Gaming Global: Retail data from UK, Canada, Australia and Japan
When NPD’s November retail stats came out the second week of December, records were shattered for domestic U.S. gaming sales. From the Wii to the PS3 to the Xbox 360, consumer’s were snapping up consoles and games at record pace. Global data is showing similarly strong sales are occurring around the world.
Today, Media Create released their weekly report on Japanese sales. All but the Microsoft Xbox 360 saw sizable week over week sales gains. Sony’s PSP more than doubled the prior week sales. The Wii saw an increase of more than 55k units. The PS3 increased by about 25k.
In England, Chart Track similarly reports strong sales. According to their compiled data, UK gamers have spent £1.52b on software so far in 2007. They’ve snapped up more than 78m titles. Last week alone, £87.9m worth of games were sold.
Canada is more of the same. According to NPD, holiday shoppers spent C$209.1m on gaming related purchases in November (Software, Hardware and Accessories). The month’s spending brought the year to date total past C$1b. At C$1.14 (US $1.11b), sales were up near 65 percent over the same period in 2006.
More of the numbers from around the globe:
Media Create’s Japanese Hardware Sales -Week Ended Dec 16
(console – units ( prior week units))
- Nintendo DS Lite – 222,132 (168,255)
- PSP – 184,610 (91,481)
- Wii – 170,558 (115,057)
- PlayStation 3 – 63,720 (38,123)
- PlayStation 2 – 18,025 (11,987)
- Xbox 360 – 8,561 (8,876)
NPD November Hardware Sales (Canada)
- Nintendo DS — 120,000
- Nintendo Wii — 82,000
- Xbox 360 — 59,000
- PlayStation 3 — 51,000
- PlayStation Portable — 33,000
- PlayStation 2 — 30,000
November, Top 10 Games (NPD/Canada)
(Game (Platform) – Publisher – Units)
1. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) – Nintendo – 94,000
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock W/Guitar (PS2) – Activision – 82,000
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (X360) – Activision – 78,000
4. Assassin’s Creed (X360) – Ubisoft – 60,000
5. Wii Play W/Remote (Wii) – Nintendo – 51,000
6. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/ Guitar) (X360) – Activision – 32,000
7. Mass Effect (X360) – Microsoft – 30,000
8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) – Activision – 30,000
9. Assassin’s Creed (PS3) – Ubisoft – 26,000
10. Halo 3 (X360) – Microsoft – 26,000
Australia, Top 10 Full Price Games (Gfk Australia)
(Game – Publisher)
1. The Simpsons Game – PlayStation 2
2. Super Mario Galaxy – Wii
3. Drawn to Life – Nintendo DS
4. Drawn to Life – Nintendo DS
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Xbox 360
6. Need for Speed ProStreet – PlayStation 2
7. The Simpsons Game – Nintendo DS
8. WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2008 – PlayStation 2
9. Halo 3 – Xbox 360
10. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree bundle – Wii
NPD’s U.S. data from the past few months can be found by clicking the names of the month as follows:
• February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November
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