March TRSTS Have Arrived: Zelda Dominance

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RANK TITLE UNITS
1 GCN ZELDA:WIND WAKER 826,352
2 GBA POKEMON RUBY 652,595
3 GBA POKEMON SAPPHIRE 585,098
4 PS2 TENCHU 3:WRATH 164,282
5 PS2 THE GETAWAY 139,796
6 PS2 DEF JAM VENDETTA 135,162
7 PS2 GTA:VICE 131,817
8 PS2 XENOSAGA EPISODE 1 122,969
9 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS 118,108
10 PS2 MVP BASEBALL 2003 114,016
11 GBA DRIVER 2 ADVANCE 95,878
12 PS2 SOCOM:NAVY SEALS 89,461
13 PS2 DYNASTY WARRIORS 4 85,734
14 PS2 NBA STREET 85,595
15 GBA YU-GI-OH! DUNGEON 85,457
16 PS2 GRAN TURISMO 3 81,220
17 PS2 THE SIMS 81,027
18 GBA ZELDA: LINK TO PAST 79,719
19 PS2 ACE COMBAT 4 79,408
20 PS2 T.CLANCYS GHRECON 76,914
21 PS2 CRASH BANDICOOT:COR 76,220
22 PS2 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE 74,513
23 PS2 NFL 2K3 73,849
24 PS2 MAX PAYNE 73,578
25 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 72,653
26 GBA SONIC ADVANCE 2 70,170
27 PS2 JAK AND DAXTER 68,580
28 PS2 DARK CLOUD 2 68,005
29 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 61,400
30 GCN SUPER SMASH BRO 60,514
31 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUD 59,746
32 XBX HALO 57,756
33 PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB: 57,359
34 PS2 METAL GEAR2:SUB 56,924
35 XBX T.CLANCYS GH RECON 56,818
36 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 56,068
37 PS2 FROGGER:GREAT QUEST 55,433
38 PS2 ALL STAR BASEBALL2K455,390
39 GBA NAMCO MUSEUM 54,425
40 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 54,147
41 GCN METROID PRIME 53,815
42 PS2 ZONE ENDERS: 2ND 52,814
43 PS2 METAL GEAR SOLID 2 51,144
44 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 50,327
45 GBA GODZILLA: DOM 49,765
46 PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR348,322
47 XBX TAO FENG: FIST LOTUS48,140
48 PS2 .HACK: INFECTION 45,893
49 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 200345,782
50 PS2 LORD OF THE RINGS 45,232
51 GBA FROGGER'S ADV: TEMPLE44,961
52 GBA SUPER MARIO ADVANCE2 43,512
53 PS2 AUTO MODELLISTA 42,154
54 PS2 NBA STARTING FIVE 41,977
55 PS2 TEKKEN TAG TOUR 41,709
56 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY 41,274
57 PS2 MLB 2004 41,255
58 GBA YU-GI-OH! ETERNAL 40,650
59 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER 40,268
60 XBX WORLD SER BASEBALL2K3 40,223
61 GBA METROID FUSION 39,545
62 GBA DRAGONBALL Z: CARD 39,022
63 PS2 SPY HUNTER 37,718
64 GBA KIRBY: NIGHTMARE 36,834
65 GBA TARZAN: RETURN JUN 36,545
66 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOWE 36,218
67 PS2 HIGH HEAT BSBALL 2K4 35,375
68 PS2 CRAZY TAXI 35,178
69 XBX MAX PAYNE 34,741
70 GBA DEFENDER 33,916
71 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS 33,845
72 GBA PAC-MAN COLLECTION 33,591
73 PS2 RESIDENT EVIL CODE:X 33,523
74 GBA SPONGEBOB: DUTCHMAN 32,891
75 PS2 CABELAS BIG GAME HUNT 32,506
76 XBX PROJECT GOTHAM RACER 32,275
77 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY 32,006
78 PS2 BOND:AGENT UNDER FIRE 31,876
79 PS2 NCAA MARCH MDNSS 2003 31,809
80 PS2 EVERQUEST ONLINE ADVT 31,619
81 PS2 WWE: SHUT YOUR MOUTH 31,199
82 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 30,971
83 GBA D&D: EYE BEHOLDER 30,968
84 GBA YOSHI'S ISLAND 30,865
85 PS2 TETRIS WORLDS 30,574
86 XBX MVP BASEBALL 2003 30,277
87 XBX THE SIMS 30,204
88 PS2 WORLD BASEBALL2K3 29,925
89 PS2 MEDAL HONOR FRONT 29,506
90 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY 2 28,862
91 GBA SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 28,647
92 PS2 VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 28,412
93 XBX EXHIBITION DEMO VOL 28,411
94 XBX INDIANA JONES:EMP 28,342
95 PS2 RAYMAN ARENA 27,482
96 GCN STAR FOX ADVENTURES 27,149
97 XBX SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE 26,872
98 PS2 IHRA DRAG RACING 2 26,801
99 PS2 PAC-MAN WORLD 2 26,676
100 XBX AMPED: SNOWBOARDING 26,485


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825,000 + in around a week :eek:. According to nintendo, sales reached over the 1.1 million mark in mid-april.

One thing I've noticed is a lot of Xbox platinum titles are on the list, and it seems to have worked quite a bit. Maybe Nintendo should consider doing the same (read:add more budget range titles).

Wow, look at Pokemon go, who thought it was just a fad?

[GameMaster]

Grr.

How could Ruby be sell more than Sapphire?

[DarkMaster]

Nintendo holds the top 2 and top 3 spots with virtually the same game. Now that is crazy

[BreakABone]

Well, I've seen these numbers floating about, but have yet to get any solid proof that they are real and until I do..

*Sits down*

[GameKinG]

No siting down!

And umm...It sounds likely, but I guess Ill wait for full confirmation.

[CrOnO_LiNk]

Originally posted by GameMaster
Grr.

How could Ruby be sell more than Sapphire?

Who cares?

The important thing here is that Pokemon isn't first. Zelda is doing great, but Final Fantasy could still do better with its 1.2 million copies sold in just one day....

[bobcat]

Originally posted by CrOnO_LiNk
Who cares?

The important thing here is that Pokemon isn't first. Zelda is doing great, but Final Fantasy could still do better with its 1.2 million copies sold in just one day....

If you compare the user bases between Ps2 and GCN, I think Zelda kicked ass.

But 1.2 Million in a day!??!??

That's nutz

[BreakABone]

Well, I guess the numbers were real after all.

March 2003 NPD Video Game Sales Data

OVERVIEW
On Monday afternoon, NPD Funworld released its March 2003 (5-week period ending April 5) TRSTS sales data for U.S. console video game software sales. Total sales were $439 million, up 32% sequentially from February’s $334 million, and up 8% compared to March 2002. The sequential increase is attributable to a rebound from the post holiday sales slowdown as well as several mega hits released in the month. Year-to-date sales are $1,094 million compared with prior year-to-date of $1,075
million (a year-over-year increase of 2%).
Projected $'s (millions)

We had anticipated software sales of $425 million, so the overall sales figures were above our expectations. We believe that the
year-over-year increase was attributable to the relatively strong release schedule in March 2003, compared to last March. We
believe that industry sales figures will wax and wane in correlation with the number of mega hit titles released each month and
remain confident that sales will continue to be strong into 2003 and expect to end the year up over 20% from 2002.

March sales were dominated by Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC), Pokemon Ruby (GBA), and Pokemon
Sapphire (GBA), representing a combined $78 million in sales. March sales were also driven by continuing sales of Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2), Electronic Arts’ The Sims (PS2), Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelists of the Roses (PS2), and Sony’s The Getaway (PS2). Other top March releases include baseball titles (lead by Electronic Arts’ MVP Baseball 2003), Electronic Arts’ Def Jam Vendetta (PS2 and GC), and Activision’s Tenchu 3 (PS2). There were 10 games selling more than 100,000 units apiece in March (this compares to our expectation of 10 and seven last month). The top 200 games (out of 3,000 games sold in March) captured 62% of unit sales and 74% of dollar sales, compared with 62% of unit sales and 70% of dollar sales in February, with the top 250 games capturing 78% of dollar sales. The top 10 captured 28% of dollar sales versus 19% last month.

Top 10 Selling Games for PS2 for March 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 TENCHU 3:WRATH HEAVEN Activision 8,123,724 $ 164,282
2 DEF JAM VENDETTA Electronic Arts 6,732,114 $ 135,162
3 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive 6,559,611 $ 131,817
4 ************************ EPISODE 1 Namco 6,117,863 $ 122,969
5 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS Konami 5,788,056 $ 118,108
6 MVP BASEBALL 2003 Electronic Arts 5,675,670 $ 114,016
7 THE GETAWAY Sony 5,562,740 $ 139,796
8 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony 5,334,616 $ 89,461
9 DYNASTY WARRIORS 4 Koei 4,171,301 $ 85,734
10 THE SIMS Electronic Arts 4,029,014 $ 81,027

Top 10 Selling Games for Xbox for March 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Ubi Soft 2,737,034 $ 56,818
2 HALO Microsoft 2,654,686 $ 57,756
3 TAO FENG: FIST LOTUS Microsoft 2,393,245 $ 48,140
4 WORLD SER BASEBALL2K3 Sega 2,001,524 $ 40,223
5 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft 1,821,470 $ 40,268
6 MVP BASEBALL 2003 Electronic Arts 1,506,047 $ 30,277
7 THE SIMS Electronic Arts 1,502,511 $ 30,204
8 INDIANA JONES:EMPEROR LucasArts 1,410,560 $ 28,342
9 DOA: BEACH VOLLEYBALL Tecmo 1,297,595 $ 26,083
10 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts 947,980 $ 19,766

Top 10 Selling Games for GameCube for March 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER Nintendo 40,956,360 $ 826,352
2 MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo 2,030,154 $ 61,400
3 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo 1,812,481 $ 60,514
4 METROID PRIME Nintendo 1,586,908 $ 53,815
5 ANIMAL CROSSING Nintendo 1,201,529 $ 24,324
6 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts 1,051,372 $ 21,439
7 THE SIMS Electronic Arts 968,511 $ 19,527
8 SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE Nintendo 917,366 $ 18,927
9 DEF JAM VENDETTA Electronic Arts 904,205 $ 18,164
10 STAR FOX ADVENTURES Nintendo 869,755 $ 27,149

Top 10 Selling Games for GBA for March 2003 (Retail Sales $)
Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
1 POKEMON RUBY Nintendo 19,453,640 $ 652,595
2 POKEMON SAPPHIRE Nintendo 17,356,770 $ 585,098
3 YU-GI-OH! DUNGEONDICE Konami 2,547,598 $ 85,457
4 ZELDA: LINK TO PAST Nintendo 2,387,113 $ 79,719
5 SONIC ADVANCE 2 THQ 2,017,267 $ 70,170
6 DRIVER 2 ADVANCE Infogrames 1,938,473 $ 95,878
7 SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 Nintendo 1,325,919 $ 43,512
8 YU-GI-OH! ETERNAL Konami 1,199,575 $ 40,650
9 METROID FUSION Nintendo 1,177,957 $ 39,545
10 KIRBY: NIGHTMARE Nintendo 1,103,482 $ 36,834

[tarakan69]

Why doesn't this Pokemon fad just DIE!! I mean in Japan it has become a respectable franchise... In Europe and USA it's just a pathetic fad.

[TheGame]

Originally posted by tarakan69
Why doesn't this Pokemon fad just DIE!! I mean in Japan it has become a respectable franchise... In Europe and USA it's just a pathetic fad.

Why do you want it to die? Because you don't like it?

[tarakan69]

I just don't like Pokemon... The whole concept is so utterly stupid. I actually hate the anime... and my annoying little brother who constantly bubbles on about this ****. So I guess it's just my personal exerience with it.

[Jason1]

Nice sales figures. Zelda is at the top, where it should be, and It looks like the Pokemon fad hasnt faded...contrary to my belief.

[Rndm_Perfection]

Let's get technical. Zelda's not #1, Pokémon outsold it. Now, if there is a Zelda version with one more character that is selling somewhere, and generates enough to beat out the Pokémons along with the #1 ranked Zelda, then I'd say Zelda sold the most.

Otherwise, that's quite impressive O_o.

Oh, and Tarakan... heh, you make me laugh. Go to sleep, stoney.

[tarakan69]

Originally posted by Rndm_Perfection
Oh, and Tarakan... heh, you make me laugh. Go to sleep, stoney.

But I've got the munchies!!

[GameMaster]

I like Pokémon. I'll be waiting for your apology in my office.