According to the NPD group’s August 2007 report, sales of Microsoft Corporation’s Xbox 360 game console increased tremendously in the United States following the price drop, while the Nintendo Wii game console continued its overall domination. Last month, Microsoft Xbox 360 game console was acquired by 276.7 thousand of gamers across the U.S., a 62.7% increase over July, when sell through figures for the Xbox 360 dropped partly because of the scandal regarding malfunction game consoles as well as Sony PlayStation 3 price cut. The latter could not sustain its success on the market in August and sales of PS3 decreased by 18% to 130.6 thousand, meaning that Xbox 360 now outsells PlayStation 3 by a factor of two in the U.S. The Nintendo Wii faced a 5.1% sell through decline but still managed to sell 403.6 thousand of consoles.
In general, the market of non-portable game consoles was up 3.7% sequentially in August with only Microsoft Xbox 360 enjoying sales increase. Meanwhile, the market of portable game consoles shrank again by nearly 18% in August to approximately 583.4 thousand of units across the board. Nintendo sustains its leadership in the field with 383.3 thousand of Nintendo DS sold through and 69.5 thousand of Game Boy Advance bought by gamers in the USA. Sales of Sony PlayStation Portable dropped tangibly to 130.6 thousand of devices.
News source: Xbit Laboratories
In general, the market of non-portable game consoles was up 3.7% sequentially in August with only Microsoft Xbox 360 enjoying sales increase. Meanwhile, the market of portable game consoles shrank again by nearly 18% in August to approximately 583.4 thousand of units across the board. Nintendo sustains its leadership in the field with 383.3 thousand of Nintendo DS sold through and 69.5 thousand of Game Boy Advance bought by gamers in the USA. Sales of Sony PlayStation Portable dropped tangibly to 130.6 thousand of devices.
News source: Xbit Laboratories
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I almost joined this stat this weekened, but Im contemplating the black Elite.
I almost joined this stat this weekened, but Im contemplating the black Elite.
Wait for an Elite. After sending back my quite Premium, I bought a Elite (month ago), and it runs cooler. It might just be me, but it seems like there is less of a sauna in my media cabinet.
Seriously though, when compared with the PS3 the 360 has the best collection of games, the best online service and I personally think it has the best controller too. Also it is outselling the PS3 by two-to-one despite being over a year older than the PS3. Those facts alone speak volumes. Oh and Halo 3
Only thing that concerns me is the epic "ring of death". Makes me VERRRY cautious..
..and as for Wii, no-f---ing thank you. As I say with every post, it's a remodeled GameCube that they sold you all into with their new "fab" controller. Seriously, not only did they resell you the console, but they're reselling all their old games that even the DS could handle!! That said, even if games like Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, Oblivion, and such were to be available on the Wii, I SERIOUSLY doubt it'd be playable, unless the graphics were watered down horribly (which kind of defeats the beauty of games like Oblivion, no?).
Meh, ranting again. I just hate this stupid hype they sold us to is all. Meanwhile, everyone with a Wii has it sitting collecting dust after beating Zelda~ -sigh-
I'm thinking that the majority just don't care for games/ Don't have the money for one of these new ones. I do see a ton of people buying up used PS2/SNES/Genesis consoles.
I just find it interesting, something to hang your hat on I guess.
Brings down the numbers considerably ...
Brings down the numbers considerably ...
Also, remember the people who own more than 1 of each system. I own 2 Wii's, 3 360's, and 2 PS3's. Just too lazy to have to go to a different room to play =/, so that would bring the number down a bit as well, for people who do the samething as me.
0–19 years: 27.4% (male 42,667,761; female 40,328,895)
20–64 years: 60.1% (male 89,881,041; female 90,813,57
65 years and over: 12.6% (male 15,858,477; female 21,991,195)
Add these numbers to all the other factors mentioned....those numbers are looking tiny now.
Please tell me you're either insanely rich or clinicly retarded. Because those are the only two reasons why you should own more than one of each of those systems. Maybe if they were cheaper...but still...
People don't care about power or quality. These numbers lend evidence to proving that price is the number one selling factor in the console market.
me personally though i look at games more than anything as to what console i want and right now i think the xbox360 is winning in this area by far... but the ps3 will eventually catch up.
i think ONLY reason wii is so popular is cause of it's unique controller design with the physical movement which is attracting people that normally would not give a damn about video games etc.
Maybe it's because it's a news site? Unprofessional journalism shouldn't mean outright disregard for simple spelling and grammar rules.
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