Galanthas

I cannot confirm if these numbers are exact since I don't have access to NPD site numbers. Saw these posted on other forums.

October NPD Hardware Sales

PS2: 300,000 [-10% over September sales]
Xbox: 176,000 [+3%]
GCN: 254,000 [+54%]
GBA: 401,000 [-2%]

Cumulative Installed Base

PS2: 19,439,000
Xbox: 6,178,000
GCN: 4,948,000
GBA: 16,310,000

Tie Ratios

PS2: 7.33
Xbox: 6.04
GCN: 5.85
GBA: 3.19

Top Ten software for each platform for October

Titl Title Publisher Projected $'s Projected Units
PS2 1 NBA LIVE 2004 Electronic Arts $19,311,610 387,363
PS2 2 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $10,151,370 204,064
PS2 3 JAK II Sony $9,525,686 239,217 *RD 10/14/03
PS2 4 WWE: HERE COMES PAIN THQ $7,575,488 152,073
PS2 5 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND Activision $7,166,578 144,842
PS2 6 TIGER WOODS PGA 2004 Electronic Arts $5,678,678 114,109
PS2 7 CASTLEVANIA: LAMENT Konami $4,733,432 95,177*RD 10/21/03
PS2 8 SSX 3 Electronic Arts $4,559,972 91,815
PS2 9 BACKYARD WRESTLING Eidos $3,948,827 79,233
PS2 10 CONFLICT: DESERT II Take-Two Interactive $3,192,561 64,096

XBX 1 NBA LIVE 2004 Electronic Arts $5,259,460 105,539
XBX 2 T. CLANCY'S RAINBOW 3 Ubi Soft $3,911,208 78,633*RD 10/30/03
XBX 3 CRIMSON SKIES: HIGH Microsoft $2,948,061 59,379*RD 10/21/03
XBX 4 ESPN NBA BASKETBALL Sega $2,668,353 53,567
XBX 5 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts $2,427,489 48,870
XBX 6 CONFLICT: DESERT II Take-Two Interactive $2,353,912 48,345
XBX 7 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND Activision $2,311,633 46,711
XBX 8 TIGER WOODS PGA 2004 Electronic Arts $2,214,646 44,551
XBX 9 SSX 3 Electronic Arts $1,936,943 38,990
XBX 10 HALO Microsoft $1,813,485 36,547

GCN 1 SW:ROGUE SQUADRON III LucasArts Entertainment $5,744,523 115,672
GCN 2 VIEWTIFUL JOE Capcom $4,060,866 102,231*RD 10/7/03
GCN 3 KIRBY AIR RIDE Nintendo $3,063,197 61,583
GCN 4 SOUL CALIBUR II Namco $2,659,374 54,369
GCN 5 TEENAGE MUTANT TURTLE Konami $1,758,922 43,050
GCN 6 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo $1,532,765 51,201
GCN 7 BILLY HATCHER Sega $1,429,339 37,215
GCN 8 SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN Vivendi Universal $1,419,004 28,999
GCN 9 MARIO GOLF: TOADSTOOL Nintendo $1,326,796 26,699
GCN 10 NBA LIVE 2004 Electronic Arts $1,321,751 26,511

GBA 1 MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 Nintendo $4,543,382 158,748*RD 10/20/03
GBA 2 FINAL FANTASY TACTICS Nintendo $2,030,718 58,999
GBA 3 POKEMON PINBALL: R&S Nintendo $1,356,631 43,877
GBA 4 POKEMON RUBY Nintendo $1,351,664 40,801
GBA 5 POKEMON SAPPHIRE Nintendo $1,236,279 37,323
GBA 6 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY Nintendo $856,780 28,374
GBA 7 KIRBY: NIGHTMARE Nintendo $663,853 21,036
GBA 8 SONIC ADVANCE 2 THQ $647,294 21,152
GBA 9 YU-GI-OH! WORLDWIDE Konami $646,175 18,198
GBA 10 MEGA MAN ZERO 2 Capcom $642,674 21,898

darkside

You know for getting beat by the PS2 the Xbox and Cube have pretty solid hardware sales.

Glad to see Viewtiful Joe selling decent. Shocked that Kirby sold that well though.

CreatureX

Thanks for the info. So the overall top 10 looks like this:

1. PS2 NBA LIVE 2004 Electronic Arts 387,363
2, PS2 MADDEN NFL 2004 Electronic Arts 204,064
3. PS2 JAK II Sony 239,217 *RD 10/14/03
4. GBA MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 Nintendo 158,748*RD 10/20/03
5. PS2 WWE: HERE COMES PAIN THQ 152,073
6. PS2 TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND Activision 144,842
7. GCN SW:ROGUE SQUADRON III LucasArts Ent. 115,672
8. PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2004 Electronic Arts 114,109
9. XBX NBA LIVE 2004 Electronic Arts 105,539
10. GCN VIEWTIFUL JOE Capcom 102,231*RD 10/7/03


Interesting to see the "non-Xbox Live" EA sports games still continue to dominate the Xbox sales charts.

Josh H

And yet people on this forum keep saying online gaming is a big selling point.

It may be among hardcore gamers, but not among the mass market casual gamers.

These numbers show:

1. They buy mainly buy brand name (in this case Madden)
2. Online gaming is a selling point to them or they'd overcome number 1 and go for ESPN which is as good or better than Madden depending on your tastes.

Joshic

the reason online gaming is not a selling point is that there isn't enough of an installed base of broadband users. the majority of people in this country still don't have broadband because it is either not available or still too expensive (both, in my case). once broadband becomes more widespread and affordable (affordable in my opinion is $30/month at most), then more people will get broadband. and online games will be more of an issue.

but the mass public will ALWAYS be slow to learn & stupid and buy well-known brands like Madden, even if the competing offer is better. usually it takes years before people realize that their trusted brand is not as good as it used to be.

Josh H

That's an argument I make that is often refuted. It can't take off because Broadband isn't available and isn't in a lot of people's price range yet.

Nintendo is missing out on nothing business wise IMO by not having online this gen

They better have it next gen though as broadband will continue to spread and drop in cost.

Trigger

Jeebus - why does every thread have to sink into another "online gaming is crap" arguement? Let it go.

Josh H

Jeeebus, do you have to be snide and mis read a post in every thread.

No one said it was crap.

I just get sick of hearing that Nintendo is doomed for not doing it, and that it's some huge selling point right now when it's clearly not.

It is important, and I believe it will catch on and be a selling point in the future. But it's a moot point this gen IMO.

Trigger

Nobody has said anything about nintendo being doomed for not including online capabilities in like 2 years. Every thread I visit though seems to end up in this epic debate about how online gaming is great or it's worthelss or whatever... I'm just sick of it. Start a thread about online gaming and use these numbers if you want. This thread doesn't need to be yet another place to talk about it. Or maybe it does - I don't care... I'm just expressing my opinion that I'm tired of hearing about it. Don't try to pick fights with me by accusing me of being snide. My post in this thread wasn't directed at you and the other thread was just a little tongue in cheek that was supposed to be funny... but whatever.

Josh H

I'm not trying to pick fights. I have no interest in arguing. I didn't take the other comment as funny, but rather as you being sarcastic and mainly took offense as it was off base as I said nothign about online gaming in that thread.

I never said the comment in this thread was directed at me, I was taking up for the other guy as this this thread's a perfect place to discuss it. The data shows the non-online sports games are outselling the x-box live games. It was an astute observation on his part and worth discussing IMO. It was bashig online gaming at all as you claimed, but rather showing evidence that it's not huge this gen (despite the claims of others on this board in other threads).

And trust me, Nintendo haters on this fourm have said multiple times that they are fools for not going online and that it is one of the reasons they are doomed to fail.