August NPD in Two Words: “Nintendo” and “Madden”

The August sales numbers came in a little bit early this month.

via NPD, GamedailyBIZ & Joystiq

• Nintendo Wii: 403.6K (4 million total)
• Nintendo DS: 383.3K (12.7 million total)
• Microsoft Xbox 360: 276.7K (6.3 million)
• Sony PlayStation 2: 202K (39.1 million total)
• Sony PSP: 151.2K (8.3 million total)
• Sony PlayStation 3: 130.6K (1.75 million total)

Nintendo is still calling the shots with Wii and DS stealing the top spots. Microsoft made some smart moves by dropping the price of the 360 simultaneously with the release of Madden ‘08, which definitely paid off considering they outsold the PS3 by 2-to-1. The PS2 is still kicking it’s younger brother’s ass

Now for the software. Just like I predicted, the month’s numbers prove the obvious: America loves American Football. Madden ‘08 dominates the charts. I’m glad to see Bioshock is doing very well at roughly half a million units in its first month. Wii Play is still selling well for some weird reason. Metroid Prime 3 moved over 200K units which is pretty good since it was released only four days before the end of the month.

01. Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360) – 896,600
02. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) – 643,600
03. BioShock (Xbox 360) – 490,900
04. Madden NFL 08 (PS3) – 336,200
05. Wii Play (Wii) – 256,800
06. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii) – 218,100
07. Mario Strikers Charged (Wii) – 147,400
08. Guitar Hero II (PS2) – 145,400
09. Mario Party 8 (Wii) – 138,300
10. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (PS2) – 127,100

Money Talks: July NPD Numbers

 

The video game console sales numbers for July were released yesterday and they’re kinda scary. Yes, scary. Well, both scary and obvious I should say.

(via GameDaily BIZ)

Wii – 425,000
DS – 405,000
PS2 – 222,000
PSP – 214,000
360 – 170,000
PS3 – 159,000
GBA – 87,000

“What’s so scary about a list of numbers, Chu?” you ask? How about the fact that there was not a single decent release for the Wii in July yet it still managed to move 400K units? No good games whatsoever. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Mind you, Mario Strikers Charged doesn’t really count since it came out on the last day of the month. What’s scarier is that it even managed to outsell to outsell-able Nintendo DS Lite by a convincing amount. This machine is definitely evil. What’s “obvious” is that Nintendo dominated this month once again. Nothing new there.

The PSP is going great but is once again overshadowed by the DS Lite. The PS2 is still as healthy as ever while the PS3 wishes its older brother would just die already. Sorry to annoy the Sony fanboys out there, but I see trouble for the PS3 come this fall. Even after a substantial price cut firesale the PS3 still cannot beat the 360’s numbers. And with Halo 3 looming closer and the recent drop in price for the Xbox 360 I don’t think Sony is going to gain any ground on its competitor. Sony has a great lineup of original IP’s coming the fall (Heavenly Sword, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune) and exclusives (Ratchet & Clank) but they are simply no match for Master Chief and his gang.

The software charts show that America just loves that American football. The number one spot will obviously belong to Madden ‘08 next month.

(via GameDaily BIZ)

1. NCAA Football 08 (Xbox 360) — 397K
2. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80’s (PS2) — 339K
3. Wii Play w/remote (Wii) — 278K
4. NCAA Football 08 (PS2) — 236K
5. Mario Party 8 (Wii) — 177K
6. NCAA Football 08 (PS3) — 156K
7. Pokémon Diamond (DS) — 144K
8. Transformers: The Game (PS2) — 143K
9. Guiitar Hero II w/guitar (PS2) — 138K
10. Guitar Hero II w/guitar (Xbox 360) — 108K

WHO THE HECK IS STILL BUYING Wii Play?!!!

Things Are Getting Ugly: NPD Video Game Sales – June 2007

The Nintendo domination continues once again. The Nintendo DS had a phenomenal month by moving over half a million units. The Wii, like the DS, seems to be able to print money; it came in second by selling roughly 380,000 consoles, an improvement over last month’s numbers. The PSP is doing incredibly well at 290K units, but always seems to have its shine taken away by the monster that is the Nintendo DS. The evergreen PS2 is still banging out great numbers, and also managed to outsell the Xbox 360 once again. Last, but not least, comes the PS3; although its numbers have improved since May, it’s still moving quite sluggish. Very sluggish actually. So sluggish that the Game Boy Advance, a system that is almost considered dead, managed to beat it. Next month should be promising for the PS3 due to the recent price drop clearance sale.

via Joystiq

• Nintendo DS: 561.9K
• Nintendo Wii: 381.8K
• Sony PSP: 290.1K
• Sony PlayStation 2: 270.7K
• Microsoft Xbox 360: 198.4K
• Sony PlayStation 3: 98.5K

The software battle is very similar; Mario and his crew came out on top once again. The lackluster, waggle-fest that is Mario Party 8 (somehow) managed to top the charts, proving that casual gamers pay no attention to review scores. None whatsoever. Seriously.

via GameDaily BIZ

Can anyone, or anything, stop Nintendo?

I’m looking at you Master Chief.

The funny thing is that as much as Nintendo is completely obliterating the competition in America, it’s doing even more so over in Japan. Every single piece of software in the Japan’s top 10 was built for a Nintendo machine. Things are freakin’ hideous over there.