source: Geoff Ebersol
source: Geoff Ebersol
NPD for March 2008, March 2008 was a 5 week month. (March 2 - April 5)
- 721,000 for Wii, possibly a record for a single month in a non-holiday, non-launch month.
According to analyst, Pachter: "Except for Decembers, the sales figure for March was the second highest level ever achieved. This is important enough to say again: March 2008 sales exceeded every month’s level in U.S. history except for the last 10 Decembers and except for November 2007."[1]
Revenues and sales[]
- Total Video Games $1.7B 57%
- Video Games Hardware $551.3M 46%
- Video Games Software $945.6M 63%
- Video Game Accessories $220M 58%
Hardware sales[]
- Wii - 721K
- Nintendo DS - 698K
- PlayStation Portable - 297K
- Xbox 360 - 262K
- PlayStation 3 - 257K
- PlayStation 2 - 216K
Software sales[]
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 2.7 million
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360) - 752.3K*
- Army of Two (Xbox 360) - 606.1K
- Wii Play w/ remote (Wii) - 409.8K
- God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) - 340.5K
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) - 301.6K
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) - 264.1K
- Major League Baseball 2K8 (Xbox 360) - 237.1K
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 237K*
- Army of Two (PS3) - 224.9K
- MLB 08 The Show (PS3) - [155K-224K]
- Mario and Sonic (NDS) - [155K-224K]
- Mario Party (NDS) - [155K-224K]
- Guitar Hero III (PS2) - [155K-224K]
- MLB'08:THE SHOW (PS2) - [155K-224K]
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3) - 154.7K
- Carnival Games (Wii) - [122K-154K]
- New Super Mario Bros (NDS) - [122K-154K]
- Game Party (Wii) - [122K-154K]
- Naruto Ninja 3 (PS2) - [122K-154K]
Other sales figures[]
Some more software numbers from simExchange
- [360 Guitar Hero III] = 121.2K
- [360 Lost Odyssey] = 65K
- [NDS FFCC: Rings of Fate] = 67.3K
- [PS3 Hot Shots Golf 5] = 36.2K
- [PS3 Rainbow Six Vegas 2] = 154.7K
- PS3 Guitar Hero III = [25K-91K]
Some more numbers from IGN:
- Call of Duty 4 PS3+360 = 390k
- Rock Band PS3+360 = 300k
- Guitar Hero 3 All versions = 631k
- MLB 2K8 All versions = 415k
Rough LTDs:
- 360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE: ~3.9 million
- 360 LOST ODYSSEY: ~270K
- WII GUITAR HERO III: ~2 million
LTDs: (US only)
- 360: 9.899.956
- Wii: 8.796.959
- PS3: 4.050.286
- PS2: 41.900.000
- NDS: ~19.1 million
- PSP: ~11.3 million
- Wii Play: 5.110.757
- SSBB: 2.700.000
- GHIII: 1.984.100
- COD IV: 3.899.504
Software Top 10 totals. (units sold)
- Wii 3,373,900
- 360 1,832,500
- PS3 224,900
Analysis[]
- NPD spin: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft response
Analysis[]
- Neogaf: Official March NPD - There are no words. Almost $1B in SW sales #1
- Next-gen.biz NPD: Wii Sells 721K in March In-depth review
- Sales figures from IGN
- Gaming appearing recession proof as Wii, DS dominate sales
- Snackbar games lengthy analysis
- Canada sales figures
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