June 2008 Video Game and System Sales

Submitted by videogame2play

NPD Group recently released sales figures for video games and system hardware sales for June 2008. According to their report industry sales totaled $1.69 billion for the month, (+50% compared to the $1.1 billion June 2007). Total hardware sales brought in $615.1 million (+54% over June 2007) while total software sales made $872.6 million (+61% over June 2007).

Here are details of June 2008 sales of video game system hardware:

• Nintendo DS: 783,000 systems sold (+73% increase over May 2008)
• Nintendo Wii: 666,000 systems sold (-1.26% decrease from May 2008)
• PlayStation 3: 405,000 systems sold (+94.06% increase over May 2008)
• PlayStation Portable: 337,000 systems sold (+74.9% increase over May 2008)
• Xbox 360: 220,000 systems sold (+17.9% increase over May 2008)
• PlayStation 2: 188,000 systems sold (+41.7% increase over May 2008)

The top 10 selling games in June (based on unit sales and including collector’s editions, bundles, etc.) were as follows:

1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - PS3 – Konami – 774,600 copies sold
2. Guitar Hero On Tour – DS – Activision – 422,300 copies sold
3. Ninja Gaiden II – 360 – Microsoft – 372,700 copies sold
4. Wii Fit (w/ balance board) - Wii – Nintendo – 372,700 copies sold
5. Wii Play (w/ remote) – Wii – Nintendo – 359,100 copies sold
6. Battlefield: Bad Company - 360 – Electronic Arts – 346,800 copies sold
7. Mario Kart Wii (w/ Wii wheel) - Wii – Nintendo – 322,400
8. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure - Wii – LucasArts – 294,500 copies sold
9. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure - DS – LucasArts – 267,800 copies sold
10. Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure - PS2 – LucasArts – 260,300 copies sold

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