System and game sales for May 2008 in the USA

13 June 2008

Posted by:Ferry

May’s American video game sales data from the NPD is in, and like almost any month past year, it shows an unchanged result: The Nintendo Wii outsold all other systems with the help of Mario Kart and Wii Fit, and this time it’s extra suprising that eventhough Grand Theft Auto IV was out all month after launching on Xbox 360 and PS3, it didn’t move any extra consoles. Compared to the same month last year total hardware sales were up 34%, to over $428.6 million. Compared to the same month last year total software sales were up 41%, to over $536.9 million.

Video game hardware overview:
1. Nintendo Wii — 675,100
2. Nintendo DS — 452,600
3. PlayStation 3 — 208,700
4. Xbox 360 — 186,600
5. PlayStation Portable — 182,300
6. PlayStation 2 — 132,700

Video game sales totals for the month were $1.12 billion. That’s an increase of 37% over last year. GTA IV has now generated combined sales of 4.2 million units, making it the top-selling title of the year. Wii Fit launched in America with 687,700 sales.

Video game software overview top 10:
1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) — 871,300
2. Mario Kart Wii with wheel (Wii) — 787,400
3. Wii Fit with Balance Board (Wii) — 687,700
4. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) — 442,900
5. Wii Play with Remote (Wii) — 294,600
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) — 171,100
7. Iron Man (PS2) — 130,600
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) — 116,800
9. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (DS) — 107,000
10. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (DS) — 102,000