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July NPD - Official figures released

NPD just published the official US hardware and software figures for July. As you can, DS and Wii destroyed the competition yet again, with the two Nintendo consoles selling over a million units in America last month.

Hardware

  • PlayStation 3 - 224.9K
  • PlayStation Portable - 221.7K
  • Playstation 2 - 155.5K
  • Xbox 360 - 204.8K
  • Wii - 555K
  • Nintendo DS - 608.4K

Software

  1. NCAA Football 09 (EA, 360) - 397.6K
  2. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) - 369.6K
  3. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision, DS) - 309.7K
  4. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 284K
  5. NCAA Football 09 (EA, PS3) - 242.5K
  6. Soulcalibur IV (Namco, 360) - 218.9K
  7. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 174.5K
  8. Rock Band Special Edition Bundle (EA, Wii) - 165.8K
  9. Soulcalibur IV (EA, PS3) - 155.8K
  10. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (Take-Two, 360) - 147.6K

General

Dollar Sales Jul-07 Jul-08 CHG YTD July 07 YTD July 08 CHG
Games $926.2M $1.19B 28% $7.03B $9.47B 35%
Hardware $381M $446.9M 17% $2.72B $3.33B 22%
Software $419.6M $591.1M 41% $3.31B $4.9B 48%
Accessories $125.6M $149.1M 19% $987.5M $1.24B 26%

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