NPD sales figures for U.S. game retail sales hit a record $10.5 billion in 2005 thanks to strong sales of handheld hardware, software and accessories. This is a 6% increase over 2004's results, which came in at $9.9. billion. It was a record year of revenue, beating record set by 2002.
Hardware releases[]
- PlayStation Portable - March
- Game Boy Advance Micro - September
- Xbox 360 - November
Revenues[]
- Total - $10.5 billion [1] (+6% YOY) ($11.5 billion [2]including PC games)
- Hardware -
- Consoles - (-3% YOY)
- Portable - (+96%)
- Software
- Consoles - (-12% YOY)
- Portable - $1.4 billion (+42% YOY)
- Accessories -
PC games - $953 million [3](38 million units)
Hardware sales[]
- Playstation 2 - 5.51 million
- Game Boy Advance - 4.26 million
- Playstation Portable - 3.63 million
- Xbox- 2.40 million
- GameCube - 1.56 million
- Xbox 360 - 607 thousand
Top Software sales[]
Source: NPD
- Madden NFL 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts - over 2.9 million sold
- Pokémon Emerald (GBA), Nintendo of America -over 1.7 million sold
- Gran Turismo 4 (PS2), SCEA - over 1.5 million sold
- Madden NFL 06 (Xbox), Electronic Arts - over 1.2 million sold
- NCAA Football 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts - over 1.1 million sold
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (PS2), LucasArts - over 1 million sold
- MVP Baseball 2005 (PS2), Electronic Arts - over 970,000 sold
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (PS2), LucasArts - over 930,000 sold
- NBA Live 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts - over 820,000 sold
- LEGO Star Wars (PS2), Eidos - over 800,000 sold
Top PC Games[]
- World Of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal)
- The Sims 2: University Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts)
- The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
- Guild Wars (NCSoft)
- Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (Atari)
- Battlefield 2 (Electronic Arts)
- The Sims 2: Nightlife Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts)
- Age Of Empires III (Microsoft)
- The Sims Deluxe (Electronic Arts)
- Call Of Duty 2 (Activision) - $46
2024 update[]
In January 2024, Circana published revised rankings for the year based on revenue.[3]
- Madden NFL 06
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Call of Duty 2
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- NCAA Football 06
- Gran Turismo 4
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- NBA Live 06
- LEGO Star Wars
- Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
- Pokémon Emerald
- The Sims 2
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
- MVP Baseball 2005
- Resident Evil 4
- Nintendogs
- Need for Speed: Underground 2
- World of Warcraft
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Monthly sales figures[]
External links[]
- Video Game Industry Experiences Record-Breaking Year Thanks in Large Part to Significant Growth of Portable Market
- Video Games Industry for First Half 2005
- NPD: Handhelds Drive Record Sales in '05
- 2005 a record year for US gaming
- US market hit record levels in '05 as handheld sales boomed
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