For U.S. video game industry, July in 2009 was a disappointing month. It is the fifteenth consecutive month of declines in hardware sales. Among them, Wii, PS3 and PSP suffered the most substantial decline respectively.
Like the past few months, Nintendo is still easy to control the vast majority of the console market share. According to NPD statistics, the cumulative sales of NDSL and NDSi in July is up to 538,900. However, Wii can not be optimistic last month, for only 25 million of sales, less than half of the same period last year.
The situation of PS3 and PSP is similar to Wii, Sony consoles only sold 12 million last month. PS3 just behind Sony console, its leading-edge in July 2008 had already gone. Microsoft console has made an absolute initiative this year.
Now what we can count on are ultra-thin version of the PS3 which price is rumored only 299 dollars and the elite version of the X360 with the same price of 299 dollarsIn any case, the following is a market results of NPD hardware sales of the U.S. in July 2009:
NDS – 538,900
Wii – 252,200
X360 – 202,900
PSP – 122,800
PS3 – 121,800
PS2 – 108,000
The following is the ranking of sales of games software in the U.S. market :
“Wii Sports resort” dominates the United States’s software market in July 2009. More than 50 million in sales ahead of all other rivals, but also help the Nintendo achieve peripheral extension of MotionPlus.
Overall, the top 10 list in sales in still dominated by Nintendo console. 7 of 10 entries in the list are Wii Games or Nds Games, including “New Super Mario Brothers” and “Mario Kart Wii “.
01. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 508,200
02. NCAA Football 10 (X360) – 376,500
03. NCAA Football 10 (PS3) – 237,400
04. Wii Fit (Wii) – 164,300
05. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) – 156,600
06. Mario Kart DS (NDS) – 132,200
07. Pokemon Platinum (NDS) – 116,400
08. Fight Night Round 4 (X360) – 116,400
09. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS) – 101,800
10. EA Sports Active (Wii) – 96,800