December 2016 NPD: NES Classic Edition sells 223,000 units in the U.S.
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
In November, the NES Classic Edition sold 196,000 units in the United States. The hardware had another strong month in December. According to the NPD, NES Classic Edition sales rose by 14 percent. That puts it at just over 223,000 units sold.
Sales should tail off this month if only due to a lack of availability. Hopefully Nintendo manages to get more stock out in the near future.
December 2016 NPD: top 10 best-selling games in the U.S.
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of December 2016. The results can be found below.
December 2016 NPD: Sales for Pokemon Sun/Moon top four million, fastest games in Nintendo’s history to do so
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 5 Comments
Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have sold over four million copies in the United States, Nintendo announced today. The two specifically stand at 4.5 million since launching in late November. Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were also the second and third best-selling games during the month of December as reported by NPD.
Nintendo also said today that the last quarter of 2016 was the “best-selling quarter for software in Nintendo 3DS history”. 7.3 million copies of first-party Nintendo games were sold during that period. For the seventh month in a row, sales grew year-over-year thanks to the likes of Pokemon, Super Mario Maker, and evergreen titles such as Mario Kart 7.
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Media Create sales (1/9/17 – 1/15/17)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 39, 116
New 3DS LL – 23, 212
Vita – 13,816
2DS – 9,243
PS4 Pro – 7,887
New 3DS – 2,091
Wii U – 1,169
PS3 – 701
Xbox One – 75
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 78,927
New 3DS LL – 54,645
Vita – 34,023
2DS – 26,214
PS4 Pro – 8,242
New 3DS – 8,019
Wii U – 3,147
PS3 – 1,156
Xbox One – 180
And here are the software charts:
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UK software sales (Week ending 01/14/2016) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
6. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
7. Star Fox Zero – Nintendo
8. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
8. Monster Hunter Generations – Capcom
9. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 01/14/2016)
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
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Media Create software sales (1/2/17 – 1/8/17) – Top 50
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
02./01. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon
03./03. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!!
04./06. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition #
05./08. [3DS] Miitopia
06./04. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki
07./05. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV #
08./09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo
09./07. [PS4] Yakuza 6: The Song of Life #
10./10. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes
11./11. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
12./15. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
13./14. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition]
14./19. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
15./12. [PS4] Watch Dogs 2
16./23. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
17./17. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu
18./21. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
19./26. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura – Busters T-Pack {Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi \ Yo-Kai Watch 3: Tempura}
20./18. [PS4] Battlefield 1
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UK’s best-selling games of 2016
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Thanks to GamesIndustry, we now have a look at the top 50 best-selling games of 2016. Get a look at the results below.
The All-Formats UK Top 50 Boxed Chart 2016
Position | Title | Publisher/Developer |
---|---|---|
1 | FIFA 17 | EA/EA Canada |
2 | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | Activision/Infinity Ward |
3 | Battlefield 1 | EA/EA DICE |
4 | Tom Clancy’s The Division | Ubisoft/Massive |
5 | Grand Theft Auto V | Rockstar/Rockstar North |
6 | Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End | Sony/Naughty Dog |
7 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Activision/Treyarch |
8 | Watch Dogs 2 | Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal |
9 | Overwatch | Blizzard |
10 | Forza Horizon 3 | Microsoft/Playground Games |
11 | Mafia III | 2K Games/Hangar 13 |
12 | Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | Bethesda |
13 | FIFA 16 | EA/EA Canada |
14 | LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Warner Bros/TT Games |
15 | Doom | Bethesda/id Software |
16 | LEGO Marvel Avengers | Warner Bros/TT Games |
17 | Star Wars Battlefront | EA/EA DICE |
18 | Minecraft: Xbox Edition | Microsoft/4J Studios |
19 | Far Cry Primal | Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal |
20 | Gears of War 4 | Microsoft/The Coalition |
21 | Pokemon Sun | Nintendo/Game Freak |
22 | Fallout 4 | Bethesda |
23 | Pokemon Moon | Nintendo/Game Freak |
24 | Final Fantasy XV | Square Enix |
25 | Rocket League | 505 Games/Psyonix |
26 | WWE 2K17 | 2K Games/Yuke’s and Visual Concepts |
27 | Titanfall 2 | EA/Respawn |
28 | EA Sports UFC 2 | EA/EA Canada |
29 | No Man’s Sky | Sony/Hello Games |
30 | Dishonored 2 | Bethesda/Arkane |
31 | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege | Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal |
32 | Ratchet and Clank | Sony/Insomniac |
33 | LEGO Jurassic World | Warner Bros/TT Games |
34 | Minecraft: PlayStation Edition | Sony/4J Studios |
35 | Dark Souls III | Bandai Namco/From Software |
36 | Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 | EA/Popcap Games |
37 | Rise of The Tomb Raider: 20th Anniversary Edition | Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics |
38 | LEGO Dimensions | Warner Bros/TT Games |
39 | Minecraft: Story Mode | TellTale Games |
40 | Just Cause 3 | Square Enix/Avalanche Studios |
41 | F1 2016 | Codemasters/Codemasters Birmingham |
42 | WWE 2K16 | 2K Games/Yuke’s and Visual Concepts |
43 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Disney/Avalanche Software |
44 | Assassin’s Creed Syndicate | Ubisoft/Ubisoft Quebec |
45 | Steep | Ubisoft/Ubisoft France |
46 | Halo 5: Guardians | Microsoft/343 Studios |
47 | Guitar Hero Live | Activision/FreeStyleGames |
48 | Just Dance 2017 | Ubisoft/Ubisoft France |
49 | Skylanders Imaginators | Activision/Toys For Bob |
50 | Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Square Enix/Eidos Montreal |
GamesIndustry has plenty more information about the UK market in 2016 aside from the top 50. For more information, visit the source link below.
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Media Create sales (1/2/17 – 1/8/17)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 6 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 78,927
New 3DS LL – 54,645
Vita – 34,023
2DS – 26,214
PS4 Pro – 8,242
New 3DS – 8,019
Wii U – 3,147
PS3 – 1,156
Xbox One – 180
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 73,421
New 3DS LL – 45,809
Vita – 25,487
2DS – 20,259
PS4 Pro – 9,916
New 3DS – 4,342
Wii U – 2,589
PS3 – 1,002
Xbox One – 221
3DS – 72
3DS LL – 40
And here are the software charts:
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Japan: top 20 best-selling games of 2016
Posted on 8 years ago by Fernando in 3DS, News, Wii U | 8 Comments
NeoGAF user horuhe has compiled the data of Japan’s best-selling games of the year using weekly Media Create top 20 charts. It may not be complete, but it gives us a look at the Japanese software market and what games they enjoy the most.
We can also have a look at the Wii U and 3DS top 20 best-sellers before the official Media Create charts come available in a few weeks.