"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 1..."

"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
PlayStation 2 216K
PlayStation 3 257K
PlayStation Portable 297K
Xbox 360 262K
Nintendo DS 698K
Wii 721K

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..."

"HW Sales
System December 2007 Annual 2007
PlayStation 2 1.1 million 3.97 million
PlayStation 3 797.6 K 2.56 million
PlayStation Portable 1.06 million 3.82 million
Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million 8.50 million


Top 10 SW Sales
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF..."

"01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,584 / 1,101,000
02./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 43,082 / 1,527,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 33,267 / 2,658,000
04./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 32,427 / 537,000
05./14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 25,927 / 1,511,000
06./08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 25,303 / 708,000
07./07. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 24,992 / 1,143,000
08./06. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 24,820 ..."

"01./00. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto) - 196,684 / NEW
02./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 134,928 / 884,000
03./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 131,428 / 1,288,000
04./02. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 126,434 / 414,000
05./00. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix) - 105,104 / NEW
06./09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 81,671 / 2,507,000
07./00. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco) - 81,089 / NEW
08./10. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's..."

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Hardware Unit Sales

PlayStation 2 496K
PlayStation 3 466K
PSP 567K
Xbox 360 770K
Wii 981K
Nintendo DS 1.53 million

November 2007 Top 10 Video Games Rank # Units
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) 1 1.57 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.12 million
360 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT NOV 2007 MATURE (M) 3 980K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP..."