The Official August NPD Thread (Data for 4 wks ending Aug 28)

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Khuutra said:

Squilliam said:

According to Gamasutra the Wii had its lowest NPD on record.

Well that's interesting. Worrisome, but interesting.

Still, it's above the PS2 at the same point in time. Actually, this month all 3 consoles are. The Wii only looks bad in comparison to its past self, and the exceptional performance of the HD consoles recently.

Comparison table since I'm bored:

	PS2 (04)	Wii	X360	PS3
Jan	340k	466k	333k	277k
Feb	360k	398k	422k	360k
Mar	290k	558k	338k	314k
Apr	190k	277k	185k	181k
May	250k	335k*	195k	155k
Jun	430k**	423k	452k***	305k
Jul	310k	254k	444k	215k
Aug	210k	244k	357k	226k
Sept	250k

* WSR bundled
** $30 price cut to $150
*** 360 Slim

The 360 has actually been keeping pace with NPD's PS2 sales for a while, its 4th year (2009) beat the PS2's 4th (2004, though largely due to shortages), and its 5th year is currently only about 10% behind (~260k), with a shot at beating it due to Natal / Halo.

So, it isn't so much the Wii losing steam faster than normal, more that the HD consoles are late bloomers.