Media Create has published the latest hardware sales figures from Japan. The results are below.
Wii – 106,555
PSP – 67,880
PS3 – 57,782
DSi LL – 53,791
DSi – 51,635
DS Lite – 8,367
Xbox 360 – 5,314
PSP go – 3,412
PS2 – 2,277
For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from November 23 (last week).
DSi LL – 67,243
Wii – 46,673
PS3 – 46,558
PSP – 38,839
DSi – 37,021
DS Lite – 7,268
PSP go – 3,809
Xbox 360 – 3,685
PS2 – 2,057
Nintendo Kicks Off the Holidays with Nearly 3 Million Hardware Units Sold in November; Nintendo DS Sets All-Time November Record and Wii Installed Base Crosses 23 Million in the United States
November proved to be a record-setting month for Nintendo video game sales. Nintendo’s Wii™ console sold more than 1.25 million units in November, making Wii the fastest-selling home console to surpass an installed base of 23 million. Meanwhile the Nintendo DS™ franchise set a record with the most hand-held video game systems sold in the month of November – ever. According to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales data in the United States, Nintendo sold nearly 1.7 million Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi™ systems in November, eclipsing the previous record of 1.57 million held by Nintendo DS in 2008.
As the No. 1- and No. 2-selling systems for the month, the Nintendo DS and Wii systems sold nearly 3 million units combined in November, demonstrating that holiday shoppers who want value continue to choose Nintendo products. Nintendo hardware represents more than half of all video game systems sold in the United States through November in 2009.
Hardware
PlayStation 2 203.1K
PlayStation 3 710.4K
PSP 293.9K
Xbox 360 819.5K
Wii 1.26M
Nintendo DS 1.70M
Software
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* (360) |Nov-09| 4.20M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* (PS3) |Nov-09| 1.87M
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII (WII) |Nov-09| 1.39M
ASSASSIN’S CREED II (360) |Nov-09| 794.7K
LEFT 4 DEAD 2 (360) |Nov-09| 744.0K
WII SPORTS RESORT* (WII) |Jul-09| 720.2K
WII FIT PLUS* (WII) |Oct-09| 679.0K
ASSASSIN’S CREED II (PS3) |Nov-09| 448.4K
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS* (360) |Nov-09| 362.1K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL (WII) |Apr-08| 315.0K
Pre-Sale Program Kicks off with Exclusive In-Game Items Available for Ragnarok Online PC Players that Pre-Order and Purchase the Nintendo DS Version
Torrance, Calif. – XSEED Games today announced that it is preparing for the upcoming Ragnarok DS title release with an early pre-sale program that supports the game’s popular MMORPG PC counterpart, Ragnarok Online PC (iro.ragnarokonline.com). By pre-ordering Ragnarok DS from participating retailers nationwide, Ragnarok Online PC players will be able to redeem an exclusive set of accessories to customize their online avatar, in addition to another set of exclusive items included within each retail copy of Ragnarok DS. Formerly sharing the same name, the new Nintendo DS game will provide players with a unique RPG experience when it officially launches in North America as Ragnarok DS in February 2010.
By pre-ordering Ragnarok DS from a participating retailer, players will receive the “Ragnarok Online Prepared for Adventure Pack” containing the following exclusive items when picking up a copy of the game:
DSiWare
1 – Flipnote Studio
2 – Nintendo DSi Browser
3 – myNotebook: Blue
4 – Arcade Bowling
5 – Castle of Magic
6 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
7 – MySims Camera
8 – Bookworm
9 – Crash-Course Domo
10 – Bomberman Blitz
11 – Army Defender
12 – Guitar Rock Tour
13 – Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes
14 – Paper Airplane Chase
15 – Battle of Giants: Dragons – Bronze Edition
16 – Asphalt 4: Elite Racing
17 – Rock-n-Roll Domo
18 – Master of Illusion Express: Mind Probe
19 – Electroplankton Luminarrow
20 – Rayman
WiiWare
1 – Pokemon Rumble Demo
2 – World of Goo Demo
3 – FFCC: My Life as a Darklord Demo
4 – Bit.Trip Beat Demo
5 – NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Demo
6 – Pokemon Rumble
7 – Frogger Returns
8 – Excitebike: World Rally
9 – World of Goo
10 – Reel Fishing Challenge
11 – My Zoo
12 – Tetris Party
13 – Dr. Mario Online Rx
14 – My Aquarium
15 – FFCC: My Life as a Darklord
16 – My Pokemon Ranch
17 – Bit.Trip Beat
18 – Tales of Monkey Island – Chapter 4
19 – Bit.Trip Void
20 – Dragon Master Spell Caster
VC
1 – Super Mario Bros. 3
2 – Super Mario Bros.
3 – Super Mario Bros. 2
4 – The Legend of Zelda
5 – Super Mario World
6 – Pac-Man
7 – Super Mario Kart
8 – Donkey Kong
9 – Punch-Out!!
10 – Final Fantasy
11 – Kirby’s Adventure
12 – Super Mario 64
13 – Galaga
14 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
15 – Excitebike
16 – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
17 – Donkey Kong Country
18 – Castlevania
19 – Mario Bros.
20 – Mario Kart 64
MILAN, Italy – December 11, 2009 – Today, Playstos Entertainment, independent video game developer, is pleased to announce that Pallurikio™, its new action platformer for WiiWare™, is now available for download on the European Wii Shop Channel. A release date has also been set for the American market, where Pallurikio will release later this month, on December 21.
Pallurikio will retail in both regions at a 1,000 Wii Points™ price point.
For more information about Pallurikio, gameplay videos and screenshots, please visit http://www.pallurikio.com, or the official UK WiiWare game page at
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/wiiware/pallurikio__15301.html.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – December 10, 2009 – Today Ubisoft announced a new addition to its sports portfolio with Racquet Sports, a multisport game that includes tennis, ping pong, badminton, squash and beach tennis. Developed for Nintendo Wii(TM), the game delivers an engaging and interactive experience for the entire family. Compatible with Wii MotionPlus(TM) and Ubisoft’s Motion Tracking Camera for Nintendo Wii(TM), players will receive a highly realistic and personalized gameplay experience. Players will experience easy-to-use controls that precisely simulate their movements and be able to play in multiple gameplay modes, from party to championship mode. Racquet Sports is scheduled to be released in North America in March 2010.
Racquet Sports engages players in 40 rich graphical environments in worldwide locations including an underwater reef, a Moroccan palace, a New York loft, and a fan-filled stadium. The multiplayer feature in Racquet Sports allows the entire family to play cooperatively with each other or to compete against each other at the same time. In addition, users will have the ability to customize their character’s body and clothing with different looks and accessories.
“We feel we now understand the hardware and the interface very well. But the flip-side to that is that non-Nintendo publishers feel they haven’t done that well on it commercially. That’s the biggest issue. From that perspective the Wii is a really difficult device to develop for, because as a hardcore games machine, Wii games are always going to be held up against whatever’s just come out on the Xbox 360 or PS3. The second you try to make a gamer’s game for it you will get unflattering comparisons. That’s why it’s difficult…despite it being very large, I think the attachment rate is fairly low, and I think that colours publishers’ view on how much they can invest in the system. I think that ROI’s on Wii games are probably low. I think publishers are very conservative on how much they can spend on it. We just don’t know if hardcore games can succeed on the Wii. I think it’s yet to be proven. I think a lot of people have bought Wii’s, but many aren’t buying software for it. With Silent Hill Shattered Memories, we’ve made a gamer’s game, and we’ve put a lot of passion into the game to get it right. But we’ve now got to wait and see how successful it’s really going to be commercially. That’s kind of out of our hands.” – CEO at Climax Studios
It seems like one core third-party title after another this year haven’t found commercial success. MadWorld, Dead Space Extraction, and Little King’s Story haven’t sold well at all even though they’re high-quality games. I really hope that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will be one of the few third-party offerings this year to have financial success.
