NPD Sales Results for May 2009

[EviLore]

Data care of NPD Group


PlayStation 2 117K
PlayStation 3 131K
PSP 100.4K
Xbox 360 175K
Wii 289.5K
Nintendo DS 633.5K


UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED (Xbox 360) 679.6K
Wii FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD (Wii) 352.8K
EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE (Wii) 345.8K
UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED (PS3) 334.4K
INFAMOUS (PS3) 175.9K
POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION (NDS) 168.9K
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL (Wii) 158.3K
PUNCH OUT!! (Wii) 156.9K
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE UNCAGED ED (Xbox 360) 120.7K
Wii PLAY W/ REMOTE (Wii) 109.8K


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Analysis from NPD's Anita Frazier:

The video games industry continues to struggle with difficult comparisons to last year, and this is the first month that industry sales have dipped below $1B since August 2007. May is typically one of the lowest revenue-generating months in any given year for the industry in general. Every category declined versus a year ago with the exception of portable hardware sales which was bolstered by the continued strong sales of the Nintendo DS including both the DSi and the Lite. Unit sales declined less than dollar sales did. The dollar sales decline was exacerbated by a decline in average retail prices for almost all of the categories. The DS was the top-selling hardware platform for the month. There is a lot of new DS content coming to market this month for a wide variety of gamers, so we should see strong hardware sales continue. Two third-party titles had a strong showing in May. UFC Undisputed had a great launch selling over a million units across both platforms, while EA Sports Active Bundle, a Wii exclusive, made it into the top 5. There are more new releases in this month's top 10 list than we have seen for some time. As we mentioned last month, it's a great time to release new IP, illustrated by May's strong debuts of EA's Sports Active and Sony's InFAMOUS. While there were some very strong new releases this month along with continued strong sales of evergreen games, this month's top 10 games sold 2.6 million units combined, whereas last year the top 10 sold 3.7 million units. Again this illustrates how tough the comparisons are to last year. Looking ahead to June, there are some promising games coming out this month between Sims 3 (PC), Prototype, Red Faction, Virtua Tennis, Ghostbusters, Transformers and Tiger Woods just to name a few. At E3, it was notable how many games were targeted to the tween girl demographic, and this June will see a number of games introduced for girls as well. June comparisons are still likely to be tough, but the wide variety of new content could help reinvigorate things somewhat. Tiger Woods titles are typically released in August or September. It will be interesting to watch how the title performs when it's not competing at retail with Madden, and with the impact of the Wii MotionPlus for the Wii version. Releasing it during the month when the U.S. Open (and consequently Tiger) is getting air time can't hurt either.

[Mama Robotnik]

[nincompoop]

Wii price drop incoming?

[ViperVisor]

[DrFunk]

hmmm

good lord @ DS

[DMeisterJ]

Infamous opened good! :)

[Salmonax]

Not bad numbers for inFamous after just a week of release. Low numbers across the board for the consoles, though.

[Busaiku]

Go Punch Out!
It did better than I'd expected.

[Leonsito]

That's like the worst top 10 software ever :(

[TigerKnee]

wow for 360!

[KuwabaraTheMan]

That Wii drop is ugly. Time to announce the black version for the US.

Punch-Out had a solid debut, though.

[Archie]

UFC was HUGE. Over 1 million in a month. :O

Punch Out did pretty poorly :/

[Domino Theory]

Wow @ UFC and X-Men.

[Yes Boss!]

HD Twins finally have a Victory!

Good numbers for inFamous and Punch Out!!

[Sadist]

Oh, time to introduce some new colors Nintendo.

[Y2Kev]

What a bomba month. The way to fix the PSP problem is to release a more expensive model!!! Yeah!!!

[vanty.]

Good numbers for Punch Out.

[MrNyarlathotep]

Oh, right, NPD day. I was wondering why GAF was slowed to a crawl and 500 erroring.


I'm quite surprised to see Wolverine make the top ten.

[Unison]

Wii FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 352.8K EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE ELECTRONIC ARTS Wii 345.8K

[duk]

holy cow i forgot today was NPD

[Mariner]

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss290/mappster333/casofgaf11.gif

God bless you and your uncanny .gif making abilities.

[Firestorm]

I forgot this was today.

UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED THQ Xbox 360 679.6K Wii FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 352.8K EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE ELECTRONIC ARTS Wii 345.8K UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED THQ PS3 334.4K INFAMOUS SONY PS3 175.9K POKEMON PLATINUM VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA NDS 168.9K MARIO KART W/ WHEEL NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 158.3K PUNCH OUT!! NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 156.9K X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE UNCAGED ED ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Xbox 360 120.7K Wii PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA Wii 109.8K

I could've sworn there was some sort of bet involving these games + Fight Night.

[soul creator]

Playstation family beats Microsoft again

[JasonMCG]

Hmm...hardware numbers seem low. Punch-Out!! did well. Very happy with inFamous doing well.

[SimpleDesign]

Infamous opened good! :)

Eh, really? Seems pretty low.

UFC on the other hand...

[SilverLunar]

PSP 100.4K

[Jtyettis]

Off on the PS3 for me. Somewhat surprised it was able to maintain it's weekly numbers month over month. Although I was right on PS2 taking a serious drop. Everything else looks in order. PSP is slipping to be sure.

What a bomba month. The way to fix the PSP problem is to release a more expensive model!!! Yeah!!!

Haha yea.

[sionyboy]

[IG]http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss290/mappster333/casofgaf11.gif[/IG]

The king is back!

[cjelly]

Congratulations, THQ.

UFC this month, Red Faction next?

[Haunted]

oh my slow month


...except for DS

[wrowa]

Yay @ Punch Out
150k seems pretty good for that game - at least compared to Bombabots

[methane47]

crap numbers for infamous.. i was hoping for more..

and NICE job UFC they really deserved the sales.

[Wes]

Woah wait. I did that wrong. What the hell happened to Wii.

[donny2112]

PS2, you let me down! I guess you're really on your way out, now.

"And so passes a legend."

PS360 > Wii

Wii Play might actually miss the Top 10 next month after almost 2 and a half years.

Glad to see Punch-Out! doing well and not sharing EXCITEbots fate.

[sillymonkey321]

Very happy that UFC opened huge.

[Tashi0106]

wow UFC huh?

[Complexgod]

THQ needed that. Great numbers for UFC.

[soul creator]

I bought a Wii and a copy of EA Sports Active

it was my system seller

[Death Dealer]

Wow nice numbers for UFC.

[Guled]

ouch @ inFamous and PunchOut! wow @ the DS, UFC, and the lack of 500 errors

[Firestorm]

PlayStation 2 117K PlayStation 3 131K PSP 100.4K Xbox 360 175K Wii 289.5K Nintendo DS 633.5K

PS3 + 360 = 306k
Wii: 289.5k

Fad's over.
Nintendo going third party confirmed :(

[Opiate]

Sales slowing noticeably for the Wii now. The slowdown is significantly faster than the competition.

[donny2112]

That's like the worst top 10 software ever :(

Last month was lower.

[farnham]

surprised @ punchout

that game did not start that well in Europe but is doing quite well in NA

[markot]

hehe

[Shin Johnpv]

Shitty month it seems. Punch Out didn't do too bad hopefully it has some legs.

[jstevenson]

crap numbers for infamous.. i was hoping for more.. and NICE job UFC they really deserved the sales.

Infamous was only out for like 6 days. I'm sure the buzz has been keeping sales up... I keep hearing more people on boards outside the industry talking about it and picking it up

[Count Dookkake]

Great to see EA Sports Active do so well.

Can't wait for more competition in the genre.

[d+pad]

Wii price drop incoming?

With Wii Sports Resort dropping next month and Wii Fit Plus and NSMB Wii coming in the fall and winter, I wouldn't count on it.

I wonder if they'll release the black system here along with NSMB Wii, though?

[Rapping Granny]

lol forgot it was NPD day.