The July NPD numbers have come out, and the PS3 continued its fine June performance, once again topping the Xbox 360 in units sold. Sony sold 224,000 PS3s to Microsoft’s 204,000. Meanwhile, the Wii continues to be in a league of its own, with Nintendo selling 550,000 units.
The DS tops them all, of course with 608,000 units sold. The industry as a whole made $1.1 billion in July. What recession?
For comparison’s sake, Sony sold 405,000 PS3 in June, to Microsoft’s 219,000 Xbox 360s. Remember, Metal Gear Solid IV came out in June.
As far as games go, NCAA Football 09 leads the pack, with 397,000 units sold. That’s followed by Wii Fit (369,000) and Guitar Hero for the Nintendo DS (309,000). Soul Calibur IV, which was released at the end of the month, sold 218,000 copies on the Xbox 360, and 155,800 on the PS3.
I guess the biggest story here is that, once again, sales of the PS3 outpaced sales of the Xbox 360. Microsoft is rumored to have a price cut in the works, so this may end up being a price war sooner rather than later as publishers realize how silly (and financially unsound) exclusivity can be. Unless you’re a Metal Gear or something else as gigantic, it makes more sense to release your game on every platform available, under-the-table payments notwithstanding.
Reason why Sony’s numbers are higher:
PS3 = Cheapest BluRay player, and HDDVD is no longer.
Not because it is a good gaming platform, because it’s not.
Hey “astruss”,
What’s up buddy? what are you doing posting your opion on here? shouldn’t you be posting it on the “xbox360fanboy” website like me? Oh wait a minute, this is xbox360fanboy. Fanbois rule!!!
Guess it’s a race there and here. Another article says 360 leads.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19859
Atruss, what do you mean, “not a good gaming platform”? There is nothing “wrong” or outright “bad” about my PS3. The 360 might have some advantages over the PS3, but you make it sound like the PS3 is unfit to exist. Making statements like that, how can you expect anyone to take you seriously?
If the PS3 did not have a BluRay player in it, the sales figures would be considerably less.
Especially since you are a 360 fan boy that can’t stomach the fact that the PS3 has outsold the xbox 360 for another month…..
Not a fanboy, my Xbox has broke more times than I can count, I like the system when it works, and when it works, the superior game selection and quality of games keeps me going back.
I just don’t like Sony for my own qualified reasons, and dislike Microsoft less; I don’t like either company
Bring back the Dreamcast!
PS3 has allot of potential, it was launched horribly, and like all the PS systems their a pain to develop games for, so it will be a while before anything consistently good comes out for it, and I stress the word CONSISTENTLY, meaning there has been a few quality exception, again I stress the word “FEW”.
Good thing for the Blu-Ray player, I’d love to see the sales figures if Sony didn’t strategically place their lowest priced Blu-Ray option in the PS3, You all know it would be enormously lower than what it is.
Everyone I know has purchased a PS3 souly for its Blu-Ray function, not because of its quality games….