New sales numbers from the market research group NPD have shown that March was a slow month for the sales of video games, even with Sony and From Software having shipped their latest PS4 exclusive Bloodborne and EA having shipped Battlefield Hardline, Visceral Games’ first person shooter.

One analyst in the employ of NPD, Liam Callahan, has spoken about the slow sales. “Physical software sales decreased by 6 percent from March 2014 as strong growth of [PS4, Xbox One, Wii U] helped to partially offset the sharp declines of seventh generation consoles, which were down 52 percent, and physical PC games, down 64 percent,”

“The launch of Bloodborne ranked as second overall in software sales this month,” said Callahan.

“But also has the second-highest sales for the debut month of a first-party game on the PS4, after Infamous: Second Son, in March 2014.”

In regards to total software units shipped, these are the numbers that NPD present.

1. Battlefield: Hardline (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, 360, PS3, PC)
2. Bloodborne (PS4)
3. Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
4. Mario Party 10 (Wii U) (sold 290,000 copies physical and digital, according to Nintendo)
5. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
6. MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
7. Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
8. NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
9. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (PS4, Xbox One)
10. Final Fantasy: Type 0 HD (PS4, Xbox One)

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Capcom has revealed their financial results for the fiscal year which ended on March 31st 2013. The results seem to meet the publishers expectations with the exception of Resident Evil 6.

Overall net sales happen to reach 94.1 billion yen (£613m), which ups the percentage by 14.6 compared to last year. Meanwhile, the net profit was dropped by 55.8% year-on-year to three billion yen (£19.6m).

Resident Evil 6 managed to sell 4.9 units, which didn’t satisfy the publisher’s original sales forecast which was 7 million units. Despite the failed Resident Evil 6 sales, Dragon’s Dogma surpassed Capcom’s expectations with sales of 1.3 million; also the long-awaited reboot Devil May Cry sold a “solid” 1.1 million copies, the game has “stable popularity in overseas markets”.

The new fiscal year has begun, Capcom hopes to have net sales of 97 billion yen (£632) along with a net profit of 6.8 billion yen (£44.3m). Capcom recently stated that they decided to kill of several internal projects after the lower-than-expected sales that games like Resident evil 6 received in order to increase internal development. They said, “In order to lower development costs and shorten time frame for development, Capcom will restructure its development organisations, which are the core parts of the company’s business, increasing ratio of in-house developments by focusing on the overhaul of overseas development companies.”

What do you think Capcom will be creating next? Also, check out our Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen review and check back on GamingBolt for future title announcements from Capcom.

According Media Create data published on NeoGaf, Tomodachi Collection: New Life was the best-selling title for the third week in a row.

You can take a peek at the charts right down below:

Software sales (lifetime total)

1. Tomodachi Collection: New Life (3DS, Nintendo) – 208.814 / 758.575
2. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS, Nintendo) – 64.420 / 660.575
3. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS, Nintendo) – 47.128 / 3.175.398
4. Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3, Capcom) – 31.319 / 156.682
5. Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission (3DS, Bandai Namco) – 15.094 / 177.157
6. Tomb Raider (PS3, Square Enix) – 12.899 / 48.149
7. Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3 (PS3, Bandai Namco) – 12.096 / 117.593
8. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS, Nintendo) – 10.875 / 2.019.369
9. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition (Wii, Bandai Namco) – 9.984 / 469.436
10. 7th Dragon 2020-II (PSP, Sega) – 8.985 / 97.862

Hardware sales (previos week’s total)

1. 3DS – 76.463 (55.433)
2. Vita – 22.051 (21.399)
3. PS3 – 17.415 (14.682)
4. Wii U – 13.173 (8.262)
5. PSP – 8.443 (7.536)
6. Wii – 2.238 (1.660)
7. Xbox 360 – 596 (490)
8. Total – 140.379 (109.462)

How do you feel about 3DS’s dominance in Japan? Let us know in the comments below. Check back on GamingBolt for more news.

EA has stated today that SimCity has sold more than 1.6 million copies since its launch in March. Meanwhile, the game had an atrocious launch due to massive server issues that forced players to go offline and making the game basically unplayable for long periods of time. However, even though SimCity didn’t have that much of a successful launch EA said that these sales are tracking “ahead of forecasts”.

The company also stated that almost half of the sales were purchased digitally.

EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has stated earlier today that the company has “learned [its] lesson” following the game’s troubled launch, with the firm promising to be better prepared for future major launches.

EA and Maxis have also announced that The Sims 4 is already in development for PC and Mac and that the game will be playable offline, as opposed to SimCity. The Sims 4 is slated to come out sometime next year.

Are you still playing SimCity and looking forward to The Sims 4? Lets us know in the comments below.

Check back on GamingBolt for more news regarding EA franchises.

In its latest issue, Play Magazine UK revealed the top software sales for the PS Vita, revealing that Uncharted: Golden Abyss has performed admirably, selling 530,000 units worldwide. It was not specified if the figures given included digital sales.

These sales also do not include the 100,000+ units of Gravity Rush sold in Japan (or Gravity Daze, as it is known there), probably because the game doesn’t come out in the west until later this month.

Here are the figures:

•Uncharted: Golden Abyss -530k
•Hot Shots Golf:  World Invitation -200k
•WipEout 2048 -100k
•Unit 13 -100k
•Lumines -40k
•ModNation Racers: Road Trip -40k

[TheSilentChief]

The Media Create sales charts for the week ending February 5 have been released. Resident Evil: Revelations topped the software sales with 43,575 units sold and SoulCalibur 5 for the PS3 took a close second with 34,328.

Armored Core V, which topped the sales last week was at No. 5, selling 30,775 copies. The “other three” mega 3DS games- Mario Kart 7 (26,791), Monster Hunter Tri G (24,128) and Super Mario 3D Land (22,817)- retained their spots in the top 10 at 6, 7 and 8 respectively.

On the hardware side of things, it was all very predictable. The 3DS topped the charts, as expected. It sold 75,018, down from 85K last week. The PS3 came in second with over 23,000 units, and the PS Vita fell down about a thousand units, coming in at No .3 with 17,141 units sold.

Here’re the full charts (Lifetime sales)-

Software

1. Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom, 3DS): 43,575 (190,134)
2. SoulCalibur 5 (Namco Bandai, PS3): 34,328 – NEW
3. PhotoKano (Kadokawa Games, PSP): 34,095 – NEW
4. Ragnarok Odyssey (GungHo Online Entertainment, Vita): 33,496 – NEW
5. Armored Core 5 (From Software, PS3): 30,775 (194,681)
6. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): 26,791 (1,460,749)
7. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS): 24,128 (1,211,026)
8. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 22,817 (1,311,312)
9. Gran Turismo 5 Spec II (Sony Computer Entertainment, PS3): 21,416 – NEW
10. Dragon Age 2 (Spike, PS3): 19,928 – NEW
11. Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure (Sega, 3DS): 9511 (56,037)
12. Monster Hunter Frontier Online: Forward .3 Premium Package (Capcom, Xbox 360): 9047 –NEW
13. Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine/Dark (Level 5, 3DS): 8960 (379,764)
14. Tales of Innocence R (Bandai Namco Games, Vita): 8397 (63,250)
15. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 7851 (527.050)
16. Soul Calibur 5 (Namco Bandai Games, Xbox 360): 7679 – NEW
17. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 – PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP): 6875 (185,853)
18. Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus (Nintendo, Wii): 5635 (862,118)
19. Final Fantasy 13-2 (Square Enix, PS3): 5336 (774,415)
20. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 5068 (3,500,168)

Hardware

1. 3DS: 75,018 (Last week: 84,789)
2. PlayStation 3: 23,293 (22,924)
3. PS Vita: 17,141 (18,942)
4. PSP: 15,847 (16,008)
5. Wii: 8814 (10,396)
6. DS: 1759 (1918)
7. Xbox 360: 1382 (1235)
8. PlayStation 2: 481 (713)

[NeoGAF]

Super Mario 3D Land, which has been at the top (or near the top) of all charts- 3DS and all formats- ever since it came out in November, has now sold 5 million units, becoming the first 3DS game to reach the milestone. Mario Kart 7 is close behind, with 4,540,000 copies sold.

The third best selling game of the 3DS is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, selling 2,490,000 since its release last June. Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri G is the fourth highest selling 3DS game, selling over a million units.

Nintendo also announced that DS titles New Super Mario Bros and Mario Kart DS have also created records, with the former selling 28,740,000  unitsand the latter selling 22,300,000 units.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, which came out in November last year, has sold 3,420,000 million copies globally. Wii Sports, now the Wii’s best selling game, has sold a whopping 79,160,000 copies, counting the millions of copies it must have sold when it was bundled with all Wiis. Bundled or not, this is an impressive figure indeed.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports Resort and Mario Kart Wii also impress, having sold 25,470,000, 29,870,000 and 31,910,000 units respectively.

Nintendo recently announced plans to release a New Super Mario Bros. game for the 3DS. It will be out before April next year.

The Media Create sales for the week January 16- January 22 are out, and the 3DS has topped the hardware charts as usual, selling nearly 81,000 units. Mario Kart 7 topped the software charts, selling a little over 35,000 units.

It’s surprising to see, however, that the Vita has plummeted even lower after its abysmal sales last week, selling only a little over 15K units this time around, below the PS3 and PSP.

Here’re the full charts:

SOFTWARE (sales/lifetime sales):

01./02. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 35.105 / 1.404.728 (-33%)
02./00. [3DS] Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure – 31.598 / NEW 
03./03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # – 31.369 / 1.159.866 (-30%)
04./04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land – 26.051 / 1.265.491 (-35%)
05./00. [360] Onechanbara Z: Kagura – 22.013 / NEW 
06./00. [PSP] Heroes Phantasia # – 15.163 / NEW 
07./05. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark – 14.190 / 360.325 (-32%)
08./00. [3DS] Beyond the Labyrinth – 14.176 / NEW 
09./01. [PSP] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II – Revelation of Evil God # – 11.598 / 93.494 (-86%)
10./06. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3 # – 10.690 / 347.614 (-48%)
11./08. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 # – 8.706 / 762.674 (-40%)
12./10. [WII] Just Dance Wii – 8.315 / 511.363 (-33%)
13./13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) – 8.126 / 171.906 (-13%)
14./12. [WII] Wii Party # – 7.133 / 2.273.318 (-24%)
15./11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus # – 6.594 / 850.426 (-35%)
16./16. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land – 6.162 / 585.260 (-31%)
17./15. [WII] Mario Kart Wii – 6.137 / 3.489.774 (-32%)
18./19. [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Dubbed Edition – 5.945 / 96.391 (-24%)
19./18. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends – 5.932 / 481.804 (-25%)
20./17. [WII] Go Vacation – 5.460 / 221.639 (-33%)

HARDWARE:

3DS – 80,960
PS3 – 21,155
PSP – 17,181
Vita – 15,219
Wii – 10,173
Xbox 360 – 1,588
DSi LL – 1,200
PS2 – 903
DSi – 822

The Media Create sales for the week ending January 15 are out, and the figures are shocking. The PS Vita, which was already performing poorly, selling only 42K units in the last two weeks, has dropped to an all new low, selling only 18,000 units. All other systems saw a massive drop is sales as well, with 3DS taking the lead with 100,000 units sold.

Sony needs to do something quick, because the sales just keep dropping and these figures are pretty disappointing.

On the software front, Namco Bandai’s new PSP game Super Robot Taise OG Saga Masou Kishin II topped the charts, selling 81,996, and Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter Tri G came in next, selling 52,266 units and 44,644 respectively.

Here’re the hardware and software charts:

Hardware:

1. 3DS: 100,668 (197,952)

2. PS3: 30,332 (67,199)

3. PSP: 22,538 (62,746)

4. PSV: 18,361 (42,648)

5. Wii: 14,179 (33,208)

6. DSi LL: 1,515 (3,356)

7. X360: 1,519 (2,453)

8. DSi: 1,206 (2,418)

9. PS2: 766 (1,659)

Software:

[PSP] 01. Super Robot Taise OG Saga Masou Kishin II (Namco Bandai, 01/12): 81,996 <- NEW
[3DS] 02. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01): 52,266 (1,369,623)
[3DS] 03. Monster Hunter 3G (Cacpom, 12/10): 44,644 (1,128,498)
[3DS] 04. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 40,154 (1,239,440)
[3DS] 05. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12/15): 20,777 (346,135)
[PS3] 06. Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22): 20,409 (336,925)
[3DS] 07. Spirit Camera (Nintendo, 01/12): 16,351 <- NEW
[PS3] 08. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15): 14,407 (753,968)
[3DS] 09. Ace Combat 3D Cross Rumble (Namco Bandai, 01/12): 12,819 <- NEW
[WII] 10. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 12,370 (503,048)
[WII] 11. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 10,076 (843,833)
[WII] 12. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/2010): 9,383 (2,266,185)
[PSP] 13. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best(Cacpom, 09/22): 9,342 (163,780)
[WII] 14. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Namco Bandai,, 11/23): 9,049 (206,052)
[WII] 15. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04/10/2008): 8,978 (3,483,638)
[WII] 16. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 8,931 (579,098)
[WII] 17. Go Vacation (Namco Bandai,, 10/20): 8,162 (216,180)
[3DS] 18. Nintendogs + cats (Nintendo, 02/26): 7,958 (475,872)
[PS3] 19. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Dubbed Version (Square Enix, 12/22): 7,772 (90,446)
[WII] 20. Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Extreme (Level-5, 12/22): 6,716 (134,126)

[Andriasang]

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 sold 1.7 million units in December in US, become the highest selling console of the month. Not just that- the Xbox 360 was also the highest selling console of the entire year in US, beating the console in second place by 2.7 million units.

December was the tenth consecutive month that the Xbox 360 held 40% of the console market share in US and the twelfth month running that it was the highest selling console in US.

Microsoft said: “The strong December capped an impressive year during which Xbox 360 was the fastest-growing console. It also captured 49 percent of consumer retail spending, with an industry-leading $6.7 billion in sales in the U.S. for the calendar year—more than $2.1 billion on consoles and $4.6 billion on games and accessories.”

Stay tuned for more coverage.

[Industry Gamers]