Jacob Mazel

Metal Gear Solid 4 remained the top selling non-bundled game for this week, but it is dropping rather quickly after a stellar debut at over 500,000 units last week. Following closely was Wii Fit which topped a million units in lifetime sales this week. Hardware sales roughly paralleled those two games – the drop in Metal Gear Solid 4 was accompanied by a large drop in PS3 sales, while the increase in Wii Fit sales accompanied a large increase in Wii sales. All other hardware was relatively unchanged from last week, but down slightly. With the increased supply in Wii, Nintendo platforms outsold all others by a ratio greater than 3:2 for the week. In a small victory for Microsoft, Xbox 360 was able to outsell PS3 this week despite the recent launch of Metal Gear Solid 4.

Year over year trends continue to indicate that this year is trending to be the biggest ever for the videogame industry in the Americas. All hardware except for the ancient PS2 was up from this time a year ago. PS3 is up the most by percentage since it was only selling ~20,000 a week at this time last year, but Wii is up more by units (by over 75,000). DS and PSP are up 16% and 10% respectively compared to last year, while the Xbox 360 is up over 13% year over year although that amounts to only about 7,000 units. In the coming weeks comparisons should begin to looks even more favorable for Wii as production increases, while PS3 and Xbox 360 price cuts in 2007 will make it look as if both are losing momentum year over year. All of this is of course subject to change given the likelihood of an Xbox 360 price cut, and PS3 response in the coming weeks (E3) and/or months.

6-21-2008 Top Current Generation Software

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Notes:

- Grand Theft Auto IV has sold to about 32.5% of all Xbox 360 & PS3 owners in the Americas, with a total of 5.5 million copies.

- We Ski, which uses the balance board has sold to roughly 1 out of 7 Wii owners with the balance board if we assume all who own We Ski own Wii Fit.

- Lego Indiana Jones has topped 750,000 units in the Americas (for the six platforms combined).

- Unless Nintendo runs out of Wiis or has a mega shipment soon, Wii passes Gamecube in the Americas in the middle of July.

- 171 games sold at least 5,000 units this week.

- Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii) finally topped a million units nearly 18 months after release. Guitar Hero III on PS3 topped a million units after nearly 8 months of sales.

- Halo 3 is owned by over 49% of all Xbox 360 owners in the Americas.

- Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village is closing in on 250,000 units for DS. The game should eventually top 400,000 units.

- Guitar Hero III sales could top 10 million in the Americas by the start of the holiday season at current rates.

- Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) should eventually reach 1 million units, but not before the early fall, unless there is a PS3 price drop.

- Charting Million Sellers in the Top 200: Wii – 15, Xbox 360 – 17, PS3 – 6.

- To date, 29,263,889 Wiis, Xbox 360s, and PS3s have been sold in the Americas. Within this generation of machines, Wii has 42.1% market share, Xbox 360 has 40.3% market share, and PS3 has 17.6% market share.

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