Worldwide Hardware and Software Chart for Week Ending June 20th, 2008

VGChartz reports that their estimated worldwide hardware and software chart for week ending June 20th, 2008 is as follows:

Hardware Totals: [Last Week #]

DSL: 426,242 (-10%) [474,215]
Wii: 378,214 (+27%) [297,848]
PSP: 200,902 (-2%) [204,447]
PS3: 164,374 (-47%) [311,836]
360: 123,126 (-5%) [129,490]
PS2: 100,477 (-2%) [102,160]

Top 10 Software Worldwide:

1 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 433,359 1,885,836
2 Wii Sports (Wii) 342,544 24,844,881
3 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 184,290 5,866,629
4 Wii Fit (Wii) 165,337 4,986,189
5 Wii Play (Wii) 154,672 13,058,808
6 Super Robot Wars A Portable (PSP) 100,011 100,011 [NEW]
7 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) 79,878 1,384,437
8 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (DS) 78,263 278,018
9 Brain Training (DS) 76,446 13,307,783
10 Mario Kart DS (DS) 74,034 11,035,495

Other New Releases:

20 Mario Super Sluggers (Wii) 58,831 58,831 [NEW]
21 Harulanaru Toki no Naka de 4 (PS2) 52,970 52,970 [NEW]
34 Alone In The Dark (360) 39,296 39,296 [NEW]
48 Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (Wii) 29,061 29,061 [NEW]

Software Totals: [Last Week #]

Wii: 2,017,980 (+7%) [1,891,187] Tie Ratio: 4.91
DSL: 1,751,802 (-8%) [1,894,255] Tie Ratio: 3.49
PS3: 1,305,999 (-47%) [2,446,927] Tie Ratio: 4.41
360: 1,213,844 (-13%) [1,392,730] Tie Ratio: 6.71
PS2: 607,835 (-3%) [627,082] Tie Ratio: n/a
PSP: 559,716 (+36%) [410,687] Tie Ratio: 2.07

[pharmd]

i think the most impressive part is that one week out of the blue the wii is up 27%

the rest was rather predictable IMO

[shine1396]

wii or wii fit back in stock?

[Kain81]

sorry but this must be wrong, cause konami Told that allone in EU they sold about 1 Mio. units + US about 650000 + Jap about 580000 = 2,23Mio
units and not 1,8 mio.

[BananaSlug]

retailers have yet to sell the entire 1 million to consumers

shipped =/= sold

[LordXenu]

"Konami has announced that MGS: Guns Of The Patriots has sold a million copies in Europe since its release on June 12th – and that it has shipped many more SKUs to its retail partners."

" SOLD a MILLION"

"IT HAS SHIPPED MANY MORE SKUS TO ITS RETAIL PARTNERS"

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/3...

SOLD = 1 million

SHIPPED = more than 1 million

[BananaSlug]

clearly that author does not know the difference between the usage of the term "shipped" and "sold" in the games industry.

here is the official konami press release that author correctly quoted but partially misconceived with his own journalism:

http://kotaku.com/5019089/m...

konami clearly stated shipped

[shine1396]

the kotaku article could be just as wrong...and thinking that kotaku journalism is above others let alone similiar...well it is your opinion also so I'll respect that...another opinion was this:

DelSource at 06:09 AM on 06/24/08 Reply by Email

Before the nay-sayers step in and choose which part of the press release to take any notice of, Konami say that the have shipped AND sold over a million.

of course then again somebody else thought something else...who's to know?

[BananaSlug]

First of all, screw kotaku's journalism and out of context article titles.

Second, how does one deny official, uncut & raw words from a Konami representative -- which is what is highlighted in yellow. In that article highlight, the representative stated that 1 million units were shipped to European retailers. I have yet to see an official quote from Konami that states they sold 1 million units in European territories on or before Jun 24 2008.

[Biphter]

"Metal Gear Solid 4 blows retail away!
Huge first week sales as Hideo Kojima's epic PLAYSTATION®3 title enjoys storming first week
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced that sales of its newly-released Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots title for PLAYSTATION®3 have exceeded one million units within the first week.

Konami has shipped over one million copies of the game to retailers across Europe to meet the exceptional demand"

As far as I see it they said Retail sales EXCEEDED 1 million and shipped OVER 1 million. Maybe its both and the same, but they have at retail and sales in the same sentence, then in the next shipped OVER. They could have sold an amount just over 1 million and shipped an amount a little higher than that the way its worded.

At the end of the day I think vgcharts are a bit low still regardless.

[Lew_Ijgee]

We know they are not 100% accurate. Just use VGchartz as an estimate only please.

[mikeslemonade]

MGS4 bundle sold out everywhere and if you don't believe that reason why the PS3 numbers are down then your just wrong. When Sony resupplies the bundles in early July the numbers will be up once again.

[PoSTedUP]

look at the wii yo, what a freak.

[Le-mo]

Why are people approving hardware/software sales number from VGChartz? They've said it themselves that it's only an estimate and ANYBODY can make an estimate so why approve it? Let's just wait for official numbers from NPD or the manufacturers themselves.

[Guwapo77]

Because NPD is America only. I personally like to get an idea of what the world is buying and not just my country.

VGCharts do good at what they do. Estimate.

[Superfragilistic]

You do realise NPD is an estimate as well?!

The difference is that in America it bases it on approximately 60% of retailers where VGChartz uses less than a 5% sample for early analysis and weights more heavily on other factors such as shipping numbers, past sales results and internet hype. VGChartz then amends their numbers after NPD is released to broaden their sample and better reflect analytical estimates.

Up front NPD is a much better estimate. But it's by no means official, it is merely a much better estimate of the North American market as it uses a much larger sample size. :)

Here's the best explanation you'll find: http://www.n4g.com/gaming/N...

[Le-mo]

I understand what you mean, but the numbers that VGChartz gives out are only estimates. Even you can estimate the amount of hardware/software sale per week. VGChartz numbers are never right and most of the times they are way off from the official numbers.

[Guwapo77]

That may be true. But they have more resources than I do to conjure that estimate.

Like I said before VGcharts are good for what they do but by no means do I take what they say as gospel.

[jspc1989]

not one 360 game in the top ten software chart. cmon microsoft step up your game! :P

[Guwapo77]

Don't worry, their time is coming soon. I predict Soul Calibur 4 will get them back on the charts.

[SL1M DADDY]

I certainly hope so but I have to say, in my own opinion, I doubt that the game will do anything for the console. I know that the 360 version gets Yoda but the PS3 version get Darth Vader and quite possible, Kratos - God of War. Those two characters alone are huge selling points for the Sony version of the game.

[shine1396]

not battlefield?

[Guwapo77]

I think both will do well...with slight edge going to PS3 version for reasons you mentioned above. Who knows...PS3 might get a gimped version or 360 ships out bad disks and both systems bomb.

It's a definate wait and see Slim Daddy.

[Guwapo77]

...I forgot about that game Shine1396. That one should get some ranking...top 10? *shrugs* With Wii sports being a pack in shouldn't qualify for this list. Makes it alittle harder to place on there. It should be called the Top 9... But hey I didn't create this list.

[xg-ei8ht]

I think the ms sales are way off.

I could be wrong, but i'm not!

[Baka-akaB]

mmm so in the end gta4 ps3 sales are catching up a bit with 360's one , and in the end the 360's lead isnt really as massive as one could expect with their console base , and the PR about exclusive DLC . "only" 1.5 million of difference despite a 6 million hardware lead for the 360 in usa alone .

Just a reminder since some had written off the ps3 version as a "failure" , when both games performs admirably .

About hardware sales now ...damn sony get a clue stop undershipping 80gb sku's . people want supplies and price cut (and/or games) on the 60 or 80gb ps3 , not the cheap (not in price but content and lack of BC) 40gb .

MGS4 is having a great success , but hardware wise sony is a bit wasting their momentum .

[Shadow Flare]

ps2 sold 100,477 *applauds*

"old soldiers don't die"

[jtucker78]

To all those people who said that the Wii would benefit the games industry by bringing more people into gaming can I just point you to exhibit A: Top 10 Software Worldwide

Apart from MGS4 at number 1, does that Software Top 10 look like the Wii has benefitted the games industry?

[1stKnighT]

Damn the ps3 only sold 40,000 more with the release of their main gun MGS4? That's pretty weak. When Halo 3 came out the 360 outsold the ps3 by 400,000. :)

[Bathyj]

Yeah, and then a couple weeks later PS3 overtook XB in world wide sales and was never caught again. I love that story.

[wolfehound22]

Dude your pretty funny. Now I can't speak for the fanboys you probably were arguing with before this game was released. I'm sure there were some stating that it would sell more than Halo. But in my honest opinion I never thought MGS4 would sell Halo like numbers. The previous versions didn't sell as well as the previous versions of Halo, so not a shocker to me. On the other hand almost 2 mil in less than 2 weeks is very nice since Metal Gear games usually only appeal to there hardcore fans. This is a wonderful game. Its still selling strong which just adds to steadily growing game library on the PS3.

[SmokingMonkey]

not to mention MGS4 is by far a better game.
that's a FACT not an opinion. XD just kidding....not really

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[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

PS3: 164,374 ;-P

360: 123,126 ;-D

[karlostomy]

Two weeks after MGSIV launch, the ps3 is nearly back where it was before. Ie. selling 40000 extra units?

Is it enough?

After all, if only 40000 extra units are sold world wide every week from now on, the ps3 will catch the 360 in 3.5 years, which is 2012!

I have been doing this simple linear calculation for months now, but each time I get rebuked by SDF and fanboys telling me how the ps3 is gaining momentum and 'wait til MGSIV' and the ps3 is going to gather speed....
well, sorry guys. the numbers don't lie. For months now, the trend has been linear and my calculations hold true. No amount of wishing, praying and waiting will change the numbers that have been posted by me for months and months.
What will happen after the dust has settled around MGSIV? Will the trend take off a la PS2? Get real! Sony looks set to remain firmly in third place, even without a 360 price drop.

I guess I was right after all.

[Rampant]

Only 200 more weeks like this and the ps3 will pass 360. GO

[BestGamerAlive]

PS3 on top sorry XTINCTBOX its over 4 u

[solidworm]

and so to conclude without the U.S. and the U.K. MICROSOFT are screwed

[karlostomy]

Damn. (-47%) in the second week after MGSIV.
That's what I call a 'flash in the pan'

[Xheratuul]

mgs4 is not the only the bomb on sales, there is more to come

[Vlaitor]

The news about the sells in North america this week said they sold 643 thousands of MGS4 and World Wide they say 433 thousands...

Haaa.. what ?

[beoulve]

yup vgchartz is stupid

you can wait for NPD and see how they get owned time to time again.

[chavafx]

like heavenly flop lair- the flop warhawk the flop rachet the flop and go on hell even mgs4 is some how a flop