US console sales charts: June 11-17

DS titles take up half of Bestbuy.com bestseller chart; Hitman, GTA, GRAW, and FIFA split the rest.

On June 6, Take-Two Interactive retook the charts when its subsidiary Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories for the PlayStation 2. However, unlike other GTA games, sales of the world's first PSP-to-PS2 port quickly dropped, according to the latest sales rankings from Bestbuy.com.

According to the retailer's top-10 list for the week of June 11 to 17, GTA: LCS slipped to number nine just one week after hitting the market. Which game succeeded it? It should come as little surprise that New Super Mario Bros. retook the top slot, leading a charge of five titles for the Nintendo DS. Right behind was Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day and Big Brain Academy. Inexplicably, they were followed by Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (fourth), which was originally released last August. Back in seventh was another resurgent title for the dual-screen handheld, Mario Kart DS.

Other than Liberty City Stories, the only other PS2 game on the charts was EA Sports' 2006 FIFA World Cup. Both it and its Xbox sibling road the wave of enthusiasm for the ongoing quadrennial sporting event, landing in fifth and 10th place, respectively. The remaining two slots--Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (sixth) and Hitman: Blood Money (eighth)--belonged to the Xbox's successor, the Xbox 360.

154 Comments

  • fjgamer

    Posted Jun 28, 2006 9:33 pm PT

    LionsGate, i've heard it from many people. They buy the PSP to watch movies.

  • GaaraZanta

    Posted Jun 25, 2006 11:11 pm PT

    I thought Castlevania was rare, did they re-release it or something, if so thats great, I need to go out and get it.

  • LionsGate

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 7:59 am PT

    As far as I know the PSP is outselling the DS slightly in the US, but very rarely does a PSP game end up in even the top 20. It is obvious to me why people are buying the PSP. For 1 or 2 games, mp3, and those incredibly stupid UMDs. That isn't saying the PSP has bad games, just that people are not buying them. Whoever says that these DS games are in the top 10 because of the Lite is wrong. DS game sales have been making up a large portion of the top 10 for a while now. Castlevania is the only game there that might not have been there without the Lite. With all of the 3rd parties supporting the Wii I think it is obvious that the Wii will be very profitable for Nintendo just as the DS is.

  • Ices100

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 12:54 pm PT

    hey Kravyn81 how do you put ur pic in the window there?

  • Ices100

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 12:53 pm PT

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  • Kravyn81

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 10:23 am PT

    Hahaha, was there really an indication that a PSP port to PS2 would be able to hold the #1 slot any longer than the day it came out? Of course not.

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 10:04 am PT

    castlevania and MKDS are on there because a lot of people just bought a ds lite and they dont have any games

  • terrabreak13

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 9:55 am PT

    It would be cool if they made a nextgen Castlevania. I miss those games.

  • kabeerbhartiya

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 2:04 am PT

    Oh man a really good game for the DS mankiddish but fun

  • mhder

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 1:14 am PT

    It's true that this is the best buy's sales ranking BUT much like polls and surveys, you get an idea of trends and the big picture by looking at a small but reasonable sampling.

  • madiazderivera

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 11:11 pm PT

    At last... the DS proving to be good in the US market.

  • HAVOK1991

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:13 pm PT

    Nintendo selling more games on the DS has no affect on the Wii's success. Its a different audience and people like different games on each. Nintendo has always been the best in the handheld market.

  • NagaSadow

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 6:31 pm PT

    Imavnas
    Wow, im amazed that posters arent seeing the "Rankings based on Bestbuy.com" sign at the bottom of the chart. This is ridiculous Gamespot. Even if theirs 5000 Best Buys across the nation that still would account for less than 10% (maybe even less than 5%) of all game retailers, so how can you say that this is a true US console sales chart?

    People dont bother with these stupid charts. Their not really indicative of actual sales. One chain store does not represent all game sales. Wait for or go look for NPD #'s.
    ___________________________________________________________

    OMG! You REALLY need to get yourself a DS and Brain Training, as you really, REALLY need it! Theres an amazing amount of you guys in here who could make some serious use of that "game"

  • vashvsgoku

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 5:56 pm PT

    all the ds games are there because people like me who bought a ds for the first time (ds lite of course) are going and buying up all the best games available. i got nsmb, mario kart, mario 64, mario and luigi, advance wars, and phoenix wright. thinking of getting animal crossing ww, and castelvania.

  • billigloo

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 4:44 pm PT

    once again gamespot passes bestbuy off as the US console sales charts

  • phantastic91

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 4:33 pm PT

    almost every ds game is sold out during ds lite release in my walmart even the crappy ones...

  • meimnobody

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 3:22 pm PT

    I thought the Brain Age game only took a week or two from what Iwata said?

    A news report on the DS said Nintendo made four million dollars on it from it's first month on sale. Don't know how they got that figure though.

    Btw apparently Bestbuy.com and Gamespot and Ebgames make up most of the game sales in the US. Game sale data in the US isn't that accurate compared to Japan where it is a religious custom.

  • MusiqSoulchild

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 1:54 pm PT

    I'm not sure how official these figures are but Everything and Nothing has the million sellers in of the DS and PSP.

    http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/worldtotals.php?name=&console=DS&publisher=&sort=Total
    http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/worldtotals.php?name=&console=PSP&publisher=&sort=Total

  • santiagochile

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 12:41 pm PT

    I can understand it. After I got my DS lite and my copy of Big Brain Academy I went back to get another Mario Kart DS so my wife could play multiplayer on the original DS while I played on the DS lite. Gamestop had no new copies of the game, so I ended up buying a used one. I was surprised that Gamestop didn't have any new copies of Mario Kart DS, but I guess they are selling out everywhere. Go Nintendo.

    I am definately a Nintendo fan!!!!

  • Sydwynder

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 12:36 pm PT

    Wow, who would have predicted this? 6 out of the top 10 games are DS games? Very surprising indeed.......

  • gill9221

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 12:34 pm PT

    profit, schmofit. A winner is DS!

  • burtlo

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 11:44 am PT

    This would seem likely because of the recent launch of the DS Lite. Most consumers out about dropping the cash on the new system would most likely get a new game.

    It would definitely explain why I found Best Buy picked dry when I went in to the store.

  • Kwiksilva

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 11:35 am PT

    The DS is killin em

  • ss4lawrence

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 11:20 am PT

    go nintendo!!

  • omarguy01

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 11:05 am PT

    woot go nintendo!!!!

  • LordAbyssion

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 10:45 am PT

    OK, a big cheer for Nintendo

  • Bored1ed

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 10:19 am PT

    I agree rexoverbey, this isnt the "US console sales chart." It's Best Buy's. Gamespot you guys really need to be more detailed on the titles. Lately I've been reading a lot of misleading news articles from you guys.

  • decebal

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 10:04 am PT

    "psinex
    Don't forget that DS games are going for 30 bucks, half the price of next gen console games. That means Nintendo has to sell twice as many DS games to equal that of a next gen title. So if Oblivion sells 300,000 and Mario sells 600,000, they've made the same amount of money."

    No They wouldn't. It would mean that Mario made twice that much money since the cost of making oblivion is infinitely higher than the cost of making Mario.

    Not to mention that DS titles are prices are more than half the 360 titles...

    Anyways not a big fan of that... but that's the way things are. DS is kicking butt....

  • faridmon

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 10:03 am PT

    ok, we know that Mario kart, Bran games and castlevania is selling ood, but what happned to Metroid Prime Hunters?
    and do any one knows t=if Vewthiful Joe ouble Trouble is selling well?

  • ocdog45

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 9:54 am PT

    mario

  • nomadbob5

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 9:34 am PT

    hell, i'm just glad there are no psp things up there. yeah

  • Imavnas

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 9:28 am PT

    Wow, im amazed that posters arent seeing the "Rankings based on Bestbuy.com" sign at the bottom of the chart. This is ridiculous Gamespot. Even if theirs 5000 Best Buys across the nation that still would account for less than 10% (maybe even less than 5%) of all game retailers, so how can you say that this is a true US console sales chart?

    People dont bother with these stupid charts. Their not really indicative of actual sales. One chain store does not represent all game sales. Wait for or go look for NPD #'s.

  • satyrderk

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 9:06 am PT

    What gets me is the fact that there are only 2 Xbox 360 games on here. I thought it was "THE" big thing. I can't wait until November, when PS3 and Wii take the charts by storm. Oh, and th DS is definitely showing it's muscle on the charts. Go big N!

  • frankeyser

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:50 am PT

    the ds is really doing well world wide. i am glad that something as different as the ds can do so well.

  • enoslives7

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:40 am PT

    Castlevania is one of the best and longest running franchises around.

  • BIGDeVriendt

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:35 am PT

    Go Nintendo!!!! way to own the market.

  • mgall80

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:30 am PT

    the DS phemonemna is here to say. Castlevania is a lil shock but its probably due to those who held off on a DS till the DS lite came out, and Castlevania is still one of the best games for it.

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:16 am PT

    Great job, Nintendo!

  • swmr4201

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:07 am PT

    Way to go Mario Inc., just goes to show you that nostalgia can go a long way.

  • terdoo

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 8:03 am PT

    GRAW is still a big seller?HOLY CRAP!!!

  • juanfraino

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 7:58 am PT

    it`s starting to be standart to see DS sales on the top in Japan, but in the US, its impresive.

  • jonathanseese

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 7:31 am PT

    Nintendo Strikes Back Episode IV. Honestly, I'm not suprised. Nintendo has always had a monopoly on handhelds. I was excited when the PSP came out. That maybe Sony could put up some compition. Well, they did. BUT, nintendo knows what they're doing. I can't wait for Wii.

  • Kenzo287

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 7:29 am PT

    Congrats to Konami for getting Castlevania on the top 10 and Touch Generations really does work!

  • mariokart64fan

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 7:15 am PT

    psinex wrong it takes more money to develope the 360 games therefore they charge 60 dollars while a ds game is the cheapest to develope of the 6 (360 xbox gc gba psp and ps2 ) so there fore if nintendo sold 600,000 copies they get more money back then 360 does or any console manufacture for that matter as the others dont even get profits remember they have to get back the money they spent developing licensing and shipping the game out which dont take 300,000 to do

  • mariokart64fan

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 7:10 am PT

    wow my favorite games are up there (nsmb mariokartds and gtalcs ps2)

  • skitzocyko

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 6:55 am PT

    geez

  • Chadius

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 6:37 am PT

    Brain Age is the game I fill my DS-time with after I've beaten my other games. It never really has a stopping point, so you don't stop playing the game when you've beaten the last boss.

    DS games are the cheapest to make. Brain Age cost $300K and 4 months to make, while Oblivion took millions of dollars and years to produce.

    Cheaper Games = More Fun. Winner (and still champine,) Nintendo.

  • mr_squibble

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 6:31 am PT

    Still need to pick up those Brain Age games. My wife is interested in them, so anything to encourage her to get into video games.

  • keinuveye

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 6:31 am PT

    i so hope the wii follows in the footsteps of the DS

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 6:22 am PT

    Looks like the DS Lite release caused quite a buying frenzy for DS titles.

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