September 12, 2008 – 10:00 am
Guess what? Nintendo came out on top… again. Shocker, I know. The DS was the number one selling with the Wii sliding into second. PSP took third place while the Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 by about 10k units to take fourth. Bringing up the rear was the PS2.
- Nintendo DS: 518,300
- Wii: 453,000
- PSP: 253,000
- Xbox 360: 195,200
- PlayStation 3: 185,400
- PlayStation 2: 144,100
To the surprise of no one, Madden 09 was the top selling title for August, with the 360 and PS3 versions occupying the top two spots. You can check out all the software numbers after the break.
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August 15, 2008 – 4:00 pm
Another month where Nintendo dominates. Seriously, they won’t be losing any time soon. Printing money confirmed. Here’s how they all stacked up:
- Nintendo DS: 608.4K
- Wii: 555K
- PS3: 224.9K
- PSP: 221.7K
- Xbox 360: 204.8K
- PS2: 155.5K units
PS3 beat out the Xbox 360 again, but not by a ton. Microsoft’s lead is diminishing and you can bet they aren’t going to sit back and let that happen. Make sure to check out software numbers after the break.
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The Wii came out on top, as you already know. June was a pretty strong month overall for gaming. Here’s the console numbers:
- Nintendo DS - 783,000
- Nintendo Wii - 666,700
- PlayStation 3 - 405,500
- PSP - 337,400
- Xbox 360 - 219,800
- PlayStation 2 - 188,800
The DS reclaims the overall top spot. Nintendo must be wiping their ass with hundred dollar bills. I wonder if Reggie walks around and yells “Make it rain!” and just throws money in the office. I would.
Hit the jump for the top 10 software sales of June.
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Sony sure seems happy about how well the PS3 did in June. According to the NPD data, the PS3 sold 405,488 units in the month of June, outselling the Xbox 360 by 84%. This was all fueled by the release of Metal Gear Solid 4, which was the top selling title of the month moving 774,647 units (not including those sold as part of the 80GB bundle).
The PSP also sold 337,356 units in June, presumably in light of the God of War red PSP bundle. Pretty good data for Sony.
Now we just need to hear from Microsoft, who finished a distant third in the console sales.
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Nintendo sent out a very glowing press release a little while ago. The Wii has overtaken the Xbox 360 with the most console sales in the US. Damn!
In the 20 months it’s been on the market, the Wii has sold roughly 10.9 million units, with 660k last month. And for the record, the DS was the top seller in June with 783k units sold.
Whether you like it or not, the Wii is a deadly force to be reckoned with. The casual gamer loves the Wii and Nintendo has brought gaming to the masses. Kudos!
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Another big month for the Wii, selling more than double the number of either of its competitors. The PS3 made a strong showing, coming in well higher than the Xbox 360. We’ll have to see if Metal Gear Solid 4 will make the trend continue next month.
- Wii: 675.1K <down> 39.1K (-5.5%)
- DS: 452.6K <up> 37.8K (+9.1%)
- PS3: 208.7K <up> 21.6K (+11.5%)
- PSP: 182.3K <down> 10.4K (-5.4%)
- X360: 186.6K <down> 1.4K (-0.7%)
- PS2: 132.7K <up> 8.3K (+6.7%)
Pretty nice month overall for hardware and software sales. You can check out the software numbers after the jump.
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The NPD Group released their list of the top 10 selling games of all time. I’m a bit confused by the list, since games like Halo 3 aren’t listed. Here’s what they have:
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 2004 – 9.4 million
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - 2007 – 8.2 million
- Madden NFL 07 - 2006 – 7.7 million
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - 2002 – 7.3 million
- Madden NFL 06 - 2005 – 6.7 million
- Halo 2 - 2004 – 6.61 million
- Madden NFL 08 - 2007 – 6.6 million
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 2007 – 6.25 million
- Grand Theft Auto 3 - 2001 – 6.2 million
- Madden NFL 2005 - 2004 – 6.1 million
I guess Halo 3 just missed out, although I thought it was well over 6 million in sales. I’m sure this will be a completely different beast at the end of 2008, with GTA IV and Halo 3 up near the top.
[via Forbes]
We got the monthly NPD numbers last night showing off console sales for the month of April. The Wii continues its utter dominance of the console market, selling more than all non-Nintendo consoles combines. Yes, combined. The Xbox 360 and PS3 sold essentially the same numbers for the month.
- Wii: 714.2K <down> 6.8K (0.94%)
- DS: 414.8K <down> 283.2K (40.6%)
- PSP: 192.7K <down> 104.3K (35.1%)
- Xbox 360: 188K <down> 74K (28.2%)
- PS3: 187.1K <down> 69.9K (27.2%)
- PS2: 124.4K <down> 91.6K (42.4%)
Pretty big month for everyone, given GTA being released at the tail end. For software numbers, hit the jump.
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The Wii continues to utterly decimate the competition, selling over 700k units in March. Seriously, that’s Holiday sales type numbers. Wow. The DS was way up there as well, with everyone else falling in line behind them. Nintendo has a stronghold on this both portable and console sales for 2008. It’s going to be very hard for anyone to take them down.
- Wii: 721K [up] 289K (40%)
- DS: 698K [up] 110.4K (15.8%)
- PSP: 297K [up] 53.9K (18.1%)
- Xbox 360: 262K [up] 7.4K (2.8%)
- PS3: 257K [down] 23.8K (9.3%)
- PS2: 216K [down] 135.8K (62.9%)
March 14, 2008 – 11:00 am
Just take a wild guess who came out on top again this month for hardware sales? Seriously, both the Wii and DS print money. I wonder if they’ll do that in my living room…
Microsoft prepped everyone by saying there’s still a shortage of Xbox 360’s. I don’t know how much that’s really true, as I haven’t heard any reports of people not being able to find them on store shelves. Either way, they got out-sold by the PS3 for the second month in a row.
The biggest note is that that overall industry sales ballooned 34% to $1.33 billion, with software accounting for $668.7 million. That’s a good deal of scratch. And who’s still buying all these PS2’s? Anyway, check out the numbers for yourself.
- DS: 587.6K (up) 336.6K (134%)
- Wii: 432K (up) 158K (58%)
- PS2: 351.8K (up) 87.8K (33%)
- PS3: 280.8K (up) 11.8K (4%)
- Xbox 360: 254.6K (up) 24.6K (11%)
- PSP: 243.1K (up) 13.1K (6%)
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