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 [...]
Wii hacker develops head tracking desktop VR with Wii Remote
We all agree that Nintendo’s Wii Remote design is ingenius in its effectiveness and simplicity. Many first-party titles are using it to make certain games more immersive than ever. Unfortunately, 3rd party publishers see the Wii as nothing more than shovelware bait though, since so many people own one.
It took an independent engineer though, to [...]
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 | [...]
Guitar Hero boosts sales
This is a story I can relate with - According to Wired’s Game|Life blog, downloads of DragonForce’s track “Through the Fire and Flames” increased by 183% the week Guitar Hero III was released. The track is featured as a bonus song in the game; when you complete the game (at any difficulty) you get to [...]
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 [...]
