Latest American Console Hardware Sales


Recommended Posts

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 by Audioboxer
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

  • 4 months later...

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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

'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:

2008-year-to-date-oct-16.png

2008-console-monthly-sales-oct-16.png

NPDs valid up to September (most recent).

Edited by Audioboxer

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.

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...

25l.jpg
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

NinEUCW1CW42.jpg

NinCW142.jpg

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.

  • 2 weeks later...
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

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

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).

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.

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.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • PDF4QT 1.6.0.0 by Razvan Serea PDF4QT is a free and open-source application created to provide a complete solution for working with PDF documents in a simple, flexible, and effective way. It offers all the essential tools you need to handle your files: you can view PDFs with smooth navigation, edit content, annotate pages, and highlight key sections for better collaboration. It also allows you to compare two versions of a document, making it easy to spot changes. Built-in security features give you control over protecting sensitive information and managing access. Applications PDF4QT Viewer Profi: Advanced PDF browsing with encryption, digital signature verification, annotation editing, regex text search, page-to-image conversion, and plugin support. PDF4QT Viewer Lite: Lightweight viewer with essential, user-friendly PDF viewing functions. PDF4QT DocPage Organizer: Merge, split, move, clone, or add pages easily with an intuitive interface. PDF4QT DocDiff: Compare two PDFs, highlight differences page-to-page, and export results to XML. Key Features Multithreading Support for faster PDF processing Hardware Accelerated Rendering for smooth, high-quality display Encryption to secure documents Color Management to preserve accurate color profiles Optional Content Handling to control visibility of content Text Layout Analysis for better text extraction and editing Signature Validation for verifying digital signatures Annotations and Form Filling for interactivity Text-to-Speech Conversion to listen to PDFs Advanced Annotation Tools (images, text, etc.) File Attachments Management to view and save attachments Optimization to reduce file size without losing quality Command Line Tool for automation Audio Book Conversion from PDFs Internal Structure Inspector to explore PDF structure Compare Documents to detect differences Redaction to remove sensitive information Document Signing for digital authentication PDF4QT 1.6.0.0 release notes: PDF4QT 1.6.0.0 brings a major image compression and optimization update, especially for PageMaster and assembled output documents. Image compression is now integrated into the assembly/export workflow, backed by new optimizer infrastructure, UI controls, feedback fixes, and tests. This should make PageMaster much more useful for producing smaller output PDFs directly from assembled or reorganized documents. The release also contains a large PageMaster refresh with improved drag and drop, recent files, crop pages, save/restore functionality, rotation and size indicators, a reworked icon set, and faster output preview rendering. Viewer and Editor workflows were improved with wildcard Advanced Find, Enter-to-search behavior, better outline keyboard selection, startup settings, fullscreen support, side-to-side scrolling, smoother scrolling, text selection, snapping, and expanded annotation controls. Compatibility and platform behavior were improved as well, including fixes for embedded files, fonts, checkboxes, invisible text, menu colors, highlights, XMP metadata, Windows color management, AppImage packaging, MSIX generation, installer behavior, translations, and newer compiler/Qt warnings. The commit history also includes a new scan-and-edit plugin foundation and color management performance work. Changelog: Highlights Image compression for PageMaster / DocPage Organizer and assembled output documents (#92) Major PageMaster UX refresh, including drag and drop, recent files, crop pages, save/restore, icons, and output preview performance (#383, #18) Improved image optimization feedback, including final resolution and DPI updates (#384) Better Viewer and Editor navigation: fullscreen, side-to-side scrolling, smoother scrolling, text selection, snapping, and outline keyboard selection (#242, #368, #136, #321, #250, #373) Advanced Find wildcard mode and Enter-to-search behavior (#379, #378) PDF compatibility fixes for embedded files, fonts, checkboxes, invisible text, form content suppression, and Windows color management (#225, #356, #256, #230, #326, #224, #385, #388) Startup settings, custom settings directory support, Linux double-click viewer separation, and packaging/build fixes (#382, #380, #381) Scan-and-edit plugin foundation and broader translation updates from the 1.6.0.0 development cycle Resolved Issues Issue #389: Adding hyperlink to internal object in PDF Issue #388: Update Windows color management system Issue #385: PDFTextLayoutGenerator::isContentKindSuppressed(ContentKind kind) is missing ContentKind::Form Issue #384: In the "Optimize Images" dialog, the info on the final image resolution and final DPI does not update Issue #383: UX improvements for PDF4QT PageMaster tool (v1.5.3.1) (ex. DocPage Organizer) Issue #382: Startup Settings Issue #381: Separated apps for double-click viewer in Linux Issue #380: Ability to run app with custom settings directory - executable parameter with path Issue #379: Advanced Find - Wildcard Mode Issue #378: Advanced Find - Should start searching if Enter key is pressed Issue #376: Deleting a note jumps to Outline Issue #375: Not enough maximum compiled page cache Issue #373: Ctrl/Shift keyboard selection for Outline Issue #372: Option to not color images Issue #370: Extracting pages within a range Issue #369: Keeping redact box on Issue #368: Side-to-side scrolling Issue #357: Bulk delete/add/edit of page labels Issue #356: Compatibility issues - font problems Issue #354: Color blend mode for highlights Issue #352: Icon size of the sidebar Issue #349: Add inherit zoom to bookmark zoom options Issue #338: Editor toolbox higher than editor window Issue #334: Impossible to set French language Issue #326: Checkboxes don't render in PDF4QT Issue #324: Menu text not rendered with correct color Issue #321: Select text in Viewer Issue #291: Support for editing XMP metadata or exporting to PDF/UA format Issue #282: Editor outline view: always zooms to around 50% Issue #256: PDF4QT cannot show some specific fonts correctly Issue #253: Undo/redo doesn't work in "edit page content" mode Issue #250: Snapping Issue #242: Full screen Issue #234: Setting font, font size and area of text annotations Issue #230: Garbled characters when opening PDF files with PDF4QT Issue #225: PDF4QT cannot open PDF files with embedded files Issue #224: Option to remove invisible text Issue #194: Change page size Issue #160: Color | Custom (green/black) does not work Issue #136: Smooth scrolling of document with mouse middle wheel - flywheel Issue #92: Add image compression to PDF DocPage Organizer Issue #18: Performance optimization - OutputPreview Renderer Download: PDF4QT 1.6.0.0 | Portable | ~30.0 MB (Open Source) Download: PDF4QT MSIX | 29.4 MB Links: PDF4QT Home Page | PDF4QT @GitHub | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Same here or that Opera Max was not a thing anymore. Nothing lost... Who the hell would be considering Opera or Samsung when needing a VPN? LOL
    • If you go to the game developer website you can see that indeed Cyril Paciullo is the game director and developer https://www.pluralys.ca/about-us/ and when clicking on his name it lists Messenger Plus! as part of his CV. In case you wondered what happened to Patchou
    • A difficult position to be in. Either they cater to us users or they cater to news curators to potentially increase traffic. Personally, I wasn't being sarcastic. Hosting a website isn't free, so without traffic this site stops existing, and if you want traffic you have to play the game. I legitimately thought the title was good. Not because I like it, but because it's the kind of title people will click on. This site needs that.
    • Wtf happened to Barron Trump!  
  • Recent Achievements

    • Veteran
      branfont went up a rank
      Veteran
    • Reacting Well
      Almohandis earned a badge
      Reacting Well
    • First Post
      Cosminus earned a badge
      First Post
    • One Year In
      ThatGuyOnline earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Week One Done
      Jeroen Wilms earned a badge
      Week One Done
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      472
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      181
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      120
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      85
    5. 5
      neufuse
      73
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!