August 2010 NPD Sales Data

[cheaitsjustin]

August 2010
360 – 356,700
DS – 342,700
Wii – 244,300
PS3 -226,000
PSP – 79,400

1. Madden NFL 11 (360) - 920,800
2. Madden NFL 11 (PS3) – 893,600
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 124,600
4. Mafia II (360) – 121,600
5. New Super Mario Bros. – 110,400
6. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
7. Mafia II (PS3)
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360)
9. NCAA Football 11 (360)
10. Wii Fit Plus


July 2010 (for comparison)
1. NCAA Football 2011 (360) – 368K
2. NCAA Football 2011 (PS3) – 298.8K
3. Crackdown 2 – 208.8K
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 193K
5. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (DS) – 141.7K
6. Red Dead Redemption (360)
7. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Wii) – 133K
8. Dragon Quest IX – 132K
9. New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 128K
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360)

360 – 443.5K
DS – 398.4K
Wii – 253.9K
PS3 – 214.5K
PSP – 84K

[GLaDOS]

Looks like the 360 is doing well this year with the Slim lineup. I wonder how September will go, since Halo: Reach is coming out on the 17th. However, looks like the PS3 is relatively gaining more sales compared to the other platforms this month, which is good.

[cheaitsjustin]

IMO, it's amazing how close the Wii and PS3 are! With the release of PlayStation Move next week, it could possibly be above it when we get the September 2010 data next month!

[caliblue15]

I'm blind, you posted the older numbers below, that's what i get for 9 hours of straight college school in one day.

[cheaitsjustin]

Originally Posted by caliblue15

Your hardware numbers are wrong. (I'm guessing you got them off a banned site.)

Xbox 360 -- 356,700
Nintendo DS -- 342,700
Wii -- 244,300
PlayStation 3 -- 226,000
PSP -- 79,400

..... Are you blind?

[caliblue15]

Originally Posted by cheaitsjustin

..... Are you blind?

Yes.

[saprano]

Originally Posted by caliblue15

I'm blind, you posted the older numbers below, that's what i get for 9 hours of straight college school in one day.

That 9 hours will soon translate into money. I need to take my ass to school.

Anyway any LTD's?

[alkalinesi]

Originally Posted by kotsedriver

Looks like the 360 is doing well this year with the Slim lineup. I wonder how September will go, since Halo: Reach is coming out on the 17th. However, looks like the PS3 is relatively gaining more sales compared to the other platforms this month, which is good.

i dont think its the slim. all of the older models are reduced to $150. thats prob whats selling so much. thats where sony makes me mad, they shoulda reduced the price on the older models.

[Blu Titan]

The sport games are scoring big for the PS3 .

[caliblue15]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

The sport games are scoring big for the PS3 .

That's what happens when you have exclusive sounding advertising.

[Stephie_is_a_dork]

Originally Posted by cheaitsjustin

August 2010
360 – 356,700
DS – 342,700
Wii – 244,300
PS3 -226,000
PSP – 79,400


July 2010 (for comparison)
360 – 443.5K
DS – 398.4K
Wii – 253.9K
PS3 – 214.5K
PSP – 84K

Interesting...PS3 is the only system that sold more in August than July...

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by cheaitsjustin

1. Madden NFL 11 (360) - 920,800
2. Madden NFL 11 (PS3) – 893,600

That's the most surprising figure to me. Also makes me wonder who is buying all those 360s since it's not really translating into more SW sales.

For comparison:

August 2009
1. Madden NFL 10 (360) - 928,000
3. Madden NFL 10 (PS3) - 665,000

August 2008
1. Madden NFL 09 (X360) - 1.0m
2. Madden NFL 09 (PS3) - 643K

August 2007
1. Madden NFL 08 (X360) - 896,600
4. Madden NFL 08 (PS3) - 336,200

[ariakon]

I'm betting that at least 50 or 75 k of the xbox's sales are from discounted systems that parents buy due to the wii costing 50 to 80 dollars more. My local K marts were selling arcades and elites for crazy discounts. That 350k for xbox was expected, though, and september will be a big month for xbox as well. What surprised me were the huge madden ps3 numbers ( 893k! Does that include the bundles?) and the wii almost underselling the 300 dollar ps3.

[kjacobs03]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

That's the most surprising figure to me. Also makes me wonder who is buying all those 360s since it's not really translating into more SW sales.

For comparison:

Looking at those game sales makes me think every 360 sold in the last 3 years was to replace a broken 360.

[Terjyn]

If it was nothing but replacement sales there is no way that you'd have this:

8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360)

Clearly some new people are buying 360s.

I kinda wish they had the console-by-console breakdown like the Japanese hand-helds do.

Like:

PS3-160: XXX,000
PS3-250: XXX,000

etc.

[caliblue15]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

If it was nothing but replacement sales there is no way that you'd have this:



Clearly some new people are buying 360s.

I kinda wish they had the console-by-console breakdown like the Japanese hand-helds do.

Like:

PS3-160: XXX,000
PS3-250: XXX,000

etc.

Broken Xbox's do scratch the games.......

[SteelPen]

Would like to see PS3 sales in September (PS Move), November (Gran Turismo 5) and February (Killzone 3)

[Simplayer]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

That's the most surprising figure to me. Also makes me wonder who is buying all those 360s since it's not really translating into more SW sales.

For comparison:

Indeed.

The PS3 is seeing tremendous software growth (35%), while the 360 is pretty much flat (down 1%).

The 360 may very well see software growth in the future (like the PS3 did with the intro of the Slim), so we'll see then how much fresh blood was added.

[Simplayer]

I'm pretty excited we'll get to see some digital sales data in the near future. I hope they don't just mash it all together under one category though.