NPD Group: Nintendo wins in the first half of 2007, PS3 trailing behind

  

Now that June has come and gone, the NPD Group finally released the resulting numbers of the console war from the period of March to June, and the entire first half of 2007. Check out the numbers in the graphs Ars Technica has provided to illustrate how each console fared, and judge for yourselves.

For the March-June graph, we can clearly see that the Wii shot through the ceiling with impressive numbers, with Xbox 360 going second and the PlayStation 3 falling in third. It should be noted that Sony has a big plan despite its losses though, and the fruits of its labor will clearly show should Blu-ray win the format wars.

On the handheld side, the DS towers over ALL systems, even the next-gen consoles. The PSP, while having lower numbers, is doing relatively well and is the only system whose numbers steadily increase as each month passes.

Moving on to the console sales charts for the first half of 2007, the order of how each console fared well is just about the same as how they did in the period of June and March: again, the Wii manages to take the lead with 2.1 million consoles sold, followed by the Xbox 360’s 1.2 million and PlayStation 3’s 763,000 falling in third.

As for the handhelds, the DS still reigns supreme over all with a whopping 2.6 million happy little units moving into gamers’ hands, and the PSP following at a competent 1.2 million.

The numbers show that Nintendo is a big mover and shaker for the first half of the year, but with Sony’s PS3 getting a hefty US$ 100 price cut, and the Xbox 360 rumored to get US$ 50 slashed from its retail price, there’s no way of telling if the same results will show in the future.

  

Now that June has come and gone, the NPD Group finally released the resulting numbers of the console war from the period of March to June, and the entire first half of 2007. Check out the numbers in the graphs Ars Technica has provided to illustrate how each console fared, and judge for yourselves.

For the March-June graph, we can clearly see that the Wii shot through the ceiling with impressive numbers, with Xbox 360 going second and the PlayStation 3 falling in third. It should be noted that Sony has a big plan despite its losses though, and the fruits of its labor will clearly show should Blu-ray win the format wars.

On the handheld side, the DS towers over ALL systems, even the next-gen consoles. The PSP, while having lower numbers, is doing relatively well and is the only system whose numbers steadily increase as each month passes.

Moving on to the console sales charts for the first half of 2007, the order of how each console fared well is just about the same as how they did in the period of June and March: again, the Wii manages to take the lead with 2.1 million consoles sold, followed by the Xbox 360’s 1.2 million and PlayStation 3’s 763,000 falling in third.

As for the handhelds, the DS still reigns supreme over all with a whopping 2.6 million happy little units moving into gamers’ hands, and the PSP following at a competent 1.2 million.

The numbers show that Nintendo is a big mover and shaker for the first half of the year, but with Sony’s PS3 getting a hefty US$ 100 price cut, and the Xbox 360 rumored to get US$ 50 slashed from its retail price, there’s no way of telling if the same results will show in the future.