August's NPD video game sales numbers are in and, unlike the 360's depressing July NPD showing, there's actually some good news to report. That good news being that the Xbox 360 was finally able to outsell the Playstation 3 after months of taking the back seat in sales.For the month of August, again Nintendo reigned supreme in both the handheld and console markets, selling 518,300 DS' and 453,000 Wiis. The battle for second place in the console market was heated, but like we said, Microsoft was able to sell 195,200 Xbox 360 consoles narrowly passing the PS3's 185,400 unites. Also, keep in mind that the 360's recent price cuts and their effect on sales are not part of August's NPD tabulations seeing the the cuts went to effect in September. And, quickly, looking at the software side of things, Madden 09 sold crazy well on all platforms and both Too Human and SoulCalibur IV made the top ten. Complete August NPD hardware and software sales after the break.
August NPD Hardware
Nintendo DS - 518.3K
Wii - 453.0K
PlayStation Portable - 253.0K
Xbox 360 - 195.2K
PlayStation 3 - 185.4K
Playstation 2 - 144.1K
August NPD Software
1. Madden NFL 09 - Xbox 360 - 1.0M
2. Madden NFL 09 - PS3 - 643K
3. Madden NFL 09 - PS2 - 424.5K
4. Wii Fit - Wii - 394.9K
5. Mario Kart Wii - Wii - 328.7K
6. Wii Play - Wii - 200.2K
7. SoulCalibur IV - Xbox 360 - 174K
8. Too Human - Xbox 360 - 168.2K
9. Madden NFL 09 All-Play - Wii - 115.8K
10. Guitar Hero: On Tour - DS - 111.2K
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-12-2008 @ 10:26AM
Jonah Falcon said...
I feel bad for the 192,000 who got their 360's just before the price cut. :p
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9-12-2008 @ 11:02AM
SidedPanic said...
Ouch! Tonnes of people would of been holding back on the 360s price cut and MS even mentioned a 100% increase in sales since - so ps3 is going to be light years behind in September's console sales.
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9-12-2008 @ 11:22AM
Trogdor said...
Yeah, I imagine that a lot of people were waiting in August and will now pick one up since the price drop.
Is NPD global or NA only?
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9-12-2008 @ 1:00PM
Jake said...
US only (the Xbox strongest region). That's why NPD is not really that representitive of what is happening elsewhere (360 is getting slaughtered by Wii and PS3 in sales).
9-12-2008 @ 12:58PM
Jake said...
Looks like UK retailer is clearing down it's stocks of 360, in preparation of dumping it..
I remember when Woolworths in the UK had a firesale to get rid of surplus HD DVD stock.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/toshiba-disappointed-at-woolworths-hd-dvd-snub
This sounds very similar. Perhaps the begining of the end of Woolworths stocking Xbox, due to abysmal Euro sales...
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9-12-2008 @ 2:13PM
Trogdor said...
You post an article about HD DVD to illustrate your point that the PS3 is doing better in Europe? That's grasping at straws there bud.
9-12-2008 @ 1:20PM
ronuds said...
lol @ Jake
Go back to ps3fanboy.com, please.
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9-12-2008 @ 2:26PM
mike said...
10,000 is nothing to brag about, shoot the PS3 has been murdering the 360 this whole year... and when christmas comes and people are buying blu ray players, the PS3 is the best
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9-12-2008 @ 3:02PM
Jcarpio said...
Besides June.. the PS3 has been barely beating the 360.
so where do you get murdering from?
9-12-2008 @ 2:43PM
ronuds said...
It kind of shows the level of paranoia PS3 owners have when they're saying "10k is nothing to brag about" when nobody's bragging.
Then they go on to say "the PS3's been murdering the 360 all year," yet, other than the month MGS4 was released, the PS3 has been winning by between 10-20k. So, a 10k advantage is only "murdering" the competition when it's the PS3 doing it to the 360, I suppose.
This stuff is priceless!!!
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9-12-2008 @ 3:12PM
B-rad said...
The article says that Madden did well across ALL platforms, which isn't correct at all. The 360 reined supreme with over 1 million sold, the PS3 did about 600,000 (respectable), but the Wii only managed to get 150,000... sad when you think about how many Wii's are out there. Obviously, the Wii crowd couldn't care less about Madden.
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9-25-2008 @ 10:02PM
Eduardo said...
To put things in perspective, if the ps3 were to continue to barely outsell the 360 at a pace of 15k consoles per week, than sony's console would finally catch up to the 360 in terms of sales roughly around the spring of 2015. Lets check the math: 15k consoles a week times 52 weeks a year equals 780,000 consoles a year. It would take 6 and a half years at this pace for sony to close the 5+ million unit lead that microsoft is currently holding. I actually own both machines and think that they each, in their own way,offer unique experiences. But this race is over. Maybe it is time for Sony to start thinking about next-next-gen.
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10-09-2008 @ 8:31AM
bongobongobongo said...
It's not surprising that ps3 sales have slumped. It's an awful console. We've got both consoles in my flat. All we use the PS3 for is playing blue ray and high stakes poker.
For the price of a PS3 you can buy a 360 and a blue ray player!
After that you'll have a console with a really big user base, far superior arcade games, more exclusive games, and most of the games running better.
Not only that but sony aren't really on any moral highground over microsoft, they produced a stupid shape console. It feels plasticy
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