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July NPDs Show PS3 Didn't Pull Ahead of 360

Posted by Zonk on from the guess-who-still-has-first-place dept.

Despite last month's price drop, Sony's PlayStation 3 console just couldn't pull ahead of the Microsoft Xbox 360. Both, according to the latest NPD results, are still dwarfed by the continued domination of Nintendo's Wii console. 1up has the numbers for July: 'PlayStation 2 - 222k, PlayStation 3 - 159k, PSP - 214k, Xbox 360 - 170k, Wii - 425k, Nintendo DS - 405k, Game Boy Advance -- 87k.' For further commentary we can turn to Gamasutra, which offers a further breakdown on the numbers and some big picture perspective for this year: "Total industry revenue for 2007 presently stands at $7.0 billion. If there is no year-on-year growth for any month until the end of 2007, then the industry will finish the year with $14.5 billion in revenue, an increase in 16% over 2006. That's a reasonably pessimistic scenario ... If we start with our current $7.0 billion as of the end of July and continue at a rate of 40% growth through the end of the year, then we arrive at a total of $17.5 billion for all of 2007 ... If Wii supply constraints are eased, Halo 3 sells as well as expected, Sony's first-party software attracts more PS3 buyers, and Rock Band and Guitar Hero III are both hits, it seems likely that revenues may go above $18 billion. In this optimistic scenario, industry revenues during the single month of December 2007 would equal or surpass the total annual revenue from all of 1997."

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  1. Interesting spin.... by ivan256 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This summary has some interesting spin.

    To me there are really two interesting things that happened with recent sales numbers:

    First: The Wii took the over the overall marketshare lead for this generation.

    Second: The PS3 almost pulled even in July in the US, but pulled ahead of the 360 into second place by almost 2x if you take worldwide sales into account.

  2. Re:I'm really starting to wonder about the Wii by macshome · · Score: 2, Informative

    Likewise Wario Ware seems like nothing but a giant controller gimmick. You do tons of rapid fire mini games (about 3 seconds a piece) that involve just figuring out what kind of motion they want you to make with the controller. You do it right, you win, do it wrong you lose. These are punctuated by extremely strange sound effects and visuals. Regardless, it doesn't seem like any real attempt to use the controller in an innovate way, just various gimmicks.
    I'm assuming you've never played any of the other WarioWare games. They all play like that with the respective controllers of each system. It's nothing new to the Wii.
  3. The big news in this really is... by macshome · · Score: 2, Informative

    That the Wii outsold the DS. The DS has been the king in all territories for a long time now...

  4. Re:PS3 doing badly? by Osty · · Score: 2, Informative

    The PS3 is nearly even in sales with the more established XBox360 and has 0 must-have exclusive hit titles

    The PS3 was nearly even in sales for one month (July) which also saw a "price cut" (really a closeout price). Xbox 360 saw a price cut this month (an actual price cut, not a phasing out of a version of the console), so we'll have to wait and see what the August numbers look like. The 360 also had several big games this month (Bioshock and Madden08 -- say what you will about people buying the same game year over year, but Madden is a huge system seller), and the Halo 3 madness is already gearing up which should drive sales at least through the holiday season. The PS3's increase in sales was a fluke, nothing more.