If you look at last months NPD results and break them down into weeks. (Last month was 5 weeks) and look at this months Wii sales (this month was 4 weeks) it shows that Wii sales increased >> 39% week-to-week << from last month. That IMO is to large to just be an anomaly. I think the Wii gained such a large amount this month due to the new tracking of online retailers.
I think that the Wii got alot more numbers this month because it may be bought online alot more (due to its constraint retail wise). Because of that when NPD stopped estimating the Wii online and got the direct numbers we saw Wii surge, also note the 360 increased 7% this month also. Likely an indication also of now counting those online numbers.
Here is some other information collected from other places:
Some LTDs:
Pokemon DP: 2,973,100 (missing Pearl for July)
Guitar Hero 2 (360): 958,000
Mario Party 8: 917,000
Wii Play: 1,691,000
Some worldwide data from GAF for Wii:
Japan: 335,307
Other: 360,000
US: 425,000
Canada: 36,419
(1.16 million in 4 weeks)
And some charts:
This chart does not include EU numbers for July. |
