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January NPD -  PS3 beats 360 solidly -  Wii only slightly ahead of     PS3

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AirRaid - 15 Feb 2008 00:05 GMT
Nintendo Wii 274,000
Nintendo DS 251,000
Xbox 360 230,000
PlayStation Portable 230,000
PLAYSTATION 3 269,000

Software:

Rank Title Actual units
1 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) 330,900
2 Wii Play (Wii) 298,100
3 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) 239,600
4 Rock Band (Xbox 360) 183,800
5 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360) 182,700
6 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 172,000
7 Burnout Paradise (Xbox 360) 144,100
8 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) 140,000
9 Mario Party (DS) 138,500
10 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) 133,000

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-game-industry-sales-total-118-billion
-in-january-ps3-almost-ties-wii/?biz=1


The industry put up yet another solid performance in a typically
slower month following the holidays. Call of Duty 4 reigned supreme
again, and PS3 almost matched Wii sales.

Posted by James Brightman on Thursday, February 14, 2008
NPD: Game Industry Sales Total $1.18 Billion in January; PS3 Almost
Ties Wii

We've just received the latest NPD video game sales data covering the
month of January. On a strictly year-over-year basis total industry
sales were down six percent to $1.18 billion. However, it's important
to note that this year's January reporting period for NPD covered four
weeks (as opposed to five last Jan.), so purely on a weekly basis
sales were actually up 18 percent - and that likely would have been
reflected had there been a fifth week.

That said, even with the one-week discrepancy, software sales actually
rose 11 percent to $610.6 million. NPD's Anita Frazier commented,
"Pricing again plays into the great performance of software. The
average retail price of games is up 19% from last January and much of
that can be attributed to Rock Band and Guitar Hero. In fact, 360 Rock
Band was the top-selling game in dollar terms, bringing in $30 million
in sales for the month."

Hardware sales were down 25 percent to $377.8 million and accessory
sales were down four percent to $191 million. NPD said the best-
selling single accessory for the month was the Wii Nunchuk Controller,
which sold 375K units.

Interestingly, on the hardware front all the talk lately of the PS3
coming on strong seems to be true. The console sold 269K units for the
month, just slightly behind the Wii which was the best selling system
with 274K units. The PS2 also continues to do remarkably well, selling
264K units. As for Microsoft, the Xbox 360 sold 230K units, perhaps
slightly hurt by the shortage problem the company has made everyone
aware of. In terms of portables, Nintendo's DS sold 251K units
compared to 230K for the PSP.

The software chart was dominated by the usual suspects. Activision's
Call of Duty 4, which won Game of the Year at D.I.C.E. and took the
top spot on NPD's top 10 in both November and December, has for the
third consecutive month earned a first place finish with 330.9K units.
Wii Play, which has probably become an automatic purchase with every
new Wii, took second place with 298.1K units. It's also worth noting
that after going toe-to-toe, vying for the top spot with Call of Duty
in November and December, Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy has fallen to
sixth place with 172K units.
Simon Finnigan - 15 Feb 2008 10:10 GMT
> Nintendo Wii 274,000
> Nintendo DS 251,000
> Xbox 360 230,000
> PlayStation Portable 230,000
> PLAYSTATION 3 269,000

I`d hardly say those figures have the PS3 beating the 360 "solidly".  It`s
selling a few more, but it`s not a conclusive "victory" for any console just
from those figures.  Not that I`m bothered about a "winner", I`ve got all
three machines anyway :-)
Doug Jacobs - 16 Feb 2008 00:37 GMT
In microsoft.public.xbox Simon Finnigan <SimonFinnigan@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Nintendo Wii 274,000
> > Nintendo DS 251,000
> > Xbox 360 230,000
> > PlayStation Portable 230,000
> > PLAYSTATION 3 269,000

> I`d hardly say those figures have the PS3 beating the 360 "solidly".  It`s
> selling a few more, but it`s not a conclusive "victory" for any console just
> from those figures.  Not that I`m bothered about a "winner", I`ve got all
> three machines anyway :-)

You don't understand, for a sony/ps3 troll, just outselling the 360 by
even 1 unit ANYWHERE in the world is a stunning victory!

Nevermind the fact that at +40,000 units a month, it'll take the PS3
almost 15 years to close the gap between it and the 360.  Victory indeed.

Well, this does match Sony's claim of the PS3 being around for a decade.

Victory!

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