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It's that time of the month again.

Numbers for hardware and software sales in the US for March:

Industry Sales

Mar-07 Mar-08 CHG

Total Video Games $1.1B $1.7B 57%

Video Games Hardware $377.9M $551.3M 46%

Video Games Software $579.1M $945.6M 63%

Video Game Accessories $139.5M $220M 58%

HW Sales

Hardware Mar-08

Wii 721K

Nintendo DS 698K

PlayStation Portable 297K

Xbox 360 262K

PlayStation 3 257K

PlayStation 2 216K

SW Sales

Top-Selling VG Software - March 2008

Platform Title Publisher Release Date March Units

WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-08 2.7M

360 *TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT Mar-08 752.3K

360 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 606.1K

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 409.8K

PSP GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS SONY Mar-08 340.5K

PSP CRISIS CORE: FINAL FANTASY VII SQUARE ENIX INC Mar-08 301.6K

WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION Oct-07 264.1K

360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K8 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE Mar-08 237.1K

360 *CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION Nov-07 237K

PS3 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 224.9K

Just for fun the Japanese Sales numbers for the week Mario Kart came out. (last week) ;)

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD

1. PSP - 85,721 | 120,964 | 1,315,501 | 8,980,578

2. NDS - 47,158 | 55,190 | 1,152,496 | 22,325,546

3. WII - 46,296 | 44,618 | 1,146,357 | 5,762,516

4. PS3 - 8,232 | 11,303 | 366,125 | 2,007,796

5. PS2 - 6,834 | 10,423 | 184,353 | 21,111,393

6. 360 - 1,147 | 1,452 | 49,645 | 556,985

01./00. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 593,576 / NEW

02./01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 221,781 / 1,590,000

03./02. [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns (Koei) - 55,506 / 283,000

04./07. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 31,325 / 1,865,000

05./06. [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokémon) - 30,159 / 436,000

06./08. [NDS] Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life (Bandai-Namco) - 26,109 / 65,000

07./04. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami) - 21,510 / 102,000

08./03. [PSP] Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution (Square-Enix) - 17,591 / 108,000

09./10. [WII] Deca Sporta (Hudson) - 17,171 / 133,000

10./09. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 14,297 / 1,563,000

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Thx this is cool. And interesting too.

My thoughts,

Even with all those modded consoles and flash cards and the like they're still making a little money, "cough" 1.7 Billion

PS2s are selling almost as well as PS3s

I helped to raise the DS number by one B)

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Because we love numbers! :P

U.S. Video Games Industry - April 2008					
April 2007	April 2008		YTD Apr 07	YTD Apr 08	
Video Games	$839 million	$1.23 billion	47.0%	$4.18 billion	$5.47 billion	31.0%
 Video Games Hardware	$339.2 million	$426.2 million	26.0%	$1.62 billion	$1.84 billion	13.0%
 Video Games Software	$389.4 million	$654.7 million	68.0%	$1.97 billion	$2.88 billion	46.0%
 Video Game Accessories	$110.4 million 	$154 million	39.0%	$584.4 million	$750.6 million	29.0%


Hardware
PlayStation 2	124.4K
PlayStation 3	187.1K
PSP			192.7K
Xbox 360		   188.0K
Wii		  714.2K
Nintendo DS	414.8K

Top 10 VG Titles - April'08	
Units*
360 GTA IV	1.85mm
Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel	1.12mm
PS3 GTA IV	1.00mm
Wii Play	360K
Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl	326K
PS3 Gran Turismo 5:  Prologue	224K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon:  Explorers of Darkness	202K
DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon:  Explorers of Time	202K
Wii Guitar Hero III	152K
360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	141K

*includes bundles, collector's editions, GOTY editions

Shamefully stolen from GAF. I'm so sorry... :bag:

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Monthly sales numbers for May, blah blah, you know the drill. :mellow:

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%

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June is out:

PlayStation 3 405.5k

PSP 337.4k

Playstation 2 188.8k

Xbox 360 219.8k

Wii 666.7k

Nintendo DS 783k

(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

01. PS3 METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUN OF THE PATRIOTS KONAMI 774.6K (Does not include bundles with PS3 hardware)

02. NDS GUITAR HERO ON TOUR ACTIVISION 422.3K

03. 360 NINJA GAIDEN II MICROSOFT 372.7K

04. WII FIT W/BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA 372.7K

05. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 359.1K

06. 360 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY ELECTRONIC ARTS 346.8K

07. WII MARIO KART W/WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA 322.4K

08. WII LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURE LUCASARTS 294.5K

09. NDS LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURE LUCASARTS 267.8K

10. PS2 LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURE LUCASARTS 260.3K

Dollar Sales -- Jun 07 -- Jun 08 -- CHG -- YTD June 07 -- YTD June 08 -- CHG

Video Games -- $1.10B -- $1.69B -- 53% -- $6.1B -- $8.27B -- 36%

Video Games Hardware -- $399.2M -- $615.1M -- 54% -- $2.34B -- $2.88B -- 23%

Video Games Software -- $542.2M -- $872.6M -- 61% -- $2.89B -- $4.30B -- 49%

Video Games Accessories -- $161.7M -- $202M -- 25% -- $861.8M -- $1.09B -- 27%

Originally Posted by Anita Frazier, Industry Analyst for NPD:

Overall

"The video games industry continues to perform in the face of an ever-increasingly difficult economic environment as many turn to more in-home entertainment. Even if growth slows over the back half of 2008, the industry is poised to achieve record-breaking revenues of over $22B for the year."

"Looking at historical data, hardware price reductions have been a good incentive for a broader consumer base to invest in a new-gen system, which encourages continued industry growth across all categories."

Hardware

"Platform-exclusive content usually fuels hardware system purchases, and PS3 sales certainly reflect the impact of Metal Gear Solid 4. PS3 unit sales were the highest of any month outside of that recorded during previous November/December holiday timeframes."

"The Wii has taken the lead in total sales of current generation console hardware at 10.9 million units sold at retail life-to-date in the U.S."

"The 360 platform has driven the greatest number of hardware purchases this generation, with just under 8 software units purchased for each unit of hardware, on average."

Software

"As expected, Metal Gear Solid 4 realized significant retail sales and drove PS3 hardware acquisition. While the attached media report does not include units bundled with hardware, if included MGS4 sold-through nearly 1 million units."

"Wii Play continues to achieve an attach rate of over 50% to every new Wii hardware system sale. I can't think of another game that has ever had that kind of performance after 16 months at retail."

"At the title level, Lego Indiana Jones captured the top sales spot for the month at 1.1 million units sold across all platforms. As Iron Man did last month, mass-friendly titles are a perfect fit for the still healthy PS2 platform, and the PS2 version of this game grabbed a spot in the top 10 list."

Accessories

"Accessory sales growth slowed slightly this month but still increased 25% over last June. Accessories for the Wii contributed one-third of total category sales, and the new games and accessories that Nintendo announced at E3 should engender future accessory sales."

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It would be great to compare those numbers with last year a lot have changed since then especially for Sony.

Just for kicks, last year June results:

Playstation 3 -- 98.5k

Xbox 360 -- 198.4k

Wii -- 381.8k

DS -- 561.9k

PSP -- 290.1k

Top SKU's June 2007

01. Wii Mario Party 8 -- 426.2k

02. Wii Play w/ remote -- 293.2k

03. NDS Pokemon Diamond Version -- 288.4k

04. NDS Pokemon Pearl Version -- 214.7k

05. 360 Forza Motorsport 2 -- 197.40k

06. PS2 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar -- 197.35k

07. 360 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar -- 177.6k

08. Wii Pokemon Battle -- 157.9k

09. Wii Resident Evil 4

10. 360 The Darkness

11. PS2 Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2

12. PS2 Transformers: the Game

13. 360 Tenchu Z

14. NDS New Super Mario Bros

15. PS2 Tomb Raider: Anniversary

16. Wii Super Paper Mario

17. 360 Transformers: The Game

18. PS2 MLB '07: The Show

19. Wii Big Brain Academy: Wii

20. 360 Dirt

Top Ten SKU's YTD

01. NDS Pokemon Diamond Version

02. Wii Play w/ Remote

03. NDS Pokemon Pearl Version

04. PS2 God of War II

05. PS2 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar

06. 360 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar

07. Wii Mario Party 8

08. 360 Crackdown

09. NDS Diddy Kong Racing

10. Wii Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess

Performance Stats:

Segment // June 2006 // June 2007 // CHG // YTD June 06 // YTD June 07 // CHG

Video Games // $843.6M // $1.1B // 31% // 4.25B // $6.1B // 43%

Video Games Hardware // $297.6M // $398.6M // 34.0% // $1.37B // $2.3B // 71%

Console Hardware // $158.6M // $268.0M // 69.0% // $853.5M // $1.7B // 98.0%

Portable Game Hardware // $139.0M // $130.6M // -6.0% // $516.6M // $654M // 27.0%

Video Games Software // $443.9M // $543.0M // 22.0% // $2.33B // $2.9B // 24.0%

Console Software // $308.7M // $393.9M // 28.0% // $1.7B // $2.1B // 21.0%

Portable Game Software // $135.2M // $149.1M // 10.0% // $595.7M // $802.8M // 35.0%

Video Game Accessories // $102.0M // $161.3M // 58.0% // $551.2M // $859.8M // 56.0%

ARP Data

01. Wii Mario Party 8 $49.70

02. Wii Play w/ remote $49.66

03. NDS Pokemon Diamond Version $34.57

04. NDS Pokemon Pearl Version $34.51

05. 360 Forza Motorsport 2 $59.73

06. PS2 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar $79.44

07. 360 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar $89.63

08. Wii Pokemon Battle $49.29

09. Wii Resident Evil 4 $29.79

10. 360 The Darkness $59.40

11. PS2 Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 $39.81

12. PS2 Transformers: the Game $39.77

13. 360 Tenchu Z $59.84

14. NDS New Super Mario Bros $34.07

15. PS2 Tomb Raider: Anniversary $28.98

16. Wii Super Paper Mario $49.70

17. 360 Transformers: The Game $61.95

18. PS2 MLB '07: The Show $39.09

19. Wii Big Brain Academy: Wii $48.65

20. 360 Dirt $59.82

01. NDS Pokemon Diamond Version $34.66

02. Wii Play w/ Remote $49.65

03. NDS Pokemon Pearl Version $34.65

04. PS2 God of War II $49.82

05. PS2 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar $79.48

06. 360 Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar $89.14

07. Wii Mario Party 8 $49.28

08. 360 Crackdown $59.50

09. NDS Diddy Kong Racing $30.96

10. Wii Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess $49.61

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Numbers blah blah, you know the routine

HW

DS 608k

Wii 555k

Playstation 3 225k

PSP 222k

Xbox 360 205k

Playstation 2 155k

Top 10 SW

360 NCAA FOOTBALL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS JULY 2008 397.6K

WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2008 369.6K

NDS GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR ACTIVISION JUNE 2008 309.7K

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 284K

PS3 NCAA FOOTBALL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS JULY 2008 242.5K

360 SOUL CALIBUR IV NAMCO BANDAI GAMES OF AMERICA JULY 2008 218.9K

WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA APRIL 2008 174.5K

WII ROCK BAND SPECIAL ED BUNDLE MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS JUNE 2008 165.8K

PS3 SOUL CALIBUR IV NAMCO BANDAI GAMES OF AMERICA JULY 2008 155.8K

360 SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION REVOLUTION TAKE 2 INT. CORP. JULY 2008 147.6K

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Hardware Unit Sales

PlayStation 3 185.4K

PlayStation Portable 253.0K

Playstation 2 144.1K

Xbox 360 195.2K

Wii 453.0K

Nintendo DS 518.3K

Top 10 SKU's August 2008

(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

Publisher Release Date Rank # Units

360 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 1 1.0mm

PS3 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 2 643K

PS2 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 3 424.5K

WII WII FIT NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 4 394.9K

WII MARIO KART NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 5 328.7K

WII WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 6 200.2K

360 SOUL CALIBUR IV NAMCO BANDAI GAMES OF AMERICA Jul-08 7 174K

360 TOO HUMAN MICROSOFT Aug-08 8 168.2K

WII MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 9 115.8K

NDS GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Jun-08 10 111.2K

Comments from NPD analyst, Anita Frazier, are below.

Overall

"August industry sales remain strong and realized a 9% gain over last August, although the month posted the first single-digit percentage growth in 27 months"

"Despite smaller growth this month, the industry is up 32% year-to-date and remains on target to achieve annual revenues in the range of $22 to $24 billion"

"Across hardware, software and accessories, products for the Wii platform contributed 28% of total industry dollar sales for the month of August"

Hardware

"The PSP and PS3 systems achieved the greatest percentage gain of all now-gen systems. The sales acceleration of these systems, combined with the recent Xbox 360 price cuts should fuel future growth of this category"

Software[/u][/b]

"Madden NFL '09 was the top-selling game of the month, and launched with 2.3 million units out of retail doors in it's first month, besting last year's '08 title by 2%. Year after year, the industry can count on the Madden release to bring folks into stores during the relatively lazy days of late summer"

"Year-to-date, Grand Theft Auto IV remains the top-selling game at 4.8 million units sold in the U.S. through August"

"Wii Play continues its remarkable track record, achieving a 44% attach rate to new Wii hardware sales for the month. It has remained a top-10 game each month since it's February 2007 introduction"

Accessories

"Xobx Live point cards and gold membership cards represented three of the top-10 accessory items for the month which sheds a little light onto the popularity of this service to Xbox 360 fans"

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Sales for the month of September in the US:

HW Sales

PlayStation 2 173.5K

PlayStation 3 232.4K

PSP 238.1K

Xbox 360 347.2K

Wii 687.0K

Nintendo DS 536.8K

Top 10 SW Sales

Publisher Release Date Rank # Units

360 STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED LUCASARTS Sep-08 1 610K

WII WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-08 2 518K

360 ROCK BAND 2 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-08 3 363K

WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 4 353K

PS3 STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED LUCASARTS Sep-08 5 325K

360 MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 6 297K

WII WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 7 243K

360 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 8 224K

WII STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED LUCASARTS Sep-08 9 223K

PS2 MADDEN NFL 09 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-08 10 158K

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HW Sales

Hardware Unit Sales

Oct-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%

Originally Posted by Anita Frazier, NPD Analyst:

Overall:

"The video games industry grew an impressive 18% year-over-year in the first month of the critical fourth quarter. With 10-months under its belt, the video games industry is still poised to top $22B in annual sales in 2008."

"The sales results are mixed this month, however. The console portion of the market made significant gains at 26% across hardware, software and accessories, while the portable side of the market stalled, declining 14%. Year-to-date the portable segment of the market is still up 7%."

Hardware:

"The greater supply of Wii hardware at retail is evident in the sales figures for the month with the Wii enjoying its best sales month outside of last November and December."

"The price reduction on the Xbox 360 is paying dividends at retail as the platform realized a 7% unit sales increase over September. Keeping in mind that September was a 5-week month while October had four, the sales pace increased 33%."

"The PS3 realized the greatest year-over-year monthly unit sales increase at 57%."

Software:

"Console software sales realized the greatest percentage gain year-over-year of any category. This month, Fable II captured the top spot selling 790K units across the standard and limited edition SKU's."

"The expanding variety of content available for consumers to play is clearly paying off for the industry. Looking at the top 10 games for the month, half are "M" rated games while the other half are "E" rated games and they span disparate genres. There is something for everyone on this list"

Accessories:

"Accessory sales are down for the month but we should expect this category to pick up again with the anticipated increases in hardware sales for the holidays."

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Playstation 2 206k

Playstation 3 378k

PSP 421k

Xbox 360 836k

Wii 2.04M

DS 1.57M

GEARS OF WAR 2* 1.56 million

CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* 1.41 million

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 796K

WII FIT 697K

MARIO KART 637K

CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 597K

GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* 475K

LEFT 4 DEAD 410K

RESISTANCE 2* 385K

WII MUSIC 297K

(*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

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