simExchange: Nintendo still leading, title sales not as successful

Last month’s aggregated collection of data from the simExchange has come out with some pretty solid figures for both the next gen consoles and handhelds. The video games market prediction site has also come out with some analytic reports on some of the recent software titles and how they’ve affected the market.

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Last month’s aggregated collection of data from the simExchange has come out with some pretty solid figures for both the next gen consoles and handhelds. The video games market prediction site has also come out with some analytic reports on some of the recent software titles and how they’ve affected the market.

It’s no surprise that Nintendo’s console and handheld are still leading the race, with the DS packing in a predicted 1.3 million unit sales and the Wii closely following up with 1.06 million units. Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 gets the third spot with 728,000 unit sales, while Sony‘s PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 are straggling behind with 468,000 and 410,000 units respectively.

On the software side, November was a very prolific month with sales estimated to hit more than US$ 1 billion for the first time thanks to titles such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, Need for Speed, Super Mario Galaxy, and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008.

The simExchange also talks about how Ubisoft‘s Assassin’s Creed (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) was able to break the mainstream market through its costly but effective marketing campaign. For a new IP game, this marks it as one of the most successful titles anticipated for the year.

On the other hand, simExchange also notes that Rock Band (Xbox 360, PS2, PS3) will suffer due to having “too many chefs spoiling the broth”. The three-way marketing, advertising and public relations of its three publishers may cause sales to suffer after its initially successful release.

Lastly, Manhunt 2 (PS2, PSP, Wii) was seeing lower sales than initially predicted. After the hype and controversy connected to the game, the somewhat stereotypical gameplay tied to the M-rated game did not appeal to Wii gamers as much as expected.