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How Many Copies Has Just Dance Sold Worldwide?

By Ishaan . January 13, 2012 . 9:30am

How Many Copies Has Just Dance Sold Worldwide?

Yesterday, we reported that strong Just Dance sales caused the dance genre to grow 66% in 2011. That’s a lot of growth, and came specifically from Just Dance 2 and Just Dance 3 — both of which were among the top-10 best-sellers of 2011 in the U.S. — selling a hell of a lot of copies.

 

In the case of Just Dance 3 — the first multiplatform Just Dance title — Ubisoft say the game has sold 7 million copies since its October release in the U.S. and Europe.

 

Total sales of the Just Dance series worldwide are at 25 million, since the franchise’s debut in 2009.


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  • http://twitter.com/InfinityAge11 InfinityAge11

    Geez, thats freaking insane. No wonder an increasing amount of game companies are caring less and less about hardcore gamers anymore.

    • http://twitter.com/DanijoEX DanijoEX

      I’m…pretty sure there are other factors/things that could be the reason than just this.

      • http://twitter.com/InfinityAge11 InfinityAge11

        ..I didn’t mean literally just this specifically. I meant casual games.

        • http://twitter.com/DanijoEX DanijoEX

          Oh…Sorry…my bad.

  • malek86

    That’s an awful lot of people swaying their arms around. I guess, when the rythm games bubble burst, dance games came along to pick up the pieces with a vengeance.

    So does that mean music games are forever?

    • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

      Yea, I don’t see any reason music games shouldn’t be around to stay. 

      I mean, music is obviously something that will obviously be popular, so you always have that to fall back on. It might take different kinds of music games to keep the genre as a whole popular, but that isn’t a bad thing.

      • malek86

        Oh yeah. After all, before Guitar Hero, there was DDR.

        I’m curios to see how long dance games will stay popular, and what will be the next evolution for the musical genre.

        • Thomas Maloney

          You mean “before Guitar Hero, there was Guitar Freaks.”

          Which, by the way, has many songs by Turtles in Time composer, Mutsuhiko Izumi.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fitzpatrick-Phillips/1786364591 Fitzpatrick Phillips

      It’s more like “party music games” are forever. They’re not actual rhythm games. Not Beatmania, Pop’n Music, DJMAX or the like. Those actual rhythm games aren’t doing as well as this.

  • http://twitter.com/Laith_Rem Laith Rem

    Hey, so people like to dance and exercise themselves, that’s perfectly A-OK and it shouldn’t affect us in the slightly. Breathe, relax and open your mind at the fact that some people are not “hardcore” like us and like something casual. It happens.

    • Tom_Phoenix

      Agreed. Better yet, realise that people liking dance, sports, fitness, FPS or any other popular games doesn’t make them in any way inferior to you and that liking *insert niché (Japanese) game(s) here* doesn’t make you anything special.

      Also, realise that other people not buying *insert niché (Japanese) game(s) here* doesn’t make them stupid, that your favourite game(s) might very well have legitimate flaws and/or aspects that repel other people and that other people are not in any way obligated to share the same taste and preferences as you.

    • rick kcir

      How hilariously wrong.

      When something is popular, the industry changes to focus on producing more of it. There is literally no logical way to even suggest that this is anything but a terrible thing for anyone who dislikes casual garbage.

      • http://twitter.com/Laith_Rem Laith Rem

        Indeed but as we the consumers/gamers have separated ourselves on “Hardcore” and “Casual” so has the industry. Sure the Casual things sale better, but unlike the hardcore stuff, you can only sell them once in a while since you saturate your own market, like with Guitar Hero/Rock Band. A phenomenon that while not present on Just Dance yet, is bound to happen.

        Also, please refrain for calling it garbage, you don’t like it and I don’t like it, and that’s okay but it’s not objectively bad, it’s just not geared toward our tastes.

  • Mister_Nep

    Not exactly surprised by these numbers. Considering how many people at my job buy it.

  • PoweredByHentai

    No love for Dance Dance Revolution or Para Para Paradise?

  • http://twitter.com/madaraki Prof Madaraki

    Just Crazy

  • Bio_liquid

    I don’t get these dance games of today sadly =. I enjoyed playing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) every single day because it was a work out, it was fun, and most of all it challenged and pushed your endurance and speed. When i get my own place… I am investing in 2 metal pads and using Stepmania as my dance game.

    LONG LIVE DDR

    • RupanIII

      I, too, remember the days when Bemani was big. I liked DDR but never got that great, but it was fun anyway. I knew some kids who were really, really good though, like played in competitions and stuff. Aside from it being fun, part of the appeal for me was discovering new tunes, some vocal trance or techno beats in Beatmania/Pop’n, some fun, cheesy Eurodance in DDR, etc. Like, with Just Dance, I already hear way too much about Beyonce or Lady gaga or whoever else on commercials, online, in the ‘news,’ etc. I don’t need them in my games also :P

      • Bio_liquid

        I love you man! Though I remember being the best DDRist in my town (still am!) I had about four friends here before they all moved and we all were round even playing songs like Afronova, Sakura, even the Max songs on Heavy and Challenge…. FOR FUN!

  • http://twitter.com/ifarah12 Gren

    Having a casual interest in something isn’t a bad thing, every hobby has them.  Books have the people who only read Twilight and such, movies have the people that only watch Transformers and such, anime has the people that only watch Naruto and Bleach and so on.  The thing about a casual interest is that it can evolve into something more, we shouldn’t be pissed with them but we should show them the better games out there. 

    Also casual games≠shit, Call of Duty isn’t the best game out there and i would never buy it myself but i have played it at a relative’s house a couple of times before and it was FUN.  I also showed him some other games and now he plays things that aren’t Call of Duty.

  • TheMysticalNinja

    Young children, teens and casual adults love Just Dance. To them Just Dance is more accessible and is more fun then many games that are covered by Siliconera so no surprise to see it continue its momentum.

    Still dosen’t mean I have to like it :P

  • Hexen

    It’s like CoD but Rated E.

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