NPD sales data 2007 Annual report

2007 was the first full year which saw all three of the one-time next-generation consoles on the market at the same time. The year saw 2.56 million PlayStation 3s sold domestically, bringing its lifetime-to-date total to 3.25 million units. Its older brother, the PlayStation 2, sold 3.97 million units to hit 41.12 million units LTD, while its smaller sibling, the PlayStation Portable (PSP), sold 3.82 million units during the year, moving 10.47 million units since its March 2005 debut.

The holiday months (November 2007, December 2007) accounted for 43% of the hardware units sold throughout the year (12.87 million). December alone was 27% of the year's sales. The 4-week monthly averages (excluding the holiday months) for the consoles was NDS:418K, Wii:368K, 360:240K, PS2:220K, PSP:204K, PS3:120K.

The best selling game was Guitar Hero III, though Halo 3 was the best selling single platform game.

2007 revenuesEdit

• Video Games: $17.94 billion +43%
• Video Games Hardware: $7.04 billion +54% (39.2% of total)
• Console Hardware: $5.12 billion +73%
• Portable Game Hardware: $1.92 billion +19%
• Video Games Software: $8.64 billion +34% (48.2% of total)
• Console Software: $6.64 billion +39%
• Portable Game Software: $2.00 billion +18%
• Video Game Accessories: $2.26 billion +52% (12.6% of total)

Note: Including PC game sales ($911 million), the total is $18.85 billion.[1]

2007 hardware salesEdit

Console	Sales
Wii	6.29 million
Xbox 360	4.62 million
PlayStation 2	3.97 million
PlayStation 3	2.56 million
Handhelds
Nintendo DS	8.50 million
PlayStation Portable	3.82 million

Over 29.76 million consoles sold in 2007.

           Wii        X360       PS3       PS2        NDS        PSP         GBA       GC
January    436,000    294,000    244,000   299,000    239,000    211,000     179,000   34,000
February   335,000    228,000    127,000   295,000    485,000    176,000     NR        24,000
March      259,000    199,000    130,000   280,000    509,000    180,000     143,000   22,000
April      360,000    174,000     82,000   194,000    471,000    183,000      84,000   13,000
May        338,000    155,000     82,000   188,000    423,000    221,000     NR        NR
June       381,800    198,400     98,500   270,000    561,000    230,100     113,000   NR
July       425,000    170,000    159,000   222,000    405,000    214,000      87,000   NR
August     403,600    276,700    130,600   202,000    383,300    151,200     NR        NR
September  501,000    527,800    119,400   215,000    495,800    284,500     NR        NR
October    519,000    366,000    121,000   184,000    458,000    286,000     NR        NR
November   981,000    770,000    466,000   496,000    1,530,000  567,000     NR        NR
December   1,350,000  1,260,000  797,600   1,100,000  2,470,000  1,060,000   NR        NR

Totals     6,289,400  4,618,900  2,557,100 3,945,000  8,430,100  3,763,800   606,000   93,000

NR = Not Reported for that month.

2007 software salesEdit

1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - 4,820,000
2. Wii Play with Remote (Wii) - 4,120,000
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 3,040,000
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) - 2,720,000
5. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 2,520,000
6. Pokemon Diamond (DS) - 2,480,000
7. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) - 1,900,000
8. Guitar Hero II (PS2) - 1,890,000
9. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) - 1,870,000
10. Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 1,820,000

Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions

Hardware releasesEdit

• Playstation Portable Slim - September

MonthsEdit

January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 Q1 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 NPD 1st half of 2007

July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 Q3 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 NPD 2nd half of 2007

See alsoEdit

• NPD 2006 in review

AnalysisEdit

• Next-gen.biz ANALYSIS: NPD HARDWARE SALES 2007
• Gamespot: NPD: 2007 annual report
• ArsTechnica: Nintendo tops '07 sales numbers in industry's best year ever
• THE TOP 100 SELLING GAMES OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS
  • BEST SELLING GAMES - THE ANALYSIS

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