NPD Sales Number Charts
There has been a lot of buzz over the video game sales data from NPD that covers all of 2006. Every one of the major game companies has put out some form of press release stating that they are the champion for December or all of 2006.
I've gone ahead and created some simple charts of the data. These are a great way to visualize the numbers that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are touting around.
A few things to note:
Consoles - Home System
Handhelds - Portable Game Systems
Next Gen / Current Gen - The most recent available systems
Previous Gen - Systems that have been replaced by newer systems
On to the charts!
This chart compares the division of the current (next) generation console market by grouping all of the data for each company's home console sales for 2006 into their piece of the pie.
Current-Gen consoles include:
Sony - PS3
Microsoft - Xbox 360
Nintendo - Wii
Note:
This chart best represents the home console wars at the close of 2006, as it does not include previous generation systems or handheld systems.
This data is frequently cited by Microsoft, as it shows Microsoft controlling the larget portion of the current (next) generation home console market.
This chart shows the number of current generation consoles and handhelds that have been sold during 2006 by each of the primary video game players.
Current-Gen consoles include:
Sony - PS3
Microsoft - Xbox 360
Nintendo - Wii
Current-Gen Handhelds include:
Sony - PSP
Nintendo - DS
Note:
This chart provides an easy way to compare volume of current (next) generation systems as they were sole through 2006.
This data is frequently cited by Nintendo, as it shows that Nintendo sold more current (next) generation units (combination of console and handheld) in 2006.
This chart shows the number of current generation consoles and handhelds that have been sold during December 2006, by each of the primary video game players.
Current-Gen consoles include:
Sony - PS3
Microsoft - Xbox 360
Nintendo - Wii
Current-Gen Handhelds include:
Sony - PSP
Nintendo - DS
Previous-Gen Consoles include:
PS2
Previous-Gen Handhelds include:
GameBoy Advance
(There is no indication in the data provided to me if the GameBoy Advance numbers include all models of GameBoy Advance (Original, SP, Micro, GBA Player) or not.)
Notes:
Sony is the only manufacturer of previous gen consoles in this data.
Nintendo is the only manufacturer of previous gen handhelds in this data.
Total number of current-gen consoles exceeded that of previous gen console sales.
This data is frequently cited by Sony as it shows Sony having sold more home console units (previous and current (next) generation) than the competition.
This chart compares the division of the current (next) generation console and handheld market by grouping all of the data for each company's current (next) generation handheld and home console sales for all of 2006 into their piece of the pie.
Current-Gen consoles include:
Sony - PS3
Microsoft - Xbox 360
Nintendo - Wii
Current-Gen Handhelds include:
Sony - PSP
Nintendo - DS
Notes:
Microsoft does not produce a handheld game system.
This chart compares the division of the current (next) generation console and handheld market by grouping all of the data for each company's current (next) generation handheld and home console sales for December 2006 into their piece of the pie.
Current-Gen consoles include:
Sony - PS3
Microsoft - Xbox 360
Nintendo - Wii
Current-Gen Handhelds include:
Sony - PSP
Nintendo - DS
Notes:
Microsoft does not produce a handheld game system.
This chart compares the division of the console and handheld market for both current (next) generation and previous generation systems by grouping all of the data for each company's handheld and home console sales for December 2006 into their piece of the pie.
Current-Gen consoles include:
Sony - PS3
Microsoft - Xbox 360
Nintendo - Wii
Current-Gen Handhelds include:
Sony - PSP
Nintendo - DS
Notes:
Microsoft does not produce a handheld game system.
posted by Unknown @ Sunday, January 14, 2007
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