May NPD: Buoyant

By Chris Greenhough

"Safe and steady" was the theme of May's NPD figures, with no console either enjoying a majestic surge or suffering a crushing collapse — the DS simply registered a decent if unspectacular 9% rise in hardware sales. As it turns out, that bump was timely, because it meant the console reached 20 million units sold in North America, a landmark that has now been passed in all major regions.

Of course, we could snicker at how the PSP only clinched 29% of the handheld market, and so we will.

  • Wii: 714.2K 39.1K (5.5%)
  • DS: 414.8K 37.8K (9.1%)
  • PSP: 192.7K 10.4K (5.4%)
  • Xbox 360: 188K 1.4K (0.8%)
  • PS3: 187.1K 21.6K (11.5%)
  • PS2: 124.4K 8.3K (6.7%)

Software sales are waiting past the break.

May software sales

1. Grand Theft Auto IV — Xbox 360 — 871.3K
2. Mario Kart Wii (w/ wheel) — Wii — 787.4K
3. Wii Fit (w/ Balance Board) — Wii — 687.7K
4. Grand Theft Auto IV — PlayStation 3 — 442.9K
5. Wii Play (w/ remote) — Wii — 294.6K
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl — Wii — 171.1K
7. Iron Man — PlayStation 2 — 130.6K
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock — Wii — 116.8K
9. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness — DS — 107K
10. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time — DS — 102K

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