March Hardware Sales Madness: Xbox Strikes Back, Nintendo Towers Over the Rest

The 360 managed to outsell the PS3 by a mere 5,000 units, proving the few months that MS was beaten by Sony might have just been a fad. We’ll see if that holds up. The Xbox Rainbow Six Vegas faithful probably had something to do with this with R6V2 selling strong on the software side of things. The PSP had two solid releases in Crisis Core and God of War: COO and it performed considerably well.

And then there’s Nintendo. They’re still printing money. That’s about it, really. Oh, and some game called Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out in March, too. Maybe that has something to do with the Wii performing incredibly well. Maybe, I dunno. Just a wild guess.

Nintendo Wii – 721,000
Nintendo DS – 698,000
PlayStation Portable – 297,000
Xbox 360 – 262,000
PlayStation 3 – 257,000
PlayStation 2 – 216,000

[Kotaku]

February NPD: Nintendo, Sony and CoD4 Do It Again

It’s “as you were” for the big three in February’s sales numbers. The Wii and DS run rampant like always and the PS3 beats out the Xbox 360 for a second month straight. Is this going to be a trend? Microsoft expect hardware shortages for another month or so. Hmm. I could have believed that back in January but I’ve seen plenty of 360’s in-stock recently. This is going to get interesting especially with GTA 4 on the horizon.

• Nintendo DS – 587,600
• Wii – 432,000
• PlayStation 2 – 351,800
• PlayStation 3 – 280,800
• Xbox 360 – 254,600
• PSP – 243,000

On the software side of things Call of Duty 4 keeps sniping ass even though Devil May Cry 4 was released in the month of February. I’m glad to see Rock Band stay in the top ten. Wii Play, not so much.

01. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) – 296,200
02. Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) – 295,200
03. Wii Play (Wii) – 289,700
04. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3) – 233,500
05. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) – 222,900
06. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) – 205,600
07. Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) – 203,600
08. Turok (Xbox 360) – 197,700
09. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) – 183,800
10. Rock Band (Xbox 360) – 161,800

[Kotaku]

December Sales Numbers: CoD4 On Top, DS is Hardware King, Halo 3 Owns 2007

Much to my delight, Call of Duty 4 managed to drop an airstrike on the competition and top the software sales charts in December. It’s great to see a game get appreciated for its true excellence even though Master Chief casts a large shadow over it. Super Mario Galaxy was happily gobbled up by hungry Wii owners and came in at a respectable second, only seven thousand units behind CoD4. Guitar Hero III continues to sell to the large casual crowd on the PS2 while Wii Play, the John McClane of the 2007 sales charts (it simply refuses to die), makes the top ten once again. The rest is pretty familiar with Halo 3 and Assassin’s Creed selling well, although Mario & Sonic somehow managed to crash the party.

Looking back at 2007 we find that Halo 3 was the best-selling game of the year (no surprises here) followed by Wii Play and CoD4. Again, the remaining cast is quite familiar.

December Software Sales
1.Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) — 1.47m
2.Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) — 1.40m
3.Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) — 1.25m
4. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) — 1.08m
5.Assassin’s Creed (Xbox 360) — 894K
6.Halo 3 (Xbox 360) — 743K
7.Brain Age 2 (DS) — 660K
8.Madden NFL 08 (PS2) — 655K
9.Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360) — 625K
10.Mairo & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) — 613K

Software totals for 2007
1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) — 4.82m
2. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) — 4.12m
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) — 3.04m
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) — 2.72m
5. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) — 2.52m
6. Pokémon Diamond (DS) — 2.48m
7. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) — 1.90m
8. Guitar Hero II (PS2) — 1.89m
9. Assassin’s Creed (Xbox 360) — 1.87m
10.Mario Party 8 (Wii) — 1.82m 

The Nintendo DS is a beast. No, a robeast in fact. It managed to weasel its way to the homes of 2.47 million people in December alone, which is almost as much as the PS3 sold in a year. Scary. It almost doubled the Wii’s numbers, which is saying a lot! The 360 did remarkably well and gave the Wii a good fight, with fists nicknamed Call of Duty and Halo. I’ve got to hand it to Microsoft; with all the hardware failures, bad publicity, and recent Xbox Live issues they still came out of 2007 in excellent shape. Hats off to them. Meanwhile, the PS3 continues to get embarrassed by its older brother as well as the PSP. Hopefully, 2008 will be a different year for them.

December Hardware Sales
DS 2.47M
Wii 1.35M
Xbox 360 1.26M
PS2 1.1M
PSP 1.06M
PS3 797K

Hardware totals for 2007 (life-to-date in parentheses)
DS: 8.50 million (17.65 million)
Wii: 6.29 million (7.38 million)
Xbox 360: 4.62 million (9.15 million)
PS2: 3.97 million (41.12 million)
PSP: 3.82 million (10.47 million)
PS3: 2.56 million (3.25 million)

[Source: GameDaily]

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?!!!