December NPD console sales and more...

[Raedius]

December Hardware Sales:

PS2: 2,733,000 (+ 107% over November)
XBOX: 1,033,000 (+121%)
GCN: 619,000 (+32%)
GBA: 2,215,000

Cumulative Installed Base:

PS2: 15,870,000
XBOX: 4,601,000
GCN: 3,583,000
GBA: 11,894,000

Tie Ratios:

PS2: 6.09
XBOX: 4.74
GCN: 4.67
GBA: 2.74

December Software Sales:

Overall

1 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY Take Two Interactive
2 PS2 DRAGONBALL Z: BUDOKAI Infogrames
3 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts
4 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL Ubi Soft
5 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TWO TOWERS Electronic Arts
6 GBA ZELDA: LINK TO PAST Nintendo
7 GBA YU -GI-OH! ETERNAL Konami
8 PS2 BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE ElectronicArts
9 PS2 TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 4 Activision
10 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE Midway
11 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS Electronic Arts
12 PS2 ATV OFFROAD FURY 2 Sony
13 PS2 WWE: SHUT YOUR MOUTH THQ
14 GCN METROID PRIME Nintendo
15 GBA METROID FUSION Nintendo
16 GBA HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER OF SECRETS Electronic Arts
17 PS2 GRAN TURISMO3: A-SPEC Sony
18 PS2 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony
19 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 ElectronicArts
20 GBA YOSHI'S ISLAND: MARIO 3 Nintendo
21 PS2 HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER OF SECRETS Electronic Arts
22 GBA KIRBY: NIGHTMARE Nintendo
23 XBX T. CLANCY'S GHOST RECON UbiSoft
24 PS2 T. CLANCY'S GHOST RECON UbiSoft
25 GBA SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 Nintendo

PS2

1 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Take-Two Interactive $78,217,420 1,581,519
2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Infogrames $39,204,650 787,173
3 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts $32,882,530 678,412
4 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Electronic Arts $27,479,470 554,050
5 BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE Electronic Arts $24,182,070 488,858
6 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 Activision $22,888,240 483,954
7 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Midway $22,621,440 459,076
8 KINGDOM HEARTS Square EA $21,839,530 445,363
9 WWE: SHUT YOUR MOUTH THQ $18,610,010 381,194
10 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Sony $18,239,890 305,680

Xbox

1 T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Ubi Soft $30,460,820 633,337
2 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Ubi Soft $12,973,710 262,019
3 HALO Microsoft $10,586,820 223,553
4 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Midway $8,872,036 179,147
5 MECH ASSAULT Microsoft $8,640,477 174,761
6 BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE Electronic Arts $8,445,416 171,133
7 MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE Electronic Arts $7,244,885 146,216
8 MADDEN NFL 2003 Electronic Arts $5,580,170 132,011
9 UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP Infogrames $5,078,320 103,556
10 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 Activision $4,877,289 103,843

GCN

1 METROID PRIME Nintendo $17,620,870 358,876
2 MARIO PARTY 4 Nintendo $11,914,080 237,369
3 BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE Electronic Arts $7,336,355 148,438
4 SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Nintendo $6,505,369 131,281
5 ANIMAL CROSSING Nintendo $6,502,045 130,321
6 HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER Electronic Arts $6,493,548 133,019
7 SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE Nintendo $8,768,688 177,409
8 RESIDENT EVIL ZERO Capcom $5,424,010 111,334
9 STAR FOX ADVENTURES Nintendo $4,924,395 98,899
10 SONIC MEGA COLLECTION Sega $4,536,962 119,626


• While 128-bit console software dollars were up 56%, the strength was offset
however by 96% decline in N64 software and 58% decline in PSOne software, so
that overall software sales for the holiday quarter grew 11% over last year. New
128-bit console hardware sales increased 35% year over year for the month of
December. Overall hardware sales were up 19% year over year.

• In terms of market share, Electronic Arts was the largest gainer picking up 4.6% over
last December, followed by Ubi Soft’s 3.8% gain and Infogrames’ 3.7%. The
biggest share loser was Nintendo, dropping 3.7% followed by Microsoft and
Activision, both down 2.1%.

• Electronic Arts’ (ERTS, $47.95, Outperform, TP $87.50) U.S. video game sales for
the quarter were up 27% versus last year. Strength in December came from
continued strong sales of Madden NFL 2003, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
and NBA Live 2003. We expect management to report results on January 30th. We
expect a solid set of results from EA despite the weakness in overall software sales
because of their focus on PS2 and the strength of its affiliate label business.

• Activision’s (ATVI, $14.09, Outperform, TP $22) U.S. sales declined 20% year over
year for the quarter, with the weakness driven primarily by the Tony Hawk franchise,
which was down 30% year over year. The company recently preannounced results
for the quarter, guiding to a revenue decline of 36%. The company will report
earnings on Wednesday, January 22nd at 4:30ET. The dial in number is 952-556-
2828.

• THQ’s (THQI, $11.15, Outperform, TP $16.50) U.S. sales increased 20% year over
year in the quarter driven by sales of WWE Shut Your Mouth, Red Faction II and
*****ebob: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, and continued strong sales of its
portfolio of games, including Sonic Advance on the GBA. The company recently
preannounced results to revenue growth in the quarter of 10% year over year.

• In the second month of Take-Two’s (TTWO, $21.70, Outperform, TP $34) January
quarter, sales are up approximately 38% on the strength of its PS2 Greatest Hits
products and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which has sold nearly 4.5 million units in
the U.S. in its first three months. Midway’s (MWY, $4.16, Underperform, TP $3)
U.S. sales in the quarter were up 79% year over year, with strength coming from the
release of Mortal Kombat.

• While 2002 ended on somewhat of a low note, we continue to believe that software
sales in 2003 will grow at 20-25% as 128-bit software sales are free to grow without
the negative drag of 32/64-bit sales that impacted this past holiday season.

~Raedius

[Ninjaa]

I blame the Canadians for this disgrace.

[SkyeHack]

what did the canadians do?

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[Ninjaa]

Apparently last I heard the Canadians buy 2 Xboxs for every GameCube. Lethbridge doesn't seem to be so bad though. Most of my friends either have PS2s or GameCubes. I only know one guy who has an Xbox, and he's a prize idiot.

[SkyeHack]

prize idiot? whast that. you are confusing me with your funny style of speech. maybes it casue your from the Soviet Canuckistan.

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Originally posted by Ninja
Apparently last I heard the Canadians buy 2 Xboxs for every GameCube. Lethbridge doesn't seem to be so bad though. Most of my friends either have PS2s or GameCubes. I only know one guy who has an Xbox, and he's a prize idiot.

eheheh,.....my fellow compatriot :P ,...so were are idiots becuase we get the Xbox? well, whatever, i am still going to get the PS2, but for your information, the PS2 is still doing well in my area, followed by the Xbox, but there are no signs in any interest in the GC...

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[Kaiser Sigma]

And so it seems that the flames for naught will never stop...

[Ninjaa]

SkyeHack, he was an idiot before he bought an Xbox. He was an idiot before I even knew him. Most people know him as an idiot. I have never even heard of anyone who thinks he's smart.

I merely said I blamed the Canadians, without any further comment. How the hell does that turn into flaming?

Christ people, go back to using your pitchforks on something useful.

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Originally posted by Ninja
SkyeHack, he was an idiot before he bought an Xbox. He was an idiot before I even knew him. Most people know him as an idiot. I have never even heard of anyone who thinks he's smart.

I merely said I blamed the Canadians, without any further comment. How the hell does that turn into flaming?

Christ people, go back to using your pitchforks on something useful.

uhm,,...and you think i took your statement seriously? I didnt even say that you were flaming us....(unless you were refering to Kaiser)

PS: but that "Christ people, go back to using your pitchforks on something useful." might cause trouble, you shouldn't have typed that down...

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[Kaiser Sigma]

> uhm,,...and you think i took your statement seriously? I didnt even say that you were flaming us....(unless you were refering to Kaiser)

I just referred myself to that quote in your post, otherwise I wouldn't have seen it

[Ninjaa]

I was referring to these two lines.

so were are idiots becuase we get the Xbox?

And so it seems that the flames for naught will never stop...

You might not have been serious, but Kaiser was. I just get irritated when people just assume that I hate everything that's not Nintendo.

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Originally posted by Kaiser Sigma
> uhm,,...and you think i took your statement seriously? I didnt even say that you were flaming us....(unless you were refering to Kaiser)

I just referred myself to that quote in your post, otherwise I wouldn't have seen it

oh, and i am begining to see the way things are right now...sorry to bring this up.

and Ninja, I dunno whats between you and Kaiser, but i just wish both of you took things a little bit easier

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[Kaiser Sigma]

> oh, and i am begining to see the way things are right now...sorry toi bring this up.

Oh, it's not your fault, it isn't mine neither... Anyway for the tone of your posts seems like I've upset someone, funny since I can't read his posts
Anyway, I'm avoiding flames so... it'll be too stupid from my part to engage myself on a fight without knowing it... well actually it wouldn't be the first time...
*sigh* I'm hopeless

[Esturk]

Well if I get any console it will be GameCube and then PS2. But for now I'm getting a PSone cuz they're really cheap now.

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i'd get a ps2 since i'm only interested in rpgs. other than ps2, i'd just stick to pc games

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[Kaiser Sigma]

Should I have the money to buy a console I'd buy a PS2 mainly for some good RPGs and for VF4... however since the only console with PD (Panzer Dragoon) is the XBOX... well, I'd consider that option too...

[Quatro]

wow! Xbox overtaking GCN... man, GCN shoulddo a lot of makeover this year to be back on the 2nd place...

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[Syed Fawad]

So XBOX is finally overtaking GCN? One of the wonders of the planet. Nintendo must do something about their advertisement policy.

I mean, lok, PS2 is outselling even the GBA! I say the blame goes to Nintendo.

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As it was said, it's just because Nintendo's greatest titles haven't arrived yet (on EU)...

[Syed Fawad]

So those figures are ONLY for Europe?

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