DS is number one, Wii is number two; top four games and six out of the top ten are on Nintendo systems. Updated with some factoids from Nintendo.
Here are the hardware sales for the reporting period of June, which was actually a five-week month for NPD's purposes:
Nintendo DS - 561,000
Wii - 381,800
PlayStation 2 - 270,000*
PlayStation Portable - 230,100
Xbox 360 - 198,400
Game Boy Advance - 113,000*
PlayStation 3 - 98,500
*PS2 and GBA figures were not included in the official NPD release. However, IGN is reporting these figures for those systems, so we have included them here for ease of comparison.
The software top ten looks awfully similar to the hardware ranking.
Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 426,000
Wii Play (Wii) - 291,200
Pokémon Diamond (DS) - 288,400
Pokémon Pearl (DS) - 214,700
Forza Motorsport 2 (360) - 197,400
Guitar Hero 2 w/Guitar (PS2) - 197,350
Guitar Hero 2 w/Guitar (360) - 177,600
Pokémon Battle Revolution (Wii) - 157,900
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Wii) - 150,000 (approx.)
The Darkness (360) - N/A
Overall, the video game industry is up 43% in total sales over the same month as last year, raking in $1.1 billion in sales this past June. No doubt this is in part to the doubling of hardware sales from June 2006.
UPDATE: Here is Nintendo's official word on the June sales figures, in a handy list of ten items:
10 FAST FACTS FROM NINTENDO - FIRST HALF 2007
- Through the first half of 2007, the total Wii™ hardware sell-through in the United States and Canada combined is more than 2.3 million units (2.1 million United States, 222,000 Canada).
- For the first half of 2007, Nintendo represents nearly 70 percent of the industry growth in the United States and Canada combined.
- In June alone, Wii was once again the top-selling home console with nearly 435,000 units sold in the United States and Canada combined (381,800 United States, 53,000 Canada).
- In June alone, Nintendo DS™ was the top-selling video game system overall with nearly 608,000 units sold in the United States and Canada combined (562,000 United States, 46,000 Canada).
- Nintendo remained the top video game publisher in the United States and Canada in June, as well as the top publisher for all of 2007.
- In June alone, Nintendo has six of the top 10 best-selling games in the United States, including the top four: Mario Party® 8 and Wii Play™ for Wii, and Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon® Pearl for Nintendo DS.
- Of the top 30 best-selling games in the United States for all of 2007, half are for Nintendo systems.
- The three best-selling games in the United States for all of 2007 are for Nintendo systems: Pokémon Diamond, Wii Play and Pokémon Pearl.
- Wii already boasts more than 180 games, including 120 downloadable Virtual Console™ titles. By the end of the year, that total number will climb to about 330 games, including an additional 100 new games from every major third-party publisher, along with an additional 50 Virtual Console titles.
- Approximately 300 games are already available for Nintendo DS, with another 140 titles expected by the end of the year from every major third-party publisher.
