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 $3)
U.S. sales in the quarter were up 79% year over year, with strength coming from the
release of Mortal Kombat.
• While 2002 ended on somewhat of a low note, we continue to believe that software
sales in 2003 will grow at 20-25% as 128-bit software sales are free to grow without
the negative drag of 32/64-bit sales that impacted this past holiday season.
Top 100
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FORMAT DESCRIPTION INTRO DATE CORPORATE PUBLISHER UNITS DEC 2002 UNITS LTD 95-02 AVG$ DEC 2002 RETAIL$ DEC 2002
1 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE Oct-02 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 1,581,519 4,446,677 $49.46 $78,217,433
2 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z:BUDOKAI Dec-02 INFOGRAMES 787,173 787,173 $49.80 $39,204,646
3 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2003 Aug-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 678,412 2,412,996 $48.47 $32,882,534
4 XBX T.CLANCY'S SPLINTER Nov-02 UBISOFT 633,337 857,216 $48.10 $30,460,822
5 PS2 LORD OF RINGS: TOWERS Oct-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 554,050 906,716 $49.60 $27,479,466
6 PS2 BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 488,858 625,637 $49.47 $24,182,070
7 PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 Oct-02 ACTIVISION 483,954 971,177 $47.29 $22,888,241
8 PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Nov-02 MIDWAY 459,076 661,668 $49.28 $22,621,437
9 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS Sep-02 SQUARE EA 445,363 1,190,152 $49.04 $21,839,523
10 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY 2 Nov-02 SONY 432,159 575,635 $39.68 $17,146,233
11 PS2 WWE: SHUT YOUR MOUTH Oct-02 THQ 381,194 730,049 $48.82 $18,610,014
12 GCN METROID PRIME Nov-02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 358,876 722,266 $49.10 $17,620,866
13 PS2 GRAN TURISMO 3:A-SPEC Jul-01 SONY 328,925 2,708,968 $19.96 $6,564,978
14 PS2 SOCOM:U.S. NAVY SEALS Aug-02 SONY 305,680 836,438 $59.67 $18,239,889
15 PS2 NBA LIVE 2003 Oct-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 304,414 707,329 $48.78 $14,848,022
16 PS2 HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 280,921 429,088 $49.50 $13,906,213
17 XBX T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Nov-02 UBISOFT 262,019 377,349 $49.51 $12,973,715
18 PS2 T.CLANCYS GHOST RECON Dec-02 UBISOFT 256,940 256,940 $49.04 $12,600,240
19 PS2 JAK AND DAXTER:LEGACY Dec-01 SONY 237,669 995,657 $20.17 $4,793,585
20 GCN MARIO PARTY 4 Oct-02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 237,369 502,058 $50.19 $11,914,076
21 PS2 SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE Apr-02 ACTIVISION 236,317 1,193,023 $36.76 $8,686,654
22 XBX HALO Nov-01 MICROSOFT 223,553 1,846,011 $47.36 $10,586,822
23 PS2 MAX PAYNE Dec-01 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 209,866 1,079,055 $20.15 $4,228,462
24 PS2 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE Nov-01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 209,132 625,244 $19.88 $4,158,171
25 PS2 DEAD TO RIGHTS Nov-02 NAMCO 205,044 256,015 $48.81 $10,009,024
26 PS2 ATV OFF ROAD FURY Feb-01 SONY 198,650 1,193,052 $20.13 $3,997,997
27 PS2 TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR3 Oct-01 ACTIVISION 198,094 1,770,273 $19.82 $3,925,765
28 PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA 2003 Oct-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 188,636 307,084 $48.70 $9,186,341
29 PSX YU-GI-OH! FORBIDDEN Mar-02 KONAMI OF AMERICA 188,611 870,872 $29.87 $5,632,934
30 PS2 HITMAN 2: ASSASSIN Sep-02 EIDOS INTERACTIVE 187,620 488,176 $49.89 $9,360,372
31 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 Jul-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 186,665 868,515 $49.55 $9,249,171
32 PS2 MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE May-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 185,582 1,480,273 $49.59 $9,202,829
33 PS2 RATCHET & CLANK Nov-02 SONY 182,370 294,368 $39.61 $7,223,397
34 XBX MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Nov-02 MIDWAY 179,147 283,302 $49.52 $8,872,036
35 PS2 *****EBOB: DUTCHMAN Nov-02 THQ 178,561 209,131 $39.09 $6,979,956
36 GCN SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE Aug-02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 177,409 992,703 $49.43 $8,768,687
37 XBX MECH ASSAULT Nov-02 MICROSOFT 174,761 293,237 $49.44 $8,640,478
38 XBX BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 171,133 224,412 $49.35 $8,445,415
39 PS2 SW: BOUNTY HUNTER Nov-02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 167,873 229,042 $49.21 $8,260,374
40 PS2 SPYRO:ENTER DRAGONFLY Nov-02 UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE 167,606 239,994 $48.18 $8,075,698
41 PS2 METAL GEAR SOLID 2 Nov-01 KONAMI OF AMERICA 163,696 1,787,661 $19.91 $3,258,755
42 PS2 TEKKEN 4 Sep-02 NAMCO 158,790 559,607 $46.74 $7,422,177
43 PS2 NEED SPEED: PURSUIT 2 Sep-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 155,680 404,746 $49.45 $7,698,004
44 PS2 CRASH BANDICOOT:CORTX Oct-01 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 153,568 818,212 $20.36 $3,126,453
45 PS2 ACE COMBAT 4 Oct-01 NAMCO 152,998 753,885 $19.67 $3,010,042
46 PSX *****EBOB SUPER*****E Sep-01 THQ 150,284 978,350 $19.45 $2,923,347
47 GCN BOND 007: NIGHTFIRE Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 148,438 198,335 $49.42 $7,336,355
48 PS2 NFL 2K3 Aug-02 SEGA OF AMERICA 147,353 360,148 $26.19 $3,859,417
49 XBX MEDAL HONOR FRONTLINE Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 146,216 243,100 $49.55 $7,244,884
50 PS2 NBA STREET Jun-01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 141,141 1,162,152 $20.11 $2,838,543
51 GCN HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 133,019 217,018 $48.82 $6,493,548
52 PS2 NBA 2K3 Oct-02 SEGA OF AMERICA 132,343 283,410 $48.72 $6,448,352
53 XBX MADDEN NFL 2003 Aug-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 132,011 424,280 $42.27 $5,580,169
54 GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE Dec-01 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 131,281 1,339,825 $49.55 $6,505,368
55 GCN ANIMAL CROSSING Sep-02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 130,321 348,541 $49.89 $6,502,046
56 PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB:STREET Oct-00 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 125,195 1,000,026 $19.76 $2,474,268
57 PSX TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 Oct-02 ACTIVISION 122,666 200,070 $30.33 $3,720,734
58 PS2 NASCAR THUNDER 2003 Sep-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 121,742 295,505 $49.44 $6,019,354
59 GCN SONIC MEGA COLLECTION Nov-02 SEGA OF AMERICA 119,626 169,510 $37.93 $4,536,963
60 PS2 CABELAS BIG GAME HUNT Nov-02 ACTIVISION 116,887 136,123 $30.58 $3,574,143
61 GCN RESIDENT EVIL ZERO Nov-02 CAPCOM USA 111,334 224,635 $48.72 $5,424,010
62 PS2 CONFLICTESERT STORM Sep-02 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 111,250 243,721 $49.78 $5,537,832
63 PSX HARRY POTTER: CHAMBER Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 108,988 164,257 $38.88 $4,237,761
64 PSX GH 3RD PTY FAM VALUE Jun-02 MULTIPLE VIDEO GAME MANUFACTUR 108,971 198,602 $14.96 $1,630,175
65 PS2 NCAA MARCH MDNSS 2003 Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 105,574 134,666 $49.64 $5,241,031
66 PS2 SLY COOPER & THIEVIUS Sep-02 SONY 105,228 184,130 $40.15 $4,224,920
67 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 Oct-01 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 104,666 4,389,718 $47.66 $4,987,903
68 XBX TONY HAWKS PRO SKATR4 Oct-02 ACTIVISION 103,843 195,163 $46.97 $4,877,289
69 XBX UNREAL CHAMPIONSHIP Nov-02 INFOGRAMES 103,556 214,526 $49.04 $5,078,321
70 PS2 LORD OF THE RINGS Oct-02 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL 102,201 206,755 $46.68 $4,770,565
71 PS2 ROCKY Nov-02 UBISOFT 102,160 126,396 $49.64 $5,071,087
72 PSX FAMILY VALUE Jun-02 MULTIPLE VIDEO GAME MANUFACTUR 101,467 182,593 $9.99 $1,013,657
73 PS2 TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT Oct-00 NAMCO 100,717 1,063,866 $20.16 $2,030,066
74 GCN STAR FOX ADVENTURES Sep-02 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 98,899 407,769 $49.79 $4,924,394
75 PS2 JAMPACK WINTER 2002 Oct-02 SONY 98,469 148,390 $5.57 $548,793
76 PSX SPIDER-MAN Aug-00 ACTIVISION 97,287 1,439,448 $20.40 $1,984,970
77 PSX YU GI OH! PREMIUM ED Nov-02 KONAMI OF AMERICA 96,142 112,376 $34.49 $3,316,155
78 PS2 NHL 2003 Sep-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 96,033 245,090 $49.49 $4,752,802
79 PS2 TY TASMANIAN TIGER Oct-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 95,790 137,957 $20.84 $1,996,121
80 PS2 SHINOBI Nov-02 SEGA OF AMERICA 93,128 175,515 $49.55 $4,614,961
81 PS2 FIFA SOCCER 2003 Nov-02 ELECTRONIC ARTS 93,000 152,767 $49.61 $4,613,501
82 PSX SCOOBY DOO & CYBER Sep-01 THQ 91,696 496,355 $19.87 $1,822,195
83 XBX NFL FEVER 2003 Aug-02 MICROSOFT 91,451 244,718 $37.83 $3,459,634
84 PS2 SCOOBY-DOO:100 FRIGHT May-02 THQ 90,911 271,833 $38.89 $3,535,354
85 PS2 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS Dec-02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 88,469 88,469 $49.70 $4,397,241
86 PSX SPYRO: YEAR OF DRAGON Oct-00 SONY 87,739 1,365,935 $15.00 $1,316,236
87 PS2 BOND:AGENT UNDER FIRE Nov-01 ELECTRONIC ARTS 87,414 1,049,368 $29.05 $2,539,314
88 PS2 DEVIL MAY CRY Oct-01 CAPCOM USA 86,595 821,902 $20.08 $1,738,861
89 PS2 HOT WHEELS:VELOCITY X Nov-02 THQ 86,282 102,457 $39.70 $3,425,801
90 PSX MK TRILOGY Oct-96 MIDWAY 83,117 1,352,532 $11.16 $927,241
91 GCN SW: BOUNTY HUNTER Dec-02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 83,002 83,002 $49.47 $4,106,408
92 PSX GRAN TURISMO 2 Dec-99 SONY 81,207 3,038,637 $15.04 $1,221,217
93 GCN MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY Nov-02 MIDWAY 80,915 119,084 $49.52 $4,006,732
94 PSX SPIDERMAN 2: ELECTRO Oct-01 ACTIVISION 80,742 429,489 $20.05 $1,618,550
95 PS2 ROCKET POWER: BEACH Sep-02 THQ 80,740 143,634 $39.68 $3,203,566
96 XBX SW: JEDI STARFIGHTER May-02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 80,386 143,123 $5.26 $423,089
97 GCN GODZILLAESTRY MELEE Oct-02 INFOGRAMES 80,220 160,156 $47.33 $3,796,815
98 PSX SHREK: TREASURE HUNT Oct-02 TDK MEDIACTIVE 79,055 114,442 $11.35 $897,639
99 XBX SW: JEDI KNIGHT II Nov-02 LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT 78,744 111,932 $50.15 $3,949,178
100 PS2 SPY HUNTER Sep-01 MIDWAY 78,058 618,454 $19.95 $1,557,220
Originally posted by mattvanstone
December Hardware Sales:
11 PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS Electronic Arts
Am I the only one that knew the Square/EA thing was a bad Idea to begin with?
EA had about as much to do with Kingdom Hearts as I had to do with the Kennedy assasination.
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