October 2005 NPD

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:39 pm

From the GAF

October Hardware Sales

PS2 = 252,000
Xbox = 110,000
GCN = 102,000
GBA = 208,000 (approx)
DS = 136,000 (approx)

October Top 25 Software Sales

US Top 25 Videogame Titles
Rank Title Publisher

Rank Title Publisher
1 PS2 SOCOM 3: US NAVY SEALS Sony
2 PS2 NBA LIVE 06 Electronic Arts
3 PSP GTA: LIBERTY CITY STORIES Take 2 Interactive
4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
5 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENK Atari
6 GCN POKEMON XD: GALE OF DARKNESS Nintendo
7 PS2 FIFA SOCCER 06 Electronic Arts
8 PS2 THE WARRIORS Take 2 Interactive
9 PS2 SOUL CALIBUR III Namco
10 PS2 TONY HAWK AMERICAN WASTELAN Activision
11 PS2 SLY 3: HONOR AMONG THIEVES Sony
12 XBX FAR CRY INSTINCTS Ubi Soft
13 XBX NBA LIVE 06 Electronic Arts
14 PS2 SHADOW OF COLOSSUS Sony
15 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 06 Electronic Arts
16 PS2 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN Activision
17 XBX MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
18 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT:SHAOLIN MONKS Midway
19 PS2 X-MEN LEGENDS II: ROA Activision
20 PS2 BLITZ: THE LEAGUE Midway
21 XBX THE WARRIORS Take 2 Interactive
22 GCN MARIO SUPERSTAR BASEBALL Nintendo
23 XBX BATTLEFIELD 2: MODERN COMBA Electronic Arts
24 PSP MADDEN NFL 06 Electronic Arts
25 NDS CASTLEVANIA : DAWN OF SORROW Konami

Source: The NPD Group/NPD Funworld, POS
Note: Ranked in terms of $$$ sales.

Platform top 5's in the morning.
PSP data in a couple of weeks.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:41 pm

The Warriors game is pretty fun. R* managed to combine a couple of poor to sucky games (SoE and Manhunt) to come out with a winner.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:02 pm

I can't believe there's 252,000 people that don't own a PS2 yet. Of course, my local EB manager tells me that the reason why they sell so many PS2s is because a lot of people are on their second or third one because of drive failure.

Wouldn't surprise me if PS2 doesn't outsell the 360 in the month of November.

sfz_T-car · Post by **sfz_T-car** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:16 pm

I've been waiting on the PS2 price drop to replace ours. The continued strong sales make the Nov cut pretty unlikely. It's looking like a $150 Xmas gift for my son.

Q: Has there ever been a month w/out a Pokemon title in the top 25?

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:22 am

252,000... how many this year?

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:18 pm

Sudz wrote:252,000... how many this year?

Probably a couple million. That's why I wonder how you can trust Sony's figures. I find it almost impossible to believe that they are still selling this many units of a 5 year old system.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:23 pm

But these aren't Sony's numbers. I'm sure they shipped more than 250,000 units in October to fully stock retailers for the Holiday season.

Now, the # of PSPs shipped released by Sony, that doesn't mean sh*t. It seems like every Target I go to has about 20 units. Not sure about Wal*Mart, but if they have a similar number/store, that's a hell of a lot more units.

I'm very interested to see the PSP systems from the NPD report to get a direct comparison to the DS.

Surprising to see so many Gamecubes sold last month.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:40 pm

Badgun wrote:
Sudz wrote:252,000... how many this year?
Probably a couple million. That's why I wonder how you can trust Sony's figures. I find it almost impossible to believe that they are still selling this many units of a 5 year old system.

These are not Sony's numbers. They are actual sales at stores, not product shipped by Sony.

YTD

Jan - 488,000
Feb - 495,000
Mar - 533,000
Apr - 332,000
May - 273,000
June - 355,000
July - 262,000
Aug - 253,000
Sept - 268,000
Oct - 252,000

Total - 3,511,000

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:44 pm

I'd bet most of those 3,511,000 people have absolutely no plans to buy an XBox 360 this year or next. One thing is for sure, I remember the PSOne having similar (read: surprising) sales back when the Dreamcast was being released. As history shows, those people became PS2 owners somewhere down the road.