NPD 2006 sales figures

Hardware releasesEdit

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

RevenuesEdit

• Total revenue - $12.5 billion (+19% YOY) ($13.5 billion including PC games^[1]
• 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^[2]

Hardware salesEdit

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 10 SoftwareEdit

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

Top selling accessoriesEdit

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

MonthsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnalysisEdit

• 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