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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official June NPD Thread (Data comes July 23 @ ~6:30 PM EST)

So Mario Party 8 is above 700k according to NPD already and Pokemon still managed to get an average of 100k/week in its 3rd NPD month.

Wii sales are a bit low compared to the earlier Canada numbers, Wii Play is very impressive though averaging 60k a week and showing no downfall whatsoever compared to last month.

Nice numbers for RE4, maybe this will convince Capcom to make more RE games on Wii in the future?



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Software is pretty close for FM2, PBR, RE4, but wayy off for Wii Play, MP8, and Pokemon D/P.

#9 and #10 are probably either Darkness copies or Guitar Hero 2 for X360...



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

very nice, within 15% is pretty good

Nintendo continues to dominate, so Wii haters, when does the "fad" end now? :P



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Avinash_Tyagi said:
very nice, within 15% is pretty good

Nintendo continues to dominate, so Wii haters, when does the "fad" end now? :P

 Just wait for Lair and Heavenly Sword...



Interesting. 360 did better than I expected.



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Avinash_Tyagi said:
very nice, within 15% is pretty good

Nintendo continues to dominate, so Wii haters, when does the "fad" end now? :P

It has been moved to "after Holiday 2007". Early 2008. Once it is still going strong through 2008, it will be moved to "after Holiday 2008". Assuming Nintendo wins that holiday season, Sony will go ahead and say "Well, we are still only 2 years in to our 10 year plan, 2009 is the 100% Fa Sure Critical Holiday Season". Rinse. Repeat.

My comedic side has so many things to say, yet I fear backlash from the fans.

LOL



Got this from 1up.com

# 1. Mario Party 8 (Wii) -- 426,200
# 2. Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) -- 293,200
# 3. Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo DS) -- 288,400
# 4. Pokemon Pearl (Nintendo DS) -- 214,700
# 5. Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360) -- 197,400
# 6. Guitar Hero 2 w/ guitar (PlayStation 2) -- 197,350
# 7. Guitar Hero 2 w/ guitar (Xbox 360) -- 177,600
# 8. Pokemon Battle (Wii) -- 157,900
# 9. Resident Evil 4 (Wii) -- Unavailable (150,000 according to IGN)
# 10. The Darkness (Xbox 360) -- Unavailable



GF said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
very nice, within 15% is pretty good

Nintendo continues to dominate, so Wii haters, when does the "fad" end now? :P

 Just wait for Lair and Heavenly Sword...


The PS3 will certainly show the GBA 'Who's the Boss' then



http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=16893

NPD: Game Industry Sales Up 31% in June, Up 43% for First Half

Another month, same old story. The Nintendo DS creamed the competition selling through almost 562,000 units in the U.S. The PS3 was up somewhat, but still couldn't break the 100K mark in the U.S. in June. Overall, though, the industry is on track for a stellar year.

GameDaily BIZ has received the latest NPD video game sales data, which reveals total sales of $1.1 billion, a 31 percent increase year-over-year in the U.S. during June. Year-to-date, for the first half the game industry is already at an impressive $6.1 billion, tracking ahead of last year's sales by 43 percent.

 

 

Console hardware in particular has seen the most growth. Console hardware grew 69 percent in June to $268 million and it grew 98 percent to $1.7 billion for the first half. Portable game hardware was actually down 6 percent in June, but that didn't stop the Nintendo DS from absolutely running away with the top spot once again. Nintendo's handheld sold 561.9K units compared to the PSP's 230.1K. The top selling console was the Wii with 381.8K, followed by the 360 with 198.4K and the PS3 with 98.5K.

 

Video game software in general grew 22 percent in June, totaling $543 million. For the first half software sales were up 24 percent to $2.9 billion. Console software in June was up 28 percent to $393.9 million and portable software grew 10 percent to $149.1 million. For the first half, however, portable software actually fared better, growing 35 percent to $802.8 million compared to 21 percent growth for console software to $2.1 billion.

 

For June in particular, the best selling game was Nintendo's Mario Party 8 for Wii, which sold through 426.2K units in the U.S. We've provided the top 20 best selling games for June 2007 and the top 10 titles for the first half of this year below.

 

 

 

 



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