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June Console NPD Numbers


by HK-47m4 Jul 26, 2007 fileunderFound in Game Consoles


NPD has released the latest console sales figures for the month of June. In the retail world June is considered a 5-week month and explains why the numbers are substantially higher than in May. Rankings remain the same with Nintendo's consoles dominating the charts with the DS selling a staggering half-million units. Here are the hardware sales, apologies for lateness, though more information has since become available:

  1. Nintendo DS: 561,000
  2. Wii: 381,000
  3. PSP: 290,000
  4. PS2: 270,000
  5. Xbox 360: 198,000
  6. Game Boy Advance: 113,000
  7. PS3: 98,000

The Top 20 software sales are as follows:

  • 1. Mario Party 8 (Wii) -- 426,200
  • 2. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) -- 293,200
  • 3. Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo DS) -- 288,400
  • 4. Pokemon Pearl (Nintendo DS) -- 214,700
  • 5. Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360) -- 197,400
  • 6. Guitar Hero 2 w/ guitar (PlayStation 2) -- 197,350
  • 7. Guitar Hero 2 w/ guitar (Xbox 360) -- 177,600
  • 8. Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii) -- 157,900
  • 9. Resident Evil 4 (Wii) -- 146,734
  • 10. The Darkness (Xbox 360) -- 142,983
  • 11. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 (PlayStation 2) -- 135,956
  • 12. Transformers: the Game (PlayStation 2) -- 109,173
  • 13. Tenchu Z (Xbox 360) -- 105,673
  • 14. New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo DS) -- 101,913
  • 15. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PlayStation 2) -- 98,567
  • 16. Super Paper Mario (Wii) -- 97,782
  • 17. Transformers: The Game (Xbox 360) -- 93,254
  • 18. MLB '07: The Show (PlayStation 2) -- 90,945
  • 19. Big Brain Academy (Wii) -- Unavailable
  • 20. Dirt (Xbox 360) -- Unavailable

    • Top 5 games for each console

    Xbox 360
    FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 197,392
    GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR 177,609
    THE DARKNESS 142,983
    TENCHU Z 105,673
    TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME 93,254

    GBA
    POKEMON FIRERED W/ADP 76,861
    POKEMON LEAFGRN W/ADP 57,967
    POKEMON EMERALD 47,978
    SUPER MARIO WORLD: SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 27,543
    MARIO KART: CIRCUIT 23,575

    DS
    POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION 288,414
    POKEMON PEARL VERSION 214,675
    NEW SUPER MARIO BROS 101,913
    MARIO KART 88,660
    BROWSER 70,279

    PS2
    GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR 197,352
    NARUTO: ULTIMATE NINJA 2 135,956
    TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME 109,173
    TOMB RAIDER: ANNIVERSARY 98,567
    MLB '07: THE SHOW 90,945

    PS3
    TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 84,020
    NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 63,637
    THE DARKNESS 51,760
    MLB '07: THE SHOW 42,576
    TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME 40,437

    PSP
    MLB '07: THE SHOW 50,589
    TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME 41,943
    PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END 39,941
    FINAL FANTASY 36,713
    GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES 36,350

    Wii
    MARIO PARTY 8 426,155
    PLAY W/ REMOTE 293,165
    POKEMON BATTLE REVOLUTION 157,875
    RESIDENT EVIL 4 146,734
    SUPER PAPER MARIO 97,782

    Some of those titles don't deserve to be in the top 20 at all. But anyway let's see how sales will be for July. While the Wii will most like dominate again, it appears for the first time since launch that the PlayStation 3 has outsold the Xbox 360 since the price cut. Heck it even sold out at least twice on Amazon. It will also be interesting to see if the three year warranty has any affect on Xbox 360 sales. Let's also see if the PS3 can beat out the Game Boy Advance!

     

    Comments

    1.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    I can't believe Mario Party 8 and Pokemon Battle Revolution are in the top 10. Those games stink.
    Jul 28, 2007 12:12am
    2.  avatar Omar said:

    I think some important takeaways for this month: Everybody's weekly sales increased except for the Wii and PS3. If Wii's supply is increasing then maybe that's a sign that demand may finally actually start to be satisfied? Or maybe they're still supply constrained? RE4 is the first Wii game from a 3rd party to crack the top 10 in sales, so that's a pretty big landmark. Considering RE4 is one of the greatest games of all time and released at a budget price it remains to be seen whether this was an anomaly or shows that the Wii is viable for 3rd parties.

    PS3's software sales are absolutely horrible. The Darkness which was released simultaneously on both the PS3 and 360 sold 1/3 of its 360 counterpart. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but 50K units is very poor. It's obvious to see why Sony dropped the price of the PS3. The console just wasn't selling, and the games aren't selling either. With early reports that sales have almost doubled it'll be interesting to see what happens with July's results.

    360 increased in weekly sales which reverses its 3 month trend of decline. It's amazing that a game like Tenchu Z was able to outsell every single PS3 game for the month considering it's a niche franchise and it's been panned by critics. Just goes to show that 360 gamers buy a ton of games for some reason. With the increase in 360's sales I figured they wouldn't drop the price this year, but there's some news today that they've dropped it by $50 soon (which coincides with rumors for a $50 price drop on August 1st).
    Jul 28, 2007 10:44am
    3.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    I heard on Gamespot that according to the Hollywood reporter there will be a $50 price drop on August 8th. I guess if that's true it must be to concide with the release of their first title in their so called perfect storm. I didn't think they would do it until after Halo 3 though....

    But in other news: Sony seems to have sold 6 Million PS3's Worldwde, which gives them an install base of a little over half of the 360's and 3 Million under Wii's.

    Jul 28, 2007 12:04pm
    4.  avatar Erik said:

    Interesting stats. Nintendo's got the top 2 consoles, and the top 4 games. I'd be interested in seeing statistic of how often gamers buy games broken down by each console over their respective lifetimes.
    Jul 28, 2007 5:37pm
    5.  avatar dialupinternetuser said:

    I want to know why the hell people are buying PS2's.
    Jul 28, 2007 5:56pm
    6.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    Because they only cost $130 and they have a ton of great games: Better than any library any console has so far, including the Xbox 360.
    Jul 28, 2007 11:29pm
    7.  avatar dialupinternetuser said:

    I never liked them. The original Xbox was ten times better than the PS2. And it had better games.
    Jul 30, 2007 10:39am
    8.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    Uhh. let's see the Xbox had Halo and....... Halo 2. As well as Kotor but that was about it, the PS2 had tons of bettee games and plus most of the Xbox's goodd games were FPS only. People like variety which is why the PS2 has sold over 118 Million units while the Xbox only sold: 24 million.
    Jul 30, 2007 2:21pm
    9.  avatar Erik said:

    Uhh. let's see the Xbox had Halo and....... uh, XBMC.
    Jul 30, 2007 2:49pm
    10.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    I know but Dialup is biased against Sony, read his profile.
    Jul 30, 2007 9:35pm
    11.  avatar silence omo7 said:

    Why would Microsoft need to drop the price of the 360, esspecially whith Halo coming out soon? It makes no sense! @Dialup: The Xbox has some really great games (Conker is sweet!), but PS2 has more great games, esspecially if you are an RPG fan. Xbox had like no RPG's. Also, I hear the 60 gig PS3 price droped by 100 bucks. I'm also hearing that Sony is phasing out the 60 gig PS3. So the price drop is fake! Get the cheap(er) PS3 while you can! Also, also, It makes me happy that REsident Evil 4 is in the top 10, but it should be number 1. As for third party support on the Wii, I think that third party games can sell well on the Wii if they are good games, like Red Steel and Raving Rabbids. Both of those were original third party games and they sold really well for a while.
    Jul 30, 2007 10:49pm
    12.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    I rented Red Steel and it is AWFUL. I bought Rayman and it was so overrated. I am renting Paper Mario right now and am really enjoying it.
    Jul 30, 2007 11:51pm
    13.  avatar silence omo7 said:

    I bet your looking forward to Red Steel 2 and Raving Rabbids 2. Personally I agree with Nintendo Power's score of Red Steel (it was like 7.0 out of 10). It wasen't a great game, but it wasen't horrible. Raving Rabbids was definetly overrated, but its still fun (especially as a party game. Personally I think Elebits and SSX Blur were WAY overrated Wii games. I bought both, and both lose there charm after the first hour or two. Why I bought them Ill never know. Trade In!
    Jul 31, 2007 1:31am
    14.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    Yeah I think I'll take Metroid over Red Steel 2 and I have had enough party games: Mario Party 8, Rayman, Warioware! :) Rayman was ok at first but then in the later levels the minigames are the same but just harder.
    Jul 31, 2007 12:26pm
    15.  avatar dialupinternetuser said:

    Can you say Splinter Cell for the Xbox? All the PS3 versions were stripped down. And it had Xbox live and Fable. And XBMC, which means I can also get N64 games. Also the PS2's controller sucks. And you need a multitap to have more than 2 people. And not all had the ethernet port. The main reason it sold was because it was a familiar name. (PS1, PS2) and the Gamecube was, well, the Gamecube. It's controller really sucked. But it did have a few cool games.
    Jul 31, 2007 1:21pm
    16.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    Well I the PS2 had more third party support which equaled more exlusives which equaled more people owning a PS2 which equaled more third party support. Plus the PS2 had Singstar, Ratchet and Clank, God of War, Metal Gear Solid, Grand Theft Auto, Devil May Cry, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Socom, SSX, Ace Combat, Kingdom Hearts, Gran Turismo, Sly Cooper, Jax and Daxter, Ico, Shadow of the Callosus, Champions of Norrath just to name a few. Sure Xbox had XBMC, but their only other good exclusives were Halo 1 and 2, Kotor, Fable, and PGR.
    Jul 31, 2007 11:12pm
    17.  avatar silence omo7 said:

    I think the main thing we can take away from this article is that people should stop buying Mario Party 8. Mario Party 8 is garbage. The whole series has outstayed its welcome. And why would you spend money on Pokemon Battle Revolution. Its only purpose is to enhance the DS games. And even then all your doing is battleing with your DS Pokemon (ooooh, 3-D) to earn clothes for your character. Buy Resident Evil 4!
    Aug 01, 2007 4:02am
    18.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    I agree people should just wait for RRR 2. Maybe if we don't buy it Hudson and Nintendo will actually try to make it better. The only good games since launch have been Paper Mario and RE4.
    Aug 01, 2007 2:16pm
    19.  avatar dialupinternetuser said:

    Norath, GTA, and Devil May Cry were on the Xbox also. And the Mario Party franchise sucks. Especially 1 - 3 because you couldn't save in the middle of a game and they took forever.
    Aug 02, 2007 6:13pm
    20.  avatar Omar said:

    DMC, and Norath were not on Xbox. DMC4 is showing up on Xbox 360, and Champions of Norath is a Sony Online Entertainment franchise so you can imagine that it'll never show up on a Microsoft console.
    Aug 02, 2007 6:41pm
    21.  avatar HK-47m4 said:

    The previous GTA titles were given lengthly timed exclusive releases on the PS2, they didn't come out on the Xbox until a long time after the PS2 release.
    Aug 02, 2007 11:02pm
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