March NPD numbers

Abooie · 20 Apr 2007 at 06:58

Courtesy of NPD. US sales for March.

HW Sales
Nintendo DS 508K
PlayStation 2 280K
Wii 259K
Xbox 360 199K
PlayStation Portable 180K
Game Boy Advance 148K
PlayStation 3 130K
GameCube 22K
Xbox n/a

Top 10 SW

PS2 GOD OF WAR II 833K
360 TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: ADVANCED WARFI 394K
360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR 291K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 273K
PS3 MOTORSTORM 199K
NDS DIDDY KONG RACING 189K
NDS SPECTROBES 165K
360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K7 165K
PS2 MLB '07: THE SHOW 164K
360 DEF JAM ICON 148K

I'm surprised by the Wii number. Maybe the bubble has burst? And the PS2, wow, still THE console to own. Both PS3 and 360 sales are probably as to be expected for one of slowest months of the year. Over-all though it's Nintendo's party.

Reasonably good software sales for the 360 though God of War II steals the show. edit: though as I've just read these only include 5 (yes 5!) days of Guitar Hero II sales so that's pretty outstanding.

And finally no one has bought an xbox!

edit:

Top 20 CONSOLE software sales

1. God of War II (PS2) Sony
2. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (360) Ubisoft
3. Guitar Hero 2 W/ Guitar (360) Red Octane/Activision
4. Wii Play (Wii) Nintendo
5. MotorStorm (PS3) Sony
6. Major League Baseball 2k7 (360) 2K Games
7. MLB '07: The Show (PS2) Sony
8. Def Jam Icon (360) Electronic Arts
9. Guitar Hero 2 W/Guitar (PS2) Red Octane/Activision
10. God of War (PS2) Sony
11. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PS2) Rockstar
12. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Wii) Electronic Arts
13. Crackdown (360) Microsoft
14. Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii) Sega
15. TMNT (PS2) Ubisoft
16. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) Nintendo
17. Gears of War (360) Microsoft
18. Major League Baseball 2K7 (PS2) 2K Games
19. Warioware: Smooth Moves (Wii) Nintendo
20. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PS3) Bethesda

msmalls74 · 20 Apr 2007 at 08:59

Seems to be a big drop in sales all round for a 5 week month, well apart from the DS this month in the states. The PS2 is selling loads, i wonder if this is why sony dont lower the price of the PS3. It makes a nice profit from hardware and software sales for the PS2 and i think this softens the blow of the PS3 probably not performing as well as sony hoped. Maybe when PS2 sales start dropping off Sony will react with a PS3 price cut, if that makes sense!

Abooie · 20 Apr 2007 at 09:06

Aye it's interesting which ever way you look at it.

On the one hand when compared to Feb ...

Adjusted to take into account extra week... (taken from Parl on NeoGaf).

DS: DOWN 16%
Wii: DOWN 39%
PS2: DOWN 24%
360: DOWN 30%
PSP: DOWN 18%
GBA: DOWN 13%
PS3: DOWN 18%

But then again ... http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=15870&page=2

NPD: Total Game Industry Sales Up 33% in March; DS Tops All (Again)

What a month and first quarter it's been for the video game industry this year. Year-to-date, industry sales are tracking ahead 54 percent!

So for the industry it's a win.

Elston · 20 Apr 2007 at 09:26

smcshaw said:
So for the industry it's a win.

Nothing too surprising in the hardware sales for this time of year, although i did expect more from the Wii. PS2 sales have been boosted by God of War 2 probably.

As for the software sales, impressive. God of War 2 and Guitar Hero II selling a nice healthy number. As Guitar Hero II has only been out a short while i get the feeling that it will figure highly in next months chart.

barnettgs · 20 Apr 2007 at 11:32

smcshaw said:
I'm surprised by the Wii number.

Not sure if the number is limited by the supply. Wii still sold out everywhere.

Emlyn_Dewar · 20 Apr 2007 at 12:09

Can't believe the DS Lite is still selling so much, I wonder how many DS Lites have been sold worldwide now.
PS2 still outselling it's next gen counterpart and also MS competitor... When will it end? Surely this is just down to GoW2?

Kojak · 20 Apr 2007 at 12:18

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Can't believe the DS Lite is still selling so much, I wonder how many DS Lites have been sold worldwide now.

Amazing what a Pokemon game can do. Of course that's probably not the sole reason but I bet the anticipation of it arriving has shifted a few.

chimaera · 20 Apr 2007 at 12:22

Kojak said:
Amazing what a Pokemon game can do. Of course that's probably not the sole reason but I bet the anticipation of it arriving has shifted a few.

Well the game has hit over half a million on pre-orders alone which would make it number 2 on that chart if it was actually released, nintendo are predicting a new period of pokemon craze akin to the first one

I'd not be surprised to see over a million copies shifted in the first month.

I'm one of them and i just hope its not sold out

Kamakazie! · 20 Apr 2007 at 23:08

barnettgs said:
Not sure if the number is limited by the supply. Wii still sold out everywhere.

Yep the Wii figure is supply constrained.
Sites that list what shops are getting stock are still busy as hell in the US.
Should see higher figures next month i think as Ninty are ramping up production.