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NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global alliance
NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global alliance
GamesIndustry - August 21, 2008
Submitted by sagexsdx (148) at 6:44AM PST on August 21, 2008
Charts data specialists Enterbrain, NPD and Gfk Chart-Track have announced a worldwide partnership. The companies, which individually specialise in sales data from Japan, the US and the UK, will report global sales based on point-of-sale data in the monthly Top Global Markets Report.
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1Mushashi posted on Industry News at 4:24PM PST on August 21, 2008. RE: NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global alliance@apujanata,
Are you saying that you think GLS of Mario Kart Wii should be same as current projection for Wii Fit?[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 5 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Industry News at 4:08PM PST on August 21, 2008. RE: NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global alliance@mrahaju,
Please note that Mario Kart & Wii Fit both has crossed double platinum milestone (600K) at UK, after only 5 months on market (launch April 2008). So, it seems destined that Wii Fit will have almost the same # of GLS as Mario Kart (less than 10% difference in UK).[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
1mrahaju posted on Industry News at 7:15AM PST on August 21, 2008. RE: NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global alliance@sagexsdx,
I was going to post this article, but I was 30 minutes late :D[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]bids
3mrahaju posted on Industry News at 7:12AM PST on August 21, 2008. RE: NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global alliance@sagexsdx,
In easy to read list :
Year-to-Date* Top 5 Video Game Titles
Top Global Markets Report
Ranked By Units**
Rank Title Total US UK Japan
1 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 6,293,000 4,711,000 1,582,000 --
2 SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL 5,433,000 3,539,000 213,000 1,681,000
3 MARIO KART WII 4,697,000 2,409,000 687,000 1,601,000
4 WII FIT 3,604,000 1,433,000 624,000 1,547,000
5 GUITAR HERO III: LoR 3,475,000 3,037,000 412,000 26,000[ Oracle ] [ Level 23 ] [ Rank: 9 ]bids
1sagexsdx posted on Industry News at 6:44AM PST on August 21, 2008. RE: NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global alliance@sagexsdx,
The first Top Global Markets Report reveals that Grand Theft Auto IV is the biggest seller this year to date, with a total 6,293,000 units sold despite only being released in two of the three monitored regions.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl has sold 5,433,000 units, Mario Kart Wii 4,697,000 units and Wii Fit 3,604,000 units in the three regions combined.
The fifth biggest seller this year is Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with 3,475,000 units.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 148 ]bids
16sagexsdx posted on Industry News at 6:44AM PST on August 21, 2008. Article: NPD, Enterbrain, GfK form global allianceCharts data specialists Enterbrain, NPD and Gfk Chart-Track have announced a worldwide partnership. The companies, which individually specialise in sales data from Japan, the US and the UK, will report global sales based on point-of-sale data in the monthly Top Global Markets Report.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 148 ]
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Let's see :
Japan : Famitsu latest data, LTD :
Wii Fit : 2.36 Million. Released Dec 07.
Mario Kart Wii : 1.6 Million. Released April 08.
Difference : Wii Fit is 800K (rounded up), or 50% above MK Wii.
Latest weekly # (July 28 - Aug 3, 2008):
Wii Fit : 29.8K, MK Wii : 17.9K.
From Japan, it seems that MK Wii's legs are not as good as Wii Fit (especially since Wii Fit was released way before MKWii, and yet it have higher # in the latest weekly report).
UK seems to paint a different story. MK Wii have 10% higher LTD compared to Wii Fit (680K MK Wii vs. 620K Wii Fit). Let's assume Europe follow UK's proportion between MK Wii and Wii Fit.
US : I'll do comparison later on (have to go soon), but let's assume it follow UK's model (MK Wii = Wii Fit + 10%).
50% higher in Japan + 10% lower in Europe + 10% lower in US = 30% higher worldwide (assuming Japan = Europe = US for those 2 games)
This means :
I expected Wii Fit to be higher than MK Wii, GLS for at least 30%.
If we take current simEx MK Wii to be correct (I think it has adjusted downward sometime ago), then Wii Fit should be = 1.3 x 12 Million = 15.6 Million (slightly overpriced).
Personally, my expected GLS for MK Wii is 14 Million, so my expected GLS for Wii Fit is 18.2 Million. Which is why I am long on both MK Wii and Wii Fit.