The Nintendo DS was NOT the number one selling platform in the United States for July. Actually, it dropped in sales significantly, making way for the Wii in first place. Sony’s PS3 sales just about doubled, but unfortunately the system still remained in third place among the next-gen consoles for the month.

NPD Group: July 2007

Industry Sales: $925.5 million (+37% over July ‘06)
- YTD: $7 billion (+42.6% over last year through July ‘06)
Software Sales: $419.2 million (+11%)
Hardware Sales: $380.8 million (+77.4%)

Wii: 425,000
Nintendo DS: 405,000
PlayStation 2: 222,000
PSP: 214,000
Xbox 360: 170,000
PlayStation 3: 159,000
Game Boy Advance: 87,000

1. NCAA Football 08 (360): 397,000 units
2. Guitar Hero Encore Rocks the 80s (PS2): 339,000 units
3. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii): 278,000 units
4. NCAA Football 08 (PS2): 236,000 units
5. Mario Party 8 (Wii): 177,000 units
6. NCAA Football 08 (PS3): 156,000 units
7. Pokemon Diamond (DS): 144,000 units
8. Transformers: The Game (PS2): 143,000 units
9. Guitar Hero II w/ guitar (PS2): 138,000 units
10. Guitar Hero II w/ guitar (360): 108,000 units

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