May NPD: Buoyant
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Jun 13th 2008 at 12:30PM }
"Safe and steady" was the theme of May's NPD figures, with no console either enjoying a majestic surge or suffering a crushing collapse -- the DS simply registered a decent if unspectacular 9% rise in hardware sales. As it turns out, that bump was timely, because it meant the console reached 20 million units sold in North America, a landmark that has now been passed in all major regions.
Of course, we could snicker at how the PSP only clinched 29% of the handheld market, and so we will.
- Wii: 714.2K
39.1K (5.5%) - DS: 414.8K
37.8K (9.1%) - PSP: 192.7K 10.4K (5.4%)
- Xbox 360: 188K 1.4K (0.8%)
- PS3: 187.1K 21.6K (11.5%)
- PS2: 124.4K 8.3K (6.7%)
May software sales
1. Grand Theft Auto IV -- Xbox 360 -- 871.3K
2. Mario Kart Wii (w/ wheel) -- Wii -- 787.4K
3. Wii Fit (w/ Balance Board) -- Wii -- 687.7K
4. Grand Theft Auto IV -- PlayStation 3 -- 442.9K
5. Wii Play (w/ remote) -- Wii -- 294.6K
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl -- Wii -- 171.1K
7. Iron Man -- PlayStation 2 -- 130.6K
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock -- Wii -- 116.8K
9. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness -- DS -- 107K
10. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time -- DS -- 102K
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SAGExSDX @ Jun 13th 2008 12:46PM
you might want to fix that listing of hardware sales before the fanboys come in full of anger.