Media Create hardware sales (10/13 – 10/19)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 8 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 60,348
New 3DS – 29,341
3DS LL – 16,771
Vita – 8,761
PS4 – 8,046
3DS – 6,778
Wii U – 5,293
PS3 – 4,779
Xbox One – 728
Vita TV – 630
PSP – 100
Xbox 360 – 88
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 164,756
New 3DS – 70,050
3DS LL – 19,727
PS4 – 11,697
Vita – 8,561
3DS – 7,340
Wii U – 6,309
PS3 – 4,954
Xbox One – 809
Vita TV – 737
Xbox 360 – 97
PSP – 67
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Wii U sales have risen by over 60 percent in the UK this year
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Last week, we posted several comments from Nintendo UK noting that the “Wii U has had quite a good year so far”. Momentum particularly increased in May thanks to the launch of Mario Kart 8. Overall, MCV reports that Wii U sales are up over 60 percent in the UK this year.
UK software sales (week ending 10/18) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U/3DS specific charts are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
3. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
4. Nintendoland – Nintendo
5. Skylanders Trap Team – Activision Blizzard
6. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
7. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
8. Sonic : Lost World – Nintendo
9. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Disney Interactive Studios
10. FIFA 13 – Electronic Arts
3DS
1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
3. Fantasy Life – Nintendo
4. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
8. Pokemon X – Nintendo
9. The Lego Movie Videogame – Traveller’s Tales
10. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
More: Chart-Track, charts, sales, top, UK
UK software sales (week ending 10/18)
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s UK software sales are as follows:
Individual Formats
All Formats
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Media Create software sales (10/6 – 10/12) – Top 50
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
02./01. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
03./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
04./02. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX #
05./00. [PS4] FIFA 15 #
06./00. [PS3] FIFA 15 #
07./00. [PS4] Driveclub
08./05. [PSV] DanganRonpa: Another Episode
09./13. [3DS] Nazotoki Battle Tore! Densetsu no Makyuu o Fukkatsu Saseyo!
10./06. [PSV] The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II #
11./07. [PS3] The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II #
12./00. [PSV] FIFA 15
13./04. [3DS] Kinki no Magna
14./10. [PS3] Destiny
15./15. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online
16./16. [WIU] Mario Kart 8
17./22. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
18./09. [PSV] Ar Nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star #
19./23. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island
20./11. [WIU] Fatal Frame: Oracle of the Sodden Raven
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate sold through 85% of its initial shipment
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate sold nearly 1.5 million copies during its Japanese launch. Media Create reports that 85.40 percent of copies were sold.
How does that stack up to the original Monster Hunter 4? That title sold 1,715,060 copies with a 91.96 percent sell-through rate. 4 Ultimate managed to sell roughly 80 percent of what its predecessor did at launch.
Media Create believes that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate won’t sell two million copies at retail until its third week or later. Meanwhile, the first Monster Hunter 4 reached 2,188,799 copies sold after two weeks.
More: Capcom, Japan, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, sales
Nintendo sold 19,000 New 3DS face plates for the Japanese launch
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 2 Comments
It was revealed earlier this week that the New 3DS sold over 200,000 units for its Japanese launch. Media Create provides a bit more insight with some tidbits about the performance of the face plates.
According to Media Create, roughly 19,000 face plates were sold at launch. Popular face plates include the two Monster Hunter ones, Yoshi face plate, and the wood grain face plate (#24).
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September 2014 NPD: top 10 best-selling games in the U.S.
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 2 Comments
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of September 2014. The results can be found below.
- Destiny (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
- Madden NFL 15 (360, PS4, PS3, Xbox One)
- FIFA 15 (PS4, 360, PS3, Xbox One, Wii, Vita, 3DS)
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (3DS)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- NHL 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- Minecraft (360, PS3)
- The Sims 4 (PC)
- Disney Infinity 2.0 (360, PS3, Wii U, PS4, Xbox One)
- Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (PS4, 360, PS3, Xbox One, PC)
You can find more details from this month’s NPD report over on GamesBeat.
September 2014 NPD: Nintendo’s response – Smash sells 705,000 copies in 2 days
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 23 Comments
Today’s NPD day, and Nintendo has once again provided its regular response to the latest US sales data.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS managed to sell over 705,000 copies in its first two days, making the game the fourth best-selling software SKU for the month. 135,000 of those sales came from eShop downloads.
3DS sales came in at 140,000 for September – up 55 percent compared to August. Wii U sales also increased by nearly 50 percent over sales in August thanks to Hyrule Warriors (190,000 units sold) and Mario Kart 8 (60,000 units sold).
Look for Nintendo’s full response to this month’s NPD report below.
Tomodachi Life sells 200,000 units in France
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments
Tomodachi Life has performed extremely well in France. Since launch, the game has sold 200,000 units. Nintendo has also confirmed that Tomodachi Life was the best-selling game this summer and the best-selling release of 2014.
