Super Mario Galaxy 2, LEGO Harry Potter, Dragon Quest IX, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii all make appearances in the top 10 for the July NPDs.
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The July 2010 NPDs are in, and the biggest shock is that the Xbox 360 was the highest-selling system, besting the second-ranked Nintendo DS by nearly 50,000 units.
The Wii was actually closer to the PlayStation 3's sales, coming in third roughly 40,000 units ahead of Sony's system. However, the console remains slightly above its July 2009 sales, which came during a month in which Wii Sports Resort sold more than 500,000 units. Check out the full hardware sales below.
1. Xbox 360 443,500
2. Nintendo DS 398,400
3. Wii 253,900
4. PlayStation 3 214,500
5. PSP 84,000
Overall game industry sales are more or less the same as they were a year ago, with hardware sales being slightly up and software sales being slightly down.
Speaking of software, Wii and DS games still had a large presence, though not at the very top. Super Mario Galaxy 2 came in fourth, with sales of almost 200,000 units. According to the NPD Group the game has sold more than 1.3 million units since its release in May.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 on DS and Wii came in at fifth and seventh, selling 142,000 and 133,000 units respectively. "LEGO Harry Potter was the second best-selling game for the month with 401,000 units across all platforms," said NPD Industry Analyst Anita Frazier. "It bested its intro month sales in June of 355K, although it must be noted it released late in June. In just over a month at retail, it has already sold enough to put it just outside of the top 20 games year-to-date."
Dragon Quest IX, Nintendo's big July release, was in the eighth slot, with more than 132,000 units sold. Lastly, New Super Mario Bros. Wii remained in the top 10 at number nine, selling more than 128,000 units. See below for the full list.
1. NCAA Football 11 (360, Electronic Arts) 368,000
2. NCAA Football 11 (PS3, Electronic Arts) 298,800
3. Crackdown 2 (360, Microsoft) 208,800
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii, Nintendo) 193,000
5. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (DS, Warner Bros) 141,700
6. Red Dead Redemption (360, Take 2)
7. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Wii, Warner Bros) 133,000
8. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies (DS, Nintendo) 132,000
9. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) 128,000
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, Activision)
The Xbox 360 redesign is a much bigger deal than I thought. I know two people (Jonny being one of them) that have already bought the slim version to replace their old 360, and another person that never owned a 360 (mainly a PC gamer) but finally picked up the slim.Mostly because this time Microsoft designed it inside out instead of the other way around.
I have a strong feeling that the wii 2 reveal/release is just around the corner. The wii slipping from the numeber one spot after being at the top seems like it is going to happen a lot more in the coming months.
I know two people (Jonny being one of them) that have already bought the slim version to replace their old 360
And that's exactly what's happening, TJ. People are literally buying the new 360 to replace their old one with the crappy hardware. Another big deal with the slim version is the fact that it has built-in WiFi. Previously you had to do some wacky bridging to get it to work with a Wi-Fi network, or buy the $90 360 Wi-Fi Adapter, a.k.a. Biggest Rip-Off Ever.
The new system has an automatic shut-off feature if it detects that the circuit boards are overheating, so it's designed to prevent RRoD from ever happening. It also has the benefit of several iterations of internal circuit designs that are less vulnerable to the original RRoD cause.
Maybe you might be interested in the Arcade version coming later this year? The only real difference is that it has a 4GB HDD rather than 250GB.
