Video Game Market Stats
NPD just released some fresh numbers about the video game marketplace… take a peak:
Year to date, the industry has generated some $4.2 billion of hardware, software, and accessories sales, up 46 percent from the same time during 2006. Hardware is up 83 percent at $1.6 billion, software has risen 23 percent to $2 billion and accessories have climbed 56 percent to $600 million.
APRIL 2007 US HARDWARE SALES (All numbers approximate)
1) DS: 471,000
2) Wii: 360,000
3) PlayStation 2: 194,000
4) PlayStation Portable: 183,000
5) Xbox 360: 174,000
6) Game Boy Advance: 84,000
7) PlayStation 3: 82,000
GameCube: 13,000
What I find interesting… Playstation 2 is still outselling Xbox 360.