Throughout July Nintendo dominated hardware sales with the DS and Wii , according to NPD data. ( www.joystiq.com/ )
The DS and Wii were way above the competition. DS sold 608,000 units and the Wii sold 555,000 units. Bizarrely, Wii dropped a neat 111,000 sales from 666,000 to reach that figure.
Sony followed Nintendo, the PS3 sold 224,000 units - down nearly 45 percent from Metal Gear Solid June - and hung on to "media hub" sibling PSP with 221,000 sales.
Xbox 360 dropped slightly selling 205,000 units, breaking away from the older PS2 with 156,000 sales.
Even though the PS3 is leading the Xbox 360 in hardware sales, software leader NCAA Football 09 sold best on the Microsoft console, as did Soulcalibur IV and Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution.
Software
1. NCAA Football 09 (Xbox 360) - 398,000
2. Wii Fit (Wii) - 370,000
3. Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) - 310,000
4. Wii Play (Wii) - 284,000
5. NCAA Football 09 (PS3) - 243,000
6. Soulcalibur IV (Xbox 360) - 219,000
7. Mario Kart (Wii) - 175,000
8. Rock Band Special Ed. Bundle (Wii) - 166,000
9. Soulcalibur IV (PS3) - 156,000
10. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360) - 148,000
Hardware
1. DS - 608,000 (down 22.35 per cent)
2. Wii - 555,000 (down 16.7 per cent)
3. PS3 - 225,000 (down 44.5 per cent)
4. PSP - 222,000 (down 34.21 per cent)
5. Xbox 360 - 205,000 (down 6.91 per cent)
6. PS2 - 156,000 (down 17.6 per cent)
Submitted by FunkyKong
17/08/2008
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