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[sonycowboy]

http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=16507

NPD: Video Game Industry Up Almost 50% in May

In what should come as little shock to you by now, Nintendo dominated the U.S. video game industry for another month. Pokemon led the software charts and the DS topped all hardware, followed by the Wii. Get the details...

Following an April in which software sales were slightly down, in May the video game industry in the U.S. bounced back nicely. Console software was up 31 percent to more than $274 million, and total video game industry sales soared 49 percent to $815.5 million. Year-to-date, video game sales have reached $5 billion, a 47 percent increase over last year's $3.4 billion. A record breaking year would almost seem guaranteed for 2007.

Console hardware was a real driver of growth in May as sales climbed 79 percent to $221.4 million. Overall in hardware, the Nintendo DS (at this point, not surprisingly) took top honors... again. Nintendo sold through 423K units during the month. This was followed by Wii, PSP, PS2, Xbox 360, and then PS3. Unfortunately, NPD could not provide a complete hardware sales breakdown as of press time, but directionally it is interesting to see the PSP outselling the PS2, 360 and PS3.

On the software side, Nintendo's Pokemon Diamond for the DS once again led all titles. The game sold an additional 331.2K units, bringing total sales of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl in the U.S. to well over 2 million thus far. Diamond and Pearl have already sold over 5 million copies in Japan, and the entire Pokemon franchise has sold over 155 million.

Here's the complete top ten list (ranked by units), as provided by NPD.

1. Pokemon Diamond—DS—Nintendo

2. Mario Party 8—Wii—Nintendo

3. Spider-Man 3—PS2—Activision

4. Pokemon Pearl—DS—Nintendo

5. Wii Play w/remote—Wii—Nintendo

6. Forza Motorsport 2—Xbox 360—Microsoft

7. Guitar Hero II w/guitar—Xbox 360—Activision

8. Spider-Man 3—Xbox 360—Activision

9. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars—Xbox 360—Electronic Arts

10. Guitar Hero II w/guitar—PS2—Activision

 

[perfectchaos007]

At least we got.....something

 

[RiskyChris]

NOT QUITE CAN'T BLINK WHERE'S NUMBERS

 

[Haunted]

You can't leave out the best part! (HW numbers)

 

[Akia]

i don't like the thread title

 

[Doytch]

NPD...

Spoiler

downgrade total

Edit: Waitaminute! Where's the GBA?

 

[TemplaerDude]

shame.

 

[schuelma]

This is no good

 

[Chumly]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

When are we getting the complete numbers???

 

[cvxfreak]

DS > Wii > PSP > PS2 > 360 > PS3

...

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

Wow PSP outsold PS2, PS3 & X360!!!!

 

[maynerd]

I'm glad I'm not paying for NPD they still ain't got the numbers together. How lame!

 

[ivysaur12]

I didn't expect Mario Party 8 to do that well. Then again, I've never really followed the series's number significantly.

 

[Zombie James]

Unfortunately, NPD could not provide a complete hardware sales breakdown as of press time, but directionally it is interesting to see the PSP outselling the PS2, 360 and PS3.

That's definitely surprising, I guess the price cut helped more than we all thought?

 

[Kosma]

 

[jman2050]

PSP > PS2? That's interesting...

 

[kassatsu]

423K for ds?

 

[iammeiam]

How will I get through the day without knowing how many digits are in the PS3 sales numbers?

Alas.

 

[Threi]

vadernooo.gif

 

[Haunted]

NPD could not provide a complete hardware sales breakdown as of press time

meh.



Oh, MP8 at #2? YAY! I didn't expect that. Everyone should enjoy the awesomeness that is Mario Party.

edit: Just seen Forza at #6. That's that, but good sales nonetheless.

 

[Merovingian]

Expected more from Forza 2.

 

[Xisiqomelir]

Software chart looks like Media Create :lol

Bring on Wii Health Pack!

 

[Chiggs]

What a disaster. Hope those that decided to stay up late for this get to sleep really quick.

 

[rage1973]

Unfortunately, NPD could not provide a complete hardware sales breakdown as of press time, but directionally it is interesting to see the PSP outselling the PS2, 360 and PS3.

Hopefully Microsoft and Sony sees this and realizes how price sensitive the market is and any price drop will drive sales.

 

[schuelma]

Sooooo...are we going to get hardware numbers sometime tonight?


We better effing better :lol

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

 

[Sharp]

PS3 > GBA!

 

[Kiljaro]

NPD thread disappointment total.

 

[Scottlarock]

Expected more from Forza 2.

wasn't only on sale a few days?

 

[GhaleonEB]

OMG PS3 > GBA?!?!

Cats, dogs, etc.

 

[leroy hacker]

2. Mario Party 8—Wii—Nintendo

Wow. This game was released on May 29th.

 

[MrDaravon]

PSP selling more than PS2? Wow, what happened there? I've been warming up to the system more lately, but was there any particular thing that came out that would cause that? The PS2 is still a beast.

 

[Cruceh]

GBA lost?!??

 

[Tobor]

Must...have...PS3 sales...can't hold out...much longer...

 

[Gekkonidae]

NPDs, now with 100% less meltdowns.

 

[turtle553]

Well, a broken gif to go with this broken thread:

 

[Haunted]

wait a second...

No GBA? That means the outcome of the grudge match is still open! oh the suspense is killing me. :lol

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Wizard needs numbers badly.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

That's definitely surprising, I guess the price cut helped more than we all thought?

PSP selling more than PS2? Wow, what happened there? I've been warming up to the system more lately, but was there any particular thing that came out that would cause that? The PS2 is still a beast.

We'll have to wait and see what the actual figures are like, but it is interesting. If PS2 sales stayed steady, then that is a quite significant leap for the PSP.

 

[Izzy]

This was followed by Wii, PSP, PS2, Xbox 360, and then PS3. Unfortunately, NPD could not provide a complete hardware sales breakdown as of press time, but directionally it is interesting to see the PSP outselling the PS2, 360 and PS3.

 

[MrDaravon]

Wow. This game was released on May 29th.

holy ****ing crap

 

[jmdajr]

booooo

 

[Merovingian]

wasn't only on sale a few days?

Doesn't matter.

 

[GhaleonEB]

sonycowboy, what's up? It's past the time when they are released, they've clearly been released, you're posting.....

 

[Joe Molotov]

NPDs, now with 100% less meltdowns.

As GAF moves from Denial and Anger to Acceptance.

 

[Jokeropia]

Ugh, where are the freaking numbers already? Impressive performance by Mario Party 8 though.

Btw, PS2 only outsold PSP by 11k last month (194k to 183k) so it's not too far-fetched. I wonder if it was due to PS2 dropping or PSP increasing.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

DS > Wii > PSP > PS2 > 360 > PS3

...

Insanity...right?

 

[spwolf]

PSP selling more than PS2? Wow, what happened there? I've been warming up to the system more lately, but was there any particular thing that came out that would cause that? The PS2 is still a beast.

how about both PSP and PS2 outselling 360... that didnt happen a lot, if at all before...

 

[Ramenman]

No PS3 numbers and not even GBA position ?

NOT FUNNY.

 

[Stop It]

Well, my predictions included PSP outselling PS2, 360 and PS3, so thats one thing I got right, as for the rest, I overshot DS by 50k, would like to see the rest of the numbers, darn you NPD :/

Edit: MP8, Er, what the hell? How did that get to no2 so quick? I expect that to stay pretty high next month too, basically free money for Ninty/Hudson.