August NPD numbers (NA sales)

NokkonWud · 14 Sep 2007 at 10:18

I know in May/June the GBA sold as many units as PS3.
Game Boy Advance!! Not even the DS Lite!

McManicMan · 14 Sep 2007 at 10:28

XBOX360 isn't doing that bad considering its nearly been out 2 years worldwide compared to what?, 6 months for the PS3. No matter what everybody says about what you get with the PS3 hardware wise compared to a 360, its still a lot of cash to lay out on one for general games playing joe public

Margaret · 14 Sep 2007 at 10:52

McManicMan said:
XBOX360 isn't doing that bad considering its nearly been out 2 years worldwide compared to what?, 6 months for the PS3.

Well for these figures at least the PS3 is about 10 months old now. (NA)

May as well round it up to 2 years vs 1 year.

mmj_uk · 14 Sep 2007 at 12:26

At £400 the ps3 is out of financial reach of most people at the moment.

Once it hits ~£300 sales will start going through the roof.

KNiVES · 14 Sep 2007 at 12:28

With the price drops of the 360 as well as Halo 3, I'm not surprised that it's on the up.

Kreeeee · 14 Sep 2007 at 12:30

mmj_uk said:
At £400 the ps3 is out of financial reach of most people at the moment.

Once it hits ~£300 sales will start going through the roof.

It will take more than that I reckon, Sony need some "killer apps".

Inoshishi · 14 Sep 2007 at 14:29

Kreeeee said:
It will take more than that I reckon, Sony need some "killer apps".

MGS4 is that killer app imo that will start shifting them.

Margaret · 14 Sep 2007 at 14:32

Inoshishi said:
MGS4 is that killer app imo that will start shifting them.

Problem with that is they will have missed another christmas, they need a killer app out before the end of this year.

geordie10 · 14 Sep 2007 at 14:33

Inoshishi said:
MGS4 is that killer app imo that will start shifting them.

Not at £400 for the console.

NokkonWud · 14 Sep 2007 at 18:51

Inoshishi said:
MGS4 is that killer app imo that will start shifting them.

Problem is, MGS3 didn't do as well as MGS2 and MGS2 wasn't even as close as being publicly popular as the first one.

Gran Turismo has always had high sales though.

Inoshishi · 14 Sep 2007 at 18:54

Yeah forgot about GT

Its just MGS4 does seem a big leap ahead of the others, who knows really we will have to wait and see.

Shamikebab · 15 Sep 2007 at 11:59

Wow, according to IGN since last November when the Wii and PS3 arrived, gamers have spent more of their cash on 360 software ($24.3 million) than the other two systems combined ($19.8 million).

mmj_uk · 15 Sep 2007 at 12:04

Kreeeee said:
It will take more than that I reckon, Sony need some "killer apps".

By the time the console is more affordable it will have plenty.

The real sticking point at the moment is the price, the average kid wouldn't even be able to get one as a christmas present, so understandably they get a 360 instead.

Margaret · 15 Sep 2007 at 12:11

mmj_uk said:
By the time the console is more affordable it will have plenty.

The real sticking point at the moment is the price, the average kid wouldn't even be able to get one as a christmas present, so understandably they get a 360 instead.

More like a Wii.

Bonjour · 15 Sep 2007 at 12:18

Inoshishi said:
Fixed it for ya

Also if you look at the JPN HW Chart it tells a different story:

Nintendo DS Lite - 77,488
Wii - 29,088
PSP - 15,564
PlayStation 2 - 13,360
PLAYSTATION 3 - 13,248
Xbox 360 - 1,286
Game Boy micro - 428
Game Boy Advance SP - 122

It says that none of the consoles are selling well except for the DS..

Nzyme · 15 Sep 2007 at 17:21

Shamikebab said:
Wow, according to IGN since last November when the Wii and PS3 arrived, gamers have spent more of their cash on 360 software ($24.3 million) than the other two systems combined ($19.8 million).

surely tahts obvious cause there is already 10million xbox owners compared to a growing 10 million Wii and Ps3 owners

Shamikebab · 15 Sep 2007 at 17:24

Nzyme said:
surely tahts obvious cause there is already 10million xbox owners compared to a growing 10 million Wii and Ps3 owners

well maybe, but a lot of people on here cited Nintendo games being in the top 10 charts that as much software was being bought for them. This shows that the software adoption rate for 360 is a lot higher than the other two, something i've been saying for a while now.

NokkonWud · 15 Sep 2007 at 17:51

Shamikebab said:
well maybe, but a lot of people on here cited Nintendo games being in the top 10 charts that as much software was being bought for them. This shows that the software adoption rate for 360 is a lot higher than the other two, something i've been saying for a while now.

This was discussed at GameHorizon, the actual industry insiders have all stated that the attachment rate for Wii and PS3 is VERY poor. In most cases, the casual gamer (the owner of most Wii's only own Wii Sports).

Abooie · 15 Sep 2007 at 17:59

Bonjour said:
It says that none of the consoles are selling well except for the DS..

Not sure how you've come to that conclusion.

Year on year sales have increased 46% for the console video game industry. Software sales are up 22% and hardware sales are up 94%! (References: Neogaf / Patcher).

It's never looked so good for the industry with the Wii pushing itself into mainstream culture and the 360 selling software. (It's outselling Wii/PS3 software combined and some).

The Running Man · 15 Sep 2007 at 18:11

mp3kla said:
I wonder if PS3 sales will pick up? 360's are selling 2-1 over PS3's a year after release.

Where do you get those figures from?