August NPD

[Flawless]

NPD: Madden, BioShock and Wii Lead Industry to Almost $1 Billion in August Sales

Hardware:

• Wii - 403.6 K
• NDS - 383.3K
• 360 - 276.7K
• PS2 - 202K
• PSP - 151.2K
• PS3 - 130.6K

LTD totals in US:

• PS2 - 39.1M
• PS3 -1.75M
• PSP - 8.3M
• 360 - 6.3M
• Wii - 4M
• NDS - 12.7

Top 20 Software: (numbers only provided for top 10)

• Madden NFL 08—360—EA—896.6K
  
• Madden NFL 08—PS2—EA—643.6K
  
• BioShock—360—Take-TwoEA—490.9K
  
• Madden NFL 08—PS3—EA—336.2K
  
• Wii Play/ w remote—Wii—Nintendo—256.8K
  
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption—Wii—Nintendo—218.1K
  
• Mario Strikers Charged—Wii—Nintendo—147.4K
  
• Guitar Hero 2 w/guitar—PS2—Activision—145.4K
  
• Mario Party 8—Wii—Nintendo—138.3K
  
• Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s—PS2—Activision—127.1K
  
• Madden NFL 08—Xbox—EA
  
• Madden NFL 08—Wii—EA
  
• Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day—DS—Nintendo
  
• Two Worlds—360—Southpeak Interactive
  
• Pokemon Diamond—DS—Nintendo
  
• High School Musical: Making the Cut—DS—Disney Interactive
  
• Guitar Hero 2 w/guitar—360—Activision
  
• Madden NFL 08—PSP—EA
  
• Pokemon Pearl—DS—Nintendo
  
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08—360—EA

[Holic]

Re: August NPD

PS3 at the bottom of the list, ouch.

[Cyros]

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This the first time Xbox 360 outsold PS2?

[umd]

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PS2's outselling PS3's is interesting to me...

[Altimus]

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130k? Geez... only half of the Xbox.

[sportdan30]

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There should be another number for how many 360s die during the month. It's probably higher than the PS3 sales for the month. LOL.

[Flawless]

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There should be another number for how many 360s die during the month. It's probably higher than the PS3 sales for the month. LOL.

[HMcCoy]

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Still amazed by those 360 Madden numers. They outsold a fanbase 6x bigger by a good margin. PS3 outsold by the PSP is also bizarre.

If the pricedrop rumors are true, Sony might make up some ground this holiday...

[thelwig14]

Re: August NPD

Funniest reply at OS in awhile....

[fishepa]

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Madden outsold bioshock 3:1. Interesting.

[eaglesfan27]

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This the first time Xbox 360 outsold PS2?

No, it is the 2nd time it has happened.

[garnettrules21]

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Where the heck did you find that lol? That had me rollin.

[Skyboxer]

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There should be another number for how many 360s die during the month. It's probably higher than the PS3 sales for the month. LOL.

And another number for the total PS3 games that are worth buying.....

[Dondadda]

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Still amazed by those 360 Madden numers. They outsold a fanbase 6x bigger by a good margin. PS3 outsold by the PSP is also bizarre.

If the pricedrop rumors are true, Sony might make up some ground this holiday...

PSP outselling the PS3 isn't bizarre at all when you consider that the PSP is a great console with many diverse uses and a much larger selection of good games than the PS3, available at a fraction of the price.

360 with a nice showing this month, and the Wii keeps rolling. Looks like Wii gamers are STILL attracted to the Wii Play bundle pack (controller + $10 mini-game collection) and traditional Nintendo favorites, but shy away from all other titles (Xbox Madden outsells Wii Madden??).

Are DS sales slowly coolling (finally)? That thing is a juggernaut, but it's inevitable that the DS sales gradually drop.

The NPD numbers have been fascinating for quite some time.

[Cyros]

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No, it is the 2nd time it has happened.

When was the first? Around when it first came out?