Some notes... After 2 months and 687K PS3s sold, the PS3 has sold slightly more than what the PS2 and 360 sold in their first two months (both about ~600K IIRC). Depending on how many went unsold during the month (supposedly a ton of PS3s at stores?), Sony may not have met their 1M shipped target according to this data (though the tracking period might have something to do with that too...it is somewhat close, so it is hard to tell for sure). Software sales seem to suck for the PS3 though. A Blu-ray player indeed. It would be interesting to see how much it sells in January, which might be a better indication of what the demand is like. The Gamecube actually sold more systems at this point (~1.2M after two months) than the Wii, which gives you an idea of how few Wiis there are out there. Seems like Nintendo missed their US/NA target by quite a bit (2M was their target IIRC). Once Nintendo can get that straightened out (maybe an issue with the straps?), sales should really start taking off; up to this point, they've really struggled to meet demand (probably could've sold 1.2M+ in December if they shipped that many, far eclipsing what the GC sold in the same time). Great numbers by Zelda (over 1M for both platforms in Dec., like 1.5+ million LTD). Good month for the 360. Expectations were slightly higher, but I think it still sold more than twice what it sold in its previous best-selling month...which was the month before (good momentum). MS might have liked having more than ~4.5M systems in the US at this point, but they're still millions ahead of the competition (and it will probably stay that way until Sony and Nintendo can get their issues straightened out). Great numbers for GOW. Probably doing better than expectations, and it had some pretty high expectations. Wow at PSP numbers. I thought it was basically dead, at least at the current price tag. Software numbers still aren't that great I believe, and the DS is still at a whole other level, but I'm still pretty surprised at how well it sold. Still don't know how or why the PS2 is still selling so well. edit: Some reactions from Nintendo and Sony:
friggin PS2 is just weird, sony must be doing something right as a PAST-GEN console is outselling all of the CURRENT-GEN consoles. PS2 FTW forget the 360, Wii, etc.
what is LTD? Total Sales? why are people still buying the PS2? won't games for it be phased out soon?
PS2 is testament to the fact that a *large* majority of gamers are far from the 'hardcore' or even 'regular' market. Lots of casual players looking for a good deal and don't care enough to spend more than the 130 bucks for a system and get lots of cheap games. I'm not all that surprised at PSP sales. The hardware has always been impressive and at the very least the software library has grown. I think it is probably an extension of the same market I mentioned with the PS2. And yeah, the DS is a monster.
Yeah...stands for life to date if that helps you remember. Games that sold over 100K I believe (missing DS games though): WII CALL OF DUTY 3 WII MARVEL: ULTIMATE ALLIANCE WII MADDEN NFL 07 WII LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS WII SUPER MONKEY BALL: BANANA BLITZ WII RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS WII RED STEEL PS3 MADDEN NFL 07 PS3 RESISTANCE: FALL OF MAN 360 CALL OF DUTY 3 360 MARVEL: ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 360 TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8 360 MADDEN NFL 07 360 NBA LIVE 07 360 NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON 360 GEARS OF WAR 360 WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2007 360 TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: ADVANCED WARFI 360 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 360 F.E.A.R. PS2 CALL OF DUTY 3 PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR PS2 MARVEL: ULTIMATE ALLIANCE PS2 PIMP MY RIDE PS2 TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8 PS2 DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 2 PS2 LEGO STAR WARS PS2 BLACK PS2 FIFA SOCCER 07 PS2 MADDEN NFL 07 PS2 NBA LIVE 07 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 07 PS2 NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON PS2 NEED SPEED: MOST WANTED PS2 NFL STREET 3 PS2 THE SIMS 2: PETS PS2 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 PS2 DDR SUPER NOVA BUNDLE PS2 LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY PS2 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II PS2 THRILLVILLE PS2 HAPPY FEET PS2 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON PS2 NARUTO: UZUMAKI CHRONICLES PS2 ATV OFFROAD FURY 4 PS2 GOD OF WAR PS2 SINGSTAR ROCKS! PS2 SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS COMBINED ASSAULT PS2 FINAL FANTASY XII PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS II PS2 BULLY PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB ED REMIX PS2 NBA 2K7 PS2 AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER PS2 CARS PS2 DESTROY ALL HUMANS! 2 PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2007 PS2 WWE SMACKDOWN! VS RAW 2006 PS2 ERAGON PS2 LEGEND OF SPYRO: A NEW BEGINNING PS2 SCARFACE: THE WORLD IS YOURS XBX CALL OF DUTY 3 XBX MADDEN NFL 07 XBX NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON XBX HALO 2 GCN LEGO STAR WARS GCN MADDEN NFL 07 GCN LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY GCN DK: JUNGLE W/BONGOS GCN LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS GCN MARIO KART: DOUBLE GCN CARS GBA THE CHEETAH GIRLS GBA HOT WHEELS STUNT CHALLENGE/WORLD RACE GBA MARIO KART: CIRCUIT GBA POKEMON EMERALD GBA POKEMON FIRERED W/ADP GBA POKEMON LEAFGRN W/ADP GBA POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: RED RESCUE TEAM GBA SUPER MARIO ADVANCE GBA SUPER MARIO WORLD: SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2 GBA CARS GBA STAR WARS: FLIGHT OF FALCON PSP MADDEN NFL 07 PSP NBA LIVE 07 PSP NEED FOR SPEED CARBON: OWN THE CITY PSP METAL GEAR SOLID: PORTABLE OPS PSP SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS FIRETEAM BRAVO 2 PSP GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES PSP GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES PSP WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2007
the PS2 is a great system. it's relatively inexpensive and the game library is massive...with plenty of great titles.
A little more info... The Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on sold ~50K in December, which, along with the ~42K it sold in November, puts the total at ~92K. Source here: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4531&Itemid=2 Also...PSP software sales are really bad, despite the nice surge in hardware sales. Here are the best-selling games for the PSP in 2006: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4529&Itemid=2
