Ack! I’m a tad late again in posting the NPD sales figures for video games. Oh well, on with the show.
Video game sales, consoles and games both, are down overall for the month of June, 2009. This is in comparison to sales figures from a year ago. This doesn’t mean that video games are going down, it just means that the economy is affecting sales, to some point. If you actually look at the numbers, sales are up from last month (mostly), so I don’t see this as a horrible thing. This also explains why you can find Wii systems much easier in stores now. Snap them up when you can, as I would expect sales to pick up eventually as the holiday season slowly approaches.
NPD figures for June 2009 are:
Hardware:
- NDS = 766,500 units sold! (424,000 of which were DSi)
- Wii = 361,700
- 360 = 240,600
- PS3 = 164,700
- PSP = 163,500
- PS2 = 152,700
Software (top games for June 2009):
- Prototype – 360 = 419,900 units sold
- UFC 2009 Undisputed – 360 = 338,300
- EA Sports Active Bundle – Wii = 289,100
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 – Wii = 272,400
- Wii Fit – Wii = 271,600
- Fight Night Round 4 – 360 = 260,800
- Fight Night Round 4 – PS3 = 210,300
- Mario Kart Wii – Wii = 202,100
- Red Faction: Guerrilla – 360 = 199,400
- Infamous – PS3 = 192,700
For hardware, the DS (and especially the DSi) are holding the top spot, along with the Wii. The 360 is closing the gap a bit though, and I don’t see any issues with that. Competition is good! As for the rest, just look at the chart, as it is pretty much the same order it has been for months, with the exception of the PS2 dropping down a notch.
In game sales, June was different than it has been in some time. Both the 360 and the Wii have four spots in the top ten, with the 360 winning out at the top of the chart. The PS3 only has two top ten games, both near the bottom. I was surprised a tad that the DS(i) has nothing in the top ten, considering the units are tops in hardware sales. One good thing though, is that Wii Play for the first time did not make the top ten! (I’ve never really liked Wii Play, and was so tired of it selling so well, just because people buy it for the controller mostly).