Danish Video Game Market up in 2009

The value of the Danish video game market was 417m Kroner through the first seven months of 2009, up 12m Kroner on the same period in 2008. Hardware value was 242m Kroner for the period up 11% from 218m Kroner in 2008.

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NA/EUR Installed bases through H1 09

No mention of exactly which Countries are included, presumably US & Canada for NA, along with the major Western European countries for EUR.

German Console Software Market H1 '09 (GfK)

These figures are from GfK's weekly panel. Figures from the more accurate monthly panel should be available soon, but those don't include a console format breakdown, they do however include PC sotware sales which aren't included here.

Total Software Value: 462m Euros
Total Software Units: 13m

NDS - 32.0% (4.160m)
Wii - 19.9% (2.587m)
PS2 - 16.0% (2.080m)
PS3 - 16.0% (2.080m)
360 - 10.1% (1.313m)
PSP - 6.0%* (0.780m)

* No PSP figure was given, so I'm assuming PSP made up the bulk of the remaining 6% of sales.

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ELSPA Sales Awards June/July 2009 (GfK)

Check out the UK LTD Charts by Platform for the latest update (bolded)

Silver (100,000+)

[DS] POKEMON PLATINUM (NINTENDO)
[PC] THE SIMS 3 (EA)
[360] UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED (THQ)
[360] SONIC UNLEASHED (SEGA)
[NDS] 100 CLASSIC BOOK COLLECTION (NINTENDO)
[WII] EA SPORTS ACTIVE (EA)
[PS3] UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED (THQ)
[NDS] TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME - AUTOBOT (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
[PS3] BUZZ! QUIZ TV (SONY)
[PS3] BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY (EA)
[PC] WARHAMMER 40,000: DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE (THQ)
[PC] EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR (SEGA)

Gold (200,000+)

[NDS] BEN 10: PROTECTOR OF THE EARTH (D3P)
[PC] THE SIMS 3 (EA)

Platinum (300,000+)

[360] KUNG FU PANDA (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
[360] NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER (EA)

Double Platinum (600,000+)

[NDS] NMARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES (SEGA)
[PS3] CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
[NDS] PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE (NINTENDO)

Diamond (1,000,000+)

[360] CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)

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Nintendo Q1 2009 Results

System: Q1 shipments / LTD shipments

NDS: 5.97m / 107.75m
Wii: 2.23m / 52.62m

CYQ2 '09:

NDS: 5.97m / 107.75m
Wii: 2.23m / 52.62m
PS2: 1.6m / 139.3m
PSP: 1.3m / 53.0m
360: 1.2m / 31.4m
PS3: 1.1m / 23.8m

Sony Q1 2009 Results

System: Q1 shipments / LTD shipments

PS2: 1.6m / 139.3m
PSP: 1.3m / 53.0m
PS3: 1.1m / 23.8m

Japan Top 20 LTD Charts by Platform through July 12, 2009 (Famitsu)

Wii Top 20:
01. Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 3,528,473
02. Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 3,453,821
03. Wii Play (Nintendo) - 2,697,416
04. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 2,280,157
05. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 1,812,706
06. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - 1,354,885
07. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 1,164,245
08. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 964,414
09. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo) - 635,467
10. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 599,915
11. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 594,157
12. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco Bandai Games) - 584,908
13. The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (Nintendo) - 554,109
14. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo) - 506,298
15. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Square Enix) - 489,112
16. Wii Music (Nintendo) - 402,539
17. Pokemon Battle Revolution (Pokemon) - 352,123
18. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo) - 324,288
19. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom) - 273,791
20. Deca Sports (Hudson) - 261,019

PS3 Top 20:
01. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami) - 705,772
02. Yakuza 3 (Sega) - 493,032
03. Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 475,799
04. Hot Shots Golf 5 (Sony) - 410,052
05. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami) - 396,136
06. Dynasty Warriors 6 (koei) - 371,433
07. White Knight Chronicles (sony) - 338,410
08. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Namco Bandai) - 317,580
09. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) - 316,533
10. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (Namco Bandai) - 315,758
11. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) -310,102
12. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (Sony) - 295,174
13. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Sega) - 270,438
14. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony) - 238,578
15. Warriors Orochi Z (Koei) - 217,978
16. Grand Theft Auto IV (Capcom) - 211,240
17. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Namco Bandai) - 163,010
18. Ridge Racer 7(Namco Bandai) -149,648
19. Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire(Namco Bandai) - 146,199
20. Street Fighter IV (Capcom) - 142,250

PS2 Top 20:
01. Dragon Quest VIII (Square Enix) - 3,555,469
02. Final Fantasy X (Square Enix) - 2,325,215
03. Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) - 2,322,541
04. Final Fantasy X-2 (Square Enix) - 1,960,937
05. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Square Enix) - 1,614,806
06. Gran Turismo 3 A spec (Sony) - 1,438,743
07. Dynasty Warriors 4 (Koei) - 1,197,349
08. Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix) - 1,129,196
09. World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 (Konami) - 1,116,786
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 (Konami) - 1,100,238
11. Minna No Golf 4 (Sony) - 1,083,079
12. Gran Turismo 4 (Sony) - 1,066,749
13. World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 (Konami) - 1,059,585
14. World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 (Konami) - 1,050,319
15. Dynasty Warriors 3 (Koei) - 1,042,819
16. Samurai Warriors (Koei) - 1,024,338
17. Onimusha 2 (Capcom) - 1,003,874
18. Jissen Pachislot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken (Sammy) - 962,768
19. World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (Konami) - 934,496
20. Onimusha (Capcom) - 927,534

X360 Top 20:
01. Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (Square Enix) - 208,521
02. Blue Dragon (Microsoft) - 203,740
03. Tales of Vesparia (Namco Bandai Games) - 194,714
04. The Last Remnant (Square Enix) - 154,493
05. Resident Evil 5 (Capcom) - 119,056
06. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Platinum)(Namco Bandai Games) - 113,500
07. Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix) - 113,195
08. Beautiful Katamari Damacy (Platinum)(Namco Bandai Games) - 109,914
09. Lost Odyssey (Microsoft) - 109,517
10. Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo) - 108,618
11. Viva! Pinata (Platinum) (Microsoft) - 101,552
12. Forza Motorsport 2 (Platinum) (Microsoft) - 100,591
13. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Namco Bandai Games) - 95,002
14. Halo 3 (Microsoft) - 83,696
15. Idolmaster: Live for You! (Namco Bandai Games) - 75,272
16. Ridge Racer 6 (Namco Bandai Games) - 73,501
17. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike) - 72,274
18. Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream (Namco Bandai Games) - 70,435
19. Gears of War (Microsoft) - 68,270
20. Dead Rising (Capcom) - 68,078

Handhelds through July 5 2009:



DS Top 20:
01. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Pokemon) - 5,681,486
02. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 5,510,979
03. Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 5,026,037
04. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) - 5,020,245
05. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) - 3,797,258
06. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 3,460,752
07. Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) - 2,434,562
08. Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix) - 2,343,440
09. English Training (Nintendo) - 2,173,781
10. Nintendogs Labrador/Dachshund/Chihuahua (Nintendo) - 1,909,917
11. Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 1,891,034
12. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) - 1,753,933
13. Kanshuu Nippon Joushikiryoku Kentei Kyoukai: Imasara Hito ni wa Kikenai Otona no Joushikiryoku Training DS (Nintendo) - 1,569,882
14. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo) - 1,566,752
15. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Explorers of Darkness - 1,527,498
16. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (Square Enix) - 1,467,179
17. Tetris DS (Nintendo) - 1,334,370
18. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Square Enix) - 1,214,610
19. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Square Enix) - 1,190,404
20. Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) - 1,162,478

PSP Top 20:
01. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 2,453,132
02. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (Capcom) - 1,723,187
03. Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 890,115
04. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix) - 809,825
05. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Best) (Capcom) - 806,858
06. Monster Hunter Freedom (Capcom) - 668,964
07. Phantasy Star Portable (Sega) - 636,973
08. Kidou Seshi Gundam : Gundam vs. Gundam (Namco Bandai Games) - 415,104
09. Minna No Golf: Open Tee (Sony) - 399,257
10. Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce (Koei) - 383,600
11. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Konami) - 358,277
12. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 (Konami) - 344,903
13. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (Konami) - 325,139
14. Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - 317,543
15. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Square Enix) - 301,796
16. Touhoku Daigaku Mirai Kagaku Gijutsu Kyoudou Kenkyuu Center Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Nou Ryoku Trainer Portable (Sega) - 297,816
17. Monster Hunter Portable (Best) (Capcom) - 290,904
18. Minna No Golf: Open Tee 2 (Sony) - 287,296
19. Dynasty Warriors (Koei) - 286,274
20. SD Gundam G Generation Portable (Namco Bandai Games) - 278,702

Wii Sports Resort sells around 105,000 UK first week. Edit: The actual tracked (non-extraploated) number was 89,000

It will come as no surprise that ‘Wii Sports Resort’ is a resounding No1 this week and this is the fourth biggest week 1 for a Wii title, behind ‘Wii Fit’ (week 17, 2008), ‘Mario Kart Wii’ (week 15, 2008) and ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympics’ (week 49, 2007). Note that the original ‘Wii Sports’ was only released with the Wii console and as such has never been tracked as a software item. However, interestingly enough, week 1 sales of the Wii (week 49, 2006) were almost identical to week 1 sales of ‘Wii Sports Resort’.

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Wii becomes UK's fastest-selling videogames console ever
More than 100,000 units shifted during opening weekend

Nintendo and Chart Track have confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the Wii has become the fastest-selling home console ever, with 105,000 systems already sold.

Last week, Nintendo announced that consumers snapped up 50,000 Wii units within 12 hours of the console going on sale.

The tills continued to ring over the next two days, making the Wii the first console to sell more than 100,000 units during its opening weekend.

In contrast, the GameCube saw sales of 52,000 consoles in the first weekend after launch, while the figure for Xbox 360 stood at 70,000 units.

Of the 14 software titles launching with the Wii, six made it into the all-formats top 40 - including Zelda, which debuted at number 5. Other popular titles included Wii Play and Ubisoft's Red Steel.

It was also a great week for Nintendo's handheld, with around 110,000 DS units sold, and 14 games in the top 40.

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UK June 2009 Charts

No Top 50 this month, and still no June ELSPA Sales awards update, so not a great deal of new info to extract. However, comparing to the June Console Individual Format Top 10 published in Famitsu shows that;

The Sims sold over 139,000.

PC version of Prototype sold less than 8k.

Red Faction Guerrilla (PS3) sold between 23,000 and 40,000.

June 2009 Multi-Format Top Ten

01 The Sims (PC): 139,000+
02 UFC 2009 Undisputed (360: 77k, PS3: 62k): 139,000
03 Wii Fit (Wii): 115,000
04 Prototype (360: 69k, PS3: 40k, PC: <8k): 108k-115k
05 EA Sports Active (Wii): 108,000
06 Red Faction: Guerrilla (360: 63k, PS3: 23k-40k): 86k-103k
07 Pokemon Platinum (DS): 86,000
08 Infamous (PS3): 77,000
09 Guitar Hero Metallica (360,Wii, PS3, PS2): 40k-77k
10 Fight Night Round 4 (360, PS3): 40k-77k

Incidentally, Chart-Track usually lists the platforms in order of sales, but this is more insightful with the Top 50.

"PS3 enjoys strong sales in Middle East"

An interesting article on the Middle East;

"At least 20,000 to 25,000 PS3s have been sold in developing countries this year and 80 per cent of that was in the Middle East."

According to Sony, the entire gaming market in the Middle East, including hardware and software, is worth $750m, and the Middle East market is worth at least $250m to the company.

Back in September 2008 Eidos creative director Ian Livingstone gave the keynote speech at Games ‘08 in Dubai, in which he revealed some Playstation lifetime sales in the region;

PS2 - 4,000,000
PSP - 1,000,000
PS3 - 200,000

“PlayStation is the dominant brand with significant installed bases in the Gulf Co-operation Council with over four million PS2s, over one million PSPs and around 200,000 PS3s” he said.

“The Middle Eastern video games market today is worth $750m, of which $600m is made up of hardware and peripherals