System and top 10 game sales - July

[Fairweather Pure]

Data care of NPD Group

PlayStation 2 108K
PlayStation 3 121.8K
PSP 122.8K
Xbox 360 202.9K
Wii 252.5K
Nintendo DS 538.9K

Wii SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS (WII) 508.2K
NCAA FOOTBALL 10 (360) 376.5K
NCAA FOOTBALL 10 (PS3) 237.4K
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD* (WII) 164.3K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL (WII) 156.6K
MARIO KART DS (NDS) 132.2K
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION (NDS) 116.4K
FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (360) 116.4K
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS (NDS) 101.8K
EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE (WII) 96.8K

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

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Analysis from NPD's Anita Frazier:

Originally Posted by Anita Frazier:
The U.S. video games industry declined for the fifth consecutive month, bringing year-to-date sales to $8.16 billion, down 14% from the same time period last year.

In order for the industry to come in flat or slightly up for the total year, the back five months of the year have to come in 11% (or more) higher than the last five months of last year.

While year-to-date results are weak, there are some big titles set to be released over the next several months, including Madden this month, which should help spur sales. The worst comps should be behind us, and looking beyond August we have The Beatles: Rock Band, Halo 3: ODST, and of course, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to look forward to.


Hardware sales have slowed considerably on nearly every platform. The Xbox 360 is the only console system showing a unit sales increase year-to-date, while the NDS has the highest sales of all hardware platforms both for the month, and year-to-date.


NCAA Football 10 was the top selling game for the month, with combined sales of 689K units across all platforms.

Wii Sports Resort was the top-selling software SKU for the month with 508K units sold with a 2.5% attach rate to the hardware install base.

Of all genres, the music/dance genre has suffered the greatest declines this year, with nearly $390 million less revenues than the same time period last year.

[Fairweather Pure]

I take small comfort in seeing that NCAA Football combined sales beat Wii Resort. The thing is, Wii resort eill hang out in the top 10 for a couple of months. Xbox continues to beat the trends with strong yearly sales. The system to sytem comparisons of the same titles is getting worse though. 360 by a landslide. I'm very curious how MW2 sales will compare.

Oh yeah, fucking DS numbers are still crazy. I wonder if the Wii is hitting saturation levels?

[Aslanna]

Of all genres, the music/dance genre has suffered the greatest declines this year, with nearly $390 million less revenues than the same time period last year.

Honestly I think that's a good thing. There's waaaaaay too much Guitar Hero/Rock Band crap coming out. Guess they never heard of market saturation.

[Fairweather Pure]

It's a shame that direct DL content is not included. I seem to remember reading that Battlefield 1943 sold over 600,000. Perhaps downloadable games are having a direct impact on these sales figures? The game sales are pretty weak, even for such a slow month.