NPD June Figures (US sales) - XBOX 360 outsells Wii - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

james99 · 2010-08-05, 10:25 AM

The NPD June figures are out, and my oh my, Xbox 360 is this month’s largest selling home console, and is in second place overall, the DS being in the first. The Xbox 360 has sold 451,700 units in June. As opposed to May’s 20% in hardware sales, the new Xbox 360 Slim model gave aboost to the market, and the overall hardware sales increased 5%. This being the Xbox 360’s second best holiday season month ever, the best being when Halo 3 was released, Microsft must be pretty happy with how things are turning out.

james99 · 2010-08-05, 10:26 AM

99semaj · 2010-08-05, 02:40 PM

A big turn of events for the XBox...this coupled with news that Nintendo actually LOST money in the quarter spells double trouble for Wii. Is it possible that Nintendo's casual demographic just doesn't play video games in the summer?

james99 · 2010-08-05, 02:48 PM

The new 360 was the reason for MS winning for the month.

One month blip or a pattern is still unknown.

Summer sales aren't that great regardless and the industry seems to be finally hit by the recession.

Shiningblade · 2010-08-05, 05:41 PM

Is it the recession or is the current generation finally hitting its saturation point?

Only time will tell.

Cheers

eimaj · 2010-08-06, 02:54 PM

On the worldwide scale, both the ps3 and 360 surpassed the wii in sales. http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php. Never thought I would see both do it at the same time without a major software release. Here comes wii 2.

And the ds juggernaut keeps rolling along.

Side note: Dementium 2 is really amazing on the ds.

Danster · 2010-08-06, 06:40 PM

They outsold WII because WII has finally sold everyone on the planet, their system. I betch there are more WII consoles than XBOX 360 out there.

eimaj · 2010-08-06, 08:35 PM

No doubt about that, but I can't remember a time when both competitors outsold the wii in the same week.

2010-08-05, 10:25 AM	#1
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	NPD June Figures (US sales) - XBOX 360 outsells Wii The NPD June figures are out, and my oh my, Xbox 360 is this month’s largest selling home console, and is in second place overall, the DS being in the first. The Xbox 360 has sold 451,700 units in June. As opposed to May’s 20% in hardware sales, the new Xbox 360 Slim model gave aboost to the market, and the overall hardware sales increased 5%. This being the Xbox 360’s second best holiday season month ever, the best being when Halo 3 was released, Microsft must be pretty happy with how things are turning out.

2010-08-06, 02:54 PM	#6
eimaj Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,491	On the worldwide scale, both the ps3 and 360 surpassed the wii in sales. http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php. Never thought I would see both do it at the same time without a major software release. Here comes wii 2. And the ds juggernaut keeps rolling along. Side note: Dementium 2 is really amazing on the ds. __________________ tech junkie, but recently it's been junkie tech

2010-08-06, 06:40 PM	#7
Danster Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lincoln.NB Pop 465,123 Posts: 5,306	They outsold WII because WII has finally sold everyone on the planet, their system. I betch there are more WII consoles than XBOX 360 out there. __________________ Home Theatre: Yamaha HTR-6190, Klipsch Speakers, SANYO PLV-Z4, TOSHIBA HDDVD, LG BD555C, Cerwin Vega HTS12 Sub, VIP2300, XBox 360, HTPC.

2010-08-06, 08:35 PM	#8
eimaj Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,491	No doubt about that, but I can't remember a time when both competitors outsold the wii in the same week. __________________ tech junkie, but recently it's been junkie tech

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2010-08-05, 10:26 AM	#2
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	HARDWARE SALES DS: 510,700 Xbox 360: 451,700 Wii: 422,500 PlayStation 3: 304,800 PSP: 121,000 TOP 10 GAMES 1. Red Dead Redemption System: Xbox 360 \| Publisher: Take-Two Interactive \| Sales: 582,900 2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 System: Wii \| Publisher: Nintendo \| Sales: 548,400 3. Red Dead Redemption System: PS3 \| Publisher: Take-Two Interactive \| Sales: 380,300 4. New Super Mario Bros. System: Wii \| Publisher: Nintendo \| Sales: 200,900 5. Just Dance System: Wii \| Publisher: Ubisoft \| Sales: 174,800 6. Wii Fit Plus System: Wii \| Publisher: Nintendo \| Sales: 148,000 7.Toy Story 3 System: DS \| Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios \| Sales: 164,000 8. UFC 2010: Undisputed System: Xbox 360 \| Publisher: THQ \| Sales: NA 9. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 System: Wii \| Publisher: Warner Bros. \| Sales: 136,000 10. UFC 2010: Undisputed System: PS3 \| Publisher: THQ \| Sales: NA

2010-08-05, 02:40 PM	#3
99semaj Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: /dev/null Posts: 2,667	A big turn of events for the XBox...this coupled with news that Nintendo actually LOST money in the quarter spells double trouble for Wii. Is it possible that Nintendo's casual demographic just doesn't play video games in the summer?

2010-08-05, 02:48 PM	#4
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	The new 360 was the reason for MS winning for the month. One month blip or a pattern is still unknown. Summer sales aren't that great regardless and the industry seems to be finally hit by the recession.

2010-08-05, 05:41 PM	#5
Shiningblade Join Date: May 2008 Location: Capital of the Great White North Posts: 252	Is it the recession or is the current generation finally hitting its saturation point? Only time will tell. Cheers