Dante Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Nintendo is on a roll in Canada. The Wii and Nintendo DS have turned the hardware sales each month into a two-horse race, with each of them often doubling up the sales of any other system on the market. June was no exception, according to retail sales figures the industry-tracking NPD Group released to GameSpot this week. For the month, the Wii sold just over 53,000 units, with the DS trailing behind at 45,700 systems sold. Sony's PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable were next in line, with 21,000 and 18,500 sold, respectively. On the rest of the next-gen front, Microsoft's Xbox 360 moved 13,500 systems, while the PlayStation 3 sold through 6,500 units and was trumped by the Game Boy Advance; Nintendo's portable predecessor to the DS sold 8,800 systems. The industry as a whole took in C$91.5 million ($87.7 million) for the month, a 60 percent jump over the C$57.2 million ($54.8 million) posted for June of 2006. That's in line with the industry's totals for the year-to-date, as Canadian retail game sales for the first six months of 2007 reached C$497.8 million ($477.2 million), up a little less than 61 percent from last year's first-half total of C$310 million ($297.2 million). Hardware sales and accessory sales both nearly doubled for the month, with the former up 93 percent from the previous June to C$39.5 million ($37.9 million) and the latter up 96 percent to C$11.3 million ($10.8 million). Interestingly, the hardware growth came almost exclusively from the home systems. Console sales were up more than 197 percent for the month, while the portable system market was virtually flat. Retail software of all kinds was up more than 31 percent, from C$31 million ($29.7 million) to C$40.7 million ($39 million). That growth was similarly skewed to the console sector, which jumped nearly 42 percent to C$28.9 million ($27.7 million), while handheld games grew less than 12 percent to reach C$11.8 million ($11.3 million). The best-selling software titles of the month are listed below. Canada's top 10 best-selling games for June 2007: 1. Mario Party 8--Wii 2. Wii Play with Wii Remote--Wii 3. Pokémon Diamond--DS 4. Value Pack (included games vary)--Xbox 5. Forza Motorsport 2--Xbox 360 6. Pokémon Pearl--DS 7. Guitar Hero II with guitar--Xbox 360 8. Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition--Wii 9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess--Wii 10. Super Paper Mario--Wii Wii - 53K DS -46K PS2 -21K PSP - 18K 360 -13.5K GBA - 8.8K PS3 -6.5K
Goron_3 Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Nice sales figures. PS3 is doing REALLY bad there; i mean only 6,500? Kinda pissed off Mario Party 8 sold more than any other game though. I mean, if it sells well, there's more chance of a sequel *sigh*.
Guest Stefkov Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Would you call it a 'sequal'? I mean 9 isn't really a sequal. More like a nonaqual..... ...
Fierce_LiNk Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 I don't see the problem with Mario Party titles. We get maybe 3 on each Nintendo home system, or so. Compare that to a series like Burnout. What we on now? 5? And that only started last gen, and we're barely into new gen. It's not that big a deal. I do think they should drop the numbers, though. It gives people the wrong impression of the game, I feel.
IMJ Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 I dont mind MP games. The ones on N64 were classic. Didn't really bother anymore by the time we got to the Cube, but once you get the people around, every single MP game is guaranteed for great fun. As long as for every two MP game there's an Mario Galaxy, Metroid or Zelda, Im fine.
Zechs Merquise Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Hahaha, burn Sony burn! This is great news, if the current sales hold for this year the sales gap will be huge worldwide and the XBOX360 will be pushed into second place by Christmas. I'll be interested to see how consumers react to Sony's false price drop in the states.
Zelda_Rulez Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 The Wii will probably have passed the Xbox360 in two or three months. It's great that it sells even more then the DS in Canada.
Zechs Merquise Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 It's shocking how strong PS2 sales still are, they're actually outselling the PS3 in most regions!!!
dannbrownn Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 When are the USA NPD sales out? I read that they will be out on the 23rd, which is today! I assume it wont be until later tonight though because of the time difference.
Zechs Merquise Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Well, XBOX 360 has made a $2 billion loss this fiscal year. Surely they can't think that's good business?
Cube Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Well, XBOX 360 has made a $2 billion loss this fiscal year. Surely they can't think that's good business? Is that including that $1b fine they got?
dannbrownn Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 Right then, i just had to come back and check those figures again! I think that i speak for us all when i say: ZOMG PS3 WTF? GBA outsells again ROFLOLAWMP
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