March 2008 NPD full of insane #'s

[jakncoke]

Industry Sales
Mar-07 Mar-08 CHG
Total Video Games $1.1B $1.7B 57%
Video Games Hardware $377.9M $551.3M 46%
Video Games Software $579.1M $945.6M 63%
Video Game Accessories $139.5M $220M 58%


HW Sales

Hardware Mar-08
PlayStation 2 216K
PlayStation 3 257K
PlayStation Portable 297K
Xbox 360 262K
Nintendo DS 698K
Wii 721K

SW Sales
Top-Selling VG Software - March 2008

Platform Title Publisher Release Date March Units
WII SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-08 2.7M
360 *TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT Mar-08 752.3K
360 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 606.1K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 409.8K
PSP GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUS SONY Mar-08 340.5K
PSP CRISIS CORE: FINAL FANTASY VII SQUARE ENIX INC Mar-08 301.6K
WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION Oct-07 264.1K
360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K8 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE Mar-08 237.1K
360 *CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION Nov-07 237K
PS3 ARMY OF TWO ELECTRONIC ARTS Mar-08 224.9K

tks to Sonycowboy and NPD


Just wow at the data this month. 360 reclaims 2nd, Wii possibly having the best March HW sales ever, Brawl nearly 3 million. 360 software continues to prove 360 owners buy tons of games.

[LiNuX]

thats a huge jump from march 07 to march 08 lol, $1.7 billion

DS is still selling like crazy I see and still crazy amount of sales for all of the consoles

[jakncoke]

System March 2008 March 2007
Wii 721K +178% 259K
NDS 698K +37% 508K
PSP 297K +65% 180K
360 262K +32% 199K
PS3 257K +97% 130K
PS2 216K -23% 280K


Here's how much each increased, PS2 is the only decrease... needs the 99 dollar tag before fall, still amazing March sales in the 7th yr

[LiNuX]

thats amazing lol, 178% rise for the wii lol, PS2 sold a LOT of units and it still will, just because the number of items sold this year compared to last year is less doesn't mean they are losing anything lol

Sony still has the PS3 there giving them stacks of money for each console sold

[Toby83]

LOL i would LOVE to be incharge i would have 1.1b headed my way :p

[LiNuX]

LOL i would LOVE to be incharge i would have 1.1b headed my way :p

most of the money that they get is just evening out debt that they had from making these games - well not necessarily debt but just getting back on their investment - you won't know what the actual profit is unless you own their stocks or actually are in charge

[Scott]

I think everyone knew SSB and R6V2 would do well. This year will get even better for the wii because Mario Kart's still to come.

[Toby83]

(It was a joke/being sarcastic) ; )

[wifi]

wow ps2 is still selling a lot and wii is just owning the whole thing still :-P good post, gave you rep for the info

[LiNuX]

(It was a joke/being sarcastic) ; )

i know, i just took your little point you made and broadened it out on how the economy really works lol

and it's pretty obvious you weren't serious in your post

[Scott]

I can't believe COD4 is still selling really well. Although, it is a very good game.

[jakncoke]

I think everyone knew SSB and R6V2 would do well. This year will get even better for the wii because Mario Kart's still to come.

Yeah Brawl being #1 was a given seeing it sold like 1.4 in the first week, I figured R6V2 would be around 450k.. so it really out did my expectations, PS3 version did around 150k btw so that's a nice start for that game, I didn't expect Army of Two is even make the top 10.. I just don't see the appeal in that shooter

[Scott]

Yeah Brawl being #1 was a given seeing it sold like 1.4 in the first week, I figured R6V2 would be around 450k.. so it really out did my expectations, PS3 version did around 150k btw so that's a nice start for that game, I didn't expect Army of Two is even make the top 10.. I just don't see the appeal in that shooter

Yeah me neither it's sad to see that rubbish make the top 10 while great games like Frontlines and Unreal Tourney are going by unnotice.