Official August NPD

[michaels]

VG sales up 46% YOY to $993M, SW Sales up 22%, HW sales up 94%

Hardware Unit Sales
PlayStation 2 202K
PlayStation 3 130.6K
PlayStation Portable 151.2 K
Xbox 360 276.7K
Wii 403.6 K
Nintendo DS 383.3K

Top 20 SKU's
360 MADDEN NFL 08 896.6K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 643.6K
360 BIOSHOCK 490.9K
PS3 MADDEN NFL 08 336.2K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 256.8K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION 218.1K
WII MARIO STRIKERS: CHARGED 147.4K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR 145.4K
WII MARIO PARTY 8 138.3K
PS2 GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE 80S 127.1K
XBX MADDEN NFL 08
WII MADDEN NFL 08
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A
360 TWO WORLDS
NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION
NDS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: MAKIN THE CUT
360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR
PSP MADDEN NFL 08
NDS POKEMON PEARL VERSION
360 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 08

 

[DaveSimmons]

> PlayStation 2 202K
> Xbox 360 276.7K

Wow, the price drop finally pushed 360 sales higher than PS2. Not that I'll buy one until I can get a Falcon

Poor PS3 is still up from pre-cut sales, but the 360's jump has it right back at 1/2 of 360 sales. That 40GB $400 PS3 had better happen by xmas if Sony wants a chance to catch up.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
> PlayStation 2 202K
> Xbox 360 276.7K

Wow, the price drop finally pushed 360 sales higher than PS2. Not that I'll buy one until I can get a Falcon

Poor PS3 is still up from pre-cut sales, but the 360's jump has it right back at 1/2 of 360 sales. That 40GB $400 PS3 had better happen by xmas if Sony wants a chance to catch up.

Can't wait until next month, when we'll see how Lair and Heavenly Sword affected the PS3, and more interestingly, how Halo 3 affected the 360.

 

[Queasy]

That's a pretty significant jump for the 360 for just a $50 price cut.

 

[DaveSimmons]

> That's a pretty significant jump for the 360 for just a $50 price cut.

The 3-year warranty announcement might have helped too, along with HDMI Zephyr units and all the Halo3 publicity. Plus Madden and Bioshock.

MS has been doing things right in August-September to recover from the gathering storm of redring bad PR.

 

[Queasy]

The Sony Defense Force spin


:laugh:

 

[RandomFool]

Originally posted by: Queasy
The Sony Defense Force spin


:laugh:

heh, Playstation family.

 

[yllus]

Haha, does anyone else wish they had thought of the Sony Defence Force website idea? I'd make SO MUCH MONEY with ad impressions!

 

[Queasy]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

With the Wii, Nintendo DS and Xbox 360 sitting pretty atop the NPD hardware sales charts and Madden NFL 08 taking the numero uno spot in the software sales charts, you'd think that Sony would have nothing to sing about. Guess again. Sony's official statement on the subject called August 2007 "a strong month for the PlayStation brand" citing $340 million in sales.

SDF was right on. :laugh:

 

[PricklyPete]

Definitely wasn't expecting that big of a discrepancy between the PS3 and Xbox with the PS3 having the price drop it had...figured there were a lot of people out there waiting for a PS3 price drop to bite (as witnessed on this forum)....but the numbers aren't there.

Sony really needs that $400 model this fall. MS could really put Sony in a tailspin if they dropped the price of the 360 another $50-$75 in November.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: Queasy
The Sony Defense Force spin


:laugh:

heh, Playstation family.

haha they put sony products together but decide to split up the wii and DS. :laugh:

p.s. i still love my ps3 when I get one

 

[RagingBITCH]

Wow, good jump for the 360. As much as it mired everyone in here with their price drop (OMG only $50? Cheapskate a-holes!), it was a pretty smart business move. With a strong software lineup (I don't even have to mention the games that'll sell the console this holiday season) they'll sell like crazy...then when things calm down next spring they have the incentive to drop it another $50 or so.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete
Definitely wasn't expecting that big of a discrepancy between the PS3 and Xbox with the PS3 having the price drop it had...figured there were a lot of people out there waiting for a PS3 price drop to bite (as witnessed on this forum)....but the numbers aren't there.

Sony really needs that $400 model this fall. MS could really put Sony in a tailspin if they dropped the price of the 360 another $50-$75 in November.

Halo 3 is upon us, I think that partly accounts for the good 360 sales numbers, along with the price drop. The PS3 will languish until the game library is much more attractive , and they don't push the BD player enough. Remember those numbers on how many PS3 owners didn't know it was a BD player? The number of potential customers unaware of it, is likely higher yet. It would sure help consumers understand the price tag better, if they were well aware of its BD functions.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

I bought mine last month after price drop. Of course I should have waited...I didn't even get a zephyr and I'll probably regret it at some point but right now I'm having a freaking blast.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: bl4ckfl4g
I bought mine last month after price drop. Of course I should have waited...I didn't even get a zephyr and I'll probably regret it at some point but right now I'm having a freaking blast.

No reason to regret as long as you're having fun with it.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete

Originally posted by: bl4ckfl4g
I bought mine last month after price drop. Of course I should have waited...I didn't even get a zephyr and I'll probably regret it at some point but right now I'm having a freaking blast.

No reason to regret as long as you're having fun with it.

Yep. The only major thing you missing is the HDMI and the quality difference is questionable while gaming.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

I've got an old school tv anyway so the hdmi wouldn't have helped. I definitely won't regret it until I experience the RROD.

 

[Oyeve]

Nintendo is kicking ass! Good for them!

 

[hans030390]

Playstation/Sony all together (PS3/PS2/PSP) really isn't doing that bad. I'm surprised the PS3 is selling like it is, considering the games still aren't there. Then again, I'm really not. Nevermind. Don't ask.

The 360 sales are surprising as well. That $50 price cut didn't seem like much to me, but I guess it was pretty big.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: Queasy
The Sony Defense Force spin


:laugh:

You know, I have a really difficult time figuring out if these guys are serious. I'm still leaning towards the SDF being a satirization of fanboyism, maybe even paid Sony employees.

I refuse to believe that anyone who is delusional enough to claim victory for the "playstation family" with that absurd graph has the mental capacity to actually maintain a website.

 

[DaveSimmons]

It seems like perfectly played deadpan humor to me, right down to using wagglin' grampa and pikachu for the wii and DS, but you never know.

That?s just awesome, Playstation Family! While Wii, DS, and 360 thrive on their own, the Playstations have learned teamwork is essential to their survival.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: Queasy
The Sony Defense Force spin


:laugh:

You know, I have a really difficult time figuring out if these guys are serious. I'm still leaning towards the SDF being a satirization of fanboyism, maybe even paid Sony employees.

I refuse to believe that anyone who is delusional enough to claim victory for the "playstation family" with that absurd graph has the mental capacity to actually maintain a website.

Well, it is a blog. I mean, it doesn't take a whole lot of knowledge to get a blog up and running.

I thought it was satire first, but most of their posts are devoid of humor. If they're trying to be funny, they really suck at it (with the exception of this NPD post, which is identical to last month's with the addition of graphs)