NPD May sales results are in, Nintendo still leading
According to the NPD Group monthly performance report, Nintendo continues to lead the US hardware sales charts this May, after a successful run back in April for the DS and Wii. Sony tails second with its PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation 2 (PS2), while the Xbox 360 sits calmly at number five. The PlayStation 3 (PS3) still hasn’t broken 100,000 units, but is followed closely by the Game Boy Advance (GBA) and the GameCube (NGC).
Michael Pachter‘s estimated numbers for the May report seem a bit over the top, as neither the PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii approximations have been reflected in the official monthly numbers for the US. Pachter’s views of the game industry’s performance were slightly underhanded, however, as NPD reports a stunning 50% increase in performance as opposed to the Wedbush Morgan analyst’s 20%.
Despite a slight dip for April sales performance, if the numbers continue to reel in for the succeeding months, Game Daily believes that 2007 just might be a record-breaking year. And as NPD reports, its almost all because of the console hardware sales for the month of May alone: a whole 79% increase in sales to US$ 221.4 million.
Nintendo is also enjoying great sales performance in the software side, with Pokemon Diamond, Mario Party 8, Pokemon Pearl, and Wii Play taking in four of the five top spots in the top ten games list. Four Xbox 360 titles make up the other half of the list, while PS2 titles make up the minority.
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According to the NPD Group monthly performance report, Nintendo continues to lead the US hardware sales charts this May, after a successful run back in April for the DS and Wii. Sony tails second with its PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation 2 (PS2), while the Xbox 360 sits calmly at number five. The PlayStation 3 (PS3) still hasn’t broken 100,000 units, but is followed closely by the Game Boy Advance (GBA) and the GameCube (NGC).
Michael Pachter‘s estimated numbers for the May report seem a bit over the top, as neither the PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii approximations have been reflected in the official monthly numbers for the US. Pachter’s views of the game industry’s performance were slightly underhanded, however, as NPD reports a stunning 50% increase in performance as opposed to the Wedbush Morgan analyst’s 20%.
Despite a slight dip for April sales performance, if the numbers continue to reel in for the succeeding months, Game Daily believes that 2007 just might be a record-breaking year. And as NPD reports, its almost all because of the console hardware sales for the month of May alone: a whole 79% increase in sales to US$ 221.4 million.
Nintendo is also enjoying great sales performance in the software side, with Pokemon Diamond, Mario Party 8, Pokemon Pearl, and Wii Play taking in four of the five top spots in the top ten games list. Four Xbox 360 titles make up the other half of the list, while PS2 titles make up the minority.
Bloomberg reports the following sales numbers for the hardware sales charts, ranked in the order of most sales for May 2007:
- NDS sold: 423,100 in May, 11,287,100 in its lifetime
- Wii sold: 338,000 in May, 2,808,000 in its lifetime
- PSP sold: 221,120 in May, 7,660,100 in its lifetime
- PS2 sold: 187,765 in May, 38,356,800 in its lifetime
- 360 sold: 154,900 in May, 5,555,900 in its lifetime
- PS3 sold: 81,604 in May, 1,357,600 in its lifetime
- GBA sold: 80,554 in May, 35,748,600 in its lifetime
- NGC sold: 10,728 in May, 11,776,000 in its lifetime
Game Daily reports the following sales numbers for the top ten titles sold in the U.S. overall this month:
- Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo) for the NDS
- Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) for the Wii (newcomer)
- Spider-Man 3 (Activision) for the PS2
- Pokemon Pearl (Nintendo) for the NDS
- Wii Play w/ remote (Nintendo) for the Wii
- Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft) for the Xbox 360 (newcomer)
- Guitar Hero II w/ guitar (Activision) for the Xbox 360
- Spider-Man 3 (Activision) for the Xbox 360
- Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Electronic Arts) for the Xbox 360 (newcomer)
- Guitar Hero II w/ guitar (Activision) for the PS2
Via Game Daily
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