oh look microsoft bought out rare.. lets go buy an xbox....

Remember when Nintendo made an article on how they are lowering thier production for the rest of the year? Remember, a worker at Nintendp said that the fact they sold Rare guarantees a M$ victory in Europe... Nintendo Reps just don't say things like that.

[Angrist]

There's no way they're going to 'win' just because of Rare...
Nintendo 64 had Rare but it still didn't sell well. Not as good as in America.

[Mediocre]

I sometimes wonder how Xbox could be beating GameCube in America... I mean here i dont know one person who owns an Xbox and none of the local stores stock Xbox games, hardware or accessories its like the Xbox doesnt exist.

[TheGame]

Originally posted by Mediocre
I sometimes wonder how Xbox could be beating GameCube in America... I mean here i dont know one person who owns an Xbox and none of the local stores stock Xbox games, hardware or accessories its like the Xbox doesnt exist.

Just because it doesn't sell in your area, it doesn't mean it isn't selling... In late 2001 here in Bakersfield, Ps2 was selling like crap compared to GCN and Xbox... then I saw the oveall sales and Ps2 was still kicking ass.

[TheGame]

Originally posted by Angrist
There's no way they're going to 'win' just because of Rare...
Nintendo 64 had Rare but it still didn't sell well. Not as good as in America.

It didn't sell well COMPARED to somthing ;)

But why speculate? We will see how the sales comparisions are doing once Kameo and Perfect Dark 2 is released. Xbox is already slowly grabbing Nintendo from behind in sales over there.

[Xantar]

The question is when will Perfect Dark 2 and Kameo be released. They could be out relatively quickly, but at this point, we don't know how well Rareware does on a tight schedule (they're supposed to put out 5 games in the next 2 years, remember).

[Mediocre]

Originally posted by TheGame
Just because it doesn't sell in your area, it doesn't mean it isn't selling... In late 2001 here in Bakersfield, Ps2 was selling like crap compared to GCN and Xbox... then I saw the oveall sales and Ps2 was still kicking ass. I know, well althow Sony dominates almost everywhere Nintendo is holding its own here with the general public.

[Mushlafa]

Around here everyone seems to own an xbox and saying that you own a gamecube will make you look like an idiot :unsure: and theres no point in argueing..

[Angrist]

lol

I don't know a lot of ppl who own a Cube, but neither do I know a lot of ppl who own a Box. Online I know a lot of LotR fans who have a Cube (about 8 guys, while only 3 have an XB), but where I live, the X-Box is consider to be 'cooler'.

Man I type like an Englishman :unsure:

Although XB will get PD and stuff, GC will get Metroid and Zelda.
I really don't think Rare can make XB a succes here. :unsure:

[fingersman]

Originally posted by Angrist



Man I type like an Englishman :unsure:





I wonder why?:rolleyes:

[Professor S]

The XBox sells like crazy in my area. And if you have looked at the EBWorld website you'll see that Hitman2 on the XBox is one of the top selling console games of October, and deservedly so.

The EB near me has a bigger selection of new and used XBox games than even the PS2. But that is only one region and is most likely (meaning definitely) not true in all of the US.

A for the future, I see the XBox growing considering the upcoming releases and the ratings that XBox games like Deathrow are starting to receive. After all, Splinter Cell, Mechassault, Brute Force and Duality are just a few of the games that are just around the corner. MS will have to do much heavier marketing soon though, especially for their exclusive titles if they want to move more consoles this holiday season.

Either way, at least I'll have plenty of good games to play:D

[PuPPeT]

Originally posted by TheGame
Lets see...

In Japan
GCN>Xbox

In US
GCN<Xbox

In Euro
GCN>Xbox (until news gets around that UK's own Rare is sold... then GCN is doomed)

I would say that nes of rare and price cuts in the Euro zone has got around and we are starting see this. Gamecube Sales in the UK have droped just 2 weeks after SMS launched over here.

Uk sales for last week
GameCube 5,662 = to 218,421
Xbox 7,319 = 215,818

Well there you have it i'm not going to put PS2 on there cuss we all know it sold s*** loads more then both Xbox and Gamecube. But it does show Gamecube is not selling as well as some might think over here. In fact SMS only just took the Gamecube sales past the xbox by a 100 units or so for two weeks. And sorry i can't really see a game as old as Metroid selling as well as SMS Alot of people who are buying the Gamecbue are too young to have even played the first game. :(

[TheGame]

Originally posted by PuPPeT
I would say that nes of rare and price cuts in the Euro zone has got around and we are starting see this. Gamecube Sales in the UK have droped just 2 weeks after SMS launched over here.

Uk sales for last week
GameCube 5,662 = to 218,421
Xbox 7,319 = 215,818

Well there you have it i'm not going to put PS2 on there cuss we all know it sold s*** loads more then both Xbox and Gamecube. But it does show Gamecube is not selling as well as some might think over here. In fact SMS only just took the Gamecube sales past the xbox by a 100 units or so for two weeks. And sorry i can't really see a game as old as Metroid selling as well as SMS Alot of people who are buying the Gamecbue are too young to have even played the first game. :(

That's what I always used to say concerning Nintendo game sales for the rest of the year... if Mario can't do it, nothing can this year. Maybe Cel-da will help sales, but it's all a gamble with this new cutsey Link.

[BlueFire]

A lot of people I know has a PS2.. :p

Some people have a GC (5-4)

and I know one person, I think... with an Xbox... I'm not really sure