Overview
Gears of War 3 (X360), as reported earlier this week sold more than three million copies in its opening week, to make it the biggest debut of the year and outselling its predecessor by more than a million copies. It is also the biggest opening for an exclusive on an Xbox platform that isn’t Halo. Gears of War 3 lead a strong week for both hardware and software, where the Wii is the only platform down week on week. There are eight debuts in the top 40, which is up from four last week. Software milestones this week: Gears of War 3 (X360) reaches three million in its opening week. Four games sold over 100,000, down from five last week, and the top 16 sold over 50,000, up from 13 last week.
Worldwide Hardware
Week on week sales are up for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS and 3DS, flat for the PSP and down for the Wii. The 3DS is at the top with sales of 232,000, which is up 10,000 (5%). Xbox 360 sales shoot up 86,000 (72%) to 205,000 units sold. The PlayStation 3 is up just 5,000 (3%) to 172,000. The Wii is the only platform down week on week as it drops just 5,000 (-5%) to 94,000. The DS is up only 4,000 (5%) week on week, as it sold 88,000 units this week. The PSP sold 74,000 units, which is the same as last week. Total week on week sales are up 100,000 (13%) to 865,000.
Year on year sales are down for every platform, except the Xbox 360. The PlayStation 3 is down 38,000 (-18%), the Wii is down 39,000 (-29%), and the Xbox 360 is up 13,000 (7%). The PSP is down 50,000 (-40%) and the DS is down a massive 225,000 (-72%). Total year on year sales are down 107,000 (-11%). [click to continue…]
