AUG NPD sales.

[RAINMAN]

August NPD figures are in!
HARDWARE

GBA 312,568 $30,308,655
XBX 216,911 $32,202,460
PS2 211,690 $31,869,296
GCN 108,953 $10,840,460

Amazingly, second time Xbox managed to squeak by the PS2 in this year.

SOFTWARE

GCN
1 GCN MADDEN NFL 2005 87,404 $4,307,765
2 GCN TALES OF SYMPHONIA 67,172 $3,339,223
3 GCN SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 45,769 $2,171,678
4 GCN SUPER SMASH BRO MELEE 38,328 $1,151,505
5 GCN ZELDA: FOUR SWORDS 31,955 $1,517,783
6 GCN SONIC MEGA COLLECTION 28,589 $574,998
7 GCN MARIO KART: DOUBLE 27,034 $1,297,581
8 GCN MEGA MAN ANNIVERSARY 26,214 $781,931
9 GCN SOUL CALIBUR II 25,382 $504,563
10 GCN POKEMON COLOSSEUM 21,263 $1,045,701

XBX
1 XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 $25,103,580
2 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 311,359 $6,165,545
3 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 $6,157,931
4 XBX HALO 88,488 $2,652,439
5 XBX SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 48,236 $2,257,908
6 XBX NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 39,449 $1,884,971
7 XBX SW: KNIGHTS REPUBLIC 38,669 $796,831
8 XBX MORROWIND:GAME YEAR 23,172 $525,636
9 XBX T. CLANCYS RAINBOW 3 23,087 $492,226
10 XBX GRAND THEFT AUTO PACK 22,566 $950,958

PS2
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 $54,142,420
2 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 448,433 $8,897,210
3 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 COLL 395,811 $23,390,230
4 PS2 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 129,492 $6,076,589
5 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 94,559 $4,687,620
6 PS2 HOT SHOTS GOLF FORE! 56,089 $2,243,741
7 PS2 DRIV3R 52,079 $2,225,679
8 PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO:VICE 41,361 $860,018
9 PS2 DRAGONBALL Z:BUDOKAI2 39,930 $798,924
10 PS2 YU-GI-OH! DUELISTS 35,199 $587,166

ALL
1 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 1,112,588 $54,142,420
2 XBX MADDEN NFL 2005 509,100 $25,103,580
3 PS2 ESPN NFL 2K5 448,433 $8,897,210
4 PS2 MADDEN NFL 2005 COLL 395,811 $23,390,230
5 XBX ESPN NFL 2K5 311,359 $6,165,545
6 XBX T.CLANCYS BLACK ARROW 158,218 $6,157,931
7 PS2 SPIDER-MAN:THE MOVIE2 129,492 $6,076,589
8 PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 2005 94,559 $4,687,620
9 XBX HALO 88,488 $2,652,439
10 GCN MADDEN NFL 2005 87,404 $4,307

[Killtacular]

It's really surreal to see the Nintendo Dreamcast-- I mean Gamecube, sell at 1/3rd the quantity of the other systems.

[William C. Maune]

Ignoring the GBA, it's actually 1/2, not 1/3. Units sold is more important than revenue from selling units since most of the money is made on games. XBox got a continued boost due to the price drop and the PS2 is just the top seller in general for the generation.

[Killtacular]

Ignoring the GBA, it's actually 1/2, not 1/3. Units sold is more important than revenue from selling units since most of the money is made on games. XBox got a continued boost due to the price drop and the PS2 is just the top seller in general for the generation.
Um, have you looked at the game sales? Nintendo is not sitting comfortably. Its highest-selling game is selling at only 1/5th the rate as PS2 or XBOX's (and it's the same game!). Units are not being moved. Revenue is not being made.

[William C. Maune]

However, a couple of games don't make or break a system. Once you get towards the bottom of the list GameCube and XBox are pretty similar. Thus, with the majority of games it they appear to be doing about the same business. Plus, the big games for August were Football games and this Nintendo system has never been known for it's sports games. It isn't a great month by any means, but it is still only one month. It will be interesting to see the sales trends as the holiday season hits for all systems.

As for Nintendo not sitting comfortably, the GameCube may not be in the most comfortable position, but the GBA is still outselling everything. Thanks to the GBA, the company overall should be just fine.

[Shnay]

Seven of the top ten games are football games. Blarf. :mad:

[PaQ]

It's interesting that it looked like the price change for the 2k5 games still didn't really make a dent with the EA sports ones. Looks like it's going to take more than a cheap game to dethrone the champ.

Seven of the top ten games are football games. Blarf. :mad:
Well, it is August when they all come out, so I'm not really surprised to see football dominating the top 10 everywhere.

[Batman's Biggest Fan]

Poor Nintendo....

[RAINMAN]

Poor viewtiful joe.

[Juu-kuchi]

I wonder how Pikmin 2 will fare.