January 2008 Sales Figures: Shortages cause a 3 way tie
January is a rough month for video game sales. After seeing numbers steadily increase for the final 3 months of each year, January’s results look extra low in comparison. This is especially the case when manufacturers nearly sell out their entire inventory of product, which is what happened to both Nintendo and Microsoft. Therefore, [...]
Everybody Wants a Wii - December 2007 Video Game Sales Figures
The North American December sales figures are in and, well, it was a big month. Game companies saw a total revenue of $4.82 billion come their way last month, nicely capping off a $17.9 billion year. This marks the biggest year ever for the games industry - a 43% increase in sales over 2006’s [...]
Nintendo back on top again; October Videogame Hardware Sales
Okay Microsoft, you had your fun on top for a month. Everyone who was waiting for Halo 3 got their 360, and now the Wii takes over its spot on top.
Wii | 519K
Nintendo DS | 458K
Xbox 360 | 366K
PSP | 286K
PlayStation 2 | 184K
PlayStation 3 | 121K
Things are certainly back to normal. Almost too much [...]
Guitar Hero III ROCKS THE WORLD - October Videogame Sales Figures
October’s NPD sales figures are in, and although it was only available for six of the thirty-one days that month, Guitar Hero III went and sold about 1.4 million units that month, across all platforms.
Halo 3 | XBOX 360 | 433.8K
Guitar Hero III w/Guitar | XBOX 360 | 383.2K
Guitar Hero III w/Guitar | Wii | [...]
Playstation 3 sales double in first week of price cuts & 40GB version
It looks like it was all worth it in the end - thanks to a $100 price cut to the 80GB version, and the introduction of a reasonably priced 40GB version, the Playstation 3’s weekly sales have more than doubled in the US.
According to Sony, more than 100,000 units sold during the week ending [...]
XBOX 360 tops sales chart for once
As you just saw, Halo 3 sold pretty damn well in September, making more money than every other game on the Top 10 list combined. It also helped propel the 360 to the top of NDP’s September hardware sales charts, although not by as much as you might have expected:
Xbox 360 - 527.8K
Wii - 501K
Nintendo [...]
Halo 3 Pwns everyone else
NDP’s numbers for September are in, and what we all knew would happen happened. But I didn’t expect such a dramatic number:
Halo 3 |XBOX 360| 3.3 million
Wii Play w/ Remote |Wii| 282K
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass |DS| 224K
Madden NFL 08 |PS2| 205K
Skate |XBOX 360| 175K
Madden NFL 08 |XBOX 360| 173K
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption |Wii| 167K
BioShock [...]
