Dante Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 (edited) NPD Group Reporting Period: 2/5/10 - 29/5/10 Software RED DEAD REDEMPTION 360 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE May-10 945.9K RED DEAD REDEMPTION PS3 TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE May-10 567.1K SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA May-10 563.9K UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED 360 THQ May-10 221.1K UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED PS3 THQ May-10 192.3K WII FIT PLUS W/BALANCE BOARD* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 ALAN WAKE * 360 MICROSOFT May-10 POKEMON SOULSILVER VERSION NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Mar-10 SKATE 3 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS May-10 (*includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware) Hardware Nintendo DS 383.7K Wii 334.8K Xbox 360 194.6K PlayStation 3 154.5K PSP 59.4K Overall "Although down this month' date=' May sales reflect the third best-selling May on record after May '08 and May '09." "The 360 platform, across hardware, software, and accessories, contributed the greatest share of revenue to industry sales for the month, and year-to-date." "The PS3 platform has enjoyed the greatest percentage growth, with platform sales across hardware, software, and accessories up 32% for the month, and 28% year-to-date." Hardware "The portable hardware category contributed the most to the decline in hardware sales for the month, yet the NDS is the best-selling hardware system for May." "Console hardware unit sales are, in fact, flat to last year. Declines in sales result from a lower average selling price this year compared to last." "Compared to April, both the PS3 and the 360 platforms realized a unit sales increase in hardware." Software "Red Dead Redemption was the best-selling game for the month, achieving sales of 1.5 million units across both platforms. The game garnered spectacular review scores and in its first month at retail it has exceeded the lifetime sales of its predecessor, Red Dead Revolver, which was released in May 2004." "May was the 10th consecutive month of year-over-year software sales increases for the PS3 platform. Combined with the hardware and accessories sales increases for the platform, the PS3 has really hit its stride." "In May, 8 of the top 10 SKU's for the month were new releases, which was the case with March 2010 as well. When more of the top selling games are new releases, it pushes up the average selling price for software overall, positively contributing to total revenues." "We have started to measure the consumer spend outside the physical new retail channel. During E3, NPD reported that in 2009, there was an additional consumer spend in the range of $4.5 to $4.75 billion on games content via these other vehicles including used, rental, subscriptions and digitally-delivered content. Our Games Acquisition Monitor and other consumer tracking services will continue to provide clients insight into these other avenues of consumer spend on games content. Moving forward, we plan to release a limited amount of this information into the public domain, either quarterly or semi-annually." "Another measure of the increasing importance of the digital world is reflected in the percent of sales comprised by online capable games. For May year-to-date, 43% of total software units sold were online capable, as compared to 37% for the same time frame last year." Accessories "For the third consecutive month, the top-selling accessory item for the month is the Xbox Live 1600 point card. Video game points and subscriptions cards unit sales are up 12% on a year-to-date basis as compared to the same time period in 2009."[/size'] Not in the top 10: Iron Man 2 Lost Planet 2 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Split/Second Backbreaker Blur ModNation Racers NPD May '09 PlayStation 2 117K PlayStation 3 131K PSP 100.4K Xbox 360 175K Wii 289.5K Nintendo DS 633.5K Racing Games Crash and Burn The debuts of several high-profile racing titles were shockingly low for the month of May. ModNation Racers (Sony), Split/Second (Disney), and Blur (Activision) failed to light up U.S. sales charts. ModNation Racers, a PlayStation 3 exclusive, was the only new racing title to crack the top 15, while debuts from Blur and Split/Second - both multiplatform titles - were out of the top 30. "I actually thought the ModNation number was respectable, since the game came out only on May 25, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pacther told IGN. "Blur came out the same day, so also not much time, but a lot more hype and advertising, so the numbers are pretty disappointing." "Split/Second came out a week earlier, and sold around the same as Mod Nation on two platforms, so that's pretty sad," he added. Pachter also noted that low review scores of these titles have likely caused racing fans to hold off until this fall when two big-times from EA and Sony are expected to hit. "None of these games were rated higher than 80, so I think people are waiting for Gran Turismo 5 and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit this fall. Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey says the underperforming sales are likely due to a number of factors, including an oversaturated market. "Recent iterations from racing franchises have underperformed our expectations including: Need for Speed, Midnight Club and Blur," Hickey told us. "The genre's sales performance has likely suffered from oversaturation, changing consumer preferences and seasonally less significant release windows." After years of delays, Sony finally set the release date for Gran Turismo 5 for November 2. Hickey noted the title should be a sales success provided that PS3 hardware continues to move units throughout the year and that it meets quality expectations. Edited July 1, 2010 by Dante Automerged Doublepost
Dante Posted July 2, 2010 Author Posted July 2, 2010 Top 20 Software 1. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego/Take-Two, Xbox 360) 2. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego/Take-Two, PS3) 3. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Wii) 4. UFC 2010: Undisputed (Yuke's/THQ, Xbox 360) 5. UFC 2010: Undisputed (Yuke's/THQ, PS3) 6. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii) 7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii) 8. Alan Wake (Remedy/Microsoft, Xbox 360) 9. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (Game Freak/Nintendo, NDS) 10. Skate 3 (EA Canada/Electronic Arts, Xbox 360) 11. Lost Planet 2 (Capcom, Xbox 360) 12. New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo, DS) 13. Pokemon Heartgold (Nintendo, DS) 14. God of War III (Sony Santa Monica, PS3) 15. Just Dance (Ubisoft, Wii) 16. Mario Kart, with wheel (Nintendo, Wii) 17. Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PS3) 18. ModNation Racers (United Front/Sony, PS3) 19. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision, Xbox 360) 20. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii)
Guest Captain Falcon Posted July 5, 2010 Posted July 5, 2010 So over half a million in a week. Not a bad start but June & July's data is where we will start to find out if all the NSMB players have graduated to Mario game that is actually worth rushing to the shops to buy.
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