See also: NPD 2007 in review

NPD sales data for January 2008 (Jan 6 to Feb 2)

Xbox 360 hardware shortages due to NPD:December 2007 high sales, says Microsoft.[1] Same issue with the Wii console.

Hardware salesEdit

• Nintendo Wii -- 274k
• PlayStation 3 - 269k
• PlayStation 2 - 264k
• Nintendo DS -- 251k
• Sony PSP ----- 230k
• Xbox 360 ----- 230k

Top 10 softwareEdit

1. Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360, Activision) - 330.9K
2. Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 298.1K
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Wii, Activision) - 239.6K
4. Rock Band (Xbox 360, MTV/Harmonix) - 183.8K
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Xbox 360, Neversoft/Activision) - 182.7K
6. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 172K
7. Burnout Paradise (Xbox 360, EA) - 144.1K
8. Call of Duty 4 (PS3, Activision) - 140K
9. Mario Party (DS, Nintendo) - 138.5K
10. Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games (DS, Sega) - 133K

Other sales figuresEdit

More software culled from various sources (thanks Raw64Life from NeoGAF):

January 08:

• WII CARNIVAL GAMES - ~80K
• WII NO MORE HEROES - ~65K
• WII RESIDENT EVIL: UMBRELLA CHRONICLES - ~30K
• NDS ADVANCE WARS DAYS OF RUIN - ~80K
• PS3 UNCHARTED - ~55K
• PS3 BURNOUT PARADISE - ~85K
• 360 KINDGOM UNDER FIRE - ~50K
• 360 HALO 3 - ~127K
• PS3 Rock Band - failed to make Top 25 (Microsoft press release)

Video game revenuesEdit

• Video Games: $1.18 billion -6%
• Video Games Hardware: $378 million -25%
• Video Games Software: $550 million +11%
• Video Game Accessories: $191 million -4%
• Total Sales Per Week: $295 million +18%

External linksEdit

• Official Jan 2008 NPD Thread - HW Shortages + Spectacular SW
• The simExchange - January 2008 NPD Data
• Next-gen.biz analysis
• PlayStation 3 Outsells Xbox 360 In January NPD
• A perfect PS3 storm: Blu-ray hotness and Xbox supply issues