NPD data for the USA for the five weeks ending July 5, 2008 comes out in about six hours.
Note that NPD sales in May were four weeks.
I wrote up a preview the other day -
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=1504
VGC totals:
|
Platform |
7-Jun |
14-Jun |
21-Jun |
28-Jun |
5-Jul |
Total (VGC) |
|
Wii |
133,699 |
119,503 |
160,520 |
249,993 |
135,879 |
799,594 |
|
PS3 |
47,496 |
136,054 |
68,531 |
57,870 |
59,246 |
369,197 |
|
Xbox 360 |
58,942 |
60,580 |
56,486 |
58,361 |
56,331 |
290,700 |
|
PSP |
68,381 |
73,454 |
67,230 |
62,129 |
62,435 |
333,629 |
|
DS |
163,851 |
187,553 |
167,666 |
160,429 |
159,611 |
839,110 |
|
PS2 |
28,283 |
34,314 |
33,897 |
33,834 |
32,512 |
162,840 |
Scaling the Americas data down to predict the totals in NPD gives the following estimates:
|
Platform |
USA Est |
|
Wii |
720,000 |
|
PS3 |
332,000 |
|
Xbox 360 |
262,000 |
|
PSP |
300,000 |
|
DS |
755,000 |
|
PS2 |
147,000 |
Below is the top software for the five weeks by VGC. Scale it down by 10% and you have our NPD US estimates for the five week period.
|
|
Game |
Platform |
Publisher |
Sales |
|
1 |
Metal Gear Solid 4 |
PS3 |
Konami |
743,119 |
|
2 |
Wii Fit |
Wii |
Nintendo |
512,529 |
|
3 |
Wii Play |
Wii |
Nintendo |
415,018 |
|
4 |
Guitar Hero: On Tour |
DS |
Activision |
394,669 |
|
5 |
Mario Kart Wii |
Wii |
Nintendo |
349,898 |
|
6 |
Ninja Gaiden 2 |
Xbox 360 |
Tecmo |
346,558 |
|
7 |
Battlefield: Bad C |
Xbox 360 |
EA |
300,345 |
|
8 |
Grand Theft Auto IV |
Xbox 360 |
Take Two |
233,756 |
|
9 |
Lego Indiana Jones |
Wii |
Lucas Arts |
215,019 |
|
10 |
Lego Indiana Jones |
Xbox 360 |
Lucas Arts |
201,924 |
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