Latest American Console Hardware Sales

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So Japan has a topic keeping track of all the sales figures each month, but the USA does not - Usually numbers get posted in separate topics each month.

So here's a topic for each month from now on.

Starting with May

OFFICIAL May NPD

HW

PlayStation 3 208.7K

PlayStation Portable 182.3K

Xbox 360 186.6K

Wii 675.1K

Nintendo DS 452.6K

SW Top 10

Top 10 SKU's May 2008 Rank # Units

(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc.)

360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) APR 2008 1 871.3K

WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2008 2 787.4K

WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2008 3 687.7K

PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) APR 2008 4 442.9K

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 5 294.6K

WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR 2008 6 171.1K

PS2 IRON MAN SEGA OF AMERICA APR 2008 7 130.6K

WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ WIREACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 8 116.8K

NDS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: EXPLORERS OF DARKNESS NOA APR 2008 9 107K

NDS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: EXPLORERS OF TIME NOA APR 2008 10 102K

Industry

Dollar Sales May 2007 May 2008 CHG

Video Games $816.3M $1.12B 37%

Video Games Hardware $319.7M $428.6M 34%

Video Games Software $380.8M $536.9M 41%

Video Game Accessories $115.8M $150.8M 30%

Overall:

"The U.S. video games industry has generated $6.6B in sales so far this year which exceeds total 1997 annual revenues. The industry is on pace to achieve revenues in the $21-$23B range for 2008."

Hardware:

"Nintendo's Wii and NDS have captured the top two spots in terms of hardware sales for the fourth consecutive month."

"The continued success of GTA IV is not translating into big hardware sales for either the PS3 or the 360 but there may yet to be a lift in June due to gift-giving for Father's Day and Graduations."

Software:

"Coming in at number 12 on the top-sellers list, We Ski from Namco, which utilizes the Wii Fit balance board, was able to captilize on Wii Fit's cross-promotions in circulars and at retail."

"GTA IV has now generated combined sales of 4.2 million units, making it the top-selling title of the year."

"A lot of folks are interested in the battle of the bands. Year-to-date, Guitar Hero III has sold 2.5 million units compared to Rock Band's 1.3 million which lands them both in the top 10 titles for the year so far."

WHO IS BUYING THAT POS IRON MAN GAME ON THE PS2?! :laugh:

It is strange GTA4 seems to be shipping NO hardware at all :/ Guess a lot of people might of bought their console of choice in preparation for November last year (initial GTA4 release).

Edited October 29, 2008 by Audioboxer

[spenser.d]

Xbox 360: E3 bound

Last month we showcased an all-star lineup of games including ?Gears of War 2,? ?Fable 2,? ?Banjo and Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts,? ?Viva Pi?ata 2,? We still have quite a few aces left up our sleeve; see you at E3 next month!3 next month!

Wonder what that could be. Comes from Microsoft's Press release about the NPD numbers.

Sony's Take

Microsoft's Take

Nintendo's Take

-Spenser

[AlphaPrime]

Hardware LTD as of May 2008 (US NPD)

PS3 - 4,450,000

Wii - 10,180,000

X360 - 10,270,000

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No one ever seemed to use this, but I'll continue to post NPDs in here from now on just like the Japanese topic (Y)

More PS3s sold worldwide in Q2 than 360s

Sony's recently revealed Q2 earnings report reveals that the PS3 has sold 2.43 million units worldwide during the three month period ending September 30th. That's an improvement of over a million on its Q2 2007 sales figures and brings the number of PS3s around the world to a total of 16.84 million. Software sales for the console have also more than double from the same period last year to 21.1 million.

Microsoft recently reported that the 360 sold 2.2 million consoles worldwide during the Q2 FY period, just shy of PS3 sales despite a price cut which came into effect in early-mid September. Q3 is going to be an interesting battleground, what with Sony being adamant about not cutting price. We're intrigued to see whether LittleBigPlanet and the PS3's other big exclusives (we'd love to see some real marketing for Valkyria Chronicles -- that game deserves to sell well) will push boxes this quarter despite the 360's price cut momentum. Only time will tell.

Source: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/10/29/more-p...n-q2-than-360s/

Pretty much neck and neck just now.

[The Teej]

Please do, AB, I'd much prefer a topic like this.

[ToneKnee]

I'd be afraid if customers might be ignorant by thinking "Well, the PS3 costs quite a bit more, that means it must be better?".

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I'd be afraid if customers might be ignorant by thinking "Well, the PS3 costs quite a bit more, that means it must be better?".

What customers exactly would do that?

A games console is bought on request by most gamers, either through parents (if younger) or by themselves (if older).

I seriously doubt many people think more expensive = better (in the console gaming world). If so, no one would've bought a Wii :laugh:

You buy consoles based on games you like/other functions, not what has a higher price tag.

If anything it's a lower price tag that has affect in the gaming world, not a higher.

[Si_]

No one ever seemed to use this, but I'll continue to post NPDs in here from now on just like the Japanese topic (Y)

Source: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/10/29/more-p...n-q2-than-360s/

Pretty much neck and neck just now.

What a reliable and predictable source for you to quote :rolleyes:

I'll wait for some unbiased confirmed 3rd party figures.

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What a reliable and predictable source for you to quote :rolleyes:

I'll wait for some unbiased confirmed 3rd party figures.

*Sigh*

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/

All part of the joystiq network, and large and reputable sites. In fact, all they do is take the console specific news from http://www.joystiq.com and post under these sub-domains.

And secondly, these figures are from official financial releases

Sony: http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps3_sale_e.html

Microsoft: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/micr...e-up-9-per-cent

Why do you ALWAYS give me such a hard time? It really is ridiculous.

[Si_]

'Official' figures are always grandiose and exaggerated. Considering NPD figures have put 360 outselling ps3 for a while now and are based on *actual* sales figures, i'd be more inclined to wait for them.

[spenser.d]

'Official' figures are always grandiose and exaggerated. Considering NPD figures have put 360 outselling ps3 for a while now and are based on *actual* sales figures, i'd be more inclined to wait for them.

What. YTD the PS3 has outsold the 360 based on NPD 5 of the 9 months of the year so far. It's quite reasonable to say that the PS3 beat the 360 for Q2.

-Spenser

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'Official' figures are always grandiose and exaggerated. Considering NPD figures have put 360 outselling ps3 for a while now and are based on *actual* sales figures, i'd be more inclined to wait for them.

Um what?

You're actually saying that the financial report figures from MS and Sony directly are untrustworthy? :laugh:

The figures above are global sales (based on 3 months), the PS3 currently leads in America so the figures above are correct.

Edit:

NPDs valid up to September (most recent).

Edited October 29, 2008 by Audioboxer

[AlphaPrime]

Firstly, the numbers in the earning reports are both sold-to-retail. Theses are not exaggerations, they are real numbers (to the nearest 0.1 million or so). Now these are not sold-to-consumer numbers, so it doesn't necessarily mean PS3 outsold 360 this past quarter, just that it was shipped to more stores. Of course, these are also worldwide numbers, not just American ones.

Secondly NPD are not always going to be 100%, they get the numbers from around 2/3 of the stores and estimate the other 1/3. Unlike financial reports, NPD track sold-to-consumer numbers, and while some is made up of estimates, it's still the best source for this kind of data (as opposed to VGChartz). These numbers are usually just American (with us sometimes getting Canadian NPD figures too). There are similar trackers for some other countries as well (such as Media-Create for Japan).

So on one hand we have sold-to-retail ("shipped") worldwide numbers, and then on the other, consumer sell-through figures for America only. You can't really compare either and say one is wrong by looking at both, since they're fairly different.

What would be a good comparison is worldwide "shipped" data VS worldwide consumer sell-through. The thing is we don't get these numbers from most European countries, or if we do it's very rarely.

360 (US + JPN) Q2

Jul08: 204.8K + 23.0K = 227.8K

Aug08: 195.2K + 38.9K = 234.1K

Sep08: 347.2K + 54.3K = 401.5K

Total = 863.4K

PS3 (US + JPN) Q2

Jul08: 224.9K + 58.2K = 283.1K

Aug08: 185.4K + 39.8K = 225.2K

Sep08: 232.4K + 32.8K = 265.2K

Total = 773.5K

If we combine US and Japan sales data for the Q2 financial period, we see the 360 in the lead by just around 90K. The problem is that we still are missing a whole chuck of the world, so Sony could have done better (or worse) in Europe over this period. Basically though, the difference between the 2 is fairly small, especially when you compare them to the Wii. 360 will probably do better this quarter as well due to the price cut.

One more thing to consider (gee, long post) is that just because 360 shipped less in the quarter, doesn't mean that less were sold if they already had more units in stores. And if Sony had less stock in retail, it would allow them to ship more to sell, not necessarily for this quarter either.

So NPD, MC, shipment numbers, while all useful in different ways, while correct in different ways, don't exactly go hand-in-hand.

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Somehow Nintendo supposedly have European sales :/

Not creating a topic for these, as it's not as if i can carry on the topic weekly/monthly as we never seem to find out sales ourselves...

Jan - Sep 2008:

UK, France, Germany & Spain:

Wii = 3.4m

PS3 = 1.5m

360 = 1.0m

PS2 = 0.4m

Source:

Chart Track / Elspa (UK)

GfK (France)

GfK / Media Control (Germany)

AC Nielsen (Spain)

1 pixel = 71,428

Wii = 48 pixels = 3,428,571

PS3 = 21 pixels = 1,500,000

360 = 14 pixels = 1,000,000

PS2 = 06 pixels = 428,571

A: 360: Hardware price cut

B: PS3: GT5:Prologue released

C: Wii: Mario Kart Wii released

D: Wii: Wii Fit Released

E: PS3: GTA IV released

E: 360: GTA IV released

F: Wii: Super Smash Bros. Brawl released

G: PS3: 80Gb model released

H: 360: Hardware price cut

H: 360: FIFA 09 released

H: PS3: FIFA 09 released

Source: http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=47317

And no, VGChartz didn't make these graphs, they're directly from Nintendo (check URLs).

There's a hell of a lot more graphs above in the link, all from Nintendo. American/Japanese, Console/Handheld, etc.

[Brad.]

I still find the European figures unreliable as the UK, France, Germany & Spain do not make up Europe alone.

Than that I really care anyway.

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HW Sales

Hardware Unit SalesOct-08

PlayStation 2 136K

PlayStation 3 190K

PSP 193K

Xbox 360 371K

Wii 803K

Nintendo DS 491K

Top 10 SW

Publisher Release Date Rank # Units

360 FABLE II MICROSOFT (CORP) Oct-08 1 790K

WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 487K

360 FALLOUT 3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS Oct-08 3 375K

WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 290K

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 5 282K

360 SAINTS ROW 2 THQ (CORP) Oct-08 6 270K

PS3 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS CONFRONTATION SONY (CORP) Oct-08 7 231K

PS3 LITTLE BIG PLANET SONY (CORP) Oct-08 8 215K

360 NBA 2K9 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (CORP) Oct-08 9 202K

360 DEAD SPACE ELECTRONIC ARTS Oct-08 10 193K

Industry Sales

Dollar Sales Oct-07 Oct-08 CHG YTD Oct 07 YTD Oct 08 CHG

Video Games $1.12B $1.31B 18% $10.50B $13.13B 25%

Video Games Hardware $470.47M $494.74M 5% $4.13B $4.72B 14%

Video Games Software $514.60M $696.79M 35% $4.98B $6.76B 36%

Video Game Accessories $130.81M $120.19 -8% $1.40B $1.65B 18%

YTD USA Wii: 5,980m

YTD USA 360: 2,459m

YTD USA PS3: 2,440m

[The Teej]

Well **** me, THAT is a sales boost for the Wii!

[Si_]

360 roundly trouncing the PS3 again. YTD is pretty close but I get that feeling the holiday period the 360 will fly ahead, the PS3 doesn't really have enough to compete that well.

[spenser.d]

Looks like LBP wasn't as popular as some of you were saying it would be, and wasn't a console seller. Pretty sure I predicted that a long time ago.

Huge boost for the 360. I'm actually surprised it got that much of a boost so early before Xmas. Same with the Wii. Considering the economy, I'd say good on the gaming industry :D

-Spenser

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Remember LBP went on sale on the 30th due to delay, it only had 2 days of sales for October.

[BajiRav]

Looks like LBP wasn't as popular as some of you were saying it would be, and wasn't a console seller. Pretty sure I predicted that a long time ago.

Huge boost for the 360. I'm actually surprised it got that much of a boost so early before Xmas. Same with the Wii. Considering the economy, I'd say good on the gaming industry :D

-Spenser

There are Xbox 360 core offeres everywhere. :| Even sign a cell phone plan and get an Xbox 360! $199 is going to make this holiday interesting.

Not to mention Dell has marked down all models by $20-50. I just hope Live is up to the task this time (knowing Microsoft has put in efforts on that front).

[Si_]

I think with all the money troubles this year it's really affecting peoples spending habits. With the 360 as cheap as it is, and a really healthy release schedule leading up to christmas, it has it in the bag.

On the flip side, with the ps3 being so pricey and no real killer games besides lbp, they can't do much without a huge price cut.

[perochan]

i played LBP and i loved it! so fun and cute. cant believe wiii still sells like hotcake...

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no real killer games besides lbp

I've just bought MS2 and R2 and they're really good (Y)

Plus all the other great multiplatform titles still come to the PS3 you know.

[spenser.d]

Remember LBP went on sale on the 30th due to delay, it only had 2 days of sales for October.

Ah. It listed the release date as the 8th. I haven't been following it much (as I don't have a PS3) and I forgot it had been delayed.

-Spenser