Once again, the DS gets beaten out in the United States by…the Wii! 360 sales are up following price cuts across all SKUs, while PS3 sales are down now that July price cuts are out of the way. On the software side, the charts are dominated by Madden NFL 08, but late July release Mario Strikers Charged managed a respectable #7 spot, while Metroid Prime 3: Corruption squeezes into the #6 spot after having only been available at retail for four days in August.
NPD Group: August 2007
Industry Sales: $993 million (+46% over August ‘06)
– YTD: $8.02 billion (+43% over last year through August ‘06)
Hardware Sales: $384 million (+94%)
– Consoles: $302 million (+152%)
– Portables: $82 million (+5.5%)
Software Sales: $488 million (+22.5%)
– Consoles: $393 million (+25%)
– Portables: $95 million (+11.9)
Accessories: $121 million (+47%)Wii: 403,600
Nintendo DS: 383,300
Xbox 360: 276,700
PlayStation 2: 202,000
PSP: 151,200
PlayStation 3: 130,600
1. Madden NFL 08 (360): 896,600 units
2. Madden NFL 08 (PS2): 643,600 units
3. BioShock (360): 490,900 units
4. Madden NFL 08 (PS3): 336,200 units
5. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii): 256,800 units
6. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii): 218,100 units
7. Mario Strikers Charged (Wii): 147,400 units
8. Guitar Hero II w/ guitar (PS2): 145,400 units
9. Mario Party 8 (Wii): 138,300 units
10. Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (PS2): 127,100 units
11. Madden NFL 08 (Xbox)
12. Madden NFL 08 (Wii)
13. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (DS)
14. Two Worlds (360)
15. Pokemon Diamond (DS)
16. High School Musical: Making the Cut (DS)
17. Guitar Hero II w/ guitar (360)
18. Madden NFL 08 (PSP)
19. Pokemon Pearl (DS)
20. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (360)
