According to NPD sales data, retail sales of U.S. video games, which includes portable and console hardware, software and accessories, remained largely unchanged over the previous year's record-breaking performance. The console industry saw sales figures fall 2.7 percent to $10 billion in 2003 compared to $10.3 billion in 2002.
Revenues[edit | edit source]
- Total - $10 billion (-2.7% YOY) ($11.2 billion including PC games)
- Software - $5.8 billion
- PC games - $1.2 billion
Top 10 software sales[edit | edit source]
2003 Top 10 Console Video Game Titles, Sorted By Units RANK TITLE PLATFORM PUBLISHER RELEASE ARP DATE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 MADDEN NFL 2004 PS2 ELECTRONIC ARTS AUG'03 $49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 POKEMON RUBY GBA NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR'03 $31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 POKEMON SAPPHIRE GBA NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR'03 $31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEED SPEED: 4 UNDERGROUND PS2 ELECTRONIC ARTS NOV'03 $49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ZELDA: THE WIND 5 WAKER GCN NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAR'03 $47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAND THEFT AUTO: 6 VICE CITY PS2 ROCKSTAR GAMES OCT'02 $41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 MARIO KART: DOUBLE GCN NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV'03 $49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TONY HAWK 8 UNDERGROUND PS2 ACTIVISION OCT'03 $47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 ENTER THE MATRIX PS2 ATARI MAY'03 $46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 MEDAL HONOR RISING PS2 ELECTRONIC ARTS NOV'03 $49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: The NPD Group / NPD Funworld(R) / TRSTS(R)
Top 10 PC games[edit | edit source]
1 - THE SIMS: SUPERSTAR EXPANSION PACK - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS 2 - THE SIMS DELUXE - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS 3 - COMMAND & CONQUER: GENERALS - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 - WARCRAFT III: FROZEN THRONE EXPANSION PACK - WIN - VIVENDI 5 - THE SIMS: MAKIN' MAGIC EXPANSION PACK - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS 6 - THE SIMS: UNLEASHED EXPANSION PACK - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS 7 - SIM CITY 4 - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS 8 - CALL OF DUTY - WIN - ACTIVISION 9 - MS AGE OF MYTHOLOGY - WIN - MICROSOFT 10 - BATTLEFIELD 1942 - WIN - ELECTRONIC ARTS
Monthly charts[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
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