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Forums - Sales Discussion - The Official June NPD Thread (for the 5 weeks ending 7/5, data in ~6 hours)

Gobias on 17 July 2008
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
Aprisaiden said:
makingmusic476 said:
The YTD NPD figures for the ps3 and 360 are:

PS3 - 1,608,000
360 - 1,354,000

What are VGChartz's YTD figures for the US?

Here VGC data for America's for the same period.

Console PS3
America
1,788,359
Console X360
America
1,753,558

 

how come the 360 numbers are so high on vgchartz? shouldnt they adjust their numbers to npd as npd is the most accurate! 360 is way overtracked on vgchartz.

 

That's pretty messed up.



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BKK2 on 17 July 2008

PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™), led by the launch of the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 bundle, continued to experience tremendous momentum in June 2008, selling 405,488 hardware units – 84% higher than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (according to NPD June 2008 sales data). PS3 year-over-year hardware sales growth exceeded 311% in June, with month-over-month growth exceeding 94%.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, exclusively for PS3, was the best-selling title on any platform in June 2008, with 774,647 units sold. More than 2.4 million software units were sold for PS3 in June, representing an increase of more than 300% from this time last year. (Software totals do not include software units sold as part of the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 retail bundle).

* The launch of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots kicks off the beginning of a blockbuster software line-up for PS3 in the back-half of the year, including highly-anticipated exclusive titles such as SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Confrontation, Resistance 2, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, NBA ‘09: The Inside and LittleBigPlanet to name a few. These monster titles promise to further drive PS3 sales into the holiday season and beyond.
* The PLAYSTATION®Network community continues to grow in popularity with more than 10 million registered accounts worldwide and 180 million pieces of content downloaded worldwide.

Fueled by enthusiasm for the launch of the God of War: Chains of Olympus PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) bundle, PSP experienced strong sales in June, with 337,356 PSP hardware units sold. This represents a sales increase of 85% month-over-month.

PlayStation®2 (PS2) also had a solid month in June, selling 188,798 hardware units, an increase of 42% from May. The popular console continued to experience strong software sales, with 3.9 million software units sold. More than 42.4 million PS2s have been sold in the U.S. as of June 2008.

Power of the PlayStation Portfolio

The PlayStation brand continued to generate impressive sales, earning $626.7 million in June.

· Year to date (Jan-June), the PlayStation brand generated almost $2.9 billion in revenue, representing an increase of 24% year-over year.

· PlayStation total hardware revenue was $265.5 million in June, representing a year-over-year growth of 90%.

· PlayStation total software revenue in June was $298 million, representing a year-over-year growth of over 52%.

CEO Perspective

"The PlayStation brand is truly hitting its stride on its long-term opportunity across all three platforms. Our strong June numbers serve as proof to the continued momentum of the PS3 and affirms that we’re exactly where we expected to be. This month’s success can be attributed to the exclusive blockbuster Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and we’re poised for continued growth into the back half of the year with a much anticipated line-up, including LittleBigPlanet, SOCOM: Confrontation, Resistance 2, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, and NBA ’09: The Inside. Additionally, the new PlayStation Network video delivery service will be a big driver for the PS3 and PSP, allowing consumers to extend their multi-media and entertainment experience.”

- Jack Tretton, president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America



ZenfoldorVGI on 17 July 2008
DMeisterJ said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
damkira said:
The biggest news here is that the PS3 got the biggest third-party exclusive it will ever receive and STILL fell far short of Wii's total.. and it couldn't come at a worse time for Sony.

 

I dunno man, I have a hard time spinning this bad for Sony. They aren't gonna beat the Wii in NPD, we shoulda realized that, but the fact that a hardware boost did actually show up in NPD numbers is huge and unprescidented for the PS3. Nothing for the Wii to hit 400,000, but for the PS3 to do it, that's monumental, as unpopular as that console has been in the past.

 

Again, I attribute this to MGS4. A great 3rd party exclusive.

It should have served as a lesson to Sony, to let them know that keeping FFXIII exclusive would have served them well in the US just like it would in Japan.

Instead, we'll see a GTAIV type of effect, with a big game getting released on multiple platforms and bumping them both slightly. We won't see a MGS4 effect from the game though, because of that loss.

I know.

But you're talking two years, at least in the horizon.

By the time any possible FFXIII effect would have came for the PS3, it would have been too late.

 

Good point. I sincerely hope we get FFXIII before 2010, but I kinda doubt it, which is unfortunate.

 



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Yakuzaice on 17 July 2008
BKK2 said:

PlayStation®2 (PS2) also had a solid month in June, selling 188,798 hardware units, an increase of 42% from May. The popular console continued to experience strong software sales, with 3.9 million software units sold. More than 42.4 million PS2s have been sold in the U.S. as of June 2008.

Looks like we are missing a ton of PS2 software.  We have it at 1.9 million (pretty sure I have the right weeks, but even so it is way lower).  I'm not sure if that number includes games outside the top 200 though.  But with the huge number of PS2 titles, it is obvious some can slip below the radar.

 



Gobias on 18 July 2008
BKK2 said:
PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™), led by the launch of the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 bundle, continued to experience tremendous momentum in June 2008, selling 405,488 hardware units – 84% higher than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (according to NPD June 2008 sales data). PS3 year-over-year hardware sales growth exceeded 311% in June, with month-over-month growth exceeding 94%.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, exclusively for PS3, was the best-selling title on any platform in June 2008, with 774,647 units sold. More than 2.4 million software units were sold for PS3 in June, representing an increase of more than 300% from this time last year. (Software totals do not include software units sold as part of the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 retail bundle).

* The launch of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots kicks off the beginning of a blockbuster software line-up for PS3 in the back-half of the year, including highly-anticipated exclusive titles such as SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Confrontation, Resistance 2, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, NBA ‘09: The Inside and LittleBigPlanet to name a few. These monster titles promise to further drive PS3 sales into the holiday season and beyond.
* The PLAYSTATION®Network community continues to grow in popularity with more than 10 million registered accounts worldwide and 180 million pieces of content downloaded worldwide.

Fueled by enthusiasm for the launch of the God of War: Chains of Olympus PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) bundle, PSP experienced strong sales in June, with 337,356 PSP hardware units sold. This represents a sales increase of 85% month-over-month.

PlayStation®2 (PS2) also had a solid month in June, selling 188,798 hardware units, an increase of 42% from May. The popular console continued to experience strong software sales, with 3.9 million software units sold. More than 42.4 million PS2s have been sold in the U.S. as of June 2008.

Power of the PlayStation Portfolio

The PlayStation brand continued to generate impressive sales, earning $626.7 million in June.

· Year to date (Jan-June), the PlayStation brand generated almost $2.9 billion in revenue, representing an increase of 24% year-over year.

· PlayStation total hardware revenue was $265.5 million in June, representing a year-over-year growth of 90%.

· PlayStation total software revenue in June was $298 million, representing a year-over-year growth of over 52%.

CEO Perspective

"The PlayStation brand is truly hitting its stride on its long-term opportunity across all three platforms. Our strong June numbers serve as proof to the continued momentum of the PS3 and affirms that we’re exactly where we expected to be. This month’s success can be attributed to the exclusive blockbuster Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and we’re poised for continued growth into the back half of the year with a much anticipated line-up, including LittleBigPlanet, SOCOM: Confrontation, Resistance 2, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, and NBA ’09: The Inside. Additionally, the new PlayStation Network video delivery service will be a big driver for the PS3 and PSP, allowing consumers to extend their multi-media and entertainment experience.”

- Jack Tretton, president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America

 

Well, there wasn't a ton of spin. Not bad.



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BKK2 on 18 July 2008

Lego Indy sold 1.1m across all formats:

LucasArts' "Lego Indiana Jones" sold 1.1 million units domestically in its first several weeks, according to the NPD Group, making it the top-selling title of the month. That continues the hot streak the vidgame publisher has had with two previous "Lego Star Wars" games. Warner Bros., which last year acquired Traveller's Tales, developer of all the Lego games, is publishing "Lego Batman" this fall.


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BKK2 on 18 July 2008

I don't think Microsoft have released a PR yet, so that should fill in a few gaps I have in the following data. Does anyone have NPD US PSP LTD at hand?





TGD

Total Market Revenue: $1.69 billion

Nintendo:
Sony: $626.7m
Microsoft:

Hardware:

Total Revenue: $615.1m

Nintendo:
Sony: $265.5m
Microsoft:

Units:

Total Units: 2,412,400

NDS: 783,000 (20.8m)
Wii: 666,700 (10.9m)
PS3: 405,488 (4.9m)
PSP: 337,356 (12m)
360: 219,800 (10.5m)
PS2: 188,798 (42.4m)

Software:

Total Revenue: $872.6 m

Nintendo:
Sony: $298m
Microsoft:

Units:

Total Units:

NDS:
Wii:
360:
PS2: 3.9m
PS3: 2.4m
PSP:

01 NE [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4, Konami: 774,647 (775k)
02 NE [NDS] Guitar Hero On Tour: 422,300 (422k)
03 NE [360] Ninja Gaiden II: 372,700 (373k)
04 03 [WII] Fit: 372,700 (1.06m)
05 05 [WII] Play: 359,100 (6.12m)
06 NE [360] Battlefield: Bad Company: 346,800 (347k)
07 02 [WII] Mario Kart Wii: 322,400 (2.23m)
08 NE [WII]LEGO Indiana Jones: 294,500 (295k)
09 NE [NDS] LEGO Indiana Jones: 267,800 (268k)
10 NE [PS2] LEGO Indiana Jones: 260,300 (260k)
11 01 [360] Grand Theft Auto IV
12 NE [WII] Rock Band
13 06 [WII] Super Smash Bros: Brawl
14 NE [WII] Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
15 RE [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
16 NE [360] Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
17 NE [PS2] Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
18 15 [NDS] New Super Mario Bros
19 04 [PS3] Grand Theft Auto IV
20 NE [360] LEGO Indiana Jones

Accessories:

Total Revenue: $202m

Nintendo:
Sony: $63.2m
Microsoft:



shams on 18 July 2008

Sony had a good month - they have "real" figures to report, so they don't need much spin.

Still waiting on the spin from MS - at least they can say "We made a profit" (over the last year...).



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BKK2 on 18 July 2008

Ok, found PSP LTD now.

LTD:

PS2: 42.4m
NDS: 20.8m
PSP: 12m
Wii: 10.9m
360: 10.5m
PS3: 4.9m

YTD:

Wii: 3,482,000
NDS: 3,187,000
PS3: 1,608,000
PSP: 1,482,000
360: 1,354,000
PS2: 1,278,000



Zuhyc on 18 July 2008
shams said:
Sony had a good month - they have "real" figures to report, so they don't need much spin.

Still waiting on the spin from MS - at least they can say "We made a profit" (over the last year...).

 

And they sold more software than the PS3 did (according to VGC).