My May 2008 article on the latest figures released by the NPD Group and the hardware publishers just went up at next-gen.biz.
No extra data from NPD this month, so I had to use everything else I could legitimately get my hands on. Regardless, I hope there are some items of interest for the sales-age folks. And I'd like to say "thanks" too all the folks who've helped in the past. I do appreciate it greatly.
As always, criticism and corrections are welcome. (Regulars will know I always follow up on corrections and make sure the article online is fixed.)
On projected console sales:
On YTD software sales:
The list I came up with: GTA4 (4.2), SSBB (3.2), GH3 (2.5), MKWii (1.91), Wii Play (1.65). (If I missed something, I'd particularly like to see it corrected. Thanks.)
Also, LTD unit software sales estimates, tie ratios, size of GTA4 sales to the rest of PS3/360 sales, and how history tells us the market could reach $21B-$24B for the year.
In case you'd like to review previous threads:
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December and all of 2007
November 2007
October 2007
No extra data from NPD this month, so I had to use everything else I could legitimately get my hands on. Regardless, I hope there are some items of interest for the sales-age folks. And I'd like to say "thanks" too all the folks who've helped in the past. I do appreciate it greatly.
As always, criticism and corrections are welcome. (Regulars will know I always follow up on corrections and make sure the article online is fixed.)
On projected console sales:
The linear models above predict the following at the beginning of October 2008:
* Nintendo Wii: 12.8 million systems
* Microsoft Xbox 360: 11.2 million systems
* Sony PlayStation 3: 5.4 million systems
On YTD software sales:
In comments sent to the press, NPD Group analyst, Anita Frazier, said that Guitar Hero III and Rock Band (combining sales across all platforms) are in the top 10 software titles for the year with 2.5 million and 1.3 million units respectively. This leaves open the question of what other titles are the top sellers, year-to-date.
Provided we group sales of multiplatform games together, we estimate that the following are probably the top five selling titles for the year. Please note that the NPD Group did not release this list, but we have pieced it together from existing data.
The list I came up with: GTA4 (4.2), SSBB (3.2), GH3 (2.5), MKWii (1.91), Wii Play (1.65). (If I missed something, I'd particularly like to see it corrected. Thanks.)
Also, LTD unit software sales estimates, tie ratios, size of GTA4 sales to the rest of PS3/360 sales, and how history tells us the market could reach $21B-$24B for the year.
In case you'd like to review previous threads:
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December and all of 2007
November 2007
October 2007