Well, October NPD numbers are out, after the
fiasco that was later
righted. Many thanks to the NPD Group and sonycowboy at
NeoGAF for reporting and the actual numbers.
It's a standard four-week tracking period this month, from October 7 to November 5.
Without further ado:
Hardware Sales:
Wii 519K
Nintendo DS 458K
Xbox 360 366K
PSP 286K
PlayStation 2 184K
PlayStation 3 121K
Software Sales (Top 10 SKUs):
01. 360 HALO 3 * MICROSOFT (CORP) 433.8K - Release: 09/25/07
02. 360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) 383.2K - Release: 10/28/07
03. WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) 286.3K - Release: 10/28/07
04. PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) 271.1K - Release: 10/28/07
05. NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 262.8K - Release: 10/01/07
06. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 239.7K - Release: 02/12/07
07. 360 HALF LIFE 2: EPISODE 2 THE ORANGE BOX ELECTRONIC ARTS 238.4K - Release: 10/10/07
08. PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) 231.7K - Release: 10/28/07
09. PS2 FIFA SOCCER 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 129.7K - Release: 10/09/07
10. NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA 116.9K - Release: 08/20/07
Other Software:
NR Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3) 105,800 - Release: 10/28/07
NR Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP) 98,100 - Release: 10/09/07
NR Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) 74,500 - Release: 10/23/07
NR Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) 38,300 - Release: 10/02/07
I don't think it was expected that the Wii would sell 519k, with no real blockbuster games releasing in the tracking period. Both the Wii and DS sold more than the 360, which dropped down to 366k. The sales for the PlayStation family are holding serve.
From the top 10 SW SKUs, we are reminded again that Halo 3, and Guitar Hero III sell pretty well. The GHIII rankings go 360, Wii, PS2, with the PS3 version not making Top 10 SKUs. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) continues its consistent sales, remaining in the Top 10, along with Wii Play (Wii) and Brain Age 2 (DS).
[
September NPD]
Many thanks to the NPD group and some commentary from their Anita Frazier, NPD analyst.
Absolutely insane results. YTD industry sales up 73%, 45% for SW. And Wii GH3 edges out the PS2 version, and Half-Life 2 has a very, very good first month, given the competition.
And, what was that Sony???? You sold 75k in the last week of this reported month? And you sold 46k for the 3 weeks before that??
HW Results
Wii 519K
Nintendo DS 458K
Xbox 360 366K
PSP 286K
PlayStation 2 184K
PlayStation 3 121K
Top 10 SW
Rank # Units
360 HALO 3 * MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) 1 433.8K
360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 2 383.2K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 3 286.3K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 4 271.1K
NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA SEP 2007 EVERYONE (E) 5 262.8K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 6 239.7K
360 HALF LIFE 2: EPISODE 2 THE ORANGE BOX ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 MATURE (M) 7 238.4K
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 8 231.7K
PS2 FIFA SOCCER 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 EVERYONE (E) 9 129.7K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 116.9K
More SW:
NR Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3) 105,800
NR Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP) 98,100
NR Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) 74,500
NR Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) 38,300
Poor GH3 & Ratchet. What the hell happened to PGR4
And from our prediction thread.
[360 Ace Combat 6] = 92.5K
[360 Guitar Hero III] = 490.9K
[360 Halo 3] = 394.5K
[360 The Orange Box] = 238.4K
[NDS Zelda: Phantom Hourglass] = 262.8K
[PS2 Guitar Hero III] = 502.7K
[PS3 Ratchet & Clank Future] = 74.5K
[PS3 Guitar Hero III] = 105.8K
[WII Guitar Hero III] = 286.3K
[WII Metroid Prime 3] = 45.2K
Year-to-Date Top Title Fast Facts (combining platforms and skus)
Halo 3 3.7M
Madden NFL 08 3.2M
Guitar Hero 2 2.8M
Play W/ Remote 2.5M
Pokemon Diamond Version 2.1M
Pokemon Pearl Version 1.5M
Spider-Man 3 1.4M
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock 1.4M
Super Category Totals
U.S. Video Games Sales - October 2007
October 2006 October 2007 YTD Oct 06 YTD Oct 07
Video Games $643.3M $1.1B 73% $7.0B $10.5B 49%
Video Games Hardware $207.1M $469.7M 127% $2.2B $4.1B 85%
Console Hardware $118.7M $349.6M 195% $1.4B $3.0B 125%
Portable Game Hardware $88.5M $120.1M 36% $877.5M $1.1B 23%
Video Games Software $369.3M $513.9M 39% $3.9B $5.0B 27%
Console Software $283.8M $412.5M 45% $2.9B $3.8B 28%
Portable Game Software $85.5M $101.5M 19% $983.1M $1.2B 23%
Video Game Accessories $67M $130M 94% $872.8M $1.4B 60%
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