Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | 00:09 BST

August NPD Hardware: PS3 sales boosted by 72% over July

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According to the NPD Group’s Anita Frazier, all hardware systems with the exception of PS2 “realized an increase in unit sales over July”.

The PS3 captured the greatest increase month-over-month with unit sales boosted by 72% over July levels, but DS was the clear winner in August.

  • DS 552.9K (538.9K)
  • Wii 277.4K (252.5K)
  • Xbox 360 215.4K (202.9K)
  • PS3 210.0K (121.8K)
  • PSP 140.3K (122.8K)
  • PS2 105.9K (108K)

All hardware systems with the exception of the PS2 realized an increase in unit sales over July – those figures are in parenthesis.

Frazier also noted in the release that Wii is selling at levels comparable to what PS2 was doing at about this point in its lifecycle.

Interesting.

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4 comments

#1

Johnny Cullen
10/09/09, 11:52 pm

Dayyyum @ PS3 and 360 sales.

Alot closer then people predicted.

Same for Wii.

#2

Jadeskye
11/09/09, 12:47 am

Good for everyone, big companies sell more consoles, more people own consoles.

Shame about the Xmas videogame Rush 09 being cancelled.

#3

Monk
11/09/09, 3:37 am

in North America alone?
OK, what Website can Give me an accurate numbers
to the world, not America alone. [ please :) ]

#4

Blerk
11/09/09, 9:00 am

How many days of PS3 ‘price cut’ do these figures include? I’m surmising the cut-off was before the release of the Slim.

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