August NPD: Figures released, 360 beats PS3

By Patrick Garratt

NPD’s released its August figures. Everything below:

Hardware Unit Sales

• PlayStation 3– 185.4K
• PSP – 253.0K
• PS2 – 144.1K
• 360 – 195.2K
• Wii – 453.0K
• Nintendo DS – 518.3K

Software

1. Madden NFL 09 (360, EA)
2. Madden NFL 09 (PS3, EA)
3. Madden NFL 09 (PS2, EA)
4. Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo)
6. Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo)
7. Soulcalibur IV (360, Namco)
8. Too Human (360, Microsoft)
9. Madden NFL 09 (Wii, EA)
10. Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS, Activision Blizzard)

Dollar SalesAug-07Aug-08CHGYTD Aug 07YTD Aug 08CHG
Video Games$994.76M$1.08M9%$8.02B$10.55B32%
Video Games Hardware$384.59M$394.53M3%$3.11B$3.73B20%
Video Games Software$489.06M$550.67M13%$3.80B$5.45B43%
Video Game Accessories$121.11M$137.33M13%$1.11B$1.38B24%