Sales Chart US: Football's not quite football, but it sells.

July Sales Figure

Another month, another sets of US figures from NPD. Software first. Top selling this month is Football... American football, that is. And only in America would you be able to sell NCAA Football 08 to the mass. Almost 400K is sold in July. Guitar Hero Encore on the PS2 takes 2nd place. And yes, it is a PS2 game. PS3 still haven't caught on yet, eight months into its release. It is surely a grim sign of the big black brick.

Wii Play made it back on the Wii chart, coming in 3rd place, despite the game being released so many moons ago. Is it just that there is no good game on the Wii, or just that people really need that second controller? Who knows, but it was certainly a smart idea on Nintendo's behalf.

Top 10 games in US for June

1. NCAA Football 08 Xbox 360 (EA) - 397k
2. Guitar Hero Encore PS2 (Activision) - 339k
3. Wii Play - Wii (Nintendo) - 278k
4. NCAA Football 08 PS2 (EA) - 236k
5. Mario Party 8 - Wii (Nintendo) - 177k
6. NCAA Football 08 PS3 (EA) - 156k
7. Pokemon Diamond - DS (Nintendo) - 144k
8. Transformers: The Game PS2 (Activision) - 143k
9. Guitar Hero II - PS2 (Activision) - 138k
10. Guitar Hero II - Xbox 360 (Activision) - 108k

Console War VII: Battle for America

The Wii continues to take charge at the front. Many reports in Europe is indicating that Nintendo is winning Console War VII. And VGCharts has already reported that Wii has overtaken the lead. Believe it for what you will. VGCharts is not very accurate.

Back to NPD, hardware sales rose to US$381 million. Nintendo's Wii and DS have outsold all other systems combined. Good sign for Nintendo, no doubt. Despite the price drop and Microsoft's fiasco with PR. The XBox 360 still outsold the PS3. But the funny thing is, PS2 outsold both new gen consoles.

DS - 405,000
PSP - 214,000

Wii - 425,000
Xbox 360 - 170,000
PS3 - 159,000

Market share for the month

DS vs PSP
65.43% vs 34.57%

Wii vs XB vs PS3
64.98% vs 25.99% vs 9.03%

Source: Gamasutra