Games Industry Wire

According to the NPD Group’s sales data released today, US videogame industry sales in July 2007 increased 37 per cent year-over-year. Total industry sales were pegged at USD 925.5 million, with year-to-date sales reaching the USD 7 billion mark. Hardware sales in particular rose 77.4 per cent to USD 380.8 million, with USD 286 million represented by consoles and the remainder representing portables.
Nintendo’s Wii was the best-selling hardware, with 425,000 units sold while its portable sibling the DS handheld sold 405,000 units. Contrary to some analyst predictions, the PlayStation 3 did not outsell the Xbox 360 for the month. …read more

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Nintendo continues to dominate the charts in the land of the Rising Sun, with 25 of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan either are for Nintendo’s DS handheld or Wii console. According to the latest figures from Media Create, seven of the top ten games are 1st party Nintendo titles, with Mario Party 8 at the top of the charts. Sony has 5 titles in the top thirty, with Konami’s J-League Winning Eleven 2007: Club Championship for PS2 at number seven and Hot Shots Golf 5, the only PlayStation 3 game in the charts, at number ten.
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NPD has released their top selling PC games from May 13th-19th. Not surprisingly Blizzard’s announcement of Starcraft 2 boosted Starcraft: Battle Chest into the top 10. Here is the complete list:

World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
World Of Warcraft
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows Of Angmar
The Sims 2 Seasons
The Sims 2 Deluxe
The Sims 2 Celebration Stuff
Starcraft: Battle Chest
Civilization IV
The Sims 2

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Nintendo Wii

Super Paper Mario
Spiderman 3
Cooking Mama: Cook Off 4
Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
Sonic and the Secret Rings

Xbox 360

Spiderman 3
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Mass Effect
Shadowrun

PlayStation 3

Spiderman 3
F.E.A.R.
MotorStorm
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
The Godfather: The Don’s Edition

PlayStation 2

Spiderman 3
God of War II
Red Star
Odin Sphere
Dawn of Mana

Xbox

Halo 2
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Ninja Gaiden Black
Black
Madden NFL 08

GameCube

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Mario Party 7
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
TMNT
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness

Nintendo DS

Pokemon Pearl
Pokemon Diamond
Naruto: Ninja Council

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Spiderman 3

Game Boy Advance

 Pokemon Emerald
Pokemon Fire Red
Pokemon: Sapphire
Pokemon Leaf Green
Final Fantasy VI Advance

PlayStation Portable

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