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[sonycowboy]

Many thanks to NPD as always for their participation.

By the looks of it, Pachter nailed his predictions, from HW to SW to industry sales.

"The U.S. Video Games industry rose an astounding 43% in 2007 bolstered by strong performance in every product category, to achieve a record-shattering $17.9B in sales. While hardware sales realized the greatest percentage growth over 2006 due to the closely scrutinized console hardware transition, each category under the video games industry umbrella reached their own "personal bests" in terms of annual sales."

"While I wouldn't count on similar growth in 2008, I would expect to see 2008 increase over 2007, with more growth (proportionately) coming from software sales. While we will continue to see strong hardware sales, particularly if prices come down again, the spotlight now turns from hardware to software."

HW Sales
System December 2007 Annual 2007
PlayStation 2 1.1 million 3.97 million
PlayStation 3 797.6 K 2.56 million
PlayStation Portable 1.06 million 3.82 million
Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million 8.50 million


Top 10 SW Sales
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) *3 1.25 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 4 1.08 million
360 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *5 893.7 K
360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) *6 742.7 K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 7 659.5 K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 8 655.2 K
360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 9 624.6 K
WII MARIO AND SONIC: OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 613.0 K


Top 10 SW Annaul
360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) *1 4.82 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 4.12 million
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *3 3.04 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) *4 2.72 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 5 2.52 million
NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 6 2.48 million
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 7 1.90 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2006 TEEN (T) *8 1.89 million
360 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *9 1.87 million
WII MARIO PARTY 8 NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 1.82 million

*Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions

Industry Totals
Dec-07 CHG
Video Games $4.82 billion 28%
Video Games Hardware $1.83 billion 17%
Console Hardware $1.3 billion 21%
Portable Game Hardware $525.7K 7%
Video Games Software $2.37 billion 36%
Console Software $1.8 billion 47%
Portable Game Software $574.9K 11%
Video Game Accessories $621.6K 37%

 

[Crushed]

Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million !!!! 8.50 million


Top 10 SW Sales
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million

HOLY SHIT

 

[Penguin]

Pretty good numbers all around.

 

[L0st Id3ntity]

Wooooooooow

 

[Creamium]

 

[itsgreen]

wow @ 360 HW
wow @ Halo 3
wow @ COD4
meh @ Wii HW
nice @ Wii SW
ok @ PS3
double wow @ DS

 

[donny2112]

Wii = Bomba? :lol

4 games > 1 million in December is rockin', though.

 

[jman2050]

WOW @ DS

LOL @ PS3

WOWOWOWOWOWOW @ Galaxy and COD4

 

[schuelma]

Hmm..Am I the only one who thinks those are some disappointing PS3 and even 360 numbers?

Wii..well it sold what it shipped.

 

[Nolan.]

My my my.

 

[AirBrian]

So many large numbers!

 

[Frillen]

omg!

 

[PerkeyMan]

I could for sure swollow a cheese burger right now...

 

[ith3r]

The Console War is over! Competitive gap is widening… More like Grand Canyon than Silicon Valley. The battle for number 2 still undecided one year later, but it’s moot.

 

[Askia47]

WTF AT DS AND WII WOOOOOOOW

PS3 is also good too!

 

[Femmeworth]

Oh snap!

 

[goldenpp72]

Any rockband figures cowboy?

 

[Mindlog]

Voting begins... NOW!

Fun stuff, hooray for games!

 

[AndersTheSwede]

Excellent month for MS and Ninty.

Surprised Galaxy didn't depose COD4 though.

 

[apujanata]

HW Sales
System December 2007 Annual 2007
PlayStation 2 1.1 million 3.97 million
PlayStation 3 797.6 K 2.56 million
PlayStation Portable 1.06 million 3.82 million
Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million 8.50 million

Oh, No. My Prediction sucks

 

[kuYuri]

WOW @ CoD4. I'm amazed it's still doing this well.

 

[farnham]

so the wii managed to stay on top despite shortages.. boring

 

[ALeperMessiah]

good numbers for Wii and 360. CoD and SMG made me say wow.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

WOOOOOOOOOW

NeoGAF is dying!!

 

[trancekr]

WOW

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Great numbers all around. Why people are laughing at PS3 numbers is not right.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

GOD I LOVE NPD.

 

[Lobster]

MARIO AND SONIC HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

 

[Jonsoncao]

360 sales not so good as expected

 

[Fuzzy]

Top 10 SW Annaul
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 5 2.52 million

Very nice.

 

[ggnoobIGN]

Those kind of seem like disappointing Wii HW numbers. Shortages?

 

[sprsk]

2.47 million holy god.

 

[Firestorm]

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
x2.47 million

 

[Fladam]

holy moly!

 

[perfectchaos007]

Go Nintendo!

 

[RoboPlato]

The DS numbers are ungodly.

 

[Felix Lighter]

8.5 million DSes sold in the US over 2007. That is mind blowing.

 

[Francias Castiglione]

360 up on last year!

How did the PS3 not crack 800k?

 

[RBH]

Nintendo's response to the competition:

 

[Bricfa]

Pretty much as expected. From what I read here on GAF, I expected PS3 to be 800k+ but it's about right. WOW @ software.

 

[Cruceh]

Where are the PSP and PS3 games? :lol

 

[SIP YEK NOD]

Where is the ps3 software? :|

 

[mwgiii]

Go COD4!

Excellent numbers all around.

 

[Ashhong]

Npd breaks gaf again! Ps3 sales disappoint, but everything else is expected. Nice

 

[Creamium]

2.47 million ds'es? that's unfathomable

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Those kind of seem like disappointing Wii HW numbers. Shortages?

now what do you think

 

[donny2112]

Am I the only one who thinks those are some disappointing PS3 and even 360 numbers?

PS3 is within expectations, but the 360 number is disappointing, in my opinion. If it's due to Premium shortages, it's not so bad, though.

 

[T Ghost]

PS3 is lagging more and more in the US...

 

[sprsk]

360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) *1 4.82 million

8.1 million confirmed.

 

[farnham]

Those kind of seem like disappointing Wii HW numbers. Shortages?

did you hear about the raincheck thing..?