June NPD Software and Hardware Sales

Hardware sales:

DS - 562,000 units
Wii - 381,800 units
PS2 - 270,000 units
PSP - 230,100 units
Xbox 360’s - 198,400 units
GBA - 113,000 units
PS3 - 98,500 units

Top 10 software:

1. Mario Party 8 - Wii (Nintendo) - 426,200 units
2. Wii Play - Wii (Nintendo) - 293,200 units
3. Pokemon Diamond - DS (Nintendo) - 288,400 units
4. Pokemon Pearl - DS (Nintendo) - 214,700 units
5. Forza Motorsport 2 - Xbox 360 (Microsoft) - 197,400 units
6. Guitar Hero II- PS2 (Activision) - 197,350 units
7. Guitar Hero II - Xbox 360 (Activision) - 177,600 units
8. Pokemon Battle Revolution -Wii (Nintendo) - 157,900 units
9. Resident Evil 4 - Wii (Capcom)
10. The Darkness - Xbox 360 (Take Two)

Two things to point out with these June NPD numbers. The Gameboy Advance (a dying system that Nintendo is no longer really supporting) beat out the PS3 again this month. This has actually been happening quite often recently but I am wondering if the temporary price drop with the PS3 will change that?

The other thing to make mention of is the fact that Resident Evil 4 (a remake from a 2-year old game) beat out a brand new game on the Xbox 360 in a similar genre, The Darkness. The major thing to point out here is the fact that RE4 couldn't have cost Capcom too much dough since it was already made two years ago for the GameCube and The Darkness was a game with a budget in the millions of dollars.