Games Radar has tallied up the stats of the first half of the 2007 year to see who's winning the console war in 2007 alone. Using stats from Janruary to June, this is what they came up with. The DS is dominating with 2.7 million sales and the Wii is not far behind with 2.1 million. The Xbox 360 and PSP are tied at 1.3 million each and the PS3 trails far behind with 763,000 sales.
They also got the top 10 game sales for the first half of the year and 6 of the top 10 are for Nintendo, the PS2 and 360 each getting 2 each.
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony - Titans of the videogame industry and sworn enemies on the console battlefield. But which of gaming's Big Three is winning the war in 2007 so far? Well, using the monthly US hardware sales figures released by market researchers NPD Group, we've tallied up the past six months worth of numbers (Jan-June) to find out how consoles and handhelds have fared in the States during the first half of 2007. Here are the results:
Total US hardware sales January-June 2007
DS: 2.7 million
Wii: 2.1million
Xbox 360: 1.3 million
PSP: 1.3 million
PS3: 763k
As you can see, Nintendo is currently cutting the competition to shreds with staggering sales for both Wii and DS, while PS3 numbers look decidedly unhealthy in comparison. The runaway popularity of Nintendo's machines is also reflected in the chart released by NPD showing the ten biggest selling games in the US for the year to date, with the Mario-maker occupying six slots. PS2 and 360 both have two games in the list, which means no show for any PS3 titles. Here's the complete rundown:
Top ten games January-June 2007
01 - Pokemon Diamond (DS)
02 - Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii)
03 - Pokemon Pearl (DS)
04 - God of War II (PS2)
05 - Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar (PS2)
06 - Guitar Hero 2 w/ Guitar (360)
07 - Mario Party 8 (Wii)
08 - Crackdown (360)
09 - Diddy Kong Racing (DS)
10 - Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (Wii)
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PS3 sales are disappointing, though. Finalblade told me it was doing much, much better.
Correction on that list, though... they called the Halo 3 beta "Crackdown?" What the hell is that?
Not too surprising overall. I am a little suprised that the 360 outsold the PSP. The 360 has hit it's low point for the first half of 2007 and the PSP has been out for much longer and gone through it's price drop. This is just the US, though. The PSP is selling better than the 360 in Japan. Hell, everything is selling better than the 360 in Japan.
I think becuase the lack of games, the PSP ain't doing too well. That's all. Hardly anybody thinks about it, the people I know.
Even though the PSP has a severe lack of games, its good to see that its nearly outselling the XBox 360 - Lawlz. Portable beats You !
In all seriousness though, the DS sales were going along massively great. I mean, it took me a good month and a half to get a DS Lite WELL after it was released. And that was before the poke'mon games came out. Even the Wii. I've only seen a few stores hold 2 of them at a time. They always get sold in the first day its there.
But, I do hope the X360 gets more credit for what it has on its way (Halo Three)
I support Nintendo out of the competitors. Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be the ultimate sales-booster.
Dominating sales right now and PS3 without a single game in the top 10. Hopefully things will be different over the next 6 months.
Ps3 seems to be catching up nicley though =]