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Global Market Report: Japan Falls, UK Soars
Global Market Report: Japan Falls, UK Soars
Edge - November 10, 2008
Submitted by soupsoup (237) at 7:19AM PST on November 10, 2008
The Top Global Markets Report - which aggregates data from the NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track as well as Enterbrain - reveals that the UK videogame market rose 15 percent over the same period last year. For the same July-September period, the US held a steady 8 percent growth over last year’s results while Japan saw its market tumble 21 percent.
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1soupsoup posted on Industry News at 7:36AM PST on November 10, 2008. RE: Global Market Report: Japan Falls, UK Soars@soupsoup,
Some software sales from the press release:
Third Quarter 2008* Top 5 Video Game Titles
Top Global Markets Report
Ranked By Units**
Rank Title Corporate Publisher Total US UK Japan
1 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS 2,994,000 2,958,000 35,000 1,000
2 WII FIT NINTENDO 2,089,000 1,283,000 460,000 346,000
3 STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED LUCASARTS 1,738,000 1,417,000 321,000 --
4 POKEMON PLATINUM NINTENDO 1,482,000 -- -- 1,482,000
5 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO 1,468,000 856,000 394,000 218,000
Source: Top Global Markets Report / Retail Tracking Service
*July - September 2008
**Unit sales figures rounded[ Guru ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 237 ]bids
13soupsoup posted on Industry News at 7:19AM PST on November 10, 2008. Article: Global Market Report: Japan Falls, UK SoarsThe Top Global Markets Report - which aggregates data from the NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track as well as Enterbrain - reveals that the UK videogame market rose 15 percent over the same period last year. For the same July-September period, the US held a steady 8 percent growth over last year’s results while Japan saw its market tumble 21 percent.[ Guru ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 237 ]
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3 of those Top 5 are single SKU game, and all of them are Nintendo published.
If UK's percentage of Europe is 30 - 33% for Wii games, as revealed in latest Nintendo's financial report briefing, hold true for Wii Fit and MK Wii, then Europe's sales of Wii Fit and MK Wii are significantly higher than US'.