NPD: US videogame industry bags US$ 1.1 billion last June
The NPD research group has just sent out figures for North America‘s total video games revenue for the month of June. This latest report indicates that the industry accumulated a total of US$ 1.1 billion in revenue last month, with total sales from January (2007) until June totalling roughly US$ 6.1 billion.
Going into more specific figures, the report indicates that of June’s 1.1 billion, US$ 398.6 million was allocated from consoles and handhelds (Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, Wii, DS), US$ 543 million from software (game) sales, and $ 161.3 million from accessory sales around the country.
For the consoles, US$ 268 million was attributed to home-based systems, while $130.6 went to portables. The top-selling platform of the group for this time is reportedly the Nintendo DS:
- Nintendo DS: 561,900 sold
- Wii : 381,800 sold
- Sony PSP: 290,100 sold
- Microsoft Xbox 360: 198,400 sold
- PlayStation 3: 98,500 sold
Interestingly, it appears that Mr. Pachter’s previous predictions are pretty spot-on. As for the top-selling games for the month of June, US$ 393.9 million has been attributed to games for home consoles, with US$ 149.1 million going to games for portables:
- Mario Party 8 (Wii; 426,200)
- Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii; 293,200)
- Pokemon Diamond (DS; 288,400)
- Pokemon Pearl (DS; 214,700)
- Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360; 197,400)
- Guitar Hero II w/ Guitar (PS2; 197,350K)
- Guitar Hero II w/ Guitar (Xbox 360; 177,600K)
- Pokemon Battle (Wii; 157,900K)
The NPD research group has just sent out figures for North America‘s total video games revenue for the month of June. This latest report indicates that the industry accumulated a total of US$ 1.1 billion in revenue last month, with total sales from January (2007) until June totalling roughly US$ 6.1 billion.
Going into more specific figures, the report indicates that of June’s 1.1 billion, US$ 398.6 million was allocated from consoles and handhelds (Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, Wii, DS), US$ 543 million from software (game) sales, and $ 161.3 million from accessory sales around the country.
For the consoles, US$ 268 million was attributed to home-based systems, while $130.6 went to portables. The top-selling platform of the group for this time is reportedly the Nintendo DS:
- Nintendo DS: 561,900 sold
- Wii : 381,800 sold
- Sony PSP: 290,100 sold
- Microsoft Xbox 360: 198,400 sold
- PlayStation 3: 98,500 sold
Interestingly, it appears that Mr. Pachter’s previous predictions are pretty spot-on. As for the top-selling games for the month of June, US$ 393.9 million has been attributed to games for home consoles, with US$ 149.1 million going to games for portables:
- Mario Party 8 (Wii; 426,200)
- Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii; 293,200)
- Pokemon Diamond (DS; 288,400)
- Pokemon Pearl (DS; 214,700)
- Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360; 197,400)
- Guitar Hero II w/ Guitar (PS2; 197,350K)
- Guitar Hero II w/ Guitar (Xbox 360; 177,600K)
- Pokemon Battle (Wii; 157,900K)
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