The NPD Group has released their hardware and software numbers for the month of August, representing sales for the United States for the four week period of August 3rd to August 31st.
This month, there were two notables:
Hardware numbers:
NDS: 518.3k (129.6k per week)
WII: 453.0k (113.3k per week)
PSP: 253.0k (63.25k per week)
360: 195.2k (48.80k per week)
PS3: 185.4k (46.35k per week)
PS2: 144.1k (36.03k per week)
2008 Year-to-Date in US:
WII: 4,490,000
NDS: 4,313,300
PS3: 2,018,400
PSP: 1,957,000
360: 1,754,200
2008 Lifetime-to-Date in US:
NDS: 21,903,000
PSP: 12,469,000
WII: 11,860,000
360: 10,865,200
PS3: 5,266,400
The top ten software went as follows:
01. [360] Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts) - 08/2008 - 1.0m
02. [PS3] Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts) - 08/2008 - 643k
03. [PS2] Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts) - 08/2008 - 424.5k
04. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 05/2008 - 394.9k
05. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 04/2008 - 328.7k
06. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 02/2007 - 200.2k
07. [360] Soul Calibur IV (Namco Bandai) - 07/2008 - 174k
08. [360] Too Human (Microsoft) - 08/2008 - 168.2k
09. [WII] Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts) - 08/2008 115.8k
10. [NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision Blizzard) - 06/2008 - 111.2k
Some software LTDs:
[WII] Wii Play: 6,608,657
[WII] Mario Kart Wii: 2,737,700
[WII] Wii Fit: 1,827,900
[NDS] Guitar Hero: On Tour: 843,200
Things to point out:
Things to look for next month:
[July 2008 NPD]
- Guitar Hero: On Tour [DS]
- Madden NFL 09 [PSP, PS2, DS, Wii, XBOX360, PS3]
- Mario Kart Wii [Wii]
- Soul Calibur IV [PS3, XBOX360]
- Too Human [XBOX360]
- Wii Fit [Wii]
- Wii Play [Wii]
- August 2008 NPD: Xbox 360 Returns to the Race (news.teamxbox.com)






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