NPD 2006 sales figures

NPD 2006 sales figures
Tracker	NPD Funworld
Total Revenue	$13.5 billion
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Hardware releases

• Nintendo DS Lite - June
• Wii - November
• Playstation 3 - November

Revenues

• Total revenue - $12.5 billion (+19% YOY) ($13.5 billion including PC games
• Game revenue - $6.5 billion (+6.4%)
  • Console - $4.8 billion (+2.6%)
  • Portable - $1.7 billion (+18.8%)
• Hardware - $4.6 billion (+42.8%)
  • Console - $2.9 billion (+87.5%)
  • Portable - $1.6 billion (-0.3%)
• Accessories - ~$1.4 billion

PC games - $970 million

Hardware sales

1. Xbox 360 - 3.896M
2. Wii - 1.08M
3. PS3 - 688K
4. NDS - 6.2 million units in the US (as of September 2006)

Top Software

Platform specific

1. Madden NFL 07, PS2, EA—2.8 million
2. New Super Mario Bros., DS, Nintendo—2 million
3. Gears of War, Xbox 360, Microsoft—1.8 million
4. Kingdom Hearts II, PS2, Square Enix—1.7 million
5. Guitar Hero II, PS2, Activision—1.3 million
6. Final Fantasy XII, PS2, Square Enix—1.3 million
7. Brain Age: Train Your Brain, DS, Nintendo—1.1 million
8. Madden NFL 07, Xbox 360, EA—1.1 million
9. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Xbox 360, Ubisoft—1 million
10. NCAA Football 07, PS2, EA—1 million

2024 update

In January 2024, Circana published revised rankings for the year based on revenue.

1. Madden NFL 07
2. Gears of War
3. NCAA Football 07
4. Guitar Hero II
5. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
6. Call of Duty 3
7. Cars
8. Need for Speed: Carbon
9. Kingdom Hearts II
10. Fight Night: Round 3
11. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
12. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
13. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
14. Call of Duty 2
15. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
16. New Super Mario Bros.
17. Final Fantasy XII
18. Nintendogs
19. WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007
20. Guitar Hero

Top selling accessories

December 2006 only

• 360 Wireless Controller--823.8 K
• Wii Remote Controller--646.7 K
• Wii Nunchuk Controller--497.1 K
• PS2 8MB Memory Card--474.8 K
• PS3 Sixaxis Wireless Controller--336.0 K

Months

January February March April May June

July August [1] September [2] October [3] November December

Analysis

• Next-Gen.biz: NPD 2006 Record Year $12.5B
• NPD: Game industry reaches $12.5 billion in '06
• Madden hoists 2006 sales trophy
• 2006: THE GAMES PEOPLE BUY

NPD/Circana sales figures

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