PS3 sales catching up

The US gaming industry ended 2007 with record
retail sales of nearly $18 billion. This week, though, the NPD Group
provided a sobering reminder that market growth is not guaranteed.

Today,
the industry-research firm released its US retail sales data for its
January 2008 reporting period. While software sales for the month were
up 11 percent to nearly $611 million for the month, hardware sales fell
by a quarter to about $378 million. Combined with modestly declining
accessory sales, the overall industry was down 6 percent for the month,
posting $1.18 billion compared to January 2007's $1.25 billion take.

Despite
that, the month contained indications that the industry actually grew.
That's because NPD's January 2007 reporting period was actually five
weeks long as opposed to this January's four-week span. NPD analyst
Anita Frazier noted that the numbers are much rosier when that
adjustment is taken into account.

"At the top-line, on an
average sales per week basis, January 2007 was actually up nearly 18
percent as compared to last year," Frazier said. "And the big winner
was console software which was up nearly 50 percent when compared on a
level playing field to last year."

However, even on a
week-by-week basis, hardware sales were still down 6 percent from last
year. Frazier blamed that slide on price cuts made to the consoles, and
speculated that hardware shortages in the wake of stellar December
sales contributed to January's slide. That assertion was backed up a
statement from Microsoft saying the Xbox 360 was suffering from
temporary shortages.

Hardware sales weren't the only thing
shrinking last month, and Nintendo's longtime lead on its competitors
was similarly slimmed. The Wii once again took the system sales crown,
but by a much narrower margin than in previous months--and with a new
challenger nipping at its heels. In a month that saw significant
advances for the PlayStation 3's chosen Blu-ray disc format, Sony's
system ran nearly neck-and-neck with the Wii, selling 269,000 systems
compared to the Nintendo console's 275,000. The third-place Nintendo DS
racked up 251,000 system sales, while the PlayStation Portable and Xbox
360 brought up the rear, selling 230,000 units each.

As is
customary after the holiday rush, January was a light month for game
releases. Only two new titles cracked the top 10 software sales, with
the Xbox 360 version of Burnout Paradise coming in seventh place with
more than 144,000 sold, while the DS debut of Mario and Sonic at the
Olympic Games rounded out the 10 spot with 133,000 copies sold.

More
familiar faces dominated the software list, with Call of Duty 4: Modern
Warfare for the Xbox 360 once again besting all challengers, notching
up another 331,000 in sales. The PS3 edition also did well, taking
eighth place overall. Nintendo's Wii Play completed a full lap of the
calendar, as the February 2007 release was second with just over
298,000 in sales. Guitar Hero on the Wii and Xbox 360 took third and
fifth respectively, sandwiching the Xbox 360 version of competitor Rock
Band at number four. The remaining spots were claimed by Super Mario
Galaxy for the Wii at six and the DS edition of Mario Party in ninth.

THE NPD GROUP's JANUARY 2008 US GAME INDUSTRY SALES

Category / Total / Change
Video Games: $1.18 billion -6%
Video Games Hardware: $378 million -25%
Video Games Software: $550 million +11%
Video Game Accessories: $191 million -4%
Total Sales Per Week: $295 million +18%

Hardware Sales (in units sold)
Wii: 274,000
PlayStation 3: 269,000
Nintendo DS: 251,000
PlayStation Portable: 230,000
Xbox 360: 230,000

Game Software (in units sold)
1) Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat (360, Activision) - 331,000
2) Wii Play with Wii Remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 298,000
3) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii, Activision) - 240,000
4) Rock Band (Xbox 360, MTV Games) - 184,000
5) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360, Activision) - 183,000
6) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 172,000
7) Burnout Paradise (Xbox 360, EA) - 144,000
Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat (PS3, Activision) - 140,000
9) Mario Party DS (DS, Nintendo) - 139,000
10) Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS, Sega) - 133,000

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6186077.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0



**Keep it up PS3, once those sales pass Wii and are a couple hundred more, then we wont hear shit no more

You like rubbing it in my face dontcha? Pass the Wii's number you will be up shit creek withput any floaties on...You'll be at the wrath of Xbox 360,Much like sitting on the egde of the yellow river with no balance...

No one cares about the PS3 get over it lol

lol
PS3 is pretty good
but fuck thats alot of money

alot of money when the XBOX is just as good and the wii is the most worth it for the money lol

yeah
maybe wii is shit for racing games though
if it was good for racing games id probably invest in a wii
to me PS3 or XBOX360 are not a must
but the wii is fun and my mum cant complain about no exercise

Verdict wrote:

yeah
maybe wii is shit for racing games though
if it was good for racing games id probably invest in a wii
to me PS3 or XBOX360 are not a must
but the wii is fun and my mum cant complain about no exercise

i amitted the wii was bad for racing games in the other topics but for everything else it rocks

yeah
it was
mario galaxy is awesome

lugi galaxy rocks extra lol

lol yeah man (high five)

can't belive as soon as you came round i did it do you know how long i'd been try for that last star

the xbox is no where near as good as the ps3, and the wii wont last that long. it will eventually run out of MARIO games.

ol yeah it will
im guessing about a week
so am i still your lucky charm thingy or what

Verdict wrote:

ol yeah it will
im guessing about a week
so am i still your lucky charm thingy or what

lol of course

Daddycool wrote:

the wii wont last that long. it will eventually run out of MARIO games.

the day nindendo runs out of mario games is the day the world ends

so nintendo will invent mario games for the next 7.6 billion years

stop being a such a doomsayer nindendo has longer in it then that

the nintendo died 1 yr after the release of super smash bros (or when the N64 was replaced)

if the nindendo died when the 64 was replaced how come their has been 2 consols since then lol

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Ninetndo nintendo nintendo nintendo nintendo
Ninetndo nintendo nintendo nintendo nintendo
Ninetndo nintendo nintendo nintendo nintendo
Ninetndo sucks

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Nintendo kicks the xbox 360's arse
Nintendo kicks the xbox 360's arse
Nintendo kicks the xbox 360's arse

1 word
WOOT

Verdict wrote:

1 word
WOOT

woot what woot that nintendo kicks the xbox's arse or woot that nintendo is (suposadly) going to be dead soon

Woot that i proven a point,Nintendo sucks.....

how did you prove a point? we got one person come in and ramdonly say woot and that proves something?
he probaly only did it to get a extra post

rofl,there's ya point.

Nah,i have to show you my point of view on the matter,

I would like to state this is MY opinion:

Nintendo has made very good consoles for 2 reasons,Gameplay(immersing you into it for starters,looking at the Wii here)
And price,Thay make great consoles for a fraction of the overdone consoles

Microsoft: They got into the 7th generation of consoles first,Securing them easy sales,but at what cost.A flawed console in minor ways,RRoD was the major issue as all 360 owners wre suspect to it,but after the christmas sales,microsoft has removed all shelfed consoles and replaced them with a new refurbished copy(containing a stronger motherboard chip,Falcon).They laso get more slaes by generally having the better agmes,developers werent bothered to wait for Ps3's release at the time they finishes the game for cross-overs,so they released staright onto 360,releasing thier ps3 copies later,after all who own the game or wanted it bought it for 360(or at least 60%).

Sony: I have my views on this,My opinion so dont label me as a rabid Fanboy.
ps3 has blu-ray (who honestly cares these days,when for the prices of one blue-ray DVD you can buy maybe 3-4 SD DVDs?)
Sure the system has good things going for it, like resistance(which is mediocre)
And maybe two more agmes gunning for it.
But it still costs more,but at what cost...A crappy DVD drive whihc snaps on people before you know,and it's lost it's backwards plat abilites,which one of the few things the console has also going for it.

Comment all you want,but dont call me a fanboy over my opinions.